Shirei Shabbat
Central Reform Congregation, St. Louis -- Rabbi Daniel Bogard. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Pages 2 to 67

How this file is arranged.
The page numbers here are this book's own folio numbers, counted from the front.
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 5.

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.

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Yedid Nefesh

Yedid nefesh, Av harachaman, m'shoch avd'cha el r'tzonecha. Yarutz avd'cha k'mo ayal, yishtachaveh el mul hadarecha. Ye'erav lo y'didotecha, minofet tzuf v'chol ta'am.
Hadur na'eh ziv ha'olam, nafshi cholat ahavatecha. Ana El na r'fa na lah, b'har'ot lah no'am zivecha. Az titchazek v'titrape, v'hayta lah simchat olam.
Vatik, yehemu na rachamecha, v'chusa na al ben ahuvecha. Ki zeh kama nichsof nichsafti lir'ot m'hera b'tif'eret uzecha. Eleh chamda libi, v'chusa na v'al tit'alem.
Higaleh na uf'ros, chavivi, alai et sukat sh'lomecha. Ta'ir eretz mik'vodecha, nagila v'nism'cha bach. Maher ehov ki va mo'ed, v'chonenu kimei olam.

English:
Beloved of the soul, compassionate Source: draw me toward what You want of me. I would run like a deer to bow before Your splendor; Your love is sweeter to me than honey, than any taste. Splendor and grace, radiance of the world -- my soul is sick with love for You.

Please, heal her by letting her glimpse the sweetness of Your light; then she will grow strong and be well, and hers will be a joy without end. Timeless One, let Your mercy stir; have compassion on the beloved child. So long, so deeply I have ached to see the beauty of Your strength -- this is my heart's desire; have compassion, and do not hide.

Reveal Yourself, my Beloved, and spread over me the shelter of Your peace. Let the earth shine with Your glory -- we will delight and rejoice in You. Hurry, Beloved: the time has come.

Be gracious to us as in the days of old.

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Lighting the Candles

Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu l'hadlik ner shel Shabbat.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe, who calls us toward holiness as we kindle the lights of Shabbat.

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Shalom Aleichem

The traditional text
Shalom aleichem, malachei hasharet, malachei elyon, mimelech malchei ham'lachim, haKadosh baruch hu.
Bo'achem l'shalom, malachei hashalom, malachei elyon, mimelech malchei ham'lachim, haKadosh baruch hu.
Barchuni l'shalom, malachei hashalom, malachei elyon, mimelech malchei ham'lachim, haKadosh baruch hu.
Tzet'chem l'shalom, malachei hashalom, malachei elyon, mimelech malchei ham'lachim, haKadosh baruch hu.

>> Each verse is sung three times.

As we sing it
Shalom aleichem malachei hashalom -- Bo'achem l'shalom malachei hashalom -- Barchuni l'shalom malachei hashalom -- Tzet'chem l'shalom malachei hashalom.

English:
Peace be upon you, ministering angels, angels of the Most High.

Come in peace; bless me with peace.

And when you take your leave, go in peace, angels of peace.

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Psalm 95

L'chu n'ran'na la'Adonai, nari'a l'tzur yish'einu. N'kad'ma fanav b'toda, bizmirot nari'a lo.
Ki El gadol Adonai, umelech gadol al kol elohim. Asher b'yado mechk'rei aretz, v'to'afot harim lo. Asher lo hayam v'hu asahu, v'yabeshet yadav yatzaru.
Bo'u nishtachaveh v'nichra'a, nivr'cha lifnei Adonai osenu. Ki hu Eloheinu, va'anachnu am mar'ito v'tzon yado, hayom im b'kolo tishma'u.

Recited
Al takshu l'vavchem kimriva, k'yom masa bamidbar. Asher nisuni avoteichem, b'chanuni gam ra'u fo'oli. Arba'im shana akut b'dor, va'omar am to'ei levav hem, v'hem lo yad'u d'rachai. Asher nishba'ti v'api, im y'vo'un el m'nuchati.

English:
Come, let us sing out to the Eternal -- let us shout with joy to the rock of our rescue. Let us come before that presence with thanks, and raise a song of praise.

For the Eternal is a great God, great above all powers. In that hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks; the sea belongs to the One who made it, whose hands formed the dry land.

Come, let us bow, let us bend low, let us kneel before the Eternal who made us. For this is our God, and we are the people of that pasture, the flock of a guiding hand -- today, if only you would listen for that voice.

Do not harden your heart as at Meribah, as on that day at Massah in the wilderness, when your ancestors tested Me though they had seen My work. Forty years I bore that generation with grief, and said: they are a people whose heart wanders, who have not known My ways -- so I vowed in My anger that they would not come into My rest.

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Psalm 96

Shiru la'Adonai shir chadash, shiru la'Adonai kol ha'aretz. Shiru la'Adonai barchu sh'mo, basru miyom l'yom yeshuato. Sap'ru vagoyim k'vodo, b'chol ha'amim nifl'otav.
Ki gadol Adonai umhulal me'od, nora hu al kol elohim. Ki kol elohei ha'amim elilim, va'Adonai shamayim asa. Hod v'hadar l'fanav, oz v'tif'eret b'mikdasho.
Havu la'Adonai mishp'chot amim, havu la'Adonai kavod va'oz. Havu la'Adonai k'vod sh'mo, s'u mincha uvo'u l'chatzrotav. Hishtachavu la'Adonai b'hadrat kodesh, chilu mipanav kol ha'aretz.
Imru vagoyim Adonai malach, af tikon tevel bal timot, yadin amim b'meisharim.
Yism'chu hashamayim v'tagel ha'aretz, yir'am hayam umlo'o. Ya'aloz sadai v'chol asher bo, az y'ran'nu kol atzei ya'ar. Lifnei Adonai ki va, ki va lishpot ha'aretz, yishpot tevel b'tzedek, v'amim be'emunato.

English:
Sing to the Eternal a new song -- sing, all the earth. Sing and bless the Name; tell the good news of rescue day after day. Declare that glory among the nations, those wonders among all peoples.

For great is the Eternal and greatly to be praised, awesome beyond all powers. The gods of the nations are hollow, but the Eternal made the heavens. Splendor and majesty fill that presence; strength and beauty, the holy place.

Give to the Eternal, all you families of peoples -- give honor and strength. Give the honor due that Name; lift up an offering and come into those courts. Bow to the Eternal in the beauty of holiness; let the whole earth tremble before that presence.

Say among the nations: the Eternal reigns! The world stands firm and will not fall; the peoples will be judged with fairness. Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad; let the sea thunder and all that fills it.

Let the fields exult and everything in them -- then all the trees of the forest will sing before the Eternal, who comes, who comes to set the earth right, judging the world with justice and the peoples in faithfulness.

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Psalm 97

Adonai malach, tagel ha'aretz, yism'chu iyim rabim. Anan va'arafel s'vivav, tzedek umishpat m'chon kis'o.
Esh l'fanav telech, ut'lahet saviv tzarav. He'iru v'rakav tevel, ra'ata vatachel ha'aretz. Harim kadonag namasu milifnei Adonai, milifnei adon kol ha'aretz. Higidu hashamayim tzidko, v'ra'u chol ha'amim k'vodo. Yevoshu kol ovdei fesel, hamit'hal'lim ba'elilim, hishtachavu lo kol elohim.
Sham'a vatismach Tziyon, vatagelna b'not Yehuda, l'ma'an mishpatecha Adonai. Ki ata Adonai elyon al kol ha'aretz, m'od na'aleta al kol elohim.
Ohavei Adonai sin'u ra, shomer nafshot chasidav, miyad r'sha'im yatzilem.
Or zaru'a latzadik, ulyishrei lev simcha. Simchu tzadikim ba'Adonai, v'hodu l'zecher kodsho.

