Ma`ariv for a house of shiva

Ma'ariv for a house of shiva
(evening worship for the first week of remembrance)
compiled by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat
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Lighting the Memorial Candle
The light of a life is a finite flame. Our lives glow for a time,
radiate warmth and beauty, and then fade and are no more.
Yet our lives are more than this. Something in us goes beyond
the temporary limits of flesh which fails and bones which yield to time.
Something in us can never die.
The memorial candle we now kindle is a sign of that truth.
As it burns pure and bright, so may the memory of ____________
brighten and purify our lives.
?‫ ִמ ִמּי ֶא ְפ ָחד‬,‫חיַּ י‬-‫עוֹז‬
ַ
‫ ִמ ִמּי ִא ָירא? יְ י ָמ‬,‫אוֹרי וְ יִ ְשׁ ִעי‬
ִ ‫יְ י‬
Adonai ori veyishi; mimi ira? Adonai ma'oz chayyai, mimi efchad?
Adonai is my light and my redemption; what shall I fear?
Adonai is the strength of my life; what shall make me afraid?
(Psalm 27:1)
and made effective
and be acknowledged
and be given the right honor
and be seen as beautiful
and uplifting
and bring jubilation.
Way beyond our input
of worshipful song and praise
which we express in this world
as our agreement and hope, AMEN.
May that endless peace
that heaven can release for us
bring about the good life
for us and for all Israel
as we express our agreement and hope, AMEN.
You, who harmonize it all
on the highest planes:
bring harmony and peace to us,
to all Israel and all sentient beings
as we express our agreement and hope, AMEN.
:‫ יְ יָ ֶא ָחד‬,‫הינוּ‬8
ֵ ‫ יְ יָ ֱא‬,‫ְשׁ ַמע יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
Shema Yisrael, Adonai eloheinu, Adonai echad.
Hear, O Israel; Adonai is our God; Adonai is One!
Translation: R' Zalman Shachter-Shalomi z"l.
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Y’hei shlama raba min
shemaya v’chayyim aleinu v’al
kol Yisrael, v’imru amen.
Oseh shalom bimromav,
hu ya’aseh shalom, aleinu
v’al kol yisrael, v'al kol yoshvei
tevel, v’imru Amen.
‫יְ ֵהא ְשׁ ָל ָמא ַר ָבּא ִמן ְשׁ ַמיָּ א וְ ַחיִּ ים‬
‫ וְ ִא ְמרוּ‬,‫ָע ֵלינוּ וְ ַעל ָכּל יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
:‫ָא ֵמן‬
‫רוֹמיו הוּא יַ ֲע ֶשׂה‬
ָ ‫ע ֶֹשׂה ָשׁלוֹם ִבּ ְמ‬
‫ וְ ַעל‬,‫ָשּׁלוֹם ָע ֵלינוּ וְ ַעל ָכּל יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
:‫ וְ ִא ְמרוּ ָא ֵמן‬,‫יושבי ֵט ֱבל‬
ֵ
‫ָכּל‬
I pray to You God,
that the power residing in Your Great Name
be increased and made sacred
in this world which God created freely
in order to preside in it,
and grow its freeing power
and bring about the messianic era.
May this happen during our lifetime
and during the lifetime of all of us
living now, the house of Israel.
May this happen soon, without delay
and by saying AMEN we express our agreement and hope,
AMEN.
May that immense power residing in God's great name
flow freely into our world and worlds beyond.
May that Great Name, that sacred energy,
be shaped
Blessing
Hold onto what is good
Even if it is a handful of earth.
Hold onto what you believe
Even if it is a tree that stands by itself.
Hold onto what you must do
Even if it is a long way from here.
Hold onto life
Even if it seems easier to let go.
Hold onto my hand
Even if I have gone away from you.
(traditional Pueblo)
Late fragment
And did you get what
you wanted from this life even so?
I did.
And what did you want?
To call myself beloved, to feel myself
beloved on the earth.
(Raymond Carver)
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The Shema and Her Blessings
Mourner's Kaddish
Barchu — Call to Prayer
As we bless the Source of Life, so we are blessed.
And the blessing gives us strength, and makes our visions clear;
And the blessing gives us peace, and the courage to dare.
As we bless the Source of Life, so we are blessed.
(Faith Rogow)
Yitgadal v’yitkadash, shmeh
rabah. B’alma di vra chiruteh,
v’yamlich malchuteh
b’chayyeichon u’v’yomeichon
u’vchayyei d’chol beit
Yisrael. Ba’agala u-vizman
kariv v’imru amen.
.‫יִת ַק ַדּשׁ ְשׁ ֵמהּ ַר ָבּא‬
ְ ְ‫יִתגַּ ַדּל ו‬
ְ
,‫עוּתהּ‬
ֵ ‫ְבּ ָע ְל ָמא ִדּי ְב ָרא ִכ ְר‬
‫כוּתהּ ְבּ ַחיֵּ יכוֹן‬
ֵ ‫יַמ ִלי< ַמ ְל‬
ְ ְ‫ו‬
‫וּב ַחיֵּ י ְד ָכל ֵבּית‬
ְ ‫יוֹמיכוֹן‬
ֵ ‫וּב‬
ְ
.‫יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
:‫וּבזְ ַמן ָק ִריב וְ ִא ְמרוּ ָא ֵמן‬
ִ ‫ַבּ ֲעגָ ָלא‬
□ Y’hei
sh’mei raba m’varakh
l’olam ol’almey almaya.
Barchu et Adonai hamevorach.
□
Baruch Adonai hamevorach
l'olam va-ed.
:<‫ָבּ ְרכוּ ֶאת יְ יָ ַה ְמב ָֹר‬
:‫עוֹלם וָ ֶעד‬
ָ ‫ָבּרוּ< יְ יָ ַה ְמב ָֹר< ְל‬
Blessed is God, the blessed One.
Blessed is God, the blessed One,
now and forever!
□
Yitbarach v’yishtabach,
v’yitpa’ar v’yit-romam
v’yit-naseh. V’yithadar
v’yitaleh v’yithallal shmeh
d’kudh’sha b’rich hu. L’eyla min
kol birchata v’shirata,
tushbechata v’nechemata,
damiran b’alma, v’imru amen.
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‫□ יְ ֵהא ְשׁ ֵמהּ ַר ָבּא ְמ ָב ַר< ְל ָע ַלם‬
:‫וּל ָע ְל ֵמי ָע ְל ַמיָּ א‬
ְ
‫יִת ָפּ ַאר‬
ְ ְ‫ ו‬,‫יִת ָבּ ַר< וְ יִ ְשׁ ַתּ ַבּח‬
ְ
‫יִת ַה ָדּר‬
ְ ְ‫יִתנַ ֵשּׂא ו‬
ְ ְ‫רוֹמם ו‬
ַ ‫יִת‬
ְ ְ‫ו‬
‫יִת ַה ָלּל ְשׁ ֵמהּ ְדּ ֻק ְד ָשׁא‬
ְ ְ‫יִת ַע ֶלּה ו‬
ְ ְ‫ו‬
‫ְבּ ִרי< הוּא ְל ֵע ָלּא ִמן ָכּל ִבּ ְר ָכ ָתא‬
,‫ ֻתּ ְשׁ ְבּ ָח ָתא וְ נֶ ֱח ָמ ָתא‬,‫וְ ִשׁ ָיר ָתא‬
:‫ וְ ִא ְמרוּ ָא ֵמן‬,‫ַדּ ֲא ִמ ָירן ְבּ ָע ְל ָמא‬
Let Evening Come
Let the light of late afternoon
shine through chinks in the barn, moving
up the bales as the sun moves down.
Let the cricket take up chafing
as a woman takes up her needles
and her yarn. Let evening come.
Let dew collect on the hoe abandoned
in long grass. Let the stars appear
and the moon disclose her silver horn.
Let the fox go back to its sandy den.
Let the wind die down. Let the shed
go black inside. Let evening come.
To the bottle in the ditch, to the scoop
in the oats, to air in the lung
let evening come.
Let it come, as it will, and don’t
be afraid. God does not leave us
comfortless, so let evening come.
(Jane Kenyon)
Ma'ariv Aravim: God of Day and Night
Baruch atah Adonai
Eloheinu melech ha’olam
asher bidvaro ma’ariv
aravim bechochmah
poteach she’arim uvitvunah
meshaneh itim umachalif et
hazemanim umsadeir et
hakochavim b'mishmeroteihem baraki’ah
kirtsono. Borei yom valaila
goleil or mipnei choshech
vechoshech mipnei or
uma’avir yom umeivi lailah
umavdil bein yom uvein
lailah Adonai tzeva’ot shemo.
