Kabbalat Shabbat Prayers for Friday Evening Services

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Table of Contents

33-46 ...... עמידה | Amidah 43 ...... עשה שלום | Oseh Shalom Prayer for the State of Israel ...... 46 46 ...... מי שברך | Mi Shebeirach

47-59 ...... תכלית | Concluding Prayers 47-48 ...... עלינו | Aleinu 58 ...... קדיש יתום | Kaddish Yatom

60-67 ...... שירים | Songs

68-83 ...... לקוטים | Additional Blessings & Readings

Acknowledgements ...... 84

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קבלת שבת Kabbalat Shabbat

הדלקת נרות לשבת Lighting of the Shabbat Candles

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, ,Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai אֱֹלהֵינּומֶ לְֶך הָּעֹולָּם, ,E-lo-hei-nu me-lech ha-o-lam אֲשֶר קִדְּשָּ נּו בְּמִצְּ ֹותָּ יו, ,a-sher kid-sha-nu b'mitz-vo-tav v'tzi-va-nu l'had-lik neir shel Sha-bat. וְּצִ ּוָּנּולְּהַדְּ לִיק נֵר לשֶ שַבָּת.

Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the Universe, who has sanctified us with commandments, and commanded us to light Shabbat candles.

WHERE HAS THIS WEEK VANISHED? Where has this week vanished? Is it lost forever? Will I ever recover anything from it? The joy of life, the unexpected victory, the realized hope, the task accomplished? Will I ever be able to banish the memory of pain, the sting of defeat, the heaviness of boredom? On this day let me keep for a while what must drift away. On this day let me be free of the burdens that must return. On this day, Shabbat, abide.

And now Shabbat has come, Can it help me to withdraw for a while from the flight of time?

Can it contain the retreat of the hours and days from the grasp of a frantic life? When all days abandon me, Shabbat, abide.

Let me learn to pause, if only for this day. Let me find peace on this day. Let me enter into a quiet world this day. On this day, Shabbat, abide.

Kabbalat Shabbat, “Welcoming Shabbat,” is one of the ritual innovations of the circle of Kabbalists קבלת שבת (Jewish mystics) who gathered around Rabbi Isaac Luria in sixteenth-century Safed in the Land of Israel.

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LIVING IS AN ART

An artist cannot be continually wielding his brush. He must stop at times in his painting to freshen his vision of the object, the meaning of which he wishes to express on his canvas.

Living is also an art. We dare not become absorbed in its technical processes and lose our consciousness of its general plan…

The Sabbath represents those moments when we pause in our brushwork to renew our vision of this object. Having done so we take ourselves to our painting with clarified vision and renewed energy. This applies to the individual and to the community alike.

Mordecai M. Kaplan

MAKE THIS NEW SHABBAT

God, help us now to make this new Shabbat.

After noise, we see quiet. After crowds of indifferent strangers, we seek to touch those we love.

After concentration on work and responsibility, we seek freedom to meditate, to listen to our inward selves.

We open our eyes to the hidden beauties and the infinite possibilities in the world You are creating.

We break open the gates of the reservoirs of goodness and kindness in ourselves and in others.

We reach toward one holy perfect moment of Shabbat.

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A NEW LIGHT

On this Shabbat eve we see the world in a new light. We add new spirit to our lives. We taste a new time for peace. We rest from desire for gain and ambition for things. We raise our eyes to look beyond time and space toward eternity. May we come to always see the world in a new light. As it is written: “Let a new light shine upon Zion, and may it be our blessing to see its splendor.”

WE UNLOCK OUR SOULS

How good it is to come together in this house of God on Shabbat eve.

Here we come to think and to reflect, to meditate and to ponder.

Here we look back on what has been, look ahead to what lies before us, and reflect upon the meaning of our lives,

For what do we live? How should we live? What do the people in our lives mean to us, and what do we mean to them?

What do we mean to You, O God? And how much, O Lord, do You mean to us?

Here we open our hearts and unlock our souls to You.

May our Shabbat worship help bring peace to our hearts and strengthen us for the days and weeks that are to be.

Amen.

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שלום עליכם Shalom Aleichem

שָּ לֹום עֲלֵיכֶם, ,Sha-lom a-lei-chem מַלְּאֲכֵי הַשָּרֵ ת, מַלְּאֲכֵיעֶלְּיֹון, ,ma-la-chei ha-sha-reit, ma-la-chei el-yon מִמֶ לְֶך מַלְּכֵיהַמְּ לָּכִ ים, ,Mi-me-lech mal-chei ham-la-chim הַקָּדֹושבָּרּוְך הּוא. .ha-ka-dosh ba-ruch hu

Peace upon you, O ministering angels, angels of the Exalted One, from the King who reigns over kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He.

בֹואֲכֶם לְּשָּ לֹום, מַלְּאֲכֵי Bo-a-chem l’sha-lom, ma-la-chei הַשָּ לֹום מַלְּאֲכֵיעֶלְּיֹון, ,ha-sha-lom, ma-la-chei el-yon מִמֶ לְֶך מַלְּכֵיהַמְּ לָּכִ ים, ,Mi-me-lech mal-chei ham-la-chim הַקָּדֹושבָּרּוְך הּוא. .ha-ka-dosh ba-ruch hu

May your coming be for peace, O angels of peace, angels of the Exalted One, from the King who reigns over kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He.

בָּרְּ כּונִי לְּשָּ לֹום, מַלְּאֲכֵי Bar-chu-ni l’sha-lom, ma-la-chei הַשָּ לֹום, מַלְּאֲכֵיעֶלְּיֹון, ,ha-sha-lom, ma-la-chei el-yon מִמֶ לְֶך מַלְּכֵיהַמְּ לָּכִ ים, ,Mi-me-lech mal-chei ham-la-chim הַקָּדֹושבָּרּוְך הּוא. .ha-ka-dosh ba-ruch hu

Bless me for peace, O angels of peace, angels of the Exalted One. From the King who reigns over kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He.

צֵאתְּ כֶם לְּשָּ לֹום, מַלְּאֲכֵי Tzeit-chem l’sha-lom, ma-la-chei הַשָּ לֹום, מַלְּאֲכֵיעֶלְּיֹון, ,ha-sha-lom, ma-la-chei el-yon מִמֶ לְֶך מַלְּכֵיהַמְּ לָּכִ ים, ,Mi-me-lech mal-chei ham-la-chim הַקָּדֹוש בָּרּוְך הּוא. .ha-ka-dosh ba-ruch hu

May your departure be to peace, O angels of peace, angels of the Exalted One, from the King who reigns over kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He.

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ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh

יְּדִ יד נֶפֶש, אָּ ב הָּרַחְּמָּ ן, ,Ye-did ne-fesh, av ha-ra-cha-man מְּשְך עַבְּדָּ ְךאֶל רְּ צונְָּך, ,m’shoch av-dach el r’tzo-nach יָּרּוץ עַבְּדְָּךכְּ מו אַ יָּל, ,ya-rutz av-dach k’mo a-yal יִשְּ תַ חֲוֶהמּול הֲדָּרָּ ְך, ,yish-ta-cha-veh el mul ha-da-rach Ye-e-rav lo y’di-du-tach, יֶעְּרַ ב לו יְּדִ ידּותָּ ְך, .mi-no-fet tzuf v’chol ta-am מִ ּנפֶת צּוף וְּכָּל טָּעַם. Beloved of my soul, merciful Parent, draw Your servant toward You. Let Your servant run as a gazelle to bow before Your glory. Let Your affection for the servant be sweeter than a honeycomb or any other delicacy.

הָּדּור נָּאֶ ה זִיו הָּעולָּם, ,Ha-dur na-eh ziv ha-o-lam ינַפְּשִ חולַת אַ הֲבָּתָּ ְך, ,Naf-shi cho-lat a-ha-va-tach אָּ ּנָּא לאֵ נָּא רְּ פָּא נָּא לָּּה, ,a-na Eil na r’fa na lah בְּ הַרְּ אות לָּּה נעַםזִיוְָּך, ,b’har-ot lah no-am zi-vach az tit-cha-zeik v’tit-ra-pei, אָּ ז תִתְּ חֵזֵקוְּתִתְּרַ פֵא, .v’ha-y’tah lach sim-chat o-lam וְּהָּיְּתָּ ה לְָּךשִ פְּחַת עולָּם. Glorious One, most beautiful splendor of the world, my soul is sick with love for You. Please God, heal it by revealing the delight of Your splendor. Then it will be invigorated and healed, enjoying everlasting happiness.

וָּתִ יק, יֶהְּ מּו רַ חֲמֶ יָך, ,Va-tik ye-he-mu ra-cha-me-cha וְּ חּוס נָּא עַל בֵןאוהֲבְָּך, ,v’chu-sah na al ben o-ha-vach כִ י זֶה כַמֶהנִכְּ סף נִכְּסַ ף, ,ki zeh cha-mah nich-sof nich-saf לִרְּ אותבְּתִפְּאֶרֶ תעֻזְָּך, ,lir-ot b’tif-e-ret u-zach a-na Ei-li mach-mad li-bi, אָּ ּנָּא אֵלִי, מַחְּמָּ ד לִבִ י, .chu-sah na v’al tit-a-lam חּושָּ הּנָּא, וְּאַ לתִתְּ עַלָּם. Ancient One, let Your mercy be aroused and have pity on Your beloved son. For I have yearned for so long to see Your mighty splendor. This is the desire of my heart; have pity and do not hide Yourself.

הִ גָּלֵהנָּא ּופְּ רׂש חָּבִ יב עָּלַי Hi-ga-leh na uf-ros cha-viv a-lai אֶ ת סֻכַתשְּ לומֶ ְך, ,et su-kat sh’lo-mach תָּאִ יר אֶרֶץמִ כְּ בודָּ ְך, ,ta-ir e-retz mik-vo-dach נָּגִילָּהוְּנִׂשְּמְּ חָּהבְָּך, ,na-gi-lah v’nis-m’chah vach ma-heir a-huv ki va mo-eid, מַהֵר אָּהּוב יכִ בָּא מועֵד, .v’cha-nei-ni ki-mei o-lam וְּחָּּנֵנִי יכִימֵ עולָּם. Reveal Yourself and spread over me, beloved One, the shelter of Your peace. Let the Earth sparkle with your glory. We will rejoice and be happy with You. Be quick, beloved, for the time has come, and favor us as in days of old.

Like L’chah Dodi, Yedid Nefesh is a love poem to God. The poet addresses God in remarkably intimate terms as a lover and as a parent. The poem forms an acrostic, in which the first letter of each Hebrew verse spells .the inexpressible Name of God יהוה

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תהלים צה Psalm 95

לְּכּו נְּרַ ּנְּנָּה לַיהֹוָּה, ,L’chu n’ra-n’nah l’A-do-nai נָּרִ יעָּה לְּצּור יִשְּ עֵנּו .na-ri-ah l’tzur yish-ei-nu נְּקַדְּ מָּ ה פָּנָּיו בְּתֹודָּ ה, ,n’ka-d’mah fa-nav b’to-dah b’zmi-rot na-ri-a lo. בִ זְּמִ רֹות נָּרִ יעַ לֹו: Let us sing to God; Let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation. Let us come in thanksgiving before God’s Presence; Let us shout joyous hymns to God.

כִ י אֵ ל גָּדֹול יי, ,Ki-eil ga-dol A-do-nai ּומֶ לְֶך גָּדֹול עַל-כָּל-אֱֹלהִ ים. .u-me-lech ga-dol al kol e-lo-him אֲשֶ ר בְּ יָּדֹו מֶחְּקְּרֵ י-אָּרֶ ץ, ,A-sher b’ya-do mech-k’rei a-retz וְּ תֹועֲפֹות הָּרִ ים לֹו. .v’to-a-fot ha-rim lo

Because God is great, Above all that is praised; The world God created rests in God’s hands; The lowlands and the mountaintops belong to God.

אֲשֶ ר-לֹו הַיָּם וְּהּוא עָּׂשָּ הּו, ,A-sher lo ha-yam v’hu a-sa-hu וְּ יַבֶשֶ ת יָּדָּ יו יָּצָּרּו. .v’ya-be-shet ya-dav ya-tza-ru בֹאּו נִשְּ תַ חֲוֶה וְּנִכְּרָּ עָּה, ,Bo-u nish-ta-cha-veh v’nich-ra-a נִבְּרְּ כָּה לִפְּ נֵי-יי עֹׂשֵ נּו. .niv-r’chah lif-nei A-do-nai o-sei-nu

The sea is Yours, God; You created it. With Your hands You created dry land. Come, let us bow and bend our knee; Let us kneel before God our Maker.

Psalms 95-99, 29 – This cycle of six psalms, representing the six days of creation enjoins all creation to sing out the praises of God. God’s creative power is revealed in the world around us; God’s sovereignty is over all nature and all nations.

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תהלים צה Psalm 95 continued

כִ י הּוא אֱֹלהֵינּו וַאֲנַחְּ נּו עַם Ki hu E-lo-hei-nu, va-a-nach-nu am מַרְּ עִ יתֹו וְּ צֹאן יָּדֹו. .mar-i-to v’tzon ya-do הַיֹום אִ ם-בְּ קֹלֹו תִשְּ מָּ עּו ha-yom im b’ko-lo tish-ma-u אַ ל-תַקְּ שּו לְּבַבְּ כֶם כִמְּרִ יבָּה Al tak shu l’av-chem ki-m’ri-vah k’yom ma-sah ba-mid-bar. כְּ יֹום מַסָּ ה בַמִדְּ בָּר. ,A-sher ni-su-ni a-vo-tei-chem אֲשֶ ר נִסּונִי אֲבֹותֵ יכֶם, .b’cha-nu-ni gam ra-u fa-a-li בְּ חָּנּונִי גַם-רָּ אּו פָּעֳלִי. Because You are our God, and we are the people. You nurture and the flock you guide; Today, if we would only hear Your voice. Do not harden Your heart as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness; When Your ancestors tried Me, They tested Me even though they saw My work.

אַרְּ בָּעִ ים שָּ נָּה אָּ קּוט בְּ דֹור, ,Ar-ba-im sha-nah a-kut b’dor וָּאֹמַ ר עַם תֹעֵי לֵבָּב הֵם, ,va-o-mar am to-ei lei-vav heim וְּהֵם לֹא-יָּדְּ עּו דְּרָּ כָּי .v’heim lo ya-du d’ra-chai אֲשֶ ר-נִשְּ בַעְּתִ י בְּאַפִ י, ,A-sher nish-ba-ti v’a-pi im y’vo-un el m’nu-cha-ti. אִ ם-יְּבֹאּון אֶ ל מְּ -נּוחָּתִ י. For forty years I was wearied by that generation, And said: They are a people whose hearts are amiss, And they have not known My ways; Thus I swore in my indignation, “Never shall they enter my resting place.”

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תהלים צו Psalm 96

שִ ירּו לַיהֹוָּה שִ יר חָּדָּ ש, ,Shi-ru l’A-do-nai shir cha-dash שִ ירּו לַיהֹוָּה כָּל-הָּאָּרֶ ץ. .Shi-ru l’A-do-nai kol ha-a-retz שִ ירּו לַיהֹוָּה בָּרֲ כּו שְּ מֹו, ,Shi-ru l’A-do-nai bar-chu sh’mo Bas-ru mi-yom l’yom y’shu-a-to. בַשְּ רּו מִ יֹום-לְּיֹום יְּשּועָּתֹו.

Sing to the Eternal! Sing a new song! Sing to God, all across the land! Sing to the Eternal! Bless God’s Name! Sing every day of God’s salvation!

סַפְּ רּו בַגֹויִם כְּ בֹודֹו, ,Sa-p’ru va-go-yim k’vo-do בְּ כָּל-הָּעַמִ ים נִפְּלְּאֹותָּ יו. .B’chol ha-a-mim nif-l’o-tav כִ י גָּדֹול יי ּומְּ הֻלָּל מְּ אֹד, ,Ki ga-dol A-do-nai um-hu-lal m’od No-ra hu al kol E-lo-him. נֹורָּ א הּוא עַל-כָּל-אֱֹלהִ ים.

Proclaim God’s honor to the nations, the Almighty’s miracles to all peoples, because God’s greatness is to be lauded. Exalted is the Eternal over all the deities.

כִ י כָּל-אֱֹלהֵי הָּעַמִ ים אֱלִילִים, ,Ki kol E-lo-hei ha-a-mim e-li-lim וַיהֹוָּה שָּמַיִם עָּׂשָּ ה. .V’A-do-nai sha-ma-yim a-sah הֹוד-וְּהָּדָּ ר לְּפָּנָּיו, ,Hod v’ha-dar l’fa-nav Oz v’ti-fe-ret b’mik-da-sho. עֹז וְּתִפְּאֶרֶ ת בְּמִ קְּדָּ שֹו.

As all the other gods are false, While the Almighty made the heavens – Toward You the glory and splendor shine, Your temple is magnificent and majestic.

הָּבּו לַיהֹוָּה מִשְּ פְּ חֹות עַמִ ים, ,Ha-vu l’A-do-nai mish-p’chot a-mim הָּבּו לַיהֹוָּה כָּבֹוד וָּעֹז. .Ha-vu l’A-do-nai ka-vod va-oz הָּבּו לַיהֹוָּה כְּ בֹוד שְּ מֹו, ,Ha-vu l’A-do-nai k’vod sh’mo S’u min-chah u-vo-u l’chatz-ro-tav. ׂשְּ אּו מִ נְּחָּה ּובֹאּו לְּחַצְּ רֹותָּ יו.

Let the families and peoples come to God! Shower God with honor and strength! Bring honor to God’s Name! Come to God’s shrine with gifts.

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תהלים צו Psalm 96 continued

הִשְּ תַ חֲוּו לַיהֹוָּה בְּ הַדְּרַ ת-קֹדֶ ש, ,Hish-ta-cha-vu l’A-do-nai b’had-rat ko-desh חִ ילּו מִ פָּנָּיו כָּל-הָּאָּרֶ ץ. .Chi-lu mi-pa-nav kol ha-a-retz אִמְּ רּו בַגֹויִם יְּהוָּה מָּלְָּך, ,Im-ru va-go-yim A-do-nai ma-lach אַ ף-תִ כֹון תֵבֵל בַל-תִ מֹוט, ,Af ti-kon tei-veil bal ti-mot ya-din a-mim b’mei-sha-rim. יָּדִ ין עַמִ ים בְּמֵ ישָּרִ ים. Bow before God in holy praise, All the earth is awed before You. Tell the nations that the Almighty is Sovereign and holds the earth steady without faltering. All peoples are esteemed in equity.

יִׂשְּמְּ חּו הַשָּמַיִם וְּתָּ גֵל הָּאָּרֶ ץ, ,Yis-m’chu ha-sha-ma-yim v’ta-geil ha-a-retz יִרְּ עַם הַיָּם ּומְּ ֹלאֹו. .Yir-am ha-yam u-m’lo-o יַעֲֹלז ׂשָּדַ י וְּכָּל-אֲשֶ ר-בֹו, ,Ya-a-loz sa-dai v’chol a-sher bo Az y’ra-n’nu kol a-tzei ya-ar. אָּ ז יְּרַ ּנְּנּו כָּל-עֲצֵי-יָּעַר.

The sky will rejoice and the earth will celebrate, The sea and all it holds will roar with thunder. The meadows and all they produce will rejoice, Then all the trees in the forest will sing in joy.

לִפְּ נֵי יי כִ י בָּא, ,Lif-nei A-do-nai ki va כִ י בָּא לִשְּ פֹט הָּאָּרֶ ץ Ki va lish-pot ha-a-retz יִשְּ פֹט-תֵבֵל בְּ צֶדֶ ק ,Yish-pot tei-veil b’tze-dek v’a-mim be-e-mu-na-to. וְּעַמִ ים בֶאֱמּונָּתֹו.

Because when they come before God, As God comes to judge the earth, The Almighty will judge the world rightly and the peoples with loyal faithfulness.

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תהלים צז Psalm 97

יי מָּ לְָּך, תָּ גֵל הָּאָּרֶ ץ, ,A-do-nai ma-lach, ta-geil ha-a-retz יִׂשְּמְּ חּו ִא ִיים רַבִ ים. עָּנָּן וַעֲרָּ פֶל סְּבִ יבָּיו, ,yis-m’chu i-yim ra-bim. A-nan va-a-ra-fel s’vi-vav צֶדֶ ק ּומִשְּ פָּט מְּ כֹון כִסְּ אֹו. .tze-dek u-mish-pat m’chon kis-o

God is Sovereign and the Earth celebrates; The continents will rejoice. Clouds and mists shroud the Divine, To be uncovered by righteousness and justice.

אֵ ש לְּפָּנָּיו תֵ לְֵך, ּותְּ לַהֵט סָּבִ יב צָּרָּ יו. .Eish l’fa-nav tei-leich, ut-la-heit sa-viv tza-rav הֵאִ ירּו בְּרָּ קָּיו תֵבֵל, ,Hei-i-ru v’ra-kav tei-veil רָּ אֲתָּ ה וַתָּחֵל הָּאָּרֶ ץ. .ra-a-tah va-ta-cheil ha-a-retz

Fire precedes You and burns those who oppose You. Your lightening is a beacon to the world, and the Earth shakes at the sight.

הָּרִ ים כַדֹונַג נָּמַ סּו מִ לִפְּ נֵי יי, ,Ha-rim ka-do-nag na-ma-su mi-lif-nei A-do-nai מִ לִפְּ נֵי אֲדֹון כָּל-הָּאָּרֶ ץ. .mi-lif-nei A-don kol ha-a-retz הִ גִידּו הַשָּמַיִם צִדְּ קֹו, ,Hi-gi-du ha-sha-ma-yim tzid-ko v’ra-u chol ha-a-mim k’vo-do. וְּרָּ אּו כָּל-הָּעַמִ ים כְּ בֹודֹו.

The mountains melt like wax before God, Before the ruler of all lands. The heavens tell of God’s virtue and all the nations see God’s glory.

יֵבֹשּו כָּל-עֹבְּדֵ י פֶסֶל, ,Yei-vo-shu kol ov-dei fe-sel הַמִתְּ הַלְּלִים בָּאֱלִילִים, ,ha-mit-ha-l’lim ba-e-li-lim הִשְּ תַ חֲוּו-לֹו כָּל-אֱֹלהִ ים. .hish-ta-cha-vu lo kol e-lo-him

All who serve graven images will desiccate; Those who praise false gods, for they too must bow before the Eternal God.

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תהלים צז Psalm 97 continued

שָּמְּ עָּה וַתִׂשְּ מַ ח צִ יֹון, ,Sha-m’a va-tis-mach Tzi-on וַתָּ גֵלְּנָּה בְּ נֹות יְּהּודָּ ה, ,va-ta-geil-na b’not Y’hu-dah לְּמַעַן מִשְּ פָּטֶ יָך יי. .l’ma-an mish-pa-te-cha A-do-nai כִ י-אַתָּ ה יי עֶלְּיֹון עַל-כָּל-הָּאָּרֶ ץ, ,Ki a-tah A-do-nai el-yon al kol ha-a-retz m’od na-a-lei-ta, al kol e-lo-him. מְּ אֹד נַעֲלֵיתָּ עַל-כָּל-אֱֹלהִ ים. Let Zion hear and rejoice, and let the daughters of Judah celebrate, Because of Your divine justice. For You are God, the highest authority Over all the Earth and above all divinities.

אֹהֲבֵי יי, ׂשִ נְּאּו רָּ ע, ,O-ha-vei A-do-nai, sin-u ra שֹמֵ ר נַפְּ שֹות חֲסִ ידָּ יו, ,sho-meir naf-shot cha-si-dav מִ יַד רְּ שָּעִ ים יַצִ ילֵם. .mi-yad r’sha-im ya-tzi-leim

Love God and scorn evil; The Eternal guards the souls of the reverent And redeems them from the malicious grasp.

אֹור זָּרֻעַ לַצַדִ יק, ּולְּיִשְּרֵ י-לֵב ׂשִמְּ חָּה. .Or za-ru-a la-tza-dik, ul-yish-rei leiv sim-chah ׂשִמְּ חּו צַדִ יקִ ים בַיהֹוָּה, ,Sim-chu tza-di-kim b’A-do-nai וְּ הֹודּו לְּזֵכֶר קָּדְּ שֹו. .v’ho-du l’zei-cher kad-sho

Light dawns for the righteous and brings joy to the honest heart. Let the virtuous exult in the Eternal, and remember God’s holy name.