English:
The Eternal reigns -- let the earth rejoice, let the many shores be glad. Cloud and deep mist surround the Presence; justice and right are the foundation of the throne. Fire goes ahead, blazing round every foe.

The lightnings light the world; the earth sees and shudders. Mountains melt like wax before the Eternal, before the Source of all the earth. The heavens tell that justice, and all the peoples see the glory.

Ashamed are all who serve carved images, who boast in hollow gods -- bow down, every power. Zion hears and is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of Your judgments, Eternal One. For You are the Most High over all the earth, raised far above every power.

You who love the Eternal -- hate evil. The Eternal keeps watch over the lives of the faithful, and rescues them from the hand of the cruel. Light is sown for the just, and joy for the upright in heart.

Rejoice in the Eternal, you righteous, and give thanks to that holy Name.

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Psalm 98

Mizmor, shiru la'Adonai shir chadash, ki nifla'ot asah; hoshi'ah lo y'mino uzro'a kodsho. Hodi'a Adonai yeshu'ato, l'einei hagoyim gila tzidkato. Zachar chasdo ve'emunato l'veit Yisra'el, ra'u chol afsei aretz et yeshu'at Eloheinu.
Hari'u la'Adonai kol ha'aretz, pitzchu v'ran'nu v'zameru. Zam'ru la'Adonai b'chinor, b'chinor v'kol zimrah. Bachatzotz'rot v'kol shofar, hari'u lifnei haMelech Adonai.
Yir'am hayam umlo'o, tevel v'yosh'vei vah. N'harot yimcha'u chaf, yachad harim y'ranenu. Lifnei Adonai, ki va lishpot ha'aretz; yishpot tevel b'tzedek, v'amim b'meisharim.

English:
Sing to the Eternal a new song, for wonders have been done: freedom won by an outstretched arm. The rescue is made known -- revealed as right before the eyes of the nations -- and steady, faithful love kept for the house of Israel -- until the very ends of the earth have seen the rescue our God brings.

Shout out, all the earth -- burst into song, break open with music! Make music on the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing; with trumpets and the call of the shofar, raise a shout before the Eternal, who reigns over all.

Let the sea thunder and all that fills it, the world and all who dwell in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together -- for the Eternal, who comes to set the earth right, to judge the world with justice and the peoples with fairness.

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Psalm 99

Adonai malach, yirg'zu amim; yoshev k'ruvim, tanut ha'aretz. Adonai b'Tziyon gadol, v'ram hu al kol ha'amim. Yodu shimcha gadol v'nora -- kadosh hu.
V'oz melech mishpat ahev, ata konanta meisharim; mishpat utz'daka b'Ya'akov ata asita. Rom'mu Adonai Eloheinu, v'hishtachavu lahadom raglav -- kadosh hu.
Moshe v'Aharon b'chohanav, ush'mu'el b'kor'ei sh'mo -- kor'im el Adonai, v'hu ya'anem. B'amud anan y'daber aleihem; shamru edotav, v'chok natan lamo.
Adonai Eloheinu, ata anitam; El nosei hayita lahem, v'nokem al alilotam. Rom'mu Adonai Eloheinu, v'hishtachavu l'har kodsho -- ki kadosh Adonai Eloheinu.

English:
The Eternal reigns -- let the peoples tremble; enthroned on the cherubim -- let the earth shake. Great in Zion, high above all peoples: let them praise Your name, great and awesome -- holy is the One.

Mighty One who loves justice, You who founded fairness -- justice and righteousness in Jacob are Your doing. Exalt the Eternal our God and bow low at that footstool -- holy is the One.

Moses and Aaron among the priests, and Samuel among those who called on the Name -- they called to the Eternal, and were answered. From a pillar of cloud came the answer; they kept the teachings, the law that was given to them.

Eternal our God, You answered them; You were forgiving to them, exacting justice for their misdeeds. Exalt the Eternal, and bow toward the holy mountain -- for holy is the Eternal.

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Psalm 29

Mizmor l'David. Havu la'Adonai b'nei elim, havu la'Adonai kavod va'oz. Havu la'Adonai k'vod sh'mo, hishtachavu la'Adonai b'hadrat kodesh.
Kol Adonai al hamayim, El hakavod hir'im, Adonai al mayim rabim. Kol Adonai bako'ach, kol Adonai behadar. Kol Adonai shover arazim, vay'shaber Adonai et arzei haL'vanon. Vayarkidem k'mo egel, L'vanon v'Siryon k'mo ven r'emim.
Kol Adonai chotzev lahavot esh. Kol Adonai yachil midbar, yachil Adonai midbar Kadesh. Kol Adonai y'cholel ayalot vayechesof y'arot, uvheichalo kulo omer kavod.
Adonai lamabul yashav, vayeshev Adonai melech l'olam. Adonai oz l'amo yiten, Adonai y'varech et amo vashalom.

English:
A song of David. Give to the Eternal, you children of the mighty -- give glory and strength. Give the glory due to the Name; bow before the Eternal in the beauty of holiness.

The voice of the Eternal over the waters -- the God of glory thunders, over the vast waters. The voice, in power; the voice, in splendor. The voice shatters cedars, splinters the cedars of Lebanon, makes the mountains skip like a calf, Lebanon and Sirion like a young wild ox.

The voice carves out flames of fire; the voice makes the wilderness shudder, shakes the wilderness of Kadesh; the voice sends the deer into labor and strips the forests bare -- and in the sanctuary, everything cries out: kavod. Above the flood the Eternal was enthroned, and reigns as sovereign of all, forever. May the Eternal give strength to this people; may the Eternal bless this people with peace.

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Ana B'koach

Ana b'koach g'dulat y'mincha tatir tz'rura. Kabel rinat am'cha, sagvenu, taharenu, nora.
Na gibor, dorshei yichudcha k'vavat shomrem. Barchem, taharem, rachamem, tzidkatcha tamid gomlem.
Chasin kadosh, b'rov tuvcha nahel adatecha. Yachid ge'eh, l'am'cha p'ne, zochrei k'dushatecha.
Shav'atenu kabel ushma tza'akatenu, yode'a ta'alumot. Baruch shem k'vod malchuto l'olam va'ed.

English:
Please -- by the great strength of Your right hand, set the bound ones free. Receive the glad song of Your people; lift us, purify us, awesome One.

Please, Mighty One -- guard those who seek Your oneness like the pupil of an eye. Bless them, purify them, show them compassion; let Your justice always be their reward.

Mighty and holy One, in Your abundant goodness, guide Your community. You who are one and exalted, turn toward Your people -- those who call Your holiness to mind.

Accept our cry and hear our plea, You who know all that is hidden. Blessed is the Name of God's glorious reign, forever and ever.

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L'cha Dodi

Refrain
L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'la.

1 -- Shamor v'zachor
Shamor v'zachor b'dibur echad, hishmi'anu El ham'yuchad. Adonai echad ushmo echad, l'shem ultif'eret v'lit'hila.

>> (refrain)

2 -- Likrat Shabbat
Likrat Shabbat l'chu v'neil'cha, ki hi m'kor hab'racha. Merosh mikedem n'sucha, sof ma'aseh b'machashava t'chila.

>> (refrain)

3 -- Mikdash melech
Mikdash melech ir m'lucha, kumi tz'i mitoch hahafecha. Rav lach shevet b'emek habacha, v'hu yachmol alayich chemla.

>> (refrain)

4 -- Hitna'ari
Hitna'ari me'afar kumi, livshi bigdei tif'artech ami. Al yad ben Yishai beit halachmi, korva el nafshi g'ala.

>> (refrain)

5 -- Hit'or'ri
Hit'or'ri, hit'or'ri, ki va orech kumi ori. Uri uri shir daberi, k'vod Adonai alayich nigla.

