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2 Selections from Shabbat, Festivals and other occasions of public worship ו ע ש ו ל י מ ק ד ש ו ש כ נ ת י ב תו כ ם And let them build Me a sanctuary that I may dwell in their midst. CENTRAL CONFERENCE OF AMERICAN RABBIS 5767 NEW YORK 2007

3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Siddur (Reform, Central Conference of American Rabbis). English & Hebrew. [Mishkan tefilah] = Mishkan t filah : a Reform siddur : weekdays, Shabbat, festivals, and other occasions of public worship / [edited by Elyse D. Frishman]. p. cm. English, Hebrew, and romanized Hebrew. ISBN (cloth binding) ISBN (gift edition) 1. Siddurim--Texts. 2. Reform Judaism--Liturgy--Texts. 3. Hebrew language-- Transliteration. I. Title: Mishkan t filah. II. Frishman, Elyse D. III. Title. BM C dc Copyright 2007, Central Conference of American Rabbis. Printed in U.S.A. All rights reserved. No portion of this prayer book may be copied in any form for any purpose without the written permission of the Central Conference of American Rabbis ISBN (cloth binding) CCAR Press, 355 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY (212) Edited by Elyse D. Frishman Designed by Neil Waldman. Typography by Nostradamus Advertising. Cover design by Izzy Pludwinski. Customization by Dan Medwin.

4 The publication of this custom prayerbook was made possible by a gift from the Cindy and David Mirsky Family in honor of their Temple Beth El of South Orange County community and the State of Israel As my ancestors planted for me, So I too plant for my children. כי היכי דשתלי לי אבהתי שתלי נמי לבראי Talmud Bavli, Ta anit 23a The publication of the original prayerbook was made possible by a gift from Bob and Cobey Rapaport in honor of his mother Stella Fread Rapaport Fuld שמחה בת אברהם ושרה מלכה

5 Contents Introduction Acknowledgments A Note on Style and Usage ix xiii xvii Prayers for Shabbat Evening Kabbalat Panim Candles 1 Welcome 3 Shabbat Songs 8 Kabbalat Shabbat 10 Shabbat Evening 22 T filah 43 Magein Avot v Imahot 61 Aleinu and Kaddish 64 Kiddush for Shabbat Evening 74 Counting the Omer 78 Prayers for Shabbat Morning Shabbat Morning 80 T filah 138 Seder K riat HaTorah 158 Prayers of Our Community 172 Aleinu and Kaddish 178 Kiddush for Festival Morning 188 Kiddush for Shabbat Morning 189 Liturgical Insertions for Yom HaShoah Hodaah 192 for Yom HaAtzma-ut Hodaah 193 for Chanukah Hodaah 194 for Purim Hodaah 195 Waving the Lulav 196 Hallel I 197 Hallel II 198 Chanukah Candle Blessings 208 Purim Blessings 209 Festival T filah 210 Yizkor 236 Permissions 249 vii

6 Shabbat Morning ש ח ר ית ל ש ב ת SHACHARIT L SHABBAT SHABBAT MORNING INSPIRATION FOR PRAYER EACH OF US enters this sanctuary with a different need. Some hearts are full of peace and gratitude, overflowing with love and joy. They are eager to confront the day, to make the world a better place. They are recovering from illness, or have escaped misfortune. We rejoice with them. ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן Some hearts ache with sorrow; disappointments weigh heavily on them. Families have been broken; loved ones lie on a bed of pain; death has taken a cherished loved one. May our presence and caring bring them comfort. Some hearts are embittered: ideals are betrayed and mocked, answers sought in vain, life has lost its meaning and value. May the knowledge that we, too, are searching restore our hope, and renew our faith. WHO DOES NOT HUNGER: for friendship, understanding, warmth, and love. ח ז ק, ח ז ק ו נ ת ח ז ק Chazak, chazak v nitchazeik. Let us lend strength to one another and pray for the welfare of this community. Each of us enters this sanctuary... Robert I. Kahn, adapted by Chaim Stern 80

7 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim I ENTER this sacred space to voice the longings of my heart in prayer. In sacred company, I offer my love to the Holy One. I devote myself this morning to psalm and song, study and prayer. May my heart be lifted, may my thoughts be deepened, and may my soul like the eagle soar. Kaddish D Rabanan MAY THE DOOR of this synagogue be wide enough to receive all who hunger for love, all who are lonely for friendship. May it welcome all who have cares to unburden, thanks to express, hopes to nurture. May the door of this synagogue be narrow enough to shut out pettiness and pride, envy and enmity. May its threshold be no stumbling block to young or straying feet. May it be too high to admit complacency, selfishness and harshness. May this synagogue be, for all who enter, the doorway to a richer and more meaningful life. I enter this sacred space... Elyse Frishman, inspired and adapted from Union Prayer Book May the door... Sidney Greenberg 81

8 Shabbat Morning ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו בּ ר כוֹת ה שּׁ ח ר BIRCHOT HASHACHAR MORNING BLESSINGS MODEH / MODAH ani l fanecha, Melech chai v kayam, she-hechezarta bi nishmati b chemlah, rabbah emunatecha. א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ל פ נ יך, מ ל ך ח י ו ק י ם, ש ה ח ז ר ת ב י נ ש מ ת י ב ח מ ל ה, ר ב ה א מו נ ת ך. I OFFER THANKS to You, ever-living Sovereign, that You have restored my soul to me in mercy: How great is Your trust. ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן 82

9 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan THERE IS GRACE that every dawn renews, A loveliness making every morning fresh. We will endure, we will prevail We, the children of Hope, Children of the One Who crowds the heavens with stars, Endows the earth with glory, And fills the mind with wonder! TO YOU THE STARS of morning sing, From You their bright radiance must spring. And steadfast in their vigils, day and night, The children of God, flooded with fervor, ring Your praise; they teach the holy ones to bring Into Your house the breadth of early light. There is grace... Chaim Stern, Gates of Prayer To You the stars... Judah Halevi, translated by Olga Marks in The Language of Faith, ed. N.N. Glatzer 83

10 Shabbat Morning ה נ ה מ ה ט ו ב ו מ ה נ ע ים ש ב ת א ח ים ג ם י ח ד/ ש ב ת א ח יו ת ג ם י ח ד. Hineih mah tov umah na-im shevet achim gam yachad / shevet achayot gam yachad. MUSIC SELECTIONS HINEIH MAH TOV How good and how pleasant it is that brothers/sisters dwell together. (Psalm 133:1) ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א Pitchu li shaarei tzedek, avo vam odeh Yah. PITCHU LI א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן פ ת חו ל י ש ע ר י צ ד ק, א ב א ב ם או ד ה י ה. Open the gates of victory for me that I may enter them and praise Adonai. (Psalm 118:19) V TAHEIR LIBEINU V taheir libeinu l ovd cha be-emet. ו ט ה ר ל ב נו ל ע ב ד ך ב א מ ת. Purify our hearts to serve You in truth. KOL HAN SHAMAH T HALEIL YAH Kol han shamah t haleil Yah, hal lu Yah! כ ל ה נ ש מ ה ת ה ל ל י ה, ה ל לו י ה! Let all that breathes praise God, Hallelujah! (Psalm 150:6) Esa einai el heharim, mei-ayin yavo ezri? Ezri mei-im Adonai, oseih shamayim vaaretz. ESA EINAI א ש א ע ינ י א ל ה ה ר ים, מ א י ן י ב א ע ז ר י? ע ז ר י מ ע ם י י, ע ש ה ש מ י ם ו א ר ץ. I turn my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help comes from God, Maker of heaven and earth. (Psalm 121:1 2) 84

11 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Mah gadlu maasecha Yah, m od amku machsh votecha. Hal lu Yah. MAH GADLU מ ה ג ד לו מ ע ש יך י ה, מ א ד ע מ קו מ ח ש ב ת יך. ה ל לו י ה. How great are Your works, Adonai. How very profound Your designs! Hallelujah. (Psalm 92:6) Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan Hal li nafshi et Adonai. Ahal lah Adonai b chayai, azamrah l Elohai b odi. HAL LI ה ל ל י נ פ ש י א ת י י. א ה ל ל ה י י ב ח י י, א ז מ ר ה ל אל ה י ב עו ד י. Praise Adonai, O my soul! I will praise Adonai all my life, sing hymns to my God while I exist. (Psalm 146:1 2) Pitchu li shaarei tzedek, avo vam odeh Yah. Zeh hasha ar l Adonai, tzadikim yavo u vo. SANCTUARY Lord prepare me, to be a sanctuary, pure and holy, tried and true. With thanksgiving, I ll be a living sanctuary for You. פ ת חו ל י ש ע ר י צ ד ק, א ב א ב ם או ד ה י ה. ז ה ה ש ע ר ל יי. צ ד יק ים, י ב או בו. Open the gates of victory for me that I may enter them and praise Adonai. (Psalm 118:19) V asu li mikdash, v shachanti b tocham. V anachnu n varekh Yah, me-ata v ad olam. ו ע ש ו ל י מ ק ד ש, ו ש כ נ ת י ב תו כ ם. ו א נ ח נו נ ב ר ך י ה מ ע ת ה ו ע ד עו ל ם. And let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. (Exodus 25:8) We will bless God from this time forth and for ever. (Psalms 115:18) 85

12 Shabbat Morning FOR THOSE WHO WEAR TALLIT ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י AS I WRAP myself in the tallit, I fulfill the mitzvah of my Creator. ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו BAR CHI nafshi et Adonai, Adonai Elohai, gadalta m od, hod v hadar lavashta. Oteh or kasalmah, noteh shamayim kay riah. Before putting on tallit א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן ב י י! ת י א ש נ פ כ י ר י י א ל ה י, ג ד ל ת מ א ד, הו ד ו ה ד ר ל ב ש ת. ע ט ה או ר כ ש ל מ ה, נו ט ה ש מ י ם כ י ר יע ה. BLESS, ADONAI, O my soul! Adonai my God, how great You are. You are robed in glory and majesty, wrapping Yourself in light as in a garment, spreading forth the heavens like a curtain. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid shanu b mitzvotav v tzivanu l hitateif batzitzit. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר ק ד ש נו ב מ צ ו ת יו ו צ ו נו ל ה ת ע ט ף ב צ יצ ת. BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to wrap ourselves in the fringes. As I wrap myself... Richard Levy v tzivanu l hitateif batzitzit... commanding us to wrap ourselves in the ו צ ו נו ל ה ת ע ט ף ב צ יצ ת fringes. This mitzvah is drawn from Numbers 15:

13 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan WHOEVER WRAPPED in a tallit in one s youth will never forget: taking it out of the soft sack, opening the folded tallit, spreading it, kissing the border along its length (sometimes embroidered and sometimes embossed). Afterwards, a great sweep over the head like the heavens, like a huppah, like a parachute. Afterwards, folding it around one s head as if playing hide and seek, and then wrapping the body in it, tight tight, letting it fold you like a cocoon and then opening it like wings for flying. And why are there stripes and not black-white squares like a chessboard? Because squares are finite without hope and stripes come from infinity and go on to infinity like the runways at the airport so that angels may land and take off. When you wrap yourself in a tallit you cannot forget coming out of a swimming pool or the sea and being wrapped in a great towel and casting it over one s head and wrapping in it, tight tight and shivering a little and laughing and blessing. Whoever wrapped in a tallit... Yehuda Amichai 87 How do we know when night ends and the new day begins so that morning prayers can commence? One sage taught: Night ends and morning begins when you can distinguish between a blue and white thread. Another replied: From the time you can distinguish a friend from a distance of four cubits. Perhaps: the new day begins when you can recognize the face of your brother or sister. based on B rachot 9b

14 MAH TOVU ohalecha, Yaakov, mishk notecha, Yisrael! Vaani b rov chasd cha avo veitecha, eshtachaveh el heichal kodsh cha b yiratecha. Adonai, ahavti m on beitecha um kom mishkan k vodecha. Vaani eshtachaveh v echraah, evr chah lifnei Adonai osi. Vaani t filati l cha, Adonai, eit ratzon. Elohim b rov chasdecha, aneini be-emet yishecha. Shabbat Morning מ ה ט בו א ה ל יך, י ע ק ב, מ ש כ נ ת יך, י ש ר א ל! ו א נ י ב ר ב ח ס ד ך א בו א ב ית ך, א ש ת ח ו ה א ל ה יכ ל ק ד ש ך ב ר י א ת ך. ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן י י, א ה ב ת י מ עו ן ב ית ך ו מ קו ם מ ש כ ן כ בו ד ך. ו א נ י א ש ת ח ו ה ו א כ ר ע ה, א ב ר כ ה ל פ נ י י י ע ש י. ו א נ י ת פ ל ת י ל ך, י י, ע ת ר צו ן. א ל ה ים, ב ר ב ח ס ד ך, ע נ נ י ב א מ ת י ש ע ך. HOW FAIR are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel. I, through Your abundant love, enter Your house; I bow down in awe at Your holy temple. Adonai, I love Your temple abode, the dwelling-place of Your glory. I will humbly bow down low before Adonai, my Maker. As for me, may my prayer come to You, Adonai, at a favorable time. O God, in Your abundant faithfulness, answer me with Your sure deliverance. The opening words of this passage are from Numbers 24:5 where they are recited by Balaam, the foreign prophet who was commissioned to curse the children of Israel. When he opened his mouth, blessings emerged instead of curses. Vaani t filati... As for me, may my prayer... The Hebrew text has often been ו א נ י ת פ ל ת י creatively rendered as I am my prayer All I have to offer in prayer is myself; my prayer begins in humility. Arthur Green Mah tovu... How fair... Numbers 24:5 מ ה ט בו ד ך ס ח ב ר ב נ י א ו Vaani b rov chasd cha... I, through Your abundant love... Psalm 5:8 Adonai, ahavti... Adonai, I love... Psalm 26:8 י י, א ה ב ת י Vaani t filati... As for me, may my prayer... Psalm 69:14 ו א נ י ת פ ל ת י 88

15 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim MAY THE ONE whose spirit is with us in every righteous deed, be with all who work for the good of humanity and bear the burdens of others, and who give bread to the hungry, who clothe the naked, and take the friendless into their homes. May the work of their hands endure, and may the seed they sow bring abundant harvest. Kaddish D Rabanan May the One whose spirit... Chaim Stern, adapted 89 When you see the synagogue from a distance, say, How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel. Upon arriving at the synagogue door, stop momentarily to arrange your clothes properly, and say, I, through Your abundant love, enter Your house. Then enter with dignity and awe, bowing slightly toward the holy ark, and say, I bow down in awe at Your holy temple. I love Your temple abode, the dwelling place of Your glory. Then walk in a bit, and, bowing again, say, I will humbly bow down low before Adonai, my Maker. Then leave some charity for the poor as much as you can afford and, concentrating within yourself, say, Here I stand, ready and willing to perform the commandment, Love your neighbor as yourself. Then you may pursue the love of God. Mikdash M at, a traditional manual for prayer

