Central Reform Congregation, St. Louis. CRC's 2008 machzor, including printed third-party credits retained in the service text.
Pages 38 to 92
The page numbers here are the printed book's own -- the numbers called from the bimah.
Each prayer begins with a line giving its page number -- to jump there, search for the word page followed by the number, in lower case: for example, page 41.
Where a prayer runs over more than one page, the extra numbers are listed on the lines just below, each marked continued, so a search for any page in the book lands on the prayer being said on it.
Under each heading come the rubrics -- the standing, sitting and other directions -- each marked with two right angle brackets. Then the transliteration, one line to a line as it is sung. Then the English, under the word English.
In the braille file the transliteration is uncontracted and the English is contracted, so that the Hebrew words read letter by letter.
The tallit with its fringes reminds us of our religious and ethical values and of our duty to remember and do them.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam asher k'dshanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hitatef batzitzit.
Praised be You, O God, ruler of the universe, who enables us to attain holiness through the religious duty of wearing fringes.
Hineih mah tov umah na-im, shevet (kulanu) achim gam yachad!
How good and pleasant when people live together in unity!
-- Psalm 133
Modeh / modah ani l'fanecha,
ruach chai v'kayam,
she-hechezarta bi nishmati b'chemla,
rabbah emunatecha.
I am grateful to stand before the Source of Life that has returned my soul to me once again. My faith is renewed.
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These are the words of the prophet Bilaam (Numbers 24:5) with a mosaic of Psalms that are traditionally recited upon entering the synagogue. Bilaam was hired by King Balak to curse the people of Israel. Bilaam looked into the tents of the people of Israel and instead of a curse, he praised us with these words.
Mah tovu ohalecha Ya'akov,
mishk'notecha, Yis-ra-eil!
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling-places, O Israel!
Mah tovu ohalecha Ya'akov,
mishk'notecha, Yis-ra-eil!
Va'ani b'rov chasd'cha avo veitecha
Eshtachaveh el heichal kod'sh'cha B'yiratecha.
Adonai ahavti m'on beitecha
U'mkom mishcan k'vodecha.
Va'ani eshtachaveh v'echra'ah
Evr'chah lifnei Adonai osi.
Va'ani t'filati l'cha Adonai, et ratzon.
Elohim b'rov chasdecha
Aneini be'emet yishecha.
Translation:
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwelling-places, O Israel, In Your abundant lovingkindness, Holy One, let me enter Your house, reverently to worship in Your holy temple. God, I love Your house, the place where Your spirit dwells. So I would worship with humility, I would seek blessings in Your presence. To You, then, does my prayer go forth. May this be a time of joy and favor. In Your great love, answer me with truth.
This Rosh Hashanah, each of us enters this sanctuary with a different need.
Some hearts are full of gratitude and joy: They are overflowing with the happiness of love and the joy of life; they are eager to confront the day, to make the world more fair; they are recovering from illness or have escaped misfortune. And we rejoice for them.
Some hearts ache with sorrow: Disappointments weigh heavily upon them, and they have tasted despair; families have been broken; loved ones lie on a bed of pain; death has taken those whom they cherished. May our presence and sympathy bring them comfort.
Some hearts are embittered: They have sought answers in vain; have had their ideals mocked and betrayed; life has lost its meaning and value. May the knowledge that we too are searching, restore their hope that there is something to find.
Some spirits hunger: They long for friendship; they crave understanding; they yearn for warmth. May we in our common need gain strength from one another: sharing our joys, lightening each other's burdens, and praying for the welfare of our community.
-- Gates of Repentance
Prayer is meant to wake us up to awareness of the beauty without and within. We have seen how gratitude opens our hearts and that open hearts are a source for healing, hope, and all kinds of miracles. We join together in chanting these prayers of awakening consciousness as expressions of gratitude as we open our hearts with thoughts of what each of us is most grateful for on this Holy Day.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, she'asani b'tsalmoh.
Blessed are You, the eternal, our God, who has created me in Your image.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, she'asani bat / bein chorin.
Blessed are You, the eternal, our God, who has made me free.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, she'asani Yisraeil.
Blessed are You, the eternal, our God, who has made me Yisraeil*.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, pokeiach iv'rim.
Blessed are You, the eternal, our God, who opens the eyes of the blind.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, malbish arumim.
Blessed are You, the eternal, our God, who provides clothes for the needy.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, hanotein layaeif koach.
Blessed are You, the eternal, our God, who gives strength to the weak.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech haolam, asher heichin mitz'adei gaver.
Blessed are you, the eternal, our God, who guides the steps of human beings.
* As Jacob earned the name Yisraeil after his struggle with God, the name "Yisraeil" celebrates the "God-wrestler" in each of us.
Orech yamim asbee'eyhu, v'areyhu bi'shuatee.
I will make you content with the length of your days and I will have you witness how I bring deliverance.
-- Psalm 91
Tov l'hodot laShem (Adonai) ul'zameir l'shimcha elyon. L'hagid babokeir chasdecha, ve-emunat'cha baleilot.
It is good to give thanks to God, to sing praises to Your Name, Highest One! We affirm Your caring every morning, and Your faithfulness every night.
-- Psalm 92
Ashrei yoshvei veitecha. Od y'hal'lucha! Selah!
Happy are all who dwell in Your house. They will continually praise You!
-- Psalm 84
Hal'lu... ... ... ..Hal'lu Yah. Kol han'shamah t'haleil Yah Hal'lu-Yah!
Let us praise the Source. Let every breath now praise the Source! Hallelujah!
-- Psalm 150
Kaddish comes from the Hebrew word for holiness. There are five variations of the Kaddish prayer. This Kaddish is called the Chatzi Kaddish or half Kaddish because it omits one verse from the basic version. It is also called the Reader's Kaddish because it is used to separate the different parts of the service and offer a holy transition. Because our connection with the Kaddish is with mourning, we include the Reader's Kaddish to tell mourners they are welcome here, to praise the Source of Life, and to separate the preparation for prayer from our call to prayer. May our praying together move us from the way things are to the way they might be.
Yitgadal v'yitkadash shmei raba.
B'alma div'ra chirutei,
v'yamlich malchutei,
b'chayeichon uv'yomeichon
uv'chayei d'chol beit Yisrael,
ba'agala uvizman kariv. v'im'ru: amen.
Y'hei sh'mei raba m'varach
l'alam ul'almei almaya.
Yitbarach [yitbarach] v'yishtabach
v'yitpa'ar y'vitromam v'yitnasei,
v'yit-hadar, v'yitaleh v'yit'halal
sh'mei d'kud'sha B'rich Hu,
l'eila min kol birchata v'shirata,
tushb'chata v'nechemata,
da'amiran b'alma, v'imru: amen.
Let the glory of God be extolled, let Your great name be hallowed in the world whose creation You willed. May Your ideal world soon prevail, in our own day, our own lives, and the life of all Israel, and let us say: Amen. Let the name of the Holy One be glorified, exalted, and honored though God is beyond all praises, songs, and adorations that we can utter and let us say: Amen.
PLEASE RISE
As the first word, Bar'chu, is spoken, we bow slightly to gently call each other to prayer and to acknowledge each other's presence. The leader calls us to prayer. We respond that we are ready to pray.
