FOUNDATIONS OF JUDAISM: LITURGY ASHER YATZAR Gavriel Z. Bellino Barukh atta Adonai, Blessed are You HaShem, Eloheinu, melekh ha'olam, our God, King of the universe, asher yatzar et ha'adam be'chokhma who fashioned man with wisdom u'vara vo and created within him ne'qavim ne'qavim, chaloolim chaloolim. many openings and many cavities. Galooy v'yadooa It is obvious and known lifney khi'seh khivodekha, before Your Throne of Glory sh'im yipateyach echad meyhem, that if but one of them were to be ruptured oh yisatem echad meyhem, or but one of them were to be blocked ee efshar le'hitqayyem it would be impossible to survive v’laamod lefanekha and to stand before You, afilu sha’ah echat. for even one moment. Barukh atta Adonai, Blessed are You HaShem, Rofeh chol basar who heals all flesh u'maflee la'asot. and acts wonderously. ‫בָּ רּוְך אַ ָּתה יה ָּוה‬ ‫אֱ ֹלהֵ ינּו ֶמלֶ ְך הָּ עֹולָּ ם‬ ‫אֲ ֶשר יָּצַ ר אֶ ת הָּ אָּ ָּדם בחָּ כ ָּמה‬ ‫ּובָּ ָּרא בֹו‬ .‫לּולים‬ ִ ֲ‫לּולים ח‬ ִ ֲ‫נ ָּק ִבים נ ָּק ִבים ח‬ ַ‫גָּלּוי ויָּדּוע‬ ‫בֹודָך‬ ֶ ‫ִלפנֵי כִ סֵ א כ‬ ‫ֶש ִאם יִפָּ ֵתחַ אֶ חָּ ד ֵמהֶ ם‬ ‫אֹו יִסָּ ֵתם אֶ חָּ ד ֵמהֶ ם‬ ‫ִאי אֶ פ ַשר ל ִהת ַקיֵם‬ ‫ולַ עֲמֹוד לפָּ נֶיָך‬ :‫אֲ ִפילּו ָּשעָּ ה אֶ חָּ ת‬ ‫בָּ רּוְך אַ ָּתה יה ָּוה‬ ‫רֹופֵ א כָּל בָּ ָּשר‬ :‫ּומפ ִליא לַ עֲשֹות‬ ַ