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וְע שׂוּ לִי מִקְ דּ שׁ וְשׁ כ נְתִּ י בְּ תו כ ם “And let them build Me a sanctuary that I may dwell in their midst.”
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MT-custom-Beth-El-6.indd 2 6/7/16 4:43 PM Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Siddur (Reform, Central Conference of American Rabbis). English & Hebrew. [Mishkan tefilah] = Mishkan t’filah : a Reform siddur : weekdays, Shabbat, festivals, and other occasions of public worship / [edited by Elyse D. Frishman]. p. cm. English, Hebrew, and romanized Hebrew. ISBN 0-88123-103-7 (cloth binding) ISBN 0-88123-111-8 (gift edition) 1. Siddurim--Texts. 2. Reform Judaism--Liturgy--Texts. 3. Hebrew language-- Transliteration. I. Title: Mishkan t’filah. II. Frishman, Elyse D. III. Title. BM674.34.C46 2006 296.4’5046--dc22 2005058132
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As my ancestors planted for me, So I too plant for my children. כי היכי דשתלי לי אבהתי שתלי נמי לבראי Talmud Bavli, Ta’anit 23a
The publication of the original prayerbook was made possible by a gift from Bob and Cobey Rapaport in honor of his mother Stella Fread Rapaport Fuld שמחה בת אברהם ושרה מלכה
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Introduction ix Acknowledgments xiii A Note on Style and Usage xvii
Prayers for Shabbat Evening Kabbalat Panim Candles 1 Welcome 3 Shabbat Songs 8 Kabbalat Shabbat 10 Shabbat Evening 22 T’filah 43 Magein Avot v’Imahot 61 Aleinu and Kaddish 64 Kiddush for Shabbat Evening 74 Counting the Omer 78
Prayers for Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning 80 T’filah 138 Seder K’riat HaTorah 158 Prayers of Our Community 172 Aleinu and Kaddish 178 Kiddush for Festival Morning 188 Kiddush for Shabbat Morning 189
Liturgical Insertions for Yom HaShoah Hodaah 192 for Yom HaAtzma-ut Hodaah 193 for Chanukah Hodaah 194 for Purim Hodaah 195 Waving the Lulav 196 Hallel I 197 Hallel II 198 Chanukah Candle Blessings 208 Purim Blessings 209
Festival T’filah 210 Yizkor 236
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בְּ ּרוכ ים ה בּ א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י שַחֲרִ ית לְשַבָת שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת
צ יצ ת SHACHARIT L’SHABBAT — SHABBAT MORNING מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ
א שׁ ר י צ ר INSPIRATION FOR PRAYER א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם .EACH OF US enters this sanctuary with a different need ל ע סו ק ,Some hearts are full of peace and gratitude ו ה ע ר ב־נ א .overflowing with love and joy ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים .They are eager to confront the day, to make the world a better place They are recovering from illness, or have escaped misfortune. ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן We rejoice with them.
Some hearts ache with sorrow; disappointments weigh heavily on them. Families have been broken; loved ones lie on a bed of pain; death has taken a cherished loved one. May our presence and caring bring them comfort.
Some hearts are embittered: ideals are betrayed and mocked, answers sought in vain, life has lost its meaning and value. May the knowledge that we, too, are searching restore our hope, and renew our faith.
WHO DOES NOT HUNGER: for friendship, understanding, warmth, and love. ח ז ק, ח ז ק ו נ ת ח ּז ק Chazak, chazak v’nitchazeik. Let us lend strength to one another and pray for the welfare of this community.
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Welcome
Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs I ENTER this sacred space to voice Tzitzit the longings of my heart in prayer. Mah Tovu In sacred company, Asher Yatzar I offer my love to the Holy One. Elohai N’shamah I devote myself this morning Nisim B’chol Yom to psalm and song, study and prayer. Laasok May my heart be lifted, V’haarev Na may my thoughts be deepened, Eilu D’varim and may my soul like the eagle soar. Kaddish D’Rabanan
MAY THE DOOR of this synagogue be wide enough to receive all who hunger for love, all who are lonely for friendship.
May it welcome all who have cares to unburden, thanks to express, hopes to nurture.
May the door of this synagogue be narrow enough to shut out pettiness and pride, envy and enmity.
May its threshold be no stumbling block to young or straying feet.
May it be too high to admit complacency, selfishness and harshness.
May this synagogue be, for all who enter, the doorway to a richer and more meaningful life.
I enter this sacred space . . . Elyse Frishman, inspired and adapted from Union Prayer Book
May the door . . . Sidney Greenberg 81 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה אֲ נ י בִּרְ כוֹת הַשַּֽׁחַר שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת
צ יצ ת BIRCHOT HASHACHAR — MORNING BLESSINGS מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ א שׁ ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה ODEH / MODAH ani l’fanecha, נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ל פ נ ֽיך, M מ ֽל ך ח י ו ק ּי ם, ,Melech chai v’kayam ל ע סו ק שׁ ה ח ז ֽר תּ בּ י נ שׁ מ ת י בּ ח מ ל ה, ,she-hechezarta bi nishmati b’chemlah ו ה ע ר ב־נ א ר בּ ה א מוּנ ת ֽ ך. .rabbah emunatecha ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן I OFFER THANKS to You, ever-living Sovereign, that You have restored my soul to me in mercy: How great is Your trust.
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Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani
Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N’shamah THERE IS GRACE that every dawn renews, Nisim B’chol Yom A loveliness making every morning fresh. We will endure, we will prevail— Laasok We, the children of Hope, V’haarev Na Children of the One Eilu D’varim Who crowds the heavens with stars, Kaddish Endows the earth with glory, D’Rabanan And fills the mind with wonder!
TO YOU THE STARS of morning sing, From You their bright radiance must spring. And steadfast in their vigils, day and night, The children of God, flooded with fervor, ring Your praise; they teach the holy ones to bring Into Your house the breadth of early light.
There is grace . . . Chaim Stern, Gates of Prayer
To You the stars . . . Judah Halevi, translated by Olga Marks in The Language of Faith, ed. N.N. Glatzer
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים MUSIC SELECTIONS מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת HINEIH MAH TOV צ יצ ת מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ ּה נ ה מ ה טּ ו ב וּמ ה ּנ ע ים Hineih mah tov umah na-im א שׁ ר י צ ר שׁ ֽב ת א ח ים גּ ם י ֽח ד/ / shevet achim gam yachad א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה שׁ ֽב ת א ח יו ת גּ ם י ֽח ד. .shevet achayot gam yachad נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק .How good and how pleasant it is that brothers/sisters dwell together (Psalm 133:1) ו ה ע ר ב־נ א
ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים PITCHU LI ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן ּפ ת חוּ־ל י שׁ ע ר י־צ ֽד ק, ,Pitchu li shaarei tzedek א ב א־ב ם או ד ה י הּ . .avo vam odeh Yah
Open the gates of victory for me that I may enter them and praise Adonai. (Psalm 118:19)
V’TAHEIR LIBEINU
ו ט ה ר ל בּ ֽנוּ ל ע ב דּ ך בּ א מ ת. .V’taheir libeinu l’ovd’cha be-emet
Purify our hearts to serve You in truth.
KOL HAN’SHAMAH T’HALEIL YAH
כּ ל ה ּנ שׁ מ ה תּ ה ּל ל י הּ, ה ל לוּ־י הּ ! !Kol han’shamah t’haleil Yah, hal’lu Yah
Let all that breathes praise God, Hallelujah! (Psalm 150:6)
ESA EINAI
א שּׂ א ע ינ י א ל ה ה ר ים, מ א ֽי ן י ב א ע ז ר י? ?Esa einai el heharim, mei-ayin yavo ezri ע ז ר י מ ע ם י י , ע שׂ ה שׁ מ ֽי ם ו א ֽר ץ. .Ezri mei-im Adonai, oseih shamayim vaaretz I turn my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help comes from God, Maker of heaven and earth. (Psalm 121:1–2)
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Welcome MAH GADLU Modeh / Modah מ ה גּ ד לוּ מ ע שׂ ֽ יך י הּ , ,Ani Mah gadlu maasecha Yah מ א ד ע מ קוּ מ ח שׁ ב ת ֽ יך. ה ל לוּ־י הּ . .Shabbat Songs m’od amku machsh’votecha. Hal’lu Yah Tzitzit How great are Your works, Adonai. How very profound Your designs! Hallelujah. Mah Tovu (Psalm 92:6) Asher Yatzar Elohai N’shamah HAL’LI Nisim B’chol Yom ה ל ל י נ פ שׁ י א ת־י י . .Hal’li nafshi et Adonai Laasok א ה ל ל ה י י בּ ח ּי י, ,Ahal’lah Adonai b’chayai V’haarev Na ּא ז מ ר ה ל אל ה י בּ עו ד י. .azamrah l’Elohai b’odi Eilu D’varim Praise Adonai, O my soul! I will praise Adonai all my life, Kaddish D’Rabanan sing hymns to my God while I exist. (Psalm 146:1–2)
SANCTUARY
Lord prepare me, to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. With thanksgiving, I’ll be a living sanctuary for You. ּפ ת חוּ־ל י שׁ ע ר י־צ ֽד ק, ,Pitchu li shaarei tzedek א ב א־ב ם או ד ה י הּ . .avo vam odeh Yah ז ה־ה ש ּׁ ע ר ל יי . ,Zeh hasha’ar l’Adonai צ ד ּיק ים, י ב אוּ בו . .tzadikim yavo’u vo
Open the gates of victory for me that I may enter them and praise Adonai. (Psalm 118:19) ו ע שׂוּ ל י מ ק ד ּשׁ , ,V’asu li mikdash ו ש ׁ כ נ ת ּ י ב ּתו כ ם. .v’shachanti b’tocham ו א נ ח נוּ נ ב ר ך י הּ ,V’anachnu n’varekh Yah מ ע ת ּ ה ו ע ד עו ל ם. .me-ata v’ad olam And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25:8) We will bless God from this time forth and for ever. (Psalms 115:18)
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FOR THOSE WHO WEAR TALLIT בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת ,AS I WRAP myself in the tallit צ יצ ת .I fulfill the mitzvah of my Creator מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ א שׁ ר י צ ר Before putting on tallit א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם ר כ י נ פ שׁ י א ת י י ! ,BAR’CHI nafshi et Adonai ל ע סו ק בּ י י א ל ה י, גּ ד ֽל תּ מ א ד, ,Adonai Elohai, gadalta m’od ו ה ע ר ב־נ א הו ד ו ה ד ר ל ב ֽשׁ תּ . .hod v’hadar lavashta ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים ע ֽט ה או ר כּ שּׂ ל מ ה, ,Oteh or kasalmah ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן נו ט ה שׁ מ ֽי ם כּ י ר יע ה. .noteh shamayim kay’riah
BLESS, ADONAI, O my soul! Adonai my God, how great You are. You are robed in glory and majesty, wrapping Yourself in light as in a garment, spreading forth the heavens like a curtain.
בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam א שׁ ר ק דּ שׁ ֽנוּ בּ מ צ ו ת יו asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav ו צ וּ ֽנוּ ל ה ת ע טּ ף בּ ּצ יצ ת. .v’tzivanu l’hitateif batzitzit
BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to wrap ourselves in the fringes.
As I wrap myself . . . Richard Levy
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Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit
Mah Tovu HOEVER WRAPPED in a tallit in one’s youth will never forget: Asher Yatzar W taking it out of the soft sack, opening the folded tallit, Elohai N’shamah spreading it, kissing the border along its length (sometimes embroidered Nisim B’chol Yom and sometimes embossed). Afterwards, a great sweep over the head Laasok like the heavens, like a huppah, like a parachute. Afterwards, folding it V’haarev Na around one’s head as if playing hide and seek, and then wrapping the body in it, tight tight, letting it fold you like a cocoon Eilu D’varim and then opening it like wings for flying. Kaddish And why are there stripes and not black-white squares D’Rabanan like a chessboard? Because squares are finite without hope and stripes come from infinity and go on to infinity like the runways at the airport so that angels may land and take off. When you wrap yourself in a tallit you cannot forget coming out of a swimming pool or the sea and being wrapped in a great towel and casting it over one’s head and wrapping in it, tight tight and shivering a little and laughing and — blessing.
Whoever wrapped in a tallit . . . Yehuda Amichai
How do we know when night ends and the new day begins so that morning prayers can commence? One sage taught: Night ends and morning begins when you can distinguish between a blue and white thread. Another replied: From the time you can distinguish a friend from a distance of four cubits. Perhaps: the new day begins when you can recognize the face of your brother or sister. based on B’rachot 9b 87 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ א ה ל ֽיך, י ע ק ב, ,MAH TOVU ohalecha, Yaakov מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י מ שׁ כּ נ ת ֽ יך, י שׂ ר א ל! !mishk’notecha, Yisrael שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת ו א נ י בּ ר ב ח ס דּ ך Vaani b’rov chasd’cha צ יצ ת א בו א ב ית ֽ ך, ,avo veitecha מ ה־טּ ֽ ּבו א שׁ תּ ח ו ה א ל־ה יכ ל ק ד שׁ ך eshtachaveh el heichal kodsh’cha א שׁ ר י צ ר בּ י ר א ת ֽך. .b’yiratecha א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה י י , א ה ֽב תּ י מ עו ן בּ ית ֽ ך Adonai, ahavti m’on beitecha נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם וּמ קו ם מ שׁ כּ ן כּ בו ד ֽ ך. .um’kom mishkan k’vodecha ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב־נ א ו א נ י א שׁ תּ ח ו ה ו א כ ר ֽע ה, ,Vaani eshtachaveh v’echraah ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים א ב ר כ ה ל פ נ י־י י ע שׂ י. .evr’chah lifnei Adonai osi ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן ו א נ י ת פ ּל ת י־ל ך, י י , ,Vaani t’filati l’cha, Adonai ע ת ר צו ן. .eit ratzon א ל ה ים, בּ ר ב־ח ס דּ ֽ ך, ,Elohim b’rov chasdecha ע נ ֽנ י בּ א מ ת י שׁ ע ֽך. .aneini be-emet yishecha
HOW FAIR are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel.
I, through Your abundant love, enter Your house; I bow down in awe at Your holy temple.
Adonai, I love Your temple abode, the dwelling-place of Your glory.
I will humbly bow down low before Adonai, my Maker.
As for me, may my prayer come to You, Adonai, at a favorable time. O God, in Your abundant faithfulness, answer me with Your sure deliverance.
The opening words of this passage are from Numbers 24:5 where they are recited by Balaam, the foreign prophet who was commissioned to curse the children of Israel. When he opened his mouth, blessings emerged instead of curses. Vaani t’filati . . . As for me, may my prayer . . . The Hebrew text has often been ו א נ י ת פ ּל ת י creatively rendered as “I am my prayer” — All I have to offer in prayer is myself; my prayer begins in humility. Arthur Green
Mah tovu . . . How fair . . . Numbers 24:5 מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ Vaani b’rov chasd’cha . . . I, through Your abundant love . . . Psalm 5:8 ו א נ י בּ ר ב ח ס דּ ך Adonai, ahavti . . . Adonai, I love . . . Psalm 26:8 י י , א ה ֽב תּ י Vaani t’filati . . . As for me, may my prayer . . . Psalm 69:14 ו א נ י ת פ ּל ת י *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 88
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Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu MAY THE ONE whose spirit is with us in every righteous deed, be with all who work for the good of humanity Asher Yatzar and bear the burdens of others, Elohai N’shamah and who give bread to the hungry, Nisim B’chol Yom who clothe the naked, Laasok and take the friendless into their homes. V’haarev Na May the work of their hands endure, and may the seed they sow bring abundant harvest. Eilu D’varim Kaddish D’Rabanan
May the One whose spirit . . . Chaim Stern, adapted
When you see the synagogue from a distance, say, “How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel.” Upon arriving at the synagogue door, stop momentarily to arrange your clothes properly, and say, “I, through Your abundant love, enter Your house.” Then enter with dignity and awe, bowing slightly toward the holy ark, and say, “I bow down in awe at Your holy temple. I love Your temple abode, the dwelling place of Your glory.” Then walk in a bit, and, bowing again, say, “I will humbly bow down low before Adonai, my Maker.” Then leave some charity for the poor — as much as you can afford — and, concentrating within yourself, say, “Here I stand, ready and willing to perform the commandment, ‘Love your neigh- bor as yourself.’” Then you may pursue the love of God. Mikdash M’at, a traditional manual for prayer 89 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH ATAH, Adonai מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת א שׁ ר י צ ר א ת ה א ד ם בּ ח כ מ ה asher yatzar et haadam b’chochmah צ יצ ת וּב ר א בו נ ק ב ים נ ק ב ים, ,uvara vo n’kavim n’kavim מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ ח לוּל ים ח לוּל ים. .chalulim, chalulim אֲשׁ ר י צ ר גּ לוּי ו י דֽ וּע ל פ נ י כ סּ א כ בו ד ֽ ך Galui v’yadua lifnei chisei ch’vodecha א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה שׁ א ם ּי פ ת ֽח א ח ד מ ה ם she-im y’patei-ach echad meihem נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם או י סּ ת ם א ח ד מ ה ם, ,o yisateim echad meihem ל ע סו ק א י א פ שׁ ר ל ה ת ק ּי ם i efshar l’hitkayeim v’laamod l’fanecha. ו ה ע ר ב־נ א ו ל ע מ ד ל פ נ ֽיך. Baruch atah, Adonai, ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , rofei chol basar umafli laasot. ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן רו פ א כ ל בּ שׂ ר וּמ פ ל יא ל ע שׂו ת.
PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who formed the human body with skill, creating the body’s many pathways and openings. It is well known before Your throne of glory that if one of them be wrongly opened or closed, it would be impossible to endure and stand before You. Blessed are You, Adonai, who heals all flesh, working wondrously. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , רו פ א כ ל בּ שׂ ר וּמ פ ל יא ל ע שׂו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, rofei chol basar umafli laasot.
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Welcome BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe. Modeh / Modah With divine wisdom You have made our bodies, Ani combining veins, arteries and vital organs Shabbat Songs into a finely-balanced network. Wondrous Maker and Sustainer of life, Tzitzit were one of them to fail — Mah Tovu how well we are aware! — Asher Yatzar we would lack the strength to stand before You. Elohai N’shamah Blessed are You, Adonai, Nisim B’chol Yom Source of our health and strength. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , רו פ א כ ל בּ שׂ ר וּמ פ ל יא ל ע שׂו ת. Laasok Baruch atah, Adonai, rofei chol basar umafli laasot. V’haarev Na Eilu D’varim Kaddish D’Rabanan DON’T LET ME FALL as a stone falls upon the hard ground. And don’t let my hands become dry as the twigs of a tree when the wind beats down the last leaves. And when the storm raises dust from the earth with anger and howling, don’t let me become the last fly trembling terrified on a windowpane. Don’t let me fall. I have asked for so much, but as a blade of Your grass in a distant wild field lets drop a seed in the lap of the earth and dies away, sow in me Your living breath, as You sow a seed in the earth. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , רו פ א כ ל בּ שׂ ר וּמ פ ל יא ל ע שׂו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, rofei chol basar umafli laasot.
Blessed . . . with divine wisdom . . . Cited in B’rachot 60b, Seder Rav Amram Gaon, ed. Daniel Goldschmidt
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים א ל ה י, נ שׁ מ ה שׁ ּנ ת ֽתּ בּ י ELOHAI, n’shamah shenatata bi מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ט הו ר ה ה יא. .t’horah hi שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת א תּ ה ב ר את הּ, א תּ ה י צ ר תּ הּ , ,Atah v’ratah, atah y’tzartah צ יצ ת א תּ ה נ פ ח תּ הּ בּ י, ,atah n’fachtah bi מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ ו א תּ ה מ שׁ ּמ ר הּ בּ ק ר בּ י. .v’atah m’shamrah b’kirbi א שׁ ר י צ ר כּ ל ז מ ן שׁ ה ּנ שׁ מ ה בּ ק ר בּ י, /Kol z’man shehan’shamah b’kirbi, modeh אֱ ל ה י נְשׁ מ ה מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ל פ נ ֽיך, ,modah ani l’fanecha נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם י י א ל ה י Adonai Elohai ל ע סו ק ו אל ה י א בו ת י ו א ּמו ת י, ,v’Elohei avotai v’imotai ו ה ע ר ב־נ א ר בּו ן כּ ל ה ּמ ע שׂ ים, ,Ribon kol hamaasim ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים א דו ן כּ ל ה ּנ שׁ מו ת. .Adon kol han’shamot Baruch atah, Adonai, ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , א שׁ ר בּ י דו נ ֽפ שׁ כּ ל ח י asher b’yado nefesh kol chai ו רֽ וּח כּ ל בּ שׂ ר א ישׁ . .v’ruach kol b’sar ish
MY GOD, the soul You have given me is pure. You created it, You shaped it, You breathed it into me, and You protect it within me. For as long as my soul is within me, I offer thanks to You, Adonai, my God and God of my ancestors, Source of all Creation, Sovereign of all souls. Praised are You, Adonai, in whose hand is every living soul and the breath of humankind. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , א שׁ ר בּ י דו נ ֽפ שׁ כּ ל ח י ו רֽ וּח כּ ל בּ שׂ ר א ישׁ . Baruch atah, Adonai, asher b’yado nefesh kol chai v’ruach kol b’sar ish.
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Welcome Modeh / Modah MATTER IS NEVER destroyed, Ani only transformed. Shabbat Songs So, too, can the soul evolve higher and higher: Tzitzit from instinct to inspiration, Mah Tovu haughtiness to holiness, Asher Yatzar selfishness to service; Elohai from individualism to union, N’shamah to join with the Soul of souls, Nisim B’chol Yom the Infinite One. Laasok As the soul is magnified and sanctified, so is the Infinite One exalted. V’haarev Na בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , א שׁ ר בּ י דו נ ֽפ שׁ כּ ל ח י ו רֽ וּח כּ ל בּ שׂ ר א ישׁ . Eilu D’varim Baruch atah, Adonai, asher b’yado nefesh kol chai v’ruach kol b’sar ish. Kaddish D’Rabanan
MY SOUL came to me pure, drawn from the reservoir of the Holy. All the time it remains within me, I am thankful for its thirst for compassion and justice. Let my eyes behold the beauty of all creatures; let my hands know the privilege of righteous deeds. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , א שׁ ר בּ י דו נ ֽפ שׁ כּ ל ח י ו רֽ וּח כּ ל בּ שׂ ר א ישׁ . Baruch atah, Adonai, asher b’yado nefesh kol chai v’ruach kol b’sar ish.
I’M A NEW SOUL I came to this strange world Hoping I could learn a bit ‘bout how to give and take But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear Finding myself making every possible mistake
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נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם NISIM B’CHOL YOM — FOR DAILY MIRACLES
For awakening בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam א שׁ ר נ ת ן ל שּׂ כ ו י ב ינ ה asher natan lasechvi vinah ל ה ב ח ין בּ ין יו ם וּב ין ל ֽי ל ה. .l’havchin bein yom uvein lailah PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has given the mind the ability to distinguish day from night.
For vision בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam ּפו ק ֽח ע ו ר ים. .pokei-ach ivrim PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who opens the eyes of the blind.
For the ability בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai to stretch א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam מ תּ יר א סוּר ים. .matir asurim PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who frees the captive.
For rising to the בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai new day א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam זו ק ף כּ פוּפ ים. .zokeif k’fufim PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who lifts up the fallen.
Nisim b’chol yom . . . For daily miracles . . . These morning blessings evoke נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם wonder at awakening to physical life: we open our eyes, clothe our bodies, and walk again with purpose; in spiritual life also, we are created in God’s image, are free human beings, and as Jews, celebrate the joy and destiny of our people, Israel. Though they are intended literally, we may perceive each blessing spiritually.
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Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit CAN STAY the tears of others, if I can see myself Mah Tovu I as diminished of their sorrows. Asher Yatzar Elohai N’shamah I can hasten time when everyone will be able Nisim B’chol to rejoice in freedom, Yom
Laasok And if I can see myself as the companion, V’haarev Na of those fighting against oppression, Eilu D’varim I can honor the struggle of people everywhere Kaddish to gain dignity and deliverance from bondage. D’Rabanan When I look at myself in the mirror who will I see?
RELIGION EMBRACES both faith and action. The primary quality is action, for it lays the foundation for faith; the more we do good, the more readily do we grasp the meaning of duty and life and the more readily do we believe in the Divine from which stems the good.
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נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם NISIM B’CHOL YOM — FOR DAILY MIRACLES
For firm earth to רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH atah, Adonai stand upon בּ א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam רו ק ע ה א ֽר ץ ע ל ה ּ מֽי ם. .roka haaretz al hamayim
PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who stretches the earth over the waters.
For the gift of בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai motion א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam ּה מ כ ין מ צ ע ד י ג ֽב ר. .hameichin mitzadei gaver PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who strengthens our steps.
For clothing בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai the body א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam מ ל בּ ישׁ ע רֻ ּ מים. .malbish arumim PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who clothes the naked.
For renewed בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai enthusiasm for life א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam ּה נו ת ן ל ּי ע ף כּ ֽח . .hanotein laya-eif ko-ach PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who gives strength to the weary.
For reawakening בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam ּה מ ע ב יר שׁ נ ה מ ע ינ י, ,hamaavir sheinah mei-einai וּת נוּמ ה מ ע פ ע ּ פי. .ut’numah mei-afapai PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who removes sleep from the eyes, slumber from the eyelids.
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Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs AS I AWAKEN, let this be my thought: may my day be filled with acts of lovingkindness. Tzitzit Let me be drawn to learning and discernment, Mah Tovu and may my actions be shaped by mitzvot. Asher Yatzar Keep me from iniquity, disgrace and sin; Elohai N’shamah May I not be overwhelmed by temptation or despair. Nisim B’chol Yom Distance me from evil people and false friends. Laasok Let me cultivate a life of goodness. V’haarev Na May my hands reach out in kindness, Eilu D’varim and I will serve God through acts of righteousness. Kaddish D’Rabanan Today and every day, may I merit Your mercy, by living my life with compassion and love.
Holy One of Blessing, draw me to Your words; teach me the art of sacred living. בּ רוּך א תּ ה י י , ה מ ל ּמ ד ח ס ד ים טו ב ים ל ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham’lameid chasadim tovim l’amo Yisrael.
ל עו ל ם י ה א א ד ם י ר א שׁ מ ֽי ם L’OLAM y’hei adam y’rei shamayim בּ סּ ֽת ר וּב גּ לוּי, ,baseiter uvagalui וּמו ד ה ע ל ה א מ ת, ,umodeh al ha-emet ו דו ב ר א מ ת בּ ל ב בו . .v’doveir emet bilvavo
ALWAYS, may each person revere God in private and in public, acknowledge the truth aloud, and speak it in one’s heart.
As I awaken . . . Chaim Stern, adapted from B’rachot 60b L’olam y’hei adam . . . Always, may each person . . . Tanna D’vei Eliyahu Rabba, Ch. 21 ל עו ל ם י ה א א ד ם 97 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם NISIM B’CHOL YOM — FOR DAILY MIRACLES
For being in רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH atah, Adonai the image of God בּ א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam שׁ ע שׂ ֽנ י בּ צ ֽל ם א ל ה ים. .she-asani b’tzelem Elohim
PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who made me in the image of God.
For being בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai a free person א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam שׁ ע שׂ ֽנ י בּ ן/בּ ת חו ר ין. .she-asani ben/bat chorin PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has made me free.
For being a Jew בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam שׁ ע שׂ ֽנ י י שׂ ר א ל. .she-asani Yisrael PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has made me a Jew.
For purpose בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam או ז ר י שׂ ר א ל בּ ג בוּר ה. .ozeir Yisrael bigvurah
PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who girds Israel with strength.
For harmony בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam עו ט ר י שׂ ר א ל בּ ת פ א ר ה. .oteir Yisrael b’tifarah
PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who crowns Israel with splendor.
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Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs I AM A JEW because Tzitzit the faith of Israel demands no abdication of my mind. Mah Tovu I am a Jew because Asher Yatzar the faith of Israel requires all the devotion of my heart. Elohai N’shamah I am a Jew because Nisim B’chol Yom in every place where suffering weeps, the Jew weeps. Laasok I am a Jew because V’haarev Na at every time when despair cries out, the Jew hopes. Eilu D’varim I am a Jew because Kaddish the word of Israel is the oldest and the newest. D’Rabanan I am a Jew because Israel’s promise is the universal promise.
I am a Jew because for Israel, the world is not completed; we are completing it.
I am a Jew because for Israel, humanity is not created; we are creating it.
I am a Jew because Israel places humanity and its unity above the nations and above Israel itself.
I am a Jew because above humanity, image of the divine Unity, Israel places the unity which is divine.