>> (refrain -- L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'la)

6 -- Lo tevoshi
Lo tevoshi v'lo tikal'mi, ma tishtochachi uma tehemi. Bach yechesu aniyei ami, v'nivn'ta ir al tila.

>> (refrain)

7 -- V'hayu limshisa
V'hayu limshisa shosayich, v'rachaku kol m'val'ayich. Yasis alayich Elohayich, kimsos chatan al kala.

>> (refrain)

8 -- Yamin usmol
Yamin usmol tifrotzi, v'et Adonai ta'aritzi. Al yad ish ben Partzi, v'nism'cha v'nagila.

>> (refrain)

9 -- Bo'i v'shalom
Bo'i v'shalom ateret ba'la, gam b'simcha uvtzohola. Toch emunei am s'gula, bo'i chala, bo'i chala, bo'i chala Shabbat malk'ta.

>> (refrain)

English:
Come, my beloved, to greet the bride; together let us welcome the presence of Shabbat.

"Keep" and "remember" -- spoken as a single word, the singular God made us hear them as one. HaShem is one, and that name is one, for renown and beauty and praise.

Come, let us go out to meet Shabbat, for she is the wellspring of blessing -- poured out from the very beginning, last in creation but first in intention.

Sanctuary and city renewed: rise up out of the ruins. Too long have you dwelt in the valley of tears -- now you will be held with tenderness.

Shake off the dust and rise; put on the garments of your glory, my people. Redemption draws near -- come close, and set my soul free.

Awaken, awaken, for your light has come -- rise up and shine! Wake, wake and sing: the glory of the Eternal is revealed upon you.

Do not be ashamed, do not be disgraced. Why so bowed down, why do you moan? In you the poor of my people find shelter, and the city shall be rebuilt on its own ground.

Those who plundered you will be scattered, and all who would devour you kept far away. Your God will rejoice over you as a groom rejoices over a bride.

You will spread out to the right and the left, and hold the Eternal in awe. Through the promise of a redeemer we will rejoice and be glad.

Come in peace, crown of your beloved, in gladness and in joyful song, among the faithful of a treasured people. Come, O bride; come, O bride; come, O bride -- Shabbat, the queen.

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Psalm 92

Mizmor shir l'yom haShabbat.
Tov l'hodot la'Adonai, ulzamer l'shimcha elyon. L'hagid baboker chasdecha, ve'emunatcha baleilot. Alei-asor va'alei-navel, alei higayon b'chinor.
Ki simachtani Adonai b'fo'olecha, b'ma'asei yadecha aranen. Mah gadlu ma'asecha Adonai, m'od amku machsh'votecha.

Recited
Ish-ba'ar lo yeda, uch'sil lo-yavin et-zot. Bifroach r'sha'im k'mo-esev, vayatzitzu kol-po'alei aven, l'hishamdam adei-ad. V'ata marom l'olam Adonai. Ki hineh oyvecha Adonai, ki-hineh oyvecha yovedu, yitpardu kol-po'alei aven. Vatarem kir'em karni, baloti b'shemen ra'anan. Vatabet eini b'shurai, bakamim alai m're'im tishma'na oznai.
Tzadik katamar yifrach, k'erez balvanon yisge. Sh'tulim b'veit Adonai, b'chatzrot Eloheinu yafrichu.
Od y'nuvun b'seiva, d'shenim v'ra'ananim yihyu. L'hagid ki-yashar Adonai, tzuri v'lo-avlata bo.

English:
A psalm, a song for the day of Shabbat. It is good to give thanks to You, to sing to Your name, Most High -- to tell of Your love in the morning and Your faithfulness through the nights, on the ten-stringed harp and the lyre, to the murmuring of the harp.

You have gladdened me by what You have made; at the work of Your hands I sing for joy. How great are Your works -- how deep beyond us are Your thoughts.

A brutish person cannot know this, a fool cannot grasp it: though the wicked spring up like grass and all who do harm blossom, it is only to be destroyed forever -- while You are exalted for all time. For look: those who set themselves against You, the ones who do harm, scatter and are undone.

You have lifted my strength high; I am anointed with fresh oil. My eyes have seen the fall of those who watched for me; my ears take in the fate of those who would rise against me.

The just flourish like the date palm and grow tall like a cedar of Lebanon -- planted in Your house, they blossom in the courtyards of our God. Even in old age they still bear fruit, staying full of sap and green -- to declare that You are upright, my Rock, in whom there is no wrong.

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Psalm 93

Adonai malach geut lavesh, lavesh Adonai oz hit'azar, af-tikon tevel bal-timot.
Nachon kis'acha me'az, me'olam ata. Nasu n'harot Adonai, nasu n'harot kolam, yisu n'harot dochyam.
Mikolot mayim rabim, adirim mishb'rei-yam, adir bamarom Adonai.
Edotecha ne'emnu m'od, l'veitcha naava-kodesh, Adonai l'orech yamim.

English:
The Eternal reigns, robed in majesty; robed and girded in strength. The world stands firm; it will not be shaken.

Your throne stands firm from of old; from all eternity, You are. The rivers lift up -- the rivers lift up their voice; the rivers lift up their roaring.

Mightier than the thunder of great waters, mightier than the breakers of the sea, You are mighty on high. Your teachings are utterly trustworthy; holiness graces Your house for all the length of days.

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Bar'chu

Barchu et Adonai ham'vorach.

All
Baruch Adonai ham'vorach l'olam va'ed.

English:
Bless the Eternal, Source of blessing.

Blessed is the Eternal, Source of blessing, now and forever.

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Ma'ariv Aravim

Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher bidvaro ma'ariv aravim, b'chochma poteach sh'arim, uvitvuna m'shaneh itim umachalif et haz'manim, umsader et hakochavim b'mishm'roteihem baraki'a kirtzono.
Borei yom valayla, golel or mipnei choshech v'choshech mipnei or, uma'avir yom umevi layla, umavdil bein yom uvein layla, Adonai tz'va'ot sh'mo.
El chai v'kayam tamid yimloch aleinu l'olam va'ed. Baruch ata Adonai, hama'ariv aravim.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe, who brings on evening with a word. Wisdom opens the gates of the sky; understanding turns the seasons, setting the stars in their courses across the dome of the heavens.

Day becomes night, light rolling away before darkness and darkness before light, as day passes and night comes on -- a line drawn between them. Source of all being is that Name.

Living and enduring God, unchanging through all time -- may that Oneness hold over us, now and forever. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who brings on the evening.

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Ahavat Olam

Ahavat olam beit Yisra'el am'cha ahavta, Tora umitzvot, chukim umishpatim otanu limadta.
Al ken Adonai Eloheinu b'shochveinu uvkumeinu nasi'ach b'chukecha, v'nismach b'divrei Toratecha uvmitzvotecha l'olam va'ed.
Ki hem chayeinu v'orech yameinu, uvahem neh'ge yomam valayla. V'ahavatcha al tasir mimenu l'olamim. Baruch ata Adonai, ohev amo Yisra'el.

English:
With everlasting love You have loved the house of Israel, Your people -- teaching us Torah and mitzvot, the obligations and just ways that bind us to one another.

And so, Eternal our God, lying down and rising up, we will speak of what You ask of us and delight in the words of Your Torah -- bound to those who came before us, to those beside us, and most of all to those still to come.

For they are our life and the length of our days; on them we will meditate day and night. May Your love never leave us. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who loves Your people Israel.

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The Sh'ma

Sh'ma Yisra'el, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad.

Listen, Yisrael: HaShem is our God, HaShem is One.

Baruch sheim k'vod malchuto l'olam va-ed.

Baruch shem k'vod malchuto l'olam va'ed. -- Blessed is the Name of God's glorious reign, forever and ever.