Bar'chu et Adonai ham'vorach
Baruch Adonai ham'vorach l'olam va-ed
Praise the Source of Blessing, to whom our praise is due. Praised be the Source of Blessing, to whom our praise is due, now and forever.
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Baruch atah, Adonai,
Eloheinu melech haolam
yotzeir or, uvorei choshech,
oseh shalom uvorei et hakol.
Hameir la'arets v'ladarim
aleiha b'rachamim.
Uv'tuvo m'chadeish bechol
yom tamid ma'aseih v'reishit.
Mah rabu ma'asecha, Adonai!
Kulam b'chochma asita,
mal'ah ha'aretz kinyanecha.
Titbarach, Adonai Eloheinu,
al shevach ma'aseih yadecha.
V'al m'orei or sheasita
y'fa'arucha. Sela.
Baruch atah, Adonai,
yotseir ham'orot.
You illumine the earth and its inhabitants with compassion, and with divine goodness renew each day, continually, the work of Creation. "How great are Your works, Eternal One, all of which You made with wisdom, the earth is filled with Your creations." Be blessed, Eternal One, our God, for Your praiseworthy handiwork; and for the orbs of light that You made, may You be everlastingly enhanced. Blessed are You Eternal One, Creator of the cosmic lights.
In some special way every person completes the universe. If I do not play my part, I injure the pattern of all existence. The same stream of life that runs through my veins night and day Runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth In numberless blades of grass And breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers. It is the same life that is rocked In the ocean cradle of birth and death, In ebb and flow. I feel my limbs are made glorious By the touch of this world of life. And my pride is from the lifethrob Of ages dancing in my blood this moment. -- R. Tagore
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Ahavah rabah ahavtanu,
Adonai Eloheinu,
chemlah g'dolah viteirah chamalta aleinu.
Avinu Malkeinu, ba'avur avoteinu shebatchu vach,
vat'lam'deim chukei chayim, kein t'choneinu ut'lam'deinu.
V'ha-eir eineinu b'toratecha
v'dabeik libeinu b'mitzvotecha,
v'yacheid l'vaveinu
l'ahavah ul'yirah et sh'mecha.
V'lo neivosh v'lo nekaleim
v'lo nikasheil l'olam va-ed.
Ki v'sheim kodsh'cha hagadol v'hanora batachnu,
nagilah v'nism'chah bishu'atecha. Vahavi'einu
l'shalom mei'arba kanfot ha'aretz,
v'tolicheinu kom'miyut l'artzeinu, ki Eil po'eil atah,
uvanu vacharta mikol am v'lashon.
V'keiravtanu l'shimcha hagadol selah be'emet l'hodot
l'cha ul'yached'cha b'ahavah. Baruch atah Adonai,
habocheir b'amo Yisra'el b'ahavah.
Ahavah rabah ahavtanu,
V'haeir eineinu b'toratecha
v'dabeik libeinu b'mitz'votecha
v'yacheid l'vaveinu
l'ahavah ul'yirah et sh'mecha.
V'lo neivosh v'lo nekaleim
v'lo nikasheil l'olam va-ed.
With great love have You loved us, our God. Your compassion upon us has been abundant. Our ancestors put their trust in You and You taught them the laws of life. Be gracious also to us and teach us. Enlighten our eyes with Your Torah, and let us strive to do Your mitzvot. Unite our hearts to love and serve You. Because we trust in You, we will be glad and rejoice in Your saving power. For Your will, O God, works for the salvation of all. You have chosen us and drawn us to Your service that we might give thanks to You and proclaim Your unity in love.
We are loved by an 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 an 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 an 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 an unending love. Blessed are You, God, who loves Your people Israel (and all creation). -- Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro
The Sh'ma -- Deuteronomy 6:4 -- is a call from God to Israel, from each one of us to the other. The second verse is a response, whispered in humble acceptance of the connectedness of all creation. This verse is said aloud only on Yom Kippur, recalling the custom of the High Priest in the ancient Temple.
Sh'ma Yisrael: Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad
Hear O Israel: Adonai is our God, Adonai is one.
Silent:
Baruch shem k'vod malchuto l'olam va-ed
Praised be God's name, God's glorious rule is forever and ever.
PLEASE BE SEATED
V'ahavta et Adonai Elohecha,
b'chol l'vavcha uv'chol nafsh'cha
uv'chol m'odecha.
V'hayu had'varim ha-eileh asher
anochi m'tzavcha hayom al l'vavecha.
V'shinantam l'vanecha v'dibarta bam,
b'shivt'cha b'veitecha uv'lecht'cha
vaderech uv'shochb'cha uv'kumecha.
Ukshartam l'ot al yadecha v'hayu
l'totafot bein einecha. Uch'tavtam
al m'zuzot beitecha uvisharecha.
L'ma'an tizk'ru, va'asitem et
kol mitzvotai vih'yitem k'doshim
l'Eloheichem. Ani Adonai Eloheichem,
asher hotzeiti et-chem mei-eretz
Mitzrayim lih'yot lachem l'Elohim
ani Adonai Eloheichem.
Adonai Eloheichem... Emet
The word emet literally means truth. In rabbinic practice, it is added directly to the end of the Sh'ma as an immediate affirmation of its truth for us.
You shall love Adonai, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Take to heart these words which I command you this day. Teach them diligently to your children. Speak of them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you arise. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as symbols between your eyes. Inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Remember to do all My commandments and to be holy to your God. I am your God, who led you out of Egypt to be your God. I am your God.
These words are part of the traditional V'ahavta and they come from Deuteronomy 11:13-21. While we do not embrace the theology of individual reward and punishment, the interpretation is a powerful reminder of our collective responsibility to care for the planet.
If you act on the teachings of YHVH, the Breath of Life, especially the teaching that there is Unity in the world and inter-connection among all of its parts, then the rains will fall as they should, the rivers will run, the heavens will smile, and the good earth will feed you. But, if you chop the world up into parts and choose one or a few to worship -- like gods of wealth, power, greed, doing and making without pause -- then the rain won't fall (or it will turn to acid), the rivers won't run (or, they will overflow because you have left no earth where the rain can soak in), and the heavens themselves will become your enemy (the ozone layer will cease shielding you; the carbon dioxide you pour into the air will scorch your planet), and you will perish from the good earth that the Breath of Life gives you.
-- Rabbi Arthur Waskow
V'hayah im shamo'a tishm'u el mitzvotai,
asher anochi m'tzaveh etchem hayom,
l'ahavah et Adonai Eloheichem,
ul'ovdo b'chol l'vavchem uv'chol nafsh'chem.
V'natati m'tar artz'chem b'ito
yoreh umalkosh, v'asafta d'gan'cha v'tirosh'cha
v'yitz'harecha. V'natati eisev b'sad'cha liv'hemtecha,
v'achalta v'savata. Hisham'ru lachem
pen yifteh l'vavchem, v'sartem va'avadtem
elohim acheirim v'hishtachavitem lahem.