,‫הינוּ ֶ ֽמ ֶל< ָהעוֹ ָֹלם‬8
ֽ ֵ ‫ ֶא‬, ָ‫בּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
,‫ֲא ֶשׁר ִבּ ְד ָבר ֹוֹ ַמ ֲע ִריב ֲע ָר ִבים‬
‫ְבּ ָח ְכ ָמה פּוֹ ֵ ֹֽת ַח ְשׁ ָע ִרים‬
,‫וּב ְתבוּנָ ה ְמ ַשׁנֶּ ה ִע ִתּים‬
ִ
,‫וּמ ֲח ִליף ֶאת ַהזְּ ַמנִּ ים‬
ַ
,‫וּמ ַס ֵדּר ֶאת ַהכּוֹ ָֹכ ִבים‬
ְ
.ֹ‫יע ְכּ ְרצוֹֹנוֹ‬
ַ ‫יהם ָבּ ָר ִ ֽ ק‬
ֶ ‫ְבּ ִמ ְשׁ ְמרוֹ ֵֹת‬
,<‫ גּוֹ ֵֹלל אֹוֹר ִמ ְפּנֵ י ֽח ֶשׁ‬,‫בּוֹ ֵֹרא יוֹֹם וָ ָ ֽליְ ָלה‬
.‫וְ ֽח ֶשׁ< ִמ ְפּנֵ י אוֹֹר‬
,‫וּמ ִביא ָ ֽליְ ָלה‬
ֽ ֵ ‫וּמ ֲע ִביר יוֹֹם‬
ַ
.ֹ‫ יְ יָ ְצ ָבאוֹֹת ְשׁמוֹ‬,‫וּבין ָ ֽליְ ָלה‬
ֵ ‫וּמ ְב ִדּיל ֵבּין יוֹֹם‬
ַ
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Source of all being,
by Whose word the evening falls.
In wisdom You open heaven’s gates.
With understanding You make seasons change, causing the times
to come and go, ordering the stars on their appointed paths
through heaven’s dome, all according to Your will.
Creator of day and night, who rolls back light before dark,
and dark before light, who makes day pass away
and brings on the night, dividing between day and night;
the Leader of Heaven's Multitudes is Your name!
□ Eil chai vekayam tamid yimloch
aleinu le’olam va’ed. Baruch atah
Adonai hama’ariv aravim.
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‫יִמלוֹֹ< ָע ֵ ֽלינוּ‬
ְ ‫ ָתּ ִמיד‬,‫□ ֵאל ַחי וְ ַקיָּ ם‬
,ָ‫ ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬.‫ְלעוֹ ָֹלם וָ ֶעד‬
:‫ַה ַמ ֲע ִריב ֲע ָר ִבים‬
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Living and enduring God, be our guide now and always.
Blessed are You, Source of All being, Who makes evening fall.
Kakatuv b'toratecha,
Adonai yimloch leolam
vaed. V'ne-emar, v'haya
Adonai l'melech al kol haaretz. Bayom hahu yiheh
Adonai echad, ushmo
echad!
□
Ahavat Olam: Eternal Love
Ahavat olam beit Yisrael
amecha ahavta
Torah umitsvot chukim
umishpatim otanu limadeta.
Al kein Adonai Eloheinu
beshochveinu uvkumeinu
nasiach bechukecha.
Venismach bedivrei Toratecha
Uvmitsvotecha le’olam va’ed.
Kee heim chayeinu ve’orech
yameinu uvahem negeh
yomam valailah.
□
Ve’ahavatcha al tasir
Mimenu le’olamim.
Baruch atah Adonai
oheiv amo Yisrael.
□
R‫□ ַא ֲה ַבת עוֹ ָֹלם ֵבּּית יִ ְשׁ ָר ֵאל ַע ְמּ‬
‫ ֻח ִקּים‬,‫וּמ ְצוֹת‬
ִ ‫ תּוֹ ָֹרה‬,‫ָא ָ ֽה ְב ָתּ‬
ָ‫ אוֹ ָ ֹֽתנוּ ִל ַ ֽמ ְד ָתּ ַעל ֵכּן יְ י‬,‫וּמ ְשׁ ָפּ ִטים‬
ִ
‫יח‬
ַ ‫קוּמנוּ נָ ִ ֽשׂ‬
ֽ ֵ ‫וּב‬
ְ ‫ ְבּ ָּשׁ ְכ ֵ ֽבנוּ‬,‫הינוּ‬8
ֽ ֵ ‫ֱא‬
R‫ וְ נִ ְשׂ ַמח ְבּ ִּד ְב ֵרי תוֹ ָֹר ֶ ֽת‬,R‫ְבּ ֻּח ֶקּי‬
‫ ִכּי ֵהם ַח ֵיּֽינוּ‬.‫ ְלעוֹ ָֹלם וָ ֶעד‬R‫וּב ִמ ְצוֹ ֶ ֹֽתי‬
ְ
‫וּב ֶהם נֶ ְהגֶּ ה יוֹ ָֹמם‬
ָ ,‫יָמינוּ‬
ֽ ֵ <‫א ֶר‬
ֹ ֽ ְ‫ו‬
.‫וָ ָ ֽליְ ָלה‬
‫עוֹלם‬
ָ ‫< ְל‬8‫יִמ‬
ְ ָ‫ יְ י‬,R‫תוֹר ֶת‬
ָ ‫□ ַכּ ָכּתוּב ְבּ‬
‫ וְ ָהיָ ה יְ יָ ְל ֶמ ֶל< ַעל ָכּל‬,‫ וְ נֶ ֱא ַמר‬:‫וָ ֶעד‬
,‫ ַבּיּוֹם ַההוּא יִ ְהיֶ ה יְ יָ ֶא ָחד‬,‫ָה ָא ֶרץ‬
.‫וּשמוֹ ֶא ָחד‬
ְ
As it is written in God’s sacred teaching: “You shall know this day
and place upon your heart that Adonai is God in heaven above
and earth below; there is none else.”
Then shall your realm be established on earth, and the word of
Your prophet fulfilled: “Adonai will reign forever and ever. On
that day, Adonai shall be One, and God’s name shall be One.”
‫ ַאל ָתּ ִסיר ִמ ֶ ֽמּנּוּ‬R‫□ וְ ַא ֲה ָב ְת‬
‫ אוֹ ֵֹהב ַעמּ ֹוֹ‬,ָ‫ ָבּּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬.‫ְלעוֹ ָֹל ִמים‬
:‫יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
With eternal love, You love the house of Israel. Torah and mitzvot, laws
and justice You have taught us. And so, Adonai, our God, when we lie
down and when we rise, we reflect upon Your laws; we take pleasure in
Your Torah’s words and your mitzvot, now and always. Truly, they are
our life, our length of days. On them we meditate by day and night.
Your love will never depart from us as long as worlds endure. Blessed
are You, Adonai, who loves Your people Israel.
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Therefore we hope in You, Adonai our God, to see soon the power
of Your beauty wipe away false gods from the earth and sweep
away idolatry, so that the truth of Your sovereign presence will
repair the world. Then will all humanity call Your name and then
all that had been dark will turn to Your light. All who dwell on
earth will feel in their hearts and know in their minds that You are
our source—the true object of devotion and loyalty.
Lefanecha Adonai Eloheinu
yichre’u veyipolu velichvod
shimcha yekar yiteinu.
Vikabelu chulam et ol
malchutecha. Vetimloch
aleihem meheirah le’olam
va’ed. Kee hamalchut
shelcha hee, ulolmei ad
timloch bechavod.
.‫הינוּ יִ ְכ ְרעוּ וְ יִ פֹּלוּ‬8
ֵ ‫ יְ יָ ֱא‬R‫ְל ָפנֶ י‬
‫ וִ ַיק ְבּלוּ ֻכ ָלּם‬.‫ יְ ָקר יִ ֵתּנוּ‬R‫וְ ִל ְכבוֹד ִשׁ ְמ‬
‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫< ֲע ֵל‬8‫ וְ ִת ְמ‬.R‫כוּת‬
ֶ ‫ֶאת עוֹל ַמ ְל‬
R‫ ִכּי ַה ַמּ ְלכוּת ֶש ְל‬.‫עוֹלם וָ ֶעד‬
ָ ‫ְמ ֵה ָרה ְל‬
:‫עוֹל ֵמי ַעד ִתּ ְמלוֹ< ְבּ ָכבוֹד‬
ְ ‫וּל‬
ְ ,‫ִהיא‬
Before You, Adonai our God, will they bend low and pay homage
to glorify Your name. Then all will accept the obligations of living
in Your world— obligations of hope, love and duty to heaven and
humanity. Then You will surely rule forever and ever. For the
earth is Yours and Your glory fills it forever.
Unending Love
We are loved by unending love.
We are embraced by arms that find us
even when we are hidden from ourselves.
We are touched by fingers that soothe us
even when we are too proud for soothing.
We are counseled by voices that guide us
even when we are too embittered to hear.
We are loved by unending love.
We are supported by hands that uplift us
even in the midst of a fall.
We are urged on by eyes that meet us
even when we are too weak for meeting.
We are loved by unending love.