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V'ahavta & Tzitzit

V'ahavta
V'ahavta et Adonai Elohecha, b'chol l'vavcha uvchol nafsh'cha uvchol m'odecha. V'hayu had'varim ha'eleh asher anochi m'tzav'cha hayom al l'vavecha. V'shinantam l'vanecha v'dibarta bam, b'shivt'cha b'veitecha uvlecht'cha vaderech, uvshochb'cha uvkumecha.
Uk'shartam l'ot al yadecha, v'hayu l'totafot bein einecha. Uch'tavtam al m'zuzot beitecha uvish'arecha.

The second paragraph
V'haya im shamoa tishm'u el mitzvotai asher anochi m'tzaveh etchem hayom, l'ahava et Adonai Eloheichem ul'ovdo b'chol l'vavchem uvchol nafsh'chem. V'natati m'tar artz'chem b'ito, yoreh umalkosh, v'asafta d'ganecha v'tirosh'cha v'yitzharecha. V'natati esev b'sad'cha liv'hemtecha, v'achalta v'sava'ta.

>> The first paragraph, above, we read aloud together. The tradition continues here; many read it quietly, and we gather again at the gold line.

Hisham'ru lachem pen yifteh l'vavchem, v'sartem va'avadtem elohim acherim v'hishtachavitem lahem. V'chara af Adonai bachem, v'atzar et hashamayim v'lo yihyeh matar, v'ha'adama lo titen et y'vulah, va'avadtem m'hera me'al ha'aretz hatova asher Adonai noten lachem.
V'samtem et d'varai eleh 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'daber bam, b'shivt'cha b'veitecha uvlecht'cha vaderech, uvshochb'cha uvkumecha. Uch'tavtam al m'zuzot beitecha uvish'arecha. L'ma'an yirbu y'meichem vimei v'neichem al ha'adama asher nishba Adonai la'avoteichem latet lahem, kimei hashamayim al ha'aretz.

The third paragraph
Vayomer Adonai el Moshe lemor:
Daber el b'nei Yisra'el v'amarta alehem, v'asu lahem tzitzit al kanfei vig'deihem l'dorotam, v'natnu al tzitzit hakanaf p'til t'chelet.
V'haya 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.
L'ma'an tizk'ru va'asitem et kol mitzvotai, vih'yitem k'doshim leloheichem. Ani Adonai Eloheichem, asher hotzeti etchem me'eretz Mitzrayim lihyot lachem lelohim, ani Adonai Eloheichem.

English:
And you shall love HaShem your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Let these words that I command you today rest upon your heart. Teach them again and again to your children; speak them when you sit in your home and when you walk on the way, when you lie down and when you rise.

Bind them as a sign upon your hand, let them be a symbol before your eyes, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

If you truly listen -- and keep on listening -- to the mitzvot I give you this day, loving HaShem your God and serving with all your heart and all your soul, then the rains will fall on your land in their season, the early rain and the late; you will gather your grain and your wine and your oil, and there will be grass in your fields for your animals -- you will eat, and be satisfied.

But take care, for a heart is easily led astray: when you turn away, serving other gods and bowing down to them, the bond frays -- the skies seem to close, the rain holds back, the ground withholds its yield, and you are soon adrift, lost from the good land. So set these words upon your heart and soul; bind them as a sign on your hand and let them rest between your eyes; teach them to your children, speaking them at home and on the way, when you lie down and when you rise; and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates -- that your days, and your children's days, may be many on the land, as many as the days of the heavens over the earth.

HaShem said to Moses: tell the people of Yisrael to make themselves fringes on the corners of their garments, in every generation, and to set on each corner a thread of blue. Look at it and remember all the mitzvot of HaShem, and do them -- and do not go chasing after the cravings of your own heart and eyes.

So that you will remember and do all My mitzvot, and be holy to your God. I am HaShem your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am HaShem your God.

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Emet v'Emunah

Emet ve'emuna kol zot v'kayam aleinu, ki hu Adonai Eloheinu v'ein zulato, va'anachnu Yisra'el amo. Hapodeinu miyad m'lachim malkeinu, hago'aleinu mikaf kol he'aritzim.
Hasam nafsheinu bachayim, v'lo natan lamot ragleinu.
Ha'oseh lanu nisim, vayotze et amo Yisra'el mitocham l'cherut olam.
Hama'avir banav bein gizrei yam suf. V'ra'u vanav g'vurato, shib'chu v'hodu lishmo. L'cha anu shira b'simcha raba, v'amru chulam:

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Mi Chamocha

The Song at the Sea
Mi chamocha ba'elim Adonai, mi kamocha nedar bakodesh, nora t'hilot oseh fele.
Malchut'cha ra'u vanecha, bokea yam lifnei Moshe uMiryam, zeh Eli anu v'amru:
Adonai yimloch l'olam va'ed.
V'ne'emar: ki fada Adonai et Ya'akov, ug'alo miyad chazak mimenu. Baruch ata Adonai, ga'al Yisra'el.

English:
All this we hold true and faithful, binding upon us: there are no other gods other than HaShem above us, and we are Your people. May we be redeemed from the hand of kings; may we be freed from the grasp of every tyrant.

Keep our souls amongst the living, and do not let our feet give way.

May there be wonders for us, and may we all be brought out from amongst our oppressors into lasting freedom.

You led us through the parted seas. Beholding that power, we praised and gave thanks, and with great joy we all sang out:

Who is like You among the mighty, O Source of freedom? Who is like You -- glorious in holiness, awesome in praises, working wonders!

Your children beheld Your majesty as You split the sea before Moses and Miriam; "This is my God!" they answered, and said:

The Eternal will reign forever and ever.

And it is said: the Eternal has redeemed us and freed us from a hand stronger than our own. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who redeemed Israel.

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Hashkivenu

Hashkiveinu Adonai Eloheinu l'shalom, v'ha'amideinu shomreinu l'chayim, ufros aleinu sukat sh'lomecha, v'takneinu b'etza tova mil'fanecha, v'hoshi'einu l'ma'an sh'mecha.
V'hagen ba'adeinu, v'haser me'aleinu oyev, dever v'cherev, v'ra'av v'yagon, uvtzel k'nafecha tastireinu, ki El shomreinu umatzileinu ata, ki El melech chanun v'rachum ata.
Ushmor tzeteinu uvo'einu l'chayim ulshalom me'ata v'ad olam. Ufros aleinu sukat sh'lomecha.
Baruch ata Adonai, hapores sukat shalom aleinu v'al kol amo Yisra'el v'al Yerushalayim.

English:
Allow us to lie down in peace, Eternal our God, and to rise in peace, protected to life. Spread over us a shelter of peace; set us right with good counsel, and help us for the sake of Your name.

Shield us: turn away from us the enemy, plague and sword, famine and grief. Hide us in the shadow of Your wings, for You are the One who guards and rescues us -- God, gracious and compassionate.

Watch over our going out and our coming in, for life and for peace, now and forever. Spread over us Your shelter of peace. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who spreads a shelter of peace over us, over all Your people Israel, and over Jerusalem.

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V'shamru

V'shamru v'nei Yisra'el et haShabbat, la'asot et haShabbat l'dorotam b'rit olam.
Beini uvein b'nei Yisra'el ot hi l'olam, ki sheshet yamim asa Adonai et hashamayim v'et ha'aretz, uvayom hash'vi'i shavat vayinafash.

English:
The people of Israel shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat in every generation as a covenant for all time.

It is a sign forever between Me and the people of Israel, for in six days the Eternal made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day rested and drew breath.

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Chatzi Kaddish

Yitgadal v'yitkadash sh'meh raba. (Amen.) B'alma di v'ra chir'uteh, v'yamlich malchuteh b'chayeichon uvyomeichon uvchayei d'chol beit Yisra'el, ba'agala uvizman kariv, v'imru: Amen.