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תהלים צח Psalm 98

מִ זְּמֹור שִ ירּו לַיהֹוָּה Miz-mor, shi-ru l’A-do-nai שִ יר חָּדָּ ש, כִ י-נִפְּ לָּאֹות עָּׂשָּ ה, ,shir cha-dash, ki nif-la-ot a-sah הֹושִ יעָּה-לֹו יְּמִ ינֹו ּוזְּרֹועַ קָּדְּ שֹו. .ho-shi-a lo y’mi-no uz-ro-a kad-sho הֹודִ יעַ יי יְּשּועָּתֹו, ,Ho-di-a A-do-nai y’shu-a-to l’ei-nei ha-go-yim gi-lah tzid-ka-to. לְּעֵינֵי הַגֹויִם גִלָּה צִדְּ קָּתֹו. Sing out a new song to the Creator for the wonders God has caused, whose right hand has always helped up, whose holy arm has always saved us.

זָּכַר חַסְּ דֹו וֶאֱמּונָּתֹו Za-char chas-do ve-e-mu-na-to לְּבֵית יִׂשְּרָּ אֵ ל רָּ אּו כָּל אַפְּסֵי l’veit Yis-ra-eil, ra-u chol af-sei אָּרֶ ץ אֵ ת יְּשּועַת אֱֹלהֵינּו. .a-retz eit y’shu-at E-lo-hei-nu הָּרִ יעּו לַיהֹוָּה כָּל-הָּאָּרֶ ץ, ,Ha-ri-u l’A-do-nai kol ha-a-retz Pitz-chu v’ra-n’nu v’za-mei-ru. פִצְּ חּו וְּרַ ּנְּנּו וְּ זַמֵ רּו. God has made power known to use and has revealed justice to many nations, and has remembered the promise of love and faithfulness to the people of Israel. To the farthest reaches of the earth, they have seen God’s saving power! Shout for joy to the Eternal, all the earth, burst forth and sing, and play your music.

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תהלים צח Psalm 98 continued

זַמְּ רּו לַיהֹוָּה בְּכִ ּנֹור, ,Zam’ru l’A-do-nai b’chi-nor בְּכִ ּנֹור וְּ קֹול זִמְּרָּ ה. .b’chi-nor v’kol zim-rah בַחֲצֹצְּ רֹות וְּ קֹול שֹופָּר Ba-cha-tzo-tz’rot v’kol sho-far ha-ri-u lif-nei ha-me-lech A-do-nai. הָּרִ יעּו לִפְּ נֵי הַמֶלְֶך יי.

Sing praises to the Creator with the lute, with strings, with voice and melody, with trumpets and with the blast of the shofar, raise a fanfare to the Eternal Ruler.

יִרְּ עַם הַיָּם ּומְּ ֹלאֹו, ,Yir-am ha-yam um-lo-o תֵבֵל וְּ ישְּ בֵי בָּּה. .tei-vel v’yosh-vei va נְּהָּרֹות יִמְּ חֲאּו-כָּף, ,N’ha-rot yim-cha-u chaf ya-chad ha-rim y’ra-nei-nu. יַחַד הָּרִ ים יְּרַ ּנֵנּו.

Let the sea, and all it contains, the world and all who dwell upon it, thunder praise. And let the rivers clap their hands and sing together with the mountains –

לִפְּ נֵי יי כִ י בָּא לִשְּ פֹט Lif-nei A-do-nai ki va lish-pot הָּאָּרֶ ץ יִשְּ פֹט-תֵבֵל בְּ צֶדֶ ק, ,ha-a-retz yish pot tei-veil b’tze-dek וְּעַמִ ים בְּמֵ ישָּרִ ים. .v’a-mim b’mei-sha-rim

To the One who comes to rule the Earth, to rule the world with justice and all peoples with fairness.

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תהלים צט Psalm 99

יי מָּ לְָּך יִרְּ גְּזּו עַמִ ים A-do-nai ma-lach yir-g’zu a-mim יֹשֵב כְּרּובִ ים תָּ נּוט הָּאָּרֶ ץ, .yo-sheiv k’ru-vim, ta-nut ha-a-retz יי בְּצִ יֹון גָּדֹול, ,A-do-nai b’Tzi-on ga-dol םוְּרָּ הּוא עַל-כָּל-הָּעַמִ ים. .v’ram hu al kol ha-a-mim Yo-du shim-cha ga-dol v’no-ra, יֹודּו שִמְּ ָך גָּדֹול וְּ נֹורָּ א .ka-dosh hu קָּדֹוש הּוא

God is sovereign, nations tremble. God is enthroned on high; the very earth quivers. The Almighty is great in Zion, exalted over all peoples. Let them praise God, for God is awesome, holy.

וְּעֹזמֶ לְֶך מִשְּ פָּט אָּהֵב, ,V’uz me-lach mish-pat a-heiv אַתָּ ה כֹונַנְּתָּמֵ ישָּרִ ים, ,a-tah ko-nan-ta mei-sha-rim מִשְּ פָּט ּוצְּדָּקָּה בְּ יַעֲקֹב האַתָּ עָּׂשִ יתָּ . .mish-pat u-tze-da-kah b’Ya-a-kov a-tah a-si-ta רֹומְּ מּו יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, ,Ro-m’mu A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu v’hish-ta-cha-vu la-ha-dom rag-lav וְּהִשְּ תַ חֲוּולַהֲדֹם רַ גְּלָּיו !ka-dosh-hu קָּדֹוש הּוא!

A sovereign, mighty, rules with a love of justice; You alone bring about equity, Ordaining justice and compassion for the people of Jacob. Exalt the Eternal our God. Worship God, Who is holy.

משֶ ה וְּאַ הֲרֹןבְּ כֹהֲנָּיו Mo-she v’A-ha-ron b’cho-ha-nav ּושְּ מּואֵ ל בְּ קֹרְּ אֵ ישְּ מֹו, ,u-Sh-mu-eil b’kor-ei sh’mo קֹרִ אים אֶ ל-יי וְּ הּוא יַעֲנֵם. .Ko’rim el A-do-nai v’hu ya-a-neim בְּ עַמּוד עָּנָּן יְּדַבֵר אֲלֵיהֶם, ,B’a-mud a-nan y’da-beir a-lei-hem sham-ru ei-do-tav v’chok na-tan la-mo. שָּמְּ רּועֵדֹתָּ יו וְּחֹק נָּתַ ן-לָּמֹו. Moses and Aaron were among God’s chosen ones, Samuel called out to the Almighty, Who answered them in a pillar of cloud. They zealously strove to obey the divine law, even when God’s decrees were beyond their grasp.

יי אֱֹלהֵינּו האַתָּ עֲנִיתָּ ם, ,A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu a-ta a-ni-tam אֵל אנֹׂשֵ הָּיִיתָּ לָּהֶם. .Eil no-sei ha-yi-ta la-hem וְּנֹקֵם עַל-עֲלִילֹותָּ ם. .V’no-keim al a-li-lo-tam רֹומְּ מּו יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, ,Ro-m’mu A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu v’hish-ta-cha-vu l’har kad-sho, וְּהִשְּ תַ חֲוּו לְּהַר קָּדְּ שֹו, .ki ka-dosh A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu כִ יקָּדֹוש יי אֱֹלהֵינּו. You responded to them with compassion, even as You rebuked them for their offenses. Extol God, Bow towards God’s holy mountain, our God is holy.

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תהלים כט Psalm 29

מִ זְּמֹור לְּדָּוִד: :Miz-mor l’Da-vid הָּבּו לַיהֹוָּה בְּ נֵי אֵלִים Ha-vu l’A-do-nai b’nei ei-lim הָּבּו לַיהֹוָּה כָּבֹוד וָּעֹז ha-vu l’A-do-nai ka-vod va-oz הָּבּו לַיהֹוָּהכְּ בֹוד שְּ מֹו Ha-vu l’A-do-nai k’vod sh’mo hish-ta-cha-vu l’A-do-nai הִשְּ תַ חֲוּו לַיהֹוָּה .b’had-rat ko-desh בְּ הַדְּרַ ת-קֹדֶ ש. A song of David: Ascribe unto the Almighty, O children of might, ascribe unto the Almighty glory and strength! Ascribe unto the Almighty the glory of the Divine Name, worship the Almighty with the beauty of holiness.

קֹול יי עַל-הַמָּיִם Kol A-do-nai al ha-ma-yim אֵ ל-הַכָּבֹוד הִרְּ עִ ים Eil ha-ka-vod, hir-im יי עַל-מַיִם רַבִ ים. .A-do-nai al ma-yim ra-bim

The voice of the Creator is on the waters. The God of glory thunders; the Creator is upon many waters.

קֹול-יי בַכֹחַ Kol A-do-nai ba-ko-ach קֹול יי בֶהָּדָּ ר kol A-do-nai be-ha-dar קֹול יי שֹבֵר אֲרָּ זִים Kol A-do-nai sho-veir a-ra-zim וַיְּשַבֵר יי Va-y’sha-beir A-do-nai et ar-zei ha-L’va-non. אֶ ת-אַרְּ זֵי הַלְּבָּנֹון. The voice of the Almighty is full of strength; the voice of the Almighty is full of beauty. The voice of the Almighty breaks the cedars; the Almighty smashes the cedars of Lebanon.

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תהלים כט Psalm 29 continued

וַיַרְּ קִידֵםכְּ מֹו-עֵגֶל Va-yar-ki-deim k’mo ei-gel לְּבָּנֹוןוְּׂשִרְּ יֹון כְּ מֹו בֶן-רְּ אֵמִ ים. .L’va-non v’Sir-yon k’mo ven r’ei-mim

God makes them skip like a calf; God makes Lebanon and Syria skip like a young wild ox.

קֹול-יי חֹצֵב לַהֲבֹות אֵ ש. .Kol A-do-nai cho-tzeiv la-ha-vot eish קֹול יי יָּחִ יל מִדְּ בָּר Kol A-do-nai ya-chil mid-bar יָּחִ יל יי מִדְּ בַר קָּדֵ ש. .ya-chil A-do-nai mid-bar Ka-desh קֹול יי יְּחֹולֵל אַ יָּלֹות. .Kol A-do-nai y’cho-leil a-ya-lot

The voice of the Almighty hews flames out of fire. The voice of the Almighty causes the wilderness to quake. The Almighty shakes the desert of the Kadesh. The voice of the Almighty makes the deer tremble.

וַיֶחֱׂשף יְּעָּרֹות ּובְּ הֵיכָּלֹו Va-ye-che-sof y’a-rot uv-hei-cha-lo כֻלֹו אֹמֵרכָּבֹוד. .ku-lo o-meir ka-vod

It strips the forests bare. Within God’s palace all declare: “Glory!”

יי לַמַ בּול יָּשָּ ב A-do-nai la-ma-bul ya-shav וַיֵשֶ ב יי מֶ לְֶך לְּעֹולָּם .va-yei-shev A-do-nai me-lech l’olam יי עֹזלְּעַמֹו יִתֵ ן A-do-nai oz l’a-mo yi-tein יי יְּבָּרֵ ְך אֶ ת-עַמֹו בַשָּ לֹום. .A-do-nai y’va-reich et a-mo va-sha-lom

The Almighty sat enthroned at the great flood; the Almighty shall sit enthroned forever. May God give strength to our people; may God bless our people with peace.

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אנא בכח Ana B’Ko’Ach

אָּ ּנָּאבְּ כֹחַ גְּדֻלַתיְּמִ ינֶָך A-na b’ko-ach g’du-lat y-min-cha תַתִיר צְּ רּורָּ ה. .ta-tir tz’ru-ah קַבֵל רִ ּנַת עַמֶ ָך ׂשַגְּבֵנּו Ka-beil ri-nat am-cha sag-vei-nu ta-ha-rei-nu no-ra. טַהֲרֵ נּו נֹורָּ א.

Please by the power of Your great right hand, set the captive nation free. Accept your people’s prayer. Strengthen us, purify us, You who are revered.

נָּא גִבֹור דֹורְּ שֵ ייִחּודֶ ָך Na gi-bor dor-shei yi-chud-cha כְּבָּבַתשָּמְּרֵ ם. .k’va’vat sham-reim בָּרְּ כֵם טַהֲרֵ ם רַ חֲמֵ ם Bar-cheim ta-ha-reim ra-cha-meim tzid-kat-cha ta-mid gam-leim. צִדְּ קָּתֶ ָך תָּמִ יד גָּמְּ לֵם.

Please, mighty One, guard like the pupil of the eye those who seek Your unity. Bless them, cleanse them, have compassion on them, grant them your righteousness always.

חֲסִין קָּדֹוש בְּ רֹוב טּובְּ ָך Cha-sin ka-dosh b’rov tuv-cha נַהֵלעֲדָּתֶ ָך. .na-heil a-da-te-cha יָּחִ יד הגֵאֶ לְּעַמְּ ָך Ya-chid gei-eh l’am-cha p’neih zoch-rei k’du-sha-te-cha. פְּ נֵה יזֹוכְּרֵ קְּ דֻשָּתֶ ָך.

Mighty One, holy One, in Your great goodness guide Your congregation. Only One, exalted One, turn to Your people, who proclaim Your holiness.

שַוְּעָּתֵ נּו קַבֵלּושְּ מַ ע Sha-va-tei-nu ka-beil ush-ma צַעֲקָּתֵנּויֹודֵעַ תַ עֲלּומֹות. .tza-a-ka-tei-nu yo-dei-a ta-a-lu-mot בָּרּוְךשֵם כְּ בוד מַלְּכּותֹו Ba-ruch Sheim k’vod mal-chu-to לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד. .l’o-lam va-ed

Accept our plea and heed our cry, You who know all secret thoughts. Blessed be the name of God’s glorious Sovereignty for ever and all time.

Please, by the power: A hymn in seven lines, each of six words, whose initial letters spell out a אנא בכח mystical 42-letter name of God. It is attributed to Rabbi Nehunya ben haKanah (second half of the first century CE).

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לכה דודי L’Chah Dodi

[CHORUS] לְּכָּה דודִ ילִקְּרַ את כַלָּה. ,L’chah do-di lik-rat ka-lah פְּ נֵישבָּת נְּקַבְּ לָּה. .P’nei Sha-bat n’ka-b’lah

Beloved, come to meet the bride; beloved come to greet Shabbat!

שמור וְּ זָּכור בְּדִ בּור אֶחָּד, ,Sha-mor v’za-chor b’di-bur e-chad הִשמִ יעָּנּואֵ להַמְּ יֻחָּד. Hish-mi-a-nu Eil ham-yu-chad. 1 יְּיָּ אֶחָּדּושמו אֶחָּד, ,A-do-nai e-chad u-sh’mo e-chad l’Sheim u-l’ti-fe-ret v’lit-hi-lah. לְּשם תּולְּתִפְּאֶרֶ וְּלִתְּהִ לָּה.

“Keep” and “remember”; a single command the Only God causes us to hear; the Eternal is One, God’s Name is One; glory and praise are God’s.

ל קְּרַ את שַבָּת לְּכּווְּ נֵלְּכָּה, ,Lik-rat Sha-bat l’chu v’nei-l’chah כִי הִיא מְּ קור הַבְּרָּ כָּה, ki hi m’kor ha-b’ra-chah, 2 מֵ ראשמִ קֶדֶם נְּסּוכָּה, ,mei-rosh mi-ke-dem n’su-chah סוףמַ עֲשֶ הבְּמַחֲשָּבָּה תְּחִ לָּּה. .sof ma-a-she, b’ma-cha-sha-vah t’chi-lah

Come with me to meet Shabbat, forever a fountain of blessing. Still it flows, as from the start: the last of days, for which the first was made.

מ קְּדַש מֶ לְֶךעִיר מְּ לּוכָּה, ,Mik-dash me-lech, ir m’lu-chah קּומִי צְּאִי מִ תוְך הַהֲפֵכָּה, ,Ku-mi tz’i mi-toch ha-ha-fei-chah רַ ב לְָּך שֶבֶת בְּ עֵמֶ ק הַבָּכָּא, Rav lach she-vet b’ei-mek ha-ba-cha, 3 וְּ הּוא יַחֲמול עָּלַיְִך חֶמְּ לָּּה. .v’hu ya-cha-mol a-la-yich chem-lah

Royal shrine, city of kings, rise up and leave your ravaged state. You have dwelt long enough in the valley of tears, now God will shower mercy on you.

ה תְּ נַעֲרִ י! מֵעָּפָּר קּומִ י, ,Hit-na-a-ri! Mei-a-far ku-mi לִבְּשִ יבִ יגְּדֵ תִפְּאַרְּ תֵ ְך עַמִ י, Liv-shi big-dei tif-ar-teich a-mi, 4 עַל יַד בֶן ייִשַ בֵית הַלַחְּמִ י, ,Al yad ben Yi-shai beit ha-lach-mi קָּרְּ בָּהאֶ ל ינַפְּשִ גְּאלָּּה. .kar-vah el naf-shi g’a-lah

Lift yourself up! Shake off the dust! Array yourself in beauty, O my people! At hand is Bethlehem’s David, Jesse’s son, bringing deliverance into my life.

This poem was composed by Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, 16th century Safed kabbalist. The first eight verses are .(שלמה הלוי) arranged acrostically according to the author’s name

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לכה דודי L’Chah Dodi continued

התְּ עורְּרִ יהִתְּ עורְּרִ י, ,Hit-o-r’ri, hit-o-r’ri כִ יבָּא אורֵ ְך, קּומִ י אורִ י, ki va o-reich, ku-mi o-ri, 5 יעּורִ עּורִ י שִ יר דַבֵרִ י, ,u-ri u-ri shir da-bei-ri כְּ בוד יי עָּלַיְִך נִגְּלָּּה. .k’vod A-do-nai a-la-yich nig-lah

Awake, awake, your light has come! Arise, shine, awake and sing: the Eternal’s glory dawns upon you.

לא תֵ בושִ י וְּ לא תִ כָּלְּמִ י, ,Lo tei-vo-shi v’lo ti-kal-mi מַ התִשְּ יתוחֲחִ ּומַ ה תֶ הֱמִ י, mah tish-to-cha-chi u-mah te-he-mi, 6 בְָּך יֶחֱסּו עֲנִיֵי עַמִ י, ,Bach ye-che-su a-ni-yei a-mi וְּנִבְּ הנְּתָּ עִ יר עַלתלָּּה. .v’niv-n’tah ir al ti-lah

An end to shame and degredation; forget your sorrow; quiet your groans. The afflicted of my people find respite in you, the city renewed upon its ancient ruins.

ו הָּיּו לִמְּשִ סָּ השאסָּיְִך, ,V’ha-yu lim-shi-sa sho-sa-yich וְּרָּ חֲקּוכָּל מְּ בַלְּעָּיְִך, v’ra-cha-ku kol m’val-a-yich, 7 יָּשִ יש עָּלַיְִךאֱלהָּיְִך, ,ya-sis a-la-yich E-lo-ha-yich כִמְּ שוש ןחָּתָּ עַל כַלָּה. .kim-sos cha-tan al ka-lah

The scavengers are scattered, your devourers have fled; as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride, your God takes joy in you.

ימִ יןּושְּ מאל תִפְּ רוצִ י, ,Ya-min u-smol ti-fro-tzi וְּאֶ תיי תַ עֲרִ יצִ י, v’et A-do-nai ta-a-ri-tzi, 8 עַל יַד אִ יש בֶן פַרְּ צִ י, ,al yad ish ben Par-tzi וְּנִשְּמְּ חָּה וְּ נָּגִילָּה. .v’nis-m’chah v’na-gi-lah

Your space will be broad, your worship free: await the promised one; we will exult, we will sing for joy!

בואִ י בְּשָּ לום תעֲטֶרֶ בַעְּ לָּּה ,Bo-i v’sha-lom a-te-ret ba’-lah גַם בְּשִמְּ חָּה ּובְּ צָּהֳלָּה gam b’sim-chah u-v’tza-ha-lah. 9 תוְך אֱמּונֵי עַםסְּ גֻלָּה ,toch e-mu-nei am s’gu-lah בואִ יכַלָּה יבואִ כַלָּה .bo-i cha-lah, bo-i cha-lah

Enter in peace, O crown of your husband, enter in gladness, enter in joy. Come to the people that keeps its faith. Enter, O bride! Enter, O bride!

,Bo-i v’sha-lom בואִ יבְּשָּ לום For those who choose: when the congregation reaches the last verse, beginning Enter in peace, all rise and turn toward the entrance of the sanctuary, as if to greet the Presence of Shabbat.

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תהלים צב Psalm 92

מִ זְּמֹורשִ ירלְּיֹום הַשַבָּת :Miz-mor shir l’yom ha-Sha-bat טֹוב לְּהֹדֹות לַיהֹוָּה, ,Tov l’ho-dot la-A-do-nai רּולְּזַמֵ לְּשִמְּ ָךעֶלְּיֹון. .ul-za-meir l’shim-cha el-yon

A psalm. A song for Shabbat. It is good to praise Adonai; to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High.

לְּהַגִיד בַבֹקֶרחַסְּ דֶ ָך, ,L’ha-gid ba-bo-ker chas-de-cha וֶאֱמּונָּתְּ ָך בַלֵילֹות. .ve-e-mu-na-t’cha ba-lei-lot עֲלֵי-עָּׂשֹור וַעֲלֵי-נָּבֶל, ,A-lei a-sor va-a-lei-na-vel a-lei hi-ga-yon b’chi-nor. עֲלֵי הִ גָּיֹון בְּכִ ּנֹור.

To proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak, Your faithfulness each night, with a ten-stringed harp, with voice and lyre together.

כִ יׂשִ מַחְּתַנִי יי בְּ פָּעֳלֶָך, ,Ki si-mach-ta-ni A-do-nai b’fa-a-le-cha בְּמַ יעֲׂשֵ יָּדֶ יָך אֲרַ ּנֵן. .b’ma-a-sei ya-de-cha a-ra-nein מַ ה גָּדְּ - לּומַ עֲׂשֶ יָך יי, ,Mah gad-lu ma-a-se-cha A-do-nai m’od a-m’ku mach-sh’vo-te-cha. מְּאֹד עָּמְּ קּומַחְּשְּ בֹתֶ יָך.

You have gladdened me by Your deeds, Adonai; I shout for joy at Your handiwork. How great are Your work, Adonai, how very subtle Your designs!

אִ יש בַעַר לֹא יֵדָּ ע, ,Ish ba-ar lo yei-da ּוכְּסִ יל לֹא-יָּבִ ין אֶ ת-זֹאת. .uch-sil lo ya-vin et-zot בִפְּרֹחַרְּ שָּעִ יםכְּ מֹו עֵׂשֶ ב Bif-ro-ach r’sha-im k’mo ei-sev וַיָּצִ יצּו כָּל-פֹעֲלֵי אָּ וֶן va-ya-tzi-tzu kol po-a-lei a-ven l’hi-sha-m’dam a-dei ad. לְּהִשָּמְּ דָּ ם עֲדֵ י-עַד. .V’a-ta ma-rom l’o-lam A-do-nai וְּאַתָּה מָּ רֹום לְּעֹלָּם יי. A brute cannot know, a fool cannot understand this: The wicked may flourish, they may spring up like grass, but their doom is forever sealed, For You are supreme forever.

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תהלים צב Psalm 92 continued

כִי הִ ּנֵהאֹיְּבֶיָך יְּהוָּה, ,Ki hi-neih oy-ve-cha A-do-nai כִ י הִ -ּנֵה אֹיְּבֶיָך יֹאבֵדּו ki hi-neih oy-ve-cha yo-vei-du יִתְּ פָּרְּ דּו כָּל-פֹעֲלֵי אָּ וֶן. .yit-par-du kol po-a-lei a-ven וַתָּרֶ םכִרְּ אֵ ים קַרְּ נִי, ,Va-ta-rem kir-eim kar-ni ba-lo-ti b’she-men ra-a-nan. בַֹּלתִ יבְּשֶמֶן רַ עֲנָּן. ,Va-ta-beit ei-ni b’shu-rai וַתַבֵטעֵינִי בְּ שּורָּ י, ba-ka-mim a-lai m’rei-im בַקָּמִ ים עָּלַי מְּרֵ עִ ים .tish-ma-nah az-nai תִשְּ מַעְּ נָּהאָּ זְּנָּי. Your enemies, Lord, Your enemies shall perish; all the wicked shall disintegrate. But You have greatly exalted in me; I am anointed with fragrant oil. I have seen the downfall of my foes; I have heard the doom of my attackers.

