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A Weekday ~ As I Can Say It For Praying In The Vernacular

Sh’ma’– in any language you can hear it and understand

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

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Dear Davvener, When you are done with this ascent, If you are not used to reading coming back to the grounded world of Hebrew with comprehension and with sensation and action, you will need to the ability to dilate the Hebrew from reflect on the stirrings you felt on the the literal meaning, or if you cannot way up and ask yourself these read Hebrew and need a resource for questions; daily davvenen, I offer you this set of How am I to apply this in my texts, which I, too, use frequently for consensus reality and with my myself. family and other contacts? How am I to act in a manner that I translated the and the will lead to the healing of our in the way in which I experience planet and society? them in my feeling consciousness. This This part is called the bringing down does not offer the ‘pshat’, the literal of the Divine influx, yeridat hashefa’. meaning of the words, but the devotional interpretation that can make You may need to pick some it a prayer of the heart. paragraphs from each plane of prayer if all of it is too much for you. Some I suggest that you davven it first all days you may wish to vary some parts the way through, reading it out loud and say others. This ‘siddur’ is meant enough to hear it yourself with feeling. to help you stay in daily touch with You will like some sections better than God, to gain blessed assistance from others. God, to lighten your burdens, not to add to them. Then recite some of the However, as you will note, there are sentences of blessings and proceed with 5 sections to this heart siddur. They your daily tasks. describe the raising your awareness from the realm of sensation, the prayer May you experience of Assiyah, to the realm of feelings, the your praying prayer of Yetzirah, from there to the as a blessed meeting realm of reason and the intellect, the with your God. world of B’riyah and to the summit, the world of the intuition, Atzilut. Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Shacharit / Morning Service

/ Thank You, Living God N’shamah She-natata Bi And Master, For giving me My God, Another day of awareness. The breath You have given me I thank You Is fresh. For this sacred trust. You create it. You form it. / The Prayer of Assiyah You breathe it into me. /  And you keep me breathing. I worship You, Yah, our God, At some time, Cosmic Majesty. You will take it away from me, You formed me, And I will have breathed A human being, my last breath in this body. So wisely. You created in me And You will resuscitate me, All kinds of To the life of the spirit. Hollows and ducts, Inner organs and intestines. For each breath still in me, I thank You, As I am all transparent to You, My own God, It is apparent and clear, Who is also my parents’ God, That if any of these Lord of all spirits, That need to be open would clog, Master of all that happens. Or any of these Which need to be enclosed I offer You thanks, Would seep, Cosmic Majesty, I could not exist and live And worship You, In Your sight, For keeping me breathing. Not even for a moment. And in this way, So I am grateful With each breath, And bless You, You give me Life anew. For healing me, In amazing ways.

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/ Birchot Ha-Torah /Birchot Ha-Shachar  You commanded us Barukh attah Yah, To exercise our awareness I offer You thanks, In Your Torah; Cosmic Majesty For this instruction And worship You, We offer You our appreciation, For giving me the gift Yah, our God. To discern the difference Between day and night. We ask that we may find Zest and delight {Each time you see Barukh---, In the words of Your teaching. you can repeat the formula: May we and our children Barukh attah Yah, (and their children, too ) I offer You thanks, Become intimate with You. Cosmic Majesty, And, with pure intent-- And worship You…} Immerse ourselves in the Torah. Barukh attah Yah, Barukh--- You mentor Your people For giving sight to my eyes. In Torah. Barukh -- Barukh attah Yah, For giving free movement I offer You thanks, to my limbs. Cosmic Majesty, And worship You Barukh --- For selecting us For helping me to stand upright. Among all nations, To reveal to us, Barukh -- The Torah meant for us. For giving me clothes to wear. Barukh attah Yah, You keep gifting us Barukh--- With Your Torah. For the firm ground On which You place me.

Barukh--- {Now, study Torah For leading my steps where your heart prompts you.} In the right direction.

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Barukh--- / Y’hi Ratzon For providing for all my needs. And we ask Your blessed help To find that our habits Barukh--- Follow Your Torah, For imbuing me To make our desire Among other Jews, Seek Your Mitzvot. With Strength. Keep us from sin and offense, Barukh--- From shame and temptation. For making my soul bright, Do not allow evil to attract us. When I wrestle Keep us far from malicious people, And dance with You. But draw us to seek goodness And right action. Barukh--- Induce our selfishness For taking my weariness To serve You. And giving me energy. And help us this day, Yes, every day, Barukh--- To be generous, For shaping my life Friendly and cheerful. in Your image. As we face You Barukh--- And all who we will meet, For giving me options. Keep us in Your grace And bless us. Barukh--- Barukh attah Yah, For giving me the privilege You are always generous to us, To worship You, as a Jew. Your people Israel. Barukh--- For removing / The last trace of sleep V’a’havta L-rey’acha Kamocha from my eyes. I accept upon myself the command to love my neighbor as myself.

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/ The Prayer of Y’tzirah You turned my grieving Into a dance of reconciliation. You took off my rags A Psalm for A Housewarming, And wrapped me in joy. Composed by Now, Your Glory is my song. I won’t hold back. I acclaim You, my God. Yah, my God, You set me free I will ever be grateful! So that my foes Could not gloat at my troubles. Yah, my God, I pleaded with You. A Psalm for all the peoples You healed me. of the planet Yah, you lifted me from the pit; From the brink of the grave God, bless us with grace! You brought me back to Life. Let Your loving Face shine on us! We want to get to know Your way Fellow devotees Here on Earth, Join me in my song. Seeing how Your help is given Remembering what is sacred, To every group of people. Let’s give thanks. Oh, how the various peoples Will thank You, For a moment, I felt You angry, All of them will sing Then I felt Life and acceptance. And be grateful. Though weeping as I fell asleep, Many people will be joyous I woke up singing. And sing You, Yah, made my mountain firm, When You, Will set them right I thought I was safe; With forthrightness. That I won’t ever stumble. And the peoples, But when You hid As You direct them, your Face from me, Will cheer You. I panicked. Oh, how the various peoples I call to You, Yah! Will thank You. I plead with You, Adonai! All of them will sing, be grateful. What use is there in my death The Earth will give her harvest. To go down to ruin? Such blessings come from God. Can dust appreciate You? Yes, from our God! Can it discern Your Truth? Bless us God, Listen, Yah! All the ends of the Earth Be kind to me! Will esteem You! Yah, Please help me.

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/ Baruch Sh’amar

Blessed One, This is how you sing to God You talked the Worlds A Thank You song. Into being. You join the symphony What a Blessing, You! Of the whole Earth. Blessed One, In your gratefulness, Your Word You meet Him. Makes for becoming. Voices echo joy in God’s halls. What a blessing, Your Name. Blessed One, In giving thanks, You decree and sustain. We engage Her blessings. Blessed One, We meet His goodness, All beginnings are Yours! Here and now; Blessed One, Her encouragement Your Compassion From generation to generation. Enwombs the Earth. Blessed One, You are filled with joy Your Caring is kind Serving God’s purpose. To all creatures. You sound your own song Blessed One, As you do it. You are generous Certain that God is Be-ing, In rewarding those We know that we are Who respect Your Creation. Brought forth from Her, Blessed One, --Both God’s companions Ever Alive, And His flock. Ever confirming existence. Enter into God’s Presence Blessed One, Singing your own song, You make us free, In grateful appreciation. You rescue us! When we hear Your Name Thank You God, We offer blessing. You are all Blessing. Amen In this world, You are goodness. Yes, Grace, itself. Baruch attah Yah This is the trust we bequeath Melech m’hullal batishbachot. The next generation.