V'charah af Adonai bachem, v'atzar
et hashamayim v'lo yihyeh matar,
v'ha'adamah lo titein et y'vulah. Va'avadtem
m'heirah mei'al ha'aretz hatovah asher
Adonai notein lachem. V'samtem et d'varai
eileh al l'vavchem v'al nafsh'chem,
uk'shartem otam l'ot al yedchem,
v'hayu l'totafot bein eineichem. V'limadtem
otam et b'neichem, l'dabeir bam,
b'shivt'cha b'veitecha, uvlecht'cha vaderech,
uv'shochb'cha uvkumecha. Uchtavtam al m'zuzot
beitecha uvish'arecha. L'ma'an yirbu y'meichem
vimei v'neichem al ha'adamah asher nishba
Adonai la'avoteichem lateit lahem, kimei hashamayim
al ha'aretz. Vayomer Adonai el Moshe
leimor. Dabeir el b'nei Yisra'el v'amarta
aleihem. V'asu lahem tzitzit al kanfei
vigdeihem l'dorotam, v'natnu al tzitzit hakanaf
p'til t'cheilet. V'hayah lachem l'tzitzit, ur'item
oto uz'chartem et kol mitzvot Adonai, va'asitem
otam, v'lo taturu acharei l'vavchem v'acharei
eineichem, asher atem zonim achareihem.
Tradition calls us to remember Yetsiat Mitsrayim - our going out from Egypt - in every service. We remember that we were slaves and know that until all people are free, none of us is completely free. Though we mourn for the suffering of the Egyptians and know that the journey ahead is long and difficult, we join together in celebration of this precious moment of freedom. The wisdom of celebrating that moment has carried us through times of deep despair. A glimmer of hope continues to come from remembering the miracle at the shores of the sea when Miriam the prophetess took her timbrel in her hand and together with Moses led the people in song and dance.
Mi chamochah ba-eilim, Adonai!
Mi kamochah nedar bakodesh,
nora t'hilot, oseh fele!
Who is like You among the gods that are worshipped? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor doing wonders?
Shira chadasha shib'chu g'ulim
l'shimcha al s'fat hayam;
yachad kulam hodu v'himlichu v'amru:
Adonai (Yah) yim'loch l'olam va-ed!
A new song we sang to Your name at the shore of the sea. Together we gave thanks and said: "The Redeemer will be with us forever and ever."
Tsur Yisraeil kuma b'ezrat Yisraeil,
uf'dei chinumecha. Y'hudah v'Yisraeil.
Go'aleinu Adonai tz'vaot sh'moh.
K'dosh Yisraeil.
Baruch atah, Adonai, ga'al Yisrael.
O rock of Israel, come to Israel's help. Fulfill Your promise of redemption for Judah and Israel. Our redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. Blessed is God, the Redeemer of Israel [and all creation].
Then Miriam, the prophetess, took a drum in her hands and we all followed her with drums and chanted:
Shiru l'Adonai ki gao ga'ah
Sing to God for this great victory.
PLEASE RISE
Adonai s'fatai tiftach, ufi yagid t'hilatecha.
Adonai, open my lips that my mouth may declare your praise.
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Baruch atah, Adonai, Eloheinu
vEilohei avoteinu v'imoteinu,
Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak
vEilohei Ya'akov, Elohei Sarah,
Elohei Rivkah, Elohei Leah
vEilohei Rachel.
Ha-El hagadol hagibor v'hanora,
El elyon, gomeil chasadim tovim,
v'koneih hakol,
v'zocheir chasdei avot v'imahot,
umeivi g'ulah
liv'nei v'neihem l'ma'an sh'mo b'ahavah.
Melech ozeir umoshia umagen.
Baruch atah, Adonai,
magen Avraham v'ezrat Sarah.
zochreinu l'chayim,
melech hafetz bachayim,
v'chotveinu beseifer hachayim,
lema'ancha Elohim chayim.
Remember us for life and write us in the Book of Life for yet another year.
Blessed are You, our God, and God of our fathers and mothers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Leah, and God of Rachel. Great, mighty and awesome God, God supreme, You bestow good, kind deeds, possess everything, and remember the kind deeds of our fathers and mothers. With love, You bring redemption to their descendants for the sake of Your name. Remember us for life, O Sovereign who delights in life. And inscribe us in the Book of Life, O Living God. You are our Ruler, Helper, Savior, and Shield. Blessed are You, Shield of Abraham and Help of Sarah.
Praised be the God of our fathers, The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob. Praised be the God of our mothers, Of Sarah, of Rebecca, of Leah, and of Rachel. Praised be the source of strength and courage, The source of kindness and good deeds. Praised be the source of gentleness and love, Of softness and kind words. Praised be the man who transcends strength Through gentleness, Praised be the woman who perfects gentleness through strength. Praised be the person who acts according to the best that is within, Praised be the person who reaches out to touch the best in others. Praised be the gentle faithfulness of Abraham And the valiant strength of Sarah. Praised be the God Who created with divinity A woman and a man.
Atah gibor l'olam Adonai,
m'chayeih hakol atah, rav l'hoshia.
(Winter) Mashiv haruach umorid hagashem.
(Summer) Morid hatal.
M'chalkeil chayim b'chesed,
m'chayeih hakol b'rachamim rabim,
someich noflim, v'rofei cholim,
umatir asurim,
um'kayeim, emunato lisheinei afar.
Mi chamochah ba'al g'vurot
umi domeh lach, melech meimit
um'chayeh umatzmiach y'shuah.
V'ne-eman atah l'hachayot hakol.
Baruch atah, Adonai, m'chayeih hakol.
You are the Spiritual Strength, renewing life. Great is your power to save. (Winter) You cause the wind to shift and the rain to fall. (Summer) You rain dew upon us. You sustain the living with loving-kindness; You give life to all with great compassion. You support those who fall, heal the sick, Release the captives, and keep faith with those That sleep in the dust. Who is like you? Who is similar to you, O God, In whose hands are death and life, And who causes salvation to spring forth? Blessed is Yah, the source of life.
U'nitaneh tokef k'dushat hayom... . It is said that these words were uttered by Rabbi Amnon of Mayence in the eleventh century. He chose to die that his faith might live. His words teach us that every word, every act inscribes itself in the Book of Life. His life teaches that each of us is free to choose to believe in the possibility of good even at our darkest hour.
U'nitaneh tokef k'dushat hayom,
ki hu norah v'ayom: U'vo tinasei
malchutecha, v'yikon b'chesed kisecha,
v'teisheiv alav be'emet. Emet ki
atah hu dayan umochi'ach,
v'yodeia va'ed, v'choteiv v'choteim,
v'sofer umoneh,
v'tizkor kol hanishkachot.
V'tiftach et seifer hazichronot,
umei'eilav yikarei, v'tocham
yad kol adam bo.
Let us proclaim the sacred power of this day; it is awesome and full of dread. For on this day Your dominion is exalted, Your throne established in steadfast love; there in truth You reign. In truth You are Judge and Arbiter, Counsel and Witness. You write and You seal, You record and recount.
You remember deeds long forgotten. You open the book of our days, and what is written there proclaims itself, for it bears the signature of every human being.
The great Shofar is sounded, the still, small voice is heard; the angels, gripped by fear and trembling, declare in awe: This is the Day of Judgment! For even the hosts of heaven are judged, as all who dwell on earth stand arrayed before You.
B'Rosh haShanah yichateivun, u'vYom tzom Kippur yeichateimun,
v'chamah yibarei'un.