צַדִ יק כַתָּמָּ ר יִפְּרָּ ח, ,Tza-dik ka-ta-mar yif-rach זכְּאֶרֶ בַלְּבָּנֹון יִׂשְּ גֶה. .k’e-rez ba’L’va-non yis-geh שְּ תּולִים בְּ בֵית יי, ,Sh’tu-lim b’veit A-do-nai בְּ חַצְּ רֹותאֱֹלהֵינּו יַפְּרִ יחּו. .b’chatz-rot E-lo-hei-nu yaf-ri-chu Od y’nu-vun b’sei-vah, עֹוד יְּנּובּון בְּׂשֵיבָּה, ,d’shei-nim v’ra-a-na-nim yi-h’yu דְּשֵנִים וְּרַ עֲנַּנִים יִהְּ יּו, ,L’ha-gid ki ya-shar A-do-nai לְּהַגִיד כִ י-יָּשָּ ר יי, .Tzu-ri, v’lo av-la-tah bo יצּורִ וְּ לֹא- העַוְּלָּתָּ בֹו. The righteous bloom like a date-palm; they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon: planted in the house of Adonai, they flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they still produce fruit; they are full of sap and freshness, attesting that Adonai is upright, my Rock, in whom there is no wrong.

Psalm 92 – The psalm sung by the Levites in the ancient Temple (M. Tamid 7:4), taken by the Rabbis to refer to the longed-for future time when every day will be like Shabbat. Mechilta d’Rabbi Yishma-eil, Masechta d’Shabta I

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תהלים צג Psalm 93

יי מָּ לְָּךגֵאּות לָּבֵש, ,A-do-nai ma-lach gei-ut la-veish לָּבֵש יי עֹזהִתְּ אַ זָּר, ,La-veish A-do-nai oz hit-a-zar אַ ף תִ כֹון תֵבֵל בַל-תִ מֹוט. .Af ti-kon tei-veil bal ti-mot נָּכֹון כִסְּ אֲָך מֵאָּ ז, ,Na-chon kis-a-cha mei-az mei-o-lam a-tah. מֵ עֹולָּםאָּתָּ ה. The Lord is King, crowned with splendor; the Lord reigns, robed in strength. He set the earth on a sure foundation. He created a world that stands firm. His kingdom stands from earliest time. He is eternal.

נָּׂשְּ אּונְּהָּרֹות, יי, ,Nas-u n’ha-rot, A-do-nai נָּׂשְּ אּונְּהָּרֹות קֹולָּם, ,Nas-u n’ha-rot ko-lam יִׂשְּ אּו נְּהָּרֹות דָּכְּ יָּם. .Yis-u n’ha-rot dach-yam

The rivers may rise and rage, the waters may pound and roar, the floods may spread and storm;

מִ קֹלֹות מַיִם רַבִ ים, ,Mi-ko-lot ma-yim ra-bim אַדִירִ ים מִשְּבְּרֵ י יָּם, ,A-di-rim mish-b’rei yam אַדִ יר בַמָּ רֹום יי. .A-dir ba-ma-rom A-do-nai

Above the crash of the sea and its breakers, awesome is the Lord our God.

עֵדֹתֶ יָךנֶאֶמְּ נּו מְּ אֹד, ,Ei-do-te-cha ne-em-nu m’od לְּבֵיתְּ ָךנָּאֲוָּה-קֹדֶ ש L’vei-t’cha na-a-vah ko-desh יי לְּאֹרֶ ְך יָּמִ ים. .A-do-nai, l’o-rech ya-mim

Your decrees, O Lord, never fail. Holiness befits Your house for eternity.

Psalm 93 – Proclaiming the completion of God’s work of creation and the establishment of divine sovereignty over all, this psalm serves as a fitting climax to Kabbalat Shabbat. See M. Tamid 7:4

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שמע וברכותיה Shema and Its Blessings

ברכו Barchu

בָּרְּ כּו אֶ ת יי הַמְּ בֹרָּ ְך. .Bar-chu et A-do-nai ham-vo-rach

בָּרּוְך יי הַמְּ בֹרָּ ְך לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד. .Ba-ruch A-do-nai ham-vo-rach l'o-lam va-ed

Praise Adonai to whom praise is due forever! Praised be Adonai to whom praise is due, now and forever!

מעריב ערבים Ma’ariv Aravim

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, אֱֹלהֵינּו מֶ לְֶך Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu me-lech הָּעֹולָּם, אֲשֶ ר בִדְּ בָּרֹו מַ עֲרִ יב עֲרָּבִ ים. .ha-o-lam, a-sher bid-va-ro ma-a-riv a-ra-vim בְּ חָּכְּמָּ ה פֹותֵחַ שְּ עָּרִ ים, ּובִתְּ בּונָּה B'choch-ma po-tei-ach sh'a-rim, u-vit-vu-nah מְּשַ ּנֶה עִתִ ים, ּומַ חֲלִיף אֶ ת הַזְּמַּנִים, ,m'sha-neh i-tim, u-ma-cha-lif et ha-z'ma-nim u-m'sa-deir et ha-ko-cha-vim ּומְּ סַדֵ ר אֶ ת הַכֹוכָּבִ ים בְּמִשְּמְּ רֹותֵיהֶם בָּרָּ קִיעַ כִרְּ צֹונֹו. .b'mish-m'ro-tei-hem ba-ra-ki-ya kir-tzo-no בֹורֵ א יֹום וָּלָּיְּלָּה, גֹולֵל אֹור מִפְּ נֵי Bo-rei yom va-lai-lah, go-leil or mi-p'nei חשֶ ְך וְּ חשֶ ְך מִפְּ נֵי אֹור, ּומַ עֲבִ יר cho-shech v'cho-shech mi-p'nei or, u-ma-a-vir יֹום ּומֵבִ יא לָּיְּלָּה, ּומַבְּדִ יל בֵין יֹום ּובֵין yom u-mei-vi lai-lah, u-mav-dil bein yom u-vein לָּיְּלָּה, יי צְּ בָּאֹות שְּ מֹֹו. .lai-lah, A-do-nai tz'va-ot sh'mo

אֵ ל חַי וְּקַיָּם תָּמִ יד יִמְּ לֹוְך עָּלֵינּו ,Eil chai v'ka-yam, ta-mid yim-loch a-lei-nu לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד. .l'o-lam va-ed

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי ,הַמַ עֲרִ יב עֲרָּבִ ים. .Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ha-ma-a-riv a-ra-vim

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, whose word brings on the evening, with wisdom opens gates, with understanding alters the time, changes the seasons, and orders the stars in their heavenly constellation as God wills. Adonai creates day and night, removing light before darkness and darkness before light. God causes day to pass and brings night, and separates between day and night, Adonai Tz’vaot is Your Name. May the living and enduring God reign over us for all eternity. Blessed are You, Adonai, who brings on evenings.

See page 83 for explanations about the Barchu and Ma’ariv Aravim.

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אהבת עולם Ahavat Olam

אַ הֲבַת עֹולָּם בֵית יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל עַמְּ ָך אָּהָּבְּתָּ . .A-ha-vat o-lam beit Yis-ra-eil a-m'cha a-hav-ta תֹורָּ ה ּומִצְּ ות, חֻקִ ים ּומִשְּ פָּטִ ים, אֹותָּ נּו לִמַדְּתָּ . ,To-rah u-mitz-vot, chu-kim u-mish-pa-tim o-ta-nu li-ma-d'ta. Al kein A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu עַל כֵן יי אֱֹלהֵינּו בְּשָּכְּבֵנּו ּובְּ קּומֵ נּו נָּשִ יחַ b'shoch-vei-nu u-v'ku-mei-nu na-si-ach בְּ חֻקֶיָך וְּנִׂשמַ ח בְּדִבְּרֵ י תֹורָּ תֶ ָך ּובְּמִצְּ ותֶ יָך לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד. b'chu-ke-cha v'nis-mach b'div-rei To-ra-te-cha u-v'mitz-vo-te-cha l'o-lam va-ed. כִ י הֵם חַיֵינּו וְּאֹרֶ ְך יָּמֵ ינּו ּובָּהֶם נֶהְּ גֶה יֹומָּ ם וָּלָּיְּלָּה. Ki heim cha-yei-nu, v'o-rech ya-mei-nu u'va-hem neh-geh yo-mam va-lai-lah וְּאַ הֲבָּתְּ ָך אַ ל תָּסִ יר מִ מֶ ּנּו לְּעֹולָּמִ ים . V'a-ha-va-t’cha al ta-sir mi-me-nu l'o-la-mim. בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, אֹוהֵב עַמֹו יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, o-heiv a-mo Yis-ra-eil.

With an eternal love have you loved the House of Israel, Your nation, Torah and commandments, decrees and ordinances have You taught us. Therefore Adonai, Our God, upon our retiring and arising, we will discuss Your decrees and we will rejoice with the words of Your Torah and with Your commandments for all eternity. For they are our life and the length of our days and about them we will meditate day and night. May You not remove Your love from us forever. Blessed are You, Adonai who loves Your nation Israel.

שמע Shema

שמַ ע י ׂשראֵ ל, יי אֱֹלהֵ ינּו, יי אֶחד Shema Yis-ra-eil, A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu, A-do-nai E-chad. Hear, O Israel, Adonai is our God, Adonai is One!

בָּרּוְך שֵ ם כְּ בֹוד מַלְּכּותֹו לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד Ba-ruch sheim k’vod mal-chu-to l’o-lam va-ed. Blessed is God’s glorious kingdom forever and ever.

See page 83 for explanations about the Shema.

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ואהבת V’Ahavta

ו א הַב ת אֵ ת יי אֱֹלהֶ יָך, ב כל ל ב ב ָך, ּוב כל נַפ ש ָך, V'a-hav-ta eit A-do-nai E-lo-he-cha, B'chol ּוב כל מ אֹדֶ ָך. ו ה יּו הַד ב רים האֵ לֶה, אֲשֶ ר א נכי מ צַּו ָך .l'va-v'cha, u-v'chol naf-sh'cha, u-v'chol m'o-de-cha V'ha-yu ha-d'va-rim ha-ei-leh, A-sher a-no-chi הַ ּיום, עַל ל ב בֶ ָך. ו ש נַנ תם ל ב נֶיָך, m’tza-v’cha ha-yom, al l'va-ve-cha. V'shi-nan-tam ו ד בַר ת בם ב ש ב ת ָך ב בֵ יתֶ ָך, ּוב לֶכ ת ָך l'-va-ne-cha, v'di-bar-ta bam b'shiv-t'cha בַדֶרֶ ְך, ּוב ש כ ב ָך ּוב קּומֶ ָך. ,b'vei-te-cha, uv-lech-t'cha va-de-rech ּוק שַר תם ל אֹות עַל י דֶ ָך, ו ה יּו ל טֹטפֹת .u-v'shoch-b’cha uv-ku-me-cha Uk-shar-tam l’ot al ya-de-cha, v'ha-yu l’to-ta-fot בֵ ין עֵינֶיָך. ּוכ תַב תם, עַל מ זֻזֹות בֵ יתֶ ָך, ּוב ש ע רֶ יָך : bein ei-ne-cha. Uch-tav-tam, al m'zu-zot bei-te-cha, u-vish-a-re-cha.

You shall love the Eternal your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart. And you shall teach them diligently to your children, speaking of them when you are sitting in your house, when you go on your way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a symbol before your eyes. And you shall inscribe them on the doorposts of your house, and upon your gates.

וְּהָּיָּה אִ ם שָּמֹעַ תִשְּמְּ עּו אֶ ל מִצְּ ותַ י אֲשֶ ר V'ha-ya, im sha-mo-a tish-m'u el mitz-vo-tai a-sher אָּנֹכִ י מְּ צַּוֶה אֶתְּ כֶם הַיֹום לְּאַ הֲבָּה אֶ ת יי אֱֹלהֵיכֶם ּולְּעָּבְּ דֹו a-no-chi m'tza-veh et-chem ha-yom l'a-ha-va et A-do-nai E-lo-hei-chem u-lav-do b'chol l'vav-chem, בְּ כָּל לְּבַבְּ כֶם, ּובְּ כָּל נַפְּשְּ כֶם. וְּ נָּתַתִ י מְּ טַר אַרְּ צְּ כֶם u-v'chol naf-sh'chem. V'na-ta-ti m'tar ar-tz'chem בְּעִ תֹו, יֹורֶ ה ּומַלְּקֹוש, וְּאָּסַפְּתָּ דְּ גָּנֶָך, וְּתִ ירשְּ ָך וְּיִצְּ הָּרֶ ָך. ,b'i-to, yo-reh u-mal-kosh, v'a-saf-ta d'ga-ne-cha וְּ נָּתַתִ י עֵשב בְּׂשדְּ ָך לִבְּ הֶמְּתֶ ָך, וְּאָּ כַלְּתָּ וְּשבָּעְּתָּ . v'ti-ro-sh'cha v'yitz-ha-re-cha. V'na-ta-ti ei-sev הִשָּמְּ רּו לָּכֶם פֶן יִפְּתֶ ה לְּבַבְּ כֶם, וְּסַרְּ תֶ ם, .b'sa-d’cha liv-hem-te-cha, v'a-chal-ta v’sa-va-ta Hi-sham-ru la-chem pen yif-teh l'vav-chem, וַעֲבַדְּתֶ ם אֱֹלהִ ים אֲחֵרִ ים, ,v'sar-tem, va-a-vad-tem E-lo-him a-chei-rim וְּהִשְּ תַ חֲוִ יתֶ ם לָּהֶם. וְּחָּרָּ ה אַ ף יי בָּכֶם, v'hish-ta-cha-vi-tem la-hem. V'cha-rah af A-do-nai וְּעָּצַר אֶ ת הַשָּמַיִם, וְּ לֹא יִהְּ יֶה מָּטָּ ר, ba-chem, v'a-tzar et ha-sha-ma-yim, v'lo yi-h'yeh וְּהָּאֲדָּמָּ ה לא תִתֵ ן אֶ ת יְּבּולָּּה, ,ma-tar, v'ha-a-da-mah lo ti-tein et y'vu-lah va-a-vad-tem m’hei-rah mei-al ha-a-retz ha-to-vah וַאֲבַדְּתֶ ם מְּ הֵרָּ ה מֵעַל הָּאָּרֶ ץ הַטֹ בָּה אֲשֶ ר יי נתֵ ן לָּכֶם. .a-sher A-do-nai no-tein la-chem

וְּשמְּתֶ ם אֶ ת דְּ בָּרַ י אֵ לֶה, עַל לְּבַבְּ כֶם וְּעַל V'sam-tem et d'va-rai ei-leh, al l'vav-chem v'al נַפְּשְּ כֶם, ּוקְּשַרְּ תֶ ם אֹתָּ ם לְּאֹות עַל יֶדְּ כֶם, ,naf-sh'chem, uk-shar-tem o-tam l'ot al yed-chem וְּהָּיּו לְּטֹוטָּפֹת בֵין עֵינֵיכֶם. .v'ha-yu l'to-ta-fot bein ei-nei-chem V'li-mad-tem o-tam et b'nei-chem, l'da-beir bam וְּלִמַדְּתֶ ם אֹתָּ ם אֶ ת בְּ נֵיכֶם, לְּדַבֵר בָּם b'shiv-t'cha b'vei-te-cha, uv-lech-t'cha va-de-rech בְּשִבְּתְּ ָך בְּ בֵיתֶ ָך בְּ לֶכְּתְּ ָך בַדֶרֶ ְך ּובְּשָּכְּבְּ ָך ּובְּ קּומֶ ָך. .u-v'shach-b'cha uv-ku-me-cha ּוכְּתַבְּתָּ ם עַל מְּ זּוזֹות בֵיתֶ ָך ּובִשְּ עָּרֶ יָך. .Uch-tav-tam, al m'zu-zot bei-te-cha, u-vish-a-re-cha לְּמַעַן יִרְּ בּו יְּמֵיכֶם, וִימֵ י בְּ נֵיכֶם, ,L'ma-an yir-bu y'mei-chem, vi-mei v'nei-chem al ha-a-da-mah a-sher nish-ba A-do-nai עַל הָּאֲדָּמָּ ה אֲשֶ ר נִשְּ בַע יי לַאֲבֹתֵ יכֶם, la-a-vo-tei-chem, la-teit la-hem ki-mei לָּתֵ ת לָּהֶם כִימֵ י הַשָּמַיִם עַל הָּאָּרֶ ץ. .ha-sha-ma-yim al ha-a-retz

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It shall come to pass, if you truly listen to My commandments as I command you today, to love the Eternal your God and to serve God with all your hearts and with all your souls, that I will give you rain upon your lands in its due season, the early rains and the late rains, and you will gather in your grain, and your wine, and your oil. But beware, lest your hearts go astray, and you go off and serve other gods, and submit to them. Then the anger of the Eternal will burn against you, and the skies will close up, and the rain will not fall, and the ground will not produce, and you will be forced to leave quickly from the good land that the Eternal is giving you.

Therefore, place these words upon your heart and upon your soul, and bind them for signs upon your hands, and let them be for frontlets between your eyes. Teach them to your children, speaking of them when you are sitting in your house, when you go on your way, when you lie down, and when you rise up, Inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and upon your gates. This is how your days and the days of your children will be many on the land that the Eternal promised to give to your ancestors, so long as heaven remains above the earth.

וַיֹאמֶ ר יי אֶ ל משֶ ה לֵאמֹר: דַבֵר אֶ ל בְּ נֵי יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, וְּאָּמַרְּ תָּ Va-yo-mer A-do-nai el Mo-she lei-mor: Da-beir el b’nei אֲלֵהֶם וְּעָּׂשּו לָּהֶם צִיצִ ת, עַל כַנְּפֵי בִ גְּדֵיהֶם לְּדֹרֹתָּ ם, ,Yis-ra-eil, v’a-mar-ta a-lei-hem v'a-su la-hem tzi-tzit al kan-fei vig-dei-hem l'do-ro-tam, v'nat-nu al tzi-tzit וְּ נָּתְּ נּו עַל צִיצִ ת הַכָּנָּף פְּתִ יל תְּ כֵלֶת. .ha-ka-naf p'til t'chei-let וְּהָּיָּה לָּכֶם לְּצִ יצִ ת, ּורְּ אִ יתֶ ם אֹתֹו ּוזְּכַרְּ תֶ ם אֶ ת כָּל מִצְּ ות V'ha-ya la-chem l'tzi-tzit, ur-i-tem o-to uz-char-tem יי, וַעֲׂשיתֶ ם אֹתָּ ם, וְּ לֹא תָּ תּורּו אַ חֲרֵ י לְּבַבְּ כֶם, וְּאַ חֲרֵ י et kol mitz-vot A-do-nai, va-a-si-tem o-tam, v'lo עֵינֵיכֶם אֲשֶ ר אַתֶ ם זֹנִים אַ חֲרֵ יהֶם. ta-tu-ru a-cha-rei l’vav-chem, v'a-cha-rei ei-nei-chem a-sher a-tem zo-nim a-cha-rei-hem. למַעַן ת ז כ רּו, וַעֲׂשיתֶ ם אֶ ת כל מ צ ותי L'ma-an tiz-k'ru, va-a-si-tem et kol mitz-vo-tai ו ה ייתֶ ם ק דֹשים לֵאֹלהֵיכֶם. .vi-h'yi-tem k’do-shim l’Ei-lo-hei-chem אֲני יי אֱֹלהֵיכֶם, אֲשֶ ר הֹוצֵ אתי אֶתכֶם מֵאֶרֶ ץ מ צרַ ים A-ni A-do-nai E-lo-hei-chem, a-sher ho-tzei-ti ל ה יֹות לכֶם לֵאֹלהים; אֲני יי אֱֹלהֵיכֶם : et-chem mei-e-retz Mitz-ra-yim li-h'yot la-chem l’Ei-lo-him; A-ni A-do-nai E-lo-hei-chem

יי אֱֹלהֵיכֶם אֱמֶ ת: A-do-nai E-lo-hei-chem E-met

And God spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, bidding them to make for themselves fringes upon the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, entwining the fringe of each corner with a thread of royal blue. This shall be your fringe, that you may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Eternal, and do them, and not go off after the lusts of your heart or after that which catches your eye.

Thus you shall be reminded to observe all My commandments, and to be holy unto your God. I am the Eternal your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I, the Eternal, am your God.

Themes of each paragraph are as follows: accepting commandments to love God, the notion of reward and punishment, and remembering the Exodus from Egypt.

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גאולה G’ulah

אֱמֶ ת וֶאֱמּונָּה כָּל זֹאת, וְּקַיָּם עָּלֵינּו, כִ י הּוא E-met ve-e-mu-na kol zot, v’ka-yam a-lei-nu, ki hu יי אֱֹלהֵינּו וְּאֵ ין זּולָּתֹו, וַאֲנַחְּ נּו, יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל עַמֹו. ,A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu v’ein zu-la-to, va-a-nach-nu הַפֹודֵ נּו מִ יַד מְּ לָּכִ ים, מַלְּכֵנּו הַגֹואֲלֵנּו מִ כַף כָּל הֶעָּרִ יצִ ים, ,Yis-ra-eil a-mo. Ha-po-dei-nu mi-yad m’la-chim הָּאֵ ל הַּנִפְּרָּ ע לָּנּו מִ צָּרֵ ינּו, .mal-kei-nu ha-go-a-lei-nu mi-kaf kol he-a-ri-tzim Ha-eil ha-nif-ra la-nu mi-tza-rei-nu, וְּהַמְּשַ לֵם גְּמּול לְּכָּל אֹויְּבֵי נַפְּשֵ נּו. .v’ha-m’sha-leim g’mul l’chol oy-y’vei naf-shei-nu הָּעֹוׂשֶ ה גְּדֹולֹות עַד אֵ ין חֵקֶר, נִסִ ים וְּנִפְּ לָּאֹות עַד אֵ ין Ha-o-seh g’do-lot ad ein chei-ker, v’nif-la-ot ad ein מִסְּ פָּר. הַשָּ ם נַפְּשֵ נּו ַב ַח ִיים, וְּ לֹא נָּתַ ן לַמֹוט רַ גְּלֵנּו. mis-par. Ha-sam naf-shei-nu ba-cha-yim, v’lo הַמַדְּרִ יכֵנּו עַל בָּמֹות אֹויְּבֵינּו, .na-tan la-mot rag-lei-nu וַיָּרֶ ם קַרְּ נֵנּו עַל כָּל שֹונְּאֵ ינּו. ,Ha-mad-ri-chei-nu al ba-mot oy-y’vei-nu הָּעֹוׂשָּ ה לָּנּו נִסִ ים ּונְּקָּמָּ ה בְּ פַרְּ עֹה, .va-ya-rem kar-nei-nu al kol so-n’ei-nu אֹותֹות ּומֹופְּתִ ים בְּאַדְּ מַ ת בְּ נֵי חָּם. ,Ha-o-seh la-nu ni-sim un-ka-ma b’far-o o-tot u-mo-f’tim b’ad-mat b’nei Cham. Ha-ma-keh v’ev-ra-to, kol b’cho-rei Mitz-ra-yim, הַמַכֶה בְּ עֶבְּרָּ תֹו, כָּל בְּ כֹורֵ י מִצְּרָּ יִם, וַיֹוצֵא אֶ ת עַמֹו va-yo-tsei et a-mo Yis-ra-eil, mi-to-cham l’chei-rut יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, מִ תֹוכָּם לְּחֵרּות עֹולָּם. o-lam. Ha-ma-a-vir ba-nav bein giz-rei Yam Suf et הַמַ עֲבִ יר בָּנָּיו בֵין גִזְּרֵ י יַם סּוף .אֶ ת רֹודְּ פֵיהֶם וְּאֶ ת .ro-d’fei-hem v’et so-n’ei-hem, bit-ho-mot ti-ba שֹונְּאֵיהֶם, בִתְּ הֹומֹות טִ בַע. V’ra-u va-nav g’vu-ra-to, shi-b’chu v’ho-du וְּרָּ אּו בָּנָּיו גְּבּורָּ תֹו, שִבְּ חּו וְּהודּו לִשְּ מֹו, lish-mo, U-mal-chu-to v’ra-tzon ki-b’lu a-lei-hem, Mo-she u-v’nei Yis-ra-eil l’cha a-nu ּומַלְּכּותֹו בְּרָּ צֹון קִבְּ לּו עֲלֵיהֶם, מֹשֶ ה ּובְּ נֵי יִשרָּ אֵ ל לְָּך עָּנּו shi-ra, b’sim-chah ra-bah, v’a-m’ru chu-lam: שִירָּ ה, בְּׂשמְּ חָּה רַ בָּה, וְּאָּמְּ רּו כֻלָּם:

Adonai, your God, is true. True and faithful is all this, and it is firmly established for us that You alone are our God and there is none like You, and we are Israel Your nation. God redeems us from the power of kings, our Sovereign who delivers us from the hand of all the cruel tyrants. You are the God who exacts vengeance for us from our foes and who brings just retribution upon all enemies of our soul; who performs great deeds that are beyond comprehension, and wonders beyond number. Who upon the heights of our enemies and raised our pride above all who hate us; Who wrought for us miracles and vengeance upon Pharoah; signs and wonders on the land of the offspring of Ham; God struck with anger all the firstborn of Egypt and removed the nation Israel from their midst to eternal freedom; Who brought the children of God through the split parts of the Sea of Reeds while those who pursued them and hated them, God caused to sink into the depths. When God’s children perceived Adonai’s power, they lauded and gave grateful praise to Adonai’s Name. And God’s sovereignty they accepted upon themselves willingly. Moses and the Children of Israel raised their voices to You in song with abundant gladness – and said unanimously:

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גאולה (G’ulah (continued

מִ י כָּמֹכָּה בָּאֵלִים יי. מִ י כָּמֹכָּה נֶאְּ דָּ ר בַקֹדֶ ש. .Mi cha-mo-chah ba-ei-lim A-do-nai נֹורָּ א תְּהִ לֹות עֹׂשה פֶלֶא. .Mi ka-mo-chah ne-dar ba-ko-desh No-ra t’hi-lot o-sei fe-le. מַלְּכּותְּ ָך רָּ אּו בָּנֶיָך, בֹוקֵעַ יָּם Mal-chu-t'cha ra-u va-ne-cha, bo-kei-a yam לִפְּ נֵי מֹשֶ ה, זֶה אֵלִי עָּנּו, וְּאָּמְּ רּו. :lif-nei Mo-she, zeh ei-li a-nu, v'a-m'ru יי יִמְּ ֹלְך לְּעֹלָּם וָּעֶד. .A-do-nai yim-loch l’o-lam va-ed

וְּ נֶאֱמַ ר: כִ י פָּדָּ ה יי אֶ ת יַעֲקב, ּוגְּאָּ לֹו מִ יַד חָּזָּק מִ מֶ ּנּו. ,V'ne-e-mar: Ki fa-da A-do-nai et Ya-a-kov בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, גָּאַ ל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל. .ug-a-lo mi-yad cha-zak mi-me-nu Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ga-al Yis-ra-eil.