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/ Yehi Kh’vod No nation can claim her. You, Yah, void Yah! Fill our world The designs of tyrants. To reflect Your nobility, You, Yah, block their schemes. So You will find joy In Your creation. People brood In all circumstances, Over so many desires. We adore Your name forever. It is Your design, Yah, Those who come from East, That prevails. And those who come What You, Yah, design, From the West, Lasts through all time. Celebrate Your Name What You propose, In their ways. Works for many generations. Yah transcends All national bigotries. You speak, and it becomes real. Her glory is in what You command, Concerns Heaven. And it comes to existence.

Yah -- this is Your Name forever. You, Yah, chose Zion. Yah -- is the watch word, You wish to make Your seat there. Each generation passes to the next. You, Yah, have singled out Jacob. Yah, You have established Israel, is Your treasure. Your Sh’chinnah in the Heavens. Your domain encompasses You, Yah, will not desert All there is. Your people. You will not forsake So, Heaven is glad. Your heritage. Earth is happy. All nations agree Because You are caring, that You Are in charge. You will forgive sin. You will not destroy. Yah! You are now. But time and again, Yah! You were then. You will subdue Your wrath Yah! You will be And not let Your fury rise. Constant forever. Yah! Please help, Yah! Your reign is eternal. Prince! Earth is Yours alone. Answer us the same day, When we cry out.

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Ashrey Psalm 145

Sitting in Your home is happiness. In all that I do, And, offering appreciation of You, I delight to tell of Your marvels. Is even more so. ! While others may speak Of Your awesome power, There is contentment for a people I stress Your great kindness. So at home with Yah. There is serenity among the people Many will recall Who have You, as their God. Your great goodness, And sing of Your fairness.

David’s Aleph Bet Praise You, Yah, are gentle And compassionate, I hold You in the highest esteem, Most patient My God, My King. And caring. In all I do, I will offer praise to You. You, Yah, are good to all of us. All that You have made, Every day, You hold in Your tenderness. I will offer You my appreciation And I will cheer You, We, who are fashioned by You, In all that I do. Acclaim You. In fervent devoutness, Magnificent are You, Yah, We bless You. And much appreciated. But, Your true greatness We talk of the honor Is beyond knowing. Of Your realm, And draw our energy One generation From Your power. Transmits its excitement To the next Thus, we announce to others Over Your amazing actions, How powerful You are, Telling them of Your might. And how distinguished Splendid and glorious Your Majesty is. Is Your fame. Your domain embraces universes. Your authority is recognized Throughout all generations.

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You, Yah, Keep us from faltering, And help us up, when we stumble. Halleluyah! Spirit of mine, praise Yah! We all look up to You with hope. I will indeed praise Yah, And trust that You will provide us, With my life. At the right moment, I will sing to God, With what we need. With all my being. I will not put my reliance in big shots. You open Your hand, What can people do, And each one of us receives, Who can’t even help themselves? What we desire. When their spirits leave them, They return to their dust. You are a Tzaddik, All their schemes have vanished. In all Your ways; Happy is one, A Chassid, Who is helped by Jacob’s God; In all that You do. Whose hope is entrusted in Yah, His God--The One, You are close by Who makes heaven and earth, When we call on You; The ocean and all that lives there. Especially,when we fully mean it. He is also the One, who is forever. The standard of truth and sincerity. You shape the will of those He seeks justice for the oppressed, Who respect You; And gives food to the starved. You hear their pleading, Yah, is the One, And, You help. Who frees the imprisoned. Yah, gives sight to the blind. You, Yah, protect those Yah, upholds the stooping. Who love You. Yah, loves the Tzaddikim. Those who do evil, Yah, protects the converts, You eliminate. consoles the orphaned and the widowed, I offer my mouth to God’s praise. Confounds the way Let all who are Of the malicious. in bodies of flesh, Bless Your holy Name at all times, Please, Yah! Zion’s God! And we will bless You, Yah, Manifest Your rule in the world! From now on, and for as long For us, and for our children. As there is life, on this world. Halleluyah!

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Psalm 147 Yah, welcomes those Halleluyah! Who respect Him; It is so good to sing to our God Who long for His grace. Make good music Jerusalem! Zion! to accompany the words Give praise to Yah. Celebrate that He is your God! Yah, Builds Jerusalem by gathering Because He strengthened Her scattered Godwrestlers. The bars of your gates, He makes the broken hearted well, And blessed your children And soothes the hurt In your midst, Of their bruises. Your borders He set to hold peace And satisfies you Counting the stars With good nourishment. And naming them, When He decrees He creates them each to be. Something for Earth, Great, is our Master, His command is swiftly fulfilled. And powerful beyond measure. No one can describe Snow, like white wool, His way of comprehension. He sends down. Frost, He scatters like sand. Yah, encourages the downtrodden, He sends hail, like crumbs. But the insolent, He brings low. No one can stand it when He brings on the cold. Offer gratitude to Yah! Sending His word, He melts them, To the harp, Blowing warm wind Sing songs of celebration And the waters flow. To our God He covers the sky He imparts His words to Jacob; With billowing clouds: His statutes and judgments Thus arranging rain for the ground, To Israel. Making the hills sprout forth grass. Alas! Giving the beasts the food He did not do the same They need; For other nations. Even to the young ravens, His judgments, Who cry to be fed. He did not share with them. He is not impressed Halleluyah! By a stallion’s feistiness; Nor, by the muscles Of a man’s thighs.

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Psalm 148 His glory is reflected By Heaven and Earth. Halleluyah! Grand is the fate of His people. Applaud and cheer Yah, His devout ones, From the heavens. In constant adoration. Halleluyah those Praise Him, the most sublime! intimate and close to Him, Angel assembly, sing ! You Children of Israel, Halleluyah. Heaven hosts, sing Hallel! Hallel, too, sun and moon. Hallel, also, stars of light! Halleluyah! Jubilation Sing a brand new song to Yah. From the heavens of heavens. This, is how He is celebrated From the streams of endless space, Among the Chassidim. He has decreed your existence. Yisrael, is happy Praise God and be grateful for life. Knowing his Maker. He fortified you to last long; Zion’s children, Set a directive, Delight in their King. That cannot be disobeyed. Dancing, they chant His Name, Hallel, too, from earth, Making rhythm, From dragons and deep canyons. With drums and strings. Fire, hail, snow and fog, Yah, loves His people. Tempests and storms The self-effacing, Obeying His word. Can count on Him for help. Mountains, Hallel! Chassidim, savor And hills echo. His awesome Presence. Fruit trees and cedars Even on their bed, Sway their praise. They hum His praises. Wild and tame creatures, They exalt God, in inner speech. Creepers and winged birds. Such praise is a potent weapon, Hallel, too, from you – Repelling antagonists, Rulers of lands and nations, Scolding bigots, Officials and judges of the land. To immobilize their commanders, And arrest their agitators. Lads and also lasses, Hallel! Elders together with youths. Rebuke them, as they deserve! All this, because God’s Chassidim All of you, praise Yah’s Name. Gives honor to Him in splendor. His very Name, is so transcendent. Halleluyah!

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Psalm 150 {#10 of R’Nachman’s 10} And David worshipped Yah For all the crowd to see. Halleluyah. Attune to God And David said, in holiness: I offer worship to You, Yah. be in awe of God who is mighty Blessed are You, Yah, in the heavens. God of Israel, Our Father, mark God for His potent acts: Ruling countless worlds. praise God for Her generosity. Salute God with trumpet sound: All virtue is Yours: hail God with the strings and harp. Gedulah, Hesed, Largesse, Worship God with drum and dance: Gevurah, power and Law, Intone to God with organ and flute. Tif’eret, balance and splendor,  Netzach, effectiveness, Make rhythm to God with crashing And Hod, elegance. cymbals: For all that is in Heaven and Earth, praise God with cymbals that ring out. Is founded in Yesod. Let all who breathe chant Yah. The urge to live. Halleluyah. Yours, Yah, is majesty, Malkhut, most sublime. Barukh Yah always, Amen, Amen. From Zion, Abundance and honor From Your dwelling Are before You. in Jerusalem, And You reign over the all. In your hand, is force and might. We send our Halleluyah. You can empower and raise up. Barukh, too, to You, Yah, Israel’s God, And, as of right now, Who alone, does amazing things. O, our God, We thank you, May the glorious Presence, And sing to your glory, Governing numberless worlds, To our utmost. Manifest in this world In all magnificence, Amen, Amen. You, Yah, You, alone have made the heavens,  The heavens beyond our heaven,  All those that serve You there.     