Mi yichyeh, u'mi yamut.
Mi v'kitzo, u'mi lo v'kitzo.
Mi ba'eish, u'mi bamayim.
Mi vacherev, u'mi vachayah.
Mi vara'av, u'mi vatzamah.
Mi vra'ash, u'mi vamageifah.
Mi vachanikah, u'mi viskilah.
Mi yanu'ach, u'mi yanua.
Mi yishakeit, u'mi yitareif.
Mi yishaleiv, u'mi yityasar.
Mi yei'ani, u'mi yei'aseir.
Mi yishapeil, u'mi yarum.
On Rosh Hashanah it is written, on Yom Kippur it is sealed; How many shall pass on; how many shall come to be. who shall live and who shall die. who shall see ripe age and who shall not. who shall perish by fire and who by water. who by sword and who by beast. who by hunger and who by thirst. who by earthquake and who by plague. who by strangling and who by stoning. who shall be secure and who shall be driven. who shall be tranquil and who shall be troubled. who shall be poor and who shall be rich. who shall be humbled and who exalted.
u't'shuvah, u't'filah, u'tz'dakah
ma'avirin et ro'a hagzeirah.
But repentance (t'shuvah), prayer (t'filah), and charity (tz'dakah) temper judgment's severe decree.
The K'dushah is composed of verses from the Prophets and the Psalms. The form of the prayer is call and response. The custom to rise up on our tip-toes while reciting the first response recalls Isaiah's vision of angels witnessing the fullness of God's presence, calling "Holy, Holy, Holy." Reaching towards the heavens, we connect the heavens and the earth, filling the spaces between us with holiness.
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N'kadeish et shimcha ba'olam, k'sheim
shemak'dishim oto bishmei marom,
kakatuv al yad n'viecha:
v'karah zeh el zeh v'amar.
We sanctify Your name on earth, even as all things, to the ends of time and space, proclaim Your holiness; and in the words of the prophet we say:
Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai tz'vaot,
m'lo chol ha'aretz k'vodo.
Holy, holy, holy is the God of hosts; the fullness of the whole earth is Your glory!
-- Isaiah 6:3
Adir adireinu Adonai adoneinu
mah adir shim'cha b'chol ha'aretz!
Source of our strength, sovereign, how majestic is Your presence in all the earth!
Baruch k'vod Adonai mim'komo.
Blessed is the glory of God in heaven and earth.
-- Ezekiel 3
Echad Hu Eloheinu Hu avinu Hu
mal'keinu Hu moshi'einu v'Hu
yash'mieinu b'rachamav l'einei kol chai:
You alone are our God and our creator; You are our ruler and our helper; and in Your mercy You reveal Yourself in the sight of all the living:
Ani Adonai E'loheichem!
I AM YOUR GOD!
Yimloch Adonai l'olam,
e'lohayich tzion, l'dor vador. Hal'lu Yah!
The Eternal shall reign forever; You are our God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Halleluyah!
-- Psalm 146
L'dor vador nagid god'lecha,
ul'neitzach n'tzachim k'dushat'cha nak'dish,
V'shivcha'cha Eloheinu,
mipinu lo yamush l'olam va-ed.
To all generations we will make known Your greatness, and to all eternity proclaim Your holiness. Your praise, O God, shall never depart from our lips.
Baruch atah, Adonai, haeil hakadosh.
Blessed is the eternal, the holy God.
PLEASE BE SEATED
Zochreinu Adonai Eloheinu bo letovah
This day remember us for well-being
Congregation: Amen
Ufokdeinu livrachah
This day bless us with Your nearness
V'hoshieinu vo l'chayim
This day help us to live
-- Chant by Bonia Shur
R'tzei, Adonai Eloheinu, b'amcha Yisrael,
ut'filatam b'ahavah t'kabeil,
ut'hi l'ratzon tamid
avodat Yisrael amecha.
El karov l'chol korav,
p'nei el avadecha v'choneinu,
sh'foch ruchacha aleinu.
V'techezena eineinu b'shuv'cha
l'Tzion b'rachamim.
Baruch atah, Adonai
hamachazir Sh'chinato l'Tzion.
Be gracious, O God, to Your people Israel, and receive their prayers with love. May the service of Your people Israel be pleasing to You forever. You are near to all who seek Your presence. Reveal Yourself to us and have compassion upon us. May our eyes see Your return to Zion in mercy. Blessed are You, eternal one, who restores Your Shechinah to Zion.
Modim anachnu lach...
Baruch atah Adonai,
hatov shimcha ul'cha na-eh l'hodot.
We are grateful for... Blessed is Adonai In Your Good Name we are pleased to **express our thanks**
Our mouths filled with song, Our tongues overflowing with joy We bless the Source of life And so we are blessed.
-- Marcia Falk
Congregation:
Sim sha-lom tovah uv'rachah,
chein vachesed, v'rachamim,
aleinu v'al [v'al] kol
Yisraeil amecha.
Bar'cheinu avinu, kulanu k'echad
b'or panecha
Sim sha-lom tovah uv'rachah,
chein vachesed, v'rachamim,
aleinu v'al [v'al] kol
Yisraeil amecha.
v'tov b'einecha l'vareich
et amcha Yisrael
b'chol eit uv'chol
sha'ah bish'lomecha.
Sim sha-lom tovah uv'rachah,
chein vachesed, v'rachamim,
aleinu v'al [v'al] kol
Yisraeil amecha.
B'seifer chayim b'rachah v'shalom
ufarnasa tovah nizacheir
venikateiv l'fanecha,
anachnu v'chol amcha
beit Yisrael l'chayim
l'chayim tovim ulshalom.
tovim ulshalom.
Baruch atah Adonai,
oseh hashalom
-- Melody by Bonia Shur, commissioned by CRC
Grant peace and happiness, blessing and mercy to all Israel and all the world. Bless us, our God, all of us together, with the light of Your presence, for in the light of Your presence we have found a teaching of life, the love of mercy, the law of justice, and the way of peace: for it is ever Your will that Your people Israel be blessed with peace.
Teach us, O God, to labor for righteousness, and inscribe us in the Book of Life, blessing, and peace.
Blessed is Adonai, the Source of Peace.
Silent Meditation
Yih'yu l'ratzon imrei fi
v'hegyon libi l'fanecha,
Adonai, tsuri v'goali.
Congregation:
Oseh shalom bimromav,
hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu
v'al kol Yisrael, v'imru: Amen
May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable to You, O God, my Rock and my Redeemer.
May the One who causes peace to reign in the high heavens let peace descend on us, on all Israel and all the world. Amen.
PLEASE RISE
THE ARK IS OPENED
When the Ark journeyed, Moses would say, "Arise Godliness, let the enemies of Goodness scatter: May those who hate flee from the Source."
-- Numbers 10:35
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Kavannah. "Our Father our King" reaches toward the delicate balance between the intimate God and the distant awesome God. This English translation offers an additional aspect of the more intimate and personal imagining of God by including a call not only to the traditional "father", but to the image of God as a "gentle mother" as well. This expression reflects our belief that only by celebrating both the feminine and the masculine sides of each of us, our whole selves, can we help bring the world closer to peace.