16 BARUCH ATAH, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher yatzar et haadam b chochmah uvara vo n kavim n kavim, chalulim, chalulim. Galui v yadua lifnei chisei ch vodecha she-im y patei-ach echad meihem o yisateim echad meihem, i efshar l hitkayeim v laamod l fanecha. Baruch atah, Adonai, rofei chol basar umafli laasot. Shabbat Morning ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר י צ ר א ת ה א ד ם ב ח כ מ ה ו ב ר א בו נ ק ב ים נ ק ב ים, ח לו ל ים ח לו ל ים. ך ד בו כ א ס כ נ י פ ל ו ע י ד ו ג לו י ש א ם י פ ת ח א ח ד מ ה ם או י ס ת ם א ח ד מ ה ם, א י א פ ש ר ל ה ת ק י ם ו ל ע מ ד ל פ נ יך. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך רו פ א כ ל ב ש ר ו מ פ ל יא ל ע ש ו ת. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who formed the human body with skill, creating the body s many pathways and openings. It is well known before Your throne of glory that if one of them be wrongly opened or closed, it would be impossible to endure and stand before You. Blessed are You, Adonai, who heals all flesh, working wondrously. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, רו פ א כ ל ב ש ר ו מ פ ל יא ל ע ש ו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, rofei chol basar umafli laasot. 90

17 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe. With divine wisdom You have made our bodies, combining veins, arteries and vital organs into a finely-balanced network. Wondrous Maker and Sustainer of life, were one of them to fail how well we are aware! we would lack the strength to stand before You. Blessed are You, Adonai, Source of our health and strength. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, רו פ א כ ל ב ש ר ו מ פ ל יא ל ע ש ו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, rofei chol basar umafli laasot. Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan DON T LET ME FALL as a stone falls upon the hard ground. And don t let my hands become dry as the twigs of a tree when the wind beats down the last leaves. And when the storm raises dust from the earth with anger and howling, don t let me become the last fly trembling terrified on a windowpane. Don t let me fall. I have asked for so much, but as a blade of Your grass in a distant wild field lets drop a seed in the lap of the earth and dies away, sow in me Your living breath, as You sow a seed in the earth. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, רו פ א כ ל ב ש ר ו מ פ ל יא ל ע ש ו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, rofei chol basar umafli laasot. Blessed... with divine wisdom... Cited in B rachot 60b, Seder Rav Amram Gaon, ed. Daniel Goldschmidt 91 Don t lef me fall... Kadya Molodowsky; translated by Kathryn Hellerstein

18 ELOHAI, n shamah shenatata bi t horah hi. Atah v ratah, atah y tzartah, atah n fachtah bi, v atah m shamrah b kirbi. Kol z man shehan shamah b kirbi, modeh/ modah ani l fanecha, Adonai Elohai v Elohei avotai v imotai, Ribon kol hamaasim, Adon kol han shamot. Baruch atah, Adonai, asher b yado nefesh kol chai v ruach kol b sar ish. Shabbat Morning א ל ה י, נ ש מ ה ש נ ת ת ב י ט הו ר ה ה יא. א ת ה ב ר את ה, א ת ה י צ ר ת ה, א ת ה נ פ ח ת ה ב י, ו א ת ה מ ש מ ר ה ב ק ר ב י. כ ל ז מ ן ש ה נ ש מ ה ב ק ר ב י, מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ל פ נ יך, י י א ל ה י ו אל ה י א בו ת י ו א מ ו ת י, ר ב ו ן כ ל ה מ ע ש ים, א דו ן כ ל ה נ ש מו ת. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך א ש ר ב י דו נ פ ש כ ל ח י ו ר ו ח כ ל ב ש ר א יש. ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן MY GOD, the soul You have given me is pure. You created it, You shaped it, You breathed it into me, and You protect it within me. For as long as my soul is within me, I offer thanks to You, Adonai, my God and God of my ancestors, Source of all Creation, Sovereign of all souls. Praised are You, Adonai, in whose hand is every living soul and the breath of humankind. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, א ש ר ב י דו נ פ ש כ ל ח י ו ר ו ח כ ל ב ש ר א יש. Baruch atah, Adonai, asher b yado nefesh kol chai v ruach kol b sar ish. Elohai, n shamah... My God, the soul... based on B rachot 60b א ל ה י, נ ש מ ה ב י דו ר ש א asher b yado... in whose hand... Job 12:10 And God blew into the nostrils the breath of life ים י ח נ ש מ ת nishmat chayim, and the human became a living being ה י ח ש פ נ nefesh chayah. based on Genesis 2:7 92

19 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan MATTER IS NEVER destroyed, only transformed. So, too, can the soul evolve higher and higher: from instinct to inspiration, haughtiness to holiness, selfishness to service; from individualism to union, to join with the Soul of souls, the Infinite One. As the soul is magnified and sanctified, so is the Infinite One exalted. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, א ש ר ב י דו נ פ ש כ ל ח י ו ר ו ח כ ל ב ש ר א יש. Baruch atah, Adonai, asher b yado nefesh kol chai v ruach kol b sar ish. MY SOUL came to me pure, drawn from the reservoir of the Holy. All the time it remains within me, I am thankful for its thirst for compassion and justice. Let my eyes behold the beauty of all creatures; let my hands know the privilege of righteous deeds. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, א ש ר ב י דו נ פ ש כ ל ח י ו ר ו ח כ ל ב ש ר א יש. Baruch atah, Adonai, asher b yado nefesh kol chai v ruach kol b sar ish. I M A NEW SOUL I came to this strange world Hoping I could learn a bit bout how to give and take But since I came here, felt the joy and the fear Finding myself making every possible mistake 93 Matter is never destroyed... Allan S. Maller, adapted My soul came to me pure... Elyse Frishman I m a new soul... Yael Naim

20 Shabbat Morning BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher natan lasechvi vinah l havchin bein yom uvein lailah. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר נ ת ן ל ש כ ו י ב ינ ה ל ה ב ח ין ב ין יו ם ו ב ין ל י ל ה. נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם NISIM B CHOL YOM FOR DAILY MIRACLES For awakening PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has given the mind the ability to distinguish day from night. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, pokei-ach ivrim. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, פ ו ק ח ע ו ר ים. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who opens the eyes of the blind. For vision Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, matir asurim. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, מ ת יר א סו ר ים. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who frees the captive. For the ability to stretch Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, zokeif k fufim. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, זו ק ף כ פו פ ים. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who lifts up the fallen. For rising to the new day Nisim b chol yom... For daily miracles... These morning blessings evoke נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם wonder at awakening to physical life: we open our eyes, clothe our bodies, and walk again with purpose; in spiritual life also, we are created in God s image, are free human beings, and as Jews, celebrate the joy and destiny of our people, Israel. Though they are intended literally, we may perceive each blessing spiritually. For Daily Miracles Inspiration for blessings three to five comes from Psalm 146:

21 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan I CAN STAY the tears of others, if I can see myself as diminished of their sorrows. I can hasten time when everyone will be able to rejoice in freedom, And if I can see myself as the companion, of those fighting against oppression, I can honor the struggle of people everywhere to gain dignity and deliverance from bondage. When I look at myself in the mirror who will I see? RELIGION EMBRACES both faith and action. The primary quality is action, for it lays the foundation for faith; the more we do good, the more readily do we grasp the meaning of duty and life and the more readily do we believe in the Divine from which stems the good. 95 I can stay the tears... Jewish Fund for Justice Religion embraces... Leo Baeck

22 Shabbat Morning BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, roka haaretz al hamayim. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, רו ק ע ה א ר ץ ע ל ה מ י ם. נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם NISIM B CHOL YOM FOR DAILY MIRACLES For firm earth to stand upon PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who stretches the earth over the waters. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, hameichin mitzadei gaver. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ה מ כ ין מ צ ע ד י ג ב ר. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who strengthens our steps. For the gift of motion Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, malbish arumim. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, מ ל ב יש ע ר מ ים. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who clothes the naked. For clothing the body Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, hanotein laya-eif ko-ach. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ה נ ו ת ן ל י ע ף כ ח. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who gives strength to the weary. For renewed enthusiasm for life Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, hamaavir sheinah mei-einai, ut numah mei-afapai. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ה מ ע ב יר ש נ ה מ ע ינ י, ו ת נו מ ה מ ע פ ע פ י. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who removes sleep from the eyes, slumber from the eyelids. For reawakening 96

23 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan AS I AWAKEN, let this be my thought: may my day be filled with acts of lovingkindness. Let me be drawn to learning and discernment, and may my actions be shaped by mitzvot. Keep me from iniquity, disgrace and sin; May I not be overwhelmed by temptation or despair. Distance me from evil people and false friends. Let me cultivate a life of goodness. May my hands reach out in kindness, and I will serve God through acts of righteousness. Today and every day, may I merit Your mercy, by living my life with compassion and love. Holy One of Blessing, draw me to Your words; teach me the art of sacred living. ב רו ך א ת ה י י, ה מ ל מ ד ח ס ד ים טו ב ים ל ע מ ו י ש ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham lameid chasadim tovim l amo Yisrael. L OLAM y hei adam y rei shamayim baseiter uvagalui, umodeh al ha-emet, v doveir emet bilvavo. ל עו ל ם י ה א א ד ם י ר א ש מ י ם ב ס ת ר ו ב ג לו י, ו מו ד ה ע ל ה א מ ת, ו דו ב ר א מ ת ב ל ב בו. ALWAYS, may each person revere God in private and in public, acknowledge the truth aloud, and speak it in one s heart. As I awaken... Chaim Stern, adapted from B rachot 60b 97 Ch. 21 L olam y hei adam... Always, may each person... Tanna D vei Eliyahu Rabba, ל עו ל ם י ה א א ד ם

24 Shabbat Morning BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asani b tzelem Elohim. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ש ע ש נ י ב צ ל ם א ל ה ים. נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם NISIM B CHOL YOM FOR DAILY MIRACLES For being in the image of God PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who made me in the image of God. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asani ben/bat chorin. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ש ע ש נ י ב ן/ב ת חו ר ין. For being a free person PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has made me free. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, she-asani Yisrael. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ש ע ש נ י י ש ר א ל. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has made me a Jew. For being a Jew Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, ozeir Yisrael bigvurah. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, או ז ר י ש ר א ל ב ג בו ר ה. For purpose PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who girds Israel with strength. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, oteir Yisrael b tifarah. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, עו ט ר י ש ר א ל ב ת פ א ר ה. For harmony PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who crowns Israel with splendor. 98

25 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan I AM A JEW because the faith of Israel demands no abdication of my mind. I am a Jew because the faith of Israel requires all the devotion of my heart. I am a Jew because in every place where suffering weeps, the Jew weeps. I am a Jew because at every time when despair cries out, the Jew hopes. I am a Jew because the word of Israel is the oldest and the newest. I am a Jew because Israel s promise is the universal promise. I am a Jew because for Israel, the world is not completed; we are completing it. I am a Jew because for Israel, humanity is not created; we are creating it. I am a Jew because Israel places humanity and its unity above the nations and above Israel itself. I am a Jew because above humanity, image of the divine Unity, Israel places the unity which is divine. 99 I am a Jew because... Edmund Fleg In prayer, Israel often refers to the Jewish people.

26 BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid shanu b mitzvotav v tzivanu laasok b divrei Torah. BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to engage with words of Torah. V HAAREV NA Adonai Eloheinu et divrei Torat-cha b finu, uv fi amcha beit Yisrael, v nih yeh anachnu v tze-etza-einu, v tze-etza-ei amcha beit Yisrael, kulanu yodei sh mecha, v lomdei Toratecha lishmah. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham lameid Torah l amo Yisrael. Shabbat Morning ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר ק ד ש נו ב מ צ ו ת יו ו צ ו נו ל ע סו ק ב ד ב ר י תו ר ה. ו ה ע ר ב נ א י י א ל ה ינו א ת ד ב ר י תו ר ת ך ב פ ינו, ו ב פ י ע מ ך ב ית י ש ר א ל, ו נ ה י ה א נ ח נו ו צ א צ א ינו, ו צ א צ א י ע מ ך ב ית י ש ר א ל, כ ל נו יו ד ע י ש מ ך, ו לו מ ד י תו ר ת ך ל ש מ ה. י י, ה ת א ב רו ך ה מ ל מ ד ת ו ר ה ל ע מ ו י ש ר א ל. O ADONAI, our God, let the words of Torah be sweet in our mouths and the mouths of Your people Israel, so that we, our descendants and the descendants of all Your people Israel may know You, by studying Your Torah for its own sake. Blessed are You, Adonai, who teaches Torah to Your people Israel. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה מ ל מ ד ת ו ר ה ל ע מ ו י ש ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham lameid Torah l amo Yisrael. Descendants includes men and women who embrace the Jewish people and faith. The two blessings above (derived from B rachot 11b) are both Torah blessings and introduce the study which follows on pages 103 and 107. Eilu d varim... These are things... The א ל ו ד ב ר ים... engage Laasok... to ל ע סו ק traditional placement of these prayers differs. Here they are linked to emphasize the study of Torah and its influence on our daily ethical behavior. 100

27 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan WE SEEKERS of God, how do we find You? In good deeds and in the study of Torah. And Your search for us? You find us in the bending of the knee, in the rigor of study, in the honesty of commerce, through a good heart, through decency, in respect, true fellowship, companionship and love, through truth and peace, in the No that is really No, and the Yes that is really Yes. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה מ ל מ ד ת ו ר ה ל ע מ ו י ש ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham lameid Torah l amo Yisrael. FROM THE COWARDICE that shrinks from new truth, from the laziness that is content with half-truths, from the arrogance that thinks it knows all truth, O God of truth, deliver us. Blessed is Adonai, Teacher of Torah to Your people Israel. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה מ ל מ ד ת ו ר ה ל ע מ ו י ש ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham lameid Torah l amo Yisrael. Six Torah episodes are to be remembered each day, to refine our direction: enslaves. Y tziat Mitzrayim: Recall the Exodus from Egypt depart from whatever י צ יא ת מ צ ר י ם evil. Amalek: Recall Amalek who attacked from behind be on guard against ע מ ל ק life. Maamad Har Sinai: Recall standing at Sinai make Torah part of your daily מ ע מ ד ה ר ס ינ י Maaseh Eigel HaZahav: Recall the Golden Calf keep material desires in מ ע ש ה ע ג ל ה ז ה ב check and be wary of heresy. way. Korach: Recall Korach s rebellion prevent ego from misleading and destroying your ק ר ח week. Shabbat: Recall the first gift, Shabbat welcome Shabbat holiness each ש ב ת Whether modern Jews believe that it is actually the word of God or some distillation of numerous ancient texts, Torah the study of it, the interpretation of it, the struggle with it is what committed Jews continue to base their faith upon. No moment in a Jew s life not a brit milah, not a sunset, not the descent into death itself is without its accompanying text, which in turn has its ultimate basis in the original text itself, the Torah. Adam Sol We seekers of God... adapted from Seder Eliyahu Rabba From the cowardice... Mordecai Kaplan