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Earth and all that is on her; / Shimkha The oceans, and all That they contain. Your Name be praised, The host of heaven bow to You, Always, Majestic One. And you infuse them all with Life. Powerful and gentle Source, (here give Tzedakah) Making Heaven and Earth, sacred. You chose Abram. It is our pleasure You brought him out of Ur, To dedicate to You, Of the Chaldees. Our God and Our parents’ God, You named him Av-raham, Time and again: And found his heart To be trustworthy enough, Music and Celebration, To make a covenant with him. Jubilation and Symphony, Fortissimo, Anthem, On the day, when You saved us, Victory March, Largo, Forte, Abrahams children, Paean and , from Mitzrayim, Sanctus and maestoso, We saw how You dealt Laudo and Aria, With Mitzrayim, Celebrating With superior force. Your Divine reputation In every realm. We, the people, saw it, And we put our faith in You, Yah, We worship You, Yah, And in Moshe, your servant. Generous, Great, Regal One, Who is the One, We sang then the great song. to whom we offer all these. And placed our trust in You, To bring us, plant us, God, whom we appreciate, On the mountain sacred to You, Source of all wonder, The Place You established, Fountain of all souls, To reside there, the sanctuary, Author of all that happens, That Your hands had set up for us. Who delights in music and chant, Origin of Unity. Yah, will reign there always. You are the Life Yah, will reign there always. That flows Through all the worlds. On that day, Yah will be One. And, His Name, will be One. Amen

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{Reb Ahrele Roth, a"h, wrote a list of 32 14. I give You my thanks, mitzvot whose fulfillment is completed in 15. and aim to hold You sacred. the brain, the heart and the mouth. 16. I remember Jerusalem, Your House of Prayer A good preparation and a bridge for the for all peoples, next phase of prayer, as you enter into the 17. and look out to You, world of B’riyah, is Reb Ahrele Roth’s list to redeem us and free our souls. of Mitzvot one can do with consciousness 18. Amalek, I will blot out, alone. 19. by loving my neighbor as myself, 20. and adhering to You, in devekut, The Hebrew alphabetical equivalent of 32 21. walking in Your ways. is , the letters of which spell the 22. Thus, will I make in me a Holy Hebrew word, LEV, for Heart.} Space for You to be at home in. O my Creator! 23. I long for Your intimacy and love, May Your Name be praised: 24. and am energized to find You With my mouth, brain and heart prepared, empowering my heart. I am ready to fulfill Your mitzvot. You 25. I affirm that Your actions are just, who shape me. 26. and am mindful that You redeem us from Mitzrayim. 1. Faith I place in You. 27. Therefore, 2. Oneness I affirm in You. I will not welcome 3. I am mindful of You. in my awareness, 4. I focus on Your vast Greatness, thought that opposes faith 5. and focus on my insignificance. in Your/our service 6. Thus do I turn back to You and in Your Torah. in teshuvah, 28. I will not yield to pride. 7. and am bashful 29. I will not hate any fellow in Your Presence. Godwrestler in my heart, 8. I am awed by You, 30. and I will give up 9. and love You. all vindictiveness, 10. I accept the authority not consider my self flawless, of your mitzvot, 31. but remember that I caused You 11. find my joy in You, displeasure. 12. and place my trust in You. 32. With all these, 13. I deny all false gods and those I intend not to forget in their service; Your presence in my life. I reject unfit thoughts that rise in my heart. Amen!

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Thus, may You be pleased, / The Prayer of Bri’ah O Supernal Parent,  That by the merit and the power Barkhu Of my making mention I bow before You, of these Mitzvot Yah, our God, With my mouth, Cosmic Majesty, There be stimulated For shaping light The energy of these Mitzvot And creating darkness, In their supernal root, Promoting peace To draw down to me, And creating what is. That High Holy flow That will shield my thoughts, You bring on light My voice and my words, With compassion to the world From all damage, And to all who live in it. All taint, all dross and dirt. In goodness, And there be drawn to me a flow You constantly renew each day That will make pure What You made happen My thoughts and heart, At the beginning, My voice and words. You make numberless beings, May all of them be surrendered All different. To You, Praised One, Each one, with its own wisdom. To the end that I may merit All there is, is Yours. To be connected to You, In devekut and love. Yah, our Master! And to attain the fulfillment How mighty is Your fame Of Your mitzvah All over Earth. To cleave to You. Such glory, Thus will I be privileged You radiate from the Heavens. To be an instrument of Your will, A vehicle for the I am awed Blessed Shechinah of Your Glory. When I see Your skies, Your handiwork and fingerprints, Thus will the light in my soul The moon and stars Not darken, You have arranged. Nor will Your Divine spark And the angels; Be extinguished in me, Ophanim, From now on and forever. Turning orbits and the planets, Hayot, Amen! May this be Your will. The constellations of the zodiac, Seraphim, Blazing ones, the galaxies.

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All in concert, / Adore and venerate You, And sanctify Your Name From ever Chanting: You have loved us into life. Yah—our God, Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh You nourished us with kindness Holy, Holy, Holy are You And abundance. Yah of Diversity The cosmos is filled Holy One! With Your radiance. For the sake of Your plan, For Your honor, They plead also… And because we know Bring this glory to radiate to us That our parents trusted You, Also on the level where we live. And You, in turn, taught them How to live life, They all offer to You, blessed God So as to be serving Your purpose, All pleasure in worship. We ask You to share with us Aware that You alone, In the same way. Are Sacred, beyond all limits. God, kind Parent, Condensing and focusing, We live in the embrace Creating anew, Of Your caring. Overcoming all barriers, Make ours an understanding heart, Seeding virtue, To become aware Growing liberations, And be careful and effective Making healing available, In this way, to make real Awesome in admiration, What You speak to us in Torah, Master of marvels. And with so much love.

In Your benevolence When we study Torah, You renew each day, May we see clearly Each moment, What is meant for us to know. The work of Creation. When we do Mitzvot, May all our feelings Please, focus, new light on Zion Sit harmonious in our heart. And let us all receive its benefit. Barukh attah Yah You shape luminaries.

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Focus all our hearts’ longing Sh’ma Yisrael To that moment, — - — When we stand in Your Presence, Listen, you, Yisrael person, In both awe and adoration. (say your own name here) Yah who Is, is our God, May we never have to be Apologetic Yah who Is, Is One, Unique, for our love for You. All there Is.

Trusting You, Through time and space, We are happy to see Your glory shines, Majestic One. Your beneficent plan unfolding. Love Yah, who is your God, In what your heart is, May Your In what you aspire to, Kindness and compassion, In what you have made your own. Be available to us. May these values Which I connect with your life, Please hurry. Be implanted in your feelings. Bring blessing and peace to us. May they become the norm Gather us, so we not be scattered For your children: All over the world. Keep talking with them Lift the hold of estrangement In the privacy of your home, From us. And on the errands you run. Lead us to live in this world, May they help you relax. So that we feel at home in it. And activate you to be productive. Display them visibly on your arm. You can do this for us. Let them focus your attention. You have assigned us See them at all transitions at home, To do our special work in life And in your environment.