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH atah, Adonai מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת א שׁ ר ק דּ שׁ ֽנוּ בּ מ צ ו ת יו asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav צ יצ ת ו צ וּ ֽנוּ ל ע סו ק בּ ד ב ר י תו ר ה. .v’tzivanu laasok b’divrei Torah מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ א שׁ ר י צ ר ,BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה ,Sovereign of the universe who hallows us with mitzvot, נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם commanding us to engage with words of Torah. ל עֲ סו ק וְה עֲר ב־נ א ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן ו ה ע ר ב־נ א י י א ל ה ֽינוּ V’HAAREV NA Adonai Eloheinu א ת־דּ ב ר י תו ר ת ך בּ פ ֽינוּ, ,et divrei Torat-cha b’finu וּב פ י ע ּמ ך בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל, ,uv’fi amcha beit Yisrael ו נ ה י ה א נ ֽח נוּ ו צ א צ א ֽינוּ, ,v’nih’yeh anachnu v’tze-etza-einu ו צ א צ א י ע ּמ ך בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל, ,v’tze-etza-ei amcha beit Yisrael ּ כֻּלֽנוּ יו ד ע י שׁ מ ֽ ך, ,kulanu yodei sh’mecha ו לו מ ד י תו ר ת ֽ ך ל שׁ מ הּ . .v’lomdei Toratecha lishmah בּ רוּך א תּ ה י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai ּה מ ל מ ד תּ ו ר ה ל ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל. .ham’lameid Torah l’amo Yisrael
O ADONAI, our God, let the words of Torah be sweet in our mouths and the mouths of Your people Israel, so that we, our descendants and the descendants of all Your people Israel may know You, by studying Your Torah for its own sake. Blessed are You, Adonai, who teaches Torah to Your people Israel. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה מ ל ּמ ד תּ ו ר ה ל ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham’lameid Torah l’amo Yisrael.
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Welcome WE SEEKERS of God, how do we find You? Modeh / Modah In good deeds and in the study of Torah. Ani And Your search for us? Shabbat Songs You find us Tzitzit in the bending of the knee, in the rigor of study, Mah Tovu in the honesty of commerce, Asher Yatzar through a good heart, through decency, Elohai N’shamah in respect, true fellowship, companionship and love, Nisim B’chol Yom through truth and peace, in the No that is really No, and Laasok the Yes that is really Yes. V’haarev Na בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה מ ל ּמ ד תּ ו ר ה ל ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל. Eilu D’varim Baruch atah, Adonai, ham’lameid Torah l’amo Yisrael. Kaddish D’Rabanan FROM THE COWARDICE that shrinks from new truth, from the laziness that is content with half-truths, from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of truth, deliver us. Blessed is Adonai, Teacher of Torah to Your people Israel. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה מ ל ּמ ד תּ ו ר ה ל ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham’lameid Torah l’amo Yisrael.
Six Torah episodes are to be remembered each day, to refine our direction: .Y’tziat Mitzrayim: Recall the Exodus from Egypt — depart from whatever enslaves י צ יא ת מ צ ר ֽי ם .Amalek: Recall Amalek who attacked from behind — be on guard against evil ע מ ל ק .Maamad Har Sinai: Recall standing at Sinai — make Torah part of your daily life מ ע מ ד ה ר ס ינ י Maaseh Eigel HaZahav: Recall the Golden Calf — keep material desires in מ ע שׂ ה ע ֽג ל ה ּז ה ב check and be wary of heresy. .Korach: Recall Korach’s rebellion — prevent ego from misleading and destroying your way ק ֽר ח .Shabbat: Recall the first gift, Shabbat — welcome Shabbat holiness each week שׁ בּ ת
Whether modern Jews believe that it is actually the word of God or some distillation of numerous ancient texts, Torah — the study of it, the interpretation of it, the struggle with it — is what committed Jews continue to base their faith upon. No moment in a Jew’s life — not a brit milah, not a sunset, not the descent into death itself — is without its accompanying text, which in turn has its ultimate basis in the original text itself, the Torah. Adam Sol
We seekers of God . . . adapted from Seder Eliyahu Rabba 23
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים א ֽ ּלוּ ד ב ר ים שׁ א ין ל ה ם שׁ עוּר, ,EILU d’varim she-ein lahem shiur מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י שׁ א ד ם או כ ל ּפ רו ת יה ם she-adam ocheil peiroteihem שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת בּ עו ל ם ה ּז ה baolam hazeh צ יצ ת ּו ה קֽר ן ק ּיֽמ ת לו ל עו ל ם ה בּ א. .v’hakeren kayemet lo laolam haba V’eilu hein: מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ ּו א ֽלוּ ה ן׃ כּ בּ וּד א ב ו א ם, ,kibud av va-eim א שׁ ר י צ ר וּג מ ילוּת ח ס ד ים, ,ug’milut chasadim א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה ו ה שׁ כּ מ ת בּ ית ה ּ מ ד ר שׁ v’hashkamat beit hamidrash נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם שׁ ח ר ית ו ע ר ב ית, ,shacharit v’arvit ל ע סו ק ו ה כ נ ס ת או ר ח ים, ,v’hachnasat orchim ו ה ע ר ב־נ א ּוּב קוּר חו ל ים, ,uvikur cholim ּא ֽל ּו דְ ב ר ים ו ה כ נ ס ת כּ ּ לה, ,v’hachnasat kalah ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן וּל ו י ת ה ּ מת, ,ul’vayat hameit ּו ע יוּן תּ פ ּ לה, ,v’iyun t’filah ו ה ב א ת שׁ לו ם בּ ין א ד ם ל ח ב רו . .vahavaat shalom bein adam lachaveiro ו ת ל מוּד תּ ו ר ה כּ נ ֽג ד כֻּ ּ לם. .V’talmud Torah k’neged kulam
THESE ARE THINGS that are limitless, of which a person enjoys the fruit of the world, while the principal remains in the world to come. They are: honoring one’s father and mother, engaging in deeds of compassion, arriving early for study, morning and evening, dealing graciously with guests, visiting the sick, providing for the wedding couple, accompanying the dead for burial, being devoted in prayer, and making peace among people. But the study of Torah encompasses them all.
?Kibud av va-eim — honoring one’s father and mother. What can it mean to honor כּ בּוּד א ב ו א ם כּ ב ד kibud, honor, has as its root כּ בּוּד Sometimes honoring one’s parent is not easy. The word kaveid — heavy; it can be a burden to honor another. In honoring those who have given us life or sustenance, we honor the Source of Life. Elyse D. Frishman V’hashkamat beit hamidrash . . . arriving early for study . . . The Rabbis ו ה שׁ כּ מ ת בּ ית ה ּ מ ד ר שׁ understood this to convey enthusiasm and earnestness. Yoel Kahn Talmud Torah, the study of Torah offers the knowledge of what is right and how תּ ל מוּד תּ ו ר ה to live justly. Jewish study includes the expectation that the lessons will be applied to life. Eilu d’varim . . . These are things . . . based on Peah 1:1 ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים She-adam ocheil . . . of which a person enjoys . . . Shabbat 127a שׁ א ד ם או כ ל *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 102
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Welcome STUDY TEXTS Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs THE COVENANT calling and covenant work goes on in each act of teaching and learning of the Torah, through which at the same time, God is still being revealed. Tzitzit Herbert Bronstein Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N’shamah THERE ARE EIGHT DEGREES in the giving of tzedakah, each one higher than Nisim B’chol Yom the one before: Laasok to give grudgingly, reluctantly, or with regret; to give less than one should, but with grace; V’haarev Na to give what one should, but only after being asked; Eilu D’varim to give before one is asked; Kaddish to give without knowing who will receive it, D’Rabanan although the recipient knows the identity of the giver; to give without making known one’s identity; to give so that neither giver nor receiver knows the identity of the other; to help another to become self-supporting, by means of a gift, a loan, or by finding employment for the one in need. Maimonides
WE NEED Jewish men and women to become a Jewishly inspired and informed leadership — not only rabbinical but also lay. We need Jews more conversant with the thought and teachings of Judaism, to whom Judaism is no cold remote theology and Hebrew learning a matter of mystical ignorance, and to whom Jewish culture is no proxied culture. We need a reassertion of faith and a reawakening of interest in a cultural heritage that is all too rapidly being relegated to the exclusive possession of graduates of rabbinical seminaries. . . . We desperately need such lay leaders today with vision and fortitude. Paula Ackerman
k’neged kulam . . . encompasses them all . . . Implies equality in some sense, but the כּ נ ֽג ד כֻּ ּ לם. Hebrew does not say clearly what sense it is. Is studying Torah like each mitzvah, taken separately, for example, or like the entire group of mitzvot mentioned here, taken all together? Joel Hoffman The word of the One God penetrated this people from its beginning. When the commandment of God awakes in humanity, freedom also opens its eyes; and where freedom commences, history begins. Leo Baeck How can we exercise our humanity in the direction of goodness? By freely choosing what God would have us do. Harold Kushner 103 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים י ת גּ דּ ל ו י ת ק דּ שׁ שׁ מ הּ ר בּ א YITGADAL v’yitkadash sh’meih raba מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י בּ ע ל מ א דּ י ב ר א כ ר עוּת הּ , ,b’alma di v’ra chiruteih שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת ו י מ ל יך מ ל כוּת הּ v’yamlich malchuteih צ יצ ת ּבּ ח י יכו ן וּב יו מ יכו ן b’chayeichon uv’yomeichon מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ ּוּב ח י י ד כ ל בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל, ,uv’chayei d’chol beit Yisrael א שׁ ר י צ ר בּ ע ג ל א וּב ז מ ן ק ר יב, ,baagala uvizman kariv א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .v’imru: Amen ְ נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם יְה א שׁ ְמ ּה ר בּ א מְ ב ר ך Y’hei sh’meih raba m’varach l’alam ul’almei almaya. ל ע סו ק לְע ל ם ּולְע לְמ י ע לְמ ּיא. Yitbarach v’yishtabach v’yitpaar ו ה ע ר ב־נ א י ת בּ ר ך ו י שׁ תּ בּ ח ו י ת ּפ א ר v’yitromam v’yitnasei, ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים ו י ת רו מ ם ו י ת נ שּׂ א, v’yit’hadar v’yitaleh v’yit’halal ק דּ ישׁ דְּר בּ נ ן ו י ת ה דּ ר ו י ת ע ּל ה ו י ת ה ּל ל שׁ מ הּ דּ קֻד שׁ א בּ ר יך הוּא, ,sh’meih d’kudsha b’rich hu ּל ע ֽל א מ ן כּ ל בּ ר כ ת א ו שׁ יר ת א, ,l’eila min kol birchata v’shirata תֻּשׁ בּ ח ת א ו נ ח מ ת א, ,tushb’chata v’nechemata דּ א מ יר ן בּ ע ל מ א, ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .daamiran b’alma, v’imru: Amen
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 our lifetime and the life of all Israel — speedily, imminently. To which we say: Amen.
Blessed be 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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Kaddish d’Rabanan as but one of many alternative early ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן Current scholarship sees the versions of the Kaddish. It emerged in an oral form in the first or second century. Like other forms of the Kaddish, it is an elaborate praise of God, calling for the coming of God’s ultimate Kaddish d’Rabanan (“Kaddish of the Rabbis”), reflects ק דּ ישׁ דּ ר בּ נ ן ,dominion. Its unique name its central paragraph, acknowledging those who study Torah, indicating the role of Torah study as both an intellectual and a spiritual activity. This Kaddish concludes text study that takes place during worship and other occasions. *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 104
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Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani FOR OUR TEACHERS and their students, Shabbat Songs and the students of the students, Tzitzit we ask for peace and lovingkindness, Mah Tovu and let us say, Amen. Asher Yatzar And for those who study Torah Elohai N’shamah here and everywhere, Nisim B’chol Yom may they be blessed with all they need, Laasok and let us say, Amen. V’haarev Na Eilu D’varim We ask for peace and lovingkindness, and let us say, Amen. Kaddish D’Rabanan
I FIND by experience, not by reasoning, but by my own discovery that God is near me, and I can be near God at all times. I cannot explain it, but I am as sure of my experience as I am of the fact that I live and love. I cannot explain how I have come to live and love, but I know I do. In the same way, I know I am in contact with God.
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For our teachers . . . Debbie Friedman
I find by experience . . . Lily Montagu
A religion is best made known by the lives which express it. Lily Montagu Yose ben Yoezer, leader of Tz’reidah, taught: “Let your house be a meeting place for sages; sit in the dust of their feet and drink in their words thirstily.” Pirkei Avot 1:5 105 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּכ ים ה בּ א ים ע ל י שׂ ר א ל ו ע ל ר בּ נ ן, ,Al Yisrael v’al rabanan מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ו ע ל תּ ל מ יד יהו ן v’al talmideihon שׁ יר י שׁ בּ ת ו ע ל כּ ל תּ ל מ יד י ת ל מ יד יהו ן, ,v’al kol talmidei talmideihon צ יצ ת ו ע ל כּ ל מ ן דּ ע ס ק ין בּ או ר י ת א, ,v’al kol man d’askin b’oraita מ ה־טּ ֽ בוּ דּ י ב א ת ר א ה ד ין ו ד י di v’atra hadein v’di א שׁ ר י צ ר ב כ ל א ת ר ו א ת ר. .v’chol atar vaatar א ל ה י נ שׁ מ ה י ה א ל הו ן וּל כו ן שׁ ל מ א ר בּ א, ,Y’hei l’hon ul’chon sh’lama raba נ סּ ים בּ כ ל יו ם ח ּנ א ו ח ס דּ א ו ר ח מ ין, ,china v’chisda v’rachamin ל ע סו ק ו ח ּי ין א ר יכ ין, ,v’chayin arichin ו ה ע ר ב־נ א וּמ זו נ י ר ו יח י, וּפֻר ק נ א, ,um’zonei r’vichei, ufurkana ּא ֽלוּ ד ב ר ים מ ן ק ד ם א בוּהו ן min kadam avuhon ק דּ ישׁ דְּר בּ נ ן דּ י ב שׁ מ ּי א ו א ר ע א ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .di vishmaya v’ara v’imru: Amen
י ה א שׁ ל מ א ר בּ א מ ן שׁ מ ּי א, ,Y’hei sh’lama raba min sh’maya ּו ח י ים טו ב ים ע ל ֽינוּ ו ע ל כּ ל v’chayim tovim aleinu v’al kol י שׂ ר א ל ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .Yisrael v’imru: Amen
ע שׂ ה שׁ לו ם בּ מ רו מ יו Oseh shalom bimromav הוּא בּ ר ח מ יו י ע שׂ ה שׁ לו ם hu b’rachamav yaaseh shalom ע ל ֽינוּ ו ע ל כּ ל י שׂ ר א ל, ו ע ל כּ ל aleinu v’al kol Yisrael, v’al kol יו שׁ ב י ת ב ל, ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .yoshvei teiveil, v’imru: Amen
GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, grant abundant peace to our people Israel and their rabbis, to our teachers and their disciples, and to all who engage in the study of Torah here and everywhere.
Let there be for them and for us all, grace, love, and compassion, a full life, ample sustenance, and salvation from God, and let us respond: Amen.
For us and all Israel, may the blessing of peace and the promise of life come true, and let us respond: Amen.
May the One who causes peace to reign in the high heavens, let peace descend on us, and on all Israel, and on all the world, and let us respond: Amen.
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Welcome STUDY TEXTS Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs AS SOON AS, in accordance with Jewish teaching, your lives have been touched by Tzitzit aspiration, all your windows are thrown open and the light of infinite hope enters. Mah Tovu Then the community as a whole demands your help and you dare not say, “Why Asher Yatzar bother?” . . . Let us consider well, in the light of religion, what are the things worth bothering about. Perhaps we shall find ourselves bothering about mere trivialities Elohai N’shamah — indulging in fears which have no foundation now and never will have any reality. Nisim B’chol Yom Perhaps we are wasting our opportunities altogether or using them in a futile way. Laasok Let us pray for guidance, and as we pray let us remember that when all the rubbish is V’haarev Na pushed to one side, there are many things which we shall have to bother about, which concern us immensely because they concern the wellbeing of the community as a Eilu D’varim whole. . . . In spite of our absurd inadequacy, in spite of all our weaknesses, [we can] Kaddish D’Rabanan affect by our lives, the life of humanity in its progress towards God. Lily Montagu
PRAYER GIVES US the guidance we need. It opens the mind to the illumination of God. The prophets made their whole life an act of prayer — so they received the inspiration of God. Our humbler minds, standing much below the heights in which they stood, receiving for the most part only a reflected illumination, may now and then by climbing a little higher catch a glimpse of the direct light. Through prayer, we can receive the guidance of God to strengthen our hold on truth, goodness, righteousness and purity which are the laws for humanity emanating from the nature of God. Israel I. Mattuck
WHY FIXED PRAYERS? To learn what we should value, what we should pray for. To be at one with our people, the household of Israel. To ensure that the ideals painfully learned and purified, and for which many have lived and died, shall not perish from the community, and shall have a saving influence upon the individual. Chaim Stern
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בּ ּרו ְך שׁ א מ ר פְּסוּקֵ י דְזִמְרָה מ ז מו ר צ״ב א שׁ ר י P’SUKEI D’ZIMRAH — VERSES OF PRAISE מ ז מו ר קמ״ה מ ז מו ר ק״נ בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר ו ה י ה ה עו ל ם, ,BARUCH she-amar v’hayah haolam נ שׁ מ ת כּ ל ח י בּ רוּך הוּא. .Baruch hu י שׁ תּ בּ ח בּ רוּך עו שׂ ה ב ר אשׁ ית, ,Baruch oseh v’reishit baruch omeir v’oseh, ח צ י ק דּ ישׁ בּ רוּך או מ ר ו עו שׂ ה, בּ רוּך גּו ז ר וּמ ק ּי ם, ,baruch gozeir um’kayeim בּ רוּך מ ר ח ם ע ל ה א ֽר ץ, ,baruch m’racheim al haaretz בּ רוּך מ ר ח ם ע ל ה בּ ר ּיו ת, ,baruch m’racheim al hab’riyot בּ רוּך מ שׁ ּ לם שׂ כ ר טו ב ל יר א יו. .baruch m’shaleim sachar tov lirei-av בּ רוּך ח י ל ע ד ו ק ּי ם ל נ ֽצ ח. .Baruch chai laad v’kayam lanetzach בּ רוּך ּפו ד ה וּמ ּצ יל, בּ רוּך שׁ מו . .Baruch podeh umatzil, baruch sh’mo בּ שׁ ב חו ת וּב ז מ רו ת נ ג דּ ל ך Bishvachot uvizmirot n’gadelcha וּנ שׁ בּ ח ך וּנ פ א ר ך ו נ ז כּ יר un’shabeichacha un’fa-ercha v’nazkir שׁ מ ך ו נ מ ל יכ ך, מ ל כּ ֽנוּ א ל ה ֽינוּ. .shimcha v’namlich’cha, Malkeinu Eloheinu י ח יד, ח י ה עו ל מ ים, מ ֽל ך מ שׁ ֻ בּ ח Yachid, chei haolamim, Melech m’shubach וּמ פ א ר, ע ד י ע ד שׁ מו ה גּ דו ל. .um’fo-ar, adei ad sh’mo hagadol בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai מ ֽל ך מ הֻ ּל ל בּ תּ שׁ בּ חו ת. .Melech m’hulal batishbachot
BLESSED is the One who spoke and the world came to be. Blessed is the One! Blessed is the One who continually authors creation. Blessed is the One whose word is deed; blessed is the One who decrees and fulfills. Blessed is the One who is compassionate towards the world; blessed is the One who is compassionate towards all creatures. Blessed is the One who rewards the reverent; blessed is the One who exists for all time, ever-enduring. Blessed is the One who redeems and saves; blessed is God’s Name! With songs of praise, we extol You and proclaim Your Sovereignty, for You are the Source of life in the universe. One God, Life of the Universe, praised and glorious Ruler, Your Name is Eternal. Blessed are You, Adonai, Sovereign who is glorified through praise. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ֽל ך מ הֻ ּל ל בּ תּ שׁ בּ חו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, Melech m’hulal batishbachot.
”.P’sukei D’zimrah . . . Verses of Praise, might be viewed as “prayer before prayer ּ פסוּק י ד ז מ ר ה It functions as the warm-up for the morning service, a recognition that prayerfulness cannot be summoned on demand. Lawrence A. Hoffman *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 108
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Baruch She-amar
Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 ה ר ֽ ינ י מ ז ּמ ן א ת ּפ י ל הו דו ת Psalm 150 HAREINI m’zamein eit pi l’hodot ּוּל ה ל ל וּל שׁ בּ ֽח א ת בּו ר א י. .Nishmat Kol Chai ul’haleil ul’shabei-ach et bori Yishtabach Chatzi Kaddish WITH THIS do I prepare myself to thank, praise and glorify my Creator. Blessed are You, Sovereign of Life, whom we praise with songs of glory. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ֽל ך מ הֻ ּל ל בּ תּ שׁ בּ חו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, Melech m’hulal batishbachot.
COUNTRIES GROW OLD and fall apart; nations decline, torn; generations grow moss and gather dust; Still, every morning a chapter of psalms stands by the window in the synagogue and intones its eternal chant over the world’s tears.
,Baruch She-amar . . . Blessed is the One who spoke . . . composed by the Rabbis בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר reflects God’s ongoing Presence in the ever-renewing creation. This prayer is linked to Genesis 1, where the world came into being through divine speech. But God doesn’t then withdraw from creation and let it fend for itself. God nourishes and sustains all life with compassion. Like a mother’s enduring love for her child, so is God’s care for all creatures. Janet Marder
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בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר This section through Yishtabach on page 119 offers no alternative readings. מ זְמו ר צ״ב PSALM 92:1–7, 13–16 א שְׁר י IZMOR shir l’yom HaShabbat. מ זְמו ר קמ״ה מ ז מו ר שׁ יר ל יו ם ה שּׁ בּ ת. M Tov l’hodot l’Adonai מ ז מו ר ק״נ טו ב ל ה דו ת ל יי וּל ז מר ל שׁ מ ך ע ל יו ן. .ul’zameir l’shimcha elyon נ שׁ מ ת כּ ל ח י ּ ל ה גּ יד בּ בּ ֽק ר ח ס דּ ֽ ך, ,L’hagid babokeir chasdecha י שׁ תּ בּ ח ו א מוּנ ת ך בּ ּל ילו ת. .ve-emunat’cha baleilot ח צ י ק דּ ישׁ ע ל י־ע שׂו ר ו ע ל י־נ ֽב ל, ,Alei asor vaalei navel ע ל י ה גּ יו ן בּ כ ּנו ר. .alei higayon b’chinor כּ י שׂ ּמ ח תּ ֽ נ י י י בּ פ ע ל ֽך Ki simachtani Adonai b’fo-olecha בּ מ ע שׂ י י ד ֽ יך א ר ּנ ן. .b’maasei yadecha aranein מ ה־גּ ד לוּ מ ע שׂ ֽ יך, י י , ,Mah gadlu maasecha Adonai מ א ד ע מ קוּ מ ח שׁ ב ת ֽ יך. .m’od amku machsh’votecha א ישׁ ־בּ ֽע ר ל א י ד ע Ish baar lo yeida וּכ ס יל ל א־י ב ין א ת־ז את. .uch’sil lo yavin et zot צ דּ יק כּ תּ מ ר י פ ר ח Tzaddik katamar yifrach כּ א ֽר ז בּ ּל ב נו ן י שׂ גּ ה. .k’erez baL’vanon yisgeh שׁ תוּל ים בּ ב ית י י , ,Sh’tulim b’veit Adonai בּ ח צ רו ת א ל ה ֽינוּ י פ ר ֽ יחוּ. .b’chatzrot Eloheinu yafrichu עו ד י נוּבוּן בּ שׂ יב ה, ,Od y’nuvun b’seivah דּ שׁ נ ים ו ר ע ּנ נ ים י ה יוּ. .d’sheinim v’raananim yih’yu ל ה גּ יד כּ י־י שׁ ר י י , L’hagid ki yashar Adonai צוּר י ו ל א־ע ו ל ֽת ה בּו . .tzuri v’lo avlatah bo
A PSALM, a song for Shabbat. It is good to praise Adonai; to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High, to proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak, Your faithfulness each night with a ten-stringed harp, with voice and lyre together. You have gladdened me by Your deeds, Adonai; I shout for joy at Your handiwork. How great are Your works, Adonai, how very subtle Your designs! A brute cannot know, a fool cannot understand this: 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.
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Baruch She-amar SHREI yoshvei veitecha, א שׁ ר י יו שׁ ב י ב ית ֽ ך, Psalm 92 A עו ד י ה ל לֽוּך סּ ֽל ה. .od y’hal’lucha selah Ashrei א שׁ ר י ה ע ם שׁ כּ ֽכ ה ּלו , ,Ashrei haam shekachah lo Psalm 145 א שׁ ר י ה ע ם שׁ י י א ל ה יו. .ashrei haam she-Adonai Elohav Psalm 150 Nishmat Kol Chai HAPPY are those who dwell in Your house; they forever praise You! Happy the people who have it so; happy the people whose God is Adonai. Yishtabach
Chatzi Kaddish DAVID’S PSALM — PSALM 145:1-21 ּתּ ה ל ה ל ד ו ד. .T’HILAH L’DAVID א רו מ מ ך א לו ה י ה ּמ ֽל ך, ,Aromimcha Elohai HaMelech ו א ב ר כ ה שׁ מ ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .vaavar’chah shimcha l’olam va-ed בּ כ ל־יו ם א ב ר כ ֽךּ , ,B’chol yom avarcheka ו א ה ל ל ה שׁ מ ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .vaahal’lah shimcha l’olam va-ed
גּ דו ל י י וּמ הֻ ּל ל מ א ד, ,Gadol Adonai um’hulal m’od ו ל ג דֻ ּל תו א ין ח ֽק ר. .v’ligdulato ein cheiker דּ ו ר ל דו ר י שׁ בּ ח מ ע שׂ ֽ יך, ,Dor l’dor y’shabach maasecha וּג בוּר ת ֽ יך י גּ ֽידוּ. .ug’vurotecha yagidu ה ד ר כּ בו ד הו ד ֽ ך, ,Hadar k’vod hodecha ו ד ב ר י נ פ ל א ת ֽ יך א שׂ ֽיח ה. .v’divrei niflotecha asichah ו ע זוּז נו ר א ת ֽ יך י אמ ֽרוּ, ,Ve-ezuz norotecha yomeiru וּג דֻ ּל ת ך א ס ּפ ּ ר ֽנ ה. .ug’dulat’cha asaprenah ז ֽכ ר ר ב־טוּב ך י בּ ֽיעוּ, ,Zecher rav tuvcha yabiyu ו צ ד ק ת ך י ר ּ נֽנוּ. .v’tzidkat’cha y’raneinu
ח ּנוּן ו ר חוּם י י , ,Chanun v’rachum Adonai א ֽר ך א ּ פֽי ם וּג ד ל־ח ֽס ד. .erech apayim ug’dol chased
טו ב י י ל כּ ל, ,Tov Adonai lakol ו ר ח מ יו ע ל־כּ ל־מ ע שׂ יו. .v’rachamav al kol maasav יו דֽוּך י י כּ ל־מ ע שׂ ֽ יך, ,Yoducha Adonai kol maasecha ו ח ס יד ֽ יך י ב ר כֽ וּכ ה. .vachasidecha y’var’chuchah
Ashrei yoshvei . . . Happy are those who dwell . . . Psalm 84:5 א שׁ ר י יו שׁ ב י Ashrei haam . . . Happy the people . . . Psalm 144:15 א שׁ ר י ה ע ם 111 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר K’vod malchut’cha yomeiru, מ ז מו ר צ״ב כּ בו ד מ ל כוּת ך י אמ ֽרוּ, ug’vurat’cha y’dabeiru. א שׁ ר י וּג בוּר ת ך י ד בּ ֽרוּ. מ זְמו ר קמ״ה ל הו ד ֽיע ל ב נ י ה א ד ם גּ בוּר ת יו, ,L’hodi-a livnei haadam g’vurotav מ ז מו ר ק״נ וּכ בו ד ה ד ר מ ל כוּתו . .uch’vod hadar malchuto נ שׁ מ ת כּ ל ח י מ ל כוּת ך מ ל כוּת כּ ל־ע ל מ ים, ,Malchut’cha malchut kol olamim י שׁ תּ בּ ח וּמ מ שׁ ל תּ ך בּ כ ל־דּו ר ו דו ר. .umemshalt’cha b’chol dor vador ח צ י ק דּ ישׁ ס ו מ ך י י ל כ ל־ה ּנ פ ל ים, ,Someich Adonai l’chol hanoflim ו זו ק ף ל כ ל־ה כּ פוּפ ים. .v’zokeif l’chol hak’fufim ע ינ י כ ל א ל ֽיך י שׂ בּ ֽרוּ, ,Einei chol eilecha y’sabeiru ו א תּ ה נו ת ן־ל ה ם א ת־א כ ל ם בּ ע תּ ו . .v’atah notein lahem et ochlam b’ito ּפו ת ֽח א ת־י ד ֽ ך, ,Potei-ach et yadecha וּמ שׂ בּ ֽיע ל כ ל־ח י ר צו ן. .umasbi-a l’chol chai ratzon
צ דּ יק י י בּ כ ל־דּ ר כ יו, ,Tzaddik Adonai b’chol d’rachav ו ח ס יד בּ כ ל־מ ע שׂ יו. .v’chasid b’chol maasav
ק רו ב י י ל כ ל־ק ר א יו, ,Karov Adonai l’chol korav ל כ ל א שׁ ר י ק ר אֻֽ הוּ ב א מ ת. .l’chol asher yikra-uhu ve-emet
ר צו ן־י ר א יו י ע שׂ ה, ,R’tzon y’rei-av yaaseh ו א ת־שׁ ו ע ת ם י שׁ מ ע ו יו שׁ יע ם. .v’et shavatam yishma v’yoshi-eim
שׁ ו מ ר י י א ת־כּ ל־א ה ב יו, ,Shomeir Adonai et kol ohavav ו א ת כּ ל־ה ר שׁ ע ים י שׁ מ יד. .v’eit kol har’sha-im yashmid תּ ּה ל ת י י י ד בּ ּ ר־פי, ,T’hilat Adonai y’daber pi ו יב ר ך כּ ל־בּ שׂ ר שׁ ם ק ד שׁ ו ,viy’vareich kol basar shem kodsho ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .l’olam va-ed ו א נ ֽח נוּ נ ב ר ך י הּ Vaanachnu n’vareich Yah מ ע תּ ה ו ע ד עו ל ם, ה ל לוּי הּ . .mei-atah v’ad olam, hal’luyah
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Baruch She-amar DAVID’S SONG OF PRAISE Psalm 92 I will extol You, my God and Sovereign, Ashrei and bless Your name forever and ever. Psalm 145 Every day will I bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Great is Adonai and much acclaimed; Psalms 150 God’s greatness cannot be fathomed. Nishmat Kol Chai One generation shall laud Your works to another Yishtabach and declare Your mighty acts. Chatzi Kaddish The glorious majesty of Your splendor and Your wondrous acts will I recite. They shall talk of the might of Your awesome deeds, and I will recount Your greatness. They shall celebrate Your abundant goodness, and sing joyously of Your beneficence. Adonai is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. Adonai is good to all, and God’s mercy is upon all God’s works. All Your works shall praise You, Adonai, and Your faithful ones shall bless You. They shall talk of the majesty of Your sovereignty, and speak of Your might, to make God’s mighty acts known among mortals and the majestic glory of Your sovereignty. Your sovereignty is eternal; Your dominion is for all generations. Adonai supports all who stumble, and makes all who are bent stand straight. The eyes of all look to You expectantly, and You give them their food when it is due. You give it openhandedly, feeding every creature to its heart’s content. Adonai is beneficent in all ways and faithful in all works. Adonai is near to all who call to all who call upon God with sincerity. Adonai fulfills the wishes of those who fear God; Adonai hears their cry and delivers them. Adonai watches over all who love God, but all the wicked God will destroy. My mouth shall utter the praise of Adonai, and all creatures shall bless God’s holy name forever and ever. We will bless You, God, now and always. Hallelujah!