The original prayer dates back to the time of Rabbi Akiva's prayer to end a drought. The formula was so effective, others added their own petitions and the prayer continued to grow. In the Sephardic version of Salonika there are 53 petitions. We hope that, if we pray from our hearts, it will be as effective today. We invite you to add your own verses to this prayer that has inspired our people for generations.
Avinu Malkeinu, sh'ma koleinu
Avinu Malkeinu, chatanu l'fanecha
Avinu Malkeinu, chamol aleinu
V'al olaleinu v'tapeinu
Avinu Malkeinu, kaleih dever
V'cherev v'ra'av mei'aleinu
Avinu Malkeinu,
Kaleih kol tzar u'mastin mei'aleinu.
Avinu Malkeinu,
Kotveinu b'seifer chayim tovim.
Avinu Malkeinu,
Chadeish aleinu shanah tovah.
Avinu Malkeinu,
Harem keren Yisrael amecha.
Avinu Malkeinu,Chaneinu va'aneinu
Ki ein banu ma'asim
Aseih imanu tz'dakah
vachesed v'hoshi'einu.
Avinu Malkeinu hear our voice. Gentle Mother are You listening?
Avinu Malkeinu we have sinned against You. We have hurt each other, hurt ourselves.
Avinu Malkeinu have compassion on us and on our children Hold us in Your loving arms and we will be gentle with our children.
Avinu Malkeinu make an end to sickness, war, and famine Teach us that we must heal and feed and make peace.
Avinu Malkeinu make an end to all oppression. As long as one person is enslaved, no one is free.
Avinu Malkeinu inscribe us for blessing in the Book of Life. May our eyes be open to see that the good far outweighs the evil in our world.
Avinu Malkeinu let the new year be a good year for us. Gentle Mother, may it be a good year for all people.
Avinu Malkeinu give strength to Your people Israel. May we learn to temper strength with kindness.
Avinu Malkeinu be gracious and answer us, for we have little merit. Treat us generously and with kindness, and be our help.
THE TORAH IS TAKEN FROM THE ARK
Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu,
Adonai Echad!
Echad Eloheinu, gadol Adoneinu,
kadosh sh'mo.
Hear, O Israel: Adonai is our God, Adonai is one.
Our God is one; great is our God, holy and awesome is thy name.
PLEASE BE SEATED
Bar'chu et Adonai Ham'vorach:
Baruch Adonai ham'vorach l'olam va-ed
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu
Melech haolam, asher bachar banu
mikol [or: im kol] ha'amim,
v'natan lanu et Torato.
Baruch atah Adonai, notein haTorah.
Bless the Holy One of blessing.
Bless the Holy One forever blessing.
Holy One of blessing. Your presence fills creation. You called us from all the peoples and gave us Your Torah. Holy One of blessing. You give us Torah.
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[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
GOD took note of Sarah just as promised, and GOD did for Sarah what had been announced.
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Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken.
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Abraham gave his newborn son, whom Sarah had borne him, the name of Isaac.
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And when his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.
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Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
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Sarah said, "God has brought me laughter; everyone who hears will laugh with me."
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And she added, "Who would have said to Abraham That Sarah would suckle children! Yet I have borne a son in his old age."
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The child grew up and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
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Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham playing.
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She said to Abraham, "Cast out that slave-woman and her son, for the son of that slave shall not share in the inheritance with my son Isaac."
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The matter distressed Abraham greatly, for it concerned a son of his.
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But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed over the boy or your slave; whatever Sarah tells you, do as she says, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be continued for you.
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As for the son of the slave-woman, I will make a nation of him, too, for he is your seed."
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Early next morning Abraham took some bread and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar. He placed them over her shoulder, together with the child, and sent her away. And she wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
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When the water was gone from the skin, she left the child under one of the bushes,
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and went and sat down at a distance, a bowshot away; for she thought, "Let me not look on as the child dies." And sitting thus afar, she burst into tears.
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God heard the cry of the boy, and an angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heeded the cry of the boy where he is.
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Come, lift up the boy and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him."
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Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went and filled the skin with water, and let the boy drink.
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God was with the boy and he grew up; he dwelt in the wilderness and became skilled with a bow.
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He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
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At that time Abimelech and Phicol, chief of his troops, said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything that you do.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my kith and kin, but will deal with me and with the land in which you have sojourned as loyally as I have dealt with you."
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
And Abraham said, "I swear it."
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Then Abraham reproached Abimelech for the well of water that the servants of Abimelech had seized.
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But Abimelech said, "I do not know who did this; you did not tell me, nor have I heard of it until today."
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Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a pact.
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Abraham then set seven ewes of the flock by themselves,
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and Abimelech said to Abraham, "What mean these seven ewes that you have set apart?"
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He replied, "You are to accept these seven ewes from me as proof that I dug this well."
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Hence that place was called Beer-sheba, for there the two of them swore an oath.
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When they had concluded the pact at Beer-sheba, Abimelech and Phicol, chief of his troops, departed and returned to the land of the Philistines.
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[Abraham] planted a tamarisk at Beer-sheba, and invoked there the name of the ETERNAL, the Everlasting God.
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And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines a long time.
Inline bold Hebrew-letter verse numbers mark every verse of the Hebrew prose in sequence:
p67: 1-13; p68: 14-34, followed by the final paragraph marker peh.
Printed English chapter heading: "Genesis 21." (p68).
continued (p67)
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[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Some time afterward, God put Abraham to the test -- saying to him, "Abraham." He answered, "Here I am."
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"Take your son, your favored one, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the heights that I will point out to you."
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So early next morning, Abraham saddled his donkey and took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and he set out for the place of which God had told him.
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On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place from afar.
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Then Abraham said to his servants, "You stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go up there; we will worship and we will return to you."
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Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. He himself took the firestone and the knife; and the two walked off together.
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Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, "Father!" And he answered, "Yes, my son." And he said, "Here are the firestone and the wood; but where is the sheep for the burnt offering?"
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And Abraham said, "It is God who will see to the sheep for this burnt offering, my son." And the two of them walked on together.
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They arrived at the place of which God had told him. Abraham built an altar there; he laid out the wood; he bound his son Isaac; he laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
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And Abraham picked up the knife to slay his son.
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Then an angel of GOD called to him from heaven: "Abraham! Abraham!" And he answered, "Here I am."
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"Do not raise your hand against the boy, or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your favored one, from Me."
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When Abraham looked up, his eye fell upon a ram, caught in the thicket by its horns. So Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.
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And Abraham named that site Adonai-yireh, whence the present saying, "On GOD's mount there is vision."
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The angel of GOD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
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and said, "By Myself I swear, GOD declares: Because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your favored one,
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I will bestow My blessing upon you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars of heaven and the sands on the seashore; and your descendants shall seize the gates of their foes.
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All the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by your descendants, because you have obeyed My command."
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Abraham then returned to his servants, and they departed together for Beer-sheba; and Abraham stayed in Beer-sheba.
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Some time later, Abraham was told, "Milcah too has borne sons to your brother Nahor:
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Uz the first-born, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;
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and Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel" --
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Bethuel being the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
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And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore [sons] -- Tebah, Gaham, and Tahash -- and [a daughter,] Maacah.
Inline bold Hebrew-letter verse numbers mark every verse of the Hebrew prose in sequence:
1-19, then the paragraph marker peh and bracketed maftir before 20-24.