All
Y'he sh'meh raba m'varach l'alam ulalmei almaya.
Yitbarach v'yishtabach v'yitpa'ar v'yitromam v'yitnase v'yit'hadar v'yit'aleh v'yit'halal sh'meh d'kudsha b'rich hu, l'ela min kol birchata v'shirata, tushb'chata v'nechamata da'amiran b'alma, v'imru: Amen.

English:
May the great name be made great and holy in the world that was created by divine will. May a world made whole take hold in your lifetime and in your days and in the life of all the house of Israel, swiftly and soon -- and say: Amen.

May the great name be blessed forever and to all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, raised and honored, uplifted and celebrated be the name of the Holy One of blessing -- far beyond any blessing or song, any praise or consolation that can be spoken in the world -- and say: Amen.

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The Amidah

Adonai, s'fatai tiftach, ufi yagid t'hilatecha.

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Avot v'Imahot

Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu ve'lohei avoteinu v'imoteinu,
Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, ve'lohei Ya'akov;
Elohei Sara, Elohei Rivka, Elohei Le'a, Elohei Rachel, Elohei Bilha, ve'lohei Zilpa.
Ha'El hagadol hagibor v'hanora, El elyon, gomel chasadim tovim, v'koneh hakol, v'zocher chasdei avot v'imahot, umevi go'el livnei v'neihem l'ma'an sh'mo b'ahava.
Melech ozer umoshi'a umagen. Baruch ata Adonai, magen Avraham v'ezrat Sara.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, God of our ancestors -- God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob; God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Leah, God of Rachel, God of Bilhah, and God of Zilpah.

Great, mighty, and awesome God, God most high, who acts with love, who creates all, who remembers the faithfulness of our ancestors, and who lovingly brings redemption to their children's children for the sake of Your name.

You are our help, our rescue, our shield. Blessed are You, Eternal One, shield of Abraham and help of Sarah.

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G'vurot

Ata gibor l'olam Adonai, m'chayeh hakol/meitim ata, rav l'hoshi'a.

>> In winter
mashiv haruach umorid hagashem

You cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall.

>> From Pesach through Sukkot
morid hatal

You cause the dew to fall.

M'chalkel chayim b'chesed, m'chayeh hakol/meitim b'rachamim rabim, somech nof'lim, v'rofe cholim, umatir asurim, umkayem emunato lishenei afar. Mi chamocha ba'al g'vurot, umi domeh lach, melech memit umchayeh umatzmi'ach y'shu'a.
V'ne'eman ata l'hachayot hakol/meitim. Baruch ata Adonai, m'chayeh hakol/hameitim.

English:
You are forever mighty; You give life to all / revive the dead, and Your saving power is great. You sustain the living with love, giving life to all / reviving the dead with great compassion; You hold up the falling, heal the sick, free the captive, and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust.

Who is like You, Source of all power? Who can compare -- You who bring death and life, and make rescue blossom? You are faithful to give life to all / to revive the dead. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who gives life to all / who revives the dead.

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K'dushat HaShem

Ata kadosh v'shimcha kadosh, ukdoshim b'chol yom y'hal'lucha, selah. Baruch ata Adonai, ha'El hakadosh.

English:
You are holy, and Your name is holy, and those who seek holiness praise You every day. Blessed are You, Eternal One, the holy God.

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K'dushat HaYom

Ata kidashta et yom hash'vi'i lishmecha, tachlit ma'aseh shamayim va'aretz, uverachto mikol hayamim, v'kidashto mikol hazmanim, v'chen katuv b'toratecha:
Vay'chulu hashamayim v'ha'aretz v'chol tz'va'am. Vay'chal Elohim bayom hash'vi'i m'lachto asher asa, vayishbot bayom hash'vi'i mikol m'lachto asher asa. Vay'varech Elohim et yom hash'vi'i vay'kadesh oto, ki vo shavat mikol m'lachto asher bara Elohim la'asot.
Eloheinu ve'lohei avoteinu v'imoteinu, r'tzeh vimnuchatenu, kad'shenu b'mitzvotecha, v'ten chelkenu b'toratecha, sab'enu mituvecha, v'samchenu bishu'atecha, v'taher libenu l'ovd'cha be'emet. V'hanchilenu Adonai Eloheinu b'ahava uvratzon Shabbat kodshecha, v'yanuchu vah Yisra'el m'kad'shei sh'mecha. Baruch ata Adonai, m'kadesh haShabbat.

English:
You made the seventh day holy to Your name, the crown of the making of heaven and earth. You blessed it above all days and made it holy above all seasons -- as it is written in Your Torah:

The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array. On the seventh day God completed the work that had been made, and rested on the seventh day from all the work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation.

Our God and God of our ancestors -- take pleasure in our rest. Make us holy through Your mitzvot and give us our portion in Your Torah; fill us with Your goodness, gladden us with Your saving help, and make our hearts pure to serve You in truth. In love and favor, Eternal our God, grant us Your holy Shabbat as our inheritance, and let Israel, who make Your name holy, find rest in her. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who makes Shabbat holy.

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Avodah

R'tzeh Adonai Eloheinu b'am'cha Yisra'el uvitfilatam, uvahava t'kabel b'ratzon, uthi l'ratzon tamid avodat Yisra'el amecha.
V'techezena eineinu b'shuvcha l'Tziyon b'rachamim. Baruch ata Adonai, hamachazir sh'chinato l'Tziyon.

English:
Take pleasure, Eternal our God, in Your people Israel and in their prayer; in love receive that prayer with favor, and may the service of Your people Israel always be, in truth, for the good.

May our eyes behold Your loving return to Zion. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who returns Your presence to Zion.

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Modim

Modim anachnu lach, sha'ata hu Adonai Eloheinu ve'lohei avoteinu v'imoteinu l'olam va'ed. Tzur chayeinu, magen yish'einu ata hu l'dor vador. Nodeh l'cha unsaper t'hilatecha, al chayeinu ham'surim b'yadecha, v'al nishmoteinu hap'kudot lach, v'al nisecha sheb'chol yom imanu, v'al nifl'otecha v'tovotecha sheb'chol et, erev vavoker v'tzohorayim.
Hatov ki lo chalu rachamecha, v'hamrachem ki lo tamu chasadecha, me'olam kivinu lach.
V'al kulam yitbarech v'yitromam shimcha tamid l'olam va'ed. V'chol hachayim yoducha selah, vihal'lu et shimcha be'emet, ha'El y'shu'atenu v'ezratenu selah. Baruch ata Adonai, hatov shimcha ulcha na'eh l'hodot.

English:
We thank You, for You are the One, our God and the God of our ancestors, forever. Rock of our life, shield of our rescue -- so You are, in every generation. We give thanks and tell Your praise: for our lives, held in Your hand; for our souls, entrusted to You; for Your miracles that are with us every day; and for Your wonders and Your gifts at every moment -- evening, morning, and noon.

You are the Good, whose mercies never end; the Compassionate, whose kindnesses never fail -- always we have placed our hope in You.

For all these things may Your name be blessed and raised up, always and forever. Let all that lives give thanks to You, and praise Your name in truth, God of our rescue and our help. Blessed are You, Eternal One, whose name is Goodness, and to whom thanks are due.

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Shalom Rav

Shalom rav al Yisra'el am'cha tasim l'olam, ki ata hu melech adon l'chol hashalom. V'tov b'einecha l'varech et am'cha Yisra'el b'chol et uvchol sha'a bishlomecha.
Baruch ata Adonai, hamvarech et amo Yisra'el bashalom.

English:
Grant abundant peace to Your people Israel forever, for You are the Source of all peace. May it be good in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel, in every season and at every hour, with Your peace.

Blessed are You, Eternal One, who blesses Your people Israel with peace.