28 EILU d varim she-ein lahem shiur, she-adam ocheil peiroteihem baolam hazeh v hakeren kayemet lo laolam haba. V eilu hein: kibud av va-eim, ug milut chasadim, v hashkamat beit hamidrash shacharit v arvit, v hachnasat orchim, uvikur cholim, v hachnasat kalah, ul vayat hameit, v iyun t filah, vahavaat shalom bein adam lachaveiro. V talmud Torah k neged kulam. Shabbat Morning ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן א ל ו ד ב ר ים ש א ין ל ה ם ש עו ר, ש א ד ם או כ ל פ רו ת יה ם ב עו ל ם ה ז ה ו ה ק ר ן ק י מ ת לו ל עו ל ם ה ב א. ו א ל ו ה ן כ ב ו ד א ב ו א ם, ו ג מ ילו ת ח ס ד ים, ו ה ש כ מ ת ב ית ה מ ד ר ש ש ח ר ית ו ע ר ב ית, ו ה כ נ ס ת או ר ח ים, ו ב ק ו ר חו ל ים, ו ה כ נ ס ת כ ל ה, ו ל ו י ת ה מ ת, ו ע י ו ן ת פ ל ה, ו ה ב א ת ש לו ם ב ין א ד ם ל ח ב רו. ו ת ל מו ד ת ו ר ה כ נ ג ד כ ל ם. THESE ARE THINGS that are limitless, of which a person enjoys the fruit of the world, while the principal remains in the world to come. They are: honoring one s father and mother, engaging in deeds of compassion, arriving early for study, morning and evening, dealing graciously with guests, visiting the sick, providing for the wedding couple, accompanying the dead for burial, being devoted in prayer, and making peace among people. But the study of Torah encompasses them all. honor? Kibud av va-eim honoring one s father and mother. What can it mean to כ ב ו ד א ב ו א ם כ ב ד kibud, honor, has as its root כ ב ו ד Sometimes honoring one s parent is not easy. The word kaveid heavy; it can be a burden to honor another. In honoring those who have given us life or sustenance, we honor the Source of Life. Elyse D. Frishman V hashkamat beit hamidrash... arriving early for study... The Rabbis ו ה ש כ מ ת ב ית ה מ ד ר ש understood this to convey enthusiasm and earnestness. Yoel Kahn Talmud Torah, the study of Torah offers the knowledge of what is right and how ת ל מו ד ת ו ר ה to live justly. Jewish study includes the expectation that the lessons will be applied to life. Eilu d varim... These are things... based on Peah 1:1 א ל ו ד ב ר ים She-adam ocheil... of which a person enjoys... Shabbat 127a ש א ד ם או כ ל 102

29 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu STUDY TEXTS THE COVENANT calling and covenant work goes on in each act of teaching and learning of the Torah, through which at the same time, God is still being revealed. Herbert Bronstein Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan THERE ARE EIGHT DEGREES in the giving of tzedakah, each one higher than the one before: to give grudgingly, reluctantly, or with regret; to give less than one should, but with grace; to give what one should, but only after being asked; to give before one is asked; to give without knowing who will receive it, although the recipient knows the identity of the giver; to give without making known one s identity; to give so that neither giver nor receiver knows the identity of the other; to help another to become self-supporting, by means of a gift, a loan, or by finding employment for the one in need. Maimonides WE NEED Jewish men and women to become a Jewishly inspired and informed leadership not only rabbinical but also lay. We need Jews more conversant with the thought and teachings of Judaism, to whom Judaism is no cold remote theology and Hebrew learning a matter of mystical ignorance, and to whom Jewish culture is no proxied culture. We need a reassertion of faith and a reawakening of interest in a cultural heritage that is all too rapidly being relegated to the exclusive possession of graduates of rabbinical seminaries.... We desperately need such lay leaders today with vision and fortitude. Paula Ackerman 103 k neged kulam... encompasses them all... Implies equality in some sense, but the כ נ ג ד כ ל ם. Hebrew does not say clearly what sense it is. Is studying Torah like each mitzvah, taken separately, for example, or like the entire group of mitzvot mentioned here, taken all together? Joel Hoffman The word of the One God penetrated this people from its beginning. When the commandment of God awakes in humanity, freedom also opens its eyes; and where freedom commences, history begins. Leo Baeck How can we exercise our humanity in the direction of goodness? By freely choosing what God would have us do. Harold Kushner

30 YITGADAL v yitkadash sh meih raba b alma di v ra chiruteih, v yamlich malchuteih b chayeichon uv yomeichon uv chayei d chol beit Yisrael, baagala uvizman kariv, v imru: Amen. Y hei sh meih raba m varach l alam ul almei almaya. Yitbarach v yishtabach v yitpaar v yitromam v yitnasei, v yit hadar v yitaleh v yit halal sh meih d kudsha b rich hu, l eila min kol birchata v shirata, tushb chata v nechemata, daamiran b alma, v imru: Amen. Shabbat Morning ש ש מ ה ר ב א ב ע ל מ א ד י ב ר א כ ר עו ת ה, ו י מ ל יך מ ל כו ת ה ב ח י יכו ן ו ב יו מ יכו ן ו ב ח י י ד כ ל ב ית י ש ר א ל, ב ע ג ל א ו ב ז מ ן ק ר יב, ו א מ רו א מ ן. י ה א ש מ ה ר ב א מ ב ר ך ל ע ל ם ו ל ע ל מ י ע ל מ י א. י ת ב ר ך ו י ש ת ב ח ו י ת פ א ר ו י ת רו מ ם ו י ת נ ש א, ו י ת ה ד ר ו י ת ע ל ה ו י ת ה ל ל ש מ ה ד ק ד ש א ב ר יך הו א, ל ע ל א מ ן כ ל ב ר כ ת א ו ש יר ת א, ת ש ב ח ת א ו נ ח מ ת א, ד א מ יר ן ב ע ל מ א, ו א מ רו א מ ן. ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן ד ל ו י ת ק ד י ת ג EXALTED and hallowed be God s great name, in the world which God created, according to plan. May God s majesty be revealed in the days of our lifetime and the life of all Israel speedily, imminently. To which we say: Amen. Blessed be God s great name to all eternity. Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One, beyond all earthly words and songs of blessing, praise, and comfort. To which we say: Amen. Kaddish D Rabanan continues on page 106. Current scholarship sees the נ ן ב ד ר יש ד ק Kaddish d Rabanan as but one of many alternative early versions of the Kaddish. It emerged in an oral form in the first or second century. Like other forms of the Kaddish, it is an elaborate praise of God, calling for the coming of God s ultimate dominion. Its unique name, ב נ ן ד ר ד יש ק Kaddish d Rabanan ( Kaddish of the Rabbis ), reflects its central paragraph, acknowledging those who study Torah, indicating the role of Torah study as both an intellectual and a spiritual activity. This Kaddish concludes text study that takes place during worship and other occasions. 104

31 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan FOR OUR TEACHERS and their students, and the students of the students, we ask for peace and lovingkindness, and let us say, Amen. And for those who study Torah here and everywhere, may they be blessed with all they need, and let us say, Amen. We ask for peace and lovingkindness, and let us say, Amen. I FIND by experience, not by reasoning, but by my own discovery that God is near me, and I can be near God at all times. I cannot explain it, but I am as sure of my experience as I am of the fact that I live and love. I cannot explain how I have come to live and love, but I know I do. In the same way, I know I am in contact with God. Kaddish D Rabanan continues on page 106. For our teachers... Debbie Friedman I find by experience... Lily Montagu 105 A religion is best made known by the lives which express it. Lily Montagu Yose ben Yoezer, leader of Tz reidah, taught: Let your house be a meeting place for sages; sit in the dust of their feet and drink in their words thirstily. Pirkei Avot 1:5

32 Shabbat Morning Al Yisrael v al rabanan, v al talmideihon v al kol talmidei talmideihon, v al kol man d askin b oraita, di v atra hadein v di v chol atar vaatar. Y hei l hon ul chon sh lama raba, china v chisda v rachamin, v chayin arichin, um zonei r vichei, ufurkana, min kadam avuhon di vishmaya v ara v imru: Amen. Y hei sh lama raba min sh maya, v chayim tovim aleinu v al kol Yisrael v imru: Amen. Oseh shalom bimromav hu b rachamav yaaseh shalom aleinu v al kol Yisrael, v al kol yoshvei teiveil, v imru: Amen. ב רו כ ים ה ב א ים מו ד ה / מו ד ה א נ י ש יר י ש ב ת צ יצ ת מ ה ט בו א ש ר י צ ר א ל ה י נ ש מ ה נ ס ים ב כ ל יו ם ל ע סו ק ו ה ע ר ב נ א א ל ו ד ב ר ים ק ד יש ד ר ב נ ן ע ל י ש ר א ל ו ע ל ר ב נ ן, ו ע ל ת ל מ יד יהו ן ו ע ל כ ל ת ל מ יד י ת ל מ יד יהו ן, ו ע ל כ ל מ ן ד ע ס ק ין ב או ר י ת א, ד י ב א ת ר א ה ד ין ו ד י ב כ ל א ת ר ו א ת ר. י ה א ל הו ן ו ל כו ן ש ל מ א ר ב א, ח נ א ו ח ס ד א ו ר ח מ ין, ו ח י ין א ר יכ ין, ו מ זו נ י ר ו יח י, ו פ ר ק נ א, מ ן ק ד ם א בו הו ן ד י ב ש מ י א ו א ר ע א ו א מ רו א מ ן. י ה א ש ל מ א ר ב א מ ן ש מ י א, ו ח י ים טו ב ים ע ל ינו ו ע ל כ ל י ש ר א ל ו א מ רו א מ ן. ע ש ה ש לו ם ב מ רו מ יו הו א ב ר ח מ יו י ע ש ה ש לו ם ע ל ינו ו ע ל כ ל י ש ר א ל, ו ע ל כ ל יו ש ב י ת ב ל, ו א מ רו א מ ן. GOD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH, grant abundant peace to our people Israel and their rabbis, to our teachers and their disciples, and to all who engage in the study of Torah here and everywhere. Let there be for them and for us all, grace, love, and compassion, a full life, ample sustenance, and salvation from God, and let us respond: Amen. For us and all Israel, may the blessing of peace and the promise of life come true, and let us respond: Amen. May the One who causes peace to reign in the high heavens, let peace descend on us, and on all Israel, and on all the world, and let us respond: Amen. 106

33 Shabbat Morning Welcome Modeh / Modah Ani Shabbat Songs Tzitzit Mah Tovu Asher Yatzar Elohai N shamah Nisim B chol Yom Laasok V haarev Na Eilu D varim Kaddish D Rabanan STUDY TEXTS AS SOON AS, in accordance with Jewish teaching, your lives have been touched by aspiration, all your windows are thrown open and the light of infinite hope enters. Then the community as a whole demands your help and you dare not say, Why bother?... Let us consider well, in the light of religion, what are the things worth bothering about. Perhaps we shall find ourselves bothering about mere trivialities indulging in fears which have no foundation now and never will have any reality. Perhaps we are wasting our opportunities altogether or using them in a futile way. Let us pray for guidance, and as we pray let us remember that when all the rubbish is pushed to one side, there are many things which we shall have to bother about, which concern us immensely because they concern the wellbeing of the community as a whole.... In spite of our absurd inadequacy, in spite of all our weaknesses, [we can] affect by our lives, the life of humanity in its progress towards God. Lily Montagu PRAYER GIVES US the guidance we need. It opens the mind to the illumination of God. The prophets made their whole life an act of prayer so they received the inspiration of God. Our humbler minds, standing much below the heights in which they stood, receiving for the most part only a reflected illumination, may now and then by climbing a little higher catch a glimpse of the direct light. Through prayer, we can receive the guidance of God to strengthen our hold on truth, goodness, righteousness and purity which are the laws for humanity emanating from the nature of God. Israel I. Mattuck WHY FIXED PRAYERS? To learn what we should value, what we should pray for. To be at one with our people, the household of Israel. To ensure that the ideals painfully learned and purified, and for which many have lived and died, shall not perish from the community, and shall have a saving influence upon the individual. Chaim Stern 107