Embraced, touched, soothed, and counseled,
ours are the arms, the fingers, the voices;
ours are the hands, the eyes, the smiles;
We are loved by unending love.
(Rabbi Rami Shapiro)
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Shema
□
Shema Yisrael:
Adonai Eloheinu
Adonai echad!
:‫ יְ יָ ֶא ָ ֽחד‬,‫הינוּ‬8
ֵ ‫ יְ יָ ֱא‬,‫ְשׁ ַמע יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
.‫עוֹלם וָ ֶעד‬
ָ ‫כוּתו ְל‬
ֹ ֲ ‫ָבּרוּ< ֵשׁם ְכּבוֹד ַמ ְל‬
(Baruch shem kvod malchuto l'olam vaed.)
Hear, O Israel: Adonai is our God, Adonai is One!
Through time and space Your glory shines, Majestic One!
V'ahavta et Adonai
elohecha, b'chol l'vavcha,
uv'chol nafshecha, uv'chol
me'odecha. V'hayu ha
d'varim ha-eileh, asher
anochi m'tzv'cha hayom, al
levavecha. V'shinantam
l'vanecha, v'dibarta bam
b'shiv't'cha b'veitecha,
uv'lech't'cha vaderech
uv'shochb'cha uv'kumecha.
Ukshartam l'ot al yadecha,
v'hayu l'totafor bein enecha,
uhtavtam al mezuzot beitecha
□
-‫ ְבּ ָכל‬,R‫הי‬8
ֶ ‫□ וְ ָא ַה ְב ָתּ ֵאת יְ יָ ֱא‬
.R‫מא ֶ ֹֽד‬-‫ל‬
ְ ‫ וּ ְּב ָכ‬,R‫נַ ְפ ְשׁ‬-‫וּב ָכל‬
ְ ,R‫ְל ָ ֽב ְב‬
‫ ֲא ֶשׁר ָ ֽאנ ִֹכי‬,‫וְ ָהיוּ ַה ְדּ ָב ִרים ָה ֵא ֶלּה‬
‫ וְ ִשׁנַּ נְ ָתּם‬:R‫ל ָב ֶ ֽב‬-‫ל‬
ְ ‫ ַע‬,‫ ַהיּוֹֹם‬R ְ‫ְמ ַצוּ‬
R‫ וְ ִד ַבּ ְר ָתּ ָבּם ְבּ ִשׁ ְב ְתּ‬,R‫ְל ָבנֶ י‬
,R‫וּב ָשׁ ְכ ְבּ‬
ְ <‫ ַב ֶדּ ֶר‬R‫וּב ֶל ְכ ְתּ‬
ְ ,R‫ית‬
ֶ ‫ְבּ ֵב‬
,R‫יָ ֶד‬-‫וּק ַשׁ ְר ָתּם ְלאוֹֹת ַעל‬
ְ .R‫קוּמ‬
ֽ ֶ ‫וּב‬
ְ
‫וּכ ַת ְב ָתּם‬
ְ ,R‫וְ ָהיוּ ְלט ָֹטפֹת ֵבּין ֵע ֶינֽי‬
:R‫וּב ְשׁ ָע ֶ ֽרי‬
ִ R‫ית‬
ֶ ‫ַעל ְמזֻ זוֹת ֵבּ‬
uvisharecha.
Love the One, your God, with every heartbeat, with every breath,
with every conscious act. Keep in mind the words I command you today.
Teach them to your children, talk about them at work;
whether you are tired or you are rested.
Let them guide the work of your hands;
keep them in the forefront of your vision.
Do not leave them at the doorway, or outside your gate.
-9-
Emet malkenu efes
zulato. Kakatuv b'torato:
v'yadata hayom vahashevota
el levavecha. Ki adonai hu
ha-elohim, bashamayim
mima'al, v'al ha-aretz
mitachat ein od.
,‫זוּלתוֹ‬
ָ ‫□ ֱא ֶמת ַמ ְל ֵכּנוּ ֶא ֶפס‬
‫ וְ יָ ַד ְע ָתּ ַהיּוֹם‬:‫תוֹרתוֹ‬
ָ ‫ַכּ ָכּתוּב ְבּ‬
‫ ִכּי יְ יָ הוּא‬,R‫וַ ֲה ֵשׁב ָֹת ֶאל ְל ָב ֶב‬
‫ וְ ַעל‬,‫הים ַבּ ָשּׁ ַמים ִמ ַמּ ַעל‬8
ִ ‫ָה ֱא‬
:‫ ֵאין עוֹד‬,‫ָה ָא ֶרץ ִמ ָתּ ַחת‬
□
□
God sets out the heavens and establishes the earth. God’s honored
place is in the heights of our aspirations; God’s powerful presence
is in the heavens of our hopes. This is our God, there is none else.
There is nothing that God is not.
Al kein nekaveh lecha Adonai
Eloheinu, lirot meheirah
betiferet uzecha, leha’avir
gilulim min ha’arets
veha’elilim karot yikareitun
letakein olam bemalchut
shadai. Vechol benei vasar
yikre’u vishmecha. Lehafnot
eilecha kol rishei arets.
Yakiru veyeidu kol yoshvei
teiveil kee lecha tichra kol
berech tishava kol lashon.
,‫הינוּ‬8
ֵ ‫ יְ יָ ֱא‬R‫ַעל ֵכּן נְ ַקוֶּ ה ְל‬
,R ֶ‫ִל ְראוֹת ְמ ֵה ָרה ְבּ ִת ְפ ֶא ֶרת ֻעזּ‬
‫לוּלים ִמן ָה ָא ֶרץ‬
ִ ִ‫ְל ַה ֲע ִביר ג‬
‫ל ַת ֵקּן‬.
ְ ‫יִכּ ֵרתוּן‬
ָ ‫וְ ָה ֱא ִל ִילים ָכּרוֹת‬
‫ וְ ָכל ְבּנֵ י‬,‫עוֹלם ְבּ ַמ ְלכוּת ַשׁ ַדּי‬
ָ
‫ ְל ַה ְפנוֹת‬.R‫ָב ָשׂר יִ ְק ְראוּ ִב ְשׁ ֶמ‬
‫ יַ ִכּירוּ‬.‫ ָכּל ִר ְשׁ ֵעי ָא ֶרץ‬R‫ֵא ֶלי‬
R‫ ִכּי ְל‬,‫יוֹשׁ ֵבי ֵת ֵבל‬
ְ ‫וְ יֵ ְדעוּ ָכּל‬
‫ִתּ ְכ ַרע ָכּל ֶבּ ֶר< ִתּ ָשּׁ ַבע ָכּל‬
:‫ָלשׁוֹן‬
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□ Aleinu l'shabe'ach la'adon
hakol, latet gedulah l'yotzer
breshit. Shelo asanu k'goyei
ha'aratzot, v'lo samanu
k'mishpachot ha-adamah.
Shelo sam chelkenu kahem,
v'goralenu k'chol hamonam.
Aleinu
‫ ָל ֵתת‬,‫□ ָע ֵ ֽלינוּ ְל ַשׁ ֵבּ ַח ַל ֲאדוֹן ַהכֹּל‬
‫ ֶשׁלּוֹ‬,‫אשׁית‬
ִ ‫יוֹצר ְבּ ֵר‬
ֵ ‫גְּ ֻד ָלּה ְל‬
‫ וְ לֹוֹ ָשׂ ָמנוּ‬,‫ָֹע ָשׂנוּ ְכּגוֹיֵ י ָה ֲא ָרצוֹת‬
‫שׁלוֹ ָשׂם‬,‫ה‬
ֶ ‫ְכּ ִמ ְשׁ ְפּחוֹת ָה ֲא ָד ָמ‬
‫ וְ ג ָֹר ֵלנוּ ְכּ ָכל‬,‫ֶח ְל ֵקנוּ ָכּ ֶהם‬
.‫ֲהמוֹנָ ם‬
It is up to us to praise the Source of all, to exalt the Molder of
creation. We are made for God, as are all the nations; we are
placed here for God, like all humanity. Our portion and our fate
are for God's own sake.
□ Va-anachnu korim, umishtachavim u-modim, lifnei
melech malchei ham'lachim,
hakadosh baruch hu.
‫וּמ ְשׁ ַתּ ֲחוִ ים‬
ִ ‫כּוֹר ִעים‬
ְ ‫□ וַ ֲאנַ ְחנוּ‬
‫ ַמ ְל ֵכי‬,<‫ ִל ְפנֵ י ֶמ ֶל‬,‫וּמוֹדים‬
ִ
.‫ ַה ָקּדוֹשׁ ָבּרוּ< הוּא‬,‫ַה ְמּ ָל ִכים‬
We bow low and prostrate in thanks before the Source of all
sources, the Holy One, blessed is God.
Shehu noteh shamayim v'yosed
aretz, u-moshav yekaro
bashamayim mima'al, uschinat
uzo b'gavheh meromim.
Hu eloheinu, ein od.