Who is like You, O God, among the mighty? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in splendor, working wonders?

Your children beheld Your sovereignty, When You divided the sea before Moses They exclaimed: This is my God! They said: The Almighty shall reign now and forever!

It is said: The Almighty has delivered Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of one who was stronger than he. Blessed are You, God, who has redeemed Israel.

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השכיבנו Hashkiveinu

הַשְּ כִיבֵנּו יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, לְּשָּ לֹום ,וְּהַעֲמִ ידֵ נּו, מַלְּכֵנּו, ְּל ַח ִיים. ,Hash-ki-vei-nu A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu, l'sha-lom ּופְּ רֹוׂש עָּלֵינּו סֻכַת שְּ לֹומֶ ָך, .v'ha-a-mi-dei-nu, mal-kei-nu, l’cha-yim וְּתַקְּ נֵנּו בְּ עֵצָּה טֹובָּה מִ לְּפָּנֶיָך, ,U-f'ros a-lei-nu su-kat sh'lo-me-cha וְּ הֹושִ יעֵנּו לְּמַעַן שְּ מֶ ָך, וְּהָּגֵן בַעֲדֵ נּו, ,v'tak-nei-nu b'ei-tzah to-vah mi-l'fa-ne-cha v'ho-shi-ei-nu l'ma-an sh'me-cha, v'ha-gein וְּהָּסֵר מֵעָּלֵינּו אֹויֵב, דֶבֶר ba-a-dei-nu, v'ha-seir mei-a-lei-nu o-yeiv, de-ver וְּחֶרֶ ב וְּרָּ עָּב וְּ יָּגֹון, וְּהָּסֵר ׂשטָּ ן v'che-rev v'ra-av v'ya-gon, v'ha-seir sa-tan מִ לְּפָּנֵינּו ּומֵאַ חֲרֵ ינּו, ּובְּ צֵל כְּ נָּפֶיָך תַסְּתִ ירֵ נּו, mi-l'fa-nei-nu u-mei-a-cha-rei-nu, uv'tzeil כִ י אֵ ל שֹומְּרֵ נּו ּומַצִ ילֵנּו אָּתָּ ה, k'na-fe-cha tas-ti-rei-nu, ki Eil shom-rei-nu כִ י אֵ ל מֶ לְֶך חַּנּון וְּרַ חּום אָּתָּ ה. u-ma-tzi-lei-nu a-tah, ki Eil me-lech cha-nun v’ra-chum a-tah. ּושְּ מֹור צֵאתֵ נּו ּובואֵ נּו לְּחַיִים ּולְּשָּ לֹום, מֵעַתָּ ה וְּעַד עֹולָּם, U-sh'mor tzei-tei-nu u-vo-ei-nu l'cha-yim ul'sha-lom, mei-a-tah v'ad o-lam,

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה, ייָּ , הַפֹורֵ ׂש סֻכַת שָּ לֹום עָּלֵינּו, וְּעַל כָּל עַמֹו Ba-ruch a-tah, A-do-nai, ha-po-reis su-kat יִׂשְּרָּ אֵ ל, וְּעַל יְּרּושָּ לָּיִם. ,sha-lom a-lei-nu, v'al kol a-mo Yis-ra-eil v’al Y’ru-sha-la-yim.

Lay us down to sleep, Adonai our God, in peace, raise us up, our Ruler, to life; and spread over us the shelter of Your peace. Set us aright with good counsel from before Your Presence, and save us for Your Name’s sake. Shield us, remove from us foe, plague, sword, famine, and woe; and remove spiritual impediment from before us and behind us and in the shadow of Your wings shelter us – for God who protects and rescues us are You; for God, the Gracious and Compassionate Ruler, are You. Safeguard our going and coming – for life and for peace from now to eternity. And spread over us the shelter of Your peace. Blessed are You, Adonai, who spread the shelter of peace upon us, upon all of Your people Israel and upon Jerusalem.

“Although Hashkiveinu is recited every day of the week, its concluding words are changed on Shabbat to emphasize sukkat sh’lomecha, ‘the shelter of Your peace’…. Develop[ing] a spiritual significance as well, referring to the peace and rest that is characteristic of Shabbat.” – adapted from Sha’ar Zahav

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ושמרו V’shamru

וְּשמְּ רּו בְּ נֵי יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל אֶ ת הַשבָּת, ,V'sham-ru v'nei Yis-ra-eil et ha-sha-bat לַעֲׂשֹות אֶ ת הַשבָּת לְּדֹרֹתָּ ם בְּרִ ית עֹולָּם. .la-a-sot et ha-sha-bat l’do-ro-tam brit o-lam בֵינִי ּובֵין בְּ נֵי יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל אֹות הִ יא לְּעֹולָּם. .Bei-ni u-vein b’nei Yis-ra-eil ot hi l’o-lam כִ י שֶשֶ ת יָּמִ ים עָּׂשָּ ה יי אֶ ת הַשמַיִם וְּאֶ ת הָּאָּרֶ ץ, Ki shei-shet ya-mim a-sah A-do-nai et ha-sha-ma-yim v'et ha-a-retz, ּובַיֹום הַשבִיעִ י שָּבַת ַו ִי ָּּנ ַפש. .u-va-yom ha-sh'vi-i sha-vat va-yi-na-fash

And the children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, to make the Sabbath an eternal covenant for their generations. Between me and the children of Israel, it is a sign forever that in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God rested and was refreshed.

חצי קדיש Chatzi Kaddish

יִתְּ גַדַ ל וְּיִתְּ קַדַ ש שְּ מֵ ּה רַ בָּא בְּ עָּלְּמָּ א דִ י בְּרָּ א כִרְּ עּותֵ ּה, Yit-ga-dal v’yit-ka-dash Sh’mei ra-ba b’al-ma וְּ יַמְּ לִיְך מַלְּכּותֵ ּה בְּ חַיֵ יכון ּובְּ יֹומֵ יכֹון ּובְּ חַיֵי דְּ כָּל בֵית di-v’ra chi-ru-teih, v’yam-lich mal-chu-teih יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, בַעֲגָּלָּא ּובִ זְּמַ ן קָּרִ יב, וְּאִמְּ רּו: אָּמֵ ן. b’chai-yei-chon uv’yo-mei-chon uv’chai-yei d’chol beit Yis-ra-eil, ba-a-ga-la u-viz-man ka-riv, v’im-ru: A-mein. יְּהֵא שְּ מֵ ּה רַ בָּא מְּ בָּרַ ְך לְּעָּלַם ּולְּעָּלְּמֵ י עָּלְּמַ יָּא, Y’hei sh’mei ra-ba m’va-rach l’a-lam ul’al-mei al-ma-ya. יִתְּ בָּרַ ְך וְּיִשְּ תַבַח, וְּיִתְּ פָּאַ ר וְּיִתְּ רֹומַ ם וְּיִתְּ נַשא, Yit-ba-rach v’yish-ta-bach, v’yit-pa-ar וְּיִתְּ הַדָּ ר וְּיִתְּ עַלֶה וְּיִתְּ הַלָּל, v’yit-ro-mam v’yit-na-sei, v’yit-ha-dar v’yit-a-leh שְּ מֵ ּה דְּ קֻדְּשָּ א, בְּרִ יְך הּוא, לְּעֵלָּא v’yit-ha-lal, sh’mei d’ku-d’sha, b’rich hu, l’ei-la )בעשי"ת: לְּעֵלָּא לְּעֵלָּא מִ כָּל( (on Shabbat Shuvah: l’ei-la l’ei-la mi-kol)

מִ ן כָּל בִרְּ כָּתָּ א וְּשִירָּ תָּ א, תֻשְּבְּ חָּתָּ א וְּ נֶחֱמָּתָּ א, min kol bir-cha-ta v’shi-ra-ta, tush-b’cha-ta v’ne-che-ma-ta, da-a-mi-ran b’al-ma, דַאֲמִירָּ ן בְּ עָּלְּמָּ א, וְּאִמְּ רּו: אָּמֵ ן. .v’im-ru: A-mein

Exalted and hallowed be God's great name, in the world which God created, according to plan. May God’s majesty be revealed in the days of your lifetime and the life of all Israel - speedily, imminently. To which we say: Amen. Blessed by God’s great name to all eternity. Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One, beyond all earthly words and songs of blessing, praise, and comfort, to which we say: Amen.

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עמידה Amidah

אֲדֹנָּי ׂשפָּתַ י תִפְּתָּ ח, ּופִ י יַגִיד תְּהִ לָּתֶ ָך. .A-do-nai s'fa-tai tif-tach, u-fi ya-gid t'hi-la-te-cha

Eternal God, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your glory.

אבות ]ואמהות[ [Avot [v’imahot

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה ייָּ , אֱֹלהֵֵֽ ינּו, וֵאֹלהֵי אֲבֹותֵֵֽ ינּו [וְּאִ מֹותֵ ינּו], Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu, v’Ei-lo-hei אֱֹלהֵי אַבְּרָּ הָּם, אֱֹלהֵי יִצְּ חָּק, וֵאֹלהֵי יַעֲקֹב, ,a-vo-tei-nu [v’i-mo-tei-nu], E-lo-hei Av-ra-ham [אֱֹלהֵי ׂשָּרָּ ה, אֱֹלהֵי רִ בְּ קָּה, אֱֹלהֵי רָּ חֵל וֵאֹלהֵי לֵאָּ ה[. E-lo-hei Yitz-chak, v’Ei-lo-hei Ya-a-kov, [E-lo-hei הָּאֵ ל הַגָּדֹול הַגִבֹור וְּהַּנֹורָּ א אֵ ל עֶלְּיֹון, ,Sa-rah, E-lo-hei Riv-kah, E-lo-hei Ra-cheil v’Ei-lo-hei Le-ah]. Ha-Eil Ha-ga-dol Ha-gi-bor גֹומֵ ל חֲסָּדִ ים טֹובִ ים וְּ קֹונֵה הַכֹל v'Ha-no-rah Eil el-yon, go-meil cha-sa-dim וְּ זֹוכֵר חַסְּ דֵ י אָּ בֹות ]וְּאִ מָּ הֹות[, to-vim v'ko-nei ha-kol v'zo-cheir chas-dei a-vot ּומֵבִ יא גְּאֻלָּה לִבְּ נֵי בְּ נֵיהֶם v’i-ma-hot] u'mei-vi ge-u-lah liv-nei v'nei-hem] לְּמַעַן שְּ מֹו בְּאַ הֲבָּה. .l'ma-an sh'mo b'a-ha-vah

Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, insert: בעש"ת: זָּכְּרֵ נּו ְּל ַח ִיים, מֶ לְֶך חָּפֵץ ַב ַח ִיים, Zoch-rei-nu l'cha-yim, me-lech cha-feitz וְּכָּתְּ בֵנּו בְּסֵפֶר ַה ַח ִיים, לְּמַעַנְָּך אֱֹלהִ ים ַח ִיים. ba-cha-yim, v'chot-vei-nu b'sei-fer ha-cha-yim, l’ma-an’cha E-lo-him cha-yim.

מֵֶֽ לְֶך עֹוזֵר ּומֹושִֵֽ יעַ ּומָּ גֵן. .Me-lech o-zeir u’mo-shi-a u-ma-gein בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה ייָּ , מָּ גֵן אַבְּרָּ הָּם [וְּעֶזְּרַ ת ׂשָּרָּ ה[. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ma-gein Av-ra-ham [v’ez-rat Sa-rah].

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God and God of our forefathers [and foremothers], God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob [God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Rachel and God of Leah]. The great, mighty, and awesome God, the supreme God, who bestows beneficial kindnesses and creates everything, who recalls the kindnesses of the patriarchs [and matriarchs] and brings a Redeemer to their children’s children, for Your Name’s sake, with love.

From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur add: Remember us for life, O Sovereign who desires life, and inscribe us in the Book of Life – for Your sake, O Living God.

O Ruler, Helper, Savior, and Shield. Blessed are You, Adonai, Shield of Abraham [and Helper of Sarah].

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גבורות G’vurot

אַתָּ ה גִבֹור לְּעֹולָּם אֲדֹנָּי, A-tah gi-bur l'o-lam, A-do-nai m'cha-yeih מְּ חַיֵה מֵתִ ים )הַכֹל( אַתָּ ה רַ ב לְּהֹושִֵֽ יעַ , ,mei-tim (ha-kol) a-tah rav l'ho-shi-a

During winter (between Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat Torah בחורף: :and Pesach) add מַ שיב הָּרּוחַ ּומֹורִ יד הַגֶשם ma-shiv ha-ru-ach u-mo-rid ha-ga-shem בקיץ: מֹורִ יד הַטָּ ל During summer (between Pesach and Sh’mini Atzeret/Simchat Torah) add: mo-rid ha-tal

מְּ כַלְּכֵל ַח ִיים בְּחֵֶֽסֶד מְּ חַיֵה m'chal-keil cha-yim b'che-sed m'cha-yeih מֵתִ ים )הַכֹל( בְּרַ חֲמִ ים רַבִ ים סֹומֵ ְך נֹופְּלִים mei-tim (ha-kol) b'ra-cha-mim ra-bim so-meich וְּ רֹופֵא חֹולִים ּומַתִ יר אֲסּורִ ים nof-lim v'ro-fei cho-lim u-ma-tir a-su-rim ּומְּ קַיֵם אֱמּונָּתֹו לִישֵ נֵי עָּפָּר u-m'kai-yeim e-mu-na-to li-shei-nei a-far mi מִ י כָּמֵֽ ֹוָך בֵַֽעַל גְּבּורֹות ּומִ י דֵֽ ֹומֶ ה לְָּך מֵֶֽ לְֶך מֵמִ ית cha-mo-cha ba-al g'vu-rot u-mi do-me lach me-lech mei-mit u-m'cha-yeh ּומְּ חַיֶה ּומַצְּמִֵֽ יחַ יְּשּועָּה, ,u-matz-mi-ach y'shu-ah

בעש"ת - מִ י כָּמוָך, אַ ב הָּרַ חֲמִ ים, :Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, insert זֹוכֵר יְּצּורָּ יו ְּל ַח ִיים בְּרַ חֲמִ ים. ,Mi cha-mo-cha, Av ha-ra-cha-mim zo-cheir y’tzu-rav l’cha-yim b’ra-cha-mim. וְּ נֶאֱמָּ ן אַתָּ ה לְּהַחֲיֹות מֵתִ ים )הַכֹל(. V'ne-e-man a-tah l'ha-cha-yot mei-tim (ha-kol)

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה,ייָּ ,מְּ חַיֵה הַמֵתִ ים )הַכֹל(. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, m'cha-yeih ha-mei-tim (ha-kol).

You are eternally mighty, my God, the Resuscitator of the dead [of everything] are You; abundantly able to save. (Between Shemini Atzeret and Pesach add: God makes the wind blow and makes the rain descend. Between Pesach and Shemini Atzeret add: God sends down the dew.) God sustains the living with kindness, with abundant mercy renews the dead [all] to life, supports the fallen, heals the sick, releases the confined, and maintains God’s faith to those asleep in the dust. Who is like You, almighty God, and who can compare to You, the Source of death and life, the One who causes salvation to spring up? (From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur add: Who is like You, merciful Parent, who mercifully remembers Your creatures for life?) And You are faithful in bringing life to the dead [all]. Blessed are You, Adonai, who gives renewed life to the dead [all].

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קדושת השם K’dushat Hashem

אַתָּ ה קָּדֹוש וְּשמְּ ָך קָּדֹוש, ,A-tah ka-dosh, v'shim-cha ka-dosh ּוקְּ דֹושים בְּ כָּל יֹום יְּהַלְּלּוָך סֶלָּה. .u-k'do-shim b’chol yom y’ha-l'lu-cha se-lah

Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ha-Eil* ha-Ka-dosh. בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי הָּאֵ ל )בש"ת הַמֶ לְֶך( הַקָּדֹוש.

[*Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, replace "ha-Eil" with "ha-Me-lech".]

You are holy and Your name is holy, and holy ones praise You every day, forever. Blessed are You, Adonai, *the holy God. *From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur substitute: the holy Ruler.

קדושת היום K’dushat Hayom

אַתָּ ה קִדַ שתָּ אֶ ת יֹום הַשבִ יעִ י לִשמֶ ָך, ,A-tah ki-dash-ta et yom ha-sh'vi-i li-sh'me-cha תַכְּלִית מַ עֲׂשֶ ה שָּ מַיִם וָּאָּרֶ ץ, ,tach-lit ma-a-sei sha-ma-yim va-a-retz ּובֵרַ כְּ תֹו מִ כָּל הַיָּמִ ים וְּקִדַ שתֹו מִ כָּל הַזְּמַּנִים, u-vei-rach-to mi-kol ha-ya-mim וְּכֵן כָּתּוב בְּ תֹורָּ תֶ ָך : ,v'ki-dash-to mi-kol ha-z'ma-nim v'chein ka-tuv b'to-ra-te-cha:

וַיְּכֻלּו הַשמַיִם וְּהָּאָּרֶ ץ, וְּכָּל צְּ בָּאָּ ם. ,Va-y'chu-lu ha-sha-ma-yim v'ha-a-retz וַיְּכַל אֱֹלהִ ים בַיֹום הַשבִיעִ י, מְּ לַאכְּ תֹו אֲשר עָּׂשה, v'chol tz'va-am. Va-y'chal E-lo-him ba-yom ַו ִיש ֹבת בַיֹום הַשבִיעִ י, מִ כָּל מְּ לַאכְּ תֹו אֲשר עָּׂשה. ha-sh'vi-i, m'lach-to a-sher a-sa, va-yish-bot וַיְּבָּרֶ ְך אֱֹלהִ ים אֶ ת יֹום הַשבִיעִ י, .ba-yom ha-sh'vi-i, mi-kol m'lach-to a-sher a-sa וַיְּקַדֵ ש אֹתֹו כִ י בֹו שבַת מִ כָּל מְּ לַאכְּ תֹו ,Va-y'va-rech E-lo-him et yom ha-sh'vi-i אֲשר בָּרָּ א אֱֹלהִ ים לַעֲׂשֹות : va-y'ka-deish o-to ki vo sha-vat mi-kol m'lach-to a-sher ba-ra E-lo-him la-a-sot.

אֱֹלהֵינּו וֵאֹלהֵי אֲבֹותֵ ינּו [וְּאִ מֹותֵ ינּו[, ,[E-lo-hei-nu v’Ei-lo-hei a-vo-tei-nu [v’im-o-tei-nu רְּ צֵה בִמְּ נּוחָּתֵ נּו. r’tzeih vim-nu-cha-tei-nu. Kad-shei-nu קַדְּ שנּו בְּמִצְּ ותֶ יָך, וְּתֵ ן חֶלְּקֵנּו בְּ תֹורָּ תֶ ָך. b'mitz-vo-te-cha, v'tein chel-kei-nu ׂשבְּ עֵנּו מִ טּובֶָך, וְּׂשמְּ חֵנּו בִ ישּועָּתֶ ָך, ,b'To-ra-te-cha. Sa-bei-nu mi-tu-ve-cha וְּטַהֵר לִבֵנּו לְּעָּבְּדְּ ָך בֶאֱמֶ ת. v'sam-chei-nu bi-shu-a-te-cha, v'ta-heir li-bei-nu l'av-d’cha be-e-met. V'han-chi-lei-nu, A-do-nai וְּהַנְּחִ ילֵנּו, יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, E-lo-hei-nu, b'a-ha-vah uv'ra-tzon Sha-bat בְּאַ הֲבָּה ּובְּרָּ צֹון שבַת קָּדְּ שָך, kad-she-cha, v'ya-nu-chu vah kol Yis-ra-eil וְּ יָּנּוחּו בָּּה כָּל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל מְּ קַדְּ שי שמֶ ָך. .m'kad-shei sh'me-cha

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, מְּ קַדֵ ש הַשבָּת. .Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, m'ka-deish ha-Sha-bat

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You sanctified the seventh day for Your Name’s sake, the conclusion of the creation of heaven and earth. Of all days, You blessed it; and of all seasons, You sanctified it – and so it is written in Your Torah: Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God completed this work of creation, and ceased on the seventh day from all the work that God had done. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it God ceased from all the work of creation which had taken place. Our God and the God of our forefathers [and our foremothers], may You be pleased with our rest. Sanctify us with Your commandments and grant our share in Your Torah; satisfy us from Your goodness and gladden us with Your salvation, and purify our heart to serve You sincerely. O Adonai, our God, with love and favor grant us Your holy Sabbath as a heritage and may Israel, the sanctifiers of Your Name, rest on it. Blessed are You, Adonai, who sanctifies the Sabbath.

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עבודה Avodah

רְּ צֵה יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, בְּ עַמְּ ָך יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל ּולִתְּפִ לָּתָּ ם. R'tzeih, A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu, b'am-cha Yis-ra-eil וְּהָּשֵ ב אֶ ת הָּעֲבֹודָּ ה לִדְּבִ יר בֵיתֶ ָך. u-lit-fi-la-tam. V'ha-sheiv et ha-a-vo-dah lid-vir וְּאִ שי יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל ּותְּפִ לָּתָּ ם בְּאַ הֲבָּה תְּ קַבֵל בְּרָּ צֹון. bei-te-cha. V'i-shei Yis-ra-eil u-t'fi-la-tam ּותְּהִ י לְּרָּ צֹון תָּמִ יד עֲבֹודַ ת יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל עַמֶ ָך : b'a-ha-vah t’ka-beil b’ra-tzon. U-t’hi l’ra-tzon ta-mid a-vo-dat Yis-ra-eil a-me-cha.