34 BARUCH she-amar v hayah haolam, Baruch hu. Baruch oseh v reishit, baruch omeir v oseh, baruch gozeir um kayeim, baruch m racheim al haaretz, baruch m racheim al hab riyot, baruch m shaleim sachar tov lirei-av. Baruch chai laad v kayam lanetzach. Baruch podeh umatzil, baruch sh mo. Bishvachot uvizmirot n gadelcha un shabeichacha un fa-ercha v nazkir shimcha v namlich cha, Malkeinu Eloheinu. Yachid, chei haolamim, Melech m shubach um fo-ar, adei ad sh mo hagadol. Baruch atah, Adonai, Melech m hulal batishbachot. Shabbat Morning ב רו ך ש א מ ר מ ז מו ר צ ב א ש ר י מ ז מו ר קמ ה מ ז מו ר ק נ נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י י ש ת ב ח ח צ י ק ד יש ב רו ך ש א מ ר ו ה י ה ה עו ל ם, ב רו ך הו א. ב רו ך עו ש ה ב ר אש ית, ב רו ך או מ ר ו עו ש ה, ב רו ך ג ו ז ר ו מ ק י ם, ב רו ך מ ר ח ם ע ל ה א ר ץ, ב רו ך מ ר ח ם ע ל ה ב ר י ו ת, ב רו ך מ ש ל ם ש כ ר טו ב ל יר א יו. ב רו ך ח י ל ע ד ו ק י ם ל נ צ ח.. מו ש ב רו ך צ יל, ו מ ה ד ו פ ב רו ך ך ד ל נ ג ת רו מ ז ו ב ת חו ב ב ש ו נ ש ב ח ך ו נ פ א ר ך ו נ ז כ יר ש מ ך ו נ מ ל יכ ך, מ ל כ נו א ל ה ינו. י ח יד, ח י ה עו ל מ ים, מ ל ך מ ש ב ח ו מ פ א ר, ע ד י ע ד ש מו ה ג דו ל. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך מ ל ך מ ה ל ל ב ת ש ב חו ת. פּ סוּק י ד ז מ ר ה P SUKEI D ZIMRAH VERSES OF PRAISE BLESSED is the One who spoke and the world came to be. Blessed is the One! Blessed is the One who continually authors creation. Blessed is the One whose word is deed; blessed is the One who decrees and fulfills. Blessed is the One who is compassionate towards the world; blessed is the One who is compassionate towards all creatures. Blessed is the One who rewards the reverent; blessed is the One who exists for all time, ever-enduring. Blessed is the One who redeems and saves; blessed is God s Name! With songs of praise, we extol You and proclaim Your Sovereignty, for You are the Source of life in the universe. One God, Life of the Universe, praised and glorious Ruler, Your Name is Eternal. Blessed are You, Adonai, Sovereign who is glorified through praise. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ל ך מ ה ל ל ב ת ש ב חו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, Melech m hulal batishbachot. prayer. P sukei D zimrah... Verses of Praise, might be viewed as prayer before פ סו ק י ד ז מ ר ה It functions as the warm-up for the morning service, a recognition that prayerfulness cannot be summoned on demand. Lawrence A. Hoffman 108

35 Shabbat Morning Baruch She-amar Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 Psalm 150 Nishmat Kol Chai Yishtabach HAREINI m zamein eit pi l hodot ul haleil ul shabei-ach et bori. ה ר ינ י מ ז מ ן א ת פ י ל הו דו ת ו ל ה ל ל ו ל ש ב ח א ת ב ו ר א י. Chatzi Kaddish WITH THIS do I prepare myself to thank, praise and glorify my Creator. Blessed are You, Sovereign of Life, whom we praise with songs of glory. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ל ך מ ה ל ל ב ת ש ב חו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, Melech m hulal batishbachot. COUNTRIES GROW OLD and fall apart; nations decline, torn; generations grow moss and gather dust; Still, every morning a chapter of psalms stands by the window in the synagogue and intones its eternal chant over the world s tears. Rabbis, Baruch She-amar... Blessed is the One who spoke... composed by the ב רו ך ש א מ ר reflects God s ongoing Presence in the ever-renewing creation. This prayer is linked to Genesis 1, where the world came into being through divine speech. But God doesn t then withdraw from creation and let it fend for itself. God nourishes and sustains all life with compassion. Like a mother s enduring love for her child, so is God s care for all creatures. Janet Marder 109 Countries grow old... Yaakov-Yitskhok Segal, translated by Grace Schulman

36 Shabbat Morning This section through Yishtabach on page 119 offers no alternative readings. MIZMOR shir l yom HaShabbat. Tov l hodot l Adonai ul zameir l shimcha elyon. L hagid babokeir chasdecha, ve-emunat cha baleilot. Alei asor vaalei navel, alei higayon b chinor. Ki simachtani Adonai b fo-olecha b maasei yadecha aranein. Mah gadlu maasecha Adonai, m od amku machsh votecha. Ish baar lo yeida uch sil lo yavin et zot. Tzaddik katamar yifrach k erez bal vanon yisgeh. Sh tulim b veit Adonai, b chatzrot Eloheinu yafrichu. Od y nuvun b seivah, d sheinim v raananim yih yu. L hagid ki yashar Adonai tzuri v lo avlatah bo. PSALM 92:1 7, ב רו ך ש א מ ר מ ז מו ר צ ב א ש ר י מ ז מו ר קמ ה מ ז מו ר ק נ נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י י ש ת ב ח ח צ י ק ד יש מ ז מו ר ש יר ל יו ם ה ש ב ת. טו ב ל ה דו ת ל י י ו ל ז מ ר ל ש מ ך ע ל יו ן. ל ה ג יד ב ב ק ר ח ס ד ך, ו א מו נ ת ך ב ל ילו ת. ע ל י ע ש ו ר ו ע ל י נ ב ל, ע ל י ה ג יו ן ב כ נ ו ר. כ י ש מ ח ת נ י י י ב פ ע ל ך ב מ ע ש י י ד יך א ר נ ן. מ ה ג ד לו מ ע ש יך, י י, מ א ד ע מ קו מ ח ש ב ת יך. א יש ב ע ר ל א י ד ע ו כ ס יל ל א י ב ין א ת ז את. צ ד יק כ ת מ ר י פ ר ח כ א ר ז ב ל ב נו ן י ש ג ה. ש תו ל ים ב ב ית י י, ב ח צ רו ת א ל ה ינו י פ ר יחו. עו ד י נו בו ן ב ש יב ה, ד ש נ ים ו ר ע נ נ ים י ה יו. ל ה ג יד כ י י ש ר י י, צו ר י ו ל א ע ו ל ת ה ב ו. A PSALM, a song for Shabbat. It is good to praise Adonai; to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High, to proclaim Your steadfast love at daybreak, Your faithfulness each night with a ten-stringed harp, with voice and lyre together. You have gladdened me by Your deeds, Adonai; I shout for joy at Your handiwork. How great are Your works, Adonai, how very subtle Your designs! A brute cannot know, a fool cannot understand this: The righteous bloom like a date-palm; they thrive like a cedar in Lebanon; planted in the house of Adonai, they flourish in the courts of our God. In old age they still produce fruit; they are full of sap and freshness, attesting that Adonai is upright, my Rock, in whom there is no wrong. 110

37 Shabbat Morning Baruch She-amar Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 Psalm 150 Nishmat Kol Chai Yishtabach Chatzi Kaddish א ש ר י יו ש ב י ב ית ך, עו ד י ה ל ל ו ך ס ל ה. א ש ר י ה ע ם ש כ כ ה ל ו, א ש ר י ה ע ם ש י י א ל ה יו. HAPPY are those who dwell in Your house; they forever praise You! Happy the people who have it so; happy the people whose God is Adonai. ת ה ל ה ל ד ו ד. א רו מ מ ך א לו ה י ה מ ל ך, ו א ב ר כ ה ש מ ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד., ך כ ר ב א ם ל יו ב כ ו א ה ל ל ה ש מ ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. ג דו ל י י ו מ ה ל ל מ א ד, ו ל ג ד ל תו א ין ח ק ר. ד ו ר ל דו ר י ש ב ח מ ע ש יך, ו ג בו ר ת יך י ג ידו. ה ד ר כ בו ד הו ד ך, ו ד ב ר י נ פ ל א ת יך א ש יח ה. ו ע זו ז נו ר א ת יך י אמ רו, ו ג ד ל ת ך א ס פ ר נ ה. ז כ ר ר ב טו ב ך י ב יעו, ו צ ד ק ת ך י ר נ נו. ח נ ו ן ו ר חו ם י י, א ר ך א פ י ם ו ג ד ל ח ס ד. טו ב י י ל כ ל, ASHREI yoshvei veitecha, od y hal lucha selah. Ashrei haam shekachah lo, ashrei haam she-adonai Elohav. T HILAH L DAVID. Aromimcha Elohai HaMelech, vaavar chah shimcha l olam va-ed. B chol yom avarcheka, vaahal lah shimcha l olam va-ed. Gadol Adonai um hulal m od, v ligdulato ein cheiker. Dor l dor y shabach maasecha, ug vurotecha yagidu. Hadar k vod hodecha, v divrei niflotecha asichah. Ve-ezuz norotecha yomeiru, ug dulat cha asaprenah. Zecher rav tuvcha yabiyu, v tzidkat cha y raneinu. Chanun v rachum Adonai, erech apayim ug dol chased. Tov Adonai lakol, v rachamav al kol maasav. Yoducha Adonai kol maasecha, vachasidecha y var chuchah. DAVID S PSALM PSALM 145:1-21 ו ר ח מ יו ע ל כ ל מ ע ש יו. יו ד ו ך י י כ ל מ ע ש יך, ו ח ס יד יך י ב ר כ ו כ ה. 111 Ashrei yoshvei... Happy are those who dwell... Psalm 84:5 א ש ר י יו ש ב י Ashrei haam... Happy the people... Psalm 144:15 א ש ר י ה ע ם

38 Shabbat Morning K vod malchut cha yomeiru, ug vurat cha y dabeiru. L hodi-a livnei haadam g vurotav, uch vod hadar malchuto. Malchut cha malchut kol olamim, umemshalt cha b chol dor vador. Someich Adonai l chol hanoflim, v zokeif l chol hak fufim. Einei chol eilecha y sabeiru, v atah notein lahem et ochlam b ito. Potei-ach et yadecha, umasbi-a l chol chai ratzon. Tzaddik Adonai b chol d rachav, v chasid b chol maasav. Karov Adonai l chol korav, l chol asher yikra-uhu ve-emet. R tzon y rei-av yaaseh, v et shavatam yishma v yoshi-eim. Shomeir Adonai et kol ohavav, v eit kol har sha-im yashmid. T hilat Adonai y daber pi, viy vareich kol basar shem kodsho, l olam va-ed. Vaanachnu n vareich Yah mei-atah v ad olam, hal luyah. ב רו ך ש א מ ר מ ז מו ר צ ב א ש ר י מ ז מו ר קמ ה מ ז מו ר ק נ נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י י ש ת ב ח ח צ י ק ד יש כ בו ד מ ל כו ת ך י אמ רו, ו ג בו ר ת ך י ד ב רו. ל הו ד יע ל ב נ י ה א ד ם ג בו ר ת יו, ו כ בו ד ה ד ר מ ל כו תו. מ ל כו ת ך מ ל כו ת כ ל ע ל מ ים, ו מ מ ש ל ת ך ב כ ל ד ו ר ו דו ר. סו מ ך י י ל כ ל ה נ פ ל ים, ו זו ק ף ל כ ל ה כ פו פ ים. ע ינ י כ ל א ל יך י ש ב רו, ו א ת ה נו ת ן ל ה ם א ת א כ ל ם ב ע ת ו. פ ו ת ח א ת י ד ך, ו מ ש ב יע ל כ ל ח י ר צו ן. צ ד יק י י ב כ ל ד ר כ יו, ו ח ס יד ב כ ל מ ע ש יו. ק רו ב י י ל כ ל ק ר א יו, ל כ ל א ש ר י ק ר א הו ב א מ ת. ר צו ן י ר א יו י ע ש ה, ו א ת ש ו ע ת ם י ש מ ע ו יו ש יע ם. ש ו מ ר י י א ת כ ל א ה ב יו, ו א ת כ ל ה ר ש ע ים י ש מ יד. ת ה ל ת י י י ד ב ר פ י, ו יב ר ך כ ל ב ש ר ש ם ק ד ש ו ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. ו א נ ח נו נ ב ר ך י ה מ ע ת ה ו ע ד עו ל ם, ה ל לו י ה. Vaanachnu n vareich Yah... and all creatures shall bless... Psalm 115:18 ו א נ ח נו נ ב ר ך י ה 112

39 Shabbat Morning Baruch She-amar Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 Psalms 150 Nishmat Kol Chai Yishtabach Chatzi Kaddish DAVID S SONG OF PRAISE I will extol You, my God and Sovereign, and bless Your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Great is Adonai and much acclaimed; God s greatness cannot be fathomed. One generation shall laud Your works to another and declare Your mighty acts. The glorious majesty of Your splendor and Your wondrous acts will I recite. They shall talk of the might of Your awesome deeds, and I will recount Your greatness. They shall celebrate Your abundant goodness, and sing joyously of Your beneficence. Adonai is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. Adonai is good to all, and God s mercy is upon all God s works. All Your works shall praise You, Adonai, and Your faithful ones shall bless You. They shall talk of the majesty of Your sovereignty, and speak of Your might, to make God s mighty acts known among mortals and the majestic glory of Your sovereignty. Your sovereignty is eternal; Your dominion is for all generations. Adonai supports all who stumble, and makes all who are bent stand straight. The eyes of all look to You expectantly, and You give them their food when it is due. You give it openhandedly, feeding every creature to its heart s content. Adonai is beneficent in all ways and faithful in all works. Adonai is near to all who call to all who call upon God with sincerity. Adonai fulfills the wishes of those who fear God; Adonai hears their cry and delivers them. Adonai watches over all who love God, but all the wicked God will destroy. My mouth shall utter the praise of Adonai, and all creatures shall bless God s holy name forever and ever. We will bless You, God, now and always. Hallelujah! 113

40 Shabbat Morning HAL LU YAH! Hal lu El b kodsho, hal luhu birkia uzo. Hal luhu bigvurotav, hal luhu k rov gudlo. Hal luhu b teika shofar, hal luhu b neivel v chinor. Hal luhu b tof umachol, hal luhu b minim v ugav. Hal luhu b tziltz lei shama, hal luhu b tziltz lei t ruah. Kol han shamah t haleil Yah, Hal lu Yah! PSALM 150:1 6 ב רו ך ש א מ ר מ ז מו ר צ ב א ש ר י מ ז מו ר קמ ה מ ז מו ר ק נ נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י י ש ת ב ח ח צ י ק ד יש ה ל לו י ה! ה ל לו א ל ב ק ד ש ו, ה ל ל ו הו ב ר ק יע ע ז ו. ה ל ל ו הו ב ג בו ר ת יו, ה ל ל ו הו כ ר ב ג ד לו. ה ל ל ו הו ב ת ק ע ש ו פ ר, ה ל ל ו הו ב נ ב ל ו כ נ ו ר. ה ל ל ו הו ב ת ף ו מ חו ל, ה ל ל ו הו ב מ נ ים ו עו ג ב. ה ל ל ו הו ב צ ל צ ל י ש מ ע, ה ל ל ו הו ב צ ל צ ל י ת רו ע ה. כ ל ה נ ש מ ה ת ה ל ל י ה, ה ל לו י ה! HALLELUJAH! Praise God in God s sanctuary; praise God in the sky, God s stronghold. Praise God for mighty acts; praise God for God s exceeding greatness. Praise God with blasts of the horn; praise God with harp and lyre. Praise God with timbrel and dance; praise God with lute and pipe. Praise God with resounding cymbals; praise God with loud-clashing cymbals. Let all that breathes praise God. Hallelujah! 114