You brought us close to You. How good it will be We are grateful. When you really listen, We hold You special. And hear my directions, And are filled with love for You Which I give to you today, For loving Yah, who is your God, Barukh attah Yah And to act godly With feeling and inspiration. Who relates to us in Love. Your earthly needs will be met At the right time, Amen Appropriate to the season. You will reap what you planted For your delight and health.

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Also, your animals / Tzitzit Will have ample feed. Yah who Is, said to , All of you will eat and be content. “Speak, telling the Israel folks Be careful -- watch out! To make tzitzit Don't let your cravings delude you; On the corners of their garments, Don’t become alienated; So they will have generations Don’t let your cravings To follow them. Become your gods; On each tzizit tassel, Don’t debase yourself to them, Let them set a blue thread. Because the God-sense within you These tzitzit are for your benefit! Will become distorted. Glance at them. Heaven will be shut to you, And in your seeing, Grace will not descend, Remember all the other directives Earth will not yield her produce. Of Yah, who Is, Your rushing will destroy you! And act on them! And Earth will not be able This way, To recover her good balance You will not be led astray, In which God's gifts manifest. Craving to see and want, May these values of Mine, And then prostitute yourself Reside in your For your cravings. Feelings and aspirations: This way Marking what you produce, You will be mindful Guiding what you perceive. To actualize my directions Teach them to your children For becoming dedicated So that they are instructed to your God; How to make their homes sacred; To be aware And how they deal with traffic. That I Am Yah, Who is your God, Even when you are depressed, Who is the one who freed you And when you are elated. From oppression, Mark your entrances and exits in order to God you. With them, I am Yah, who is your God. So you will be more aware. That is the truth! / Emet” Then, you and your children, And their children, You, Yah, Will live out on earth Who saved our ancestors, That divine promise May You Given to your ancestors Soon bring redemption To live heavenly days To us also. Right here on this earth. Barukh attah Yah Ga’al Yisrael.

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/ The Prayer of Atzilut Atah honen Weekday Affirmations I invoke the inflow of Chochmah, To align my intellect {Based on the . With clarity and purpose, You can add personal affirmations To inspiration and realization. to the following.}

I affirm… Hashivenu The power of positive affirmations. I invoke the care of Binah, I affirm that the Shechinah To lead me to God's heart. Surrounds me, And blesses me. S'lihah I affirm the light beings I invoke the abundance of Chesed, Of God's service, To bring me to atonement. Who support and guide me. Ge'ullah Avot I invoke the power of Gevurah, I affirm the blessings To see me through trouble Of Abraham and Sarah, in my life. And lead me to redemption. T'hiyah I affirm the sacrifice of Isaac, Refu’ah And God's power over my life, I place myself And death. In the compassionate heart Of God's Tiferet, K'dushah And affirm the healing, I affirm God's holiness, balancing, integrative, And my growth toward it. Centering light within me

Shover oyvim Brachah, Mashiach, Shechinah I place myself I support myself Under the protection On the pillar of Netzach, of the S’phirah of Keter, Channeling to me Which will shield me All manner of From all harm and neutralize it. Blessing and prosperity, And place it at the disposal Of the redeeming Mashiach, Unfolding to witness The Shechinah's residing in Zion.

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Kibbutz Galuyot, {If you are pressed for time, Yerushalayim, Modim you can use this short version.} Havinenu

I support myself Help us YaH, On the pillar of Hod, To understand Your ways, Making order in my life, And sensitize our hearts, Gathering all the forces With reverence all our days. From dispersion, Forgive us, with compassion, each sin, And settling them That redemption we may hope to win. In the blessed Jerusalem, In Your caring, Where I offer my thanks take our pain and suffering away, To God's Glory. And satisfy us, with Your abundance, we pray.

With Your all-powerful and tremendous hand, Tzedakah Umishpat, Our scattered ones Tzaddikim, Shalom Bring together to our own land.

May justice be effective, I base myself And righteousness prevail. On the foundation May evil plots be razed and fail. Of Yesod, But righteous efforts To act righteously and justly. Be well regarded. To assist And those who serve goodness Every righteous effort Be rewarded When Your sacred city, In the world, With joy we rebuild. And to become And Your House of prayer Peaceful, With all peoples be fill’d. To work for peace. Then with a loud and exultant voice, Will the righteous, O God of Israel, rejoice. Shome'a T'fillah Let it be Thy divine will, to speedily found I affirm that Malchut, A messianic life for all abound. The Shechinah, is the one And, may the light of peace, Offering these affirmations in me, Brightly blaze, And is attracting As in reverence, The flow of blessings, Your sacred Name we praise. To suffuse my life. For You do hear Amen...Amen. The voice of Prayer, Are blessed! This we declare. Amen (J. F. Stern)

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In Your might, / Another version of the Amidah No one can compare with You. / Barukh attah Yah You deal out life and death. Yet in all this, I bow before You, Yah, You make salvation grow. Our indwelling God, Barukh attahYah, M’chayeh Hametim. Our parents’ God, Abraham and Sarah’s God, You are Holy, Isaac and Rebeccah’s God, Your name is Sacred. Jacob and Leah and Rachel’s God, And those who daily aspire to be holy, Great, Powerful and Awesome God. Sing your Halleluyah all day. God transcendent. You nurture us gently Indeed, You are And are kind to us. the Great and Holy God. You, who possesses it all.  / Barukh attah Yah You remember Ha’el hakkadosh. How our parents loved You. Yes, we trust that You We pray for the right awareness Will bring redemption {in your own words} To us, their children’s children,  / Barukh attah Yah Who chant Your name Chonen Hada’at.

And love You... We pray for becoming harmonized Our Prince, Our Helper, with God’s will Our Protector. {in your own words}   Barukh attah Yah  / Barukh attah Yah  Magen Avraham U’fokeyd Sarah Harotzheh Bit’shuvah.

You are powerful with worlds Adonay. We pray for forgiveness What is dead, you can make live. {in your own words} You are really capable of helping.  / Barukh attah Yah  You give dew (and rain) Channun Hammarbeh Lis’lo’ach. To parched earth and souls. You feed all life with gentleness. We pray for support and redemption You invigorate bodies {in your own words} With mercy’s flow.  / Barukh attah Yah  You support us in falling. Go’el Yisrael. You heal us in sickness. You free us from compulsion. We pray for healing You keep faith {in your own words} With those now dead.  / Barukh attah Yah  Rofe’ Chol Bassar U’mafli’ La’assot.

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We pray for We pray for the ecology and economy the rule of Mashi’ach {in your own words} {in your own words} / Barukh attah Yah   / Barukh attah Yah  M’varech Hashanim. Matzmi’ach Keren Y’shu’ah.

We pray for You hear Our Prayer, the ending of exile Compassionate parent. {in your own words} Accept our pleading, / Barukh attah Yah With kindness and grace. M’kabbetz Nid’chey Ammo Yisrael. Everyone praying to You, is heard. So, I add the concerns I still have We pray for a just society Beyond what I have expressed before, {in your own words} And I trust, that You, will respond.  / Barukh attah Yah  {in your own words} Melech Ohev Tzedakka U’mishpat.  / Barukh attah Yah  Shome’a’ T’fillah. We pray for release from the struggle with negativity Take pleasure God, {in your own words} In our way of praying.  / Barukh attah Yah  Teach us Shover Oyvim U’machni’a’ Zeydim. To encounter Your Presence. May we merit We pray for To pray in Your Temple in Zion. all righteous effort to succeed  / Barukh attah Yah  {in your own words} Hammachazir Sh’chinnato L’tzion.  / Barukh attah Yah  Mish’an U’mivtach latzaddikim We are grateful God and count our blessings We pray for Jerusalem, {here, in your words, detail your God’s city, The House of Prayer gratitude for events in your life} for all Peoples.  / Barukh attah Yah  {in your own words} HaTov Shimcha U’l’cha Na’eh L’hodot.  / Barukh attah Yah  Boneh Y’rushalayim. We pray for Peace {in your own words}  / Barukh attah Yah  HaM’varech Et ‘Amo Yisrael Bashalom. Amen.