,‫נוֹטה ָשׁ ַמיִ ם וְ י ֵֹסד ָא ֶרץ‬
ֶ ‫ֶשׁהוּא‬
,‫וּמוֹשׁב יְ ָקרוֹ ַבּ ָשּׁ ַמיִ ם ִמ ַמּ ַעל‬
ַ
,‫רוֹמים‬
ִ ‫וּשׁ ִכינַ ת ֻעזּוֹ ְבּגָ ְב ֵהי ְמ‬
ְ
.‫הינוּ ֵאין עוֹד‬8
ֵ ‫הוּא ֱא‬
,‫ ֲא ֶשׁר ָאנ ִֹכי ְמ ַצוֶּ ה ֶא ְת ֶכם ַהיּוֹֹם‬,‫מ ְצוֹ ַֹתי‬-‫ל‬
ִ ‫שׁמ ַֹע ִתּ ְשׁ ְמעוּ ֶא‬-‫ם‬
ָ ‫וְ ָהיָ ה ִא‬
-‫ וְ ָנ ַֽת ִתּי ְמ ַ ֽטר‬.‫וּב ָכל נַ ְפ ְשׁ ֶ ֽכם‬
ְ ‫ל ַב ְב ֶכם‬-‫ל‬
ְ ‫וּל ָע ְבד ֹוֹ ְבּ ָכ‬
ְ ,‫יכם‬
ֶ ‫ ֵה‬8ֽ ‫ְל ַ ֽא ֲה ָבה ֶאת יְ יָ ֱא‬
‫ וְ ָנ ַֽת ִתּי ֵע ֶשׂב‬.R‫ וְ יִ ְצ ָה ֶ ֽר‬R‫ וְ ִת ֽיר ְשׁ‬R ֶ‫ וְ ָ ֽא ַס ְפ ָתּ ְדגָ נ‬,‫וּמ ְלקוֹּשׁ‬
ַ ‫ יוֹ ֶֹרה‬,ֹ‫ַא ְר ְצ ֶכם ְבּ ִעתּוֹ‬
‫ וְ ַס ְר ֶתּם‬,‫יִ ְפ ֶתּה ְל ַב ְב ֶכם‬-‫ ִה ָ ֽשּׁ ְמרוּ ָל ֶכם ֶפּן‬.‫ וְ ָ ֽא ַכ ְל ָתּ וְ ָשׂ ָ ֽב ְע ָתּ‬,R‫ ִל ְב ֶה ְמ ֶתּ‬R‫ְבּ ָ ֽשׂ ְד‬
-‫ וְ ָע ַצר ֶאת‬,‫יְ יָ ָבּ ֶכם‬-‫ וְ ָח ָרה ַאף‬.‫יתם ָל ֶ ֽהם‬
ֶ ִ‫הים ֲא ֵח ִרים וְ ִה ְשׁ ַתּ ֲחו‬8
ִ ‫וַ ֲע ַב ְד ֶתּם ֱא‬
‫יְבוּלהּ וַ ֲא ַב ְד ֶתּם ְמ ֵה ָרה ֵמ ַעל‬-‫ת‬
ָ
‫ וְ ָה ֲא ָד ָמה לֹא ִת ֵתּן ֶא‬,‫יִ ְהיֶ ה ָמ ָטר‬-‫ַה ָשּׁ ַמיִ ם וְ לֹא‬
-‫ל ַב ְב ֶכם וְ ַעל‬-‫ל‬
ְ ‫ וְ ַשׂ ְמ ֶתּם ֶאת ְדּ ָב ַרי ֵא ֶלּה ַע‬:‫ָה ָא ֶרץ ַהטּ ָֹבה ֲא ֶשׁ יְ יָ נ ֵֹתן ָל ֶ ֽכם‬
:‫יכם‬
ֽ ֶ ֵ‫ וְ ָהיוּ ְלטוֹ ָֹטפֹת ֵבּין ֵ ֽעינ‬,‫יֶ ְד ֶכם‬-‫וּק ַשׁ ְר ֶתּם א ָֹתם ְלאוֹֹת ַעל‬
ְ ‫נַ ְפ ְשׁ ֶכם‬
,<‫ ַב ֶדּ ֶר‬R‫וּב ֶל ְכ ְתּ‬
ְ ,R‫ית‬
ֶ ‫ ְבּ ֵב‬R‫ ְבּ ִשׁ ְב ְתּ‬,‫ ְל ַד ֵבּר ָבּם‬,‫יכם‬
ֶ ֵ‫בּנ‬-‫ת‬
ְ ‫וְ ִל ַמּ ְד ֶתּם א ָֹת ֶא‬
‫יכם‬
ֶ ‫יְמ‬
ֵ ‫ ְל ַמ ַען יִ ְרבּוּ‬:R‫וּב ְשׁ ָע ֶ ֽרי‬
ִ R‫ית‬
ֶ ‫מזוּזוֹת ֵבּ‬-‫ל‬
ְ ‫וּכ ַת ְב ָתּם ַע‬
ְ :R‫קוּמ‬
ֽ ֶ ‫וּב‬
ְ R‫וּב ָשׁ ְכ ְבּ‬
ְ
‫ימי ַה ָשּׁ ַמיִם‬
ֵ ‫ ִכּ‬,‫יכם ָל ֵתת ָל ֶהם‬
ֶ ‫יכם ַעל ָה ֲא ָד ָמה ֲא ֶשׁר נִ ְשׁ ַבּע יְ יָ ַל ֲא ֽבֹ ֵת‬
ֶ ֵ‫ימי ְבנ‬
ֵ ִ‫ו‬
:‫ה ָ ֽא ֶרץ‬-‫ל‬
ָ ‫ַע‬
How good it will be when you really listen and hear My directions which
I give you today, to love Yah who is your God and to act godly with
feeling and inspiration. Your earthly needs will be met at the right time,
appropriate to the season. You will reap what you have planted for your
delight and health. Also your animals will have ample feed. All of you
will eat and be content.
Be careful—watch out! Don't let your cravings delude you; don't become
alienated; don't let your cravings become your gods; don't debase
yourself to them because the God-sense within you will become
distorted. Heaven will be shut to you, grace will not descend, Earth will
not yield her produce. Your rushing will destroy you! And Earth will not
be able to recover her good balance in which God's gifts manifest.
- 27 -
- 10 -
Vayomer Adonai el Moshe lemor:
daber el-bnei Yisrael v'amarta
aleihem v'asu lahem tzitzit al
kanfei bigdeihem l'dorotam,
v'natnu al tzitzit ha-kanaf p'til
tchelet. V'yaha lachem l'tzitzit,
u'ritem oto, u'zchartem et-kolmitzvot Adonai v'asitem otam.
V'lo taturu acharei l'vavchem
v'acharei eineihem asher atem
zonim achareihem.
-‫ ַדּ ֵבּּר ֶאל‬:‫מר‬
ֹ ֽ ‫מ ֶֹשׁה ֵלּא‬-‫אמר יְ יָ ֶאל‬
ֶ ֹ ‫וַ יּ‬
‫ וְ ָעשׂוּ‬:‫ְבּּנֵ י יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל וְ ָ ֽא ַמ ְר ָתּ ֲא ֵל ֶהם‬
,‫יהם ְל ֽד ֹר ָֹתם‬
ֶ ‫כּנְ ֵפי ִבּגְ ֵד‬-‫ל‬
ַ ‫יצת ַע‬
ִ ‫ָל ֶהם ִצ‬
.‫יצת ַה ָכּנָ ף ְפּ ִתיל ְתּ ֵ ֽכ ֶלת‬
ִ ‫צ‬-‫ל‬
ִ ‫וְ ָנ ְֽתנוּ ַע‬
‫יתם אֹת ֹוֹ‬
ֶ ‫ ְוּר ִא‬,‫יצת‬
ִ ‫וְ ָהיָ ה ָל ֶכם ְל ִצ‬
‫יתם‬
ֶ ‫ ַ ֽו ֲע ִשׂ‬,ָ‫מ ְצוֹֹת יְ י‬-‫ל‬
ִ ‫כּ‬-‫ת‬
ָ ‫וּזְ ַכ ְר ֶתּם ֶא‬
‫ וְ לֹא ָתתוּרוּ ַ ֽא ֲח ֵרי ְל ַב ְב ֶכם‬,‫א ָֹתם‬
‫א ֶתּם זֹנִ ים‬-‫ר‬
ַ ‫ ֲא ֶשׁ‬,‫יכם‬
ֶ ֵ‫וְ ַ ֽא ֲח ֵרי ֵ ֽעינ‬
:‫יהם‬
ֽ ֶ ‫ַא ֲח ֵר‬
‫ ה׳‬Who Is said to Moshe:
"Speak, telling the Yisrael folks to make tzitzit
on the corners of their garments,
so they will have generations to follow them.
On each tzitzit-tassel let them set a blue thread.
Glance at it and in your seeing
remember all of the other directives of ‫ ה׳‬who Is,
and act on them!