41 Shabbat Morning Baruch She-amar Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 Psalm 150 Nishmat Kol Chai Yishtabach Chatzi Kaddish NISHMAT kol chai t vareich et shimcha Adonai Eloheinu, v ruach kol basar t fa-eir ut romeim zichr cha, Malkeinu, tamid. Min haolam v ad haolam atah El, ein lanu melech ela atah. Elohei harishonim v haacharonim, Elo-ah kol b riot, Adon kol toladot, ham hulal b rov hatishbachot, ham naheig olamo b chesed uv riotav b rachamim. VaAdonai lo yanum v lo yishan. Ham oreir y sheinim v hameikitz nirdamim v hameisiach ilmim, v hamatir asurim, v hasomeich noflim, v hazokeif k fufim. L cha l vad cha anachnu modim. נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י ת ב ר ך א ת ש מ ך, י י א ל ה ינו, ו ר ו ח כ ל ב ש ר ת פ א ר ו ת רו מ ם ז כ ר ך, מ ל כ נו, ת מ יד. מ ן ה עו ל ם ו ע ד ה עו ל ם א ת ה א ל, א ין ל נו מ ל ך א ל א א ת ה. א ל ה י ה ר אש ו נ ים ו ה א ח רו נ ים, א ל ו ה כ ל ב ר י ו ת, א דו ן כ ל ת ו ל דו ת, ה מ ה ל ל ב ר ב ה ת ש ב חו ת, ה מ נ ה ג עו ל מו ב ח ס ד ו ב ר י ו ת יו ב ר ח מ ים. ו יי ל א י נו ם ו ל א י יש ן. ה מ עו ר ר י ש נ ים ו ה מ ק יץ נ ר ד מ ים, ו ה מ ש יח א ל מ ים, ו ה מ ת יר א סו ר ים, ו ה ס ו מ ך נו פ ל ים, ו ה ז ו ק ף כ פו פ ים. ל ך ל ב ד ך א נ ח נו מו ד ים. LET THE SOUL of everything alive bless Your name, Adonai, our God; and the spirit of all flesh glorify and exalt Your name forever, O Sovereign. Transcending space and time, You alone are God. We have no Sovereign besides You. God of the first and the last, God of all creatures, Master of all generations, who is praised in a multitude of praises, who guides the world with abundant loving-kindness, and all creatures with mercy. Adonai neither slumbers nor sleeps. God awakens the sleeping, arouses those who slumber, gives speech to the mute; and God loosens the bonds of captives, God supports the fallen, and strengthens those who are bent over. You alone do we acknowledge. 115 Min haolam v ad haolam... Transcending space and time... based on Psalm 90:2 מ ן ה עו ל ם ו ע ד ה עו ל ם VaAdonai lo yanum... Adonai neither slumbers... based on Psalm 121:4 ו יי ל א י נו ם v hamatir asurim... loosens the bonds of captives... based on Psalm 146:7 ו ה מ ת יר א סו ר ים v hasomeich noflim... supports the fallen... based on Psalm 145:14 ו ה ס ו מ ך נו פ ל ים

42 Shabbat Morning Ilu finu malei shirah kayam, ul shoneinu rinah kahamon galav, v siftoteinu shevach k merchavei rakia, v eineinu m irot kashemesh v chayarei-ach, v yadeinu frusot k nishrei shamayim, v ragleinu kalot kaayalot, ein anachnu maspikim l hodot l cha, Adonai Eloheinu v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu, ul vareich et sh mecha al achat mei-alef, elef alfei alafim v ribei r vavot p amim, hatovot she-asita im avoteinu v imoteinu v imanu. ב רו ך ש א מ ר מ ז מו ר צ ב א ש ר י מ ז מו ר קמ ה מ ז מו ר ק נ נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י י ש ת ב ח ח צ י ק ד יש א ל ו פ ינו מ ל א ש יר ה כ י ם, ו ל ש ו נ נו ר נ ה כ ה מו ן ג ל יו, ו ש פ תו ת ינו ש ב ח כ מ ר ח ב י ר ק יע, ו ע ינ ינו מ א ירו ת כ ש מ ש ו כ י ר ח, ו י ד ינו פ רו ש ו ת כ נ ש ר י ש מ י ם, ו ר ג ל ינו ק ל ו ת כ א י לו ת, א ין א נ ח נו מ ס פ יק ים ל הו דו ת ל ך, י י א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, ו ל ב ר ך א ת ש מ ך ע ל א ח ת מ א ל ף, א ל ף א ל פ י א ל פ ים ו ר ב י ר ב בו ת פ ע מ ים ה ט ו בו ת ש ע ש י ת ע ם א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו ו ע מ נו. EVEN IF OUR MOUTHS were full of song as the sea, and our tongues full of joy in countless waves, and our lips full of praise as wide as the sky s expanse, and were our eyes to shine like sun and moon; if our hands were spread out like heaven s eagles and our feet swift like young deer, we could never thank You adequately, Adonai, our God and God of our ancestors, to bless Your Name for a ten-thousandth of the many myriads of times You granted favors to our ancestors and to us. Every praise could be music, the voice singing in harmony with the universe and its Creator! 116

43 Shabbat Morning Baruch She-amar Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 Psalm 150 Nishmat Kol Chai Yishtabach Chatzi Kaddish Al kein eivarim shepilagta banu, v ruach un shamah shenafachta b apeinu, v lashon asher samta b finu, hein heim yodu vivar chu vishab chu vifaaru shimcha, Malkeinu. Ki chol peh l cha yodeh, v chol lashon l cha tishava, v chol berech l cha tichra, v chol komah l fanecha tishtachaveh, v chol l vavot yira-ucha, v chol kerev uchlayot y zamru lish mecha, kadavar shekatuv: kol atzmotai tomarnah: Adonai, mi chamocha. Kaamur: l David, bar chi nafshi et Adonai, v chol k ravai et shem kodsho. ע ל כ ן א ב ר ים ש פ ל ג ת ב נו, ו ר ו ח ו נ ש מ ה ש נ פ ח ת ב א פ ינו, ו ל ש ו ן א ש ר ש מ ת ב פ ינו, ה ן ה ם יו דו ו יב ר כו ו יש ב חו ו יפ א רו א ת ש מ ך, מ ל כ נו. כ י כ ל פ ה ל ך יו ד ה, ו כ ל ל ש ו ן ל ך ת ש ב ע, ו כ ל ב ר ך ל ך ת כ ר ע, ו כ ל קו מ ה ל פ נ יך ת ש ת ח ו ה, ו כ ל ל ב בו ת י יר א ו ך, ו כ ל ק ר ב ו כ ל יו ת י ז מ רו ל ש מ ך, כ ד ב ר ש כ תו ב כ ל ע צ מו ת י ת אמ ר נ ה י י, מ י כ מ ו ך. כ א מו ר ל ד ו ד, ב ר כ י נ פ ש י א ת י י, ו כ ל ק ר ב י א ת ש ם ק ד ש ו. THEREFORE THESE LIMBS which You have formed in us, and this spirit and soul that You breathed into our nostrils, this tongue which You have set in our mouths, they must acknowledge, bless, praise and glorify Your Name, O our Sovereign. For every mouth will acknowledge You and every tongue pledge homage to You, every knee bend in Your presence, every upright person shall bow before You. Every heart will revere You and every inmost thought will sing to Your Name. And David said: Let all my bones exclaim: Who is like You, Adonai? As David continued: Bless Adonai, O my soul, and let my inner being praise Your holy Name. ך ב ר ל כ ו v chol berech... every knee... based on Isaiah 45: kol atzmotai tomarnah... Let all my bones exclaim... Psalm 35:10 כ ל ע צ מו ת י ת אמ ר נ ה י י ת י א ש נ פ י כ ב ר bar chi nafshi et Adonai... Bless Adonai, O my soul... Psalm 103:1

44 Shabbat Morning Ha-El b taatzumot uzecha, hagadol bichvod sh mecha, hagibor lanetzach v hanora b norotecha, HaMelech hayosheiv al kisei ram v nisa. Shochein ad, marom v kadosh sh mo. V chatuv: Ran nu tzadikim b Adonai, lay sharim navah t hilah. B fi y sharim tit halal. Uv divrei tzadikim titbarach. Uvilshon chasidim titromam. Uv kerev k doshim titkadash. Uv mak halot riv vot amcha, beit Yisrael, b rinah yitpaar shimcha Malkeinu, b chol dor vador. ה א ל ב ת ע צ מו ת ע ז ך, ה ג דו ל ב כ בו ד ש מ ך, ה ג ב ו ר ל נ צ ח ו ה נ ו ר א ב נו ר או ת יך, ה מ ל ך ה י ו ש ב ע ל כ ס א ר ם ו נ ש א. ב רו ך ש א מ ר מ ז מו ר צ ב א ש ר י מ ז מו ר קמ ה מ ז מו ר ק נ נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י י ש ת ב ח ח צ י ק ד יש ש ו כ ן ע ד, מ רו ם ו ק דו ש ש מו. ו כ תו ב ר נ נו צ ד יק ים ב יי, ל י ש ר ים נ או ה ת ה ל ה. ב פ י י ש ר ים ת ת ה ל ל. ו ב ד ב ר י צ ד יק ים ת ת ב ר ך. ו ב ל ש ו ן ח ס יד ים ת ת רו מ ם. ו ב ק ר ב ק דו ש ים ת ת ק ד ש. ו ב מ ק ה לו ת ר ב בו ת ע מ ך, ב ית י ש ר א ל, ב ר נ ה י ת פ א ר ש מ ך מ ל כ נו ב כ ל ד ו ר ו דו ר. O GOD, IN THE POWER of Your strength, great in the glory of Your Name, Mighty forever, Awesome in amazing deeds, the Ruler who sits on a high and exalted throne. O God, Your name is holy and exalted. The Psalmist has said: Rejoice in Adonai, you righteous; praise suits the upright. In the mouths of the upright You will be praised, and in the words of the righteous You will be blessed. In the tongue of the faithful You will be exalted and in the midst of the holy You will be sanctified. In the multitude of choirs of Your people, the House of Israel, Your name is to be glorified in joy in every generation, O our Sovereign. ך ע ז ת מו צ ע ב ת ל א ה Ha-El b taatzumot uzecha... O God, in the power... based on Psalm 68:36 ram v nisa. Shochein... based on Isaiah 57:15 ר ם ו נ ש א. ש ו כ ן ב יי ים ד יק צ נ נו ר Ran nu tzadikim b Adonai... Rejoice in Adonai, you righteous... Psalm 33:1 118

45 Shabbat Morning Baruch She-amar Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 Psalm 150 Nishmat Kol Chai Yishtabach Chatzi Kaddish YISHTABACH shimcha laad Malkeinu, Ha-El HaMelech hagadol v hakadosh bashamayim uvaaretz. Ki l cha na-eh, Adonai Eloheinu v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu, shir ush vachah, haleil v zimrah, oz umemshalah, netzach g dulah ug vurah, t hilah v tiferet, k dushah umalchut, b rachot v hodaot mei-atah v ad olam. י ש ת ב ח ש מ ך ל ע ד מ ל כ נו, ה א ל ה מ ל ך ה ג דו ל ו ה ק דו ש ב ש מ י ם ו ב א ר ץ. כ י ל ך נ א ה, י י א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, ש יר ו ש ב ח ה, ה ל ל ו ז מ ר ה, ע ז ו מ מ ש ל ה, נ צ ח ג ד ל ה ו ג בו ר ה, ת ה ל ה ו ת פ א ר ת, ק ד ש ה ו מ ל כו ת, ב ר כו ת ו הו ד או ת מ ע ת ה ו ע ד עו ל ם. YOU SHALL ALWAYS BE PRAISED, great and holy God, our Sovereign in heaven and on earth. Songs of praise and psalms of adoration become You, acknowledging Your might and Your dominion. Yours are strength and sovereignty, sanctity, grandeur, and glory always. We offer our devotion, open our hearts in acclamation. Baruch atah, Adonai, El Melech gadol batishbachot, El hahodaot, Adon haniflaot, habocheir b shirei zimrah, Melech El chei haolamim. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל מ ל ך ג דו ל ב ת ש ב חו ת, א ל ה הו ד או ת, א דו ן ה נ פ ל או ת, ה ב ו ח ר ב ש יר י ז מ ר ה, מ ל ך א ל ח י ה עו ל מ ים. Praised are You, Sovereign of wonders, crowned in adoration, delighting in song, Eternal Majesty. 119 The first half of ח י ש ת ב Yishtabach contains 15 expressions of praise for God. The last sentence (after י י ה, ת א ב רו ך Baruch atah, Adonai) contains 15 words. Some consider this an allusion to one of the Divine Names,,יה whose numerical value is 15. When we speak the 15 words, we metaphorically praise God s Name.