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After the Amidah, Erase our rebellions it is important Let our failures not appear before You. to find a moment Mold our drives to serve Your purposes; let our stubbornness be in Your service. to search Refresh our conscience your heart to guard Your instructions and Sensitize our hearts to love You conscience. and to respect Your reputation as Your Torah prescribes: If you find something "and YaH Your God will sensitize Your heart that needs repair, and the hearts of Your children make your commitment so that Your love for Your God to do so, will be wholehearted, inspired, and ask for the grace to make Your life meaningful” to fulfill Dear God. that tikkun. I approach You from the desire to serve You and yet there is no Tzaddik At this point, who can do only good You may wish to recite and not fail in it or Psalm 25 instead of Please help me with my moral Life . so that in every way my attitude will be balanced and right. Tachanun To begin with, help me to forgive anyone My God! who is frustrated and upset me my soul is Yours if they have sinned against me, my body is Your servant my body my possessions take pity on what You have created; my reputation anything of mine my soul is Yours but unintentionally are intentionally and my body is Yours whether they scheme to do it God help us for Your sake. or were unaware We come to You whether it was in word or action because we want to honor whether is was and thought Your reputation. and the imagination Help us in our moral struggle Whether it was in this incarnation for the sake of Your reputation; or in any other because You are kind and compassionate. I completely forgive any God-wrestler; Forgive us, let no one be punished on my account. for there is so much My God and my parents God we need to be forgiven for. may our prayer come before You Pardon us our Father, do not turn Your attention our errors are so great; from our pleading forgive us our Royal Master we don't want to be impudent many are our mistakes we don't want to be stubborn Our God our parents God and claim that we are righteous pardon our sins and have- not sinned

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Indeed our parents have sinned Psalm 6 and we have sinned A David Song Help us with God not to fail You again [Note to the Conductor- - and what I hereby confess to You play this melody on the eight stringer] ------I beg You, that in Your great mercy Yah! Please don't chide me You erase my sins in Your anger. but not by means Don't scold me in Your wrath. of suffering and illness. I need You to show me kindness. May the words of my mouth and the I am so miserable. Heal me, Yah! meditation of my heart My bones ache so. be acceptable for You yah my rock and my Redeemer My inner self is very troubled. I place my faith in You I ask You, Yah! I place my trust in You How long must I still endure? I place my hope and You Relent, Yah, And for mercy's sake Continue with the Siddur Shomer Yisrael Pull me out and spare me. How can I remember You If I am dead in the pits? Who will thank You? On days I groan and am all worn out. when Tachanun I sob on my bed; is not recited, My tears drench my mattress. joyful and celebrative days, My eyes are stinging recite From frustration, As if all my troubles Psalm 15 instead. Wept them out.

Away with you, All you traffickers of sin!

Yah has heard my wailing.

Yah has listened to my pleading.

Yah will fulfill my prayer.

Confusion and embarrassment

On you, you fiends!

This very moment,

Let shame

Bring you to your senses.

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. Those who respect Your covenant Psalm 25 And witness You, (an Aleph-Bet song) Of David Find that Your ways, Yah, . Yah! To You I raise my soul. Are kind and real.

. My God, I trust You. . For Your sake, Yah, Let me not be shamed. Pardon my flaw – though it is great. Let not my detractors mock me. . When a person so minds You, Yah, . All who place their hope in You You will teach him the path to choose. Will not be disgraced, But shame will cling to those . Such one can sleep easy at night, who riot without cause. Knowing that her children will inherit the Earth. . Get me to know your ways. Teach me your way. . You, Yah, impart Your secrets To Your awakened ones. . Guide me in Your Truth. Your mysteries You share with them. Teach me to know That You are the God of my salvation. . My eyes are focused on You, Yah. All day long I set my trust on You. You untangle my feet from the trap.

. --- . Turn to me with kindness, For I am lonely and wretched. . Recall Your compassion, Yah And Your kindness, . My troubles have opened my heart They precede all Creation. And made space in it for others. Do extricate me from my despair. . To the failings of my youth And my rebellions, don't pay heed. . See my struggle, my heavy burden. Remember Your good will for me, Forgive then all my failings. Yah! for Your goodness' sake. . See how much I suffer, . Because You are good and fair, How I am hated for no reason.

You can gently show the way . Keep my soul safe and free me. to the neglectful. Let me not be reviled

for my trust in You. . You guide the modest

in their judgments, . Because I trust You-- Teaching the unassuming Your way. Let simple directness protect me.

God! Free all of Israel from all their distress.   

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Psalm 15 We plead with You, Yah, David’s song: Our God, Support of our Parents, Yah! That in this life Who may be at home in Your tent? We may be faithful to Your intent. Who may find sanctuary And that we may live, On Your Sacred mountain? To experience The days of Mashiach, One who strides with wholeness, And the life of the world to come. Acts with fairness, Whose heart and words Speak with honesty, To trust in You, Yah, Not given to gossip, Is our blessing. Not hurting others, I will keep chanting in Your honor, Not shifting blame on others. And offer my gratefulness, Wary of his own motives, And not be silent.

He honors those Who are respectful of God. Yah will prove trustworthy. She will not stoop to lie Yah shaped the worlds, When she swears, We can stake our trust on this. Even if it causes her loss. Knowing how to call on You, He lends his money, interest free, We can depend on You. Won’t accept a bribe, To convict the innocent. You never abandoned those One who acts in this way, Who sought You, Yah. Will never waver.

Dear God, This is true because— We take delight in the privilege You, Yah, To be created for Your glory-- desire this. Not to walk about in confusion; To feel in us Your implant of eternal life. In order that Your justice prevail, Open our hearts to Your Torah. You extend the Torah, Secure in our hearts, To be ever more Love and Awe for You. Compelling and strong. May we not waste our lives Or cause discord.

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Here are Psalms Open your minds’ imagination! for each day of the week Let the Gates to eternity Come into view! Then the King of Glory This psalm was the song of the Will appear. Levites in the Holy Temple. Who is this, David’s song [for opening himself to the King of Glory? Spirit]. Yah – Tzebaot, She is the Queen of Glory. Earth and her fullness Yah! Powerful and strong. Are Yours, Yah, Yah, the ever victorious! The cosmos and its beings. You founded Earth Open your minds’ imagination! On the endless seas of space. Let the Gates to eternity You set her by the streams Come into view, Of the great Flow. And then the King of Glory Will appear. Who can rise Who is this, the King of Glory? To Your summit, Yah? Yah – Tzebaot, Who can stand She is the Queen of Glory. In Your place of holiness? Selah! One who has hands that are clean, A heart that is pure, Who has no false oath On her conscience, Who swore not to larceny. Such a one Will raise a blessing from You, Yah, Kind generosity from You, Her helpful God.

Such people are of a generation That seeks You. Like Jacob seeking to face You, Selah!

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Psalm 48 Fairness and kindness This psalm was the Monday song Issue from Your right hand. of the Levites in the Holy Temple. Zion’s mountain rejoices. Judah daughters are gleeful. Song and music from the Korachites All because of how You act justly.