A paragraph is inserted here on Rosh Chodesh and the בראש חודש ובחול המועד אומרים זה : :intermediate days of Festivals אֱֹלהֵינּו וֵאֹלהֵי אֲבֹותֵ ינּו ]וְּאִ מֹותֵ ינּו[, יַעֲלֶה וְּ יָּבֹוא E-lo-hei-nu v’Ei-lo-hei a-vo-tei-nu וְּ יַגִיעַ וְּ יֵרָּ אֶ ה וְּ יֵרָּ צֶה וְּיִשמַ ע וְּיִפָּקֵד וְּיִזָּכֵר זִכְּ רֹונֵנּו v’i-mo-tei-nu], ya-a-leh v’ya-vo v’ya-gi-a] v’yei-ra-eh v’yei-ra-tzeh v’yi-sha-ma ּופִקְּ דֹונֵנּו, וְּזִכְּ רֹון אֲבֹותֵ ינּו [וְּאִ מֹותֵ ינּו[, וְּזִכְּ רֹון v’yi-pa-keid v’yi-za-cheir zich-ro-nei-nu יְּרּושלַיִם עִ יר קָּדְּ שָך, וְּזִכְּ רֹון כָּל עַמְּ ָך בֵית יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל u-fik-do-nei-nu, v’zich-ron a-vo-tei-nu לְּפָּנֶיָך, לִפְּ לֵיטָּה לְּטֹובָּה, לְּחֵן ּולְּחֶסֶד ּולְּרַ חֲמִ ים . v’i-mo-tei-nu], v’zich-ron Y’ru-sha-la-yim ir] ְּל ַח ִיים טֹובִ ים ּולְּשלֹום בְּ יֹום... kad-she-cha, v’zich-ron kol am-cha beit Yis-ra-eil l’fa-ne-cha, lif-lei-tah l’to-vah, l’chein בראש חדש - רֹאש הַחֹדֶ ש הַזֶה. u-l’che-sed u-l’ra-cha-mim l’cha-yim to-vim בחוהמ"פ - חַג הַמַ צות הַזֶה . …u-l’sha-lom b’yom On Rosh Chodesh: Rosh ha-cho-desh ha-zeh. בחוהמ"ס - חַג הַסֻכֹות הַזֶה . .On Pesach: Chag ha-ma-tzot ha-zeh On Sukkot: Chag ha-su-kot ha-zeh. זָּכְּרֵ נּו יי אֱֹלהֵינּו בֹו לְּטֹובָּה, ,Zach-rei-nu A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu bo l’to-vah ּופָּקְּדֵ נּו בֹו לִבְּרָּ כָּה, וְּהֹושיעֵנּו בֹו ְּל ַח ִיים טֹובִ ים. u-fak-dei-nu vo liv-ra-chah, v’ho-shi-ei-nu vo ּובִדְּ בַר יְּשּועָּה וְּרַ חֲמִ ים חּוס וְּחָּּנֵנּו וְּרַ חֵם עָּלֵינּו l’cha-yim to-vim. U-vid-var y’shu-ah וְּ הֹושִ יעֵנּו .כִ י אֵ לֶיָך עֵינֵינּו v’ra-cha-mim chus v’cha-nei-nu v’ra-cheim כִ י אֵ ל מֶ לְֶך חַּנּון וְּרַ חּום אָּתָּ ה. a-lei-nu v’ho-shi-ei-nu ki Ei-le-cha ei-nei-nu ki Eil Me-lech cha-nun v’ra-chum a-tah.

וְּתֶ חֱזֶינָּה עֵינֵינּו בְּשּובְּ ָך, לְּצִ יֹון בְּרַ חֲמִ ים. V'te-che-ze-nah ei-nei-nu b'shu-v'cha, l’Tzi-on b’ra-cha-mim. בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, הַמַ חֲזִיר שִ כִ ינָּתֹו לְּצִ יֹון. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ha-ma-cha-zir sh'chi-na-to l’Tzi-on.

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Be favorable, Adonai, our God, toward Your people Israel and their prayer and restore service to the Holy of Holies of Your Temple. The fire-offerings of Israel and their prayer accept with love and favor, and may the service of Your people Israel always be favorable to You.

On Rosh Chodesh and Chol HaMoed add: Our God and God of our forefathers [and foremothers], may there rise, come, reach, be noted, be favored, be heard, be considered, and be remembered – the remembrance and consideration of ourselves; the remembrance of our forefathers [and foremothers]; the remembrance of Jerusalem, the City of Your Holiness, the remembrance of Your entire people the Family of Israel – before

You, for deliverance, for goodness, for grace, for kindness, and for compassion, for life, and for peace on this day of: On Rosh Chodesh: day of the new moon. On Passover: the Festival of matzot. On Sukkot: Festival of sukkot. Remember us on it, Adonai, our God, for goodness; consider us on it for blessing; and help us on it for life. In the matter of salvation and compassion, pity, be gracious and compassionate with us and help us, for our eyes are turned to You, because You are God, the gracious, and compassionate Ruler.

May our eyes behold Your return to Zion in compassion. Blessed are You, Adonai, who restores God’s presence to Zion.

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הודעה Hoda’ah

מֹודִ ים אֲנַחְּ נּו לְָּך שאַתָּ ה הּוא יי אֱֹלהֵינּו וֵאֹלהֵי אֲבֹותֵ ינּו Mo-dim a-nach-nu lach sha-a-tah hu A-do-nai [וְּאִ מֹותֵ ינּו] לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד. [E-lo-hei-nu v’Ei-lo-hei a-vo-tei-nu [v’im-o-tei-nu צּור חַיֵינּו מָּ גֵן יִשעֵנּו אַתָּ ה הּוא לְּדֹור וָּדֹור. l'olam va-ed. Tzur cha-yei-nu ma-gein נֹודֶ ה לְָּך ּונְּסַפֵר תְּהִ לָּתֶ ָך עַל חַיֵינּו הַמְּ סּורִ ים בְּ יָּדֶ ָך yish-ei-nu a-tah hu l'dor va-dor. No-deh l'cha u-n'sa-peir t'hi-la-te-cha al cha-yei-nu וְּעַל נִשמֹותֵ ינּו הַפְּ קּודֹות לְָּך ha-m'su-rim b'ya-de-cha v'al nish-mo-tei-nu וְּעַל נִסֶ יָך שבְּ כָּל יֹום עִמָּ נּו ha-p'ku-dot lach v'al ni-se-cha she-b'chol-yom וְּעַל נִפְּלְּאֹותֶ יָך וְּ טֹובֹותֶ יָך שבְּ כָּל עֵת עֶרֶ ב וָּבֹקֶר וְּצָּהֳרָּ יִם. ,i-ma-nu v'al nif-l'o-te-cha v'to-vo-te-cha she-b'chol eit, e-rev va-vo-ker v’tza-ha-ra-yim. הַטֹוב כִ י לֹא כָּלּו רַ חֲמֶ יָך וְּהַמְּרַ חֵם כִ י לֹא תַ מּו חֲסָּדֶ יָך Ha-tov ki lo cha-lu ra-cha-me-cha

מֵ עֹולָּם קִּוִ ינּו לְָּך. v'ha-m'ra-cheim ki lo ta-mu cha-sa-de-cha mei-o-lam ki-vi-nu lach.

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וְּעַל כֻלָּם יִתְּ בָּרַ ְך וְּיִתְּ רֹומַ ם שמְּ ָך מַלְּכֵנּו, V'al ku-lam, yit-ba-rach v'yit-ro-mam shim-cha תָּמִ יד לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד .Mal-kei-nu, ta-mid l’o-lam va-ed

Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, insert: בעש"ת - ּוכְּ תב ְּל ַח ִיים טֹובִ ים כָּל בְּ נֵי בְּרִ יתֶ ָך. .U-ch’tov l’cha-yim to-vim kol b’nei v’ri-te-cha

V'chol ha-cha-yim yo-du-cha se-lah vi-ha-l'lu et וְּ כל ַה ַח ִיים יֹודּוָך סֶלָּה וִיהַלְּלּו אֶ ת שמְּ ָך בֶאֱמֶ ת, shim-cha be-e-met, ha-Eil y'shu-a-tei-nu הָּאֵ ל יְּשּועָּתֵ נּו וְּעֶזְּרָּ תֵ נּו סֶלָּה. .v'ez-ra-tei-nu se-lah

Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ha-tov shim-cha בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, הַטֹוב שמְּ ָך ּולְָּך נָּאֶ ה לְּהֹודֹות. .ul’cha na-eh l’ho-dot

We gratefully thank You, for it is You who are Adonai, our God and the God of our forefathers [and foremothers] for all eternity; Rock of our lives, Shield of our salvation are You from generation to generation. We shall thank You and relate Your praise – for our lives, which are in Your hand and for our souls that are in Your care; for Your miracles that are with us every day; and for Your wonders and favors in every season – evening, morning, and afternoon. Source of goodness, for Your compassions were never exhausted, Source of mercy, for Your kindnesses never ended – we have always put our hope in You.

For all these, may Your name be blessed and exalted, our Ruler, continually forever and ever. From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur add: And inscribe all the children of Your covenant for a good life. Everything alive will gratefully acknowledge You, and may they praise Your Name in truth, O God, our rescue and our help.

Blessed are You, Adonai, whose Name is good, and to whom it is fitting to give thanks.

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בחנוכה ובפורים דמוקפים אומרים זה : :For Hanukkah or Purim וְּעַל הַּנִסִ ים וְּעַל הַפֻרְּ קָּן וְּעַל הַגְּבּורֹות Al ha-ni-sim v’al ha-pur-kan v’al hag-vu-rot וְּעַל הַתְּ שּועֹות וְּעַל הַנִפְּ לָּאֹות וְּעַל הַמִ לְּחָּמֹות שעָּׂשיתָּ v’al hat-shu-ot v’al ha-mil-cha-mot she-a-si-ta לַאֲבֹותֵ ינּו [ּולאִ מֹותֵ ינּו] בַיָּמִ ים הָּהֵם בִ זְּמַ ן הַזֶה : la-a-vo-tei-nu [u’li-mo-tei-nu] ba-ya-mim ha-heim baz-man ha-zeh.

לחנוכה : :On Hanukkah continue with בִימֵ י מַתִתְּ יָּהּו בֶן יֹוחָּנָּן כהֵן גָּדֹול חַשמֹונָּאִ י ּובָּנָּיו Bi-mei Ma-tit-ya-hu ben Yo-cha-nan Co-hein כְּשעָּמְּ דָּ ה מַלְּכּות יָּוָּן הָּרְּ שעָּה עַל עַמְּ ָך יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל Ga-dol Chash-mo-nai u-va-nav k’she-am-dah לְּהַשכִיחָּם תֹורָּ תֶ ָך ּולְּהַעֲבִ ירָּ ם מֵ חֻקֵי רְּ צֹונֶָך mal-chut Ya-van har-sha-ah al am-cha וְּאַתָּ ה בְּרַ חֲמֶ יָך הָּרַבִ ים עָּמַדְּתָּ לָּהֶם Yis-ra-eil l’hash-ki-cham To-ra-te-cha u-l’ha-a-vi-ram mei-chu-kei r’tzo-ne-cha בְּ עֵת צָּרָּ תָּ ם רַבְּתָּ אֶ ת רִ יבָּם דַנְּתָּ אֶ ת דִ ינָּם נָּקַמְּתָּ אֶ ת v’a-tah b’ra-cha-me-cha ha-ra-bim a-mad’ta נִקְּמָּתָּ ם מָּסַרְּ תָּ גִבֹורִ ים בְּ יַד חַלָּשים la-hem b’eit tza-ra-tam rav-ta et ri-vam וְּרַבִ ים בְּ יַד מְּ עַטִ ים ּוטְּמֵאִ ים בְּ יַד טְּ הֹורִ ים dan-ta et di-nam na-kam-ta et nik-ma-tam ּורְּ שעִ ים בְּ יַד צַדִ יקִ ים ma-sar-ta gi-bo-rim b’yad cha-la-shim וְּ זֵדִ ים בְּ יַד עֹוסְּ קֵי תֹורָּ תֶ ָך. v’ra-bim b’yad m’a-tim u-t’mei-im b’yad ּולְָּך עָּׂשיתָּ שם גָּדֹול t’ho-rim ur-sha-im b’yad tza-di-kim v’zei-dim וְּקָּדֹוש בְּ עֹולָּמֶ ָך ּולְּעַמְּ ָך יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל עָּׂשיתָּ b’yad os-kei To-ra-te-cha. U-l’cha a-si-ta Sheim ga-dol v’ka-dosh b’o-la-me-cha תְּ שּועָּה גְּדֹולָּה ּופֻרְּ קָּן כְּהַיֹום הַזֶה. u-l’am-cha Yis-ra-eil a-si-ta t’shu-ah g’do-lah וְּאַחַר כַן בָּאּו בָּנֶיָך לִדְּבִ יר בֵיתֶ ָך u-fur-kan k’ha-yom ha-zeh. V’a-char kein ba-u ּופִ ּנּו אֶ ת הֵיכָּלֶָך va-ne-cha lid-vir bei-te-cha u-fi-nu et וְּטִ הֲרּו אֶ ת מִ קְּדָּ שָך hei-cha-le-cha v’ti-ha-ru et Mik-da-she-cha וְּהִדְּ לִיקּו נֵרֹות בְּ חַצְּ רֹות קָּדְּ שָך v’hid-li-ku nei-rot b’chatz-rot kad-she-cha וְּקָּבְּ עּו שמֹונַת יְּמֵ י ֲחנֻ ָּכה אֵ לּו לְּהֹודֹות v’ka-vu sh’mo-nat y’mei Cha-nu-kah ei-lu ּולְּהַלֵל לְּשמְּ ָך הַגָּדֹול. .l’ho-dot u-l’ha-leil l’shim-cha ha-ga-dol

On Purim continue with: לפורים : Bi-mei Mar-d’chai v’Es-teir b’Shu-shan בִימֵ י מָּרְּ דְּ כַי וְּאֶסְּתֵ ר בְּ שּושן הַבִירָּ ה כְּשעָּמַ ד עֲלֵיהֶם ha-bi-rah k’she-a-mad a-lei-hem Ha-man הָּמָּ ן הָּרָּ שע, בִ קֵש לְּהַשמִ יד לַהֲרֹוג ּולְּאַבֵד אֶ ת כָּל ha-ra-sha, bi-keish l’hash-mid la-ha-rog ַה ְּיהּו ִדים מִ ּנַעַר וְּעַד זָּקֵן טַ ף וְּ נָּשים בְּ יֹום אֶחָּד. u-la-beid et kol ha-Y’hu-dim mi-na-ar v’ad בִ שֹלשה עָּׂשר לְּחֹדֶ ש שנֵים עָּׂשר .za-kein taf v’na-sim b’yom e-chad Bish-lo-shah a-sar l’cho-desh sh’neim a-sar hu הּוא חֹדֶ ש אֲדָּ ר ּושלָּלָּם לָּבֹוז. .cho-desh A-dar ush-la-lam la-voz וְּאַתָּ ה בְּרַ חֲמֶ יָך הָּרַבִ ים הֵפַרְּ תָּ V’a-tah b’ra-cha-me-cha ha-ra-bim hei-far-ta אֶ ת עֲצָּתֹו וְּקִלְּקַלְּתָּ אֶ ת מַ חֲשבְּ תֹו וַהֲשבֹותָּ לֹו גְּמּולֹו et a-tza-to v’kil-kal-ta et ma-cha-shav-to בְּ ראשֹו וְּתָּ לּו אֹותֹו וְּאֶ ת בָּנָּיו עַל הָּעֵץ. va-ha-shei-vo-ta lo g’mu-lo b’ro-sho v’ta-lu o-to v’et ba-nav al ha-eitz.

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On Hanukkah and Purim add: And for the miracles, and for the salvation, and for the mighty deeds, and for the victories, and for the battles which You performed for our forefathers [and foremothers] in those days, at this time.

On Hanukkah continue with: In the days of Matisyahu, the son of Yochanan, the High Priest, the Hasmonean, and his sons – when the wicked Greek kingdom rose up against Your people Israel to make them forget Your Torah and compel them to stray from the statutes of Your Will – You in Your great mercy stood up for them in the time of their distress. You took up their grievance, judged their claim, and avenged their wrong. You delivered the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked in to the hands of the righteous, and the wanton in to the hands of the diligent students of Your Torah. For Yourself You made a great and holy Name in Your world, and for Your people Israel You worked a great victory and salvation as this very day. Thereafter, Your children came to the Holy of Holies of Your House, cleansed Your Temple, purified the site of Your Holiness and kindled lights in the Courtyards of Your Sanctuary; and they established these eight days of Hanukkah to express thanks and praise to Your great Name. On Purim continue with: In the days of Mordechai and Esther, in Shushan, the capital, when Haman, the wicked, rose up against them and sought to destroy, to slay, and to exterminate all the Jews, young and old, infants and women, on the same day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions. But You, in Your abundant mercy, nullified his counsel and frustrated his intention and caused his design to return upon his own head and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

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שלום Shalom

שלֹום רָּ ב עַל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל עַמְּ ָך, תָּ ׂשים Sha-lom rav al Yis-ra-eil am-cha, ta-sim לְּעֹולָּם כִ י אַתָּ ה הּוא מֶ לְֶך, אָּ דֹון לְּכָּל l'o-lam ki a-tah hu Me-lech, a-don l'chol הַשלֹום. וְּ טֹוב בְּ עֵינֶיָך לְּבָּרֵ ְך אֶ ת עַמְּ ָך יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל ha-sha-lom. V'tov b'ei-ne-cha l'va-reich et בְּ כָּל עֵת ּובְּ כָּל שעָּה בִ שלֹומֶ ָך . am-cha Yis-ra-eil b'chol eit u-v'chol sha-ah bish-lo-me-cha.

בעש"ת: :Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur add בְּסֵפֶר ַח ִיים בְּרָּ כָּה וְּ שלֹום ּופַרְּ נָּסָּה טֹובָּה B’sei-fer cha-yim bra-chah v’sha-lom נִזָּכֵר וְּנִכָּתֵ ב לְּפָּנֶיָך אֲנַחְּ נּו וְּכָּל עַמְּ ָך בֵית יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל u-far-na-sah to-vah ni-za-cheir v’ni-ka-teiv ְּל ַח ִיים טֹובִ ים ּולְּשלֹום. l’fa-ne-cha a-nach-nu v’chol am-cha beit Yis-ra-eil l’cha-yim to-vim u-l’sha-lom. בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, הַמְּ בָּרֵ ְך אֶ ת עַמֹו יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל בַשלֹום. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ha-m'va-reich et a-mo Yis-ra-eil ba-sha-lom.

Establish abundant peace upon Your people Israel forever, for You are the sovereign Source of all peace. So may it be a good thing in Your view to bless Your people Israel at every time and every hour with Your peace. From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur substitute: In the book of life, blessing, and peace, and good livelihood, may we be remembered and inscribed before You – we and Your entire people the Family of Israel for a good life and for peace. Blessed are You, Adonai, who makes peace. Blessed are You, Adonai, who blesses Your people Israel with peace.

אֱֹלהַי נְּצֹר לְּשֹונִי מֵרָּ ע ּוׂשפָּתַ י מִ דַבֵר מִרְּ מָּ ה E-lo-hai n’tzor l’sho-ni mei-ra u-s’fa-tai mi-da-beir וְּלִמְּ קַלְּלַי נַפְּ שי תִ דֹם וְּ נַפְּ שי כֶעָּפָּר לַכל תִהְּ יֶה. mir-mah v’lim-kal’lai naf-shi ti-dom v’naf-shi פְּתַ ח לִבִ י בְּ תֹורָּ תֶ ָך ּובְּמִצְּ ותֶ יָך תִרְּ דֹף נַפְּ שי, ke-a-far la-kol ti-h’yeh. P’tach li-bi b’To-ra-te-cha וְּכָּל הַחֹושבִ ים עָּלַי רָּ עָּה מְּ הֵרָּ ה הָּפֵר עֲצָּתָּ ם u-v’mitz-vo-te-cha tir-dof naf-shi. V’chol ha-chosh-vim a-lai ra-ah m’hei-rah ha-feir וְּקַלְּקֵל מַ חֲשבְּתָּ ם. עֲשה לְּמַעַן שמֶ ָך, a-tza-tam v’kal-keil ma-cha-shav-tam. A-seih עֲׂשה לְּמַעַן יְּמִ ינֶָך, עֲׂשה לְּמַעַן תֹורָּ תֶ ָך, ,l’ma-an sh’me-cha, a-seih l’ma-an y’mi-ne-cha עֲׂשה לְּמַעַן קְּ דֻשתֶ ָך. a-seih l’ma-an To-ra-te-cha, a-seih l’ma-an לְּמַעַן יֵחָּלְּצּון יְּדִ ידֶ יָך הֹושיעָּה יְּמִ ינְָּך וַעֲנֵנִי. k’du-sha-te-cha. L’ma-an yei-chal-tzun y’di-de-cha ho-shi-ah y’min-cha va-a-nei-ni.

My God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceitfully. To those who curse me, let my soul be silent; and let my soul be humble and forgiving to all. Open my heart to Your Torah, then my soul will pursue Your commandments. As for all those who harbor ill will toward me, let their opinions have no effect on me, and quickly frustrate their designs against me. Act for Your Name’s sake; act for Your power’s sake; act for Your sanctity’s sake; act for Your Torah’s sake. Answer us, O God, so that Your loved ones can be delivered, and save us with Your redeeming power. 42 Hillel at Miami University Kabbalat Shabbat

יִהְּ יּו לְּרָּ צֹון אִמְּרֵ י פִ י וְּהֶגְּיֹון לִבִ י לְּפָּנֶיָך.יי צּורִ י וְּ גֹואֲלִי. Yi-h’yu l’ra-tzon im-rei fi v’heg-yon li-bi l’fa-ne-cha A-do-nai tzu-ri v’go-a-li.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, O God, my rock and my redeemer.

עֹׂשה שלֹום (בעש"ת: הַשלֹום( בִמְּ רֹומָּ יו, O-seh sha-lom )On Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and הּוא יַעֲׂשה שלֹום עָּלֵינּו Yom Kippur: ha’sha-lom( bim-ro-mav, hu ya-a-seh וְּעַל כָּל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, וְּאִמְּ רּו אָּמֵ ן. .sha-lom a-lei-nu v’al kol Yis-ra-eil, v’im-ru a-mein

May the One who makes [the] peace in the heavens grant peace to us all and to all Israel, and let us say, Amen.

ויכלו Va’y’chulu

וַיְּכֻלּו הַשמַיִם וְּהָּאָּרֶ ץ, וְּכָּל צְּ בָּאָּ ם. Va-y'chu-lu ha-sha-ma-yim v’ha-a-retz, v'chol וַיְּכַל אֱלהִ ים בַיֹום הַשבִיעִ י, מְּ לַאכְּ תֹו אֲשר עָּׂשה ,tz'va-am. Va-y'chol E-lo-him ba-yom ha-sh'vi-i ַו ִישבֹות בַיֹום הַשבִיעִ י, מִ כָּל מְּ לַאכְּ תֹו אֲשר עָּׂשה. m'lach-to a-sher a-sah va-yish-bot ba-yom וַיְּבָּרֶ ְך אֱֹלהִ ים אֶ ת יֹום הַשבִיעִ י, וַיְּקַדֵ ש אֹתֹו .ha-sh'vi-i, mi-kol m'lach-to a-sher a-sah Va-y'va-rech E-lo-him et yom ha-sh'vi-i, כִ י בֹו שבַת מִ כָּל מְּ לַאכְּ תֹו va-y'ka-deish o-to ki vo sha-vat mi-kol אֲשר בָּרָּ א אֱֹלהִ ים לַעֲׂשֹות. .m'lach-to a-sher ba-rah E-lo-him la-a-sot

Thus the heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God completed this work of creation, and ceased on the seventh day from all the work that God had done. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on it God ceased from all the work of creation which had taken place.

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ברכה מעין שבע Bracha M’ein Sheva

חזן - בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, וֵאֹלהֵי אֲבֹותֵ ינּו: ,Hazan: Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu אֱֹלהֵי אַבְּרָּ הָּם, אֱֹלהֵי יִצְּ חָּק, וֵאֹלהֵי יַעֲקב; ,v'Ei-lo-hei a-vo-tei-nu; E-lo-hei Av-ra-ham הָּאֵ ל ,הַגָּדֹול, הַגִבֹור, וְּהַּנֹורָּ א; אֵ ל עֶלְּיֹון; ;E-lo-hei Yitz-chak, v’Ei-lo-hei Ya-a-kov קֹונֵה שמַיִם וָּאָּרֶ ץ. ha-Eil, ha-Ga-dol, ha-gi-bor, v'ha-no-ra; Eil el-yon; ko-nei sha-ma-yim va-a-retz.