Printed English chapter heading: "Genesis 22." (p71).
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu
Melech haolam,
asher natan lanu Torat emet,
v'chayei olam nata b'tocheinu.
Baruch atah Adonai, notein haTorah.
Holy One of blessing, Your presence fills creation. You gave us the Torah of truth and planted within us eternal life. Holy One of blessing, You give us Torah.
Mi shebeirach avoteinu
M'kor habrachah l'imoteinu.
May the source of strength Who blessed the ones before us, Help us find the courage To make our lives a blessing, And let us say, Amen
Mi shebeirach imoteinu
M'kor habrachah la'avoteinu.
Bless those in need of healing With refua sheleima, The renewal of body, The renewal of spirit, And let us say, Amen.
-- Debbie Friedman
Baruch atah Adonai, rofeh hacholim.
Blessed is God, healer of the sick.
El na r'fa na lah.
Please God, heal her now. (The perfect prayer of Moses praying for his sister, Miriam.)
-- Numbers 12:13
Translation of the traditional Healing Prayer: May the One who blessed our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and our mothers Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, bless this holy congregation and all who are with them. May God bless those who form synagogues for prayer, and those who come to pray, May God bless those who give the lamps for lighting, the wine for Kiddush and Havdalah, bread for travelers, and tzedakah to the poor, and all who occupy themselves with the needs of others. May the Holy One bless them and remove from them all sickness, heal their bodies, their spirits, and send blessing and prosperity to all the works of their hands as well as to all Israel, their brothers and sisters [and to all creation] and let them say, "Amen".
Baruch atah Adonai
Eloheinu Melech haolam,
asher bachar binvi'im tovim, v'ratzah
v'divreihem hane-emarim be-emet.
Baruch atah Adonai, habocher baTorah
uv'Moshe avdo, uv'Yisraeil amo,
uvinvi-ei ha-emet vatzedek.
Praised be You, O God, Ruler of the Universe, who has chosen good prophets and has been pleased with their faithful and truthful words. Praised be You, O God, who has singled out the Torah, Moses as Your servant, Israel as Your people, and prophets of truth and righteousness.
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There was a man from Ramathaim of the Zuphites, in the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham son of Elihu son of Tohu son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
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He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah; Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.
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This man used to go up from his town every year to worship and to offer sacrifice to GOD of Hosts at Shiloh. -- Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were priests of GOD there.
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One such day, Elkanah offered a sacrifice. He used to give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters;
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but to Hannah he would give one portion only -- though Hannah was his favorite -- for GOD had closed her womb.
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Moreover, her rival, to make her miserable, would taunt her that GOD had closed her womb.
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This happened year after year: Every time she went up to the House of GOD, the other would taunt her, so that she wept and would not eat.
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Her husband Elkanah said to her, "Hannah, why are you crying and why aren't you eating? Why are you so sad? Am I not more devoted to you than ten sons?"
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After they had eaten and drunk at Shiloh, Hannah rose. -- The priest Eli was sitting on the seat near the doorpost of the temple of GOD. --
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In her wretchedness, she prayed to GOD, weeping all the while.
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And she made this vow: "O GOD of Hosts, if You will look upon the suffering of Your maidservant and will remember me and not forget Your maidservant, and if You will grant Your maidservant a child like the others have, I will dedicate it to GOD for all the days of its life; and no razor shall ever touch its head."
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As she kept on praying before GOD, Eli watched her mouth.
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Now Hannah was praying in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunk.
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Eli said to her, "How long will you make a drunken spectacle of yourself? Sober up!"
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And Hannah replied, "Oh no, my lord! I am a very unhappy woman. I have drunk no wine or other strong drink, but I have been pouring out my heart to GOD.
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Do not take your maidservant for a worthless woman; I have only been speaking all this time out of my great anguish and distress."
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"Then go in peace," said Eli, "and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked."
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She answered, "You are most kind to your handmaid." So the woman left, and she ate, and was no longer downcast.
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Early next morning they bowed low before GOD, and they went back home to Ramah. Elkanah knew his wife Hannah and GOD remembered her.
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Hannah conceived, and at the turn of the year bore a son. She named him Samuel, meaning, "I asked GOD for him."
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And when this man Elkanah and all his household were going up to offer to GOD the annual sacrifice and his votive sacrifice,
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Hannah did not go up. She said to her husband, "When the child is weaned, I will bring him. For when he has appeared before GOD, he must remain there for good."
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Her husband Elkanah said to her, "Do as you think best. Stay home until you have weaned him. May GOD's word be fulfilled." So the woman stayed home and nursed her son until she weaned him.
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When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a jar of wine. And though the boy was still very young, she brought him to the House of GOD at Shiloh.
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After slaughtering the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.
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She said, "Please, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you and prayed to GOD.
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It was this boy I prayed for; and GOD has granted me what I asked.
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I, in turn, hereby lend him to GOD. For as long as he lives he is lent to GOD." And they bowed low there before GOD.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
And Hannah prayed: My heart exults in GOD; I have triumphed through GOD. I gloat over my enemies; I rejoice in Your deliverance.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
There is no holy one like GOD, Truly, there is none beside You; There is no rock like our God.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Talk no more with lofty pride, Let no arrogance cross your lips! For the ETERNAL is an all-knowing God, By whom actions are measured.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
The bows of the mighty are broken, And the faltering are girded with strength.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
The sated are hired out for bread; The starving hunger no more. While the infertile woman bears seven, The mother of many is forlorn.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
GOD deals death and gives life, Casts down into Sheol and raises up.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
GOD makes poor and makes rich, Casts down, and also lifts high --
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Raising the poor from the dust, Lifting up the needy from the dunghill, To set them with nobles, Granting them seats of honor. For the pillars of the earth belong to GOD, Who has set the world upon them.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
[God] guards the steps of the faithful, But the wicked perish in darkness -- For none shall prevail by strength.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
GOD's foes shall be shattered -- Thundered against from the heavens. GOD will judge the ends of the earth -- Giving power to the king, And triumph to the anointed one.
The Rabbis assigned a section from the Books of the Prophets to be read after each week's Torah portion. Although the time of the Prophets is centuries later, there is always some connection between their message and what is read in the Torah. The root of the word haftarah means "to complete", therefore this is the conclusion of the day's scriptural readings.
Inline bold Hebrew-letter verse numbers mark every verse of the Hebrew prose in sequence:
p74: 1-23 (1 Samuel 1:1-23); p75: 24-28 (1 Samuel 1:24-28), then 1-10 (1 Samuel 2:1-10).
Printed English chapter labels: "I Samuel 1" on p75 and "I Samuel 2" on p76.
continued (p75)
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[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
At that time -- declares GOD -- I will be God to all the clans of Israel, and they shall be My people.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Thus said GOD: The people escaped from the sword, Found favor in the wilderness; When Israel was marching homeward
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
GOD was revealed long ago. Eternal love I conceived for you then; Therefore I continue My grace to you.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
I will build you firmly again, O Maiden Israel! Again you shall take up your hand-drums And go forth to the rhythm of the dancers.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Again you shall plant vineyards On the hills of Samaria; You shall plant and live to enjoy the fruit.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
For the day is coming when watchmen Shall proclaim on the heights of Ephraim: Come, let us go up to Zion, To the ETERNAL our God!