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בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר PSALM 150:1–6 מ ז מו ר צ״ב א שׁ ר י מ ז מו ר קמ״ה ה ל לוּ י הּ ! !HAL’LU YAH מ זְמו ר ק״נ ה ל לוּ־א ל בּ ק ד שׁ ו , ,Hal’lu El b’kodsho נ שׁ ְמ ת כּ ל ח י ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ ר ק ֽיע עֻ ּזו . .hal’luhu birkia uzo Hal’luhu bigvurotav, י שׁ תּ בּ ח ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ ג בוּר ת יו, hal’luhu k’rov gudlo. ח צ י ק דּ ישׁ ה ל לֽוּהוּ כּ ר ב גֻּד לו . ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ ת ֽק ע שׁ ו פ ר, ,Hal’luhu b’teika shofar ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ נ ֽב ל ו כ ּנו ר. .hal’luhu b’neivel v’chinor ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ ת ף וּמ חו ל, ,Hal’luhu b’tof umachol ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ מ ּנ ים ו עוּג ב. .hal’luhu b’minim v’ugav ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ צ ל צ ל י־שׁ ֽמ ע, ,Hal’luhu b’tziltz’lei shama ה ל לֽוּהוּ בּ צ ל צ ל י־ת רוּע ה. .hal’luhu b’tziltz’lei t’ruah כּ ל ה ּנ שׁ מ ה תּ ה ּל ל י הּ , ,Kol han’shamah t’haleil Yah ה ל לוּ־י הּ ! !Hal’lu Yah
HALLELUJAH! Praise God in God’s sanctuary; praise God in the sky, God’s stronghold. Praise God for mighty acts; praise God for God’s exceeding greatness. Praise God with blasts of the horn; praise God with harp and lyre. Praise God with timbrel and dance; praise God with lute and pipe. Praise God with resounding cymbals; praise God with loud-clashing cymbals. Let all that breathes praise God. Hallelujah!
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Baruch She-amar נ שׁ מ ת כּ ל ח י Psalm 92 NISHMAT kol chai תּ ב ר ך א ת שׁ מ ך, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,Ashrei t’vareich et shimcha Adonai Eloheinu v’ruach kol basar ו רֽ וּח כּ ל בּ שׂ ר Psalm 145 t’fa-eir ut’romeim zichr’cha, תּ פ א ר וּת רו מ ם ז כ ר ך, Psalm 150 Malkeinu, tamid. מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, תּ מ יד. Nishmat Kol Chai Min haolam v’ad haolam atah El, מ ן ה עו ל ם ו ע ד ה עו ל ם א תּ ה א ל, Yishtabach א ין ל ֽנוּ מ ֽל ך א ּל א א ֽתּ ה. .ein lanu melech ela atah Chatzi Kaddish א ל ה י ה ר אשׁ ו נ ים ו ה א ח רו נ ים, ,Elohei harishonim v’haacharonim א לֽו הּ כּ ל בּ ר ּיו ת, א דו ן כּ ל תּ ו ל דו ת, ,Elo-ah kol b’riot, Adon kol toladot ּה מ הֻל ל בּ ר ב ה תּ שׁ בּ חו ת, ,ham’hulal b’rov hatishbachot ה מ נ ה ג עו ל מו בּ ח ֽס ד ham’naheig olamo b’chesed ּוּב ר יו ת יו בּ ר ח מ ים. .uv’riotav b’rachamim ו יי ל א י נוּם ו ל א י ישׁ ן. .VaAdonai lo yanum v’lo yishan ה מ עו ר ר י שׁ נ ים ו ה ּמ ק יץ נ ר דּ מ ים, Ham’oreir y’sheinim v’hameikitz nirdamim ּ ו ה משׂ ֽיח א ּל מ ים, ו ה ּמ תּ יר א סוּר ים, ,v’hameisiach ilmim, v’hamatir asurim ו ה סּו מ ך נו פ ל ים, ו ה ּזו ק ף כּ פוּפ ים. .v’hasomeich noflim, v’hazokeif k’fufim ל ך ל ב דּ ך א נ ֽח נוּ מו ד ים. .L’cha l’vad’cha anachnu modim
LET THE SOUL of everything alive bless Your name, Adonai, our God; and the spirit of all flesh glorify and exalt Your name forever, O Sovereign. Transcending space and time, You alone are God. We have no Sovereign besides You. God of the first and the last, God of all creatures, Master of all generations, who is praised in a multitude of praises, who guides the world with abundant loving-kindness, and all creatures with mercy. Adonai neither slumbers nor sleeps. God awakens the sleeping, arouses those who slumber, gives speech to the mute; and God loosens the bonds of captives, God supports the fallen, and strengthens those who are bent over. You alone do we acknowledge.
Min haolam v’ad haolam . . . Transcending space and time . . . based on Psalm 90:2 מ ן ה עו ל ם ו ע ד ה עו ל ם VaAdonai lo yanum . . . Adonai neither slumbers . . . based on Psalm 121:4 ו יי ל א י נוּם v’hamatir asurim . . . loosens the bonds of captives . . . based on Psalm 146:7 ּו ה מ תּ יר א סוּר ים v’hasomeich noflim . . . supports the fallen . . . based on Psalm 145:14 ו ה סּו מ ך נו פ ל ים 115 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר ּא ֽלוּ פ ֽינוּ מ ל א שׁ יר ה כּ ּי ם, ,Ilu finu malei shirah kayam מ ז מו ר צ״ב וּל שׁ ו נ ֽנוּ ר ּנ ה כּ ה מו ן גּ ּ ליו, ,ul’shoneinu rinah kahamon galav א שׁ ר י ו שׂ פ תו ת ֽ ינוּ שׁ ֽב ח כּ מ ר ח ב י ר ק ֽיע , ,v’siftoteinu shevach k’merchavei rakia מ ז מו ר קמ״ה ו ע ינ ֽינוּ מ א ירו ת כּ שּׁ ֽמ שׁ ו כ ּי ר ֽח , ,v’eineinu m’irot kashemesh v’chayarei-ach מ ז מו ר ק״נ ו י ד ֽינוּ פ רוּשׂו ת כּ נ שׁ ר י שׁ מ ֽי ם, ,v’yadeinu frusot k’nishrei shamayim נ שׁ ְמ ת כּ ל ח י ו ר ג ל ֽינוּ ק ּלו ת כּ א ּי לו ת, ,v’ragleinu kalot kaayalot י שׁ תּ בּ ח א ין א נ ֽח נוּ מ ס ּפ יק ים ל הו דו ת ל ך, ,ein anachnu maspikim l’hodot l’cha ח צ י ק דּ ישׁ י י א ל ה ֽינוּ ו אל ה י Adonai Eloheinu v’Elohei א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,avoteinu v’imoteinu וּל ב ר ך א ת שׁ מ ֽ ך ul’vareich et sh’mecha ע ל א ח ת מ א ֽל ף, א ֽל ף א ל פ י א ל פ ים al achat mei-alef, elef alfei alafim ו ר בּ י ר ב בו ת ּפ ע מ ים ,v’ribei r’vavot p’amim ה טּ ו בו ת שׁ ע שׂ ֽית hatovot she-asita ע ם א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ ו ע ּ מֽנוּ. .im avoteinu v’imoteinu v’imanu
EVEN IF OUR MOUTHS were full of song as the sea, and our tongues full of joy in countless waves, and our lips full of praise as wide as the sky’s expanse, and were our eyes to shine like sun and moon; if our hands were spread out like heaven’s eagles and our feet swift like young deer, we could never thank You adequately, Adonai, our God and God of our ancestors, to bless Your Name for a ten-thousandth of the many myriads of times You granted favors to our ancestors and to us.
Every praise could be music, the voice singing in harmony with the universe and its Creator!
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Baruch She-amar ע ל כּ ן א ב ר ים שׁ ּפ ּ לֽג תּ בּ ֽנוּ, ,Al kein eivarim shepilagta banu Psalm 92 ו רֽ וּח וּנ שׁ מ ה שׁ ּנ פ ֽח תּ בּ א ּ פֽינוּ, ,v’ruach un’shamah shenafachta b’apeinu Ashrei ו ל שׁ ו ן א שׁ ר שׂ ֽמ תּ בּ פ ֽינוּ, ,v’lashon asher samta b’finu Psalm 145 ה ן ה ם יו דוּ ו יב ר כוּ ו ישׁ בּ חוּ hein heim yodu vivar’chu vishab’chu Psalm 150 ו יפ א רוּ א ת שׁ מ ך, מ ל כּ ֽנוּ. .vifaaru shimcha, Malkeinu Nishmat Kol Chai כּ י כ ל ּפ ה ל ך יו ד ה, ,Ki chol peh l’cha yodeh Yishtabach ו כ ל ל שׁ ו ן ל ך ת שּׁ ב ע, ,v’chol lashon l’cha tishava ו כ ל בּ ֽר ך ל ך ת כ ר ע, ,Chatzi Kaddish v’chol berech l’cha tichra ו כ ל קו מ ה ל פ נ ֽיך ת שׁ תּ ח ו ה, ,v’chol komah l’fanecha tishtachaveh ו כ ל ל ב בו ת י יר אֽ וּך, ,v’chol l’vavot yira-ucha ו כ ל ק ֽר ב וּכ ל יו ת י ז ּ מרוּ ל שׁ מ ֽ ך, ,v’chol kerev uchlayot y’zamru lish’mecha כּ דּ ב ר שׁ כּ תוּב׃ כּ ל ע צ מו ת י תּ אמ ֽר נ ה׃ :kadavar shekatuv: kol atzmotai tomarnah י י , מ י כ מֽ ו ך. .Adonai, mi chamocha כּ א מוּר׃ ל ד ו ד, בּ ר כ י נ פ שׁ י א ת י י , ,Kaamur: l’David, bar’chi nafshi et Adonai ו כ ל ק ר ב י א ת שׁ ם ק ד שׁ ו . .v’chol k’ravai et shem kodsho
THEREFORE THESE LIMBS which You have formed in us, and this spirit and soul that You breathed into our nostrils, this tongue which You have set in our mouths, they must acknowledge, bless, praise and glorify Your Name, O our Sovereign. For every mouth will acknowledge You and every tongue pledge homage to You, every knee bend in Your presence, every upright person shall bow before You. Every heart will revere You and every inmost thought will sing to Your Name. And David said: “Let all my bones exclaim: ‘Who is like You, Adonai?’ ” As David continued: “Bless Adonai, O my soul, and let my inner being praise Your holy Name.”
v’chol berech . . . every knee . . . based on Isaiah 45:23 ו כ ל בּ ֽר ך kol atzmotai tomarnah . . . Let all my bones exclaim . . . Psalm 35:10 כּ ל ע צ מו ת י תּ אמ ֽר נ ה bar’chi nafshi et Adonai . . . Bless Adonai, O my soul . . . Psalm 103:1 בּ ר כ י נ פ שׁ י א ת י י 117 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר ה א ל בּ ת ע צֻמו ת עֻ ּז ֽך, ,Ha-El b’taatzumot uzecha מ ז מו ר צ״ב ה גּ דו ל בּ כ בו ד שׁ מ ֽ ך, ,hagadol bichvod sh’mecha א שׁ ר י ה גּ בּו ר ל נ ֽצ ח hagibor lanetzach מ ז מו ר קמ״ה ּו ה נו ר א בּ נו ר או ת ֽ יך, ,v’hanora b’norotecha מ ז מו ר ק״נ ּה מ ֽל ך ה ּיו שׁ ב HaMelech hayosheiv נ שׁ ְמ ת כּ ל ח י ע ל כּ סּ א ר ם ו נ שּׂ א. .al kisei ram v’nisa י שְׁתּ בּ ח ח צ י ק דּ ישׁ שׁ ו כ ן ע ד, מ רו ם ו ק דו שׁ שׁ מו . .Shochein ad, marom v’kadosh sh’mo ו כ תוּב׃ ר ּנ נוּ צ דּ יק ים בּ יי , ,V’chatuv: Ran’nu tzadikim b’Adonai ל י שׁ ר ים נ או ה ת ה ּ לה. .lay’sharim navah t’hilah בּ פ י י שׁ ר ים תּ ת ה ּ לל. .B’fi y’sharim tit’halal וּב ד ב ר י צ דּ יק ים תּ ת בּ ר ך. .Uv’divrei tzadikim titbarach וּב ל שׁ ו ן ח ס יד ים תּ ת רו מ ם. .Uvilshon chasidim titromam וּב ק ֽר ב ק דו שׁ ים תּ ת ק דּ שׁ . .Uv’kerev k’doshim titkadash
וּב מ ק ה לו ת ר ב בו ת ע ּמ ך, בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל, ,Uv’mak’halot riv’vot amcha, beit Yisrael ּבּ ר נ ה י ת ּפ א ר שׁ מ ך מ ל כּ ֽנוּ ,b’rinah yitpaar shimcha Malkeinu בּ כ ל דּו ר ו דו ר. .b’chol dor vador
O GOD, IN THE POWER of Your strength, great in the glory of Your Name, Mighty forever, Awesome in amazing deeds, the Ruler who sits on a high and exalted throne.
O God, Your name is holy and exalted. The Psalmist has said: “Rejoice in Adonai, you righteous; praise suits the upright.” In the mouths of the upright You will be praised, and in the words of the righteous You will be blessed. In the tongue of the faithful You will be exalted and in the midst of the holy You will be sanctified.
In the multitude of choirs of Your people, the House of Israel, Your name is to be glorified in joy in every generation, O our Sovereign.
Ha-El b’taatzumot uzecha . . . O God, in the power . . . based on Psalm 68:36 ה א ל בּ ת ע צֻמו ת עֻ ּז ֽך ram v’nisa. Shochein . . . based on Isaiah 57:15 ר ם ו נ שּׂ א. שׁ ו כ ן Ran’nu tzadikim b’Adonai . . . Rejoice in Adonai, you righteous . . . Psalm 33:1 ּר נ נוּ צ דּ יק ים בּ יי *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 118
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Baruch She-amar י שׁ תּ בּ ח שׁ מ ך ל ע ד מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, ,Psalm 92 YISHTABACH shimcha laad Malkeinu ה א ל ה ּמ ֽל ך ה גּ דו ל ו ה ּקדו שׁ Ashrei Ha-El HaMelech hagadol v’hakadosh בּ שּׁ מ ֽי ם וּב א ֽר ץ. .Psalm 145 bashamayim uvaaretz כּ י ל ך נ א ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ Psalm 150 Ki l’cha na-eh, Adonai Eloheinu ו אל ה י א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,Nishmat Kol Chai v’Elohei avoteinu v’imoteinu שׁ יר וּשׁ ב ח ה, ה ּל ל ו ז מ ר ה, ,Yishtabach shir ush’vachah, haleil v’zimrah
ע ז וּמ מ שׁ ל ה, ,Chatzi Kaddish oz umemshalah נ ֽצ ח גּ דֻ ּל ה וּג בוּר ה, ,netzach g’dulah ug’vurah תּ ה ּל ה ו ת פ א ֽר ת, ק דֻשּׁ ה וּמ ל כוּת, ,t’hilah v’tiferet, k’dushah umalchut בּ ר כו ת ו הו ד או ת מ ע תּ ה ו ע ד עו ל ם. .b’rachot v’hodaot mei-atah v’ad olam
YOU SHALL ALWAYS BE PRAISED, great and holy God, our Sovereign in heaven and on earth. Songs of praise and psalms of adoration become You, acknowledging Your might and Your dominion. Yours are strength and sovereignty, sanctity, grandeur, and glory always. We offer our devotion, open our hearts in acclamation.
בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai א ל מ ֽל ך גּ דו ל בּ תּ שׁ בּ חו ת, ,El Melech gadol batishbachot א ל ה הו ד או ת, א דו ן ה ּנ פ ל או ת, ,El hahodaot, Adon haniflaot ה בּו ח ר בּ שׁ יר י ז מ ר ה, ,habocheir b’shirei zimrah מ ֽל ך א ל ח י ה עו ל מ ים. .Melech El chei haolamim
Praised are You, Sovereign of wonders, crowned in adoration, delighting in song, Eternal Majesty.
Yishtabach contains 15 expressions of praise for God. The last sentence י שׁ תּ בּ ח The first half of Baruch atah, Adonai) contains 15 words. Some consider this an allusion to בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י after) whose numerical value is 15. When we speak the 15 words, we ,יה ,one of the Divine Names metaphorically praise God’s Name. 119 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רוּך שׁ א מ ר י ת גּ דּ ל ו י ת ק דּ שׁ שׁ מ הּ ר בּ א YITGADAL v’yitkadash sh’meih raba מ ז מו ר צ״ב בּ ע ל מ א דּ י ב ר א כ ר עוּת הּ , ,b’alma di v’ra chiruteih א שׁ ר י ו י מ ל יך מ ל כוּת הּ v’yamlich malchuteih מ ז מו ר קמ״ה ּבּ ח י יכו ן וּב יו מ יכו ן b’chayeichon uv’yomeichon מ ז מו ר ק״נ ּוּב ח י י ד כ ל בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל, ,uv’chayei d’chol beit Yisrael נ שׁ מ ת כּ ל ח י בּ ע ג ל א וּב ז מ ן ק ר יב, ,baagala uvizman kariv י שׁ תּ בּ ח ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .v’imru: Amen חֲצ י ק דּ ישׁ יְה א שׁ ְמ ּה ר בּ א מְ ב ר ְך Y’hei sh’meih raba m’varach לְע ל ם ּולְע לְמ י ע לְמ ּיא. .l’alam ul’almei almaya
י ת בּ ר ך ו י שׁ תּ בּ ח ו י ת ּפ א ר Yitbarach v’yishtabach v’yitpaar ו י ת רו מ ם ו י ת נ שּׂ א, ,v’yitromam v’yitnasei ו י ת ה דּ ר ו י ת ע ּל ה ו י ת ה ּל ל v’yit’hadar v’yitaleh v’yit’halal שׁ מ הּ דּ קֻד שׁ א בּ ר יך הוּא, ,sh’meih d’kudsha b’rich hu ּל ע ֽל א מ ן כּ ל בּ ר כ ת א ו שׁ יר ת א, ,l’eila min kol birchata v’shirata תֻּשׁ בּ ח ת א ו נ ח מ ת א, ,tushb’chata v’nechemata דּ א מ יר ן בּ ע ל מ א, ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .daamiran b’alma, v’imru: Amen
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 our lifetime and the life of all Israel — speedily, imminently. To which we say: Amen.
Blessed be 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.
God can hardly be listening to the actual words of our prayers: how unendingly boring to hear such repetition days without number! And anyone who prays with any regularity or sincerity knows that the same prayers mean different things on different readings. Instead, each prayer is a metaphoric representation of the speaker’s heart and mind. Now to God, that is an interesting and unending text, ever-changing, and God is the ultimate reader of nuance and allusion. Adam Sol *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 120
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Baruch She-amar YOU HAVE my Psalm 92 attention: which is Ashrei a tenderness, beyond what I may say. And I have Psalm 145 your constancy to something beyond myself. Psalm 150 The force Nishmat Kol Chai of your commitment Yishtabach charges us — we live in the sweep of it, taking courage Chatzi Kaddish one for the other.
WHAT MAKES A FIRE BURN is space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water would. So building fires requires attention to the spaces in between, as much as to the wood. When we are able to build open spaces in the same way we have learned to pile on the logs, then we can come to see how it is fuel, and absence of fuel together, that make the fire possible. We only need to lay a log lightly from time to time. A fire grows simply because the space is there, with openings in which the flame that knows just how it wants to burn can find its way.
You have my attention . . . Denise Levertov What makes a fire burn? . . . Judy Brown 121 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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בּ רְ ּכו יו צ ר א ה ב ה ר בּ ה שׁ מ ע ו א ה ב תּ ל מ ֽע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ שְׁמַע וּבִרְכוֹתֶ ֽיהָ ּו י ֽאמ ר י י SH’MA UVIRCHOTEHA — SH’MA AND ITS BLESSINGS א מ ת ו ּי ציב מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה בּ ר כוּ א ת י י ה מ ב ר ך! !BAR’CHU et Adonai ham’vorach בּ רוּך י י ה מ ב ר ך Baruch Adonai ham’vorach ל עו ל ם ו ע ד! !l’olam va-ed
PRAISE ADONAI to whom praise is due forever! Praised be Adonai to whom praise is due, now and forever!
Bar’chu (the call to worship) bends בּ ר כוּ For those who choose: The prayer leader at the word Baruch Adonai is בּ רוּך י י .Adonai stands straight י י the knees and bows from the waist, and at the communal response, whereupon the community repeats the choreography of the first line. *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 122
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Bar’chu Yotzeir בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Ahavah Rabbah BARUCH atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Sh’ma Eloheinu, Melech haolam א שׁ ר ק דּ שׁ ֽנוּ בּ מ צ ו ת יו ו צ וּ ֽנוּ V’ahavta asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu ע ל מ צ ו ת ק ר יא ת שׁ מ ע L’maan tizk’ru al mitzvat k’riat sh’ma ל ה מ ל יכו בּ ל ב ב שׁ ל ם וּל י ח דו Vayomer Adonai l’hamlicho b’leivav shaleim ul’yachdo בּ ל ב טו ב וּל ע ב דו בּ נ ֽפ שׁ ח פ צ ה. .Emet v’Yatziv b’leiv tov ul’ovdo b’nefesh chafeitzah Mi Chamochah PRAISED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us how to recite the Sh’ma: to declare wholeheartedly God’s rule, to declare earnestly God is One, and to willingly worship God.
THREE THINGS there are together in my eye that keep the thought of Thee forever nigh. I think about Thy great and holy name whenever I look up and see the sky. My thoughts are roused to know how I was made, seeing the earth’s expanse where I abide. The musings of my mind when I look inside — at all times, O my soul, “Bless Adonai!”
What does it mean to be called to worship? All serious activity requires preparation. The prayers Bar’chu are warm-ups for the individual. Now communal prayer בּ ר כוּ and blessings that precede begins. The leader asks, “Are you ready to pray?” And we respond, “Yes! Let us pray!” adapted from Richard Levy Baruch atah, Adonai . . . Praised are You, Adonai . . . So important was the בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Eretz Yisrael, that they introduced א ֽר ץ י שׂ ר א ל Sh’ma to our ancestors in שׁ מ ע recitation of the it with a blessing. That blessing fell out of use over a thousand years ago; we reclaim it here as part of our liturgical heritage.
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בּ ר כוּ בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH atah, Adonai יו צ ר א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam א ה ב ה ר בּ ה יו צ ר או ר וּבו ר א חֽ שׁ ך, ,yotzeir or uvorei choshech שׁ מ ע ע שׂ ה שׁ לו ם וּבו ר א א ת־ה כּ ל. .oseh shalom uvorei et hakol ו א ה ב תּ ּה מ א יר ל א ֽר ץ Hamei-ir laaretz v’ladarim aleha b’rachamim, ל מ ֽע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ ו ל דּ ר ים ע ל ֽיה בּ ר ח מ ים, uv’tuvo m’chadeish b’chol yom tamid ּו י ֽאמ ר י י וּב טוּבו מ ח דּ שׁ בּ כ ל יו ם תּ מ יד מ ע שׂ ה ב ר אשׁ ית. .maaseih v’reishit א מ ת ו ּי ציב מ ה ר בּ וּ מ ע שׂ ֽ יך, י י , ,Mah rabu maasecha, Adonai מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה ּכֻּל ם בּ ח כ מ ה ע שׂ ֽית , ,kulam b’chochmah asita מ ל א ה ה א ֽר ץ ק נ י נ ֽיך. .mal’ah haaretz kinyanecha תּ ת בּ ר ך, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,Titbarach, Adonai Eloheinu ע ל שׁ ֽב ח מ ע שׂ ה י ד ֽ יך al shevach maaseih yadecha ו ע ל מ אֽ ו ר י או ר שׁ ע שׂ ֽית , ,v’al m’orei or she-asita י פ א רֽוּך סּ ֽל ה. .y’faarucha selah
PRAISED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of light and darkness, who makes peace and fashions all things. In mercy, You illumine the world and those who live upon it. In Your goodness You daily renew creation. How numerous are Your works, Adonai! In wisdom, You formed them all, filling the earth with Your creatures. Be praised, Adonai our God, for the excellent work of Your hands, and for the lights You created, may they glorify You.