This way you will not be led astray,
craving to see and want,
and then prostitute yourself for your cravings.
This way you will be mindful to actualize my directions
for becoming dedicated to your God,
to be aware that I AM ‫ ה׳‬who is your God -the One who freed you from the oppression
in order to God you.
I am ‫ ה׳‬your God."
- 11 -
Eil Maleh Rachamim: God of Compassion
Eil maleh rachamim,
shochen ba-m'romim.
Hamtze m'nucha n'chonah
tachat canfei ha-shekhinah,
im k'doshim u-t'horim
k'zohar harakia mazhirim,
et nishmat_______
shehalakho/a l'olamo/a,
b'gan Eden t'hei menuchato/a.
Ba'al harachamim yastirehu/a
b'seter k'nafecha l'olamim,
v'yitzror bitzror ha-chayyim
et-nishmoto/ah.
Adonai hu n'chalato/ah.
V'yanuach bashalom al
mish-k'vo/ah, v'nomar:
Amen.
,‫רוֹמים‬
ִ ‫שׁוֹכן ַבּ ְמּ‬
ֵ ‫ֵאל ָמ ֵלא ַר ֲח ִמים‬
‫נוּחה נְ כוֹנָ ה ָת ַחת ַכּנְ ֵפי‬
ָ ‫ַה ְמ ֵצא ְמ‬
‫הוֹרים‬
ִ ‫וּט‬
ְ ‫דוֹשׁים‬
ִ ‫ ִעם ְק‬,‫ַה ְשּׁ ִכינָ ה‬
,‫יע ַמזְ ִה ִירים‬
ַ ‫זוֹהר ָה ָר ִק‬
ַ ‫ְכּ‬
_____________‫את נִ ְש ַמת‬
‫ ּ ְבגַ ן ֵֶעדן‬,‫ה‬/‫עוֹל ָמו‬
ָ ‫ׁ ֶש ָה ְלכּו ְל‬
‫[ ַבּ ַעל‬,‫]אנָ א‬
ָ .‫ה‬/‫נּוחתו‬
ָ ‫ּ ְת ֵהא ְמ‬
R‫ָה ַר ֲח ִמים יַ ְס ִתּ ֵירהוּ ְבּ ֵס ֶתר ְכּנָ ֶפי‬
‫וְ יִ ְצר ֹר ִבּ ְצרוֹר ַה ַחיִּ ים‬,‫עוֹל ִמים‬
ָ ‫ְל‬
,‫ה‬/‫ יְ יָ הוּא נַ ֲח ָלתוֹ‬,‫ה‬/‫ֶאת נִ ְשׁ ָמתוֹ‬
,‫ה‬/‫נוּח ְבּ ָשׁלוֹם ַעל ִמ ְשׁ ָכּבוֹ‬
ַ ָ‫וְ י‬
‫אמר ָא ֵמן׃‬
ַ ֹ ‫וְ נ‬
Compassionate God, Spirit of the universe,
Grant peace beneath the shelter of Your presence
among the holy and the pure
who shine with the splendor of the heavens,
to the soul of our dear one ___________
who has gone to their reward,
may the Garden of Eden be their rest.
O God of mercy,
guard them forever in the shadow of Your wings.
May their soul be bound up in the bond of life.
May they rest in peace. And let us say: Amen.
Psalm 23
Mizmor l'David:
Adonai ro'i, lo echsar.
Bin'ot deshe yarbitzeini
al-mei menuchot y'nahaleni
navshi y'shovev;
yancheini b'maglei-tzedek
l'ma'an shemo.
Gam ki elech b'gei tzalmavet
Lo ira ra ki atah imadi
Shivt'cha u-mishantecha
hema y'nachamuni.
Ta'aroch l'fanai shulchan
neged tzorerai
dishanta b'shemen roshi
cosi revaya.
Ach tov v'chesed yardifuni
kol y'mei chayai
v'shavti b'veit Adonai l'orech yamim.
:‫ִמזְ מוֹר ְל ָדוִ ד‬
.‫ לֹא ֶא ְח ָסר‬,‫יְ יָ ר ִֹעי‬
;‫יצנִ י‬
ֵ ‫ יַ ְר ִבּ‬,‫ִבּנְ אוֹת ֶדּ ֶשׁא‬
.‫מי ְמנֻ חוֹת יְ נַ ֲה ֵלנִ י‬-‫ל‬
ֵ ‫ַע‬
;‫שׁוֹבב‬
ֵ ְ‫נַ ְפ ִשׁי י‬
,‫צ ֶדק‬-‫י‬
ֶ ‫יַ נְ ֵחנִ י ְב ַמ ְעגְּ ֵל‬
.‫ְל ַמ ַען ְשׁמוֹ‬
,‫א ֵל< ְבּגֵ יא ַצ ְל ָמוֶ ת‬-‫י‬
ֵ ‫גַּ ם ִכּ‬
‫א ָתּה ִע ָמּ ִדי‬-‫י‬
ַ ‫א ָירא ָרע ִכּ‬-‫א‬
ִ ֹ‫ל‬
,R‫וּמ ְשׁ ַענְ ֶתּ‬
ִ R‫ִשׁ ְב ְט‬
.‫ֵה ָמּה יְ נַ ֲח ֻמנִ י‬
;‫ ֻשׁ ְל ָחן נֶ גֶ ד צ ְֹר ָרי‬,‫ַתּ ֲער ֹ< ְל ָפנַ י‬
.‫כּוֹסי ְרוָ יָ ה‬
ִ
,‫אשׁי‬
ִ ֹ ‫ִדּ ַשּׁנְ ָתּ ַב ֶשּׁ ֶמן ר‬
‫ַא< טוֹב וָ ֶח ֶסד יִ ְר ְדּפוּנִ י‬
;‫יְמי ַחיָּ י‬-‫ל‬
ֵ ‫ָכּ‬
.‫יָמים‬
ִ <‫יְ י ְלא ֶֹר‬-‫וְ ַשׁ ְב ִתּי ְבּ ֵבית‬
□ Lema'an tizkeru va'asitem et
kol mitzvotai viheyitem
kedoshim l'Eloheichem. Ani
Adonai Eloheichem asher
hotzeiti etcham me'eretz
Mitzrayim lihiyot lachem
l'Elohim. Ani Adonai Eloheichem.
-‫כּל‬-‫ת‬
ָ ‫יתם ֶא‬
ֶ ‫□ ְל ַמ ַען ִתּזְ ְכּרוּ וַ ֲע ִשׂ‬
:‫יכם‬
ֶ ‫ ֵה‬8‫א‬
ֽ ‫יתם ְקד ִֹשים ֵל‬
ֶ ִ‫ ִ ֽו ְהי‬,‫ִמ ְצוֹ ָֹתי‬
‫אתי‬
ִ ‫ ֲא ֶשׁר הוֹ ֵֹצ‬,‫יכם‬
ֶ ‫ ֵה‬8ֽ ‫ֲאנִ י יְ יָ ֱא‬
‫ ִל ְהיוֹֹת ָל ֶכם‬,‫ֶא ְת ֶכם ֵמ ֶא ֶרץ ִמ ְצ ַריִ ם‬
:‫יכם‬
ֽ ֶ ‫ ֵה‬8ֽ ‫ ֲאנִ י יְ יָ ֱא‬,‫הים‬8‫א‬
ִ ‫ֵל‬
This way you will be mindful to actualize my directions
for becoming dedicated to your God;
to be aware that I am your God,
the one who freed you from the oppression
in order to be your God. I am Adonai your God.
That is the truth!
!‫יכם ֱא ֶמת‬
ֽ ֶ ‫ ֵה‬8ֽ ‫יְ יָ ֱא‬
Your God is a true God!
(Translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z"l)
A psalm of David: God is my shepherd; I shall not want.
God makes me lie down in green pastures, and leads me beside still
waters to restore my soul;
God leads me in paths of righteousness for the sake of God's name.
Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear
no evil, for You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You set a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Truly goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life
And I will dwell in the house of Adonai forever.