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Elohai N'tzor

Elohai, n'tzor l'shoni mera, usfatai midaber mirma, v'limkal'lai nafshi tidom, v'nafshi ke'afar lakol tihyeh. P'tach libi b'toratecha, uvmitzvotecha tirdof nafshi.
V'chol hachosh'vim alai ra'a, m'hera hafer atzatam v'kalkel machashavtam. Aseh l'ma'an sh'mecha, aseh l'ma'an y'minecha, aseh l'ma'an k'dushatecha, aseh l'ma'an toratecha. L'ma'an yechal'tzun y'didecha, hoshi'a y'min'cha va'aneni.
Yihyu l'ratzon imrei fi v'hegyon libi l'fanecha, Adonai tzuri v'go'ali.
Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu, v'al kol Yisra'el, v'al kol yosh'vei tevel, v'imru: Amen.

English:
My God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceit. To those who curse me, let my soul stay silent; let my soul be humble as the dust before all. Open my heart to Your Torah, that my soul may pursue Your mitzvot.

And all who plan evil against me -- quickly undo their designs and unravel their schemes. Act for the sake of Your name; act for the sake of Your right hand; act for the sake of Your holiness; act for the sake of Your Torah. That those You love may be freed, let Your right hand save -- answer me.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, Eternal One, my Rock and my Redeemer.

May the One who makes peace in the high places make peace for us, for all Israel, and for all who dwell on earth -- and say: Amen.

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Vayechulu

Vay'chulu hashamayim v'ha'aretz v'chol tz'va'am. Vay'chal Elohim bayom hash'vi'i m'lachto asher asa, vayishbot bayom hash'vi'i mikol m'lachto asher asa. Vay'varech Elohim et yom hash'vi'i vay'kadesh oto, ki vo shavat mikol m'lachto asher bara Elohim la'asot.

English:
The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array. On the seventh day God completed the work that had been made, and rested on the seventh day from all the work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation.

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Me'ein Sheva

The Opening
Baruch ata Adonai Eloheinu ve'lohei avoteinu v'imoteinu -- Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak, ve'lohei Ya'akov; Elohei Sara, Elohei Rivka, Elohei Le'a, Elohei Rachel, Elohei Bilha, ve'lohei Zilpa -- ha'El hagadol hagibor v'hanora, El elyon koneh shamayim va'aretz.

Magen Avot -- the sevenfold blessing
Magen avot v'imahot bidvaro, m'chayeh hakol/meitim b'ma'amaro, ha'El hakadosh she'ein kamohu, hameniach l'amo b'yom Shabbat kodsho, ki vam ratza l'haniach lahem. L'fanav na'avod b'yir'a vafachad, v'nodeh lishmo b'chol yom tamid me'ein hab'rachot. El hahoda'ot, Adon hashalom, m'kadesh haShabbat um'varech shvi'i, umeniach bikdusha l'am m'dushnei oneg, zecher l'ma'asei v'reshit.
Eloheinu ve'lohei avoteinu v'imoteinu r'tzeh vimnuchatenu, kad'shenu b'mitzvotecha v'ten chelkenu b'toratecha, sab'enu mituvecha v'samchenu bishu'atecha, v'taher libenu l'ovd'cha be'emet, v'hanchilenu Adonai Eloheinu b'ahava uvratzon Shabbat kodshecha, v'yanuchu vah Yisra'el m'kad'shei sh'mecha.
Baruch ata Adonai m'kadesh haShabbat.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, God of our ancestors -- God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; God of Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel, Bilhah, and Zilpah -- the great, the mighty, the awesome; God most high, maker of heaven and earth.

Shield of our ancestors by a word; giving life to all / reviving the dead by a spoken promise. The Holy One beyond compare settles the people into rest on the holy day of Shabbat, for in them God delighted, to give them rest. Before this Presence we serve in awe and trembling, giving thanks to the Name every day, always -- an echo of all the blessings. God of all gratitude, Source of peace, who hallows Shabbat and blesses the seventh day, giving rest in holiness to a people brimming with delight -- a remembrance of creation.

Our God and God of our ancestors -- take pleasure in our rest. Make us holy through Your mitzvot and give us our portion in Your Torah; fill us with Your goodness, gladden us with Your saving help, and make our hearts pure to serve You in truth. In love and favor, Eternal our God, grant us Your holy Shabbat as our inheritance, and let Israel, who make Your name holy, find rest in her. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who makes Shabbat holy.

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Kaddish Shalem

Yitgadal v'yitkadash sh'meh raba. (Amen.) B'alma di v'ra chir'uteh, v'yamlich malchuteh b'chayeichon uvyomeichon uvchayei d'chol beit Yisra'el, ba'agala uvizman kariv, v'imru: Amen.

All
Y'he sh'meh raba m'varach l'alam ulalmei almaya.
Yitbarach v'yishtabach v'yitpa'ar v'yitromam v'yitnase v'yit'hadar v'yit'aleh v'yit'halal sh'meh d'kudsha b'rich hu, l'ela min kol birchata v'shirata, tushb'chata v'nechamata da'amiran b'alma, v'imru: Amen.

English:
May the great name be made great and holy in the world that was created by divine will. May a world made whole take hold in your lifetime and in your days and in the life of all the house of Yisrael, swiftly and soon -- and say: Amen.

May the great name be blessed forever and to all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, raised and honored, uplifted and celebrated be the name of the Holy One of blessing -- far beyond any blessing or song, any praise or consolation that can be spoken in the world -- and say: Amen.

Titkabel tz'lot'hon uva'ut'hon d'chol beit Yisra'el kodam avuhon di vishmaya, v'imru: Amen.

English:
Receive the prayers and pleas of all the house of Yisrael before the One in heaven -- and say: Amen.

Y'he sh'lama raba min sh'maya, v'chayim aleinu v'al kol Yisra'el, v'imru: Amen.
Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu, v'al kol Yisra'el, v'al kol yosh'vei tevel, v'imru: Amen.

English:
May great peace from heaven, and life, be upon us and upon all Yisrael -- and say: Amen. May the One who makes peace in the high places make peace for us, for all Yisrael, and for all who dwell on earth -- and say: Amen.

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Mi Shebeirach -- Healing

Mi shebeirach avoteinu, m'kor habracha l'imoteinu,

>> We name, aloud or in our hearts, those in need of healing.

English:
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 habracha la'avoteinu.

English:
Bless those in need of healing with r'fuah sh'leimah -- the renewal of body, the renewal of spirit -- and let us say: Amen.

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Aleinu

Aleinu l'shabeach la'adon hakol, latet g'dula l'yotzer b'reshit, shelo asanu k'goyei ha'aratzot, v'lo samanu k'mishp'chot ha'adama; shelo sam chelkeinu kahem, v'goraleinu k'chol hamonam. Va'anachnu kor'im umishtachavim umodim, lifnei melech malchei ham'lachim, haKadosh baruch hu.

English:
It is upon us to acknowledge the Oneness of Creation, and to celebrate the majesty of it all -- we who were not made like the nations of the lands, nor set like the families of the earth; whose portion is not theirs, whose lot is our own. And so we bend, and bow, and give thanks before what is beyond every power, the Holy One of blessing.

As it is written in the Torah
Shehu noteh shamayim v'yosed aretz, umoshav y'karo bashamayim mima'al, ushchinat uzo b'govhei m'romim. Hu Eloheinu ein od, emet malkeinu efes zulato, kakatuv b'torato: v'yadata hayom vahashevota el l'vavecha, ki Adonai hu ha'Elohim bashamayim mima'al v'al ha'aretz mitachat, ein od.

English:
The heavens stretched wide, the earth set on its foundations, glory and strength filling the highest heights -- this is our God; there is no other, none else at all. As it is written in the Torah: Know this day and take it to heart, that the Eternal is God in the heavens above and on the earth below; there is no other.