Cantor/Leader: Blessed are You, Adonai, our God and the God of our forefathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob; the great, mighty, and awesome God, the supreme God, Creator of heaven and earth.

קהל - מָּ גֵן אָּ בֹות בִדְּ בָּרֹו, Kahal: Ma-gein a-vot bid-va-ro, m'cha-yeih מְּ חַיֵה מֵתִ ים בְּמַאֲמָּ רֹו, הָּאֵ ל (בש"ת הַמֶ לְֶך) הַקָּדֹוש שאֵ ין mei-tim b'ma-a-ma-ro, ha-Eil (on the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Ha-mel-ech) כָּמֹוהּו, הַמֵנִיחַ לְּעַמֹו בְּ יֹום שבַת קָּדְּ שֹו, ha-ka-dosh she-ein ka-mo-hu, ha-mei-ni-ach כִ י בָּם רָּ צָּה לְּהָּנִיחַ לָּהֶם, l'a-mo b'yom sha-bat kad-sho, ki vam ra-tzah לְּפָּנָּיו נַעֲבֹוד בְּ יִרְּ אָּ ה וָּפַחַד, l'ha-ni-ach la-hem, l'fa-nav na-a-vod b'yir-ah וְּ נֹודֶ ה לִשמֹו בְּ כָּל יֹום תָּמִ יד מֵעֵין הַבְּרָּ כֹות. va-fa-chad, v'no-deh lish-mo b'chol yom ta-mid mei-ein ha-b'ra-chot. אֵ ל הַהֹודָּ אֹות, אֲדֹון הַשלֹום, מְּ קַדֵ ש הַשבָּת ּומְּ בָּרֵ ְך Eil ha-ho-da-ot, A-don ha-sha-lom, m'ka-deish שבִיעִ י, ּומֵנִיחַ בִקְּ דֻשה לְּעַם מְּ דֻשנֵי עֹונֶג ha-sha-bat um'va-reich sh'vi-i, u-mei-ni-ach bi-k'du-shah l'am m'du-sh'nei o-neg זֵכֶר לְּמַ עֲׂשה בְּרֵ אשית. .zei-cher l’ma-a-sei v’rei-sheet

Community: God was a shield to our forefathers through the divine word; God renews life through divine speech, the holy God (on the Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur substitute: holy Ruler) beyond compare, the One who gives rest to God’s people on the holy Shabbat, for God takes pleasure in giving them rest. We shall worship the Eternal with profound awe, and we shall express our gratitude to God day after day through the essence of these blessings. It is God to whom all thanks are due: the Sovereign of peace, the One who makes Shabbat holy, who blesses the seventh day, who gives rest in holiness to a people steeped in Shabbat joy, in commemoration of the work of creation.

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ברכה מעין שבע (Bracha M’ein Sheva (continued

חזן - אֱֹלהֵינּו וֵאֹלהֵי אֲבֹותֵ ינּו, רְּ צֵה בִמְּ נּוחָּתֵ נּו. ,Ha-zan: E-lo-hei-nu v’Ei-lo-hei a-vo-tei-nu קַדְּ שנּו בְּמִצְּ ותֶ יָך, וְּתֵ ן חֶלְּקֵנּו בְּ תֹורָּ תֶ ָך. r’tzeih vim-nu-cha-tei-nu. Ka-d'shei-nu ׂשבְּ עֵנּו מִ טּובֶָך, וְּׂשמְּ חֵנּו בִ ישּועָּתֶ ָך, b'mitz-vo-te-cha, v'tein chel-kei-nu וְּטַהֵר לִבֵנּו לְּעָּבְּדְּ ָך בֶאֱמֶ ת. ,b'To-ra-te-cha. Sa-bei-nu mi-tu-ve-cha v'sam-chei-nu bi-shu-a-te-cha, v'ta-heir li-bei-nu וְּהַנְּחִ ילֵנּו, יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, l'av-d’cha be-e-met. V'han-chi-lei-nu, A-do-nai בְּאַ הֲבָּה ּובְּרָּ צֹון שבַת קָּדְּ שָך, E-lo-hei-nu, b'a-ha-vah uv'ra-tzon Sha-bat וְּ יָּנּוחּו בָּּה כָּל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל מְּ קַדְּ שי שמֶ ָך. kad-she-cha, v'ya-nu-chu vah kol Yis-ra-eil m'kad-shei sh’me-cha. בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, מְּ קַדֵ ש הַשבָּת. Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, m'ka-deish ha-Sha-bat.

Cantor/Leader: Our God and God of our ancestors, take pleasure in our rest. Make us holy with Your commandments, give us our portion in Your Torah, satisfy us with Your goodness, gladden us with Your help, and purify our hearts to serve You in truth. Help us to perpetuate Your holy Shabbat, O God, with love and desire, and may all Israel, and all who bring holiness to Your Name, rest on this day. Blessed are You, Adonai, who brings holiness to Shabbat.

The above three paragraphs are omitted by an individual praying alone or by an occasional minyan (such as that in the ma-gein ,מָּ גֵןאָּ בֹות home of a mourner). However, even in such cases, if one wishes to, they may recite the paragraph a-vot. The three paragraphs are also omitted on the first night of Pesach.

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PRAYER FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL

Eternal God, grant blessing to the State of Israel, created to fulfill an age-old dream and to be a haven for the oppressed. Protect her people with Your grace, shelter them with Your peace, and grant them deliverance from the violence that surrounds them. May they live in harmony with one another and with their neighbors. May the bonds of faith and fate that unite the Jews of all lands be a source of strength to Israel and us all.

At this time, we think of those who are in need of healing; physically, mentally, emotionally or spiritually. If there is someone whose name you would like to say aloud, you may do so as my eyes meet yours.

For all of those said, those who remain in our hearts, and those who have no one to pray for them, we join together in the Mi Shebeirach.

מי שברך Mi Shebeirach

Mi shebeirach avoteinu Mi shebeirach imoteinu Mekor habracha l’imoteinu, Mekor habracha l’avoteinu,

May the Source of strength Bless those in need of healing who blessed the ones before us with r’fuah sh’leimah, help us find the courage the renewal of body, to make our lives a blessing, the renewal of spirit, and let us say, Amen. and let us say, Amen.

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תכלית Concluding Prayers

עלינו Aleinu

עָּלֵינּו לְּשַבֵחַ לַאֲדֹון הַכֹל A-lei-nu l'sha-bei-ach la-A-don ha-kol la-teit לָּתֵ ת גְּדֻלָּה לְּיֹוצֵר בְּרֵ אשִ ית g'du-lah l'yo-tzeir b'rei-shit she-lo a-sa-nu שֶ לא עָּׂשנּו כְּ גֹויֵי הָּאֲרָּ צֹות k'go-yei ha-a-ra-tzot v'lo sa-ma-nu k'mish-p’chot וְּ לֹא ׂשמָּ נּו כְּמִשְּ פְּ חֹות הָּאֲדָּמָּ ה ha-a-da-mah she-lo sam chel-kei-nu ka-hem v'go-ra-lei-nu k'chol ha-mo-nam. שֶ לֹא ׂשם חֶלְּקֵנּו כָּהֶם וְּ גֹורָּ לֵנּו כְּ כָּל הֲמֹונָּם. It is our duty to praise the Ruler of all things, to exalt the Creator of the universe, who has not made us like other nations of the world, and has not placed us like other families of the earth, who has not made our destiny like theirs, or our lot like that of everyone else.

Bend knees, lean forward. Bend knees, lean forward. וַאֲנַחְּ נּו כֹורְּ עִ ים ּומִשְּ תַ חֲוִ ים ּומֹודִ ים Va-a-nach-nu ko-r'im u-mish-ta-cha-vim u-mo-dim Straighten up. לִפְּ נֵי מֶ לְֶך מַלְּכֵי הַמְּ לָּכִ ים הַקָּדֹוש בָּרּוְך הּוא .Straighten up lif-nei me-lech, mal-chei ha-m'la-chim ha-ka-dosh ba-ruch hu.

So we bend the knee and offer worship and thanks to the supreme Sovereign, the Holy One, who is to be blessed,

שֶ הּוא נֹוטֶה שָּמַיִם וְּ יֹוסֵד אָּרֶ ץ, ּומֹושַ ב יְּקָּרֹו בַשָּמַיִם ,She-hu no-teh sha-ma-yim v'yo-seid a-retz מִ מַעַל, ּושְּ כִ ינַת עֻזֹו בְּ גָּבְּ הֵי מְּ רֹומִ ים. ,u-mo-shav y'ka-ro ba-sha-ma-yim mi-ma-al הּוא אֱֹלהֵינּו אֵ ין עֹוד. ush-chi-nat u-zo b’gav-hei m’ro-mim. Hu

אֱמֶ ת מַלְּכֵנּו, אֶפֶס זּולָּתֹו, E-lo-hei-nu, ein od. E-met Mal-kei-nu, e-fes zu-la-to, ka-ka-tuv b'To-ra-to: v'ya-da'ta כַכָּתּוב בְּ תֹורָּ תֹו: וְּ יָּדַעְּתָּ הַיֹום, וַהֲשֵבֹתָּ אֶ ל לְּבָּבֶָך, ha-yom, va-ha-shei-vo-ta el l'va-ve-cha, ki כִ י יי הּוא הָּאֱֹלהִ ים, בַשָּמַיִם מִ מַעַל, A-do-nai hu ha-E-lo-him, ba-sha-ma-yim וְּעַל הָּאָּרֶ ץ מִתָּחַת, אֵ ין עֹוד. .mi-ma-al, v’al ha-a-retz mi-ta-chat, ein od

Who spreads the heavens and establishes the earth, and whose glory emanates from the heavens above, and whose strength is evident throughout the world. The Eternal is our God; there is none else! Truly, God is our Sovereign, without compare, as it is written in God’s Torah: “And you shall know today and you shall lay it within your heart that the Eternal is God in the heavens above and on the earth below; there is none else.”

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עַל כֵן נְּקַּוֶה לְָּך, יי אֱֹלהֵינּו, לִרְּ אֹות מְּ הֵרָּ ה בְּתִפְּאֶרֶ ת ,Al kein n'ka-veh l'cha, A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu עֻזֶָך, לְּהַעֲבִ יר גִ לּולִים מִ ן הָּאָּרֶ ץ, וְּהָּאֱלִילִים כָּרֹות lir-ot m'hei-rah b'tif-e-ret u-ze-cha, l'ha-a-vir יִכָּרֵ תּון, לְּתַקֵן עֹולָּם בְּמַלְּכּות שַדַ י. gi-lu-lim min ha-a-retz, v'ha-e-li-lim ka-rot וְּכָּל בְּ נֵי בָּׂשר יִקְּרְּ אּו בִשְּ מֶ ָך, yi-ka-rei-tun, l'ta-kein o-lam, b'mal-chut Sha-dai. V'chol b'nei va-sar yik-r'u vi-Sh’me-cha, לְּהַפְּ נֹות אֵ לֶיָך, כָּל רִ שְּ עֵי אָּרֶ ץ, l'haf-not ei-le-cha, kol rish-ei a-retz, ya-ki-ru יַכִ ירּו וְּ יֵדְּ עּו, כָּל יֹושְּ בֵי תֵבֵל, v'yei-d'u, kol yo-sh'vei tei-veil, ki l'cha tich-ra כִ י לְָּך תִ כְּרַ ע כָּל בֶרֶ ְך, תִשָּבַע כָּל לָּשֹון, לְּפָּנֶיָך יי kol be-rech, ti-sha-va kol la-shon, l'fa-ne-cha אֱֹלהֵינּו, יִכְּרְּ עּו וְּיִפלּו, וְּלִכְּ בֹוד שִמְּ ָך יְּקָּר יִתֵ נּו, ,A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu, yich-r'u v'yi-po-lu וִ יקַבְּ לּו כֻלָּם אֶ ת על מַלְּכּותֶ ָך, v'lich-vod Shim-cha y'kar yi-tei-nu, vi-ka-b'lu וְּתִמְּ ֹלְך עֲלֵיהֶם מְּ הֵרָּ ה לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד. chu-lam et ol mal-chu-te-cha, v'tim-loch

כִ י הַמַלְּכּות שֶלְָּך הִ יא, ּולְּעֹולְּמֵ י עַד תִמְּ ֹלְך בְּ כָּבֹוד, a-lei-hem m'hei-rah l'o-lam va-ed. Ki ha-mal-chut she-l’cha hi, ul-o-l’mei ad tim-loch כַכָּתּוב בְּ תֹורָּ תֶ ָך: יי יִמְּ ֹלְך לְּעֹולָּם וָּעֶד. b’cha-vod, ka-ka-tuv b’To-ra-te-cha: A-do-nai yim-loch l’o-lam va-ed.

Therefore, we place our hope in You, our God, to soon see Your strength in splendor, that You will help us to remove destructive practices from the land, and cut off the false gods that inspire those practices, repairing the world through Your divine power. Then all living creatures will call out in Your Name, and all who have been doing harm in the land will turn towards You. All who dwell in the world will recognize and know that to You every knee will bend, and every tongue will pledge. They will kneel and fall before You, our God, and add to the honor of Your Name. They will welcome the guidance of Your leadership, and You will guide them soon and forever. For the sovereignty is Yours, and You will rule forever in honor. As it is written in Your Torah: “God will reign forever.”

וְּ נֶאֱמַ ר: וְּהָּיָּה יי לְּמֶ לְֶך עַל כָּל הָּאָּרֶ ץ; V’ne-e-mar: v'ha-ya A-do-nai l'Me-lech al kol בַיֹום הַהּוא יִהְּ יֶה יי אֶחָּד, ּושְּ מֹו אֶחָּד. ,ha-a-retz; ba-yom ha-hu yi-h'ye A-do-nai e-chad u-Sh’mo e-chad.

And as it is said, “And it will be that God will be Ruler over all the land, on that day God will be one, and God’s Name will be one.”

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A SINGLE HUMAN LIFE

The worth of a single human life cannot be quantified. It is written in the Talmud: “Whoever saves one life, it is as if that person saved the entire world” (Mishnah Sanhedrin 4:5). Because of the supreme worth of human life, when an individual dies, and incalculable diminishing of strength takes place within God’s universe. Therefore, we pray: yitgadal v’yitkadash shemeih rabah, “may the power of God’s name be magnified,” in effect making a plea to mitigate the loss to God’s universe, although we acknowledge: le’eila min kol birchata v’shirata, “it is beyond all praises and songs,” that is, nothing can ever truly make up for the loss of a life.

WHEN DEATH COMES

When death comes to the person you love You will go down to darkness and despair And in the depths of the loneliness will find Your naked soul, craven and cold.

You whose mind has considered and doubted, Whose heart has faltered, and whose courage has failed, Will wring out the final personal word From your stricken soul.

And death has no victory but this: I believe. Death has no victory but this: To rise from doubt and cold darkness To magnify and hallow the Name of God.

MEMORIES

O Source of all, thank You for blessing me with memories. They are here with me: Now. Never again. Always.

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LIFE AFTER DEATH

These things I know: how the living go on living and how the dead go on living with them

so that in a forest even a dead tree casts a shadow and the leaves fall one by one

and the branches break in the wind and the bark peels off slowly and the trunk cracks and the rain seeps in through the cracks and the trunk falls to the ground and the moss covers it and in the spring the rabbits find it

and build their nest inside the dead tree so that nothing is wasted in nature or in love.

IS IT FOR THE DEAD WE PRAY?

Is it for the dead we pray? Will they rest easier for our thoughts and words? Can we call them back across that fearsome gulf? Do the dead wait to hear our prayers?

Let us not hide from it: We pray for ourselves. We cry in the darkness for our own wrenching loss and for the fear we dare not face.

One more year of our days in the light is gone. Can we help but think of those whose days have ended? Can we do better than to recall their memory, and to think of how we will be remembered, to smile at the warmth and love they gave and to consider our own giving, to ask for peace upon them and to seek it for ourselves.

May a great peace descend from heaven on us the living, and on all for whom we pray, and let us say: Amen.

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WE REMEMBER THEM

In the rising of the sun and in its going down, we remember them.

In the blowing of the wind and in the chill of winter, we remember them.

In the opening of the buds and in the rebirth of the spring, we remember them.

In the blueness of the sky and in the warmth of summer, we remember them.

In the rustling of the leaves and in the beauty of autumn, we remember them.

In the beginning of the year and when it ends, we remember them.

When we are weary and in need of strength, we remember them.

When we are lost and sick at heart, we remember them.

When we have joys we yearn to share, we remember them.

So long as we live, they too shall live, for they are now a part of us, as we remember them.

GONE

Gone, a hero is gone Into the vast void of eternity Leaving only memories and deeds For our full and grieving hearts.

How clearly we remember Acts of courage and honor That our beloved friend achieved To repair the world.

The light is now dimming But the changes wrought Shape and strengthen our lives And we shall not forget…

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TASTE

When my grandmother was alive I could smell the dough she was kneading Halfway down the block, And I knew a pan was sitting there to lick, A soup pot steamed its samples through the window, Inviting my inevitable “Can I have a taste?” And certain foods, However perfectly my father makes them, Lack a little pinch of grandma That reminds me of the little hole inside my life Her wrinkled hands once filled. Where is she now? When the soup pot boils I sometimes Feel her presence Tasting, sniffing, Winking at how hard my father tries; Sometimes when my mother’s soothed all the hurts A bad day brings, I see her nodding, knowing Her grandchild’s growing in a good, strong place.

People say one day She and I will find each other In the place where everyone will find all those they’ve lost, People we’ve loved, People we’ve only read about. I’m not sure I believe that. I’m not sure I want to believe that— Will grandma approve of all the things I’m doing now? Will I understand her when she’s been gone so long? But feeling her presence when the soup pot simmers Reminds me That people who knead their way into your life Remain with you forever, And you can always have a taste.

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HERE

We were so different, he and I. He could build anything, Make anything grow in stubborn soil. He was so impatient, So unwilling to speak What lay deep inside his heart.

We were so alike, he and I. Looking in the mirror, I see him sometimes Instead of me. He could be impish sometimes, Stubborn, Sure there was always something he could do To ease his Sweetie’s pain, To help a friend.

So much of what he built still stands, So much of what he nurtured from the soil Still grows in unexpected places.

When he died I kissed his cheek Startled: “He’s not there,” I said.

He’s here.

STARS

There are stars up above, so far away we only see their life long, long after the start itself is gone. And so it is with people that we loved— their memories keep shining ever brightly though their time with us is done. But the stars that light up the darkest night, these are the lights that guide us. As we live our days, these are the ways we remember.

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YAHRZEIT CANDLE

Downstairs in the living room there’s a yahrzeit candle burning Who does it serve in my chest an ache, a sadness that I light that candle which has weighed me down all and rekindle such day. depths of pain?

I don’t want to remember All last night a year of mourning all today and of being dead myself now tonight again that was enough. I have made myself busy visiting friends To whose advantage running errands this yearly pilgrimage cleaning the stove back to my kingdom of darkness. falling asleep early in my bed.

Don’t I do her honor enough By tomorrow morning to remember day by day the light in the living room and speak of her will have burnt itself out when I’m sitting in my house and I can go back in there and walking on my way? to put on a record or at least not lower Have I forgotten my eyes as I scurry past the embrace of the womb? on the way to the kitchen. the way the light fell on her hair when she sat reading? her insatiable attentiveness to all my life’s minutia?

ABIDE

In nature’s ebb and flow, God’s eternal law abides. When tears dim our vision or grief clouds our understanding, we often lose sight of God’s eternal plan. Yet we know that growth and decay, life and death, all reveal a divine purpose. God who is our support in the struggles of life, is also our hope in death. We have set God before us and shall not despair. In God’s hands are the souls of all the living and the spirits of all flesh. Under God’s protection we abide, and by God’s love are we comforted. O Life of our life, Soul of our soul, cause Your light to shine into our hearts, and fill our spirits with abiding trust in You.

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WHEN I DIE

When I die give what’s left of me away to children and old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry, cry for your brother walking the street beside you. And when you need me, put your arms around anyone and give them what you need to give me.

I want to leave you something, something better than words or sounds. Look for me in the people I’ve known or loved, and if you cannot give me away, at least let me live in your eyes and not in your mind.

You can love me best by letting hands touch hands, and by letting go of children that need to be free. Love doesn’t die, people do. So, when all that’s left of me is love, give me away.

LIGHT

The light of life is a finite flame. Like the Shabbat candles, life is kindled, it burns, it glows, it is radiant with warmth and beauty. But soon it fades, its substance is consumed, and it is no more.

In light we see; in light we are seen. The flames dance and our life burns down and gutters. There is an end to the flames. We see no more and are no more seen, yet we do not despair, for we are more than a memory slowly fading into the darkness. With our lives we give life. Something of us can never die: we move in the eternal cycle of darkness and death, of light and life.

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FEAR AND LOVE

It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch.

A fearful thing to love, hope, dream: to be— to be, and oh! to lose.

A thing for fools this, and a holy thing, a holy thing to love.

For your life has lived in me, your laugh once lifted me, your word was gift to me.

To remember this brings a painful joy. ‘Tis a human thing, love, a holy thing, to love what death has touched.

ONE

It is hard to sing of oneness when the world is not complete, when those who once brought wholeness to our lives have gone, and naught but memory can fill the emptiness their passing leaves behind.

But memory can tell us only what we were, in company with those we loved; it cannot help us find what each of us, alone, must now become. Yet no one is really alone: those who live no more, echo still within our thoughts and words, and what they did is part of what we have become.

We do best homage to our dead when we live our lives more fully, even in the shadow of our loss. For each of our lives is worth the life of the whole world; in each one is the breath of the Ultimate One. In affirming the One, we affirm the worth of each one whose life, now ended, brought us closer to the Source of life, in whose unity no one is alone and every life finds purpose.

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LAW OF GOD

When cherished ties are broken, and the chain of love is shattered, only trust and the strength of faith can lighten the heaviness of the heart. At times, the pain of separation seems more than we can bear, but if we dwell too long on our loss, we embitter our hearts and harm ourselves and those about us.

The Psalmist said that in his affliction, he learned the law of God. And in truth, grief is a great teacher, when it sends us back to serve and bless the living. We learn how to counsel and comfort those who, like ourselves, are bowed with sorrow. We learn when to keep silent in their presence, and when a word will assure them of our love and concern.

Thus, even when they are gone, the departed are with us, moving us to live as, in their higher moments, they themselves wished to live. We remember them now; they live in our hearts; they are an abiding blessing.

Our thoughts turn to those who have died: our own loved ones, those whom our friends, neighbors, and community have lost, the martyrs of our people whose graves are unmarked and those of every race and nation whose lives have been a blessing to humanity. As we remember them, let us meditate on the meaning of love and loss, of life and death.

At this time, if there is someone whose name you would like to say aloud, you may do so as my eyes meet yours.

For all of those said, those who remain in our hearts, and those who have no one to remember them, we join together in the Mourner’s Kaddish.

The Kaddish is one of the best-known prayers in the entire liturgy. Although the Kaddish is recited in mourning, it makes no reference to death at all. Instead, the Kaddish praises and glorifies God, ending with a plea for peace.

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קדיש יתום Kaddish Yatom

יִתְּ גַדַ ל וְּיִתְּ קַדַ ש שְּ מֵ ּה רַ בָּא, אמן. .Yit-ga-dal ve-yit-ka-dash sh’meih ra-ba, A-mein בְּ עָּלְּמָּ א דִ י בְּרָּ א כִרְּ עּותֵ ּה, וְּ יַמְּ לִיְך מַלְּכּותֵ ּה Be-al-ma di v'ra chir’u-teih, ve-yam-lich בְּ חַיֵיכֹון ּובְּ יֹומֵ יכֹון ּובְּ חַיֵי דְּ כָּל בֵית יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, Mal-chu-teih be-cha-yei-chon uv-yo-mei-chon בַעֲגָּלָּא ּובִ זְּמַ ן קָּרִ יב, וְּאִמְּ רּו: אָּמֵ ן. uv-cha-yei de-chol beit Yis-ra-eil, ba-a-ga-la u-viz-man ka-riv, v'im-ru: A-mein.