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Geulah: Redemption
Shalom: I am whole and wholly one with Shekhina,
God's indwelling Presence:
‫ וַ ֲא ַנ ְֽחנוּ‬,ֹ‫זוּלתוֹ‬
ָ ‫הינוּ וְ ֵאין‬8
ֽ ֵ ‫ ִכּי הוּא יְ יָ ֱא‬,‫ וְ ַקיָּ ם ָע ֵ ֽלינוּ‬,‫ֱא ֶמת וֶ ֱאמוּנָ ה ָכּל זֹאת‬
‫ ָה ֵאל‬.‫יצים‬
ִ ‫ ַמ ְל ֵ ֽכּנוּ ַהגּוֹ ֲֹא ֵ ֽלנוּ ִמ ַכּף ָכּל ֶה ָע ִר‬,‫ ַהפּוֹ ֵ ֹֽדנוּ ִמיַּ ד ְמ ָל ִכים‬.‫יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ַעמּוֹ‬
‫ ָהע ֶֹשׂה גְ ד ֹלוֹֹת ַעד ֵאין‬.‫ וְ ַה ְמ ַשׁ ֵלּם גְּ מוּל ְל ָכל א ֵֹיבי נַ ְפ ֵ ֽשׁנוּ‬,‫ַהנִּ ְפ ָרע ָ ֽלנוּ ִמ ָצּ ֵ ֽרינוּ‬
,‫ וְ לֹא נָ ַתן ַלמּוֹט ַרגְ ֵ ֽלנוּ‬,‫ ַה ָשּׂם נַ ְפ ֵ ֽשׁנוּ ַבּ ַחיִּ ים‬.‫ וְ נִ ְפ ָלאוֹֹת ַעד ֵאין ִמ ְס ָפּר‬,‫ֵ ֽח ֶקר‬
‫ ָה ֽעֹ ֶשׂה ָ ֽלּנוּ נִ ִסּים‬.‫ ַעל ָכּל שׂוֹנְ ֵ ֽאנוּ‬,‫ וַ ָיּ ֶֽ רם ַק ְר ֵנֽנוּ‬,‫אוֹיבינוּ‬
ֵֽ
‫יכנוּ ַעל ָבּמוֹת‬
ֽ ֵ ‫ַה ַמּ ְד ִר‬
‫ ַה ַמּ ֶכּה ְבּ ֶע ְב ָרת ֹוֹ ָכּל‬.‫וּמוֹפ ִתים ְבּ ַא ְד ַמת ְבּנֵ י ָחם‬
ְ
‫ אוֹֹתוֹֹת‬,‫וּנְ ָק ָמה ְבּ ַפ ְרעֹה‬
‫ ַה ַמּ ֲע ִביר ָבּנָ יו‬.‫ ְל ֵחרוּת עוֹ ָֹלם‬,‫ וַ יּוֹ ֵֹצא ֶאת ַעמּ ֹוֹ יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ִמתּוֹ ָֹכם‬,‫ְבּכוֹ ֵֹרי ִמ ְצ ָ ֽריִם‬
‫ וְ ָראוּ ָבנָ יו‬,‫ ִבּ ְתהוֹֹמוֹֹת ִט ַבּע‬,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫יהם וְ ֶאת שׂוֹנְ ֵא‬
ֶ ‫רוֹד ֵפ‬
ְ ‫ ֶאת‬,‫ֵבּין גִּ זְ ֵרי יַם סוּף‬
‫וּבנֵ י‬
ְ ‫משׁה‬
ֶ ,‫יהם‬
ֶ ‫וּמ ְלכוּתוֹ ְבּ ָרצוֹן ִק ְבּלוּ ַע ֵל‬
ַ .ֹ‫ ִשׁ ְבּחוּ וְ הוֹֹדוּ ִל ְשׁמוֹ‬.ֹ‫בוּרתוֹ‬
ָ ְ‫גּ‬
:‫ וְ ָא ְמרוּ ֻכ ָלּם‬,‫ ָענוּ ִשׁ ָירה ְבּ ִשׁ ְמ ָחה ַר ָבּה‬R‫יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ְל‬
All this is true and real and it is up to us:
Adonai is our only God, and we, Israel, are Your people.
.‫ ַה ְמ ָב ֵר< ֶאת ַעמּוֹ יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל ַבּ ָשּׁלוֹם‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Oseh shalom bimromav, hu
ya’aseh shalom, aleinu v’al kol
yisrael, v'al kol yoshvei tevel,
v’imru Amen.
‫רוֹמיו הוּא יַ ֲע ֶשׂה ָשׁלוֹם‬
ָ ‫ע ֶֹשׂה ָשׁלוֹם ִבּ ְמ‬
‫יושבי‬
ֵ
‫ וְ ַעל ָכּל‬,‫ָע ֵ ֽלינוּ וְ ַעל ָכּל יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
:‫ וְ ִא ְמרוּ ָא ֵמן‬,‫ֵט ֱבל‬
May the One who makes peace in the heavens
make peace for us, for all Israel, and for all who dwell on earth.
And let us say: Amen.
These one-line Amidah affirmations were adapted from
R' Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z"l and R' Daniel Siegel.
You save us from oppression
and make our transformation possible.
You do great deeds beyond measure, wonders beyond counting.
You give our souls life and direct us from death.
You made miracles for us before Pharaoh,
Signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
You led Your people Israel into freedom.
You led us through the Sea of Reeds.
When we saw Your power,
we thanked You and praised Your name.
Full of joy, Moses, Miriam, and all Israel sang:
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Birkat Haminim: I pray to overcome divisions:
.‫יע זֵ ִדים‬
ַ ִ‫וּמ ְכנ‬
ַ ‫ שׁ ֵֹבר א ִֹיְבים‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Tzaddikim: I pray for the righteous and pious ones who guide us:
.‫יקים‬
ִ ‫וּמ ְב ָטח ַל ַצּ ִדּ‬
ִ ‫ ִמ ְשׁ ָען‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Binah Yerushalayim: I pray for Jerusalem and all the cities of the world:
.‫רוּשׁ ָליִם‬
ַָ ְ‫ בּוֹנֵ ה י‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Yeshua: I pray for the awakening of moshiach-keit,
transformative consciousness:
.‫שׁוּעה‬
ָ ְ‫יח ֵֶק ֶרן י‬
ַ ‫ ַמ ְצ ִמ‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Kabbalat Tefillah: I pray that my prayers be accepted.
Attune me to the presence of Shekhinah within and around me;
may the flow of blessings suffuse my life:
□ Mi chamocha ba’eilim
Adonai, mi camocha nedar
bakodesh, nora tehilot oseh
feleh.
Malchut’cha ra’u vanecha,
bokea yam lifnei Moshe u
Miriam. “Zeh eli,” anu v’amru;
“Adonai yimloch l’olam va’ed!”
V’ne’emar: ki fadah Adonai et
Ya’akov, u’g’alo miyad chazak
mimenu. Baruch atah, Adonai,
ga’al Yisrael.
.‫שׁוֹמ ַע ְתּ ִפ ָלּה‬
ֵ ,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Avodah: I open myself to avodah, holy service;
I am an eved/av’dah (servant) of the One:
.‫ ַה ַמּ ֲחזִ יר ְשׁ ִכינָ תוֹ ְל ִציּוֹן‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
,ָ‫□ ִמי ָכמ ָֹכה ָבּ ֵּא ִלים יְ י‬
,‫ִמי ָכּמ ָֹכה נֶ ְא ָדּר ַ ּבּקּ ֶֹדשׁ‬
:‫ ע ֵֹשׂה ֶפ ֶלא‬,‫ת‬c‫נ ָֹוֹרא ְת ִ ִהי‬
,R‫ ָראוּ ָבנֶ י‬R‫כוּת‬
ְ ‫ַמ ְל‬
,‫וּמ ִריַ ם‬
ִ ‫משׁה‬
ֶ ‫בּּוֹ ֵֹק ַע יָם ִל ְפנֵ י‬
:‫זֶ ה ֵא ִלי ָענוּ וְ ָא ְמרוּ‬
.‫יִמלוֹֹ< ְלעוֹ ֶָֹלם וָ ֶעד‬
ְ ָ‫יְ י‬
,‫ ִכּי ָפ ָדה יְ יָ ֶאת יַ ֲעקֹב‬:‫וְ נֶ ֱא ַמר‬
.‫וּגְ ָאל ֹוֹ ִמיַּ ד ָחזָ ק ִמ ֶמּנּוּ‬
:‫ָבּּרוֹּ< ַא ָתּה יְ יָ גָּ ַאל יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
Who is like You, among the gods, Adonai?
Who is like You, awesome and doing wonders?
Your children saw your majesty, splitting the sea before Moses and
Miriam. “This is our God,” they cried, “Adonai will reign through all
space and time!”
weak from the mighty. Blessed are You, Adonai, who redeems Israel.
.‫ נָ ֶאה ְלהוֹדוֹת‬R‫וּל‬
ְ R‫ ַהטּוֹב ִשׁ ְמ‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
And it is said: Adonai has saved the people of Jacob, and redeems the
Hodaah: Help me to cultivate gratitude.
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Hashkivenu: Shelter of Peace
Teshuvah: I recognize and repent for mistakes that block the flow
of perfect grace. I invoke the abundance of chesed (lovinkindness)
Hashkivenu Yah eloheinu l'shalom.
Ufros aleinu sukkat shlomecha.
.‫הינוּ ְל ָשׁלוֹֹם‬8
ֽ ֵ ‫יבנוּ יָ ה ֱא‬
ֽ ֵ ‫ַה ְשׁ ִכּ‬
.R‫וּפר ֹשׂ ָע ֵלינוּ ֻס ַכּת ְשׁלוֹ ֶֹמ‬
ְ
Help us to lie down in peace, Yah our God.