Or chadash al Tzion ta-ir . . . Shine a new light upon Zion . . . Classical או ר ח ד שׁ ע ל ּצ יו ן תּ א יר Reform prayerbook authors in the Diaspora consistently omitted this line with its mention of Zion from the liturgy because of their opposition to Jewish nationalism. With the restoration of this passage to Mishkan T’filah, our movement consciously affirms its devotion to the modern State of Israel and signals its recognition of the religious significance of the reborn Jewish commonwealth. David Ellenson Baruch atah, Adonai . . . yotzeir or uvorei choshech . . . Praised בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י . . . יו צ ר או ר וּבו ר א ח ֽשׁ ך are You, Adonai . . . Who forms light and creates darkness . . . based on Isaiah 45:7 Mah rabu . . . How numerous . . . Psalm 104:24 מ ה ר בּ וּ *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 124
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א ל א דו ן ע ל כ ּל ּה מ ע ש ׂים Bar’chu EL ADON al kol hama’asim ב ּ רוּך וּמ ב ר ך ב ּפ י כ ל ה ּנ ש ׁמ ה Yotzeir baruch um’vorach befi kol haneshama ג ּד לו ו טוּבו מ ל א עו ל ם Ahavah Rabbah Godlo vetuvo malleh olam ד ּע ת וּת בוּנ ה סו ב ב ים הו דו Sh’ma da’at u’tvuna sovevim hodo ה ּמ ת ג ּא ה ע ל ח ּיו ת ה ּק ד שׁ V’ahavta Hamitga’eh al chayot hakodesh venehedar bechavod al hamerkava ו נ ה ד ּר ב ּכ בו ד ע ל ּה מ ר כ ּב ה L’maan tizk’ru Zchut u’mishor lifnei chis’oh ז כוּת וּמ ישׁ ו ר ל פ נ י כ ס או Vayomer Adonai ח ס ד ו ר ח מ ים מ ל א כ בו דו Chesed verachamim malleh kvodo Emet v’Yatziv טו ב ים מ או רו ת ש ׁ ב ּר אם א ל ה ינוּ Tovim me’orot shebera’am Eloheinu Mi Chamochah י צ ר ם ב ּד ע ת ב ּב ינ ה וּב ה ש ׂכ ּ ל yetzaram beda’at bevinah u’vhaskel כ ּח וּג בוּר ה נ ת ן ב ּה ם Ko’ach u’gvura natan bahem ל ה יו ת מו ש ׁ ל ים ב ּק ר ב ת ּ ב ל lihiyot moshlim bekerev teiveil מ ל א ים ז יו וּמ פ יק ים נ ג הּ Mele’im ziv u’mefikim noga נ א ה ז יו ם ב ּכ ל ה עו ל ם na’eh zivam bechol ha’olam ש ׂמ ח ים ב ּצ את ם ו ש ׂש ׂים ב ּבו א ם Smechim betzetam vesasim bevo’am עו ש ׂים ב ּא ימ ה ר צו ן קו נ יה ם osim be’emah retzon koneihem ּפ א ר ו כ בו ד נו ת נ ים ל ש ׁ מו P’eir vechavod notnim lishmo צ ה ל ה ו ר ּנ ה ל ז כ ר מ ל כוּתו tzahola verina lezeicher malchuto ק ר א ל ש ּׁ מ שׁ ו י ּז ר ח או ר Kara lashemesh vayizrach or ר א ה ו ה ת ק ין צוּר ת ה ּל ב נ ה Ra’ah vehitkin tzurat halevana ש ׁ ב ח נו ת נ ים לו כ ּל צ ב א מ רו ם Shevach notenim lo kol tzva marom ת ּ פ א ר ת וּג דֻ ּל ה ש ׂר פ ים ו או פ ּנ ים Tiferet u’gdula serafim ve’ofanim ּו ח יו ת ה ּק ד שׁ vechayot hakodesh
או ר ח ד שׁ ע ל צ ּיו ן תּ א יר, ,Or chadash al Tzion tair ו נ ז כּ ה כֻ ּ לֽנוּ מ ה ר ה ל או רו . .v’nizkeh chulanu m’heirah l’oro בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , יו צ ר ה ּ מאו רו ת. .Baruch atah, Adonai, yotzeir ham’orot Shine a new light upon Zion, that we all may swiftly merit its radiance. Praised are You, Adonai, Creator of all heavenly lights. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , יו צ ר ה ּ מאו רו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, yotzeir ham’orot.
The Architect of the universe creates anew each day. Therefore each day is an utterly new creation. Take as much as you can from what each day has to offer. Nachman of Bratzlav
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בּ ר כוּ א ה ב ה ר בּ ה א ה ב תּ ֽ נוּ, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,AHAVAH rabah ahavtanu, Adonai Eloheinu יו צ ר ח מ ל ה ג דו ל ה ו ית ר ה ח מ ֽל תּ ע ל ֽינוּ. .chemlah g’dolah viteirah chamalta aleinu א הֲ ב ה ר בּ ה א ב ינוּ מ ל כ ּ נוּ, בּ ע בוּר א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ Avinu malkeinu, ba-avur avoteinu v’imoteinu שׁ מ ע שׁ בּ ט חוּ ב ך ו תּ ל ּמ ד ם חֻ ּק י ח ּי ים, ,shebat’chu v’cha vat’lamdeim chukei chayim ו א ה ב תּ כּ ן תּ ח ּ נֽנוּ וּת ל ּמ ד ֽנוּ. א ב ינוּ ה א ב kein t’choneinu ut’lamdeinu. Avinu ha’av ל מ ֽע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ ה ר ח מ ן, ה מ ר ח ם, ר ח ם ע ל ֽינוּ, ,harachaman, ham’racheim, racheim aleinu v’tein b’libeinu l’havin ul’haskil, lishmo-a, ּו י ֽאמ ר י י ו ת ן בּ ל בּ ֽנוּ ל ה ב ין וּל ה שׂ כּ יל, ל שׁ מ ֽע , ל ל מ ד וּל ל ּ מד, ל שׁ מ ר ו ל ע שׂו ת וּל ק ּי ם lilmod ul’lameid, lishmor v’laasot ul’kayeim א מ ת ו ּי ציב א ת־כּ ל־דּ ב ר י ת ל מוּד תּ ו ר ת ֽ ך בּ א ה ב ה. .et kol divrei talmud Toratecha b’ahavah מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה HOW DEEPLY You have loved us Adonai, our God, gracing us with surpassing compassion! On account of our forebears whose trust led You to teach them the laws of life, be gracious to us, teaching us as well. O Merciful One, have mercy on us by making us able to understand and discern, to heed, learn, and teach, and, lovingly, to observe, perform, and fulfill all that is in Your Torah.
ו ה א ר ע ינ ֽינוּ בּ תו ר ת ֽ ך, ו ד בּ ק ל בּ ֽנוּ V’ha-eir eineinu b’Toratecha, v’dabeik libeinu בּ מ צ ו ת ֽ יך, ו י ח ד ל ב ב ֽנוּ ל א ה ב ה b’mitzvotecha, v’yacheid l’vaveinu l’ahavah וּל י ר א ה א ת־שׁ מ ֽ ך, ו ל א נ בו שׁ ul’yirah et sh’mecha, v’lo neivosh ו ל א נ כּ ל ם, ו ל א נ כּ שׁ ל ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .v’lo nikaleim, v’lo nikasheil l’olam va-ed כּ י ב שׁ ם ק ד שׁ ך ה גּ דו ל ו ה ּנו ר א Ki v’sheim kodsh’cha hagadol v’hanora בּ ט ֽח נוּ, נ ג ֽיל ה ו נ שׂ מ ח ה בּ ישׁ וּע ת ֽ ך. .batachnu, nagilah v’nism’chah bishuatecha ו ה ב יא ֽנוּ ל שׁ לו ם מ א ר בּ ע כּ נ פו ת Vahavi-einu l’shalom mei-arba kanfot ה א ֽר ץ, ו תו ל יכ ֽנוּ קו מ מ ּיוּת ל א ר צ ֽנוּ. .haaretz, v’tolicheinu kom’miyut l’artzeinu כּ י א ל ּפו ע ל י שׁ וּעו ת א ֽתּ ה, וּב ֽנוּ ב ח ֽר תּ Ki El po-eil y’shuot atah, uvanu vacharta ו ק ר ב תּ ֽ נוּ ל שׁ מ ך ה גּ דו ל ס ֽל ה בּ א מ ת, ,v’keiravtanu l’shimcha hagadol selah be-emet ל הו דו ת ל ך וּ ל י ח ד ך בּ א ה ב ה. .l’hodot l’cha ul’yachedcha b’ahavah בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai ה בּו ח ר בּ ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ א ה ב ה. .habocheir b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah
Enlighten our eyes with Your Torah, focus our minds on Your mitzvot, unite our hearts in love and reverence for Your Name. Then we will never feel shame, never deserve rebuke, and never stumble. Having trusted in Your great and awesome holiness, we shall celebrate Your salvation with joy. Gather us in peace from the four corners of the earth and lead us upright to our land. For You, O God, work wonders. You chose us. Truly, You drew us near to Your Great Name, that we might acknowledge You, declaring You One in love. Praised be You, Adonai, who chooses Your people Israel in love. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה בּו ח ר בּ ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ א ה ב ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, habocheir b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah. *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 126
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Bar’chu Yotzeir ONCE OR TWICE in a lifetime, Ahavah Rabbah a man or woman may choose a radical leaving, having heard Sh’ma Lech l’cha — Go forth. V’ahavta God disturbs us toward our destiny L’maan tizk’ru by hard events and by freedom’s now urgent voice Vayomer Adonai which explode and confirm who we are. Emet v’Yatziv We don’t like leaving, Mi Chamochah but God loves becoming. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה בּו ח ר בּ ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ א ה ב ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, habocheir b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah.
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR as yourself, You said. And light-blinded we saw that inner and outer worlds are one as You are One. You spoke and we wrote. We reached for You down the centuries, Your light moving before us as we climbed, fell back and climbed again Your Sinai of life. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה בּו ח ר בּ ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ א ה ב ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, habocheir b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah.
V’havi-einu l’shalom, Gather us in peace, one ו ה ב יא ֽנוּ ל שׁ לו ם For those who choose: At the words Sh’ma שׁ מ ע gathers the four fringes of the tallit in the left hand and holds them throughout the to symbolize the ingathering of our people. Without surrendering the right to think and act in freedom . . . I can believe in a very literal sense in the God who revealed the Torah to Israel. And I can try to carry on the Jewish tradition of study, worship, and deeds of love. Bernard J. Bamberger Teach me, O God, and I will walk in Your truth; let my heart cling to You in full awe. based on Psalm 86:11 Once or twice in a lifetime . . . Norman Hirsh Love your neighbor . . . Judi Neri 127 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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שׁ מ ע י שׂ ר א ל, י הו ה א ל ה ֽינוּ, י הו ה א ח ד!
Sh’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad!
Hear, O Israel, Adonai is our God, Adonai is One!
Sh’ma Yisrael . . . Hear, O Israel . . . Deuteronomy 6:4 שׁ מ ע י שׂ ר א ל
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בּ רוּך שׁ ם כּ בו ד מ ל כוּתו ל עו ל ם ו ע ד.
Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam va-ed.
Blessed is God’s glorious majesty forever and ever.
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בּ ר כוּ וHְהַבְתָּ אֵת יְיָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ ,V’AHAVTA et Adonai Elohecha יו צ ר בְּכָל!לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל!נַפְשְׁ ךָ וּבְכָל! b’chol l’vav’cha uv’chol nafsh’cha uv’chol א ה ב ה ר בּ ה מְאֹדֶ+ךCָ וְהָ יוּ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה m’odecha. V’hayu had’varim ha-eileh שׁ מ ע אֲשֶׁר H+נֹכִי מְ צַ וְּ ךָ הַ יּוֹם עַל! asher anochi m’tzavcha hayom al וְא ה בְתּ לְבָבֶ+ךCָ וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְ דִ בַּ רְ תָּ l’vavecha. V’shinantam l’vanecha v’dibarta
לְמ ֽע ן תּ זְכְּ ּרו בָּם בְּ שִׁ בְ תְּ ךָ בְּבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ bam b’shivt’cha b’veitecha uv’lecht’cha ּו י ֽאמ ר י י בַ דֶּ רֶ ךְ וּ+ בְ שָׁ כְ בְּ ךָ וּבְקוּמֶ+ ךvaderech uv’shochb’cha uv’kumecha. Cָ
א מ ת ו ּי ציב וּקְשַׁרְתָּ ם לְאוֹת עַל!יָדֶךָ וְהָ יוּ Ukshartam l’ot al yadecha v’hayu מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה לְט+ ֹטָ פֹת בֵּין עֵינֶ+יךCָ וּכְתַבְתָּ ם l’totafot bein einecha. Uch’tavtam עַל!מְ זֻזוֹת בֵּיתֶךָ וּבִשְׁ עָרֶ+יךal m’zuzot beitecha uvisharecha. Cָ
YOU SHALL LOVE Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead; inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Continue, turn to page 131.
לְמַעַן תִּ זְכְּרוּ וַ+עֲשִׂיתֶ ם אֶ ת! L’maan tizk’ru, vaasitem et כָּל!מִצְו=תָ י וִ+הְ יִיתֶ ם קְ דֹשִׁ ים kol mitzvotai vih’yitem k’doshim לֵאלֹ+הֵיכֶ+ םC אֲנִי יְיָ אֱלֹ+הֵיכֶם l’Eloheichem. Ani Adonai Eloheichem asher אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִ י אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ hotzeiti et-chem mei-eretz מִצְרַיִם לִהְ יוֹת לָכֶם לֵ+ אלֹהִ ים Mitzrayim lih’yot lachem l’Elohim אֲנִי יְיָ אֱלֹ+הֵיכֶ+ םani Adonai Eloheichem. C
Thus you shall remember to observe all My commandments and to be holy to your God. I am Adonai, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Adonai your God. י י א ל ה יכ ם א מ ת. Adonai Eloheichem EMET.
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ו ה י ה א ם־ש ׁ מ ע ת ּ ש ׁ מ עוּ א ל־מ צ ו ת י Bar’chu V’HAYA im shamo-a tish’m’u el mitzvotai א ש ׁ ר א ֽ נ כ י מ צ ו ּה א ת כ ם ה ּיו ם ל א ֽה ב ה Yotzeir asher anochi m’tzaveh etchem hayom l’ahavah א ת־י הו ה א ל ֽה יכ ם וּל ע ב דו ב ּכ ל־ל ב ב כ ם Ahavah Rabbah et Adonai Eloheichem ul’avdo b’chol l’vavchem וּב כ ל־נ פ ש ׁ כ ֽם. ו נ ֽת ת ּ י מ ט ֽר־א ר צ כ ם ב ּע תּ ו Sh’ma uv’chol nafsh’chem. V’natati m’tar artz’chem b’ito יו ר ה וּמ ל קו שׁ ו א ֽס פ ת ּ ד ג נ ך ו ת ֽ יר ש ׁ ך V’ahavta yoreh umalkosh v’asafta d’ganecha v’tirosh’cha ו י צ ה ר ֽך. ו נ ֽת ת ּ י ע ש ׂב ב ּש ֽׂד ך ל ב ה מ ת ּ ך L’maan tizk’ru v’yitzhrecha. V’natati eshev b’sad’cha livhemtecha v’achalta v’savata. Hishamru lachem pen yifteh ו א ֽכ ל ת ּ ו ש ׂב ֽע ת ּ . ה ש ּֽׁ מ רוּ ל כ ם ּפ ן י פ ת ּ ה Vayomer Adonai l’vavchem v’sartem vaavad’tam elohim acheirim ל ב ב כ ם ו ס ר ת ּ ם ו ֽע ב ד ת ּ ם א ל ה ים א ח ר ים Emet v’Yatziv v’hishtachavitem lahem. V’charah af Adonai ו ה ש ׁ ת ּֽ ח ו ית ם ל ה ֽם. ו ח ר ה א ף־י הו ה Mi Chamochah ב ּכ ם ו ע צ ר א ת־ה ש ּׁ מ י ם ו ל ֽא־י ה י ה מ ט ר bachem v’atzar et hashamayim v’lo yihyeh matar ו ה א ד מ ה ל א ת ת ּ ן א ת־י בוּל הּ ו ֽא ב ד ת ּ ם v’haadamah lo titen et y’vulah vaavadtem מ ה ר ה מ ע ל ה א ר ץ ה ט ּב ה א ש ׁ ר י הו ה נ ת ן m’heirah mei-al haaretz hatovah asher Adonai notein ל כ ֽם. ו ש ׂמ ת ּ ם א ת־ד ּב ר י א ּל ה ע ל־ל ב ב כ ם lachem. V’samtem et d’varei eileh al l’vavchem ו ע ֽל־נ פ ש ׁ כ ם וּק ש ׁ ר ת ּ ם א ת ם ל או ת v’al nafsh’chem ukshartem otam l’ot ע ל־י ד כ ם ו ה יוּ ל טֽ ו ט פ ת ב ּין ע ֽינ יכ ֽם. .al yedchem v’hayu l’totafot bein eineichem ו ל ּמ ד ת ּ ם א ת ם א ת־ב ּ נ יכ ם ל ד ב ּר ב ּ ם V’limad’tem otam et b’neichem l’dabeir bam ב ּש ׁב ת ּך ב ּב ית ך וּב ל כ ת ּ ך ב ד ּר ך וּֽב ש ׁ כ ב ּ ך b’shivtcha b’veitecha u’vlech’techa vaderech וּב קוּמ ֽ ך. וּכ ת ב ת ּ ם ע ל־מ זוּזו ת uv’shachb’cha uv’kumecha. Uchtavtam al mezzuzot ב ּית ך וּב ש ׁ ע ר ֽ יך. ל מ ע ן י ר בּ וּ י מ יכ ם beitecha uvishaarecha. L’maan yirbu y’meichem ו ימ י ב נ יכ ם ע ל ה ֽא ד מ ה א ש ׁ ר נ ש ׁ ב ּע י הו ה vimei v’neichem al haadamah asher nishba Adonai ל א ב ֽת יכ ם ל ת ת ל ה ם כ ּימ י ה ש ּׁ מ י ם laavoteichem latet lahem kimei hashamayim ע ל־ה א ֽר ץ. .al haaretz
If, then, you obey the commandments that I enjoin upon you this day, loving Adonai your God and serving God with all your heart and soul, I will grant the rain for your land in season, the early rain and the late. You shall gather in your new grain and wine and oil— I will also provide grass in the fields for your cattle—and thus you shall eat your fill. Take care not to be lured away to serve other gods and bow to them. For Adonai‘s anger will flare up against you, and God will shut up the skies so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its produce; and you will soon perish from the good land that Adonai is assigning to you. Therefore impress these My words upon your very heart: bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead, and teach them to your children—reciting them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up; and inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates— to the end that you and your children may endure, in the land that Adonai swore to your ancestors to assign to them, as long as there is a heaven over the earth.
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בּ ר כוּ וַיֹּאמֶ ר יְיָ אֶ ל!מֹשֶׁ ה לֵּאמ+ ֹרVAYOMER Adonai el Moshe leimor: C יו צ ר דַּבֵּר אֶל!בְּ נֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל Dabeir el b’nei Yisrael א ה ב ה ר בּ ה וְ H+ מַ רְ תָּ אֲלֵהֶם וְעָשׂוּ לָהֶם צִיצִ ת v’amarta aleihem v’asu lahem tzitzit שׁ מ ע עַל!כַּנְפֵי בִגְדֵיהֶ ם לְדֹרֹתָם al kanfei vigdeihem l’dorotam ו א ה ב תּ וְנָ+תְ נוּ עַל!צִיצִ ת הַכָּנָף פְּתִ יל תְּכֵ+לֶתv’natnu al tzitzit hakanaf p’til t’cheilet. C ל מ ֽע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ וְהָ יָה לָכֶם לְצִיצִ ת וּרְאִיתֶ ם אֹתוֹ V’hayah lachem l’tzitzit, ur’item oto ּו י ֽאמ ר יְי וּזְכַרְתֶּ ם אֶת!כָּל!מִצְ וֹת יְיָ uz’chartem et kol mitzvot Adonai
א מ ת ו ּי ציב וַ+עֲשִׂיתֶ ם אֹתָם vaasitem otam מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה וְלֹא תָ תוּרוּ U+חֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם v’lo taturu acharei l’vavchem וUְ+חֲרֵי עֵ+ ינֵיכֶם v’acharei eineichem אֲשֶׁר!Uתֶּ ם זֹנִים U+ חֲרֵיהֶ+ םasher atem zonim achareihem. C
ADONAI SAID TO MOSES as follows: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner. That shall be your fringe; look at it and recall all the commandments of Adonai and observe them, so that you do not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge.
לְמַעַן תִּ זְכְּרוּ וַ+עֲשִׂיתֶ ם אֶ ת! L’maan tizk’ru, vaasitem et כָּל!מִצְו=תָ י וִ+הְ יִיתֶ ם קְ דֹשִׁ ים kol mitzvotai vih’yitem k’doshim לֵאלֹ+הֵיכֶ+ םC אֲנִי יְיָ אֱלֹ+הֵיכֶם l’Eloheichem. Ani Adonai Eloheichem asher אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִ י אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ hotzeiti et-chem mei-eretz מִצְרַיִם לִהְ יוֹת לָכֶם לֵ+ אלֹהִ ים Mitzrayim lih’yot lachem l’Elohim אֲנִי יְיָ אֱלֹ+הֵיכֶ+ םani Adonai Eloheichem. C
Thus you shall remember to observe all My commandments and to be holy to your God. I am Adonai, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Adonai your God. י י א ל ה יכ ם א מ ת. Adonai Eloheichem EMET.
emet א מ ת tzitzit (“fringes”) and at the final word צ יצ ת For those who choose: At the word (“truth”), one brings the tzitzit to one’s lips.
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Bar’chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah IF PEOPLE FALL, can they not also rise? If they break away, can they not return? Sh’ma The stork in the sky knows when to migrate, V’ahavta the dove and the swallow know the season of return. L’maan tizk’ru What human instinct knows the time to turn back? Vayomer Adonai What cue sparks the conscience of the soul? We pray to sense this day anew, Emet v’Yatziv attuned to the call of sacred living. Mi Chamochah
LIFE WITHOUT INTEGRITY is like loosely hanging threads, easily fraying from the main cloth, while in acts of piety we learn to understand that every instant is like a thread raveling out of eternity to form a delicate tassel. We must not cast off the threads but weave them into the design of an eternal fabric.
Each day points to eternity; the fate of all time depends upon a single moment.
tzitzit follows the faithless behavior of the scouts and the defiance צ יצ ת The instruction to wear tzitzit reminds us to צ יצ ת of the woodgatherer on Shabbat (Numbers 15). Gazing upon the avoid wrongful behavior.
If people fall . . . Elyse Frishman, based on Jeremiah 8:4, 7
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בּ ר כוּ א מ ת ו ּי צ יב ו א הוּב EMET v’yatziv v’ahuv יו צ ר ו ח ב יב ו נו ר א ו א דּ יר ו טו ב ו י פ ה v’chaviv v’nora v’adir v’tov v’yafeh א ה ב ה ר בּ ה ה דּ ב ר ה ּז ה ע ל ֽינוּ ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .hadavar hazeh aleinu l’olam va-ed שׁ מ ע א מ ת, א ל ה י עו ל ם מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, ,Emet, Elohei olam Malkeinu ו א ה ב תּ צוּר י ע ק ב, מ ג ן י שׁ ע ֽנוּ. .tzur Yaakov, magein yisheinu ל מ ֽע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ ל ד ר ו ד ר הוּא ק ּי ם L’dor vador hu kayam ּו י ֽאמ ר י י וּשׁ מו ק ּי ם ו כ ס או נ כו ן ush’mo kayam v’chiso nachon
אֱמ ת וְי ּציב וּמ ל כוּתו ו א מוּנ תו ל ע ד ק ּיֽמ ת. .umalchuto ve-emunato laad kayamet מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה וּד ב ר יו ח י ים ו ק ּי מ ים, ,Ud’varav chayim v’kayamim נ א מ נ ים ו נ ח מ ד ים ne-emanim v’nechemadim ל ע ד וּל עו ל מ י עו ל מ ים. .laad ul’olmei olamim ּמ מ צ ר ֽ י ם גּ א ל תּ ֽ נוּ, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,MiMitzrayim g’altanu, Adonai Eloheinu וּמ בּ ית ע ב ד ים ּפ ד ית ֽ נוּ. ע ל ז את umibeit avadim p’ditanu. Al zot שׁ בּ חוּ א הוּב ים ו רו מ מוּ א ל, ,shib’chu ahuvim v’rom’mu El ו נ ת נוּ י ד יד ים ז מ ירו ת שׁ ירו ת v’natnu y’didim z’mirot shirot ו ת שׁ בּ חו ת, בּ ר כו ת ו הו ד או ת v’tishbachot, b’rachot v’hodaot ל מ ֽל ך א ל ח י ו ק ּי ם. ר ם l’Melech El chai v’kayam. Ram ו נ שּׂ א, גּ דו ל ו נו ר א, מ שׁ ּ פיל v’nisa, gadol v’nora, mashpil גּ א ים וּמ ג בּ ֽיהּ שׁ פ ל ים, מו צ יא gei-im umagbi-ah sh’falim, motzi א ס יר ים וּפו ד ה ע נ ו ים ו עו ז ר asirim ufodeh anavim v’ozeir ּדּ ל ים ו עו נ ה ל ע ּמו בּ ע ת שׁ ו ע ם. .dalim v’oneh l’amo b’eit shavam ּתּ ה לו ת ל א ל ע ל יו ן, בּ רוּך T’hilot l’El elyon, baruch הוּא וּמ ב ר ך. מ שׁ ה וּמ ר י ם hu um’vorach. Moshe uMiryam וּב נ י י שׂ ר א ל ל ך ע נוּ שׁ יר ה uv’nei Yisrael l’cha anu shirah בּ שׂ מ ח ה ר בּ ה ו א מ רוּ כֻ ּ לם׃ :b’simchah rabah v’amru chulam
FOR US, this eternal teaching is true and enduring, beloved and precious, awesome, good and beautiful. The God of the universe is truly our Sovereign, the Rock of Jacob, our Protecting Shield. God endures through all generations; God’s name persists; God’s throne is firm; God’s sovereignty and faithfulness last forever. God’s words live and endure, faithful and precious for eternity. From Egypt You redeemed us, freeing us from bondage. For that, Your beloved sang praise, exalting You. Your dear ones offered hymns, songs, praise, blessing, and thanksgiving to You as Sovereign, the living and enduring God. High and exalted, great and awesome, God ever humbles the proud, raises the lowly, frees the imprisoned, redeems the afflicted, helps the oppressed, answering our people when we cry out. Praise to God Most High; blessed is God and deserving of blessing! In great joy, Moses, Miriam and Israel responded with song to You, all of them proclaiming: *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 134
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EMET, there is no place א מ ת Bar’chu Yotzeir where You are not; Ahavah Rabbah even in the wilderness Sh’ma there is Your word. ,EMET, that pen strokes of lightning א מ ת V’ahavta L’maan tizk’ru white fire, black flame, stir the soul’s passion, guide our sacred way. Vayomer Adonai True and enduring is Torah. Emet v’Yatziv Your truth for us is certain and established, Mi Chamochah now and forever more. Like Moses, Miriam and all Israel, we sing out and rejoice!
THE ETERNAL TRUTH is that You alone are God and there is none else. May the righteous of all nations rejoice in Your love and exult in Your justice. Let them beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Let nation not lift up sword against nation nor learn war any more. You shall not hate your brother or your sister in your heart. The stranger that sojourns with you shall be accepted as your equal, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. “Why do you crush My people and oppress the poor?” asks God. We know that the Eternal One defends the poor and upholds the rights of the needy. Praise to God Most High; blessed is God and deserving of blessing!
Alef-Mem-Tav are the first, middle ת ,מ ,א Emet . . . true . . . In Hebrew, the three letters א מ ת and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Truth is all-inclusive. Elyse D. Frishman MiMitzrayim g’altanu . . . From Egypt You redeemed us . . . Prayers of ּמ מ צ ר ֽ י ם גּ א ל תּ ֽ נוּ thanksgiving, addressed to God, are not meant to imply that God does not work through human channels. Roland B. Gittelsohn Emet, there is no place . . Elyse Frishman א מ ת The eternal truth . . . Solomon ben Isaac
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בּ ר כוּ מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה בּ א ל ם, י י ! !MI CHAMOCHAH ba-eilim, Adonai יו צ ר מ י כּ מ כ ה נ א דּ ר בּ ּק ֽד שׁ, ,Mi kamochah nedar bakodesh א ה ב ה ר בּ ה נו ר א ת ה ּל ת, ע ֽ שׂ ה פ ֽל א! !nora t’hilot, oseih fele שׁ מ ע שׁ יר ה ח ד שׁ ה שׁ בּ חוּ גּ אוּל ים Shirah chadashah shib’chu g’ulim ו א ה ב תּ ל שׁ מ ך ע ל שׂ פ ת ה ּי ם. .l’shimcha al s’fat hayam ל מ ֽע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ י ֽח ד כֻּ ּל ם הו דוּ ו ה מ ל ֽיכוּ ו א מ רוּ׃ :Yachad kulam hodu v’himlichu v’amru ּו י ֽאמ ר י י י י י מ ל ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .Adonai yimloch l’olam va-ed א מ ת ו ּי ציב מ י־כ מ ֽ כ ה צוּר י שׂ ר א ל, קֽ וּמ ה בּ ע ז ר ת י שׂ ר א ל Tzur Yisrael, kumah b’ezrat Yisrael וּפ ד ה כ נ אֻמ ֽ ך י הוּד ה ו י שׂ ר א ל. .uf’deih chinumecha Y’hudah v’Yisrael גּ א ל ֽנוּ י י צ ב או ת שׁ מו , ,Go-aleinu Adonai Tz’vaot sh’mo ק דו שׁ י שׂ ר א ל. .k’dosh Yisrael בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , גּ א ל י שׂ ר א ל. .Baruch atah, Adonai, gaal Yisrael
WHO IS LIKE YOU, O God, among the gods that are worshipped? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, working wonders?
With new song, inspired, at the shore of the Sea, the redeemed sang Your praise. In unison they all offered thanks. Acknowledging Your Sovereignty, they said: “Adonai will reign forever!”