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
For thus said GOD: Cry out in joy for Jacob, Shout at the crossroads of the nations! Sing aloud in praise, and say: Save, O ETERNAL One, Your people, The remnant of Israel.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
I will bring them in from the northland, Gather them from the ends of the earth -- The blind and the lame among them, Those with child and those in labor -- In a vast throng they shall return here.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
They shall come with weeping, And with compassion will I guide them. I will lead them to streams of water, By a level road where they will not stumble. For I am ever a Father to Israel, Ephraim is My first-born.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Hear the word of GOD, O nations, And tell it in the isles afar. Say: The One who scattered Israel will gather them, And will guard them as a shepherd his flock.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
For GOD will ransom Jacob, Redeem him from one too strong for him.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
They shall come and shout on the heights of Zion, Radiant over GOD's bounty -- Over new grain and wine and oil, And over sheep and cattle. They shall fare like a watered garden, They shall never languish again.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Then shall maidens dance gaily, Young men and old alike. I will turn their mourning to joy, I will comfort them and cheer them in their grief.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
I will give the priests their fill of fatness, And My people shall enjoy My full bounty -- declares GOD.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Thus said GOD: A cry is heard in Ramah -- Wailing, bitter weeping -- Rachel weeping for her children. She refuses to be comforted For her children, who are gone.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Thus said GOD: Restrain your voice from weeping, Your eyes from shedding tears; For there is a reward for your labor -- declares GOD: They shall return from the enemy's land.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
And there is hope for your future -- declares GOD: Your children shall return to their country.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
I can hear Ephraim lamenting: "You have chastised me, and I am chastised Like a calf that has not been broken. Receive me back, let me return, For You, O ETERNAL One, are my God.
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Now that I have turned back, I am filled with remorse; Now that I am made aware, I strike my thigh. I am ashamed and humiliated, For I bear the disgrace of my youth."
[Hebrew here is chanted; the printed book gives no transliteration for it. The English follows.]
Truly, Ephraim is a dear son to Me, A child that is dandled! Whenever I have turned against him, My thoughts would dwell on him still. That is why My heart yearns for him; I will receive him back in love -- declares GOD.
Inline bold Hebrew-letter verse numbers mark every verse of the Hebrew prose in sequence:
1-20 (Jeremiah 31:1-20).
Printed English chapter label: "Jeremiah 31." (p78).
continued (p77)
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu
Melech haolam, tzur kol haolamim,
tzadik b'chol hadorot, HaEl hane-eman,
haomer v'oseh, ham'dabeir um'ekayeim,
shekol d'varav emet vatzedek.
Al HaTorah, v'al ha'avodah, v'al
han'vi-im, (v'al yom HaShabbat hazeh)
v'al Yom HaZikaron hazeh,
shenatata lanu, Adonai Eloheinu,
lik'dushah v'lim'nuchah, l'chavod
ul'tifaret. Al hakol, Adonai Eloheinu,
anachnu, modim lach, um'varchim otach,
yitbarach shimcha b'fi kol chai
tamid l'olam vaed.
Baruch atah, Adonai,
m'kadeish (HaShabbat v') Yom HaZikaron.
Be praised, almighty God, Ruler of the Universe, Rock of all Creation, Righteous One of All Generations, the faithful God whose word is deed, whose every commandment is just and true. For the Torah, for the privilege of worship, for the prophets, and for this (Shabbat and) Day of Remembrance (Rosh Hashanah) that You, almighty God, have given us for holiness and rest, for rest, for honor and glory, we thank and bless You. May Your name be blessed forever by every living being. Blessed is God for the holiness of (Shabbat and) this Day of Remembrance (Rosh Hashanah).
PLEASE RISE
Seder Kriyat HaShofar
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu
Melech haolam, asher kidshanu
b'mitzvotav vitzivanu lishmo'a kol shofar.
Blessed is our God who hallows us with mitzvot and commands us to hear the sound of the shofar.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu
Melech haolam,
Shehecheyanu v'kiy'manu
v'higianu laz'man hazeh.
Blessed is our God who has given us life, sustained us and brought us to this moment in time.
The first call is for Malchuyot, which celebrates the sovereignty of God -- the highest good toward which we and all peace-seekers must direct our paths.
THE SHOFAR IS SOUNDED
TEKIAH - SHEVARIM-TERUAH - TEKIAH
TEKIAH - SHEVARIM-TERUAH - TEKIAH
TEKIAH - SHEVARIM-TERUAH - TEKIAH
The second is for Zichronot, which remembers the covenants sealed with Noah and Abraham. The covenant of Noah was for survival; never again, we were promised, would there be total destruction by flood. The covenant with Abraham promised that we would continue to be a holy people.
THE SHOFAR IS SOUNDED
TEKIAH - SHEVARIM - TEKIAH
TEKIAH - SHEVARIM - TEKIAH
TEKIAH - SHEVARIM - TEKIAH
The third call is for Shofarot, the ancient sound which wakes us up to envision a future with a world repaired and healed.
THE SHOFAR IS SOUNDED
TEKIAH - TERUAH - TEKIAH
TEKIAH - TERUAH - TEKIAH
TEKIAH - TERUAH - TEKIAH GEDOLAH
PLEASE BE SEATED
Sim shalom bein amcha Yisraeil
v'yitrabeh hashalom bein kol baey olam
v'lo yihyeh shum sinah kinah
tacharut v'nitzachon bein echad l'chavero
rak yihyeh ahavah v'shalom
gadol bein kulanu
v'kol echad yeda b'ahavat chavero
Ad shenuchal l'hivaed ul'hitkabetz yachad
kol echad im chavero
v'n'daber zeh im zo
v'nasbir zo lazeh haemet
(Arabic) Allah huma - antas salaam
(Arabic) wa-minkas salaam
(Hebrew) Elohim - atah shalom
(Hebrew) v'mamecha shalom
Adon hashalom
barchenu bashalom amen.
from Kol HaNeshamah, a Reform synagogue in Jerusalem
Grant us Shalom Let the Shalom spread to all Your creatures Let there be an end to hatred, jealousy, and competition between people. Let there be only great love and shalom between us all, so that we can gather together -- everyone with their fellow, speaking to each other, and learning the truth from each other.
(Arabic) allah huma - antas salaam wa-minkas salaam (Hebrew) adon hashalom barcheinu bashalom
Source of Shalom, bless us with Shalom. Amen.
-- prayer based on teaching of R. Nachman of Bratzlav
We pray for the land of Israel and its people. May its borders know peace and its inhabitants, tranquility. And may the bonds of faith and fate which unite the Jews of all lands be a source of strength to Israel and to us all. God of all lands and ages, answer our constant prayer with a Zion once more aglow with light for us and for all the world, and let us say: Amen.
Kol od balevav p'nimah
nefesh Y'hudi homiyah
ul'fa'atei mizrach kadimah
ayin l'Tzion tzofiyah
Od lo avdah tikvateinu,
hatikvah bat sh'not alpayim,
lih'yot am chofshi b'artzeinu
Eretz Tziyon viY'rushalayim
So long as still within the inmost heart a Jewish spirit sings So long as the eye looks eastward gazing toward Zion, our hope is not lost -- that hope of two millennia -- to be a free people in our land the land of Zion and Jerusalem
THE TORAH IS RETURNED TO THE ARK
Ki lekach tov natati lachem,
Torati al ta'azovu.