Spread Your sheltering peace over us.
(Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel)
to bring me atonement:
.‫שׁוּבה‬
ָ ‫רוֹצה ִבּ ְת‬
ֶ ‫ ָה‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
S’licha: I forgive those who hurt me. I seek to live in a balanced way:
.‫ח‬8
ַ ‫ ַחנוּן ַה ַמּ ְר ֶבּה ִל ְס‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
(if you prefer to daven full text of Hashkivenu, here it is)
Hashkivenu Adonai eloheinu
l'shalom, v'hamideinu malkeinu
l'chayyim, ufros aleinu sukat
shlomecha, v'taknenu b'etza
tovah milfanecha, v'hoshienu
l'ma'an shmecha, v'hagen
b'adeinu, v'haser me'aleinu
oyev, dever, v'cherev, v'raav
v'yagon, v'haser satan
milfaneinu u-me'achareinu,
u'vtzel canfecha tastireinu. Ki
el shomreinu u-matzilenu
atah, ki el melech chanun
v'rachum atah, ushmor
tzeiteinu u-voeinu, l'chayyim
u'l'shalom, me'atah v'ad olam.
,‫הינוּ ְל ָשׁלוֹם‬8
ֽ ֵ ‫יבנוּ יְ יָ ֱא‬
ֽ ֵ ‫ַה ְשׁ ִכּ‬
‫וּפרוֹֹשׂ‬
ְ ‫ידנוּ ַמ ְל ֵ ֽכּנוּ ְל ַחיִּ ים‬
ֽ ֵ ‫וְ ַה ֲע ִמ‬
‫ וְ ַת ְקּ ֵנֽנוּ ְבּ ֵע ָצה‬,R‫לוֹמ‬
ֽ ֶ ‫ָע ֵ ֽלינוּ ֻס ַכּת ְשׁ‬
‫יענוּ ְל ַ ֽמ ַען‬
ֽ ֵ ‫הוֹשׁ‬
ִ ְ‫ ו‬,R‫טוֹבה ִמ ְלּ ָפ ֶנֽי‬
ָ
‫ וְ ָה ֵסר ֵמ ָע ֵ ֽלינוּ‬,‫ וְ ָהגֵ ן ַבּ ַע ֵ ֽדנוּ‬,R‫ְשׁ ֶ ֽמ‬
,‫ וְ ָר ָעב וְ יָ גוֹֹן‬,‫ וְ ֶ ֽח ֶרב‬,‫ ֶ ֽד ֶבר‬,‫אוֹֹיֵב‬
,‫וּמ ַא ֲח ֵ ֽרנוּ‬
ֵ ‫וְ ָה ֵסר ָשׂ ָטן ִמ ְל ָפֵ ֽנֽינוּ‬
‫ ִכּי ֵאל‬.‫ירנוּ‬
ֽ ֵ ‫ ַתּ ְס ִתּ‬R‫וּב ֵצל ְכּנָ ֶ ֽפי‬
ְ
<‫ ִכּי ֵאל ֶ ֽמ ֶל‬,‫ילנוּ ָ ֽא ָתּה‬
ֽ ֵ ‫וּמ ִצּ‬
ַ ‫שׁוֹ ְֹמ ֵ ֽרנוּ‬
‫אתנוּ‬
ֽ ֵ ‫וּשׁמוֹֹר ֵצ‬
ְ ,‫ַחנּוּן וְ ַרחוּם ָ ֽא ָתּה‬
‫ ֵמ ַע ָתּה וְ ַעד‬,‫וּל ָשׁלוֹֹם‬
ְ ‫ ְל ַחיִּ ים‬,‫וּבוֹ ֵ ֹֽאנוּ‬
.‫עוֹ ָֹלם‬
Ge’ulah: I ask for God’s saving power to enter my life and for God’s
protection to see me through trouble and lead me to redemption:
.‫גּוֹאל יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
ֵ ,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Refuah: I ask to be healed and to offer healing. I place myself in the
heart of God’s tiferet (compassionate balance) and affirm the healing,
balancing, centering light in me:
.‫חוֹלי ַעמוֹ יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
ֵ ‫רוֹפא‬
ֵ ,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Birkat HaShanim: I ask for abundance and share my abundance:
.‫ ְמ ָב ֵר< ַה ָשּׁנִ ים‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Kibutz Galuyot: I ask for freedom and the end of exile :
.‫ ְמ ַק ֵבּץ נִ ְד ֵחי ַעמוֹ יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Din: I ask for justice:
.‫וּמ ְשׁ ָפּט‬
ִ ‫אוֹהב ְצ ָד ָקה‬
ֵ <‫ ֶמ ֶל‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
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Kedusha: God's Holiness
Atah kadosh v'shimcha kadosh
u'kdoshim b'chol yom y'hallelucha
selah. Baruch atah Adonai, ha'el
hakadosh.
‫דוֹשׁים‬
ִ ‫וּק‬
ְ ‫ ָקדוֹשׁ‬R‫ַא ָתּה ָקדוֹשׁ וְ ִשׁ ְמ‬
‫ ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה‬.‫ ֶסּ ָלה‬,R‫ְבּ ָכל יוֹם יְ ַה ְללוּ‬
.‫ ֵָה ֵאל ַה ָקּדוֹשׁ‬,ָ‫יְ י‬
You are holy and Your name is holy and holy ones praise You always.
Blessed are You, Adonai, the holy God.
Bakashot: Weekday requests
Help us to lie down in peace, Adonai our God,
and to arise again to life.
Spread over the world Your sheltering peace.
Direct us with Your guidance and save us.
Protect and keep us from enmity, illness,
violence, want, and sorrow.
Remove envy and recrimination from us.
Shelter us in the shadow of Your wings,
for You are a protecting, redeeming God.
You are God, our source of grace and mercy.
Guard our going out and our coming in,
for life and for peace,
now and forever.
(Meditate upon each of these themes in your own time.)
Imahot v’Avot: I call upon the holy ancestors to bless me:
.‫ ָמגֵ ן ַא ְב ָר ָהם‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
□ U-fros aleinu sukkat shlomecha.
Baruch atah Adonai, shomer
amo Yisrael ba-shalom.
.R‫לוֹמ‬
ֶ ‫וּפר ֹשׂ ָע ֵלינוּ ֻס ַכּת ְשׁ‬
ְ
□
‫שׁוֹמר ַעמּוֹ יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
ֵ ,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
:‫ַבּ ַשלוֹם‬
Gevurot: I open to the Shekhinah’s power in my life:
.‫ ְמ ַחיֵּ ה ַה ֵמּ ִתים‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Spread your sheltering peace over us. Blessed are you, Adonai, who
spreads a shelter of peace over all of your people.
Kedusha: I open to holiness, I grow toward holiness
and I offer up holiness:
.‫ ָה ֵאל ַה ָקּדוֹשׁ‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
Binah: I ask for understanding. I invoke the care of binah
(holy understanding) to lead me to God’s heart:
.‫ חוֹנֵ ן ַה ָדּ ַעת‬,ָ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
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Chatzi Kaddish
Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei
rabah. (Amen.) Be’alma div’ra
chirutei v’yamlich malchutei.
B’chayeichon uv’yomeichon
uv’chayei d’chol beit Yisrael.
Ba’agala uvizman kariv v’imru
Amen.
‫ ְבּ ָע ְל ָמא‬.‫יִת ַק ַדּשׁ ְשׁ ֵמהּ ַר ָבּא‬
ְ ְ‫יִתגַּ ַדּל ו‬
ְ
‫כוּתהּ‬
ֵ ‫יַמ ִלי< ַמ ְל‬
ְ ְ‫ ו‬,‫עוּתהּ‬
ֵ ‫ִדּי ְב ָרא ִכ ְר‬
‫וּב ַחיֵּ י ְד ָכל ֵבּית‬
ְ ‫וּביוֹ ֵֹמיכוֹֹן‬
ְ ‫ְבּ ַּחיֵּ יכוֹֹן‬
‫וּבזְ ַמן ָק ִריב וְ ִא ְמרוּ‬
ִ ‫ ַבּ ֲעגָ ָלא‬.‫יִ ְשׂ ָר ֵאל‬
:‫ָא ֵמן‬
□ Yehei
shmei rabah m’vorach
l’olam ul’almei almaya.
Yitbarach v’yishtabah v’yitpa’ar
v’yitromam v’yitnaseh.
V’yithadar v’yitaleh v’yithalal
shmeh d’kudsha brich hu.
L’eila min kol birchata
v’shirata, tushb’chata
v’nechemata, d’amiran b’alma,
v’imru Amen.