Rock of Israel, rise in support of Israel and redeem Judah and Israel as You promised. Our Redeemer, Adonai Tz’vaot is Your Name. Blessed are You, Adonai, for redeeming Israel. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , גּ א ל י שׂ ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, gaal Yisrael.
kumah (“rise”), the קֽוּמ ה For those who choose: When the prayer leader recites the word .Amidah, the Standing Prayer ע מ יד ה congregation rises for the Mi chamochah . . . Who is like You . . . Exodus 15:11 מ י־כ מ ֽכ ה Adonai yimloch l’olam va-ed . . . Adonai will reign forever . . . Exodus 15:18 י י י מ ל ך ל ע ל ם ו ע ד It is not enough to be concerned for the life to come. Our immediate concern must be with justice and compassion in life here and now, with human dignity, welfare, and security. Abraham J. Heschel *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 136
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Bar’chu THE GOOD IN US will win, over all the wickedness, over all the wrongs we have done. Yotzeir We will look back at the pages of written history, and be amazed, Ahavah Rabbah and then we will laugh and sing, Sh’ma and the good that is in us, children in their cradles, will have won. V’ahavta Our hearts beat with certainty L’maan tizk’ru that there is a day and an hour, and a mountain called Zion, Vayomer Adonai and that all of the sufferings will gather there and become song, Emet v’Yatziv ringing out into every corner of the earth, from end to end, Mi Chamochah and the nations will hear it, and like the caravans in the desert will all to that morning throng.
AND THE WOMEN dancing with their timbrels Followed Miriam as she sang her song Sing a song to the One whom we’ve exalted. Miriam and the women danced and danced the whole night long. And Miriam was a weaver of unique variety. The tapestry she wove was one which sang our history. With every thread and every strand she crafted her delight. A woman touched with spirit, she dances toward the light. As Miriam stood upon the shores and gazed across the sea, The wonder of this miracle she soon came to believe. Whoever thought the sea would part with an outstretched hand, And we would pass to freedom, and march to the promised land. And Miriam the Prophet took her timbrel in her hand, And all the women followed her just as she had planned. And Miriam raised her voice with song. She sang with praise and might, We’ve just lived through a miracle, we’re going to dance tonight.
The good in us will win . . . Hugh Nissenson, adapted “Miriam’s Song” . . . And the women dancing . . . Debbie Friedman Egypt is symbolic of any bondage, any slavery. In singing the Song at the Sea, we sing our present experience of redemption as well as the historic redemption of Israel from Egypt in our past. Every day, said the Rabbis, we are sold into slavery; every day we are delivered; and every day we experience the miraculous as real as that at the Sea. Herbert Bronstein 137 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת גּ בוּרו ת ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה תְּפִלָּה שׁ לו ם T’FILAH ּתּ פ ל ת ה ּל ב
א ד נ י, שׂ פ ת י תּ פ תּ ח, ,ADONAI, s’fatai tiftach וּפ י י גּ יד תּ ה ּל ת ֽך. .ufi yagid t’hilatecha
ADONAI, open up my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.
.T’filah, one takes three steps forward ּתּ פ ל ה For those who choose: Before reciting the Adonai s’fatai tiftach . . . Adonai, open up my lips . . . Psalm 51:17 א ד נ י, שׂ פ ת י תּ פ תּ ח *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 138
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Avot v’Imahot G’vurot PRAY AS IF everything depended on God. Act as if everything depended on you. K’dushah K’dushat HaYom Avodah O GOD, YOU ARE as near as Hodaah the very air we breathe, Shalom yet farther than the farthermost star.
T’filat HaLev We yearn to reach You. We seek the light and warmth of Your Presence. Though we say You are near, we are lonely and alone.
O let our desire be so strong that it will tear the veil that keeps You from our sight! Let Your light release our darkness and reveal the glory and joy of Your Presence.
As the fish gives himself to the sea, as the bird gives herself to the air, so may we give ourselves to You.
PRAYER INVITES God’s presence to suffuse our spirits, God’s will to prevail in our lives. Prayer may not bring water to parched fields, nor mend a broken bridge, nor rebuild a ruined city. But prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, rebuild a weakened will.
Pray as if everything depended . . . Ferdinand Isserman O God, You are as near . . . Chaim Stern, adapted Prayer invites . . . Abraham Joshua Heschel, adapted
Kavanah is the clearing of the mind of all private or selfish thoughts. Maimonides Rabbi Ammi taught: A person’s prayer is not acceptable unless one’s heart is in one’s hands. Taanit 8a 139 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת וְא ּ מהו ת בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu גּ בוּרו ת ו אל ה י א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, א ל ה י v’Elohei avoteinu v’imoteinu, Elohei ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה א ב ר ה ם, א ל ה י י צ ח ק ו אל ה י י ע ק ב, ,Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak v’Elohei Yaakov ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם א ל ה י שׂ ר ה, א ל ה י ר ב ק ה, א ל ה י Elohei Sarah, Elohei Rivkah, Elohei ע בו ד ה ר ח ל ו אל ה י ל א ה. ה א ל ה גּ דו ל Rachel v’Elohei Leah. Ha-El hagadol הו ד א ה ה גּ בּו ר ו ה ּנו ר א, א ל ע ל יו ן, גּו מ ל hagibor v’hanora, El elyon, gomeil שׁ לו ם ח ס ד ים טו ב ים, ו קו נ ה ה כּ ל, ו זו כ ר chasadim tovim, v’koneih hakol, v’zocheir ּתּ פ ל ת ה ּל ב ח ס ד י א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת, וּמ ב יא גּ אֻ ּל ה chasdei avot v’imahot, umeivi g’ulah ל ב נ י ב נ יה ם ל מ ֽע ן שׁ מו בּ א ה ב ה. .livnei v’neihem l’maan sh’mo b’ahavah *Shabbat Shuvah — — Shabbat Shuvah* ז כ ר ֽ נוּ ל ח ּי ים, ,Zochreinu l’chayim מ ֽל ך ח פ ץ בּ ח ּי ים, ,Melech chafeitz bachayim ו כ ת ב ֽנוּ בּ ס ֽפ ר ה ח ּי ים, ,v’chotveinu b’sefer hachayim ל מ ע נ ך א ל ה ים ח ּי ים. .l’maancha Elohim chayim מ ֽל ך עו ז ר וּמו שׁ ֽיע וּמ ג ן. .Melech ozeir umoshia umagen בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai מ ג ן א ב ר ה ם ו ע ז ר ת שׂ ר ה. .magein Avraham v’ezrat Sarah
BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, God of our fathers and mothers, 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, transcendent God who bestows lovingkindness, creates everything out of love, remembers the love of our fathers and mothers, and brings redemption to their children’s children for the sake of the Divine Name. *Shabbat Shuvah — Remember us for life, O Sovereign who delights in life, and inscribe us in the Book of Life, for Your sake, Living God. Sovereign, Deliverer, Helper and Shield, Blessed are You, Adonai, Sarah’s Helper, Abraham’s Shield. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ג ן א ב ר ה ם ו ע ז ר ת שׂ ר ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, magein Avraham v’ezrat Sarah.
*Shabbat Shuvah: The Shabbat between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. For those who choose: At the beginning and end of the blessing, one bends the knees and bows .Adonai י י Baruch and stands straight at the word בּ רוּך from the waist at the word The content of this prayer has to do with the merit of our ancestors. This is traditionally conceived of as a sort of bank account into which the Patriarchs and Matriarchs deposited funds of righteousness that were so great that they covered all future generations. Judith Z. Abrams *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 140
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Avot v’Imahot OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS PRAYED, G’vurot each through their own experience of God, each through their own visions which we have come to share. K’dushah Abraham with the fervor of justice, pleaded the cause of cities. K’dushat HaYom Sarah, in the pain of waiting, dared to hope for new life. Avodah Isaac, meditating alone in the field, lifted his eyes to find love. Hodaah Rebecca asked for the ability to discern God’s call. Shalom Jacob climbed the rungs of his night into heaven, seeking destiny. Leah dreamed of love; and Rachel sought harmony. T’filat HaLev We as they seek God’s Presence. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ג ן א ב ר ה ם ו ע ז ר ת שׂ ר ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, magein Avraham v’ezrat Sarah.
IT WAS THE DAY You defended Abraham, the very day You took note of Sarah: the pledge of the covenant, crystal grains, stars of heaven, pinpricks of fire to flame eternal. Radiating from the past, Your promise lights the future. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ּפו ק ד שׂ ר ה וּמ ג ן א ב ר ה ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, pokeid Sarah u’magein Avraham.
Our fathers and mothers prayer . . . Richard Levy, adapted It was the day . . . Elyse Frishman
“ . . . the word of Adonai came to Abram in a vision, saying, ‘Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to you and your reward shall be very great . . . Look to the heaven and count the stars . . . So shall your offspring be.’ And because he put his trust in God, God reckoned it to his merit.” Genesis 15:1,5,6 We are shaped by those who came before us. As an acorn is formed by the tree that preceded it, yet gives rise to a tree uniquely its own, so we are formed by our ancestors, yet give rise to a Judaism uniquely ours. Rami Shapiro Why “God of Abraham, God of Isaac . . . God of Sarah?” Why not “God of Abraham, Isaac . . . and Sarah?” Each of our ancestral parents shared a relationship with the One God; yet each relationship was different. Why not “God of Abraham and Sarah, God of Isaac and Rebecca . . . ?” Though they were bound to each other through the covenant of marriage, each also was bound individually to the covenant with God. In difficult moments of our lives we turn to God to help and sustain us. The classic chatimah (conclusion) to the Avot/Imahot prayer evokes God as “Abraham’s shield.” In this egalitarian version .pokeid) as she struggles with infertility , ּפו ק ד) we evoke Genesis 21:1 where God takes note of Sarah The chatimah, as with the rest of the prayer, indicates that each of us experiences God differently. 141 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת א תּ ה גּ בּו ר ל עו ל ם, א ד נ י, ,ATAH gibor l’olam, Adonai ְ ּג ּבורו ת ּמ ח י ה ה כּ ל )מ ת ים( א תּ ה, ,m’chayeih hakol (meitim) atah ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה ר ב ל הו שׁ ֽיע . .rav l’hoshia ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם *Winter — מ שּׁ יב ה רֽ וּח וּמו ר יד ה גּ ֽשׁ ם. .Winter — Mashiv haruach umorid hagashem* *Summer — Morid hatal. ע בו ד ה *Summer — מו ר יד ה טּ ל. הו ד א ה מ כ ל כּ ל ח ּי ים בּ ח ֽס ד, ,M’chalkeil chayim b’chesed שׁ לו ם מ ח ּי ה ה כּ ל )מ ת ים( (m’chayeih hakol (meitim ּתּ פ ל ת ה ּל ב בּ ר ח מ ים ר בּ ים, סו מ ך נו פ ל ים, ,b’rachamim rabim, someich noflim ו רו פ א חו ל ים, וּמ תּ יר א סוּר ים, ,v’rofei cholim, umatir asurim וּמ ק ּי ם א מוּנ תו ל ישׁ נ י ע פ ר. .um’kayeim emunato lisheinei afar מ י כ מֽ ו ך בּ ֽע ל גּ בוּרו ת Mi chamocha baal g’vurot וּמ י דּֽ ו מ ה ּל ך, מ ֽל ך מ מ ית umi domeh lach, melech meimit ּוּמ ח י ה וּמ צ מ ֽיח י שׁ וּע ה. .um’chayeh umatzmiach y’shuah Shabbat Shuvah — — Shabbat Shuvah מ י כ מֽ ו ך א ב ה ר ח מ ים, ,Mi chamocha El harachamim zocheir y’tzurav l’chayim b’rachamim. זו כ ר י צוּר יו ל ח ּי ים בּ ר ח מ ים. ו נ א מ ן א תּ ה ל ה ח יו ת ה כּ ל )מ ת ים(. .(V’ne-eman atah l’hachayot hakol (meitim בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ח ּי ה ה כּ ל )ה ּמ ת ים(. .(Baruch atah, Adonai, m’chayeih hakol (hameitim
YOU ARE FOREVER MIGHTY, Adonai; You give life to all (revive the dead). *Winter — You cause the wind to shift and rain to fall. *Summer — You rain dew upon us. You sustain life through love, giving life to all (reviving the dead) through great compassion, supporting the fallen, healing the sick, freeing the captive, keeping faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, Source of mighty acts? Who resembles You, a Sovereign who takes and gives life, causing deliverance to spring up and faithfully giving life to all (reviving that which is dead)?
Shabbat Shuvah — Who is like You, Compassionate God,
who mercifully remembers Your creatures for life? Blessed are You, Adonai, who gives life to all (revives the dead). בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ח ּי ה ה כּ ל )ה ּמ ת ים(. Baruch atah, Adonai, m’chayeih hakol (hameitim).
G’vurot emphasizes God’s ability to renew us in the future. The resurrection of the גּ בוּרו ת The dead, which may be taken literally, is best understood as a powerful metaphor for understanding the miracle of hope. Winter gives way to spring. Judith Z. Abrams
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Avot v’Imahot YOU ARE the Open Door G’vurot that beckons me in; peeking around the door frame, K’dushah I begin to enter into Your glory. K’dushat HaYom Avodah You move me forward, O Eternal, to step beyond self-made boundaries: Hodaah lift my foot over the threshold Shalom that I might abide with You. T’filat HaLev In the house of the Eternal, I found my questions: waiting to be posed, they filled me with wonder.
Sit with me, Eternal Teacher, encourage my seeking: as I fill my hours with Your mitzvot, so shall I be filled.
Send me through Your door stretching up to honor Your Name, sharing out this wonder, enriching myself in the giving. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , נו ט ֽע בּ תו כ ֽנוּ ח ּי י עו ל ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, notei-a b’tocheinu chayei olam.
You are the Open Door . . . Debbie Perlman
The metaphor of reviving the dead is widely used rabbinically. The Talmud recommends saying ,Baruch atah, Adonai, m’chayeih hameitim, “Blessed are You, Adonai בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ּמ ח י ה ּה מ ת ים reviver of the dead,” for greeting a friend after a lapse of twelve months and after awakening from sleep. B’rachot 58b, Y. B’rachot 4:2 Mashiv haru-ach / Morid hatal — with these words, we join our Israeli מ שּׁ יב ה רֽוּח / מו ר יד ה טּ ל brothers and sisters in their prayers for seasonal rains in the Land of Israel. Morid hatal . . . You rain dew upon us . . . A seasonal insertion into the G’vurot מו ר יד ה טּ ל acknowledges God as the Source of the power of nature. The variations in climate like growth and decay, birth and death, are part of the fixed pattern of the universe created by God. In his prayerbook, Minhag America, Isaac Mayer Wise used the prayer for dew and rain as a permanent part of this benediction. . . . notei-a b’tocheinu chayei olam . . . who plants within us eternal life נו ט ֽע בּ תו כ ֽנוּ ח ּי י עו ל ם Living by the word of God, as interpreted through Torah, brings eternal life to the Jewish people. 143 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת נ ק ּ ד שׁ א ת שׁ מ ך בּ עו ל ם, ,N’KADEISH et shimcha baolam גּ בוּרו ת כּ שׁ ם שׁ ּמ ק דּ ישׁ ים או תו בּ שׁ מ י מ רו ם, ,k’shem shemakdishim oto bish’mei marom קְ דֻ שׁ ּ ה כּ כּ תוּב ע ל י ד נ ב יא ֽ ך, ,kakatuv al yad n’vi-echa v’kara zeh el zeh v’amar: ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם ו ק ר א ז ה א ל ז ה ו א מ ר׃ ק דו שׁ , ק דו שׁ , ק דו שׁ יְי צְב או ת, ,Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai tz’vaot ע בו ד ה מְ ל א כ ל ה א ֽר ץ כְּבו דו . .m’lo chol haaretz k’vodo הו ד א ה א דּ יר א דּ יר ֽ נוּ, י י א דו נ ֽנוּ, ,Adir adireinu, Adonai Adoneinu שׁ לו ם מ ה א דּ יר שׁ מ ך בּ כ ל ה א ֽר ץ. .mah adir shimcha b’chol haaretz ּתּ פ ל ת ה ּל ב בּ ּרו ְך כְּבו ד יְי מ ְּ מקו מו . .Baruch k’vod Adonai mimkomo א ח ד הוּא א ל ה ֽינוּ, הוּא א ב ֽינוּ, ,Echad hu Eloheinu, hu Avinu הוּא מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, הוּא מו שׁ יע ֽנוּ, ,hu Malkeinu, hu Moshi-einu ו הוּא י שׁ מ יע ֽנוּ בּ ר ח מ יו ל ע ינ י כּ ל ח י. .v’hu yashmi-einu b’rachamav l’einei kol chai א נ י י י א ל ה יכ ם. .Ani Adonai Eloheichem י מְ ְל ך יְי לְעו ל ם, אֱ ל ה ֽי ְך צ ּיו ן Yimloch Adonai l’olam, Elohayich Tzion לְ ד ר ו ד ר, ה לְ ּלו ּי ה. .l’dor vador, hal’luyah LET US SANCTIFY Your Name on earth, as it is sanctified in the heavens above. As it is written by Your prophet: Holy, holy, holy is Adonai Tz’vaot! God’s presence fills the whole earth. Source of our strength, Sovereign One, how majestic is Your presence in all the earth! Blessed is the presence of God, shining forth from where God dwells. God alone is our God and our Creator, our Ruler and our Helper; and in mercy, God is revealed in the sight of all the living: I am Adonai your God! Adonai shall reign forever, your God, O Zion, from generation to generation, Hallelujah!
ל דו ר ו דו ר נ גּ יד גּ ד ל ֽך וּל נ ֽצ ח נ צ ח ים L’dor vador nagid godlecha ul’neitzach n’tzachim ק דֻשּׁ ת ך נ ק דּ ישׁ , ו שׁ ב ח ך, א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,k’dushat-cha nakdish, v’shivchacha Eloheinu ּמ פ ֽינוּ ל א י מוּשׁ ל עו ל ם ו ע ד.* *.mipinu lo yamush l’olam va-ed בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה א ל ה ּקדו שׁ . .Baruch atah, Adonai, Ha-El hakadosh TO ALL GENERATIONS we will declare Your greatness, and for all eternity proclaim Your holiness. Your praise, O God, shall never depart from our lips.* Blessed are You, Adonai, the Holy God. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה א ל ה ּקדו שׁ . Baruch atah, Adonai, Ha-El hakadosh.
*Shabbat Shuvah — Blessed are You, Adonai, Holy Sovereign. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה ּמ ֽל ך ה ּקדו שׁ . .Baruch atah, Adonai, HaMelech hakadosh
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ו י ד בּ ר י י Avot v’Imahot ADONAI SPOKE א ל־מ שׁ ה ּל אמֽ ר׃ :G’vurot to Moses saying דּ בּ ר א ל־כּ ל־ע ד ת K’dushah Speak to the whole community of Israel and say to them, בּ נ ֽי־י שׂ ר א ל ו א ֽמ ר תּ א ל ה ם K’dushat HaYom ק ד שׁ ים תּ ֽה יוּ ,You shall be holy כּ י ק דו שׁ א נ י י י א ל ֽה יכ ֽם. .Avodah for I, Adonai, am holy Hodaah א ישׁ א ּמו ו א ב יו תּ יר אוּ Shalom You shall each revere ו א ת־שׁ בּ ת ת י תּ שׁ מ רוּ your father and your mother T’filat HaLev and keep My Sabbaths. וּֽב קֻ צ ר כ ם א ת־ק צ יר א ר צ כ ם ל א ת כ ּל ה When you reap your harvest, ּפ א ת שׂ ֽד ך ל ק צ ר leave the corners and the gleanings ו ל ק ט ק צ ֽיר ך ל א ת ל ּֽ קט. .for the poor and the stranger ל ֽע נ י ו ל גּ ר תּ ֽע ז ב א ת ם ;You shall not steal ל א תּ ג נ בוּ you shall not deal deceitfully or falsely ו ל ֽא־ת כ ֽח שׁ וּ ו ל ֽא־ת שׁ ּקרוּ .with one another א ישׁ בּ ֽע מ יתֽ ו . .You shall not swear falsely by My name ו ל ֽא־ת שּׁ ֽב עוּ ב שׁ מ י ל שּׁ ק ר .You shall not defraud your neighbor ל א־ת ֽע שׁ ק א ת־ר ֽע ך .You shall not commit robbery ו ל א ת ג ז ל The wages of the worker shall not remain with you until morning. ל ֽא־ת ל ין ּפ ּ עֻלת שׂ כ יר א תּ ך You shall not insult the deaf ע ד־בּֽ ק ר. or place a stumbling block ל ֽא־ת ק ּל ל ח ר שׁ .before the blind ו ל פ נ י ע וּ ר ל א ת תּ ן מ כ שׁ ל :You shall not render an unfair decision ל א־ת ֽע שׂוּ ע ו ל בּ ּמ ּ שׁ פ ט do not favor the poor ל ֽא־ת שּׂ א פ נ י־ד ל ;or show deference to the rich ו ל א ת ה דּ ר ּ פנ י ג דו ל .judge your neighbor fairly בּ צ ד ק תּ שׁ ּפ ט ע מ ית ֽ ך. .Do not go about as a talebearer ל ֽא־ת ל ך ר כ יל בּ ע ּ מ יך .Do not profit by the blood of your neighbor ל א ת ֽע מ ד ע ל־דּ ם ר ע ך You shall not hate your kinfolk ל ֽא־ת שׂ נ א א ת־א ח יך בּ ל ב ב ך .in your heart Reprove your neighbor, הו כ ח תּ ו כ יח א ת־ע מ ית ך but incur no guilt doing so. ו ל ֽא־ת שּׂ א ע ל יו ח ֽט א. Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge ל ֽא־ת ּק ם ו ל ֽא־ת טּ ר א ת־בּ נ י ע ּמ ך .against your kinfolk ו א ֽה ב תּ ל ר ֽע ך כּ מו ך :Love your neighbor as yourself א נ י י י ֽ. .I am Adonai
Vaidabeir Adonai . . . Adonai spoke . . . Selected verses from Leviticus 19 ו י ד בּ ר י י Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh . . . Holy, holy, holy . . . Isaiah 6:3 ק דו שׁ , ק דו שׁ , ק דו שׁ Baruch k’vod . . . Blessed is the presence . . . Ezekiel 3:12 בּ רוּך כּ בו ד Yimloch Adonai l’olam . . . Adonai shall reign forever . . . Psalm 146:10 י מ ל ך י י ל עו ל ם 145 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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Select either Yism’chu or V’shamru א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת גּ בוּרו ת שׂ מ חוּ ב מ ל כוּת ך YISM’CHU v’malchut’cha ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה י שׁ ו מ ר י שׁ בּ ת ו קֽ ו ר א י ע ֽ נ ג. .shomrei Shabbat v’korei oneg קְ דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם ע ם מ ק דּ שׁ י שׁ ב יע י, ,Am m’kad’shei sh’vi-i ע בו ד ה ּכֻּל ם י שׂ בּ עוּ ו י ת ע ּנ גוּ מ טּ וּב ֽך. .kulam yisb’u v’yitangu mituvecha הו ד א ה ו ה שּׁ ב יע י ר צ ֽית בּו ו ק דּ שׁ תּ ו , ,V’hashvi-i ratzita bo v’kidashto שׁ לו ם ח מ דּ ת י מ ים או תו ק ר ֽאת , ,chemdat yamim oto karata ּ ּ תּ פ ל ת ה ל ב ז ֽכ ר ל מ ע שׂ ה ב ר אשׁ ית. .zeicher l’maaseih v’reishit
THOSE WHO KEEP Shabbat by calling it a delight will rejoice in Your realm. The people that hallows Shabbat will delight in Your goodness. For, being pleased with the Seventh Day, You hallowed it as the most precious of days, drawing our attention to the work of Creation.
ו שׁ מ רוּ ב נ ֽי י שׂ ר א ל א ת־ה שּׁ בּ ת, ,V’SHAMRU v’nei Yisrael et HaShabbat ל ע שׂו ת א ת־ה שּׁ בּ ת ל ד ר ת ם laasot et HaShabbat l’dorotam בּ ר ית עו ל ם. .b’rit olam בּ ינ י וּב ין בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל Beini u’vein b’nei Yisrael או ת ה יא ל ע ל ם, ,ot hi l’olam כּ י־שׁ ֽשׁ ת י מ ים ע שׂ ה י י ki sheshet yamim asah Adonai א ת־ה שּׁ מ י ם ו א ת־ה א ֽר ץ, ,et hashamayim v’et haaretz ּוּב יו ם ה שּׁ ב יע י שׁ ב ת ו ּי ּ נ פ שׁ. .u’vayom hashvi-i shavat vayinafash
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It is a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel. For in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God ceased from work and was refreshed.
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Avot v’Imahot G’vurot K’dushah K’dushat HaYom Avodah WE ARE A PEOPLE in whom the past endures, Hodaah in whom the present is inconceivable without moments gone by. Shalom The Exodus lasted a moment, a moment enduring forever. T’filat HaLev What happened once upon a time happens all the time.
A THOUGHT has blown the market place away. There is a song on the wind and joy in the trees. The Sabbath arrives in the world, scattering a song in the silence of the night: Eternity utters a day.
We are a people in whom the past endures . . . Abraham Joshua Heschel A thought has blown the market place away . . . Abraham Joshua Heschel More than the Jewish People has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jewish People. Ahad Ha-Am A famous Jacob Riis photograph of the Jewish Lower East Side displays a bearded immigrant dressed in his only suit, sitting with challah and wine at his Shabbat table, regally enjoying his respite from the backbreaking labor that filled his weekdays. He sits alone; his table virtually fills his tiny one-room home — which is a coal cellar! But even there, he insists on fulfilling the Yism’chu is a prayer affirming that י שׂ מ חוּ ”.mitzvah of oneg shabbat, “declaring Shabbat a delight declaration. It appears in the Musaf (“Additional”) service, which Reform Jews traditionally omit because of its association with the ancient sacrificial cult. We place it here, however, to regain the reminder of Shabbat joy. Lawrence A. Hoffman 147 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת א ל ה ֽינוּ ו אל ה י ELOHEINU v’Elohei גּ בוּרו ת א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,avoteinu v’imoteinu ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה ר צ ה ב מ נוּח ת ֽ נוּ. .r’tzeih vim’nuchateinu קְ דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם ק דּ שׁ ֽנוּ בּ מ צ ו ת ֽ יך Kad’sheinu b’mitzvotecha ע בו ד ה ו ת ן ח ל ק ֽ נוּ ב תו ר ת ֽ ך, ,v’tein chelkeinu b’Toratecha הו ד א ה שׂ בּ ע ֽנוּ מ טּ וּב ֽך, ,sabeinu mituvecha שׁ לו ם ו שׂ ּמ ח ֽנוּ בּ ישׁ וּע ת ֽ ך, ,v’sam’cheinu bishuatecha ּתּ פ ל ת ה ּל ב ו ט ה ר ל בּ ֽנוּ ל ע ב דּ ך בּ א מ ת, ,v’taheir libeinu l’ovd’cha b’emet ו ה נ ח יל ֽנוּ, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,v’hanchileinu Adonai Eloheinu בּ א ה ב ה וּב ר צו ן שׁ בּ ת ק ד שׁ ֽ ך b’ahavah uv’ratzon Shabbat kodshecha ו י נֽוּחוּ ב הּ י שׂ ר א ל, מ ק דּ שׁ י שׁ מ ֽ ך. .v’yanuchu vah Yisrael, m’kad’shei sh’mecha בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ק דּ שׁ ה שּׁ בּ ת. .Baruch atah, Adonai, m’kadeish HaShabbat
OUR GOD and God of our ancestors, be pleased with our rest. Sanctify us with Your mitzvot, and grant us a share in Your Torah. Satisfy us with Your goodness and gladden us with Your salvation. Purify our hearts to serve You in truth. In Your gracious love, Adonai our God, grant us Your holy Shabbat as a heritage. May Israel who sanctifies Your Name rest on Shabbat. Blessed are You, Adonai, who sanctifies Shabbat. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ק דּ שׁ ה שּׁ בּ ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, m’kadeish HaShabbat.
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Avot v’Imahot G’vurot K’dushah WE OFFER THANKS, O God, for this Shabbat K’dushat HaYom which unites us in faith and hope. Avodah For Shabbat holiness, which inspires sacred living, Hodaah for Shabbat memories, glowing even in darkness, Shalom for Shabbat peace, born of friendship and love, T’filat HaLev we offer thanks and blessing, O God. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ק דּ שׁ ה שּׁ בּ ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, m’kadeish HaShabbat.
WHERE HAS this week vanished? Is it lost for ever? 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.
Help me to withdraw for a while from the flight of time. Contain the retreat of the hours and days from the grasp of frantic life.
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. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ק דּ שׁ ה שּׁ בּ ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, m’kadeish HaShabbat.