46 YITGADAL v yitkadash sh meih raba b alma di v ra chiruteih, v yamlich malchuteih b chayeichon uv yomeichon uv chayei d chol beit Yisrael, baagala uvizman kariv, v imru: Amen. Y hei sh meih raba m varach l alam ul almei almaya. Yitbarach v yishtabach v yitpaar v yitromam v yitnasei, v yit hadar v yitaleh v yit halal sh meih d kudsha b rich hu, l eila min kol birchata v shirata, tushb chata v nechemata, daamiran b alma, v imru: Amen. Shabbat Morning ד ל ו י ת ק ד י ת ג ש ש מ ה ר ב א ב ע ל מ א ד י ב ר א כ ר עו ת ה, ו י מ ל יך מ ל כו ת ה ב ח י יכו ן ו ב יו מ יכו ן ו ב ח י י ד כ ל ב ית י ש ר א ל, ב ע ג ל א ו ב ז מ ן ק ר יב, ו א מ רו א מ ן. ב רו ך ש א מ ר מ ז מו ר צ ב א ש ר י מ ז מו ר קמ ה מ ז מו ר ק נ נ ש מ ת כ ל ח י י ש ת ב ח ח צ י ק ד יש י ה א ש מ ה ר ב א מ ב ר ך ל ע ל ם ו ל ע ל מ י ע ל מ י א. י ת ב ר ך ו י ש ת ב ח ו י ת פ א ר ו י ת רו מ ם ו י ת נ ש א, ו י ת ה ד ר ו י ת ע ל ה ו י ת ה ל ל ש מ ה ד ק ד ש א ב ר יך הו א, ל ע ל א מ ן כ ל ב ר כ ת א ו ש יר ת א, ת ש ב ח ת א ו נ ח מ ת א, ד א מ יר ן ב ע ל מ א, ו א מ רו א מ ן. EXALTED and hallowed be God s great name, in the world which God created, according to plan. May God s majesty be revealed in the days of our lifetime and the life of all Israel speedily, imminently. To which we say: Amen. Blessed be God s great name to all eternity. Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One, beyond all earthly words and songs of blessing, praise, and comfort. To which we say: Amen. God can hardly be listening to the actual words of our prayers: how unendingly boring to hear such repetition days without number! And anyone who prays with any regularity or sincerity knows that the same prayers mean different things on different readings. Instead, each prayer is a metaphoric representation of the speaker s heart and mind. Now to God, that is an interesting and unending text, ever-changing, and God is the ultimate reader of nuance and allusion. Adam Sol 120

47 Shabbat Morning Baruch She-amar Psalm 92 Ashrei Psalm 145 Psalm 150 Nishmat Kol Chai Yishtabach Chatzi Kaddish YOU HAVE my attention: which is a tenderness, beyond what I may say. And I have your constancy to something beyond myself. The force of your commitment charges us we live in the sweep of it, taking courage one for the other. WHAT MAKES A FIRE BURN is space between the logs, a breathing space. Too much of a good thing, too many logs packed in too tight can douse the flames almost as surely as a pail of water would. So building fires requires attention to the spaces in between, as much as to the wood. When we are able to build open spaces in the same way we have learned to pile on the logs, then we can come to see how it is fuel, and absence of fuel together, that make the fire possible. We only need to lay a log lightly from time to time. A fire grows simply because the space is there, with openings in which the flame that knows just how it wants to burn can find its way. 121 You have my attention... Denise Levertov What makes a fire burn?... Judy Brown

48 Shabbat Morning ב ר כו יו צ ר BAR CHU et Adonai ham vorach! Baruch Adonai ham vorach l olam va-ed! א ה ב ה ר ב ה ש מ ע ו א ה ב ת ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו ו י אמ ר י י א מ ת ו י צ יב מ י כ מ כ ה ב! ך ב ר מ ה י י ת א כו ר ב רו ך י י ה מ ב ר ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד! שׁ מ ע וּב ר כוֹת יה SH MA UVIRCHOTEHA SH MA AND ITS BLESSINGS PRAISE ADONAI to whom praise is due forever! Praised be Adonai to whom praise is due, now and forever! For those who choose: The prayer leader at the word כו ב ר Bar chu (the call to worship) bends the knees and bows from the waist, and at י י Adonai stands straight. י י ב רו ך Baruch Adonai is the communal response, whereupon the community repeats the choreography of the first line. 122

49 Shabbat Morning Bar chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah Sh ma V ahavta L maan tizk ru Vayomer Adonai Emet v Yatziv BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid shanu b mitzvotav v tzivanu al mitzvat k riat sh ma l hamlicho b leivav shaleim ul yachdo b leiv tov ul ovdo b nefesh chafeitzah. י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר ק ד ש נו ב מ צ ו ת יו ו צ ו נו ע ל מ צ ו ת ק ר יא ת ש מ ע ל ה מ ל יכו ב ל ב ב ש ל ם ו ל י ח ד ו ב ל ב טו ב ו ל ע ב דו ב נ פ ש ח פ צ ה. Mi Chamochah PRAISED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Ruler of the Universe, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us how to recite the Sh ma: to declare wholeheartedly God s rule, to declare earnestly God is One, and to willingly worship God. THREE THINGS there are together in my eye that keep the thought of Thee forever nigh. I think about Thy great and holy name whenever I look up and see the sky. My thoughts are roused to know how I was made, seeing the earth s expanse where I abide. The musings of my mind when I look inside at all times, O my soul, Bless Adonai! What does it mean to be called to worship? All serious activity requires preparation. The prayers and blessings that precede כו ב ר Bar chu are warm-ups for the individual. Now communal prayer begins. The leader asks, Are you ready to pray? And we respond, Yes! Let us pray! adapted from Richard Levy י י ה, ת א ב רו ך Baruch atah, Adonai... Praised are You, Adonai... So important was the recitation of the ש מ ע Sh ma to our ancestors in ל א ר י ש ץ ר א Eretz Yisrael, that they introduced it with a blessing. That blessing fell out of use over a thousand years ago; we reclaim it here as part of our liturgical heritage. Three things there are... Solomn Ibn Gabriol, translated by Raymond Scheindlin 123

50 BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, yotzeir or uvorei choshech, oseh shalom uvorei et hakol. Hamei-ir laaretz v ladarim aleha b rachamim, uv tuvo m chadeish b chol yom tamid maaseih v reishit. Mah rabu maasecha, Adonai, kulam b chochmah asita, mal ah haaretz kinyanecha. Titbarach, Adonai Eloheinu, al shevach maaseih yadecha v al m orei or she-asita, y faarucha selah. Shabbat Morning ב ר כו יו צ ר א ה ב ה ר ב ה ש מ ע ו א ה ב ת ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו ו י אמ ר י י א מ ת ו י צ יב מ י כ מ כ ה י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, יו צ ר או ר ו בו ר א ח ש ך, ע ש ה ש לו ם ו בו ר א א ת ה כ ל. ה מ א יר ל א ר ץ ו ל ד ר ים ע ל יה ב ר ח מ ים, ו ב טו בו מ ח ד ש ב כ ל יו ם ת מ יד מ ע ש ה ב ר אש ית. מ ה ר ב ו מ ע ש יך, י י, כ ל ם ב ח כ מ ה ע ש ית, מ ל א ה ה א ר ץ ק נ י נ יך. ת ת ב ר ך, י י א ל ה ינו, ע ל ש ב ח מ ע ש ה י ד יך ו ע ל מ א ו ר י או ר ש ע ש ית, י פ א ר ו ך ס ל ה. PRAISED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of light and darkness, who makes peace and fashions all things. In mercy, You illumine the world and those who live upon it. In Your goodness You daily renew creation. How numerous are Your works, Adonai! In wisdom, You formed them all, filling the earth with Your creatures. Be praised, Adonai our God, for the excellent work of Your hands, and for the lights You created, may they glorify You. Or chadash al Tzion ta-ir... Shine a new light upon Zion... Classical או ר ח ד ש ע ל צ י ו ן ת א יר Reform prayerbook authors in the Diaspora consistently omitted this line with its mention of Zion from the liturgy because of their opposition to Jewish nationalism. With the restoration of this passage to Mishkan T filah, our movement consciously affirms its devotion to the modern State of Israel and signals its recognition of the religious significance of the reborn Jewish commonwealth. David Ellenson ך ש ח א ר ו בו ר או ר צ יו... י י ה, ת א ב רו ך Baruch atah, Adonai... yotzeir or uvorei choshech... Praised are You, Adonai... Who forms light and creates darkness... based on Isaiah 45:7 Mah rabu... How numerous... Psalm 104:24 מ ה ר ב ו 124

51 Bar chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah Sh ma V ahavta L maan tizk ru Vayomer Adonai Emet v Yatziv Mi Chamochah Shabbat Morning EL ADON al kol hama asim baruch um vorach befi kol haneshama Godlo vetuvo malleh olam da at u tvuna sovevim hodo Hamitga eh al chayot hakodesh venehedar bechavod al hamerkava Zchut u mishor lifnei chis oh Chesed verachamim malleh kvodo Tovim me orot shebera am Eloheinu yetzaram beda at bevinah u vhaskel Ko ach u gvura natan bahem lihiyot moshlim bekerev teiveil Mele im ziv u mefikim noga na eh zivam bechol ha olam Smechim betzetam vesasim bevo am osim be emah retzon koneihem P eir vechavod notnim lishmo tzahola verina lezeicher malchuto Kara lashemesh vayizrach or Ra ah vehitkin tzurat halevana Shevach notenim lo kol tzva marom Tiferet u gdula serafim ve ofanim vechayot hakodesh א ל א דו ן ע ל כ ל ה מ ע ש ים ב רו ך ו מ ב ר ך ב פ י כ ל ה נ ש מ ה ג ד לו ו טו בו מ ל א עו ל ם ד ע ת ו ת בו נ ה סו ב ב ים הו ד ו ה מ ת ג א ה ע ל ח י ו ת ה ק ד ש ו נ ה ד ר ב כ בו ד ע ל ה מ ר כ ב ה ז כו ת ו מ יש ו ר ל פ נ י כ ס א ו ח ס ד ו ר ח מ ים מ ל א כ בו ד ו טו ב ים מ או רו ת ש ב ר אם א ל ה ינו י צ ר ם ב ד ע ת ב ב ינ ה ו ב ה ש כ ל כ ח ו ג בו ר ה נ ת ן ב ה ם ל ה יו ת מו ש ל ים ב ק ר ב ת ב ל מ ל א ים ז יו ו מ פ יק ים נ ג ה נ א ה ז יו ם ב כ ל ה עו ל ם ש מ ח ים ב צ את ם ו ש ש ים ב בו א ם עו ש ים ב א ימ ה ר צו ן קו נ יה ם פ א ר ו כ בו ד נו ת נ ים ל ש מ ו צ ה ל ה ו ר נ ה ל ז כ ר מ ל כו ת ו ק ר א ל ש מ ש ו י ז ר ח או ר ר א ה ו ה ת ק ין צו ר ת ה ל ב נ ה ש ב ח נו ת נ ים לו כ ל צ ב א מ רו ם ת פ א ר ת ו ג ד ל ה ש ר פ ים ו או פ נ ים ו ח י ו ת ה ק ד ש או ר ח ד ש ע ל צ י ו ן ת א יר, ו נ ז כ ה כ ל נו מ ה ר ה ל או רו. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, יו צ ר ה מ או רו ת. Or chadash al Tzion tair, v nizkeh chulanu m heirah l oro. Baruch atah, Adonai, yotzeir ham orot. Shine a new light upon Zion, that we all may swiftly merit its radiance. Praised are You, Adonai, Creator of all heavenly lights. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, יו צ ר ה מ או רו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, yotzeir ham orot. The Architect of the universe creates anew each day. Therefore each day is an utterly new creation. Take as much as you can from what each day has to offer. Nachman of Bratzlav 125

52 AHAVAH rabah ahavtanu, Adonai Eloheinu, chemlah g dolah viteirah chamalta aleinu. Avinu malkeinu, ba-avur avoteinu v imoteinu shebat chu v cha vat lamdeim chukei chayim, kein t choneinu ut lamdeinu. Avinu ha av harachaman, ham racheim, racheim aleinu, v tein b libeinu l havin ul haskil, lishmo-a, lilmod ul lameid, lishmor v laasot ul kayeim et kol divrei talmud Toratecha b ahavah. Shabbat Morning HOW DEEPLY You have loved us Adonai, our God, gracing us with surpassing compassion! On account of our forebears whose trust led You to teach them the laws of life, be gracious to us, teaching us as well. O Merciful One, have mercy on us by making us able to understand and discern, to heed, learn, and teach, and, lovingly, to observe, perform, and fulfill all that is in Your Torah. ב ר כו יו צ ר א ה ב ה ר ב ה ש מ ע ו א ה ב ת ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו ו י אמ ר י י א מ ת ו י צ יב מ י כ מ כ ה א ה ב ה ר ב ה א ה ב ת נו, י י א ל ה ינו, ח מ ל ה ג דו ל ה ו ית ר ה ח מ ל ת ע ל ינו. א ב ינו מ ל כ נו, ב ע בו ר א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו ש ב ט חו ב ך ו ת ל מ ד ם ח ק י ח י ים, כ ן ת ח נ נו ו ת ל מ ד נו. א ב ינו ה א ב ה ר ח מ ן, ה מ ר ח ם, ר ח ם ע ל ינו, ו ת ן ב ל ב נו ל ה ב ין ו ל ה ש כ יל, ל ש מ ע, ל ל מ ד ו ל ל מ ד, ל ש מ ר ו ל ע ש ו ת ו ל ק י ם א ת כ ל ד ב ר י ת ל מו ד ת ו ר ת ך ב א ה ב ה. V ha-eir eineinu b Toratecha, v dabeik libeinu b mitzvotecha, v yacheid l vaveinu l ahavah Enlighten our eyes with Your Torah, focus our minds on Your mitzvot, unite our hearts in love and reverence for Your Name. Then we will never feel shame, never deserve rebuke, and never stumble. Having trusted in Your great and awesome holiness, we shall celebrate Your salvation with joy. Gather us in peace from the four corners of the earth and lead us upright to our land. For You, O God, work wonders. You chose us. Truly, You drew us near to Your Great Name, that we might acknowledge You, declaring You One in love. Praised be You, Adonai, who chooses Your people Israel in love. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה ב ו ח ר ב ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב א ה ב ה. ul yirah et sh mecha, v lo neivosh v lo nikaleim, v lo nikasheil l olam va-ed. Ki v sheim kodsh cha hagadol v hanora batachnu, nagilah v nism chah bishuatecha. Vahavi-einu l shalom mei-arba kanfot haaretz, v tolicheinu kom miyut l artzeinu. Ki El po-eil y shuot atah, uvanu vacharta v keiravtanu l shimcha hagadol selah be-emet, l hodot l cha ul yachedcha b ahavah. Baruch atah, Adonai, habocheir b amo Yisrael b ahavah. ו ה א ר ע ינ ינו ב תו ר ת ך, ו ד ב ק ל ב נו ב מ צ ו ת יך, ו י ח ד ל ב ב נו ל א ה ב ה ו ל י ר א ה א ת ש מ ך, ו ל א נ בו ש ו ל א נ כ ל ם, ו ל א נ כ ש ל ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. כ י ב ש ם ק ד ש ך ה ג דו ל ו ה נ ו ר א. ך ת ב יש ו ע ה ח מ נ ש ו ה נ ג יל נו, ח ב ט ו ה ב יא נו ל ש לו ם מ א ר ב ע כ נ פו ת ה א ר ץ, ו תו ל יכ נו קו מ מ י ו ת ל א ר צ נו. כ י א ל פ ו ע ל י ש ו עו ת א ת ה, ו ב נו ב ח ר ת ו ק ר ב ת נו ל ש מ ך ה ג דו ל ס ל ה ב א מ ת, ל הו דו ת ל ך ו ל י ח ד ך ב א ה ב ה. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך ה ב ו ח ר ב ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב א ה ב ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, habocheir b amo Yisrael b ahavah. 126