Here in God’s city, Go round Zion, enfold her. On this holy mountain, Take note of her towers. God is vast and His fame is glorious. Set your heart on her strengths. This beautiful landscape, Raise her mansions high. The joy place of Earth, Then, you will tell about it Mount Zion To generations yet to come: at Jerusalem’s North side, The great royal capital. This is God, our God! Forever and ever. In her palaces, He will guide us past death. God is known in exaltation. Here, kings gathered. Psalm 82 They came together. This psalm was the Tuesday song (If they came as enemies…) of the Levites in the Holy Temple. They saw and were overwhelmed With awe. Assaph sings: They were shaken and took flight. God is present Trembling, they shook, to the godly gathering. Shaking like a woman in labor. He presides among those Who administer judgment, A storm You raised from the East, (and warns them), Shattering Tarshish cruisers. “How much longer will you twist All this we heard. Your verdicts We even saw it all, and favor the wicked? Selah! In God’s city, In your judging, The Seat of Yah—Tzebaot. Consider the modest, the orphan. May God keep it flourishing forever. Find justice for the destitute Selah! And the oppressed. Assist the poor, the down and out. In the midst of Your Temple, Save them from the bullies’ hands. We looked for Your Grace, O God. Not knowing, unawares you are, Your reputation is well deserved. You walk in the dark, So, we praise You While the foundations of earth To the ends of the Earth. Are toppling.

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I set you to be judges, Boorish trash! To be like angels Try to make sense! of the Most High. Fools, will you ever get wise? But you will die like anyone else, The One who plants ears -- Topple like demoted princes. Can He not hear? Arise, O God! Who shapes eyes -- Bring justice to the world! Can She not see? He who reproaches nations -- You can bring order Does She not call them to task? to all the nations. He, Who goads people to become aware Psalm 94 Is He not aware? This psalm was the Wednesday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple. YHVH, Knows our human thoughts. God who settles scores! They are all worthless. Appear in Divine vengeance! Blissful is the one Make Yourself known, whom You, Yah, As The Judge of the World. Take to task and teach him Of Your Torah, Let the arrogant suffer To keep him secure Your retribution. during evil days,

How long yet YHVH Tiding him over until ruin will the wicked -- Overtakes the wicked. How long yet Because YHVH, will the evil ones prosper? Will not forsake His people. Boasting their malice, She will not abandon Her heritage. They talk each other Justice will return to the courts, into greater evil. Vindicating those of upright heart.

YHVH! Will anyone They oppress Your people. Stand with me against the wicked? They demean Your legacy. Who will stand up for me They murder widows Against the bullies? and strangers. Had YHVH not helped me, They kill orphans! I would not have escaped

Deluded are they, The silent tomb. Thinking that Yah cannot see, When my knees buckled, The God of Jacob is not aware. Your Grace, YHVH,

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Held me up. [Like that day when…] When overwhelmed Joseph was empowered By disturbing thoughts—like… To go out and rule Egypt, ‘How could You assist malice?’ Able to understand a language I found comfort He never learned. As You delighted my soul. [This caused that, in the end.] Those who scoff The heavy load all laws and justice, was taken from his back Who band together No longer Against righteous souls, having to knead the clay. And shed pure blood in meanness, You called when oppressed, You paid them back And I (said God) freed you. for their crimes. YHVH, God, In the thunder You suppressed them for their evil. You heard my secret message. YHVH, Is at all times Later, I tested you my tower of strength, at Meribah’s springs. My God, Selah! The rock of my safe place. Listen my people! Psalm 81 I witness this to you! This psalm was the Thursday song of Israel, if only the Levites in the Holy Temple you would listen to Me. (Accompany this Assaph song with the guitar) Don’t cling to a strange god. Make music to God, Don’t worship an alien deity. The Source of our strength. Trumpet a fanfare to Jacob’s God: It is I, Yah, Louder, Drum rolls, Who took you up from Egypt. Sweet sounding violins I fed you And pipes. and you were sated to fullness. Greet the New Moon But My people did not obey me. With the Shofar, Israel did not desire Me close. The time I let them have their hearts’ way, When the moon is hidden, To pursue their own devices. And still we celebrate. Oy! This is the imperative for Israel. If only my people would obey Me, To become prepared, Israel would walk in My ways. For being judged by Jacob’s God.

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In a moment, On Rosh Chodesh / New Moon Day, or I would subdue their foes. any other in which you appreciate God’s I would, with My own hands, hand in nature insert repay them. Psalm 104 Those who loathe Yah, but deny it, Barchi Nafshi / Will have their rebuke forever. Bless YAH, breath of mine. [But you who obey…] YAH, my God, You are so vast and great, I will feed with the fat of grain. All veiled in pride and glory! And satisfy You are wrapped in Light. With honey from the rock. The sky, You spread like a sheet. Your upper chambers are water roofed, As You bestride clouds. This psalm was the Friday song You waft on the wings of wind. of the Levites in the Holy Temple The breezes, You send are Your aides, Your helpers, blazing flames. Yah, You ruled, robed in dignity. You founded Earth, so sound, Donning intensity, To outlast time itself. Girded with strength, The abyss, You covered like a mantle Water! On mountains rests. Even the cosmos you arrayed You sound a roar and they flee. That it not falter. Your thunder makes them shake. Your Throne Mountains high and valleys low… Is prepared from the farthest past. Their places they assume. You have been before You set them limits they cannot pass. There was a world. Never again to flood the land. Springs flow into brooks The currents raise their roar, And snake between the mountains. The rivers raise the spumes, All the wild of field drink there. The mighty torrents' thunder. The beasts slake there their thirst. The thunder of the ocean’s breakers: All exclaim, By their shores, ‘Most powerful are You, Yah!’ dwell birds that soar, Sounding calls Oh, Yah! Your creation through leaves and reeds. witnesses You well. Of sacred beauty is Your house-- You drench the hills Through all of time. From Your Upper Chambers. From your hands' produce The Earth is filled.

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You grow fodder You hide your face, they panic. for the tamed beasts, You recall their breaths, they die. And herbs with human labor, They return to their dust. To bring forth bread from Earth. You send your spirit, And wine to delight the sad ones, And they are re-created. And oil… that softens skin, So too, You renew life on Earth. And bread… that sustains the weak. Let Your glory, Yah, Even the trees you sate with sap. fill time and space. The cedars You planted Take Joy, O Yah, in what You do! on the Lebanon. You look at Earth and she trembles, There, birds find their nesting. Hills You touch, and they smoke. There, storks find homes to rest. I live Your song, my Yah, Antelopes bound on the heights. My Yah, I am Your tune. Marmots hide behind rocks. Let my talking give You joy. I am so happy, my Yah! The Moon pulls tides and seasons. I wish no sin exist on Earth. The sun knows where to set. All wickedness were gone. You darken dusk to night. Bless that Yah, my soul, The forest's night life stirs. my breath. -HALLELU-YAH! The big cats cry for prey, Praying God for their food. From the beginning of Ellul until after They return we include at the rising of the sun, To crouch once more in lairs. While humans go out to work, David’s To their toil, up to night. Yah, you are my Light, my Savior, How many things You do! Whom need I dread? So wisely are they made. Yah, With You as my strong Protector All Earth, at your command. Who can make me panic? This vast sea beyond all grasp. When hateful bullies gang up on me, Countless are the creatures in her, Wanting to harass me, Tiny ones and giant whales. To oppress and terrorize me, There go stately ships. They are the ones who stumble and fall. This Leviathan You shaped Even if a gang surrounds me To play and romp therein. My heart is not weakened. They all rely on Your care, If a battle is joined around me To feed them well each time. My trust in You is firm. You give to them and they take it. Your hand's gifts sate them well.