יְּהֵא שְּ מֵ ּה רַ בָּא מְּ בָּרַ ְך לְּעָּלַם ּולְּעָּלְּמֵ י עָּלְּמַ יָּא. Ye-hei Sh'meih ra-ba me-va-rach l'a-lam ul’al-mei al-ma-ya.

Blessed be God’s great name to all eternity.

יִתְּ בָּרַ ְך וְּיִשְּ תַבַח, Yit-ba-rach ve-yish-ta-bach, ve-yit-pa-ar וְּיִתְּ פָּאַ ר וְּיִתְּ רֹומַ ם וְּיִתְּ נַשא, ve-yit-ro-mam ve-yit-na-sei, ve-yit-ha-dar וְּיִתְּ הַדָּ ר וְּיִתְּ עַלֶה וְּיִתְּ הַלָּל, ,ve-yit’a-leh ve-yit-ha-lal, Sh'meih de-kud-sha שְּ מֵ ּה דְּ קֻדְּשָּ א, בְּרִ יְך הּוא, ,brich hu

Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One,

לְּעֵלָּא )בעשי"ת לְּעֵלָּא לְּעֵלָּא מִ כָּל( l'ei-la (Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur replace מִ ן כָּל בִרְּ כָּתָּ א וְּשִירָּ תָּ א, with: l’ei-la l’ei-la m’kol) min kol bir-cha-ta תֻשְּבְּ חָּתָּ א וְּ נֶחֱמָּתָּ א, ,v'shi-ra-ta, tush-be-cha-ta ve-ne-che-ma-ta דַאֲמִירָּ ן בְּ עָּלְּמָּ א, וְּאִמְּ רּו: אָּמֵ ן. .da-a-mi-ran be-al-ma, v'im-ru: A-mein

Beyond all earthly words and songs of blessing, praise, and comfort, to which we say: Amen.

יְּהֵא שְּ לָּמָּ א רַ בָּא מִ ן שְּ מַ יָּא, ,Ye-hei she-la-ma ra-ba min she-ma-ya ְּו ַח ִיים עָּלֵינּו וְּעַל כָּל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, ,ve-cha-yim, a-lei-nu ve-al kol Yis-ra-eil וְּאִמְּ רּו: אָּמֵ ן. .v'im-ru: A-mein

May a great peace descend from heaven, and may we and all Israel find life, and let us say, Amen.

עֹוׂשֶ ה שָּ לֹום )בעשי"ת הַשָּ לֹום( O-seh sha-lom [On Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and בִמְּ רֹומָּ יו, הּוא יַעֲׂשֶ ה שָּ לֹום עָּלֵינּו Yom Kippur: ha’sha-lom] bim-ro-mav, hu ya-a-seh וְּעַל כָּל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, וְּאִמְּ רּו: אָּמֵ ן: ,sha-lom a-lei-nu v’al kol Yis-ra-eil v’im-ru: a-mein.

May the One who makes [the] peace in the heavens grant peace to us all and to all Israel, and let us say, Amen.

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זכרונם לברכה Zi-ch’ro-nam L’v-ra-cha

May their memories be for a blessing.

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שירים Songs

אדון עולם Adon Olam

אֲדֹון עֹולָּםאֲשֶ רמָּלְַך, ,A-don o-lam a-sher ma-lach בְּטֶרֶ םכָּל יְּצִ יר נִבְּרָּ א, ,b’te-rem kol y’tzir niv-ra לְּעֵת נַעֲׂשָּ הבְּ חֶפְּ צֹו כֹל, ,l’eit na-sah v’chef-tzo kol אֲזַי מֶ לְֶך שְּ מֹו נִקְּרָּ א. .a-zai Me-lech Sh’mo nik-ra

The Creator of the universe was already reigning before any being had yet been created; at the time when the world was made according to God’s will, already then the Sovereign’s Name was eternal.

וְּאַ חֲרֵ י כִכְּ לֹות הַכֹל, ,V’a-cha-rei kich-lot ha-kol לְּבַדֹו יִמְּ לֹוְך נֹורָּ א, ,l’va-do yim-loch no-ra וְּ הּוא הָּיָּה, וְּ הּוא הֹוֶה, ,v’hu ha-yah, v’hu ho-veh וְּ הּוא יִהְּ יֶה בְּתִפְּאָּרָּ ה. .v’hu yi-h’yeh b’tif-a-rah

And after everything has ceased to be, the Eternal will still reign in solitary splendor; God was, and God is, and God will ever remain in glory.

וְּ הּוא אֶחָּד וְּאֵ ין שֵנִ י V’hu e-chad, v’ein shei-ni לְּהַמְּשִ יל לֹו, לְּהַחְּבִירָּ ה, ,l’ham-shil lo, l’hach-bi-rah בְּ לִי רֵ אשִ ית, בְּ לִי תַכְּלִית, ,b’li rei-shit, b’li tach-lit וְּ לֹו הָּעֹז וְּהַמִׂשְּרָּ ה. .v’lo ha-oz v’ha-mis-rah

And God is one, and there is no other to compare with God or to be associated with God; without beginning and without end, to God belongs all strength and power.

וְּ הּוא אֵלִי וְּחַי גֹאֲלִי, ,V’hu Ei-li, v’chai Go-a-li וְּ צּור חֶבְּ לִי בְּ עֵת צָּרָּ ה, ,v’tzur chev-li b’eit tza-rah וְּ הּוא נִסִ י ּומָּ נֹוס לִי, ,v’hu ni-si u-ma-nos li מְּ נָּת כֹוסִ י בְּ יֹום אֶקְּרָּ א. .m’nat ko-si b’yom ek-rah

The Almighty is my God, my living Redeemer, my Rock in times of trouble and distress, my Banner and my Refuge, my Benefactor on the day that I call.

בְּ יָּדֹו אַפְּקִ יד רּוחִ י B’ya-do af-kid ru-chi בְּ עֵת אִ ישַ ן וְּאָּעִירָּ ה, ,b’eit i-shan v’a-i-rah וְּעִ ם רּוחִ י גְּוִיָּתִ י. .v’im ru-chi g’vi-ya-ti יְּיָּ לִי, וְּ לֹא אִירָּ א. .A-do-nai li, v’lo i-ra

Into the hands of the Eternal I entrust my spirit, when I am sleeping and when I am awake, and with my spirit I give my body as well. God is with me; I will not be afraid.

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עם ישראל חי Am Yisrael Chai עַם יִׂשְּרָּ אֵ ל חַי, עֹוד אָּבִ ינּו חַי !Am Yis-ra-eil chai Od A-vi-nu chai! The people of Israel live! Our Parent yet lives!

אני ואתה Ani V’Atah אֲ נִ י וְּ אַ תָּ ה נְּ שַ ּנֶ ה אֶ ת הָּ עֹולָּ ם, ,A-ni v’a-tah n’sha-neh et ha-o-lam אֲ נִ י וְּ אַ תָּ ה אָּ ז יָּ בֹואּו כְּ בָּ ר כּולָּ ם. .A-ni v’atah az ya-vo-u k’var ku-lam

You and I will change the world, You and I, then all will join us.

אָּ מְּ רּו אֶ ת זֶ ה קֹודֶ ם לְּ פָּ נַ י, זֶ ה לֹא מְּ שַ ּנֶ ה - – Am-ru et zeh ko-dem l’fa-nai, zeh lo m’sha-neh אֲ נִ י וְּ אַ תָּ ה נְּ שַ ּנֶ ה אֶ ת הַ עֹולָּ ם. .Ani v’atah n’sha-neh et ha-o-lam

Though it’s been said before, it doesn’t matter— You and I will change the world.

אֲ נִ י וְּ אַ תָּ ה נְּ נַ סֶ ה מֵ הַ תְּ חָּ לָּ ה, ,A-ni v’a-tah n’na-she mei-hat-cha-lah יֵ הְּ יֶ ה לָּ נּו רַ ע, אֵ ין דָּ בָּ ר זֶ ה לֹא נֹורָּ א, .yi-h’yeh la-nu ra, ein da-var zeh lo no-ra

You and I will start from the beginning. It may be difficult, but it’s not such a terrible thing.

בצלם אלהים B’Tzelem Elohim

We all got a life to live. We all got a gift to give. Just open your heart and let it out. We all got a peace to bring. We all got a song to sing. Just open your heart and let it out. Yeah

Chorus: When I reach out to you and you to me, We become b'tzelem Elohim. When we share our hopes and our dreams, Each one of us, b'tzelem Elohim.

We all got a tale to tell. We all want to speak it well. Just open your heart and let it out. We all got a mountain to climb. We all got a truth to find. Just open your heart and let it out. Yeah

Chorus

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אלי אלי Eili Eili אֵ לִ י, אֵ לִ י ,Eili, Eili שֶ לֹא יִ גָּ מֵ ר לְּ עֹולָּ ם she-lo yi-ga-meir le-o-lam הַ חֹול וְּ הַ יָּ ם, ,ha-chol ve-ha-yam רִ שרּוש שֶ ל הַ מַ יִ ם, ,rish-rush shel ha-ma-yim be-rak ha-sha-ma-yim, בְּ רַ ק הַ שָּ מַ יִ ם, .te-fi-lat ha-a-dam תְּ פִ לַ ת הָּ אָּ דָּ ם. O Lord, my God, I pray that these things never end: The sand and the sea, The rush of the waters, The crash of the heavens, The prayer of the heart.

אין כאלוהנו Ein K’Eloheinu אֵ ין כֵאֹלהֵינּו, אֵ ין כַאדֹונֵנּו, אֵ ין כְּמַלְּכֵנּו, אֵ ין כְּ מֹושִ יעֵנּו ,Ein ke-lo-hei-nu, ein ka-do-nei-nu ein ke-mal-kei-nu, ein ke-mo-shei-nu.

מִ י כֵאֹלהֵינּו, מִ י כַאדֹונֵנּו ,Mi ke-lo-hei-nu, mi ka-do-nei-nu מִ י כְּמַלְּכֵנּו, מִ י כְּ מֹושִ יעֵנּו .mi ke-mal-kei-nu, mi ke-mo-shei-nu

נֹודֶ ה לֵאֹלהֵינּו, נֹודֶ ה לַאדֹונֵנּו ,No-deh le’lo-hei-nu, no-deh la-do-nei-nu נֹודֶ ה לְּמַלְּכֵנּו, נֹודֶ ה לְּמֹושִ יעֵנּו .no-deh le-mal-kei-nu, no-deh le-mo-shei-nu

בָּרּוְך אֱֹלהֵינּו, בָּרּוְך אֲדֹונֵנּו ,Ba-ruch e-lo-hei-nu, ba-ruch a-do-nei-nu Ba-ruch mal-kei-nu, ba-ruch mo-shei-nu. בָּרּוְך מַלְּכֵנּו, בָּרּוְך מֹושִ יעֵנּו A-tah hu e-lo-hei-nu, A-tah hu a-do-nei-nu, אַתָּ ה הּוא אֱֹלהֵינּו, אַתָּ ה הּוא אֲדֹונֵנּו .A-tah hu mal-kei-nu, A-tah hu mo-shei-nu אַתָּ ה הּוא מַלְּכֵנּו, אַתָּ ה הּוא מֹושִ יעֵנּו

There is none like our God, there is none like our Protector, there is none like our Ruler, there is none like our Savior.

Who is like our God? who is like our Protector? who is like our Ruler? who is like our Savior?

Let us thank our God, let us thank our Protector, let us thank our Ruler, let us thank our Savior.

Blessed be our God, blessed be our Protector, blessed be our Ruler, blessed be our Savior.

You are our God, You are our Protector, You are our Ruler, You are our Savior.

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אשא עיני Esa Einai אֶשָּ א עֵינַי, אֶ ל-הֶהָּרִ ים-- מֵאַיִן, יָּבֹא עֶזְּרִ י. .E-sa ei-nai el he-ha-rim – Mei-a-yin, ya-vo ez-ri עֶזְּרִ י, מֵעִ ם יי-- עֹׂשֵ ה, שָּמַיִם וָּאָּרֶ ץ. —Ez-ri, mei-im A-do-nai O-seih, sha-ma-yim va-a-retz. I will lift up my eyes to the mountains: Where will my help come from? My help will come from the Creator, Maker of heaven and earth.

גשר צר מאד Gesher Tzar M’od כֹ ל הַ עֹולָּ ם כֻ לֹו גֶ שֶ ר צָּ ר מֵ אֹ ד Kol ha-o-lam ku-lo ge-sher tzar m’od וְּ הַ עִ קָּ ר לֹא לְּ פַ חֵ ד כְּ לָּ ל. .V’ha-i-kar lo l’fa-cheid k’lal The entire world is a very narrow bridge And the essential thing is to not succumb to fear.

התקוה HaTikvah כָּל עֹוד בִ לְּבַב פנִימָּ ה, נֶפֶש יְּהּודִ י הֹומִ יַה, Kol od ba-lei-vav p’ni-mah nefesh Y’hu-di ּולְּפַאתֵ י מִ זְּרַ ח, קָּדִ ימָּ ה, עַיִן לֶצְּ יֹון צֹופִיהַ , ,ho-mi-yah u-l’fa-a-tey miz-rach, ka-di-mah a-yin l’Tzi-yon tzo-fi-yah.

So long as the inner heart of the Jewish soul murmurs and toward the corner of the East, ahead, an eye to Zion anticipates.

עֹוד לֹא אַבְּדָּ ה תְּ קְּ וַתֵ ינּו, הַתִ קְּ וַה בַתְּ שְּ נֹות אַלְּפַיִים, Od lo av-dah tik-va-tei-nu, Ha-ti-vah bat sh’not לְּהְּ יֹות עִ ם חֹופְּשִ י בְּאַרְּ צֵנּו, אֶרֶ ץ צִ יֹון וְּיְּרּושָּ לַים. ,al-pa-yim, li-h’yot am chof-shi b’ar-tzei-nu E-retz Tzi-yon vi-Y’ru-sha-la-yim.

Our hope is not yet lost, the hope born of two thousand years, to be a people free in our land, the land of Zion and Jerusalem.

הבאנו שלום עליכם Heiveinu Shalom Aleichem הֵ בֵ אנּו שָּ לֹום עֲ לֵ יכֶ ם Hei-vei-nu sha-lom a-lei-chem We welcome you in peace!

הנה מה טוב Hinei Mah Tov הִ ּנֵה מַ ה טֹוב ּומַ ה נָּעִ ים Hi-neih mah tov u-ma-na-im שֶבֶת אַחִ ים גַם יָּחַד. .she-vet a-chim gam ya-chad How good and pleasant it is for brothers and sisters, for everyone, to dwell together as one.

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עבדו את יי בשמחה Ivdi Et Hashem B’Simchah עִ בְּ דּו אֶ ת יי בְּ ׂשִ מְּ חָּ ה, ,Iv-du et ha-Shem b’sim-chah בֹ אּו לְּ פָּ נָּ יו בִ רְּ נָּ נָּ ה. .Bo-u l’fa-nav bir-na-nah Worship God in happiness, come to God’s face with joyful song.

כי אשמרה שבת Ki Eshm’rah Shabbat כִ י אֶשְּמְּרָּ ה שַבָּת אֵ ל יִשְּמְּרֵֵֽ נִי, Ki esh-m’rah Sha-bat Eil yish-m’rei-ni אֹות הִ יא לְּעֵֽ ֹולְּמֵ י עַד בֵינֹו ּובֵינִי. Ot hi l’ol-mei ad bei-no u-vei-ni Because I watch over Shabbat, God will watch over me. It is a sign for eternity between God and me.

מה יפה היום Mah Yafeh HaYom מַ ה יַפֶה הַיֹום, שַ בָּת שָּ לֹום. .Mah ya-feh ha-yom, sha-bat sha-lom How lovely is this day of Shabbat peace.

מצוה גוררת מצוה Mitzvah Goreret Mitzvah מִ צְּ וָּ ה גֹורֶ רֶ ת מִ צְּ וָּ ה, עֲ בֵ רָּ ה גֹורֶ רֶ ת עֲ בֵ רָּ ה ,Mitz-vah go-re-ret mitz-vah מִ צְּ וָּ ה גֹורֶ רֶ ת מִ צְּ וָּ ה, a-vei-rah go-re-ret a-vei-rah גֹורֶ רֶ ת מִ צְּ וָּ ה, י-לַ - לַ - לַ - לַה. ,Mitz-vah go-re-ret mitz-vah לִהְּ יֹות צַדִ יק, זֶהטֹוב, זֶה טֹוב. .Go-re-ret mitz-vah, ya-la-la-la-la Li-h’yot tza-dik, zeh tov, zeh tov. לִהְּ יֹות צַדִ יק, זֶה טֹוב מְּ אֹד. !Li-h’yot tza-dik, zeh tov m’od One mitzvah leads to another, one sin leads to another. To be righteous this is good, very good.

NOT BY MIGHT

Not by might and not by power, But by spirit alone Shall we all live in peace!

The children sing, the children dream, And their tears may fall, But we’ll hear them call And another song will rise.

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)עוד יבוא( סלאאם Od Yavo) Salaam) עֹוד יָּ בֹוא שָּ לֹום עָּ לֵ ינּו וְּ עַ ל כּולָּ ם! !Od ya-vo sha-lom a-lei-nu v’al ku-lam סָּ לאאם, עָּ לֵ ינּו וְּ עַ ל כֹ ל הַ עֹולָּ ם, סָּ לאאם. .Sa-laam, a-lei-nu v’al kol ha-o-lam, Sa-laam Peace will yet come to us and everyone! Salaam, peace for us and for all the world, peace.

עושה שלום Oseh Shalom עֹׂשֶ ה שָּ לֹום בִמְּ רֹומָּ יו, ,O-seh sha-lom bim-ro-mav הּוא יַעֲׂשה שלֹום עָּלֵינּו hu ya-a-seh sha-lom a-lei-nu וְּעַל כָּל יִׂשרָּ אֵ ל, וְּאִמְּ רּו אָּמֵ ן. .v’al kol Yis-ra-eil, v’im-ru a-mein

May the One who makes peace in the heavens grant peace to us all and to all Israel, and let us say, Amen.

עזי וזמרת יה Ozi V’Zimrat Yah עָּזִי וְּזִמְּרָּ ת יָּּה וַיְּהִ י לִי לִישּועָּה .O-zi v’zim-rat Yah va-y-‘hi li li-shu-ah

My strength and my song is of God, and will be to me a salvation.

שלום רב Shalom Rav שָּ לֹום רָּ ב עַל יִׂשְּ ראֵ ל עַמְּ ָך תָּׂשִ ים לְּעֹולָּם Sha-lom rav al yis-ra-eil a-m'cha ta-sim l'o-lam כִ י אַתָּ ה הּוא מֵֶֽ לְֶך אָּ דֹון לְּכָּל הַשָּ לֹום ki a-tah hu Me-lech A-don l'chol ha-sha-lom וְּ טֹוב בְּ עֵינֵֶֽיָך לְּבָּרֵ ְך אֶ ת עַמְּ ָך יִׂשְּרָּ אֵ ל V'tov b'ei-ne-cha l'va-reich et am'cha Yis-ra-eil בְּ כָּל עֵת ּובְּ כָּל שָּ עָּה בִשְּ לֹומֵֶֽ ָך .b'chol eit u-v'chol sha-ah bish-lo-me-cha Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, ha-m’va-reich et a-mo בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, הַמ ְּ בָּרֵ ְך אֶ ת עַמֹו יִׂשְּרָּ אֵ ל בַשָּ לֹום .Yis-ra-eil ba-sha-lom Grant abundant peace over Israel, Your people, forever. For You are the sovereign source of all peace. So may it be good in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel in every season and in every hour with Your peace. Blessed are You, Adonai, who blesses Your people Israel with peace.

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יגדל Yigdal יִגְּדַ ל אֱֹלהִ ים חַי וְּיִשְּ תַבַח, Yig-dal E-lo-him chai, v’yish-ta-bach נִמְּ צָּא, וְּאֵ ין עֵת אֶ ל מְּצִ יאּותֹו. .nim-tza v-ein eit el m’tzi-u-to אֶחָּד וְּאֵ ין יָּחִ יד כְּיִחּודֹו, E-chad v’ein ya-chid k’yi-chu-do נֶעְּ לָּם, וְּ גַם אֵ ין סֹוף לְּאַחְּ דּותֹו. ne-lam v’gam ein sof l’ach-du-to

May the living God be exalted and honored, who exists and whose existence is timeless. God is one, unique, God is unfathomable and God’s unity is without end.

אֵ ין לֹו דְּ מּות הַגּוף וְּאֵ ינֹו גּוף, Ein lo d’mut ha-guf, v’ei-no guf לֹא נַעֲרֹוְך אֵ לָּיו קְּ דֻשָּ תֹו. .lo na-a-roch ei-lav k’du-sha-to קַדְּ מֹון לְּכָּל דָּבָּר אֲשֶ ר נִבְּרָּ א, Kad-mon l’chol da-var, a-sher niv-ra רִ אשֹון וְּאֵ ין רֵ אשִ ית לְּרֵ אשִ יתֹו. .ri-shon v’ein rei-shit l’rei-shi-to

God has no bodily form, and no body, and there is nothing we can compare to God’s holiness. Before all existence was created, God was first. There was no beginning to God’s Presence.

הִ ּנֹו אֲדֹון עֹולָּם, לְּכָּל נֹוצָּר Hi-no A-don o-lam, l’chol no-tzar יֹורֶ ה גְּדֻלָּתֹו ּומַלְּכּותֹו. .yo-reh g’du-la-to u-mal-chu-to שֶ פַע נְּבּואָּ תֹו נְּתָּ נֹו, She-fa n’vu-a-to, n’ta-no אֶ ל אַנְּשֵ י סְּ גּולָּתֹו וְּתִפְּאַרְּ תֹו. .El an-shei s’gu-la-to v’tif-ar-to

Behold, the Creator of the universe! God’s greatness and sovereignty are revealed to all. God inspires with the gift of prophecy a few select people who are witnesses to God’s glory.

לֹא קָּם בְּ יִׂשְּרָּ אֵ ל כְּמֹשֶ ה עֹוד Lo kam b’Yis-ra-eil, k’Mo-she od נָּבִ יא ּומַבִ יט אֶ ת תְּ מּונָּתֹו. .na-vi u-ma-bit et t’mu-na-to תֹורַ ת אֱמֶ ת נָּתַ ן לְּעַמֹו, אֵ ל, To-rat e-met na-tan l’a-mo eil עַל יַד נְּבִ יאֹו נֶאֱמַ ן בֵיתֹו. .al yad n’vi-o, ne-e-man bei-to

Never has there arisen in Israel another like Moses, a prophet who beheld God face to face. God gave the Torah of Truth to the people through the prophet, God’s faithful one.

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יגדל (Yigdal (continued לֹא יַחֲלִיף הָּאֵ ל וְּ לֹא יָּמִ יר דָּ תֹו Lo ya-cha-lif ha-Eil v’lo ya-mir da-to לְּעֹולָּמִ ים לְּזּולָּתֹו. .l’o-la-mim l’zu-la-to צֹופֶה וְּיֹודֵֵֽ עַ סְּתָּרֵ ינּו Tzo-feh v’yo-dei-a s’ta-rei-nu מַבִ יט לְּסֹוף דָּבָּר בְּ קַדְּ מָּ תֹו. .ma-bit l’sof da-var b’kad-ma-to

God will not change; God’s teaching is everlasting. God watches and knows all our secrets and sees to the end of every action before it begins.

גֹומֵ ל לְּאִ יש חֵֶֽסֶ ד כְּמִפְּ עָּלֹו, Go-meil l’ish che-sed, k’mif-a-lo נֹותֵ ן לְּרָּ שָּ ע רָּ ע כְּרִ שְּ עָּתֹו. .no-tein l’ra-sha, ra k’ri-sha-to יִשְּ לַח לְּקֵץ יָּמִ ין מְּשִיחֵֵֽ נּו, Yish-lach l’keitz ha-ya-min m’shi-chei-nu לִפְּ דֹות מְּ חַכֵי קֵץ יְּשּועָּתֹו. .lif-dot m’cha-kei keitz y’shu-a-to

God bestows loving-kindness or evil according to each person’s deeds. God will send us deliverance at the end of time, to redeem all those who wait for salvation.