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת ר צ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, בּ ע ּמ ך י שׂ ר א ל, ,R’TZEI, Adonai Eloheinu, b’amcha Yisrael גּ בוּרו ת ּוּת פ ל ת ם בּ א ה ב ה ת ק בּ ל, ,ut’filatam b’ahavah t’kabeil ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה וּת ה י ל ר צו ן תּ מ יד ut’hi l’ratzon tamid ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם ע בו ד ת י שׂ ר א ל ע ּמ ֽך. .avodat Yisrael amecha עֲ בו ד ה א ל ק רו ב ל כ ל ק ר א יו, ,El karov l’chol korav הו ד א ה ּ פנ ה א ל ע ב ד ֽ יך ו ח ּ נֽנוּ, ,p’nei el avadecha v’choneinu שׁ לו ם שׁ פו ך רוּח ך ע ל ֽינוּ. .sh’foch ruchacha aleinu ּתּ פ ל ת ה ּל ב FIND FAVOR, Adonai, our God, with Your people Israel and accept their prayer in love. May the worship of Your people Israel always be acceptable. God who is near to all who call, turn lovingly to Your servants. Pour out Your spirit upon us.
ROSH CHODESH, PESACH, AND SUKKOT א ל ה ֽינוּ ו אל ה י א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,Eloheinu v’Elohei avoteinu v’imoteinu י ע ל ה ו י ב א ו ּי ז כ ר ז כ רו נ ֽנוּ yaaleh v’yavo, v’yizacheir zichroneinu ו ז כ רו ן כּ ל ע ּמ ך בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל ל פ נ ֽיך, ,v’zichron kol amcha beit Yisrael l’fanecha ל טו ב ה, ל ח ן וּל ח ֽס ד וּל ר ח מ ים, ,l’tovah, l’chein ul’chesed ul’rachamim ל ח ּי ים וּל שׁ לו ם, בּ יו ם l’chayim ul’shalom, b’Yom ר אשׁ ה ח ֽד שׁ ה ּזה. .Rosh HaChodesh hazeh ח ג ה ּמ ּ צו ת ה ּזה. .Chag HaMatzot hazeh ח ג ה סֻּכּו ת ה ּזה. .Chag HaSukkot hazeh ז כ ר ֽ נוּ, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, בּו ל טו ב ה. א מ ן. .Zochreinu, Adonai Eloheinu, bo l’tovah. Amen וּפ ק ד ֽנוּ בו ל ב ר כ ה. א מ ן. .Ufokdeinu vo liv’rachah. Amen ו הו שׁ יע ֽנוּ בו ל ח ּי ים. א מ ן. .V’hoshi-einu vo l’chayim. Amen Our God and God of our fathers and mothers, on this (first day of the new month) — (day of Pesach) — (day of Sukkot) be mindful of us and all Your people Israel, for good, for love, for compassion, life and peace. Remember us for wellbeing. Amen. Visit us with blessing. Amen. Help us to a fuller life. Amen.
ו ת ח ז ֽינ ה ע ינ ֽינוּ בּ שׁ וּב ך V’techezenah eineinu b’shuv’cha ל צ ּיו ן בּ ר ח מ ים. .l’Tzion b’rachamim LET OUR EYES BEHOLD Your loving return to Zion. Blessed are You, Adonai, whose Presence returns to Zion.
בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai ּה מ ח ז יר שׁ כ ינ תו ל צ ּיו ן. .hamachazir Shechinato l’Tzion *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 150
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ר צ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, בּ ע ּמ ך י שׂ ר א ל, ,Avot v’Imahot R’TZEI, Adonai Eloheinu, b’amcha Yisrael ּוּת פ ל ת ם בּ א ה ב ה ת ק בּ ל, ,G’vurot ut’filatam b’ahavah t’kabeil וּת ה י ל ר צו ן תּ מ יד K’dushah ut’hi l’ratzon tamid ע בו ד ת י שׂ ר א ל ע ּמ ך. .K’dushat HaYom avodat Yisrael amecha בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Avodah Baruch atah, Adonai שׁ או ת ך ל ב דּ ך בּ י ר א ה נ ע ב ד. .Hodaah she-ot-cha l’vadcha b’yirah naavod Shalom EVERPRESENT ONE, may we, Your people Israel, T’filat HaLev be worthy in our deeds and our prayer. Wherever we live, wherever we seek You — in this land, in Zion restored, in all lands — You are our God, whom alone we serve in reverence. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , שׁ או ת ך ל ב דּ ך בּ י ר א ה נ ע ב ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, she-ot’cha l’vad’cha b’yirah naavod.
ON THIS HOLY SHABBAT, may we draw nearer to life, to peace and to joy.
May we find true rest, holiness in our deeds, worth in our study of Torah.
Let us feed on the love of goodness, let us drink from the love of goodness, restrain our thirst for excess, and cleanse our hearts to serve life well.
On this holy Shabbat, may we draw nearer in life, in peace and in joy. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , שׁ או ת ך ל ב דּ ך בּ י ר א ה נ ע ב ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, she-ot’cha l’vad’cha b’yirah naavod.
Everpresent One, may we. . . . Harvey J. Fields and Chaim Stern, adapted On this holy Shabbat . . . Elyse Frishman 151 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך, שׁ א תּ ה הוּא MODIM anachnu lach, shaatah hu גּ בוּרו ת י י א ל ה ֽינוּ ו אל ה י א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ Adonai Eloheinu v’Elohei avoteinu v’imoteinu ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. צוּר ח ּיֽינוּ, מ ג ן י שׁ ע ֽנוּ, ,l’olam va-ed. Tzur chayeinu, magein yisheinu ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם א תּ ה הוּא ל דו ר ו דו ר. .atah hu l’dor vador ע בו ד ה נו ד ה ל ך וּנ ס ּפ ר תּ ה ּל ת ֽך. ע ל ח ּיֽינוּ Nodeh l’cha un’sapeir t’hilatecha. Al chayeinu הו ד א ה ה ּ מסוּר ים בּ י ד ֽ ך, ו ע ל נ שׁ מו ת ֽ ינוּ ham’surim b’yadecha, v’al nishmoteinu שׁ לו ם ה ּ פקוּדו ת ל ך, ו ע ל נ סּ ֽיך שׁ בּ כ ל יו ם hap’kudot lach, v’al nisecha sheb’chol yom ּתּ פ ל ת ה ּל ב ע ּ מֽנוּ, ו ע ל נ פ ל או ת ֽ יך ו טו בו ת ֽ יך imanu, v’al niflotecha v’tovotecha שׁ בּ כ ל ע ת, ע ֽר ב ו ב ֽק ר ו צ ה ר ֽ י ם. .sheb’chol eit, erev vavoker v’tzohorayim
ה טּ ו ב כּ י ל א כ לוּ ר ח מ ֽ יך, ו ה מ ר ח ם Hatov ki lo chalu rachamecha, v’ham’racheim כּ י ל א ת ֽ ּמוּ ח ס ד ֽ יך, מ עו ל ם ק וּ ֽינוּ ל ך. .ki lo tamu chasadecha, mei-olam kivinu lach
WE ACKNOWLEDGE with thanks that You are Adonai, our God and the God of our ancestors, forever. You are the Rock of our lives, and the Shield of our salvation in every generation. Let us thank You and praise You — for our lives which are in Your hand, for our souls which are in Your care, for Your miracles that we experience every day and for Your wondrous deeds and favors at every time of day: evening, morning and noon. O Good One, whose mercies never end, O Compassionate One, whose kindness never fails, we forever put our hope in You. On Chanukah, continue on page 194. ו ע ל כֻּ ּל ם י ת בּ ר ך ו י ת רו מ ם שׁ מ ך, ,V’al kulam yitbarach v’yitromam shimcha מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, תּ מ יד ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .Malkeinu, tamid l’olam va-ed Shabbat Shuvah — וּכ תו ב ל ח ּי ים Shabbat Shuvah — Uch’tov l’chayim טו ב ים כּ ל בּ נ י ב ר ית ֽ ך. .tovim kol b’nei v’ritecha ו כ ל ה ח ּי ים יו דֽ וּך סּ ֽל ה, ,V’chol hachayim yoducha selah ו יה ל לוּ א ת שׁ מ ך בּ א מ ת, ,viy’hal’lu et shimcha be-emet ה א ל י שׁ וּע ת ֽ נוּ ו ע ז ר ת ֽ נוּ ס ֽל ה. .Ha-El y’shuateinu v’ezrateinu selah בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai ה טּ ו ב שׁ מ ך וּל ך נ א ה ל הו דו ת. .hatov shimcha ul’cha na-eh l’hodot For all these things, O Sovereign, let Your Name be forever praised and blessed. Shabbat Shuvah — Inscribe all the children of Your covenant for a good life. O God, our Redeemer and Helper, let all who live affirm You and praise Your Name in truth. Blessed are You, Adonai, Your Name is Goodness, and You are worthy of thanksgiving. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה טּ ו ב שׁ מ ך וּל ך נ א ה ל הו דו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, hatov shimcha ul’cha na-eh l’hodot. *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 152
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Avot v’Imahot FOR THE EXPANDING GRANDEUR of Creation, G’vurot worlds known and unknown, galaxies beyond galaxies, filling us with awe and challenging our imaginations, K’dushah מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך. .Modim anachnu lach K’dushat HaYom Avodah For this fragile planet earth, its times and tides, Hodaah its sunsets and seasons, מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך. .Shalom Modim anachnu lach T’filat HaLev For the joy of human life, its wonders and surprises, its hopes and achievements, מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך. .Modim anachnu lach
For human community, our common past and future hope, our oneness transcending all separation, our capacity to work for peace and justice in the midst of hostility and oppression, מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך. .Modim anachnu lach
For high hopes and noble causes, for faith without fanaticism, for understanding of views not shared, מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך. .Modim anachnu lach
For all who have labored and suffered for a fairer world, who have lived so that others might live in dignity and freedom, מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך. .Modim anachnu lach
For human liberties and sacred rites: for opportunities to change and grow, to affirm and choose, מו ד ים א נ ֽח נוּ ל ך. .Modim anachnu lach
We pray that we may live not by our fears but by our hopes, not by our words but by our deeds.
Blessed are You, Adonai, Your Name is Goodness, and You are worthy of thanksgiving. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה טּ ו ב שׁ מ ך וּל ך נ א ה ל הו דו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, hatov shimcha ul’cha na-eh l’hodot.
י י Modim, one bows at the waist. At מו ד ים For those who choose: On page 152, at the word Adonai, one stands up straight. For the expanding grandeur . . . adapted from Eugene Picket 153 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת ׂ ש ים שׁ לו ם טו ב ה וּב ר כ ה, ,SIM SHALOM tovah uv’rachah גּ בוּרו ת ח ן ו ח ֽס ד ו ר ח מ ים, ,chein vachesed v’rachamim ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה ע ל ֽינוּ ו ע ל כּ ל י שׂ ר א ל ע ּמ ֽך. .aleinu v’al kol Yisrael amecha ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם בּ ר כ ֽנוּ, יו צ ר ֽ נוּ, כֻּ ּ לֽנוּ כּ א ח ד Bar’cheinu, yotzreinu, kulanu k’echad ע בו ד ה בּ או ר ּ פנ ֽיך, ,b’or panecha הו ד א ה כּ י ב או ר ּ פנ ֽיך נ ת ֽתּ ּ לֽנוּ, ,ki v’or panecha natata lanu שׁ לו ם י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,Adonai Eloheinu תּ פ ּל ת ה ּל ב תּ ו ר ת ח ּי ים ו א ה ב ת ח ֽס ד, ,Torat chayim v’ahavat chesed וּצ ד ק ה וּב ר כ ה ו ר ח מ ים utz’dakah uv’rachah v’rachamim ּו ח י ים ו שׁ לו ם. .v’chayim v’shalom ו טו ב בּ ע ינ ֽיך ל ב ר ך א ת־ע ּמ ך י שׂ ר א ל V’tov b’einecha l’vareich et amcha Yisrael בּ כ ל ע ת וּב כ ל שׁ ע ה בּ שׁ לו מ ֽ ך. .b’chol eit uv’chol shaah bishlomecha Shabbat Shuvah — בּ ס ֽפ ר ח י ים, ,Shabbat Shuvah — B’sefer chayim בּ ר כ ה ו שׁ לו ם, וּפ ר נ ס ה טו ב ה, ,b’rachah v’shalom, ufarnasah tovah ּנ ז כ ר ו נ כּ ת ב ל פ נ ֽיך, ,nizacheir v’nikateiv l’fanecha א נ ֽח נוּ ו כ ל ע ּמ ך בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל, ,anachnu v’chol amcha beit Yisrael ּל ח י ים טו ב ים וּל שׁ לו ם. .l’chayim tovim ul’shalom בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ע שׂ ה ה שּׁ לו ם. .Baruch atah, Adonai, oseih hashalom בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ,Baruch atah, Adonai ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ שּׁ לו ם. .ham’vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom GRANT PEACE, goodness and blessing, grace, kindness and mercy, to us and to all Your people Israel. Bless us, our Creator, all of us together, through the light of Your Presence. Truly through the light of Your Presence, Adonai our God, You gave us a Torah of life — the love of kindness, justice and blessing, mercy, life, and peace. May You see fit to bless Your people Israel at all times, at every hour, with Your peace. Shabbat Shuvah — Inscribe us for life, blessing, peace, and prosperity, remembering all Your people Israel for life and peace. Blessed are You, Adonai, Source of peace. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ע שׂ ה ה שּׁ לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, oseih hashalom. Praised are You, Adonai, who blesses Your people Israel with peace. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ שּׁ לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham’vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom.
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Avot v’Imahot G’vurot K’dushah WE OUGHTN’T pray for what we’ve never known, K’dushat HaYom and humanity has never known: unbroken peace, Avodah unmixed blessing. Hodaah No. Shalom Better to pray for pity, T’filat HaLev for indignation, discontent, the will to see and touch, the power to do good and make new. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ שּׁ לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham’vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom.
GRANT US PEACE, Your most precious gift, O Eternal Source of peace. And give us the will to proclaim its message to all the peoples of the earth. Bless our country as a safeguard of peace, its advocate among the nations. May contentment reign within our borders, health and happiness within our homes. Strengthen the bonds of friendship and fellowship among all the inhabitants of our world. Plant virtue in every soul, and may the love of Your Name hallow every home and every heart. Praised are You, Adonai, who blesses Your people with peace. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ שּׁ לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham’vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom.
We oughtn’t pray . . . Stanley F. Chyet Grant us peace . . . adapted from Union Prayer Book
Great is peace, since all blessings are in it. Great is peace, since even in a time of war one should begin with peace. Great is peace, since the Holy One is called Peace. Leviticus Rabbah 9:9 155 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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א בו ת ו א ּ מהו ת א ל ה י, נ צ ר ל שׁ ו נ י מ ר ע וּשׂ פ ת י ELOHAI, n’tzor l’shoni meira us’fatai גּ בוּרו ת מ דּ בּ ר מ ר מ ה, ו ל מ ק ל ל י נ פ שׁ י midabeir mirmah, v’limkal’lai nafshi ק דֻ שׁ ּ ה ת דּו ם, ו נ פ שׁ י כּ ע פ ר ל כּ ל תּ ה י ה. .tidom, v’nafshi ke-afar lakol tih’yeh ק דֻ שׁ ּ ת ה ּיו ם ּפ ת ח ל בּ י בּ תו ר ת ֽ ך, וּב מ צ ו ת ֽ יך P’tach libi b’Toratecha, uv’mitzvotecha ע בו ד ה תּ ר דּו ף נ פ שׁ י. ו כ ל ה חו שׁ ב ים tirdof nafshi. V’chol hachoshvim הו ד א ה ע ל י ר ע ה, מ ה ר ה ה פ ר ע צ ת ם alai raah, m’heirah hafeir atzatam שׁ לו ם ו ק ל ק ל מ ח שׁ ב תּ ם. ע שׂ ה ל מ ֽע ן v’kalkeil machashavtam. Aseih l’maan תְּ פ ּל ת ה ּל ב שׁ מ ֽך, ע שׂ ה ל מ ֽע ן י מ ינ ֽך, ע שׂ ה sh’mecha, aseih l’maan y’minecha, aseih ל מ ֽע ן ק דֻשּׁ ת ֽ ך, ע שׂ ה ל מ ֽע ן l’maan k’dushatecha, aseih l’maan תּו ר ת ֽך. ל מ ֽע ן י ח ל צוּן י ד יד ֽ יך, ,Toratecha. L’maan yeichaltzun y’didecha הו שׁ ֽיע ה י מ ינ ך ו ע נ ֽנ י. .hoshiah y’mincha vaaneini
MY GOD, guard my speech from evil and my lips from deception. Before those who slander me, I will hold my tongue; I will practice humility. Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may pursue Your mitzvot. As for all who think evil of me, cancel their designs and frustrate their schemes. Act for Your own sake, for the sake of Your Power, for the sake of Your Holiness, for the sake of Your Torah, so that Your loved ones may be rescued. Save with Your power, and answer me.
י ה יוּ ל ר צו ן א מ ר י פ י ו ה ג יו ן ל בּ י Yih’yu l’ratzon imrei fi v’hegyon libi ל פ נ ֽיך, י י צוּר י ו גו א ל י. .l’fanecha, Adonai tzuri v’go-ali May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, Adonai, my Rock and my Redeemer.
ע שׂ ה שׁ לו ם בּ מ רו מ יו, ,Oseh shalom bimromav הוּא י ע שׂ ה שׁ לו ם ע ל ֽינוּ, ,hu yaaseh shalom aleinu ו ע ל כּ ל י שׂ ר א ל, ו ע ל כּ ל יו שׁ ב י ת ב ל, ,v’al kol Yisrael, v’al kol yosh’vei teiveil ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .v’imru: Amen May the One who makes peace in the high heavens make peace for us, all Israel and all who inhabit the earth. Amen.
On Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, the Shabbat in Pesach, and the Shabbat in Sukkot, Hallel may be recited on page 197 or page 198.
Reading of the Torah is on page 158.
Elohai, n’tzor . . . My God, guard . . . based on Psalm 34:14 א ל ה י, נ צ ר L’maan yeichaltzun . . . so that Your loved ones . . . Psalm 60:7 ל מ ֽע ן י ח ל צוּן Yih’yu l’ratzon . . . May the words of my mouth . . . Psalm 19:15 י ה יוּ ל ר צו ן *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 156
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Avot v’Imahot HOLY ONE, G’vurot give me a quiet heart, and help me to hear the still, K’dushah small voice that speaks within me. K’dushat HaYom It calls me to come close to You Avodah and to grow in Your likeness. Hodaah It teaches me to do my work faithfully, Shalom even when no one’s eye is upon me. It counsels me to judge others kindly T’filat HaLev and to love them freely, for it persuades me to see divinity in everyone I meet. Help me, O God, to come to the end of each day feeling that I used its gifts wisely and faced its trials bravely.
I NEED STRENGTH, humility, courage, patience. Strength to control my passions, humility to assess my own worth, courage to rise above defeats, patience to cleanse myself of imperfections.
And wisdom: to learn and live by our sacred teachings.
Let me not be discouraged by my failings. Let me take heart from all that is good and noble in my character. Keep me from falling victim to cynicism. Teach me sincerity and enthusiasm. Endow me with perception and courage, that I may serve others with compassion and love.
On Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, the Shabbat in Pesach, and the Shabbat in Sukkot, Hallel may be recited on page 197 or page 198.
Reading of the Torah is on page 158.
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ק בּ ל ת ה תּ ו ר ה ּה ק פ ה סֵֽדֶר קְרִ יאַ ת הַתּוֹרָ ה לְשַׁבָּת בּ ר כו ת ה תּ ו ר ה
ה ג בּ ה ה SEDER K’RIAT HATORAH L’SHABBAT — READING THE TORAH ON מ י שׁ בּ ר ך SHABBAT Ark is opened. בּ ר כּ ת ה גּו מ ל בּ ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה א ין כּ מֽ ו ך ב א ל ה ים א ד נ י, ,EIN KAMOCHA vaElohim Adonai ה ח ז ר ת ה תּ ו ר ה ו א ין כּ מ ע שׂ ֽ יך. .v’ein k’maasecha מ ל כוּת ך מ ל כוּת כּ ל־ע ל מ ים, ,Malchut’cha malchut kol olamim וּמ מ שׁ ל תּ ך בּ כ ל־דּ ר ו ד ר. .umemshalt’cha b’chol dor vador י י מ ֽל ך, י י מ ל ך, ,Adonai melech, Adonai malach י י י מ ל ך ל ע ל ם ו ע ד. .Adonai yimloch l’olam va-ed י י ע ז ל ע ּמו י תּ ן, ,Adonai oz l’amo yitein י י י ב ר ך א ת ע ּמו ב שּׁ לו ם. .Adonai y’vareich et amo vashalom
THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU among the gods, Adonai, and there are no deeds like Yours. You are Sovereign over all worlds, and Your dominion is in all generations. Adonai reigns, Adonai has reigned, Adonai will reign forever and ever. Adonai will give strength to our people, Adonai will bless our people with peace.
א ב ה ר ח מ ים, ,Av harachamim ה יט ֽיב ה ב ר צו נ ך א ת צ ּיו ן, ,heitivah virtzoncha et Tzion תּ ב נ ה חו מו ת י רוּשׁ ל ֽי ם. .tivneh chomot Y’rushalayim כּ י ב ך ל ב ד בּ ט ֽח נוּ, ,Ki v’cha l’vad batachnu מ ֽל ך א ל ר ם ו נ שּׂ א, א דו ן עו ל מ ים. .Melech El ram v’nisa, Adon olamim
Source of mercy: favor Zion with your goodness; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. For in You alone do we trust, Sovereign, high and exalted, God Eternal.
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Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah ה ק ה ל א ת־ה ע ם, ,Hagbahah HAK’HEIL et haam ה א נ שׁ ים ו ה ּנ שׁ ים ו ה טּ ף Mi Shebeirach haanashim v’hanashim v’hataf ו ג ר ך א שׁ ר בּ שׁ ע ר ֽ יך, ,Birkat HaGomeil v’geircha asher bish’arecha ל מ ֽע ן י שׁ מ עוּ וּל מ ֽע ן י ל מ דוּ Birchot l’maan yishm’u ul’maan yilm’du ו י ר אוּ א ת־י י א ל ה יכ ם, ,HaHaftarah v’yaru et Adonai Eloheichem ו שׁ מ רוּ ל ע שׂו ת Hachzarat v’shamru la-asot HaTorah א ת־כּ ל־דּ ב ר י ה תּ ו ר ה ה ּז את. .et kol divrei HaTorah hazot וּב נ יה ם א שׁ ר ל א־י ד עוּ Uv’neihem asher lo yadu י שׁ מ עוּ ו ל מ דוּ ל י ר א ה yishm’u v’lamdu l’yirah א ת־י י א ל ה יכ ם. .et Adonai Eloheichem
ASSEMBLE THE PEOPLE, men, women and children, and the strangers in your cities, to hear, to learn, to revere Adonai your God, to observe faithfully the words of this Torah. And let their children, who do not yet know it, hear, that they, too, may learn to revere Adonai your God.
א שׁ ר י א ד ם מ צ א ח כ מ ה ASHREI adam matza chochmah ו א ד ם י פ יק תּ בוּנ ה. .v’adam yafik t’vunah כּ י טו ב ס ח ר הּ מ סּ ח ר־כּ ֽס ף Ki tov sachrah mis’char kasef וּמ ח רוּץ תּ בוּא ת הּ . .umeicharutz t’vuatah י ק ר ה ה יא מ ּ פנ ינ ים Y’karah hi mipninim ו כ ל־ח פ צ ֽיך ל א י שׁ ווּ־ב הּ . .v’chol chafatzecha lo yishvu vah
HAPPY IS THE ONE who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding; for its value is greater than silver, its yield than fine gold. It is more precious than rubies, no treasure can match it.
Hak’heil et haam . . . Assemble the people . . . Deuteronomy 31:12-13 ה ק ה ל א ת־ה ע ם Ashrei adam matza . . . Happy is the one . . . Proverbs 3:13-15 א שׁ ר י א ד ם מ צ א 159 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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ק בּ ל ת ה תּ ו ר ה ּה ק פ ה ו י ה י ב ּ נ ס ע ה א ר ן, ו ּי אמ ר מ ש ׁ ה: :VAY’HI BINSO’A ha’aron, vayomer Moshe בּ ר כו ת ה תּ ו ר ה קוּמ ה י י ו י פֻ צוּ א י ב יך, ,kuma Adonai v’yafutzu oy’veicha ה ג בּ ה ה ו י נֻסוּ מ שׂ נ א יך ּמ פ נ יך. .v’yanuso m’sanecha mipanecha מ י שׁ בּ ר ך בּ ר כּ ת ה גּו מ ל AND IT CAME TO PASS when the Ark was to set out, Moses would בּ ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה say: Arise, Adonai! May Your enemies be scattered, and may Your foes ה ח ז ר ת ה תּ ו ר ה !flee before You
כּ י מ ּצ ּ יו ן תּ צ א תו ר ה, ,KI MITZIYON teitzei Torah וּד ב ר־י י מ ירוּשׁ ל ֽי ם. .ud’var Adonai miY’rushalayim
FOR FROM OUT OF ZION will come the Torah, and the word of Adonai from Jerusalem.
Standing with the Torah, recite these verses.
בּ רוּך שׁ ּנ ת ן תּ ו ר ה BARUCH shenatan Torah ל ע ּמו י שׂ ר א ל בּ ק דֻשּׁ תו . .l’amo Yisrael bikdushato BLESSED IS GOD who in holiness gave the Torah to the people Israel.
people’s life from Sinai until now. Freedom is its gift to all who treasure it.
S’u sh’arim . . . Lift up . . . Psalm 24:9-10 is interpreted rabbinically as the psalm שׂ אוּ שׁ ע ר ים recited when the original ark of the covenant was brought to Jerusalem. It is a longstanding Reform innovation in this part of the service, ever since the first German Reform prayer book of 1819 and used therefore, in Reform liturgy as we remove the Torah from the ark. Ki miTziyon teitzei Torah . . . For from out of Zion . . . Isaiah 2:3 כּ י מ ּצ ּ יו ן תּ צ א תו ר ה *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 160
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Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah ל א־י ר ֽ עוּ ו ל א־י שׁ ח ֽ יתוּ Birchot HaTorah LO YAREI-U v’lo yashchitu בּ כ ל־ה ר ק ד שׁ י כּ י־מ ל א ה ה א ֽר ץ Mi Shebeirach b’chol har kodshi ki malah haaretz דּ ע ה א ת־י י כּ ּ מֽי ם ל ּי ם מ כ סּ ים. .Hagbahah dei-ah et Adonai kamayim layam m’chasim ו י שׁ בוּ א ישׁ תּ ֽח ת גּ פ נו Birkat HaGomeil V’yashvu ish tachat gafno ו ת ֽח ת תּ א נ תו ו א ין מ ח ר יד. .Birchot v’tachat t’einato v’ein macharid HaHaftarah Hachzarat THEY SHALL NOT HURT or destroy in My holy mountain, HaTorah for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of Adonai as the sea-bed is covered by water. And all shall sit under their vines and fig trees, and none shall make them afraid.
ו כ תּ תוּ ח ר בו ת ם ל א תּ ים V’CHIT’TU charvotam l’itim ו ח נ יתו ת יה ם ל מ ז מ רו ת. .vachanitoteihem l’mazmeirot ל א־י שּׂ א גו י א ל־גּו י ח ֽר ב Lo yisa goy el goy cherev ו ל א־י ל מ דוּ עו ד מ ל ח מ ה. .v’lo yilm’du od milchamah
THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation; never again shall they learn war.
In this scroll is the secret of our Its teaching is love and justice, goodness and hope.
Lo yarei-u . . . They shall not hurt . . . Isaiah 11:9 ל א־י ר ֽ עוּ V’yashvu ish tachat gafno... And all shall sit under their vines . . . Micah 4:4 ו י שׁ בוּ א ישׁ תּ ֽח ת גּ פ נו V’chit’tu charvotam l’itim . . . They shall beat their swords . . . Isaiah 2:4 ו כ תּ תוּ ח ר בו ת ם ל א תּ ים 161 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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ק בּ ל ת ה תּ ו ר ה ּה ק פ ה .Leader takes out the Torah, and recites each line, followed by the congregation בּ ר כו ת ה תּ ו ר ה מ י שׁ בּ ר ך ה ג בּ ה ה שׁ מ ע י שׂ ר א ל, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, י י א ח ד. בּ ר כּ ת ה גּו מ ל Sh’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. בּ ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה HEAR, O ISRAEL, Adonai is our God, Adonai is One. ה ח ז ר ת ה תּ ו ר ה שמע
א ח ד א ל ה ֽינוּ, גּ דו ל א דו נ ֽנוּ, ,Echad Eloheinu gadol Adoneinu ק דו שׁ שׁ מו . .kadosh sh’mo
OUR GOD IS ONE, Adonai is great, holy is God’s Name.
גּ דּ לוּ ל יי א תּ י, ,Gadlu l’Adonai iti וּנ רו מ מ ה שׁ מו י ח דּ ו. .un’rom’mah sh’mo yachdav
EXALT ADONAI with me, let us extol God’s Name together.