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Only one thing do I ask of You, Yah, Discourage those who defame me. Just this alone do I seek: I want to be at False witnesses home with You, Yah, stood up against me, All the days of my life. Belching out violence. I want to delight in seeing You, Don’t let me become When I come to visit You the victim of my foes. in Your Temple. [I would not have survived] You hide me in Your Succah If I had not hoped that I would yet see on an foul day. Yah’s goodness fully alive on Earth. You conceal me unseen So friend, you too, hope to Yah. in Your tent Be sturdy! And also raise me beyond And make strong your heart! anyone’s reach. And most of all ---keep hoping to Yah. And now, as You have held my head high, Despite the presence Then close with the Aleynu of my powerful foes,  I prepare to celebrate and thrill, Singing and making music We rise to praise You, to You, Yah! Source of All, Listen, Yah, Your generous work, to the sound of my cry As Creator of All. And, being kind, answer me. You made us One My heart has said: With all of Life. I turn to seek You, You inspired us to share Your Presence is what I beg for. with all mankind. Don’t hide Your Face from me. You linked our fate Don’t just put me down, With all that lives. You, who have been my helper And made our portion Don’t abandon me, With all in the world. don’t forsake me, Some of us like to worship You, God, my support. As emptiness and void. Though father and mother have left me Some of us want to worship You, You, Yah, will hold me securely. As King of Kings. Please teach me Your way We all consider You And guide me on the straight path. sacred and blessed. We stand amazed At the vault of the sky, At the firmness of Earth.

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And deem You, Enthroned in the Highest realms, Y’hey shla_ma rab_ba min sh’ma_ya Dwelling also in and with us. V’chayim v’al kol yisra’el You are our God. V’imm_ru AMEN There is nothing else. Your Truth is supreme. Osseh shalom bim’romav Existence is nothing but You. Hu ya’asseh shalom So Your Torah guides us; Yah’s kingdom Aleynu v’al kol yisra’el Extends throughout the Cosmos. V’al kol yosh’vey tey_vel Further it is stated: V’im’ru AMEN Yah will indeed govern Over all there is. On that Day, Yah will be One. And if you are in mourning, And Her Name, Will be ONE. you can always say: - / Eyl Maley Rachamim

Compassionate, Highest God! In a minyan In the company of saints and pure ones you can recite the here. who radiate light like the bright sky, grant among them, gentle rest Yit_gaddal v’yit_qaddash under Your Sh’khinnah’s wings Sh’mey rabbah to the soul of ______B’alma di_v’ra chir’utey who has gone to other realms. V’yamlich malchu_tey I will offer as Mitzvah, B’cha_yey_chon uv’yo_mey_chon alms to honor his/her memory. Uv’cha_yey d’chol beyt yis_rael May his/her soul find itself Ba’a_gallah u’viz’man ka_riv in the garden of delight V’im’ru AMEN. and may his/her remains be undisturbed and may his/her soul be bound up Y’hey sh’mey rabbah m’va_rach in the chain of life. L’alam u’l’almey al_maya. To this I say, Amen.

Yit_ba_rach, v’yish_tab_bach V’yitpa’ar v’yit_romam v’yitnassey V’yit_had_dar v’it’aleh v’yit’hallal Sh’mey d’Kud_sha B’rich Hu.

L’eyla min kol bir_cha-ta v’shirah_ta Tush’b’chah_ta v’neche’mah_ta Di_ami_ran b’alma v’imm’ru AMEN

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Here you say some of these blessings to may that one bless these children. those you davvened with and to your own May my name, day. that of Abraham and Isaac, be associated with theirs. El Shaddai bless you, Make you fruitful, give you the increase, Be blessed in the city. that will become a Be blessed in the country. source of harmony for people. Blessed as you arrive, Blessed as you are leaving. From El, your parents God, help for you! From Shaddai, all the blessings; God decree for you blessing Sky blessings from above, in what you have stored up Blessings from the deepest strata below, for yourself from before, Blessings of fertility and nurture. through your hands' work now, right here on Earth. May G-d fulfill the blessing This be your gift from God. to Abraham in you, May God open for you, and in your loved ones, along with you. treasures of heavenly goodness, Wherever, like Abraham, of earthly timeliness, you once were a stranger there, to succeed in what you do. in that place, may you be at home. May you have good credit, and not need it. Blessings of your parents (Jacob), to add more force God be with you and help you to those of their parents, at all times. (Isaac and Abraham), May you not ever to cap the desires of the ancient hills, have to feel shame or blame. be they upon your head (Joseph), Go in joy, arrive in peace. and surround the heads of your siblings. Mountains and hills sing you on your way. Trees in the meadows applaud your trip. God loves You. God blesses and increases you. Draw waters of Joy God blesses your family and your land, from the source of help. your income and your holdings, May you live to the day right here on Earth, that God be so present, as God promised your parents. the way we hoped, Yah, All peoples will bless you. to be present to us all along, You and your possessions, a real help in our lives! will all prosper. How we will then celebrate May God remove all illness and pain, God's helpfulness! all tensions and pressures So you say to each other, L’chayim! you have known... To you, Shalom, to your home, Shalom. The angel who redeemed me, All of yours, Shalom! from all that was corrupt,

Shacharit p. 34 Minchah / Afternoon & Ma’Ariv / Evening Services

For Minchah: You keep loving us, Ashrey, pp. 7-8 As You have always loved us. The Amidah, pp. 18-21. Yah, Our God. You impart to us: Conclude with Aleynu. pp. 32-33. Torah and Mitzvot,

To know reality and justice. Ma’ariv / Evening Prayer Therefore, Yah, our God, Barkhu When we are to rest for the night, When we are to rise for the day, We praise You, Yah. We will make Your principles By Your command, Our conversation. Pleasant evenings appear. That will give us steady joy With good judgment, As we talk Torah, You open gates to new awareness. And plan to do Mitzvot.

You vary the seasons… This is what we live for. Setting the sky’s light, As You adjust the times, This is what keeps us going. To conform Day and night we will To their appointed tasks. Ponder their meaning.

You create day and night. Just keep on all along loving us. You make for dawn and dusk. Barukh Attah Yah Now the day is over, Ohev Ammo Yisrael. And you bring on the night. Sh’ma, pp. 16-17. You give us discernment, To know the difference / Emet V-emunah Between day and night. It is true, and we believe it… Yah Tzeva’ot – That You are our redeemer. Lord of Diversity, I am awed when I recall the miracles, Is Your Name. And the help you gave me.

Oh! Living, Present God, You kept my spirit alive. May You always You kept me from stumbling. Govern our lives. In the past, You helped our people. Barukh Attah Yah We all accepted You, Ha ma’ariv Aravim. As our leader, And vowed to follow Your lead.

Afternoon & Evening p. 35 Minchah / Afternoon & Ma’Ariv / Evening Services

With Moshe, Miriam, And all Israel, We sang to You… Ribono Shel Olam, hareini mocheil

- I hereby forgive Mi Kamokha ba’elim Y-ah whoever has hurt me, Mi Kamocha ne’dar bakodesh And whoever has done me Nora’ t’hillot ‘Osseh fele’ any wrong; Whether it was And we continue Deliberately or by accident, To celebrate You, Whether it was As Redeemer of Israel. Done by word or by deed, / In this incarnation Give us peaceful rest. Or in previous ones. And in the morning, May no one, Awaken us to the good life, Be punished on my account. And to peace. We need you May it be Your will, To guide us, O Lord my God, And to assist us. God of my parents, That I sin no more, Protect us in the night. That I do not revert Keep us in health, to my old ways, And safe from ensnarement. That I do not anger You any more Guard our coming and leaving, by my actions, As You have, up to now. May I do not do that which is evil in Your sight. Barukh attah Y-ah Shomer et Ammo Yisrael la’ad. Wipe away the sins That I have committed, Before you go to sleep, make an With Your great compassion, examination of your conscience for the But not through entire day. Check your relationships Sickness or suffering. and make an act of forgiveness.

Recalling whatever frustration and hurt May these words was experienced during the day, at the Of my mouth, hands of others, visualize them written And the prayers on slips of paper. Rip these up one by That are in my heart, one, forgiving fully those who hurt you Be acceptable before You, as you say: O Lord, My Rock and my Redeemer.