53 Shabbat Morning Bar chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah Sh ma V ahavta L maan tizk ru Vayomer Adonai Emet v Yatziv Mi Chamochah ONCE OR TWICE in a lifetime, a man or woman may choose a radical leaving, having heard Lech l cha Go forth. God disturbs us toward our destiny by hard events and by freedom s now urgent voice which explode and confirm who we are. We don t like leaving, but God loves becoming. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה ב ו ח ר ב ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב א ה ב ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, habocheir b amo Yisrael b ahavah. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR as yourself, You said. And light-blinded we saw that inner and outer worlds are one as You are One. You spoke and we wrote. We reached for You down the centuries, Your light moving before us as we climbed, fell back and climbed again Your Sinai of life. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה ב ו ח ר ב ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב א ה ב ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, habocheir b amo Yisrael b ahavah. 127 For those who choose: At the words ל ש לו ם ו ה ב יא נו V havi-einu l shalom, Gather us in peace, one gathers the four fringes of the tallit in the left hand and holds them throughout the ע ש מ Sh ma to symbolize the ingathering of our people. Without surrendering the right to think and act in freedom... I can believe in a very literal sense in the God who revealed the Torah to Israel. And I can try to carry on the Jewish tradition of study, worship, and deeds of love. Bernard J. Bamberger Teach me, O God, and I will walk in Your truth; let my heart cling to You in full awe. based on Psalm 86:11 Once or twice in a lifetime... Norman Hirsh Love your neighbor... Judi Neri

54 שמע ישראל יהוה ש מ ע י ש ר א ל, י הו ה א ל ה ינו, י הו ה א ח ד! Sh ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad! Hear, O Israel, Adonai is our God, Adonai is One! Sh ma Yisrael... Hear, O Israel... Deuteronomy 6:4 ש מ ע י ש ר א ל 128

55 אלהינו יהוה אחד ב רו ך ש ם כ בו ד מ ל כו תו ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. Baruch shem k vod malchuto l olam va-ed. Blessed is God s glorious majesty forever and ever. 129 The enlarged ע ayin at the end of שמע Sh ma (Hear) and the enlarged ד dalet at the end of eid (witness). We recite the Sh ma to bear witness to the עד echad (one) combine to spell אחד Oneness of God. Baruch shem k vod... Blessed is God s glorious... M. Yoma 3:8, inspired by Nehemiah 9:5 ב רו ך ש ם כ בו ד

56 V AHAVTA et Adonai Elohecha, b chol l vav cha 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. Shabbat Morning ב ר כו יו צ ר א ה ב ה ר ב ה ש מ ע ו א ה ב ת ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו ו י אמ ר י י א מ ת ו י צ יב מ י כ מ כ ה ו ה ב תּ א ת י י א ל ה יך בּ כ ל ל ב ב ך וּב כ ל נ פ שׁ ך וּב כ ל מ א ד ך ו ה יוּ ה דּ ב ר ים ה א לּ ה א שׁ ר נ כ י מ צ וּ ך ה יּוֹם ע ל ל ב ב ך ו שׁ נּ נ תּ ם ל ב נ יך ו ד בּ ר תּ בּ ם בּ שׁ ב תּ ך בּ ב ית ך וּב ל כ תּ ך ב דּ ר ך וּ ב שׁ כ בּ ך וּב קוּמ ך וּק שׁ ר תּ ם ל אוֹת ע ל י ד ך ו ה יוּ ל ט ט פ ת בּ ין ע ינ יך וּכ ת ב תּ ם ע ל מ ז זוֹת בּ ית ך וּב שׁ ע ר יך YOU SHALL LOVE Adonai your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. Take to heart these instructions with which I charge you this day. Impress them upon your children. Recite them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up. Bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead; inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. L maan tizk ru, vaasitem 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. Continue, turn to page 131. ל מ ע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ ו ע שׂ ית ם א ת כּ ל מ צ ו ת י ו ה י ית ם ק ד שׁ ים ל אל ה יכ ם א נ י י י א ל ה יכ ם א שׁ ר הוֹצ את י א ת כ ם מ א ר ץ מ צ ר י ם ל ה יוֹת ל כ ם ל אל ה ים א נ י י י א ל ה יכ ם Thus you shall remember to observe all My commandments and to be holy to your God. I am Adonai, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Adonai your God. י י א ל ה יכ ם א מ ת. Adonai Eloheichem EMET. Turn to page 134. For those who choose: At the end of the ש מ ע Sh ma, after the words ם יכ ל ה א י י Adonai Eloheichem, the word ת א מ emet ( true ) is added as an immediate affirmation of its truth. ת ב ה א ו V ahavta... You shall love... Deuteronomy 6:5 9 15:40 41 L maan tizk ru... Thus you shall remember... Numbers ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו 130

57 Bar chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah Sh ma V ahavta L maan tizk ru Vayomer Adonai Emet v Yatziv Mi Chamochah Shabbat Morning V HAYA im shamo-a tish m u el mitzvotai asher anochi m tzaveh etchem hayom l ahavah et Adonai Eloheichem ul avdo b chol l vavchem uv chol nafsh chem. V natati m tar artz chem b ito yoreh umalkosh v asafta d ganecha v tirosh cha v yitzhrecha. V natati eshev b sad cha livhemtecha v achalta v savata. Hishamru lachem pen yifteh l vavchem v sartem vaavad tam elohim acheirim v hishtachavitem lahem. V charah af Adonai bachem v atzar et hashamayim v lo yihyeh matar v haadamah lo titen et y vulah vaavadtem m heirah mei-al haaretz hatovah asher Adonai notein lachem. V samtem et d varei eileh al l vavchem v al nafsh chem ukshartem otam l ot al yedchem v hayu l totafot bein eineichem. V limad tem otam et b neichem l dabeir bam b shivtcha b veitecha u vlech techa vaderech uv shachb cha uv kumecha. Uchtavtam al mezzuzot beitecha uvishaarecha. L maan yirbu y meichem vimei v neichem al haadamah asher nishba Adonai laavoteichem latet lahem kimei hashamayim al haaretz. ו ה י ה א ם ש מ ע ת ש מ עו א ל מ צ ו ת י א ש ר א נ כ י מ צ ו ה א ת כ ם ה י ו ם ל א ה ב ה א ת י הו ה א ל ה יכ ם ו ל ע ב דו ב כ ל ל ב ב כ ם ו ב כ ל נ פ ש כ ם. ו נ ת ת י מ ט ר א ר צ כ ם ב ע ת ו יו ר ה ו מ ל קו ש ו א ס פ ת ד ג נ ך ו ת יר ש ך ו י צ ה ר ך. ו נ ת ת י ע ש ב ב ש ד ך ל ב ה מ ת ך ו א כ ל ת ו ש ב ע ת. ה ש מ רו ל כ ם פ ן י פ ת ה ל ב ב כ ם ו ס ר ת ם ו ע ב ד ת ם א ל ה ים א ח ר ים ו ה ש ת ח ו ית ם ל ה ם. ו ח ר ה א ף י הו ה ב כ ם ו ע צ ר א ת ה ש מ י ם ו ל א י ה י ה מ ט ר ו ה א ד מ ה ל א ת ת ן א ת י בו ל ה ו א ב ד ת ם מ ה ר ה מ ע ל ה א ר ץ ה ט ב ה א ש ר י הו ה נ ת ן ל כ ם. ו ש מ ת ם א ת ד ב ר י א ל ה ע ל ל ב ב כ ם ו ע ל נ פ ש כ ם ו ק ש ר ת ם א ת ם ל או ת ע ל י ד כ ם ו ה יו ל ט ו ט פ ת ב ין ע ינ יכ ם. ו ל מ ד ת ם א ת ם א ת ב נ יכ ם ל ד ב ר ב ם ב ש ב ת ך ב ב ית ך ו ב ל כ ת ך ב ד ר ך ו ב ש כ ב ך ו ב קו מ ך. ו כ ת ב ת ם ע ל מ זו זו ת ב ית ך ו ב ש ע ר יך. ל מ ע ן י ר ב ו י מ יכ ם ו ימ י ב נ יכ ם ע ל ה א ד מ ה א ש ר נ ש ב ע י הו ה ל א ב ת יכ ם ל ת ת ל ה ם כ ימ י ה ש מ י ם ע ל ה א ר ץ. If, then, you obey the commandments that I enjoin upon you this day, loving Adonai your God and serving God with all your heart and soul, I will grant the rain for your land in season, the early rain and the late. You shall gather in your new grain and wine and oil I will also provide grass in the fields for your cattle and thus you shall eat your fill. Take care not to be lured away to serve other gods and bow to them. For Adonai s anger will flare up against you, and God will shut up the skies so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its produce; and you will soon perish from the good land that Adonai is assigning to you. Therefore impress these My words upon your very heart: bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead, and teach them to your children reciting them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up; and inscribe them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates to the end that you and your children may endure, in the land that Adonai swore to your ancestors to assign to them, as long as there is a heaven over the earth. 131 Turn to page 132.

58 VAYOMER Adonai el Moshe leimor: Dabeir el b nei Yisrael 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 vaasitem otam v lo taturu acharei l vavchem v acharei eineichem asher atem zonim achareihem. Shabbat Morning ב ר כו יו צ ר א ה ב ה ר ב ה ש מ ע ו א ה ב ת ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו ו י אמ ר י י א מ ת ו י צ יב מ י כ מ כ ה ו יּ אמ ר י י א ל מ שׁ ה לּ אמ ר דּ בּ ר א ל בּ נ י י שׂ ר א ל ו מ ר תּ א ל ה ם ו ע שׂוּ ל ה ם צ יצ ת ע ל כּ נ פ י ב ג ד יה ם ל ד ר ת ם ו נ ת נוּ ע ל צ יצ ת ה כּ נ ף פּ ת יל תּ כ ל ת ו ה י ה ל כ ם ל צ יצ ת וּר א ית ם א תוֹ וּז כ ר תּ ם א ת כּ ל מ צ וֹת י י ו ע שׂ ית ם א ת ם ו ל א ת תוּרוּ ח ר י ל ב ב כ ם ו ח ר י ע ינ יכ ם א שׁ ר תּ ם ז נ ים ח ר יה ם ADONAI SAID TO MOSES as follows: Speak to the Israelite people and instruct them to make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments throughout the ages; let them attach a cord of blue to the fringe at each corner. That shall be your fringe; look at it and recall all the commandments of Adonai and observe them, so that you do not follow your heart and eyes in your lustful urge. L maan tizk ru, vaasitem 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. ל מ ע ן תּ ז כּ רוּ ו ע שׂ ית ם א ת כּ ל מ צ ו ת י ו ה י ית ם ק ד שׁ ים ל אל ה יכ ם א נ י י י א ל ה יכ ם א שׁ ר הוֹצ את י א ת כ ם מ א ר ץ מ צ ר י ם ל ה יוֹת ל כ ם ל אל ה ים א נ י י י א ל ה יכ ם Thus you shall remember to observe all My commandments and to be holy to your God. I am Adonai, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Adonai your God. י י א ל ה יכ ם א מ ת. Adonai Eloheichem EMET. For those who choose: At the word ת יצ צ tzitzit ( fringes ) and at the final word ת א מ emet ( truth ), one brings the tzitzit to one s lips. 15:37 39 Vayomer Adonai el Moshe... Adonai said to Moses... Numbers ו י אמ ר י י א ל מ ש ה 15:40 41 L maan tizk ru... Thus you shall remember... Numbers ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו 132

59 Shabbat Morning Bar chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah Sh ma V ahavta L maan tizk ru Vayomer Adonai Emet v Yatziv Mi Chamochah IF PEOPLE FALL, can they not also rise? If they break away, can they not return? The stork in the sky knows when to migrate, the dove and the swallow know the season of return. What human instinct knows the time to turn back? What cue sparks the conscience of the soul? We pray to sense this day anew, attuned to the call of sacred living. LIFE WITHOUT INTEGRITY is like loosely hanging threads, easily fraying from the main cloth, while in acts of piety we learn to understand that every instant is like a thread raveling out of eternity to form a delicate tassel. We must not cast off the threads but weave them into the design of an eternal fabric. Each day points to eternity; the fate of all time depends upon a single moment. The instruction to wear ת יצ צ tzitzit follows the faithless behavior of the scouts and the defiance of the woodgatherer on Shabbat (Numbers 15). Gazing upon the ת יצ צ tzitzit reminds us to avoid wrongful behavior. If people fall... Elyse Frishman, based on Jeremiah 8:4, Life without integrity is like... Abraham Joshua Heschel, adapted

60 EMET v yatziv v ahuv v chaviv v nora v adir v tov v yafeh hadavar hazeh aleinu l olam va-ed. Emet, Elohei olam Malkeinu, tzur Yaakov, magein yisheinu. L dor vador hu kayam ush mo kayam v chiso nachon umalchuto ve-emunato laad kayamet. Ud varav chayim v kayamim, ne-emanim v nechemadim laad ul olmei olamim. MiMitzrayim g altanu, Adonai Eloheinu, umibeit avadim p ditanu. Al zot shib chu ahuvim v rom mu El, v natnu y didim z mirot shirot v tishbachot, b rachot v hodaot l Melech El chai v kayam. Ram v nisa, gadol v nora, mashpil gei-im umagbi-ah sh falim, motzi asirim ufodeh anavim v ozeir dalim v oneh l amo b eit shavam. T hilot l El elyon, baruch hu um vorach. Moshe umiryam uv nei Yisrael l cha anu shirah b simchah rabah v amru chulam: Shabbat Morning ב ר כו יו צ ר א ה ב ה ר ב ה ש מ ע ו א ה ב ת ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו ו י אמ ר י י א מ ת ו י צ יב מ י כ מ כ ה יב ו א הו ב ו ח ב יב ו נו ר א ו א ד יר ו טו ב ו י פ ה ה ד ב ר ה ז ה ע ל ינו ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. א מ ת, א ל ה י עו ל ם מ ל כ נו, צו ר י ע ק ב, מ ג ן י ש ע נו. ל ד ר ו ד ר הו א ק י ם ו ש מו ק י ם ו כ ס או נ כו ן ו מ ל כו תו ו א מו נ תו ל ע ד ק י מ ת. ו ד ב ר יו ח י ים ו ק י מ ים, נ א מ נ ים ו נ ח מ ד ים ל ע ד ו ל עו ל מ י עו ל מ ים. מ מ צ ר י ם ג א ל ת נו, י י א ל ה ינו, ו מ ב ית ע ב ד ים פ ד ית נו. ע ל ז את ש ב חו א הו ב ים ו רו מ מו א ל, ו נ ת נו י ד יד ים ז מ ירו ת ש ירו ת ו ת ש ב חו ת, ב ר כו ת ו הו ד או ת ל מ ל ך א ל ח י ו ק י ם. ר ם ו נ ש א, ג דו ל ו נו ר א, מ ש פ יל ג א ים ו מ ג ב יה ש פ ל ים, מו צ יא א ס יר ים ו פו ד ה ע נ ו ים ו עו ז ר ד ל ים ו עו נ ה ל ע מ ו ב ע ת ש ו ע ם. ת ה ל ו ת ל א ל ע ל יו ן, ב רו ך הו א ו מ ב ר ך. מ ש ה ו מ ר י ם ו ב נ י י ש ר א ל ל ך ע נו ש יר ה ב ש מ ח ה ר ב ה ו א מ רו כ ל ם א מ ת ו י צ FOR US, this eternal teaching is true and enduring, beloved and precious, awesome, good and beautiful. The God of the universe is truly our Sovereign, the Rock of Jacob, our Protecting Shield. God endures through all generations; God s name persists; God s throne is firm; God s sovereignty and faithfulness last forever. God s words live and endure, faithful and precious for eternity. From Egypt You redeemed us, freeing us from bondage. For that, Your beloved sang praise, exalting You. Your dear ones offered hymns, songs, praise, blessing, and thanksgiving to You as Sovereign, the living and enduring God. High and exalted, great and awesome, God ever humbles the proud, raises the lowly, frees the imprisoned, redeems the afflicted, helps the oppressed, answering our people when we cry out. Praise to God Most High; blessed is God and deserving of blessing! In great joy, Moses, Miriam and Israel responded with song to You, all of them proclaiming: 134