Al ken n'kaveh l'cha Adonai Eloheinu, lir'ot m'hera b'tif'eret uzecha, l'ha'avir gilulim min ha'aretz, v'ha'elilim karot yikaretun, l'taken olam b'malchut Shaddai. V'chol b'nei vasar yikr'u vishmecha, l'hafnot eilecha kol rish'ei aretz.
Yakiru v'yed'u kol yosh'vei tevel, ki l'cha tichra kol berech, tishava kol lashon. L'fanecha Adonai Eloheinu yichr'u v'yipolu, v'lichvod shimcha y'kar yitenu, vikab'lu chulam et ol malchutecha, v'timloch aleihem m'hera l'olam va'ed. Ki hamalchut shel'cha hi, ul'olmei ad timloch b'chavod, kakatuv b'toratecha: Adonai yimloch l'olam va'ed.
V'ne'emar: v'haya Adonai l'melech al kol ha'aretz, bayom hahu yihyeh Adonai echad ushmo echad.

English:
And so we hope in You, the Eternal our God: soon to see the splendor of Your strength, when every idol and false god is swept from the earth, and the world is mended whole in the oneness of the Almighty. All who live will call on Your name, and earth's wrongdoers will turn back to You. Let the world come to know that every knee bends and every tongue swears true before You. Before You, Eternal our God, may all bow low, honor Your name, and take on together the obligation of Oneness, soon and always. All is Yours, and forever You endure in glory, as it is written in Your Torah: The Eternal will reign forever and ever. And it is said: the Eternal shall be sovereign over all the earth; on that day the Eternal shall be One, and the name One.

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Mourner's Kaddish

Yitgadal v'yitkadash sh'meh raba. (Amen.) B'alma di v'ra chir'uteh, v'yamlich malchuteh b'chayeichon uvyomeichon uvchayei d'chol beit Yisra'el, ba'agala uvizman kariv, v'imru: Amen.

>> Mourners rise, in body or in spirit; all who wish may stand with them.

All
Y'he sh'meh raba m'varach l'alam ulalmei almaya.
Yitbarach v'yishtabach v'yitpa'ar v'yitromam v'yitnase v'yit'hadar v'yit'aleh v'yit'halal sh'meh d'kudsha b'rich hu, l'ela min kol birchata v'shirata, tushb'chata v'nechamata da'amiran b'alma, v'imru: Amen.
Y'he sh'lama raba min sh'maya, v'chayim aleinu v'al kol Yisra'el, v'imru: Amen.
Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya'aseh shalom aleinu, v'al kol Yisra'el, v'al kol yosh'vei tevel, v'imru: Amen.

English:
May the great name be made great and holy in the world that was created by divine will. May a world made whole take hold in your lifetime and in your days and in the life of all the house of Yisrael, swiftly and soon -- and say: Amen.

May the great name be blessed forever and to all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, raised and honored, uplifted and celebrated be the name of the Holy One of blessing -- far beyond any blessing or song, any praise or consolation that can be spoken in the world -- and say: Amen.

May great peace from heaven, and life, be upon us and upon all Yisrael -- and say: Amen. May the One who makes peace in the high places make peace for us, for all Yisrael, and for all who dwell on earth -- and say: Amen.

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Priestly Blessing

Y'varech'cha Adonai v'yishm'recha.
Ya'er Adonai panav eilecha vichuneka.
Yisa Adonai panav eilecha v'yasem l'cha shalom.

English:
May the Eternal bless you and keep you. May the Eternal's face shine upon you and be gracious to you. May the Eternal's face turn toward you and grant you peace.

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Adon Olam

Adon olam asher malach, b'terem kol y'tzir nivra. L'et na'asa v'cheftzo kol, azai melech sh'mo nikra.
V'acharei kichlot hakol, l'vado yimloch nora. V'hu haya v'hu hoveh, v'hu yihyeh b'tif'ara.

English:
Eternal One of all, who was before any form was created; when all was made by Your will, then was Your name made known. And after all has ceased to be, You alone endure, beyond all awe. You were, You are, You will be in glory.

V'hu echad v'ein sheni, l'hamshil lo l'hachbira. B'li reshit b'li tachlit, v'lo ha'oz v'hamisra.
V'hu Eli v'chai go'ali, v'tzur chevli b'et tzara. V'hu nisi umanos li, m'nat kosi b'yom ekra.

English:
You are One; there is no second to compare or set beside You. Without beginning, without end -- Yours is the strength, and Yours all that is. You are my God, my living Redeemer, my Rock in time of trouble; my banner, my refuge, the portion of my cup on the day I call.

B'yado afkid ruchi, b'et ishan v'a'ira. V'im ruchi g'viyati, Adonai li v'lo ira.

English:
Into Your hand I entrust my spirit, when I sleep and when I wake; and with my spirit, my body too -- the Eternal is with me, I will not fear.

>> The words we add when the calendar calls for them. Each is marked in the service with this star:

>> On Rosh Chodesh and the intermediate days of festivals, add this to the Amidah:

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Rise and Come

Eloheinu ve'lohei avoteinu v'imoteinu, ya'aleh v'yavo v'yagi'a v'yera'eh v'yeratzeh v'yishama v'yipaked v'yizacher zichroneinu ufikdoneinu, v'zichron avoteinu v'imoteinu, v'zichron Y'rushalayim ir kodshecha, v'zichron kol am'cha beit Yisra'el l'fanecha,
lifleita l'tova l'chein ulchesed ulrachamim, l'chayim ulshalom b'yom

name the day
Rosh haChodesh haze / Chag haMatzot haze / Chag haSukot haze.
Zochreinu Adonai Eloheinu bo l'tova, ufokdeinu vo livracha, v'hoshi'einu vo l'chayim. Uvidvar y'shu'a v'rachamim chus v'chaneinu, v'rachem aleinu v'hoshi'einu, ki eilecha eineinu, ki El melech chanun v'rachum ata.

English:
Our God and God of our ancestors -- may the memory of us rise and come and reach You; be seen, accepted, and heard; be counted and remembered -- the memory of us and of our ancestors, the memory of Jerusalem Your holy city, and the memory of all Your people the house of Israel -- for deliverance and goodness, for grace, kindness, and compassion, for life and for peace, on this day of the New Moon / the Festival of Matzot / the Festival of Sukkot.

Remember us this day, Eternal our God, for goodness; count us on it for blessing; save us on it for life. With a word of rescue and mercy, spare us and be gracious to us; have compassion on us and save us -- for our eyes are turned to You -- You are God, gracious and compassionate.

>> On Hanukkah, add this to the Modim blessing:

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For the Miracles

opening -- said also on Purim
Al hanisim v'al hapurkan v'al hag'vurot v'al hat'shu'ot v'al hamilchamot she'asita la'avoteinu v'imoteinu bayamim hahem baz'man haze.
Bimei Matityahu ben Yochanan Kohen Gadol Chashmona'i uvanav, k'she'am'da malchut Yavan har'sha'a al am'cha Yisra'el l'hashkicham toratecha, ulha'aviram mechukei r'tzonecha,
v'ata b'rachameicha harabim amadeta lahem b'et tzaratam, raveta et rivam, danta et dinam, nakamta et nikmatam, masarta giborim b'yad chalashim, v'rabim b'yad m'atim, ut'me'im b'yad t'horim, ursha'im b'yad tzadikim, v'zeidim b'yad os'kei toratecha.
Ulcha asita shem gadol v'kadosh b'olamecha, ulam'cha Yisra'el asita t'shu'a g'dola ufurkan k'hayom haze. V'achar ken ba'u vanecha lidvir beitecha, ufinu et heichalecha, v'tiharu et mikdashecha, v'hidliku nerot b'chatzrot kodshecha, v'kav'u sh'monat y'mei Chanuka eilu, l'hodot ulhalel l'shimcha hagadol.