‫□ יְ ֵהא ְשׁ ֵמהּ ַר ָבּא ְמ ָב ַר< ְל ָעוֹ ַֹלם‬
:‫וּל ָע ְל ֵמי ָע ְל ַמיָּ א‬
ְ
‫רוֹמם‬
ַ ‫יִת‬
ְ ְ‫יִת ָפּ ַאר ו‬
ְ ְ‫ ו‬,‫יִת ָבּ ַר< וְ יִ ְשׁ ַתּ ַבּח‬
ְ
‫יִת ַה ָלּל‬
ְ ְ‫יִת ַע ֶלּה ו‬
ְ ְ‫יִת ַה ָדּר ו‬
ְ ְ‫יִתנַ ֵשּׂא ו‬
ְ ְ‫ו‬
‫ְשׁ ֵמהּ ְדּ ֻק ְד ָשׁא ְבּ ִרי< הוּא ְל ֵע ָלּא ִמן‬
‫ ֻתּ ְשׁ ְבּ ָח ָתא‬,‫ָכּל ִבּ ְר ָכ ָתא וְ ִשׁ ָיר ָתא‬
‫ וְ ִא ְמרוּ‬,‫ ַדּ ֲא ִמ ָירן ְבּ ָע ְל ָמא‬,‫וְ נֶ ֱח ָמ ָתא‬
:‫ָא ֵמן‬
Magnified and sanctified! Magnified and sanctified! May God’s Great
Name fill the world God created. May God’s splendor be seen in the
world in your life, in your days, in the life of all Israel. Quickly and
soon! And let us say, Amen.
Forever may the Great Name be blessed!
Blessed and praised! Splendid and supreme! May the holy Name, Bless
God, be praised, beyond all the blessings and songs, comforts and
consolations, that can be offered in this world. And let us say: Amen.
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Gevurot: God's Strength
Atah gibor l'olam Adonai,
mechayeh meitim atah rav
l'hoshia.
(Summer: Morid ha-tal.
Winter: mashiv haruach
u-morid hagashem.)
,‫ ְמ ַחיֵּ ה ֵמ ִתים ַ ֽא ָתּה‬,‫ַא ָתּה גִּ בּוֹֹר ְלעוֹ ָֹלם ֲאד ֹנָ י‬
:‫יע‬
ַ ‫הוֹשׁ‬
ֽ ִ ‫ַרב ְל‬
:‫מוֹריד ַה ָטל‬
ִ (Summer)
:‫וּמוֹריד ַהגָּ ֶשׁם‬
ִ ‫רוּח‬
ַ ‫( ַמ ִשּׁיב ָה‬Winter)
You are our eternal strength, Adonai. Your saving power gives life that
transcends death. You bring the dew of the field.
Mechalkel chayyim b'chesed,
m'chayeh meitim b'rachamim
rabim, somech noflim, v'rofeh
cholim, umatir asurim,
um'kayem emunato lishenei
afar. Mi chamocha ba'al
gevurot? U-mi domeh lach?
Melech meimit u'm'chayeh,
umatzmiach yeshuah.
‫ ְמ ַחיֵּ ה ֵמ ִתים‬,‫ְמ ַכ ְל ֵכּל ַחיִּ ים ְבּ ֶ ֽח ֶסד‬
‫ וְ רוֹ ֵֹפא‬,‫ סוֹ ֵֹמ< נוֹ ְֹפ ִלים‬,‫ְבּ ַר ֲח ִמים ַר ִבּים‬
‫וּמ ַקיֵּ ם‬
ְ ,‫סוּרים‬
ִ ‫וּמ ִתּיר ֲא‬
ַ ,‫חוֹ ִֹלים‬
‫ ַ ֽבּ ַעל‬Rֹ‫ ִמי ָכ ֽמוֹ‬,‫ישׁנֵ י ָע ָפר‬
ֵ ‫ֱאמוּנָ ת ֹוֹ ִל‬
‫ ֶ ֽמ ֶל< ֵמ ִמית‬,<‫וּמי ֽדּוֹ ֶֹמה ָלּ‬
ִ ‫גְּ בוּרוֹֹת‬
:‫שׁוּעה‬
ָ ְ‫יח י‬
ַ ‫וּמ ְצ ִ ֽמ‬
ַ ‫וּמ ַחיֶּ ה‬
ְ
<‫ ָבּרוּ‬.‫וְ נֶ ֱא ָמן ַא ָתּה ְל ַה ֲחיוֹֹת ֵמ ִתים‬
:‫ ְמ ַחיֵּ ה ַה ֵמּ ִתים‬,ָ‫ַא ָתּה יְ י‬
V'ne'eman atah le'ha-chayot
meitim. Baruch atah Adonai,
mechayeh hameitim.
You sustain the living with kindness, in Your great mercy You bestow
eternal life. You support the fallen, heal the sick, and free the captive.
You keep Your faith with us beyond life and death. There is none like
You, our source of strength, the ruler of life and death, the source of our
redemption.
Who is like You, source of mercy, Who mercifully remembers Your
creatures for life? Our faith is with You, the God Who brings eternal life.
Blessed are You, Adonai, Who gives life which transcends death.
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Adonai sefatai tiftach
ufi yagid tehilatecha.
Amidah
Preparing for the Amidah
:R‫וּפי יַ גִּ יד ְתּ ִה ָלּ ֶת‬
ִ ‫ֲאד ֹנָ י ְשׂ ָפ ַתי ִתּ ְפ ָתּח‬
Eternal God, open my lips
that my mouth may declare Your praise.
By concentrating and meditating upon God’s name,
we turn our minds to the highest within us and beyond us.
Avot v'Imahot: Our Ancestors
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu
v'Elohei avoteinu v'imoteinu,
elohei Avraham, elohei Yitzchak,
elohei Ya'akov, elohei Sarah,
elohei Rivkah, elohei Leah,
v'elohei Rachel. Ha'el hagadol
hagibor v'hanora Eil elyon, gomeil
chasadim tovim v'koneh hakol
v'zocheir chasdei avot v'imahot,
umeivi go'el livnei veneihem
lema'an shemo b'ahavah.
‫הי‬8‫א‬
ֵ ֵ‫הינוּ ו‬8
ֽ ֵ ‫ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ יָ ֱא‬
,‫הי ַא ְב ָ ְר ָהם‬8
ֵ ‫ ֱא‬,‫מוֹתינוּ‬
ֵ ‫בוֹתינוּ וְ ִא‬
ֽ ֵ ‫ֲא‬
‫הי‬8‫א‬
ֵ
,‫הי יַ ֲעקֹב‬8‫א‬
ֵ ֵ‫ ו‬,‫הי יִ ְצ ָחק‬8
ֵ ‫ֱא‬
,‫הי ֵל ַאה‬8‫א‬
ֵ
,‫הי ִר ְב ַקה‬8‫א‬
ֵ
,‫ָש ַרה‬
‫ ָה ֵאל ַהגָּ דוֹל ַהגִּ בּוֹֹר‬.‫הי ַר ֵחל‬8‫א‬
ֵ ֵ‫ו‬
‫ גּוֹ ֵֹמל ֲח ָס ִדים‬,‫ ֵאל ֶע ְליוֹֹן‬,‫וְ ַהנּוֹ ָֹרא‬
‫ וְ זוֹ ֵֹכר ַח ְס ֵדי‬,‫ וְ קוֹֹנֵ ה ַהכֹּל‬,‫טוֹ ִֹבים‬
‫וּמ ִביא גּוֹ ֵֹאל ִל ְבנֵ י‬
ֵ ,‫ָאבוֹֹת וְ ִאמהוֹֹת‬
:‫יהם ְל ַמ ַען ְשׁמ ֹוֹ ְבּ ַא ֲה ָבה‬
ֵֶ ֵ‫ְבנ‬
,ָ‫ ָבּרוּ< ַא ָתּה יְ י‬:‫וּמגֵ ן‬
ָ ‫יע‬
ַ ‫ֶ ֽמ ֶל< עוֹֹזֵ ר וּמוֹ ִ ֹֽשׁ‬
:‫ָמגֵ ן ַא ְב ָר ָהם וְ ֱאזְ ַרת ָש ַרה‬
‫ה‬
The universe into which God's healing flows.
We inhale and receive God's blessing.
‫ ו‬Lungs filled with breath.
God reaches toward us from heaven to earth.
‫י‬
The moment before exhaling:
fullness and potential waiting to be expressed.
Blessed are You, Yah our God and God of our ancestors, God of
Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob; God of Sarah, God of Rebecca,
God of Rachel and God of Leah; the great, mighty, and awesome God,
God on high, who does deeds of loving kindness, who is the Source of
all, and who remembers the steadfast love of our ancestors, who
lovingly brings redemption to their children’s children for Your name’s
sake.
Melech ozeir u-moshia umagen. Baruch Atah Adonai,
magein Avraham v'ezrat Sarah.
Ruler, helper, redeemer, and protector, blessed are You, Abraham’s
shield and Sarah’s strength.
‫ ה‬We exhale, dedicating ourselves
to bringing blessing into creation.
On this page the letters of God's name are shifted
to form the alternate divine name Havaya (‫)הוָ יָ ה‬
ֲ
so that this paper, while still holy, can be recycled if needed .
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