Afternoon & Evening p. 36 Appendix

what You command us in Your Torah and Commandments.

In our bellies Rabbi Elimelech’s prayer there burns a fire without ceasing, to be able to pray a Yetzer Hara’, the drive of selfishness which draws us Yah, our God, to the vices of this world You are our parents God, and its follies. You are open to hear our pleading prayer The Yetzer confuses our awareness, with compassion. even when we stand before You You give a caring ear seeking to pray and plead for our lives. to what Your people Israel is crying for. The Yetzer’s incitement This is our prayer to You, constantly confuses our thoughts please grant it. with all sorts of thoughts and schemes. We cannot resist it; Open our hearts, for our awareness is uncertain focus our thoughts, our mind unsteady help that our prayers the troubles and preoccupations may flow freely from our lips of making a living and incline Your ear to hear under times of oppression how we, Your servants bear down heavily on us. are seeking Your favor, crying in a pleading voice Therefore, You , and with a shattered spirit. who are compassionate and kind fulfill for us what You promised You, kind compassionate One to Moses, Your faithful servant; God of infinite mercy! When You said, Please forgive us, pardon us “I will favor whomever I will favor and atone and I will be compassionate for us and for Your entire people, on whomever I will be compassionate.” the house of Israel, And this You had our sages tell us so that what ever we have failed This applies even to those to do right who are not worthy or what we have done wrong for this is Your way; or when we acted in ways to be kind both to those who are bad that are wicked and those who are good. and rebelled against You. be forgiven, pardoned and atoned It must be obvious to You for us and for Your entire people, how we are troubled the house of Israel, how hard our life is and what we must bear -- How well You know, it is so difficult for us and it is apparent to You to come near to You that it was not with malice or willfulness and to serve You well, that we transgressed what You teach us, to have our feelings be sincerely

Appendix p. 37 Appendix in harmony with Your will. don't abandon us, Dear Father in heaven! keep us from disgracing What pain we feel in our souls You before the world. Please arouse Your mercy and kindness freely and abundantly Be present to us and banish, erase in the words of our prayer our attraction to evil. May the work of our hands Let not our evil Yetzer and the thoughts of our hearts be active in our innards. serve You Let him not seduce us as we think of You let him not deflect us from serving You Please our Father in heaven May no evil schemes arise in our heart In Your abundant kindness when we are asleep or awake Grant us the boon especially at that time that our thoughts when we stand in prayer before You and words and actions, or are at times all our motives and our feelings when we study Your holy Torah those we are aware of or at times when we are busy and those near not aware of fulfilling Your Commandments. those that are manifest Then let our thoughts be pure and clear, and those that are hidden our own awareness steady and strong, with all of them together sincere and heartfelt be unified in sincerity and truth as You would have us be. without any self deception.

Awaken in our hearts Purify our hearts, and in the hearts of all of Israel, sanctify us, Your people, sprinkle us with Thy cleansing water the aim to unify You to purify us, in all truth, in all love, wash us clean so to serve with Your kindness and love. as to be pleasing to You. Plant Your steadfast love, and Your awe in our hearts Fasten in us at all times such a steadfast faith in You, and in all places To be so deeply anchored as we go about our lives whether in our hearts as we lie down or get up; not to vacillate from it. that there always be Your Holy Spirit ardently active in our innards Remove from us all the barriers that we may rely on You always, that separate us from You, on Your greatness, Our father in heaven. Your love and Your awe. Save us from stumbling in our path, Keep us from going astray. May we be securely anchored in Your written and Oral Torah Don't forsake us, in the part of the Torah

Appendix p. 38 Appendix that is open to all and rebellions. and the part of Torah that is hidden. Let there flow to us In doing the mitzvoth from the realm of repentance may we unify Your awesome Name. the challenging call Protect us from hypocrisy, to return to You wholeheartedly from pride, anger, and vindictiveness and to repair all that we have damaged from depression, from tale bearing of Your pure and holy Name. and other vices. Protect us from everything Yah, rescue us from envy. that might damage Let not jealousy the holiness and purity of any person arise in our hearts of our service to You, whom we love. and let not others be vindictive to us, on the contrary, place into our hearts Pour out thy Holy Spirit over us appreciation for the goodness that we may stay close to You, of our fellow beings. that our longing for You may Let us not seek to find fault with them. grow and increase. May we speak to each person Raise us up from rung to rung with civility and gentleness. that we might come close to the rung of Let not hatred arise from one to another. our holy forebears Strengthen us Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. that we might love You more for You know well how our intention is We know that it all should bring You You will always receive our prayer; pleasure and joy, You will always answer us for this is the root of our intention when we pray for anyone, despite the fact be it a single person that we don't have a strong enough mind or the whole people Israel. to keep the aim of the kavanah May You take joy in us of our heart, May Your glory be reflected in us. focused on You.

May our prayers bear fruit Enlighten us so that we might learn and be fulfilled, above and below. to fully know Your good purpose. Help us to attend to our flaws, This is what we plead to especially the sins of our youth You, all merciful God. as King David, peace be upon him, said Please accept our prayer “my youthful sins and my rebellions in compassion and good will. do not keep in Your memory”. Amen, let this be so willed by You. Please, enable us to turn from our sins

Appendix p. 39 The Teaching of the Beit Ha-Midrash at Elat Chayyim:

Each one who aligns oneself every day with these principles of the faith and lives according to them can be assured that s/he will have a role in the World to Come for us and for all the peoples on the entire world soon: 1. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in the G-d who is infinite and the blessed light that issues from that Infinite Source, who is beyond time and space, yet who longs to have a dwelling place among those in the worlds here below; and who, out of loving beneficence to Her creatures, contracted Her light and Her radiant glory, in order to emanate, to create, to form, and to effectuate all that exists in the universe. 2. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in the Oneness of G-d and of all creation, a oneness of the kind of One that has no second; and that all which exists in the universe exists solely according to the will of that G-d, who constantly calls everything into being - who causes all existence at every moment. 3. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the Creator has an intent and a purpose in creation, and that one of the aspects of that purpose is so that He shall become known to us by and through it; and that we, creatures have a task to broaden and enlarge that knowledge /awareness until the world will be as filled with knowledge of G-d as the waters cover the sea. 4. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the hoped-for goal is that all of us will come to constitute one united interconnected and organic whole and that every living being will know that You are the One who constantly causes its existence. 5. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that all the pathways through which the Holy Spirit is manifest and revealed are of one piece with the Torah that was given at Sinai. 6. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in the mission of , which is one of the vital organs of the collective being that comprises all existence, and that through G-d's compassion on all creatures, it is revealed to them also how indispensable and integral they are to the health of all the species of the planet. 7. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the universe is not ownerless and abandoned, and that every one who does good with his/her life takes part in the fixing on the world and that every one who uses his/her life for evil participates in the destruction of the world; and that every action has an impact on the rest of existence. 8. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the amount of good in the world is greater than the amount of evil, and that the entire order of movement through the chain of evolution is designed to bring about the fulfillment of the Divine intention. 9. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the deeds of the fathers and mothers accrue to the benefit of the children, and that the tradition that is passed on contains within it the seeds of the light of redemption. 10. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that our prayers are heard and answered. 11. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the Holy Shechinah dwells within our midst and that all who show kindness to living creatures show kindness too to the Sh’khinnah, and vice versa. 12. May it be the divine will that I believe with perfect faith that physical death does not terminate the existence of the soul; rather, that there are innumerable worlds, within which they return to live again. 13. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in Tikkun HaOlam, that the world can be repaired and healed and that it is becoming alive; and that besides coming to life, the world will come to possess a consciousness and feeling, and as such will become a fitting vessel for a fuller revelation of the Divine will.