English:
For the miracles and the rescue, for the mighty acts, the deliverances, and the wars that You waged for our ancestors in those days, at this season:

In the days of Mattathias son of Yochanan, the High Priest, the Hasmonean, and his sons -- when the wicked kingdom of Greece rose against Your people Israel to make them forget Your Torah and turn them from the laws of Your will -- You in Your great mercy stood by them in their time of trouble. You took up their cause, judged their claim, and answered their wrong; You gave the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the guilty into the hands of the innocent, and the arrogant into the hands of those who kept Your Torah.

For Yourself You made a great and holy name in Your world, and for Your people Israel You worked a great deliverance and rescue, as on this very day. Afterward Your children came into Your sanctuary, cleared Your Temple, purified Your holy place, and kindled lights in Your sacred courts -- and they set these eight days of Hanukkah to give thanks and praise to Your great name.

>> On Purim, add this to the Modim blessing, after the Al hanisim opening above:

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In the Days of Mordechai

Bimei Mord'chai v'Ester b'Shushan habira, k'she'amad aleihem Haman harasha, bikesh l'hashmid laharog ulabed et kol haY'hudim, mina'ar v'ad zaken, taf v'nashim, b'yom echad, bishlosha asar l'chodesh sh'neim asar, hu chodesh Adar, ushlalam lavoz.
V'ata b'rachameicha harabim hefarta et atzato, v'kilkalta et machashavto, vahashevota lo g'mulo b'rosho, v'talu oto v'et banav al ha'etz.

English:
In the days of Mordechai and Esther, in Shushan the capital, when the wicked Haman rose against them and sought to destroy, to kill, and to wipe out all the Jews -- young and old, children and women -- in a single day, the thirteenth of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions:

You in Your great mercy overturned his plan, spoiled his scheme, and turned his own design back upon his head -- and he and his sons were hanged upon the gallows.

>> From Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur, add these four lines to the Amidah, each where it is marked.

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Remember Us for Life

>> Add to the first blessing, Avot v'Imahot, after "... for the sake of Your name":

Zochreinu l'chayim, melech chafetz bachayim, v'chotveinu b'sefer hachayim, l'ma'ancha Elohim chayim.

English:
Remember us for life, You who delight in life, and write us in the Book of Life -- for Your own sake, living God.

>> Add to the second blessing, G'vurot, after "... making rescue blossom":

Mi chamocha av harachamim, zocher y'tzurav l'chayim b'rachamim.

English:
Who is like You, Source of mercy, who in compassion remembers Your creatures for life?

>> Add near the close of the Modim blessing:

Uch'tov l'chayim tovim kol b'nei v'ritecha.

English:
And write down for a good life all the children of Your covenant.

>> Add to the final blessing, Shalom, just before its seal:

B'sefer chayim, b'racha v'shalom, ufarnasa tova, nizacher v'nikatev l'fanecha, anachnu v'chol am'cha beit Yisra'el, l'chayim tovim ulshalom.

English:
In the Book of Life, blessing, and peace, and of good sustenance, may we be remembered and written before You -- we and all Your people the house of Israel -- for a good life and for peace.

>> In the third blessing, say this seal instead of ha'El hakadosh:

the Holy Sovereign
Baruch ata Adonai, haMelech hakadosh.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal One -- the holy Sovereign.

>> In the weekday Amidah only, the blessing for justice seals:

haMelech hamishpat

English:
the Sovereign of justice

>> In every Kaddish, say l'eila ul'eila:

... l'eila ul'eila mikol birchata v'shirata, tushb'chata v'nechamata da'amiran b'alma...

English:
... far, far beyond any blessing or song, any praise or consolation we can speak...

>> From the second night of Pesach through the eve of Shavuot, count the Omer -- the blessing, then the night's count:

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Counting the Omer

the blessing
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'tzivanu al s'firat ha'omer.

the first night
Hayom yom echad ba'omer.

the second night, and so on
Hayom sh'nei yamim ba'omer... .

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe, who calls us toward holiness as we count the Omer.

>> On each following night, name that night's count. From the seventh night on, the count names weeks as well: "... which is one week and one day of the Omer."

English:
Today is the first day of the Omer.

>> On a festival that falls on Shabbat, this is the Kiddush over wine:

>> Begin with Vayechulu, as in the Shabbat Kiddush.

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Festival Kiddush

over the wine
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, borei p'ri hagafen.
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher bachar banu mikol am, v'rom'manu mikol lashon, v'kid'shanu b'mitzvotav. Vatiten lanu Adonai Eloheinu b'ahava shabbatot limnucha umo'adim l'simcha, chagim uzmanim l'sason, et yom haShabbat haze v'et yom

name the festival
Chag haMatzot haze, z'man cheroteinu / Chag haShavu'ot haze, z'man matan torateinu / Chag haSukot haze, z'man simchatenu / haSh'mini Chag ha'Atzeret haze, z'man simchatenu,
b'ahava mikra kodesh, zecher litzi'at Mitzrayim. Ki vanu vacharta v'otanu kidashta mikol ha'amim, v'Shabbat umo'adei kodshecha b'ahava uv'ratzon b'simcha uvsason hinchaltanu.
Baruch ata Adonai, m'kadesh haShabbat v'Yisra'el v'hazmanim.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe, who chose us from among all peoples, lifted us up among all tongues, and made us holy through Your mitzvot. In love You gave us, Eternal our God, Shabbatot for rest and seasons for gladness, festivals and set times for joy -- this Shabbat, and this day of the Festival of Matzot, the season of our freedom / this day of the Festival of Shavuot, the season of the giving of our Torah / this day of the Festival of Sukkot, the season of our rejoicing / this eighth day, the Festival of Atzeret, the season of our rejoicing -- in love, a sacred gathering, a remembrance of the going-out from Egypt. For You chose us and made us holy from among all peoples, and gave us Your holy Shabbat and festivals, in love and favor, in gladness and joy, as our inheritance.

Blessed are You, Eternal One, who makes Shabbat, Israel, and the seasons holy.

>> On the first night of a festival, and at any first -- we add the Shehecheyanu:

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Shehecheyanu

the blessing
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, shehecheyanu v'kiy'manu v'higi'anu laz'man haze.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this moment.

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Kiddush

>> Genesis 2:1-3.

Vayechulu
Vay'chulu hashamayim v'ha'aretz v'chol tz'va'am.
Vay'chal Elohim bayom hash'vi'i m'lachto asher asa, vayishbot bayom hash'vi'i mikol m'lachto asher asa.
Vay'varech Elohim et yom hash'vi'i vay'kadesh oto, ki vo shavat mikol m'lachto asher bara Elohim la'asot.

English:
The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their vast array. On the seventh day God completed the work that had been made, and rested on the seventh day from all the work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all the work of creation.

Blessing over the wine
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, borei p'ri hagafen.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.

Sanctifying the day
Baruch ata Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha'olam, asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav v'ratza vanu, v'Shabbat kodsho b'ahava uvratzon hinchilanu, zikaron l'ma'asei v'reishit.
Ki hu yom t'chila l'mikra'ei kodesh, zecher litzi'at mitzrayim.
Ki vanu vacharta v'otanu kidashta mikol ha'amim, v'Shabbat kodsh'cha b'ahava uvratzon hinchaltanu. Baruch ata Adonai, m'kadesh haShabbat.

English:
Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Source of the universe: You have made us holy with Your mitzvot and taken delight in us. In love and favor You have given us Your holy Shabbat as an inheritance -- a remembrance of the work of creation. It is the first of our sacred days, a reminder of our going-out from Egypt. You chose us from among all peoples and made us holy, and in love and favor You have given us Your holy Shabbat. Blessed are You, Eternal One, who makes Shabbat holy.