ל ך י י ה גּ דֻ ּל ה ו ה גּ בוּר ה L’cha Adonai hag’dulah v’hag’vurah ו ה תּ פ א ֽר ת ו ה ּ נֽצ ח ו ה הו ד, ,v’hatiferet v’haneitzach v’hahod כּ י כ ל בּ שּׁ מ ֽי ם וּב א ֽר ץ. .ki chol bashamayim uvaaretz ל ך י י ה ּמ מ ל כ ה L’cha Adonai hamamlachah ּו ה מ ת נ שּׂ א ל כ ל ל ר אשׁ . .v’hamitnasei l’chol l’rosh
YOURS, ADONAI, is the greatness, might, splendor, triumph, and majesty — yes, all that is in heaven and on earth. To You, Adonai, belong sovereignty and preeminence above all.
The Torah is unwrapped.
Sh’ma Yisrael . . . Hear O Israel . . . Deuteronomy 6:4 שׁ מ ע י שׂ ר א ל Gadlu l’Adonai iti . . . Exalt Adonai with me . . . Psalm 34:4 גּ דּ לוּ ל יי א תּ י L’cha Adonai hag’dulah . . . Yours, Adonai, is the greatness . . . I Chronicles 29:11 ל ך י י ה גּ דֻ ּל ה *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 162
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Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah HAKAFAH SELECTIONS Mi Shebeirach רו מ מוּ י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,Hagbahah Rom’mu Adonai Eloheinu v’hishtachavu l’har kodsho, ו ה שׁ תּ ח ווּ ל ה ר ק ד שׁ ו , Birkat HaGomeil ki kadosh Adonai Eloheinu. כּ י ק דו שׁ י י א ל ה ֽינוּ. Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat EXALT ADONAI our God and bow down toward God’s holy mountain, HaTorah for Adonai our God is holy.
ע ל שׁ ל שׁ ה דּ ב ר ים ה עו ל ם עו מ ד׃ :Al sh’loshah d’varim haolam omeid ע ל ה תּ ו ר ה ו ע ל ה ע בו ד ה al HaTorah v’al haavodah ו ע ל גּ מ ילוּת ח ס ד ים. .v’al g’milut chasadim
THE WORLD is sustained by three things: Torah, worship and loving deeds.
ל א־י שּׂ א גו י א ל־גּו י ח ֽר ב Lo yisa goy el goy cherev ו ל א־י ל מ דוּ עו ד מ ל ח מ ה. .v’lo yilm’du od milchamah
NATION SHALL not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore.
ה ל לוּ ...... Hal’lu כּ ל ה ּנ שׁ מ ה תּ ה ּל ל י הּ , ,Kol han’shamah t’haleil Yah ה ל לוּ, ה ל לוּ־י הּ . !Hal’lu, hal’lu Yah
LET all that breathes praise God. Hallelujah!
Rom’mu Adonai . . . Exalt Adonai . . . Psalm 99:9 רו מ מוּ י י Al sh’loshah d’varim . . . The world is sustained by three things . . . Pirkei Avot 1:2 ע ל שׁ ל שׁ ה דּ ב ר ים Lo yisa goy . . . Nation shall not lift up . . . Isaiah 2:4 ל א־י שּׂ א גו י Kol han’shamah . . . Let all that breathes . . . Psalm 150:6 כּ ל ה ּנ שׁ מ ה 163 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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ק בּ ל ת ה תּ ו ר ה ּה ק פ ה ה בוּ ג ֽד ל ל אל ה ֽינוּ, HAVU GODEL l’Eloheinu בּ רְ כו ת ה תּ ו ר ה וּת נוּ כ בו ד ל תּ ו ר ה. .ut’nu chavod laTorah מ י שׁ בּ ר ך .LET US DECLARE the greatness of our God and give honor to the Torah ה ג בּ ה ה בּ ר כּ ת ה גּו מ ל בּ ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ה ח ז ר ת ה תּ ו ר ה BLESSING BEFORE THE READING OF THE TORAH בּ ר כוּ א ת י י ה מ ב ר ך. .BAR’CHU et Adonai ham’vorach בּ רוּך י י ה מ ב ר ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י Baruch atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam א שׁ ר בּ ֽח ר בּ ֽנוּ מ כּ ל ה ע ּ מים, ,asher bachar banu mikol haamim ו נ ֽת ן ל ֽנוּ א ת תּ ו ר תו . .v’natan lanu et Torato בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , נו ת ן ה תּ ו ר ה. .Baruch atah, Adonai, notein haTorah BLESS ADONAI who is blessed. Blessed is Adonai who is blessed now and forever. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has chosen us from among the peoples, and given us the Torah. Blessed are You, Adonai, who gives the Torah.
BLESSING AFTER THE READING OF THE TORAH בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH atah, Adonai א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam א שׁ ר נ ֽת ן ל ֽנוּ תּ ו ר ת א מ ת, ,asher natan lanu Torat emet ּו ח י י עו ל ם נ ט ע בּ תו כ ֽנוּ. .v’chayei olam nata b’tocheinu בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , נו ת ן ה תּ ו ר ה. .Baruch atah, Adonai, notein haTorah BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has given us a Torah of truth, implanting within us eternal life. Blessed are You, Adonai, who gives the Torah.
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Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah
Birchot HaTorah Mi Shebeirach Hagbahah Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah ALTERNATIVE BLESSING Hachzarat BEFORE THE READING OF THE TORAH HaTorah HOLY ONE OF BLESSING, Your Presence fills creation. You have enlightened this path with the wisdom of Torah, giving it to the Jewish people as their particular way. Blessed are You, Merciful One, who gives this Torah to the Jewish people.
ALTERNATIVE BLESSING AFTER THE READING OF THE TORAH HOLY ONE OF BLESSING, Your Presence fills creation. This Torah is a teaching of truth, whole and balanced, and from it comes eternal life for the people who embrace it. Blessed are You, Merciful One, who gives this Torah to the Jewish people.
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MI SHEBEIRACH FOR ALIYAH ק בּ ל ת ה תּ ו ר ה ּה ק פ ה מ י שׁ בּ ר ך א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,MI SHEBEIRACH avoteinu v’imoteinu בּ ר כו ת ה תּ ו ר ה א ב ר ה ם י צ ח ק ו י ע ק ב, ,Avraham Yitzchak v’Yaakov מ י שׁ בּ ר ְך שׂ ר ה, ר ב ק ה, ר ח ל ו ל א ה, ,Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel v’Lei-ah ה גְבּ ה ה הוּא י ב ר ך א ת [name] בּ ן/בּ ת [hu y’vareich et [name] ben/bat [parents] [parents בּ רְ כּ ת ה ּגו מ ל בּ ע בוּר שׁ ע ל ה/שׁ ע ל ת ה baavur she-alah/she-altah בּ ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ל כ בו ד ה ּ מקו ם, ו ל כ בו ד ה תּ ו ר ה. .lichvod HaMakom, lichvod haTorah ה ח ז ר ת ה תּ ו ר ה בּ שׂ כ ר ז ה ה ּקדו שׁ בּ רוּך הוּא Bis-char zeh HaKadosh Baruch Hu י שׁ מ ר ֽ הוּ/י שׁ מ ר ֽה yishm’reihu/yishm’rehah ּו י צ יל ֽהוּ/ו ּי צ יל ֽה v’yatzileihu/v’yatzilehah מ כּ ל צ ר ה ו צוּק ה וּמ כּ ל נ ֽג ע וּמ ח ל ה, ,mikol tzarah v’tzukah umikol nega umachalah ו י שׁ ל ח בּ ר כ ה ו ה צ ל ח ה v’yishlach b’rachah v’hatzlachah בּ כ ל מ ע שׂ ה י ד יו/י ד ֽיה , ,v’chol maaseh yadav/yadeha ע ם כּ ל י שׂ ר א ל. ו נ אמ ר׃ א מ ן. .im kol Yisrael. V’nomar: Amen MAY THE ONE WHO BLESSED our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, bless [name] son/daughter of [parents], since he/ she has come up to the Torah in honor of God and Torah. May he/she merit from the Holy One of Blessing protection, rescue from any trouble or distress, and from any illness, minor or serious; may God send blessing and success in his/her every endeavor, together with all Israel, and let us say, Amen. ה ג בּ ה ה וּג ל יל ה —HAGBAHAH UG’LILAH The Torah is raised, rolled, and wrapped. ו ז את ה תּ ו ר ה א שׁ ר שׂ ם מ שׁ ה V’ZOT haTorah asher sam Moshe ל פ נ י בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל, ,lifnei b’nei Yisrael ע ּ ל־פי י י בּ י ד־מ שׁ ה. .al pi Adonai b’yad Moshe THIS IS THE TORAH which Moses placed before the people of Israel, God’s word through the hand of Moses.
בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, BARUCH ATAH, ADONAI Eloheinu מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, שׁ ה ח י ֽנוּ ו ק ּי מ ֽנוּ Melech haolam, shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu ו ה גּ יע ֽנוּ ל ּז מ ן ה ּזה. .v’higianu laz’man hazeh PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, for giving us life, sustaining us, and enabling us to reach this season Prayers of Our Community are on page 172.
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PRAYERS FOR HEALING Kabbalat HaTorah מ י שׁ בּ ר ך א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,MI SHEBEIRACH avoteinu v’imoteinu א ב ר ה ם, י צ ח ק ו י ע ק ב, שׂ ר ה, ר ב ק ה, ,Hakafah Avraham, Yitzchak v’Yaakov, Sarah, Rivkah ר ח ל ו ל א ה, הוּא י ב ר ך א ת ה חו ל ים Birchot HaTorah Rachel v’Lei-ah, hu y’vareich et hacholim [names]. ה ּקדו שׁ בּ רוּך הוּא ּי מ ל א Mi Shebeirach [names]. HaKadosh Baruch Hu yimalei ר ח מ ים ע ל יה ם, ל ה ח ל ימ ם וּל ר ּפ את ם Hagbahah rachamim aleihem, l’hachalimam ul’rapotam ul’hachazikam, v’yishlach lahem m’heirah וּל ה ח ז יק ם, ו י שׁ ל ח ל ה ם מ ה ר ה Birkat HaGomeil r’fuah, r’fuah shleimah min hashamayim, ר פוּא ה, ר פוּא ה שׁ ל מ ה מ ן ה שּׁ מ ֽי ם, Birchot ר פוּא ת ה ּ נֽפ שׁ וּר פוּא ת ה גּוּף, ה שׁ תּ א HaHaftarah r’fuat hanefesh ur’fuat haguf, hashta baagala uvizman kariv. V’nomar: Amen. בּ ע ג ל א וּב ז מ ן ק ר יב. ו נ אמ ר׃ א מ ן. Hachzarat HaTorah MAY THE ONE who blessed our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, bless and heal those who are ill [names]. May the Blessed Holy One be filled with compassion for their health to be restored and their strength to be revived. May God swiftly send them a complete renewal of body and spirit, and let us say, Amen.
מ י שׁ בּ ר ך א בו ת ֽ ינוּ MI SHEBEIRACH avoteinu מ קו ר ה בּ ר כ ה ל א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ. .M’kor hab’rachah l’imoteinu May the Source of strength who blessed the ones before us help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing and let us say, Amen. מ י שׁ בּ ר ך א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ Mi shebeirach imoteinu מ קו ר ה בּ ר כ ה ל א בו ת ֽ ינוּ. .M’kor hab’rachah laavoteinu Bless those in need of healing with r’fuah sh’leimah, the renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and let us say, Amen.
THANKSGIVING BLESSING — בּ ר כּ ת ה גּו מ ל — BIRKAT HAGOMEIL Individual recites: בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,BARUCH ATAH, ADONAI Eloheinu מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, שׁ גּ מ ל ֽנוּ כּ ל טו ב. .Melech haolam, sheg’malanu kol tov BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has bestowed every goodness upon us.
Congregation responds: א מ ן. מ י שׁ גּ מ ל כ ם כּ ל טו ב, ,Amen. Mi sheg’malchem kol tov הוּא י ג מ ל כ ם כּ ל טו ב ס ֽל ה. .Hu yigmolchem kol tov. Selah Amen. May the One who has bestowed goodness upon us continue to bestow every goodness upon us forever.
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ק בּ ל ת ה תּ ו ר ה BLESSING BEFORE THE HAFTARAH ּה ק פ ה בּ ר כו ת ה תּ ו ר ה בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י BARUCH atah, Adonai מ י שׁ בּ ר ך א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, ,Eloheinu, Melech haolam ה ג בּ ה ה א שׁ ר בּ ח ר בּ נ ב יא ים טו ב ים, ,asher bachar binvi-im tovim בּ ר כּ ת ה גּו מ ל ו ר צ ה ב ד ב ר יה ם v’ratzah v’divreihem בּ רְ כו ת ה ה פְט ר ה ּה נ א מ ר ים בּ א מ ת. .hane-emarim be-emet ה ח ז ר ת ה תּ ו ר ה בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , ה בּו ח ר בּ תּ ו ר ה Baruch atah, Adonai, habocher baTorah וּב מ שׁ ה ע ב דּו , וּב י שׂ ר א ל ע ּמו , ,uv’Moshe avdo, uv’Yisrael amo וּב נ ב יא י ה א מ ת ו צ ֽד ק. .uvinvi-ei ha-emet vatzedek PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has chosen faithful prophets to speak words of truth. Praise to You, Adonai, for the revelation of Torah, for Your servant Moses, for Your people Israel and for prophets of truth and righteousness.
BLESSING AFTER THE HAFTARAH
בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech ה עו ל ם, צוּר כּ ל ה עו ל מ ים, צ דּ יק haolam, tzur kol haolamim, tzaddik בּ כ ל ה דּו רו ת, ה א ל ה ּנ א מ ן, ,b’chol hadorot, HaEl hane-eman ה או מ ר ו ע שׂ ה, ה מ ד בּ ר וּמ ק ּי ם, ,haomeir v’oseh, ham’dabeir um’kayeim שׁ כּ ל דּ ב ר יו א מ ת ו צ ֽד ק. .shekol d’varav emet vatzedek
נ א מ ן א ת ּ ה הוּא י י א ל ה ינוּ, ו נ א מ נ ים Ne’eman atah hu Adonai Eloheinu, v’ne’emanim ד ּב ר יך, ו ד ב ר א ח ד מ ד ּב ר יך א חו ר ל א d’varecha, v’davar echad midvarecha achor lo י שׁ וּב ר יק ם, כ ּי א ל מ ל ך נ א מ ן yashuv reikam, ki eil melech ne’eman ו ר ח מ ן א ֽת ּ ה. ב ּ רוּך א ת ּ ה י י , ,v’rachaman atah. Baruch atah Adonai ה א ל ה ּנ א מ ן ב ּכ ל ד ּב ר יו. .ha’el hane’eman b’chol d’varav
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Kabbalat ש ׂ ּמ ח ֽנוּ, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ב ּא ל י ּהוּ ה ּנ ב יא HaTorah Samcheinu, Adonai Eloheinu, b’Eiliyahu ha’navi ע ב ד ּך, וּב מ ל כוּת ב ּית ד ּו ד מ ש ׁ יח ך, ,Hakafah avdecha, uvmalchut beit David m’shichecha ב ּמ ה ר ה י ב א ו י ג ל ל ב ּ נוּ, ע ל כ ּס או ל א Birchot HaTorah bimheirah yavo v’yageil libeinu, al kiso lo י ֽש ׁ ב ז ר, ו ל א י נ ח לוּ עו ד א ח ר ים א ת Mi Shebeirach yeishev zar, v’lo yinchalo od acheirim et כ ּבו דו , כ ּי ב ש ׁ ם ק ד ש ׁ ך נ ש ׁ ב ּע ת ּ ּלו ש ׁ ּל א Hagbahah k’vodo, ki v’sheim kod’sh’cha nishba’talo shelo י כ ב ּ ה נ רו ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .Birkat HaGomeil yichbeh neiro l’olam va’ed ב ּ רוּך א ת ּ ה י י , מ ג ן ד ּו ד. .Birchot Baruch atah Adonai, magein David HaHaftarah
Hachzarat Al haTorah, v’al haavodah, v’al ע ל ה תּ ו ר ה, ו ע ל ה ע בו ד ה, ו ע ל HaTorah ּה נ ב יא ים, ו ע ל יו ם ה שּׁ בּ ת ה ּזה, ,han’vi-im, v’al yom HaShabbat hazeh שׁ נ ת ֽתּ ל ֽנוּ י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ל ק דֻשּׁ ה shenatata lanu Adonai Eloheinu, likdushah ו ל מ נוּח ה, ל כ בו ד וּל ת פ א ֽר ת. .v’limnuchah, l’chavod ul’tifaret
ע ל ה כּ ל י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, א נ ֽח נוּ מו ד ים Al hakol Adonai Eloheinu, anachnu modim ל ך, וּמ ב ר כ ים או ת ך, י ת בּ ר ך שׁ מ ך lach, um’var’chim otach, yitbarach shimcha בּ פ י כ ל ח י תּ מ יד ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .b’fi chol chai tamid l’olam va-ed בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , מ ק דּ שׁ ה שּׁ בּ ת. .Baruch atah, Adonai, m’kadeish HaShabbat
PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Rock of all creation, Righteous One of all generations, the faithful God whose word is deed, whose every command is just and true. For the Torah, for the privilege of worship, for the prophets, and for this Shabbat that You, Adonai our God, have given us for holiness and rest, for honor and glory: we thank and bless You. May Your name be blessed forever by every living being. Praise to You, Adonai, for the Sabbath and its holiness.
For Rosh Chodesh, turn to page 175.
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ק בּ ל ת ה תּ ו ר ה י ה ל לוּ א ת שׁ ם י י , ,Y’HAL’LU et shem Adonai ּה ק פ ה כּ י נ שׂ גּ ב שׁ מו ל ב דּו . .ki nisgav sh’mo l’vado בּ ר כו ת ה תּ ו ר ה מ י שׁ בּ ר ך !LET US PRAISE the Name of Adonai, for God’s Name alone is exalted ה ג בּ ה ה בּ ר כּ ת ה גּו מ ל הו דו ע ל א ֽר ץ ו שׁ מ ֽי ם. .HODO al eretz v’shamayim בּ ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ּו יֽר ם ק ֽר ן ל ע ּמו , ,Vayarem keren l’amo ה חְ ז ר ת ה תּ ו ר ה ּתּ ה ל ה ל כ ל־ח ס יד יו, ,t’hilah l’chol chasidav ל ב נ י י שׂ ר א ל ע ם־ק ר בו . .liv’nei Yisrael am k’rovo ה ל לוּ־י הּ ! !Hal’lu Yah
GOD’S MAJESTY is above the earth and heaven; and God is the strength of our people, making God’s faithful ones, Israel, a people close to the Eternal. Halleluyah!
PSALM 29:1-11 מ ז מו ר ל ד ו ד. .MIZMOR L’DAVID ה בוּ ל יי בּ נ י א ל ים, ,Havu l’Adonai b’nei eilim ה בוּ ל יי כּ בו ד ו ע ז. .havu l’Adonai kavod vaoz ה בוּ ל יי כּ בו ד שׁ מו , ,Havu l’Adonai k’vod sh’mo ה שׁ תּ ח ווּ ל יי בּ ה ד ר ת־ק ֽד שׁ . .hishtachavu l’Adonai b’hadrat kodesh קו ל י י ע ל־ה ּ מֽי ם, ,Kol Adonai al hamayim א ל־ה כּ בו ד ה ר ע ים, ,El hakavod hirim י י ע ל־מ ֽי ם ר בּ ים. .Adonai al mayim rabim קו ל־י י בּ כּ ֽח קו ל י י בּ ה ד ר. .Kol Adonai bako-ach kol Adonai behadar קו ל י י שׁ ב ר א ר ז ים Kol Adonai shoveir arazim ו י שׁ בּ ר י י א ת־א ר ז י ה ּל ב נו ן, ,vay’shabeir Adonai et arzei hal’vanon ּו י ר ק יד ם כּ מו ־ע ֽג ל vayarkideim k’mo eigel ל ב נו ן ו שׂ ר יו ן כּ מו ב ן־ר א מ ים. .l’vanon v’siryon k’mo ven r’eimim
A PSALM OF DAVID. Ascribe to Adonai, O divine beings, ascribe to Adonai glory and strength. Ascribe to Adonai the glory of God’s name; bow down to Adonai, majestic in holiness. The voice of Adonai is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, Adonai, over the mighty waters. The voice of Adonai is power; the voice of Adonai is majesty; the voice of Adonai breaks cedars; Adonai shatters the cedars of Lebanon. God makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion, like a young wild ox.
Y’hal’lu . . . Hodo . . . Let us praise . . . God’s majesty Psalm 148:13-14 י ה ל לוּ . . . הו דו
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Kabbalat HaTorah The Torah is returned to the Ark. Hakafah כּ י ל ֽק ח טו ב נ ת ֽתּ י ל כ ם, ,Birchot HaTorah KI LEKACH tov natati lachem תּ ו ר ת י א ל תּ ע ז ֽ בוּ. .Mi Shebeirach Torati al taazovu Hagbahah ע ץ ח ּי ים ה יא ל ּמ ח ז יק ים בּ הּ , ,Eitz chayim hi lamachazikim bah Birkat HaGomeil ו ת מ כ ֽיה מ אֻשּׁ ר. .v’tom’cheha m’ushar Birchot דּ ר כ ֽיה ד ר כ י נ ֽע ם, ,HaHaftarah D’rachehah darchei no-am
ו כ ל נ ת יבו ת ֽיה שׁ לו ם. .Hachzarat v’chol n’tivoteha shalom HaTorah ה שׁ יב ֽנוּ י י א ל ֽיך ו נ שׁ ֽ וּב ה, ,Hashiveinu Adonai eilecha v’nashuvah ח דּ שׁ י מ ֽינוּ כּ ק ֽד ם. .chadeish yameinu k’kedem
FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU good instruction; do not abandon My Torah. IT IS A TREE OF LIFE for those who hold fast to it, and all its supporters are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace. Return us to You, Adonai, and we will return; renew our days as of old.
WHEN TORAH ENTERED the world, freedom entered it. The whole Torah exists only to establish peace.
Its highest teaching is love and kindness. What is hateful to you, do not do to any person.
That is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary. Go and learn it. Those who study Torah are the true guardians of civilization.
Honoring one another, doing acts of kindness, and making peace: these are our highest duties. But the study of Torah is equal to them all, because it leads to them all.
Let us learn in order to teach. Let us learn in order to do!
,Ki lekach tov . . . For I have given you . . . is an agglomeration of Proverbs 4:2 כּ י ל ֽק ח טו ב Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 3:17, and Lamentations 5:21
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ּתְּפ לו ת ה קְה ּל ה ּתּ פ ל ת ה דּ ֽר ך communit ר אשׁ ח ֽד שׁ Y FOR OUR CONGREGATION בּ ר כו ת ל ב ר/בּ ת מ צ ו ה ,SOURCE of all being אויפרוף :may the children of this community learn these passions from us love of Torah, devotion in prayer, and support of the needy. May we guide with integrity, and may our leadership be in Your service. May those who teach and nourish us be blessed with satisfaction, and may we appreciate their time and their devotion. Bless us with the fruits of wisdom and understanding, and may our efforts bring fulfillment and joy. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , שׁ או ת ך ל ב דּ ך בּ י ר א ה נ ע בו ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, she-ot’cha l’vad’cha b’yirah naavod.
FOR OUR COUNTRY
THUS SAYS ADONAI, This is what I desire: to unlock the fetters of wickedness, and untie the cords of lawlessness; to let the oppressed go free, to break off every yoke. Share your bread with the hungry, and take the wretched poor into your home. When you see the naked, give clothing, and do not ignore your own kin.
If you banish the yoke from your midst, the menacing hand, the evil speech; if you offer compassion to the hungry and satisfy the famished creature — then your light shall shine in darkness.
O GUARDIAN of life and liberty, may our nation always merit Your protection. Teach us to give thanks for what we have by sharing it with those who are in need. Keep our eyes open to the wonders of creation, and alert to the care of the earth. May we never be lazy in the work of peace; may we honor those who have died in defense of our ideals. Grant our leaders wisdom and forebearance. May they govern with justice and compassion Help us all to appreciate one another, and to respect the many ways that we may serve You. May our homes be safe from affliction and strife, and our country be sound in body and spirit. Amen.
Source of all being . . . Elyse Frishman
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T’filot Hak’hilah T’filat Haderech rayers of our Rosh Chodesh P FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL Blessing for Bar/Bat Mitzvah שׁ ֽ א לוּ שׁ לו ם י רוּשׁ ל ֽי ם, ,Wedding Blessing SHAALU sh’lom Y’rushalayim י שׁ ל ֽיוּ א ה ב ֽי ך. .yishlayu ohavayich
PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem; may those who love you prosper.
א ב ֽינוּ שׁ בּ שּׁ מ ֽי ם, ,AVINU SHEBASHAMAYIM צוּר י שׂ ר א ל ו גו א לו , ,tzur Yisrael v’go-alo בּ ר ך א ת מ ד ינ ת י שׂ ר א ל, ,bareich et m’dinat Yisrael ר אשׁ ית צ מ יח ת גּ אֻ ּל ת ֽ נוּ. .reishit tz’michat g’ulateinu ה ג ן ע ל ֽיה בּ א ב ר ת ח ס דּ ֽ ך, ,Hagein aleha b’evrat chasdecha וּפ רו ס ע ל ֽיה סֻכּ ת שׁ לו מ ֽ ך. .ufros aleha sukat sh’lomecha וּשׁ ל ח או ר ך ו א מ תּ ך ל ר אשׁ ֽיה , ,Ush’lach orcha vaamit’cha l’rasheha שׂ ר ֽיה ו יו ע צ ֽיה , ,sareha v’yo-atzeha ו ת ּקנ ם בּ ע צ ה טו ב ה מ ּל פ נ ֽיך. .v’takneim b’eitzah tovah milfanecha ו נ ת תּ שׁ לו ם בּ א ֽר ץ, ,V’natata shalom baaretz ו שׂ מ ח ת עו ל ם ל יו שׁ ב ֽיה . .v’simchat olam l’yoshveha ו נ אמ ר׃ א מ ן. .V’nomar: Amen
O HEAVENLY ONE, Protector and Redeemer of Israel, bless the State of Israel which marks the dawning of hope for all who seek peace. Shield it beneath the wings of Your love; spread over it the canopy of Your peace; send Your light and truth to all who lead and advise, guiding them with Your good counsel. Establish peace in the land and fullness of joy for all who dwell there. Amen.
Shaalu sh’lom Y’rushalayim . . . Pray for the peace of Jerusalem . . . Psalm 122:6 שׁ ֽא לוּ שׁ לו ם י רוּשׁ ל ֽי ם 173 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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ּתּ פ לו ת ה ק ה ּל ה ּתְּפ ל ת ה דּ ֽר ְך communit ר אשׁ ח ֽד שׁ Y T’FILAT HADERECH — — UPON SETTING FORTH ON A JOURNEY בּ ר כו ת ל ב ר/בּ ת ּתּ פ ל ת ה דּ ֽר ך מ צ ו ה י ה י ר צו ן מ ּל פ נ ֽיך י י א ל ה ֽינוּ Y’HI ratzon milfanecha Adonai Eloheinu אויפרוף ו אל ה י א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,v’Elohei avoteinu v’imoteinu שׁ תּ ו ל יכ ֽנוּ ל שׁ לו ם shetolicheinu l’shalom ו תּ ע ז ר ֽ נוּ ל ה גּ ֽיע ל מ חו ז ח פ צ ֽנוּ v’taazreinu l’hagia limchoz cheftzeinu ּל ח י ים וּל שׂ מ ח ה וּל שׁ לו ם. .l’chayim ul’simchah ul’shalom וּשׁ מו ר צ את ֽ נוּ וּבו א ֽנוּ Ushmor tzeiteinu uvo-einu ו ת ּצ יל ֽנוּ מ כּ ל צ ר ה v’tatzileinu mikol tzarah ו תּ שׁ ל ח בּ ר כ ה בּ כ ל מ ע שׂ י י ד ֽינוּ, ,v’tishlach b’rachah b’chol maasei yadeinu וּמ ע שׂ ֽינוּ י כ בּ דוּ א ת שׁ מ ֽ ך. .umaaseinu y’chabdu et sh’mecha בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , שׁ ו מ ר י שׂ ר א ל ל ע ד. .Baruch atah, Adonai, shomeir Yisrael laad
MAY IT BE YOUR WILL, our God and God of our ancestors, that You lead us in peace and help us reach our destination safely, joyfully and peacefully. May You protect us on our leaving and on our return, and rescue us from any harm, and may You bless the work of our hands, and may our deeds merit honor for You. Praise to You, Adonai, Protector of Israel. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , שׁ ו מ ר י שׂ ר א ל ל ע ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, shomeir Yisrael laad.