Eitz chayim hi lamacha'zikim bah,
ve'tom'cheha m'ushar.
D'racheha dar'chei noam,
v'chol n'tivoteha shalom.
Hashiveinu Adonai elecha v'nashuvah
chadeish yameinu k'kedem.
Translation (unlabelled on the page): Behold! A good doctrine has been given you, my Torah, do not forsake it. It is a tree of life to those who hold it fast, and all who cling to it find happiness. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.
We have shared many words together. That we could speak them, and hear them spoken, means that there is a place in the world for them, that our songs of praise and prayers of hope have not gone empty from our mouths, but remain still in the air, waiting for other words to join them. Too often they are not joined, but lost in hopeless words, rhetoric pro- pounded but not meant, accents without acts. If the hopes that we have shared today are not to have been shared in vain, we must not leave our words here in our seats, neatly folded in our books. Our words must leave with us, go streaming out the doors of this New Year with us, accompany us as we walk down the road, when we sit in our houses, when we lie down and when we rise up. They must emblazon the doorposts of our house, and seal themselves into our hands and before our eyes, that the world might remember the words it has so long forgotten, and form from them a new song which all might sing in celebration of the world we all desire. Before that hope, before the God who is the substance of that hope, let us bow the head and bend the knee in the holy spaces of our yearning.
This prayer reminds us that we are no longer victims. Therefore, we must be on guard to avoid becoming like those nations who oppress. We bow at the word korim in humility and gratitude as we learn from the lessons of our own history and commit ourselves to tikkun olam--the restoration of wholeness to our broken world.
Aleinu l'shabei-ach la'adon hakol,
lateit g'dulah l'yotzeir b'reishit,
shelo asanu k'goyei ha'aratzot,
v'lo samanu k'mishp'chot ha'adamah.
Shelo sam chelkeinu kahem,
v'goraleinu k'chol hamonam.
Va'anachnu kor'im
umishtachavim umodim,
lifnei Melech mal'chei hamlachim
HaKadosh Baruch Hu.
Shehu noteh shamayim v'yoseid aretz,
umoshav y'karo bashamayim mima'al
ush'chinat uzo [ush'chinat uzo] b'govhei m'romim.
Hu Eloheinu ein od,
emet Malkeinu efes zulato.
Kakatuv b'Torato, v'yadata hayom [v'yadata hayom]
v'hasheivota el l'vavecha,
ki Adonai hu HaElohim
bashamayim mima'al.
v'al ha'aretz [v'al ha'aretz] mitachat, ein od.
V'ne-emar, v'hayah Adonai
l'Melech al kol ha'aretz.
Bayom hahu [bayom hahu] yih'yeh Adonai echad
Ush'mo [ush'mo, ush'mo] echad.
Let us adore the ever-living God and render praise unto the one who spread out the heavens and established the earth, whose glory is revealed in the heavens above and whose greatness is manifest throughout the world. Our God is one; there is none else. We bow our heads in reverence and worship the Holy One, praised be our God.
You spread out the heavens and established the earth. You are our God there is none else. In truth you alone are God, as it is written, "Know then this day and take it to heart, the Eternal One is God in the heavens above and the earth below; there is none else."
May the time not be distant, O God, when all shall turn to You in love, when corruption and evil shall give way to integrity and goodness, when superstition shall no longer enslave the mind, nor idolatry blind the eye. O may all, created in your image, become one in friendship, forever united in Your service. Then shall Your realm be established on earth, and the word of Your prophet fulfilled: Adonai will reign for ever and ever.
May, may, may the memory of good people bless our days, bless, bless our days, bless our days.
Zeicher, zeicher, zeicher
tzadik livrachah, livrachah,
zeicher zeicher tzadik livrachah.
-- Bonia Shur
page 89 continued
Yitgadal v'yitkadash shmei raba.
B'alma div'ra chirutei,
v'yamlich malchutei,
b'chayeichon uv'yomeichon
uv'chayei d'chol beit Yisrael,
ba'agala uvizman kariv. V'im'ru: Amen.
Y'hei sh'mei raba m'varach
l'alam ul'almei almaya.
Yitbarach v'yishtabach v'yitpa'ar
y'vitromam v'yitnasei,
v'yit-hadar, v'yitaleh v'yit'halal
sh'mei d'Kud'sha B'rich Hu,
l'eila min kol birchata v'shirata,
tushb'chata v'nechemata,
da'amiran b'alma, V'imru: Amen.
Y'hei sh'lama raba min sh'maya,
v'chayim 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
Magnified and sanctified May Your great name be In the world that You created, As You will, And may a time of peace come In our lives and in our days And in the lives of all the house of Israel, Swiftly and soon, And say all amen!
Amen! May Your great name be blessed Always and forever.
Blessed And praised And glorified And raised And exalted And honored And uplifted And lauded Be the name of the Holy One (You are blessed!) Above all blessings And hymns and praises and consolations That are uttered in the world, And say all amen! May a great peace from heaven -- And life! -- Be upon us and upon all Israel, And say all amen!
May You who makes peace in Your high places Make peace upon us and upon all Israel And upon all who dwell on earth, And say all amen!
-- Adapted from translation by Leon Wieseltier in his book, Kaddish.
And now at the beginning of a new year, we pray for a blessing The spirit of wisdom and understanding
Congregation:
Amen The spirit of insight and knowledge
Amen The spirit of knowledge and reverence
Amen May we overcome trouble, pain and sorrow
Amen May our days and years increase
Amen
Yehi ratzon lefanecha,
Adonai Eloheinu velohei
avoteinu v'imoteinu shetechadeish
aleinu shanah tovah umetukah.
Eternal our God and God of our people renew us for a good year
Amen, Amen, Amen
-- Bonia Shur
May it be a good year may it be a healthy year May it be a healthy year may it be a year of peace May it be a year of peace may it be a good year May it be a healthy year May it be a year of peace May it be a good year may it be a healthy year May it be a healthy year may it be a year of peace May we have the strength may we have the strength to make it so to make it so
Shanah tovah lechol
b'nai Yisrael ulechol
b'nai b'nai enosh.
-- Bonia Shur
This blessing was once reserved for the priests of old, but today we ask each of you to take it into your own hearts and, by embracing one another, share it with all the people whose lives you touch -- be they family, friends, or strangers.
Y'varech'cha Adonai v'yishmarecha
Yaeir Adonai panav eilecha vichuneka
Yisah Adonai panav eilecha
v'yaseim lecha shalom
masculine form
Y'vrachech Adonai V'yishmerech
Yaeir Adonai panav alay'ich vichunech
Yisah Adonai panav alay'ich
v'yaseim lach shalom
feminine form
-- Numbers 6:24-26
May God bless you and keep you safe May God's love shine on you and be kind to you May God's presence be with you and give you peace
Numbers 6:24-26
May the blessings of peace and kindness, graciousness, goodness, and compassion flow among us, all the communities of Israel, and all the peoples of the world.
-- Marcia Falk