מֵתִ ים יְּחֲיֶה אֵ ל בְּ רֹוב חַסְּ דֹו Mei-tim y’chai-yeh Eil b’rov chas-do בָּרּוְך עֲדֵ י עַד שֵ ם תְּהִ לָּתֹו. .Ba-ruch a-dei ad Sheim t’hi-la-to

In great kindness God restores life to the dead. May God’s glorious Name be blessed forever.

ישמחו Yism’chu יִשמְּ חּו בְּמַלְּכּותְּ ָך שֹומְּרֵ י שבָּת וְּ קֹורְּ אֵ י עֹ נֶג. Yis-m’chu v’mal-chu-t’cha shom’rei עַם מְּ קַדְּ שי שבִיעִ י. כֻלָּם יִשבְּ עּו וְּיִתְּ עַּנְּגּו מִ טּובֶָך . .Sha-bat v’ko-rei o-neig Am m-kad-shei sh-vi’i. Ku-lam yis-b’u v’yit-an-gu m’tu-ve-cha. ּובַשבִיעִ י רָּ צִ יתָּ בֹו וְּקִדַ שתֹו חֶמְּ דַ ת יָּמִ ים אֹותֹו קָּרָּ אתָּ . U’vash-vi’i ra-tzi-ta bo v’kid-ash-to chem-dat ya-mim o-to ka-ra-ta זֵכֶר לְּמַ עֲשה בְּרֵ אשית. .Ze-cher l’ma-a-seih v’rei-sheet

Those that keep the Sabbath and call it a delight shall rejoice in Your kingdom. The people that hallow the seventh day, even all of them shall be satiated and delighted with Your goodness, seeing that You did find pleasure in the seventh day, and hallowed it. You did call it the desirable of days, in remembrance of creation.

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לקוטים Additional Blessings and Readings

שהחינו Shehecheyanu

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יְּיָּאֱֹלהֵֵֽ ינּו, מֵֶֽ לְֶך הָּעֹולָּם, Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, E-lo-hei-nu me-lech ֶש ֶה ֱח ָּינּו ְּו ִק ְּי ָּמנּו ְּו ִה ִגי ָּענּו לזְּמַ ן הַזֶה. ha-o-lam, she-he-che-ya-nu v’ki-y’ma-nu v’hi-gi-ya-nu laz-man ha-zeh.

Praised are You, God, who created the world, who grants us life, who sustains us, and who brings us to this very moment.

תפלת הדרך Tefilat HaDerech יְּהִ י רָּ צֹון מִ לְּפָּנֶיָך יי אֱֹלהֵינּו וֵאֹלהֵי אֲבֹותֵ ינּו, Y’hi ra-tzon mil-fa-ne-cha A-do-nai E-lo-hei-nu שֶ תֹולִיכֵנּו לְּשָּ לֹום, וְּתַצְּעִ ידֵ נּו לְּשָּ לֹום, וְּתַדְּרִ יכֵנּו לְּשָּ לֹום, ,v’Ei-lo-hei a-vo-tei-nu, she-to-le-chei-nu l’sha-lom וְּתַגִיעֵנּו לִמְּ חֹוז חֶפְּצֵנּו ְּל ַח ִיים ,v’ta-tzi-dei-nu l’shalom, v’tad-ri-chei-nu l’sha-lom ּולְּשִֹמְּ חָּה ּולְּשָּ לֹום, וְּתַצִ ילֵנּו מִ כַף כָּל אֹויֵב v’ta-gi-ei-nu lim-choz chef-tzei-nu l’cha-yim u-l’sim-chah u-l’sha-lom, v’ta-tzi-lei-nu mi-kaf kol וְּ אֹורֵ ב בַדֶרֶ ְך, ּומִ כָּל מִ ינֵי פֻרְּ עָּנִיֹות o-yeiv v’o-reiv ba-de-rech, u-mi-kol mi-nei הַמִתְּרַ גְּשֹות לָּבֹוא לָּעֹולָּם. .fu-ra-ni-yot ha-mit-rag-shot la-vo la-o-lam וְּתִשְּ לַח בְּרָּ כָּה בְּמַ עֲשֵֹ ה יָּדֵ ינּו. .V’tish-lach bra-chah b’ma-a-seih ya-dei-nu וְּתִתְּ נֵנּו לְּחֵן ּולְּחֶסֶ ד ּולְּרַ חֲמִ ים בְּ עֵינֶיָך V’tit-nei-nu l’chein u-l’che-sed u-l’ra-cha-mim ּובְּ עֵינֵי כָּל רֹואֵ ינּו. וְּתִשְּ מַ ע קֹול תַ חֲנּונֵינּו b’ei-ne-cha u-v’ei-nei chol ro-ei-nu. V’tish-ma kol כִ י אֵ ל שֹומֵעַ תְּפִ לָּה וְּתַ חֲנּון אָּתָּ ה. ta-cha-nu-nei-nu ki Eil sho-mei-ah t’fi-lah v’ta-cha-nun a-tah.

בָּרּוְך אַתָּ ה יי, שֹומֵעַ תְּפִ לָּה. .Ba-ruch a-tah A-do-nai, sho-mei-a t’fi-la

May it be Your will, Adonai our God and God of our ancestors, to guide us in peace. Prepare us, support us, and lead us to our chosen destination in peace, joy, and well-being, and lead us home again in peace. Protect us from enemies and dangers along the way, from terrors that may confront us. Bring blessing to our endeavors. May we enjoy grace, love, and compassion in Your sight and in the eyes of everyone we meet. Heed our concerns, for You are God, who responds to prayer and petition. Praised are You Adonai, who listens to prayer.

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I HAD A PAINT BOX

I had a paint box, Each color glowing with delight. I had a paint box, With colors warm and cool and bright.

I had no red for wounds and blood, I had no black for the orphan’s grief. I had no white for the face of the dead, I had no yellow for burning sands.

But I had orange for the joy of life, And I had green for the buds and blooms. I had blue for clear, bright skies, I had pink for dreams and rest.

I sat down and painted peace. -Tali Sorek

THIS IS AN HOUR

This is an hour of change. Within it we stand uncertain on the border of light. Shall we draw back or cross over? Where shall our hearts turn? Shall we draw back, my brother, my sister, or cross over? This is the hour of change, and within it, we stand quietly on the border of light. What lies before us? Shall we draw back, my brother, my sister, or cross over?

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AFTER A CATASTROPHIC NATURAL DISASTER

The world continues to weep, and many of us can hear it. The sounds of wind and rain can sometimes make one’s heart skip a beat in fear….

God help us understand that the forces of nature have made continents shift, giving birth to new lands – splitting oceans and seas. The earth has shaken and spilled molten lava for centuries. And still humanity survives, for compassion and comfort are forces of nature too!

Eternal One, help us to help one another through the catastrophes in our lifetime. Grant us comfort in knowing that we are not alone in these struggles.

AFTER A CATASTROPHIC HUMAN DISASTER

Arson, oil spill, nuclear disaster, deforestation, strip mining, toxic waste, urban sprawl, and war – all the workings of our mangling hands. God who made this world and called it good, is there any comfort for me now, in my rage and pain, as I watch us destroy it? We have Your good counsel. Help us to know that we have the power to make a difference, before it is too late.

WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS

Watch Your Thoughts “Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” - Laozi

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I BELIEVE

I desire with my whole heart to see the coming of redemption, and even if it tarries I will still believe. Every day I will wait and I will still believe.

I BELIEVE

I believe in the sun even when it is not shining.

I believe in love even when not feeling it.

I believe in God even when God is silent.

QUICK BLESSING FOR A FRIEND’S DEPARTURE

Heart of my heart, Dear brother/sister/friend, Bless you on your journey. May you find what you seek And what you need, What seeks you And what calls you home. May the light of health and hope Carry you toward beauty and wonder. May the light of holiness Carry you toward strength and service. Let peace and joy surround your days. And let awe and thanksgiving Lead you on a path of virtue.

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FOR MEDICAL SCIENCE

God of wisdom, We give thanks for the fruit of medical science, The gifts of health and healing That have saved millions of people: From immunization to chemotherapy, From diagnostics to surgery. You gave us the tools of science and research, Intelligence and curiosity, Challenging us to be Your partner In bringing new medications and remedies, Technologies and procedures, Into the world. The needs are great. Diseases and conditions still plague The lives of our families, Our brothers and sisters, Nations and communities, Young and old.

God of love, Bless medical scientists and researchers with Insight and skill, Dedication and fortitude, So that their work yields knowledge and understanding Leading to new treatments and cures, Speedily, in our day. Grant medical science the wisdom to use these gifts wisely In service of the highest ideals of humankind.

Rock of Ages, Bring an end to pain and suffering, So that all may know Your compassion and Your grace.

Blessed are you, God of health and healing.

MIRACLES

The world is full of wonders and miracles, but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing.

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WE PLACE OURSELVES UNDER YOUR LAW

Unfailing night follows day Which will again pierce the shadows With ever-widening arcs of light.

The revolutions of earth, planets, galaxies, Like the infinitesimal atomic particles Radiating energy in their orbits around their nuclei, Fill our minds with wonder.

Their precision and predictability Tell us that we confront a reality Vastly greater than any formula can contain.

O, mysterious, wise, manifoldly self-revealing God, O life within creation and beyond it, As we contemplate and observe nature, We pray for Your reign over us. We place ourselves under Your law.

May the awesome, creative, and ordering power Which we barely glimpse or comprehend Help us become what our potential promises.

May our lives acquire form, order, and meaning Where now aimlessness, willfulness, and chaos threaten.

O Lord, in the daily rotations of this planet We behold and hail a vision of Your Sovereignty. Rule over us by day and strengthen us at nightfall.

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CHERISH THE TORAH

Cherish the Torah, your heritage; Treasure its thoughts, its ways; Glean from its pages the legends, the laws, The wanderings, even the wars, of your ancestors.

Relive the days from Ur to Haran, to Egypt, to Canaan;

Learn the lore of your Torah; Remember the patriarchs, prophets; Remember Moses, the Prophet of prophets; Your are their seed.

Carry the torch for your times; Light the way in the vision, The new vision, of a new day.

I SEE YOU

I see You in the starry field, I see You in the harvest’s yield,

In every breath, in every sound, An echo of Your name is found.

The blade of grass, the simple flower, Bear witness to Your matchless power,

In wonder-workings, or some bush aflame, Men look for God and fancy Him concealed;

But in earth’s common things He stands revealed While grass and flowers and stars spell out His name.

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PRAISE TO YOU, O LORD

Let us imagine a world without color, without regal red or leafy green, a world that bores the eye with gray. Praise to You, O lord, for all the colors in the rainbow, for eyes that are made for seeing, and for beauty that “is its own excuse for being.”

Let us imagine a world without sound, a world where deathly silence covers the earth like a shroud Praise to You, O Lord, for words that speak to our minds, for songs that lift our spirits, and for all those souls who know how to listen.

Let us imagine a world without order, where no one can predict the length of the day or the flow of the tide. Imagine a universe where planets leave their orbits and soar like meteors through the heavens and where the law of gravity is repealed at random Praise to You, O lord, for the marvelous order of nature, from stars in the sky to particles in the atom.

Let us imagine a world without love, a world in which the human spirit incapable of caring is locked in the prison of the self. Praise to You, O Lord, for the capacity to feel happiness in another’s happiness and pain in another’s pain.

As the universe whispers of a oneness behind all that is, so the love in the heart of man calls on people everywhere to unite in pursuit of those ideals that make men human. As we sing of One God, we rejoice in the wonder of the universe and we pray for the day when all mankind will be one.

Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, The Lord is One.

Praised be His name; His glorious kingdom is for ever and ever.

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PEACE MEANS MORE THAN QUIET

Help us, O God, to lie down in peace; But teach us that peace means more than quiet. Remind us that if we are to be at peace at night, We must take heed how we live by day.

Grant us the peace that comes from honest dealing, So that no fear of discovery will haunt our sleep. Rid us of resentments and hatreds Which rob us of the peace we crave.

Liberate us from enslaving habits Which disturb us and give us no rest. May we inflict no pain, bring no shame, And seek no profit by another’s loss.

May we so live that we can face The whole world with serenity. May we feel no remorse at night For what we have done during the day.

May we lie down in peace tonight, And awaken tomorrow to a richer and fuller life. Amen

IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING

It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness. I hear the approaching thunder, I can feel the suffering of millions, and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come out right one of these days; that this cruelty will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again. In the meantime, I must hold on to my ideals for perhaps the day will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

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WE REMEMBER THE HOLOCAUST

We mourn for six million of our people, brutally destroyed by “civilized men” behaving like savages. The cruelties of Pharaoh, Haman, Nebuchadnezzar, and Titus cannot be compared with diabolical schemes of the modern tyrants in their design to exterminate an entire people.

The blood of the innocent who perished in the gas chambers of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau, Treblinka, and Theresienstadt, cries out to God and man.

We will never forget the burning of synagogues and houses of study, the destruction of holy books and scrolls of Torah, the sadistic torment and murder of scholars, sages, and teachers.

They tortured the flesh of our brothers and sisters; but they could not crush their spirit, their faith, their love.

We recall our brothers and sisters in the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews who valiantly defied the monstrous adversaries.

And we recall the heroism of those who, in the face of unprecedented and overwhelming force, maintained Jewish culture and asserted Jewish values in the very midst of enslavement and destruction.

Let us pray: O Lord, remember Your martyred children. Remember all who have given their lives for the sanctification of Your name.

Even as we mourn, we recall those compassionate men and women of other faiths and nationalities who, at the peril of their lives, saved some of our people. Truly, “The righteous of all nations have a share in the world to come.”

Let us pray and work for the day when there shall be no violence or desolation on earth, when “nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more.”

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EACH OF US

Each of us enters this sanctuary with a different need.

Some hearts are full of gratitude: They are overflowing with the happiness of love and the joy of life; They are eager to confront the day, to make the world more fair; They are recovering from illness or have escaped misfortune.

And we rejoice with them.

Some hearts ache with sorrow: Disappointments weigh heavily on them and they have tasted despair; Families have been broken; loved ones lie on a bed of pain; Death has taken those whom they cherished.

May our presence and sympathy bring them comfort.

Some hearts are embittered: They have sought answers in vain; ideals once cherished now are mocked.

May the knowledge that we, also, are searching restore their hope and give them courage to believe that all is not emptiness.

Some spirits hunger: They long for friendship; they crave understanding; they yearn for warmth.

May we, in our common need and striving, gain strength from one another, as we share our joys, lighten each other’s burdens, and pray for the well-being of our community.

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GOING TO ERETZ YISRAEL

For years I read your map of this place As a topography of voices that needed No home but the ark of my heart. And yet now I move in this landscape of echoes, Every hill a place where story grows deep in the soil. Blessed are You of living history, of Torah that goes on— Blessed is this land of ancestral dream and holy desire. In the shadows of the desert I still hear Sarah laughing.

ETERNAL GOD, HEAR OUR PRAYERS

Eternal God, hear our prayers. Hearken to our hopes and aspirations.

A single day in your presence is better than a thousand elsewhere.

I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of God, than dwell in the tents of evil.

The Eternal God is a sun and a shield. God bestows both grace and glory. O Eternal God, how blessed are those who trust in You.

The Eternal One is hidden from the eyes of all mortal beings and beyond the comprehension of our finite minds. Even the most perceptive eye fails to penetrate beyond the smallest portion of God’s universe. The voices of poets and sages falter as they seek to express God’s incomparable wisdom and splendor.

Yet, O God, though your greatness surpasses our understanding, still we feel Your nearness. We are filled with wonder and awe as we behold the signs of Your majesty. Your laws guide our lives as they direct the planets on high.

Infinite One, we know that we shall find You if we seek You with our sincere hearts. As the flowers of the field drink the dew of heaven and the radiance of the sun, so would we, lifting our spirits to You, drink from the pure fountains of Your holiness. In You our souls rejoice, for You are our Creator and our Guide. Amen.

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JUSTICE

The world is sustained by three things; by justice, by truth, and by peace.

Justice, justice shall you pursue, that you may live.

Plant for yourselves righteousness; reap the fruit of steadfast love.

Proclaim liberty throughout the land to all who dwell therein.

Hate evil and love good. Establish justice wherever you may dwell.

Oh God, We thank You for the sense of justice that You have nurtured within us. This impulse always seeks to express itself in the daily relations of our lives. Be with us as we strive to do Your will.

Teach us to see that all people are our brothers and sisters. Fill with respect and compassion for all, that we may never wrong them, exploit them, or take advantage of anyone’s weakness or ignorance. Kindle in us a passion for righteousness. Grant us the vision to see that only justice can endure; that only in being just to one another can we make our lives acceptable to You. May we, by our thoughts and deeds, hasten the time when wrong and violence shall cease, when justice will be established throughout the earth.

DREAMS

We have always been dreamers, a people made by dreaming, the half lit world beneath the surface of our days filled with the shadows of tomorrow. From deep within these boundless rooms rise prophecy and poetry, meaning and madness, the midnight flowering of a world worn into our bones by a lifetime of noons.

But when we rise into waking again and again, each morning a rare and perfect blessing, the verdant world of deepest night pales into muddled fragments, senseless and disorienting. It is only in waking that we find our way into understanding or into sense.

God, these dreams are born from glittering fragments of Your shattered holy world. Help me to know my dreams for what they are: the familiar world distorted by false meaning, the strange and unsettling, a holy door to the world to come.

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A PRAYER FOR OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY

Our lot has fallen in pleasant places. The American experience is, for the Jewish people, unique in our history. We thank God for the privilege of sharing the countless blessings of our land and for the opportunities to contribute to its well-being.

We are also aware that an unbreakable bond unites the household of Israel throughout the world. We share with Jews everywhere a common destiny. We have been taught that all the people of Israel are responsible for one another. May God be with our brothers and sisters whose lives are made hard because they are Jews. May God grant them strength to endure and lead them soon from subjugation to freedom, from darkness to light.

We remember, O God; we will not, we cannot, forget. The pain of our fellow Jews everywhere is our pain. Auschwitz is our experience. Israel reborn is our joy. We were with our brothers and sisters in darkness; we are with them in the emerging light.

May Your favor rest on the land of Israel, its diverse peoples and faith communities. Protect Israel against hatred and war. Grant that the promise of its origins soon may be fulfilled in peace and harmony. May the bonds that unite the Jewish people everywhere be a source of strength to us all.

Secure in our freedom and conscious of our responsibilities, may we go forward with vision and dedication. May we grow in wisdom and compassion for all people with whom we share this blessed land. Amen.

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ETHICS OF THE SAGES

Who is wise? The one who learns from every person, as it is said: From all my teachers I gained wisdom.

Who is strong? The one who controls his or her impulses, as it is said: Whoever is slow to anger is better than a strong person; whoever rules his or her own spirit is better than one who conquers a city.

Who is rich? The one who is content with his or her lot, as it is said: When you eat of the toil of your own hands, you shall be happy, and it shall be well with you.

Who is honored? The one who honors others, as it is said: Those who honor me, I will honor.

GUARD MY TONGUE

O God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking lies, and to those who slander me, yet give me no heed. May my soul be humble and forgiving to all. Open my heart, O God, to Your Torah, so that I may know all Your mitzvot and pursue all Your truths. As to those who harbor ill will toward me, let their opinions have no effect on me, and quickly frustrate their designs against me. Do this for the sake of Your Name; do this for the sake of Your power; do this for the sake of Your holiness; do this for the sake of Your Torah. Answer us, O God, so that Your loved ones can be delivered, and save us with your redeeming power.

Add a personal prayer here.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, O God, my Rock and my Redeemer. May the One who makes peace in all the heavens grant peace to us all, to all Israel, and to all the world, and let us say, Amen.

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EXPLANATIONS FOR BARCHU ON PAGE 25

Barchu (the call to worship) bends ברכו The prayer leader at the word .Adonai stands straight יי the knees and bows from the waist, and at Baruch Adonai is the communal response, whereupon the ברוך יי community repeats the choreography of the first line.

EXPLANATIONS FOR MA’ARIV ARAVIM ON PAGE 25

Adonai Tz’vaot: this is one of many names that help elucidate יי צבאות God’s attributes. God designs, creates, and arranges the universe with order and purpose.

EXPLANATIONS FOR SHEMA ON PAGE 26

While saying this important prayer, we are not to be distracted by anything around us. Closing our eyes enhances our concentration. (Code of Jewish Law, Orach Chaim 61:5) For a few moments every morning, we close our eyes and live this reality, but behind all the packaging, it’s all essentially Godliness. We then open our eyes and see a very different-looking place in front of us. But we can make it past this. For we have been reminded. And this reality remains with us until evening, when it will be time for our next charge, the nighttime Shema. – Chabad.org

The translation in this case is, “Listen, Israel (one of Jacob’s two names) — Adonai is our God (too), and we believe in the one God,” signifying that they accept monotheism…. A relieved Jacob responds, in the small voice of a 147-year-old on his deathbed, “Blessed is Adonai’s glorious majesty forever and ever.” According to the rabbis, this is the reason we say the first line of the Shema loudly (with the strength of 12 sons) and the second line softly (in the manner of the dying, but satisfied Jacob). -- Cantor Michal Gray-Schaffer on Devarim Rabbah 2:35

The Sages asked, “Should we recite [the second line] [as a part of the Shema prayer]? Moses did not record this [in the Bible]. Should we not say it [if] Jacob said it?” They therefore established that the [second] line should be recited quietly. – adapted from Pesachim 56a

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This prayer book (siddur) was created with the goal of providing options for individuals from a variety of Jewish backgrounds during Kabbalat Shabbat and Ma'ariv services for Friday night. This siddur, designed for an egalitarian community, provides both contemporary and traditional text choices for a more personalized prayer service. The texts have been selected from a myriad of sources, reflecting the depth and breadth of our traditions.

Throughout our history, the prayer book has changed to reflect the language, knowledge, and cultural norms of the Jewish people. So too, our prayer books for Hillel at Miami University have changed, and we hope that this one resonates with our community for generations.

The sources we used to create this siddur are as follows:

Frishman, Rabbi Elyse D. Mishkan T’Filah: A Reform Siddur: Weekdays, Shabbat, Festivals, and Other Occasions of Public Worship. 1st edition. New York: CCAR Press, 2007.

Greenberg, Sidney. Likrat Shabbat: Worship, Study, and Song: For Sabbath and Festival Services and for the Home. Bridgeport, Conn: Hartmore House, 1985.

Harlow, Jules. Siddur Sim Shalom : A Prayerbook for Shabbat, Festivals, and Weekdays. New York: The Rabbinical Assembly, 1989.

Jerusalem, Koren Publishers. The Koren Mesorat HaRav Siddur, A Hebrew/English Prayer Book with Commentary by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Nusach Ashkenaz edition. New York, NY : Jerusalem, Israel: Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2011.

Koleinu: Our Voices for Erev Shabbat. Oxford, Ohio, 2009.

Levy, Richard N. On Wings of Light: The Hillel Siddur for Kabbalat Shabbat and Shabbat Evening. Special edition. Washington, DC : Hoboken, NJ: Ktav Pub Inc, 2000.

Rabbis, Central Conference of American. The Union Prayerbook Part I. Chicago: Chicago Sinai Congregation, 2000.

Scherman, Nosson, and Meir Zlotowitz. The Complete Artscroll Siddur: Pocket Size. Brooklyn, N.Y.: Mesorah Pubns Ltd, 1984.

Solovy, Alden. Jewish Prayers of Hope and Healing. Kavanot Press, 2013.

Stern, Chaim. Gates of Prayer: The New Union Prayer Book. English edition. CCAR Press, 1975.

Zahav, Congregation Sha’ar. Siddur Sha’ar Zahav: The All-Inclusive Siddur. San Francisco, Calif: Congregation Sha’ar Zahav, 2009.

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Hillel at Miami University Kabbalat Shabbat – Revised 2014 by Miami University Students

Student Contributors:

Jared Abramowitz – 2017 Ashley Barrett – 2014 Nicki Barrett – 2016 Abigail Bell – 2016 Niki DeShurko – 2014 Ari Frum – 2014 Ryan Fuldauer – 2016 Rebecca Gamble – 2015 Karin Goitman – 2015 Karli Grazman – 2015 Emily Greenberg – 2017 Dani Isaacs – 2014 Joshua Katzen – 2015 Abby Pickus – 2017 Alicia Troiano – 2015 Jainie Winter – 2015

Executive Director: Marcy Miller

Rabbinic Fellow and Intern: Marina Yergin

Siddur Editor: Dave Yergin