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T’filot Hak’hilah T’filat Haderech rayers of our Rosh Chodesh P L’ROSH CHODESH — — FOR THE NEW MONTH ל ר אשׁ חֽ ד שׁ Blessing for Bar/Bat Mitzvah י ה י ר צו ן מ ּל פ נ ֽיך, ,Wedding Blessing Y’HI RATZON milfanecha י י א ל ה ֽינוּ Adonai Eloheinu ו אל ה י א בו ת ֽ ינוּ ו א ּמו ת ֽ ינוּ, ,v’Elohei avoteinu v’imoteinu שׁ תּ ח דּ שׁ ע ל ֽינוּ א ת ה ח ֽד שׁ shet’chadeish aleinu et hachodesh ה בּ א )ה ּז ה( ל טו ב ה ו ל ב ר כ ה. .haba (hazeh) l’tovah v’liv’rachah ו ת ֽתּ ן ל ֽנוּ ח ּי ים א רֻ כּ ים, ,V’titen lanu chayim arukim ח ּי ים שׁ ל שׁ לו ם, ,chayim shel shalom ּח י ים שׁ ל ּפ ר נ ס ה, ,chayim shel parnasah ּח י ים שׁ תּ ה א ב ֽנוּ chayim shet’hei vanu א ה ב ת תּ ו ר ה ו י ר א ת שׁ מ ֽי ם, ,ahavat Torah v’yirat shamayim ּח י ים שׁ ּי ּ מל אוּ מ שׁ א לו ת chayim sheyimalu mishalot ל בּ ֽנוּ ל טו ב ה. א מ ן. .libeinu l’tovah. Amen
OUR GOD and God of our ancestors, may the new month bring us goodness and blessing. May we have long life, peace, prosperity, a life exalted by love of Torah and reverence for the divine; a life in which the longings of our hearts are fulfilled for good.
ר אשׁ ח ֽד שׁ [Rosh Chodesh [name of month] [name of month י ה י ה בּ יו ם [day] / הוּא ה ּיו ם .yih’yeh b’yom [day] / hu hayom
THE NEW MONTH of will begin on / begins today.
The custom of announcing the beginning of the new Hebrew month in the synagogue dates to the geonic period (circa 9th century). This prayer is recited on the Shabbat preceding the beginning of the new Hebrew month, with the exception of the month of Tishrei, which always coincides with Rosh HaShanah. This Shabbat is called Shabbat M’vorchim. We pray for blessing in the month ahead. 175 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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ּתּ פ לו ת ה ק ה ּל ה ּתּ פ ל ת ה דּ ֽר ך communit ר אשׁ ח ֽד שׁ Y בְּר כו ת לְב ר/בּ ת FOR A BAR AND BAT MITZVAH מ צְו ה INTO OUR HANDS, O God, You have placed Your Torah, to be held high by אויפרוף parents and children, and taught by one generation to the next. Whatever has befallen us, our people have remained steadfast in loyalty to the Torah. It was carried in the arms of parents that their children might not be deprived of their birthright.
And now, we pray that you, [name], may always be worthy of this inheritance. Take its teaching into your heart, and in turn pass it on to your children and those who come after you. May you be a faithful Jew, searching for wisdom and truth, working for justice and peace.
May the One who has always been our Guide inspire you to bring honor to our family and to the House of Israel. בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י , שׁ ּ נֽת ן ל י א ת ה ּזכוּת ו א ת ה כּ בו ד ל ת ת ל ך/ל ך תּ ו ר ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, shenatan li et hazchut v’et hakavod lateit l’cha / lach Torah. Blessed is Adonai our God, who gives me the honor and privilege of entrusting you with Torah.
OUR HEARTS are one on this joyous day as you commit yourself to a life of Torah: a life, we pray, filled with wisdom, caring and right action.
We pray that you will grow each day in compassion for the needy, in concern for the stranger, in love of all people.
May the One who blessed our ancestors, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel and Leah, bless you on your becoming a Bar/t Mitzvah.
May you grow with strength and courage, with vision and sensitivity. And may you always be certain of our love. Amen.
Into our hands . . . adapted by Chaim Stern in Gates of Prayer from a prayer in Union Prayer Book
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T’filot Hak’hilah T’filat Haderech rayers of our Rosh Chodesh P Blessing for Bar/ Bat Mitzvah MAY YOU LIVE to see your world fulfilled, Wedding Blessing may your destiny be for worlds still to come, and may you trust in generations past and yet to be. May your heart be filled with intuition and your words be rich in understanding. May songs of praise ever be upon your tongue, and your vision clarify a straight path before you. May your eyes shine with the light of Torah and your face reflect the brightness of the heavens. May your lips ever speak wisdom and your fulfillment be in righteousness, even as you ever yearn to hear the words of the Ancient One of Holiness.
WEDDING BLESSING
SOURCE of laughter and gladness, let Your Presence accompany these loving companions. Pour love over them; grant them growth, each alone and together. May health and devotion, laughter and understanding abound for them. May they have the strength to share life’s sorrows. May their love deepen and flower. Open their hearts to one another and may their hands be open to family, to friends, to our people Israel, to all humanity.
Amen.
May you live to see your world fulfilled . . . B’rachot 17a
Source of laughter and gladness . . . Barton G. Lee, adapted 177 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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ע ל ֽינוּ ל שׁ בּ ֽח ל א דו ן ה כּ ל, ,ALEINU l’shabei-ach laadon hakol ל ת ת גּ דֻ ּל ה ל יו צ ר בּ ר אשׁ ית, ,lateit g’dulah l’yotzeir b’reishit ּשׁ ל א ע שׂ ֽנוּ כּ גו י י ה א ר צו ת, ,shelo asanu k’goyei haaratzot ו ל א שׂ מ ֽנוּ כּ מ שׁ ּפ חו ת ה א ד מ ה. .v’lo samanu k’mishp’chot haadamah ּשׁ ל א שׂ ם ח ל ק ֽ נוּ כּ ה ם, ,Shelo sam chelkeinu kahem ו ג ר ל ֽנוּ כּ כ ל־ה מו נ ם. .v’goraleinu k’chol hamonam ו א נ ֽח נוּ כּו ר ע ים Vaanachnu kor’im וּמ שׁ תּ ח ו ים וּמו ד ים, ,umishtachavim umodim ל פ נ י מ ֽל ך מ ל כ י ה ּ מל כ ים lifnei Melech malchei ham’lachim ּה קדו שׁ בּ רוּך הוּא. .HaKadosh Baruch Hu LET US NOW PRAISE the Sovereign of the universe, and proclaim the greatness of the Creator who has set us apart from the other families of the earth, giving us a destiny unique among the nations. We bend the knee and bow, acknowledging the supreme Sovereign, the Holy One of Blessing.
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ו נ א מ ר, ו ה י ה י י V’ne-emar, v’hayah Adonai ל מ ֽל ך ע ל כּ ל ה א ֽר ץ. .l’Melech al kol haaretz ּבּ יו ם ה הוּא י ה י ה י י א ח ד Bayom hahu yih’yeh Adonai echad וּשׁ מו א ח ד. .ush’mo echad
Thus it has been said, Adonai will be Sovereign over all the earth. On that day, Adonai will be one, and God’s Name will be one.
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שׁ הוּא נו ט ה שׁ מ ֽי ם ו י ס ד א ֽר ץ, ,Aleinu SHEHU noteh shamayim v’yoseid aretz וּמו שׁ ב י ק רו בּ שּׁ מ ֽי ם מ ּמ ֽע ל umoshav y’karo bashamayim mimaal וּשׁ כ ינ ת עֻ ּזו בּ ג ב ה י מ רו מ ים. .ush’chinat uzo b’govhei m’romim הוּא א ל ה ֽינוּ א ין עו ד, ,Hu Eloheinu ein od א מ ת מ ל כּ ֽנוּ א ֽפ ס זוּל תו . .emet Malkeinu efes zulato כּ כּ תוּב בּ תו ר תו , ו י ד ע תּ ה ּיו ם Kakatuv b’Torato, V’yadata hayom ו ה שׁ ב ת א ל ל ב ב ֽך, ,v’hasheivota el l’vavecha כּ י י י הוּא ה א ל ה ים ki Adonai hu HaElohim בּ שּׁ מ ֽי ם מ ּ מֽע ל, ,bashamayim mimaal ו ע ל ה א ֽר ץ מ תּ ֽח ת, א ין עו ד. .v’al haaretz mitachat, ein od
FOR YOU SPREAD OUT THE HEAVENS and established the earth; Your majestic abode is in the heavens above and Your mighty Presence is in the loftiest heights. You are our God and there is none else. In truth You are our Sovereign without compare, as is written in Your Torah: Know then this day and take it to heart that Adonai is surely God in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is none else.
ע ל כּ ן נ ק וּ ה ל ך י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,Al kein n’kaveh l’cha Adonai Eloheinu ל ר או ת מ ה ר ה בּ ת פ א ֽר ת עֻ ּז ֽך, ,lirot m’heirah b’tiferet uzecha ל ה ע ב יר גּ ּלוּל ים מ ן ה א ֽר ץ l’haavir gilulim min haaretz ו ה א ל יל ים כּ רו ת י כּ ר תוּן. .v’ha-elilim karot yikareitun ל ת ּקן עו ל ם בּ מ ל כוּת שׁ דּ י, ,L’takein olam b’malchut Shaddai ו כ ל בּ נ י ב שׂ ר י ק ר אוּ ב שׁ מ ֽ ך. .v’chol b’nei vasar yikr’u vishmecha ל ה פ נו ת א ל ֽיך כּ ל ר שׁ ע י א ֽר ץ. .L’hafnot eilecha kol rishei aretz
We therefore hope in You, Adonai our God. may we soon behold the glory of Your might: sweeping away the false gods of the earth that idolatry be utterly destroyed; perfecting the world under the rule of God that all humanity invoke Your name; turning all the wicked of the earth toward You.
ein od . . . There is none else . . . The Kabbalah’s interpretation is “Adonai is God; there א ין עו ד is nothing (!) else,” the idea being, “God is all there is!” God and the universe become the same, interwoven in history. Joel Hoffman
Shehu) noteh shamayim . . . (For You) spread out the heavens . . . Isaiah 51:13) )שׁ הוּא( נו ט ה שׁ מ ֽי ם V’yadata hayom . . . Know then this day . . . Deuteronomy 4:39 ו י ד ע תּ ה ּיו ם 179 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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ע ל ּֽינו י כּ ֽירוּ ו י ד עוּ כּ ל יו שׁ ב י ת ב ל, ,Yakiru v’yeidu kol yoshvei teivel ק דּ ישׁ י תו ם כּ י ל ך תּ כ ר ע כּ ל בּ ֽר ך, ,ki l’cha tichra kol berech תּ שּׁ ב ע כּ ל־ל שׁ ו ן׃ .tishava kol lashon ל פ נ ֽיך י י א ל ה ֽינוּ י כ ר עוּ ו ּֽ י פ לוּ. .L’fanecha Adonai Eloheinu yichr’u v’yipolu ו ל כ בו ד שׁ מ ך י ק ר י תּ ֽ נוּ. .V’lichvod shimcha y’kar yiteinu ו יק בּ לוּ כֻ ּל ם א ת עו ל מ ל כוּת ֽ ך, ,Vikablu chulam et ol malchutecha ו ת מ ל ך ע ל יה ם מ ה ר ה ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. .v’timloch aleihem m’heirah l’olam va-ed כּ י ה ּ מל כוּת שׁ ּל ך ה יא, ,Ki hamalchut shelcha hi וּל עו ל מ י ע ד תּ מ לו ך בּ כ בו ד, ,ul’olmei ad timloch b’chavod כּ כּ תוּב בּ תו ר ת ֽ ך׃ :kakatuv b’Toratecha י י י מ ל ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד׃ .Adonai yimloch l’olam va-ed ו נ א מ ר, ו ה י ה י י V’ne-emar, V’hayah Adonai ל מ ֽל ך ע ל כּ ל ה א ֽר ץ. .l’Melech al kol haaretz ּבּ יו ם ה הוּא י ה י ה י י א ח ד Bayom hahu yih’yeh Adonai echad וּשׁ מו א ח ד. .ush’mo echad
Let all who dwell on earth acknowledge that unto You every knee must bend and every tongue swear loyalty. Before You, Adonai, our God, let them pay homage. Let them give glory to Your honored Name. Let all accept the yoke of Your reign, that You may rule over us soon and forever. For Sovereignty is Yours and to all eternity You will reign in glory, as it is written in Your Torah: Adonai will reign forever and ever. Thus it has been said: Adonai will become Sovereign of all the earth. On that day Adonai will become One and God’s Name will be One.
Kaddish readings begin on page 181. Kaddish is on page 187.
Ki l’cha (li) tichra, . . . Unto You (Me) every knee must bend . . . Isaiah 45:23 כּ י ל ך )ל י( תּ כ ר ע Adonai yimloch . . . Adonai will reign . . . Exodus 15:18 י י י מ ל ך V’hayah Adonai l’Melech . . . Adonai will become Sovereign . . . Zechariah 14:9 ו ה י ה י י ל מ ֽל ך Bayom hahu . . . On that day . . . Zechariah 14:9 ּבּ יו ם ה הוּא *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 180
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Aleinu Mourner’s קַדִּ ישׁ יָתוֹם Kaddish
KADDISH YATOM — MOURNER’S KADDISH
MEDITATIONS BEFORE KADDISH
1.
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, by letting bodies touch bodies, 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.
When I die . . . Merrit Malloy Kaddish Yatom . . . Mourner’s Kaddish . . . The Kaddish is a hymn of praise to God ק דּ ישׁ י תו ם and a prayer for the speedy establishment of God’s sovereignty on earth, recited at the conclusion of rabbinic study and exposition of Scripture. In its essence it is not a mourner’s prayer, and various forms of the Kaddish are used to mark the conclusion of each part of the service. The custom of reciting Kaddish for a year (or eleven months) after the death of a parent and on the anniversary of that death (Yahrzeit) originated in the Rhineland during the Crusades (eleventh century). 181 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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2. ק דּ ישׁ י תו ם 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.
3.
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 lives are full. But as night follows day, the candle of 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.
In nature’s ebb and flow . . . Union Prayer Book
The light of life is a finite flame . . . Chaim Stern *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 182
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Mourner’s 4. Kaddish WHY should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God in each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then: In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass. I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign’d by God’s name. And I leave them where they are, for I know that whereso’er I go, others will punctually come forever and ever.
5.
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.
Why should I wish to see . . . Walt Whitman
It is a fearful thing to love . . . Chaim Stern 183 *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only ***
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6. ק דּ ישׁ י תו ם IT IS HARD to sing of oneness when the world is not complete, when those who once brought wholeness to our life 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.
7. י שׁ כּו כ ב ים שׁ או ר ם מ גּ ֽיע א ֽר צ ה YEISH kochavim she-oram magia artzah ר ק כּ א שׁ ר ה ם ע צ מ ם א ב דוּ ו א ינ ם. .rak kaasher heim atzmam avdu v’einam י שׁ א נ שׁ ים שׁ ז יו ז כ ר ם מ א יר Yeish anashim sheziv zichram mei-ir כּ א שׁ ר ה ם ע צ מ ם א ינ ם עו ד בּ תו כ ֽינוּ. .kaasher heim atzmam einam od b’tocheinu או רו ת א ֽ ּל ה ה ּמ ב ה יק ים Orot eileh hamavhikim בּ ח שׁ כּ ת ה ּל ֽי ל b’cheshkat halayil ה ם ה ם שׁ ּמ ר א ים ל א ד ם א ת ה דּ ֽר ך. .heim heim shemarim laadam et haderech
THERE ARE STARS up above, so far away we only see their light long, long after the star 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.
It is hard to sing of oneness . . . Richard Levy
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Mourner’s 8. Kaddish 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.
9.
WE HAVE LIVED in numberless towns and villages; and in too many of them we have endured cruel suffering. Some we have forgotten; others are sealed in our memory, a wound that does not heal. A hundred generation of victims and martyrs; still their blood cries out from the earth. And so many, so many at Dachau, at Buchenwald, at Babi Yar . . .
What can we say? What can we do? How bear the unbearable, or accept what life has brought to our people? All who are born must die, but how shall we compare the slow passage of time with the callous slaughter of the innocent, cut off before their time?
They lived with faith. Not all but many. And, surely, many died, with faith in God, in life, in the goodness that even flames cannot destroy. May we find a way to the strength of that faith, that trust, that sure sense that life and soul endure beyond this body’s death.
They have left their lives to us: let a million prayers rise whenever Jews worship; let a million candles glow against the darkness of these unfinished lives.
When cherished ties are broken . . . Chaim Stern, adapted from Israel Bettan in Union Prayer Book
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10. ק דּ ישׁ י תו ם YIZKOR . . . We remember י ז כּו ר
Remember our people who suffered and died so that we could be free and secure;
may their memory be more than a distant shadow.
For their dreams left unfulfilled and lives taken too soon: we remember.
Remember our brothers and sisters whose sacrifice kept the dream of democracy and justice alive; may their courage be our inspiration and strength.
For life cut short and vision unrealized: we remember.
Remember the fallen of our armed services, the victims of terror and tragedy;
may the darkness of their loss not obscure the light of peace. They were in love with our land and in love with life.
For the agony, the tears, the mothers and the fathers,
for the children who were and for the children yet to be: we remember.
OUR THOUGHTS TURN to those who have departed this earth: our own loved ones, those whom our friends and neighbors 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, we meditate on the meaning of love and loss, of life and death.
WE THINK OF OUR LOVED ONES whom death has recently taken from us, those who died at this season in years past, and those whom we have drawn into our hearts with our own . . .
Yizkor . . . Peter Knobel
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MOURNER’S KADDISH Mourner’s Kaddish י ת גּ דּ ל ו י ת ק דּ שׁ שׁ מ הּ ר בּ א. .YITGADAL v’yitkadash sh’mei raba בּ ע ל מ א דּ י ב ר א כ ר עוּת הּ , ,B’alma di v’ra chirutei ו י מ ל יך מ ל כוּת הּ , ,v’yamlich malchutei ּבּ ח י יכו ן וּב יו מ יכו ן b’chayeichon uv’yomeichon ּוּב ח י י ד כ ל בּ ית י שׂ ר א ל, ,uv’chayei d’chol beit Yisrael בּ ע ג ל א וּב ז מ ן ק ר יב. ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .baagala uvizman kariv. V’im’ru: Amen יְה א שׁ ְמ ּה ר בּ א מְ ב ר ְך Y’hei sh’mei raba m’varach לְע ל ם ּולְע לְמ י ע לְמ ּיא. .l’alam ul’almei almaya י ת בּ ר ך ו י שׁ תּ בּ ח, ו י ת ּפ א ר Yitbarach v’yishtabach v’yitpaar ו י ת רו מ ם ו י ת נ שּׂ א, ,v’yitromam v’yitnasei ו י ת ה דּ ר ו י ת ע ּל ה ו י ת ה ּל ל v’yit’hadar v’yitaleh v’yit’halal שׁ מ הּ דּ קֻד שׁ א בּ ר יך הוּא, ,sh’mei d’kudsha b’rich Hu ּל ע ֽל א מ ן כּ ל בּ ר כ ת א ו שׁ יר ת א, ,l’eila min kol birchata v’shirata תֻּשׁ בּ ח ת א ו נ ח מ ת א, ,tushb’chata v’nechemata דּ א מ יר ן בּ ע ל מ א. ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .daamiran b’alma. V’imru: Amen י ה א שׁ ל מ א ר בּ א מ ן שׁ מ ּי א, ,Y’hei sh’lama raba min sh’maya ּו ח י ים ע ל ֽינוּ ו ע ל כּ ל י שׂ ר א ל. .v’chayim aleinu v’al kol Yisrael ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .V’imru: Amen ע שׂ ה שׁ לו ם בּ מ רו מ יו, ,Oseh shalom bimromav הוּא י ע שׂ ה שׁ לו ם ע ל ֽינוּ, ,Hu yaaseh shalom aleinu ו ע ל כּ ל י שׂ ר א ל ו ע ל כ ּל יו ש ׁ ב י ת ב ל. .v’al kol Yisrael v’al kol yoshvei teiveil ו א מ רוּ׃ א מ ן. .V’imru: Amen
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 our lifetime and the life of all Israel — speedily, imminently, to which we say Amen. Blessed be 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. May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us and all Israel. To which we say Amen. May the One who creates harmony on high, bring peace to us and to all Israel, and all who dwell on earth. To which we say Amen.
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KIDDUSH FOR FESTIVAL MORNING ּק דּושׁ, שׁ חֲר ית ON SHABBAT ו שׁ מ רוּ ב נ י י שׂ ר א ל א ת ה שּׁ בּ ת, ,V’SHAMRU v’nei Yisrael et HaShabbat ל ע שׂו ת א ת ה שּׁ בּ ת ל ד ר ת ם laasot et HaShabbat l’dorotam בּ ר ית עו ל ם. .b’rit olam בּ ינ י וּב ין בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל Beini uvein b’nei Yisrael או ת ה יא ל עו ל ם, ,ot hi l’olam כּ י שׁ ֽשׁ ת י מ ים ע שׂ ה י י ki sheishet yamim asah Adonai א ת ה שּׁ מ ֽי ם ו א ת ה א ֽר ץ, ,et hashamayim v’et haaretz ּוּב יו ם ה שּׁ ב יע י שׁ ב ת ו ּי נ פ שׁ. .uvayom hashvi-i shavat va-yinafash
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It shall be a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel, for in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God ceased from work and was refreshed. ע ל־כּ ן בּ ר ך י י א ת־יו ם ה שּׁ בּ ת ו י ק דּ שׁ ֽהוּ. Al kein beirach Adonai et Yom HaShabbat vay’kadsheihu. Therefore Adonai blessed the day of Shabbat and hallowed it.
ON ALL FESTIVAL DAYS
א ֽ ּל ה מו ע ד י י י , ,EILEH MO-ADEI Adonai מ ק ר א י ק ֽד שׁ , ,mikra-ei kodesh א שׁ ר תּ ק ר אוּ א ת ם בּ מו ע ד ם. .asher tikra-u otam b’mo-adam ו י ד בּ ר מ שׁ ה א ת־מו ע ד י י י Vay’dabeir Moshe et mo-adei Adonai א ל־בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל. .el b’nei Yisrael THESE ARE THE APPOINTED SEASONS of Adonai, the sacred days, that you shall proclaim at their appointed times. And Moses declared the appointed seasons of Adonai to the people of Israel.
בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, ,Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, בּו ר א ּפ ר י ה גּ ֽפ ן. .Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen
Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
Eileh mo-adei . . . Leviticus 23:4 ּא ֽל ה מו ע ד י V’shamru . . . Exodus 31:16–17 ו שׁ מ רוּ Vay’dabeir Moshe . . . Leviticus 23:44 ו י ד בּ ר מ שׁ ה Al kein . . . Exodus 20:8–11 ע ל־כּ ן *** For B'nai Mitzvah Study Only *** 188
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KIDDUSH FOR SHABBAT MORNING Kiddush, Morning Fill a Kiddush cup with wine or grape juice. Raise it and recite:
ו שׁ מ רוּ ב נ י י שׂ ר א ל א ת ה שּׁ בּ ת, ,V’SHAMRU v’nei Yisrael et HaShabbat ל ע שׂו ת א ת ה שּׁ בּ ת ל ד ר ת ם laasot et HaShabbat l’dorotam בּ ר ית עו ל ם. .b’rit olam בּ ינ י וּב ין בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל Beini uvein b’nei Yisrael או ת ה יא ל עו ל ם, ,ot hi l’olam כּ י שׁ ֽשׁ ת י מ ים ע שׂ ה י י ki sheishet yamim asah Adonai א ת ה שּׁ מ ֽי ם ו א ת ה א ֽר ץ, ,et hashamayim v’et haaretz וּב יו ם ה שּׁ ב יע י שׁ ב ת ו ּי ּ נ פ שׁ. .uvayom hashvi-i shavat vayinafash
THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It shall be a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel, for in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God ceased from work and was refreshed.
ע ל־כּ ן בּ ר ך י י א ת־יו ם ה שּׁ בּ ת ו י ק דּ שׁ ֽהוּ. Al kein beirach Adonai et Yom HaShabbat vay’kadsheihu. Therefore Adonai blessed the day of Shabbat and hallowed it.
בּ רוּך א תּ ה, י י א ל ה ֽינוּ, מ ֽל ך ה עו ל ם, בּו ר א ּפ ר י ה גּ ֽפ ן. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen. Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
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EIN K’ELOHEINU שׁ בּ ת
ּפ ּ יוּט ים א ין כּ אל ה ֽינוּ, א ין כּ אדו נ ֽינוּ, ,Ein k’Eloheinu, ein k’Adoneinu א ין כּ מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, א ין כּ מו שׁ יע ֽנוּ. .ein k’Malkeinu, ein k’Moshi-einu
מ י כ אל ה ֽינוּ, מ י כ אדו נ ֽינוּ, ,Mi ch’Eloheinu, mi ch’Adoneinu מ י כ מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, מ י כ מו שׁ יע ֽנוּ? ?mi ch’Malkeinu, mi ch’Moshi-einu
נו ד ה ל אל ה ֽינוּ, נו ד ה ל אדו נ ֽינוּ, ,Nodeh l’Eloheinu, nodeh l’Adoneinu נו ד ה ל מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, נו ד ה ל מו שׁ יע ֽנוּ. .nodeh l’Malkeinu, nodeh l’Moshi-einu
בּ רוּך א ל ה ֽינוּ, בּ רוּך א דו נ ֽינוּ, ,Baruch Eloheinu, baruch Adoneinu בּ רוּך מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, בּ רוּך מו שׁ יע ֽנוּ. .baruch Malkeinu, baruch Moshi-einu
א תּ ה הוּא א ל ה ֽינוּ, א תּ ה הוּא א דו נ ֽינוּ, ,Atah hu Eloheinu, atah hu Adoneinu א תּ ה הוּא מ ל כּ ֽנוּ, א תּ ה הוּא מו שׁ יע ֽנוּ. .atah hu Malkeinu, atah hu Moshi-einu
There is none like our God; there is none like our Eternal One; There is none like our Ruler; there is none like our Redeemer.
Who is like our God? Who is like our Eternal One? Who is like our Ruler? Who is like our Redeemer?
We will give thanks to our God; we will give thanks to our Eternal One; We will give thanks to our Ruler; we will give thanks to our Redeemer.
Praised be our God; praised be our Eternal One; Praised be our Ruler; praised be our Redeemer.
You are our God; You are our Eternal One; You are our Ruler; You are our Redeemer.
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ADON OLAM Shabbat Hymns א דו ן עו ל ם א שׁ ר מ ל ך, ,Adon olam asher malach בּ ט ֽר ם כּ ל י צ יר נ ב ר א. .b’terem kol y’tzir nivra ל ע ת נ ע שׂ ה ב ח פ צו כּ ל, ,L’eit naasah v’cheftzo kol א ז י מ ֽל ך שׁ מו נ ק ר א. .azai Melech sh’mo nikra
ו א ח ר י כּ כ לו ת ה כּ ל, ,V’acharei kichlot hakol ל ב דּו י מ לו ך נו ר א. .l’vado yimloch nora ו הוּא ה י ה, ו הוּא ה ו ה, ,V’hu hayah, v’hu hoveh ו הוּא י ה י ה, בּ ת פ א ר ה. .v’hu yih’yeh, b’tifarah
ו הוּא א ח ד ו א ין שׁ נ י, ,V’hu echad v’ein sheini ל ה מ שׁ יל לו ל ה ח בּ ֽיר ה. .l’hamshil lo l’hachbirah בּ ל י ר אשׁ ית בּ ל י ת כ ל ית, ,B’li reishit b’li tachlit ו לו ה ע ז ו ה ּ משׂ ר ה. .v’lo haoz v’hamisrah
ו הוּא א ל י ו ח י גּ א ל י, ,V’hu Eli v’chai go-ali ו צוּר ח ב ל י בּ ע ת צ ר ה. .v’tzur chevli b’eit tzarah ו הוּא נ סּ י וּמ נו ס ל י V’hu nisi umanos li מ נ ת כּו ס י בּ יו ם א ק ר א. .m’nat kosi b’yom ekra
בּ י דו א פ ק יד רוּח י, ,B’yado afkid ruchi בּ ע ת א ישׁ ן ו א ע ֽיר ה. .b’eit ishan v’a-irah ו ע ם רוּח י גּ ו ּי ת י, ,V’im ruchi g’viyati י י ל י ו ל א א יר א. .Adonai li v’lo ira
You are our Eternal God, who reigned before any being had been created; when all was done according to Your will, then You were called Ruler. And after all ceases to be, You alone will rule in majesty. You have been, are yet, and will be in glory. And You are One; none other can compare to or consort with You. You are without beginning, without end. To You belong power and dominion. And You are my God, my living Redeemer, my Rock in times of trouble and distress. You are my standard bearer and my refuge, my benefactor when I call on You. Into Your hands I entrust my spirit, when I sleep and when I wake, and with my spirit my body also; Adonai is with me and I shall not fear.
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