61 Shabbat Morning Bar chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah Sh ma V ahavta L maan tizk ru Vayomer Adonai Emet v Yatziv Mi Chamochah EMET, there is no place א מ ת where You are not; even in the wilderness there is Your word. lightning, EMET, that pen strokes of א מ ת white fire, black flame, stir the soul s passion, guide our sacred way. True and enduring is Torah. Your truth for us is certain and established, now and forever more. Like Moses, Miriam and all Israel, we sing out and rejoice! THE ETERNAL TRUTH is that You alone are God and there is none else. May the righteous of all nations rejoice in Your love and exult in Your justice. Let them beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Let nation not lift up sword against nation nor learn war any more. You shall not hate your brother or your sister in your heart. The stranger that sojourns with you shall be accepted as your equal, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. Why do you crush My people and oppress the poor? asks God. We know that the Eternal One defends the poor and upholds the rights of the needy. Praise to God Most High; blessed is God and deserving of blessing! Alef-Mem-Tav are the first, middle ת,מ,א Emet... true... In Hebrew, the three letters א מ ת and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Truth is all-inclusive. Elyse D. Frishman MiMitzrayim g altanu... From Egypt You redeemed us... Prayers of מ מ צ ר י ם ג א ל ת נו thanksgiving, addressed to God, are not meant to imply that God does not work through human channels. Roland B. Gittelsohn Emet, there is no place.. Elyse Frishman א מ ת The eternal truth... Solomon ben Isaac 135

62 MI CHAMOCHAH ba-eilim, Adonai! Mi kamochah nedar bakodesh, nora t hilot, oseih fele! Shirah chadashah shib chu g ulim l shimcha al s fat hayam. Yachad kulam hodu v himlichu v amru: Adonai yimloch l olam va-ed. Tzur Yisrael, kumah b ezrat Yisrael uf deih chinumecha Y hudah v Yisrael. Go-aleinu Adonai Tz vaot sh mo, k dosh Yisrael. Baruch atah, Adonai, gaal Yisrael. Shabbat Morning ב ר כו יו צ ר א ה ב ה ר ב ה ש מ ע ו א ה ב ת ל מ ע ן ת ז כ רו ו י אמ ר י י א מ ת ו י צ יב מ י כ מ כ ה מ י כ מ כ ה ב י י! ם, ל א מ י כ מ כ ה נ א ד ר ב ק ד ש, נו ר א ת ה ל ת, ע ש ה פ ל א! ש יר ה ח ד ש ה ש ב חו ג או ל ים ל ש מ ך ע ל ש פ ת ה י ם. י ח ד כ ל ם הו דו ו ה מ ל יכו ו א מ רו י י י מ ל ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. צו ר י ש ר א ל, ק ו מ ה ב ע ז ר ת י ש ר א ל ו פ ד ה כ נ א מ ך י הו ד ה ו י ש ר א ל. ג א ל נו י י צ ב או ת ש מו, ק דו ש י ש ר א ל. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ג א ל י ש ר א ל. WHO IS LIKE YOU, O God, among the gods that are worshipped? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, working wonders? With new song, inspired, at the shore of the Sea, the redeemed sang Your praise. In unison they all offered thanks. Acknowledging Your Sovereignty, they said: Adonai will reign forever! Rock of Israel, rise in support of Israel and redeem Judah and Israel as You promised. Our Redeemer, Adonai Tz vaot is Your Name. Blessed are You, Adonai, for redeeming Israel. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ג א ל י ש ר א ל. Baruch atah, Adonai, gaal Yisrael. For those who choose: When the prayer leader recites the word ק ו מ ה kumah ( rise ), the congregation rises for the ה יד מ ע Amidah, the Standing Prayer. Mi chamochah... Who is like You... Exodus 15:11 מ י כ מ כ ה Adonai yimloch l olam va-ed... Adonai will reign forever... Exodus 15:18 י י י מ ל ך ל ע ל ם ו ע ד It is not enough to be concerned for the life to come. Our immediate concern must be with justice and compassion in life here and now, with human dignity, welfare, and security. Abraham J. Heschel 136

63 Shabbat Morning Bar chu Yotzeir Ahavah Rabbah Sh ma V ahavta L maan tizk ru Vayomer Adonai Emet v Yatziv Mi Chamochah THE GOOD IN US will win, over all the wickedness, over all the wrongs we have done. We will look back at the pages of written history, and be amazed, and then we will laugh and sing, and the good that is in us, children in their cradles, will have won. Our hearts beat with certainty that there is a day and an hour, and a mountain called Zion, and that all of the sufferings will gather there and become song, ringing out into every corner of the earth, from end to end, and the nations will hear it, and like the caravans in the desert will all to that morning throng. AND THE WOMEN dancing with their timbrels Followed Miriam as she sang her song Sing a song to the One whom we ve exalted. Miriam and the women danced and danced the whole night long. And Miriam was a weaver of unique variety. The tapestry she wove was one which sang our history. With every thread and every strand she crafted her delight. A woman touched with spirit, she dances toward the light. As Miriam stood upon the shores and gazed across the sea, The wonder of this miracle she soon came to believe. Whoever thought the sea would part with an outstretched hand, And we would pass to freedom, and march to the promised land. And Miriam the Prophet took her timbrel in her hand, And all the women followed her just as she had planned. And Miriam raised her voice with song. She sang with praise and might, We ve just lived through a miracle, we re going to dance tonight. 137 The good in us will win... Hugh Nissenson, adapted Miriam s Song... And the women dancing... Debbie Friedman Egypt is symbolic of any bondage, any slavery. In singing the Song at the Sea, we sing our present experience of redemption as well as the historic redemption of Israel from Egypt in our past. Every day, said the Rabbis, we are sold into slavery; every day we are delivered; and every day we experience the miraculous as real as that at the Sea. Herbert Bronstein

64 Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב תּ פ לּ ה T FILAH ADONAI, s fatai tiftach, ufi yagid t hilatecha. א ד נ י, ש פ ת י ת פ ת ח, ו פ י י ג יד ת ה ל ת ך. ADONAI, open up my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise. For those who choose: Before reciting the ת פ ל ה T filah, one takes three steps forward. Adonai s fatai tiftach... Adonai, open up my lips... Psalm 51:17 א ד נ י, ש פ ת י ת פ ת ח 138

65 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah PRAY AS IF everything depended on God. Act as if everything depended on you. K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev O GOD, YOU ARE as near as the very air we breathe, yet farther than the farthermost star. We yearn to reach You. We seek the light and warmth of Your Presence. Though we say You are near, we are lonely and alone. O let our desire be so strong that it will tear the veil that keeps You from our sight! Let Your light release our darkness and reveal the glory and joy of Your Presence. As the fish gives himself to the sea, as the bird gives herself to the air, so may we give ourselves to You. PRAYER INVITES God s presence to suffuse our spirits, God s will to prevail in our lives. Prayer may not bring water to parched fields, nor mend a broken bridge, nor rebuild a ruined city. But prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, rebuild a weakened will. Pray as if everything depended... Ferdinand Isserman O God, You are as near... Chaim Stern, adapted Prayer invites... Abraham Joshua Heschel, adapted 139 Kavanah is the clearing of the mind of all private or selfish thoughts. Maimonides Rabbi Ammi taught: A person s prayer is not acceptable unless one s heart is in one s hands. Taanit 8a

66 BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu, Elohei Avraham, Elohei Yitzchak v Elohei Yaakov, Elohei Sarah, Elohei Rivkah, Elohei Rachel v Elohei Leah. Ha-El hagadol hagibor v hanora, El elyon, gomeil chasadim tovim, v koneih hakol, v zocheir chasdei avot v imahot, umeivi g ulah livnei v neihem l maan sh mo b ahavah. *Shabbat Shuvah Zochreinu l chayim, Melech chafeitz bachayim, v chotveinu b sefer hachayim, l maancha Elohim chayim. Melech ozeir umoshia umagen. Baruch atah, Adonai, magein Avraham v ezrat Sarah. Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב ב רו ך א ת ה, י י א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, א ל ה י א ב ר ה ם, א ל ה י י צ ח ק ו אל ה י י ע ק ב, א ל ה י ש ר ה, א ל ה י ר ב ק ה, א ל ה י ר ח ל ו אל ה י ל א ה. ה א ל ה ג דו ל ה ג ב ו ר ו ה נ ו ר א, א ל ע ל יו ן, ג ו מ ל ח ס ד ים טו ב ים, ו קו נ ה ה כ ל, ו זו כ ר ח ס ד י א בו ת ו א מ הו ת, ו מ ב יא ג א ל ה ל ב נ י ב נ יה ם ל מ ע ן ש מו ב א ה ב ה. Shabbat Shuvah* ז כ ר נו ל ח י ים, מ ל ך ח פ ץ ב ח י ים, ו כ ת ב נו ב ס פ ר ה ח י ים, ל מ ע נ ך א ל ה ים ח י ים. מ ל ך עו ז ר ו מו ש יע ו מ ג ן. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך מ ג ן א ב ר ה ם ו ע ז ר ת ש ר ה. BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, God of our fathers and mothers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, God of Sarah, God of Rebecca, God of Rachel, and God of Leah, the great, mighty and awesome God, transcendent God who bestows lovingkindness, creates everything out of love, remembers the love of our fathers and mothers, and brings redemption to their children s children for the sake of the Divine Name. *Shabbat Shuvah Remember us for life, O Sovereign who delights in life, and inscribe us in the Book of Life, for Your sake, Living God. Sovereign, Deliverer, Helper and Shield, Blessed are You, Adonai, Sarah s Helper, Abraham s Shield. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ג ן א ב ר ה ם ו ע ז ר ת ש ר ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, magein Avraham v ezrat Sarah. *Shabbat Shuvah: The Shabbat between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. For those who choose: At the beginning and end of the blessing, one bends the knees and bows from the waist at the word ב רו ך Baruch and stands straight at the word י י Adonai. The content of this prayer has to do with the merit of our ancestors. This is traditionally conceived of as a sort of bank account into which the Patriarchs and Matriarchs deposited funds of righteousness that were so great that they covered all future generations. Judith Z. Abrams 140

67 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev OUR FATHERS AND MOTHERS PRAYED, each through their own experience of God, each through their own visions which we have come to share. Abraham with the fervor of justice, pleaded the cause of cities. Sarah, in the pain of waiting, dared to hope for new life. Isaac, meditating alone in the field, lifted his eyes to find love. Rebecca asked for the ability to discern God s call. Jacob climbed the rungs of his night into heaven, seeking destiny. Leah dreamed of love; and Rachel sought harmony. We as they seek God s Presence. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ג ן א ב ר ה ם ו ע ז ר ת ש ר ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, magein Avraham v ezrat Sarah. IT WAS THE DAY You defended Abraham, the very day You took note of Sarah: the pledge of the covenant, crystal grains, stars of heaven, pinpricks of fire to flame eternal. Radiating from the past, Your promise lights the future. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, פ ו ק ד ש ר ה ו מ ג ן א ב ר ה ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, pokeid Sarah u magein Avraham. Our fathers and mothers prayer... Richard Levy, adapted It was the day... Elyse Frishman the word of Adonai came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am a shield to you and your reward shall be very great... Look to the heaven and count the stars... So shall your offspring be. And because he put his trust in God, God reckoned it to his merit. Genesis 15:1,5,6 We are shaped by those who came before us. As an acorn is formed by the tree that preceded it, yet gives rise to a tree uniquely its own, so we are formed by our ancestors, yet give rise to a Judaism uniquely ours. Rami Shapiro Why God of Abraham, God of Isaac... God of Sarah? Why not God of Abraham, Isaac... and Sarah? Each of our ancestral parents shared a relationship with the One God; yet each relationship was different. Why not God of Abraham and Sarah, God of Isaac and Rebecca...? Though they were bound to each other through the covenant of marriage, each also was bound individually to the covenant with God. In difficult moments of our lives we turn to God to help and sustain us. The classic chatimah (conclusion) to the Avot/Imahot prayer evokes God as Abraham s shield. In this egalitarian version we evoke Genesis 21:1 where God takes note of Sarah ד),פ ו ק pokeid) as she struggles with infertility. The chatimah, as with the rest of the prayer, indicates that each of us experiences God differently.

68 ATAH gibor l olam, Adonai, m chayeih hakol (meitim) atah, rav l hoshia. *Winter Mashiv haruach umorid hagashem. *Summer Morid hatal. M chalkeil chayim b chesed, m chayeih hakol (meitim) b rachamim rabim, someich noflim, v rofei cholim, umatir asurim, um kayeim emunato lisheinei afar. Mi chamocha baal g vurot umi domeh lach, melech meimit um chayeh umatzmiach y shuah. Shabbat Shuvah Mi chamocha El harachamim, zocheir y tzurav l chayim b rachamim. V ne-eman atah l hachayot hakol (meitim). Baruch atah, Adonai, m chayeih hakol (hameitim). Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב א ת ה ג ב ו ר ל עו ל ם, א ד נ י, מ ח י ה ה כ ל )מ ת ים( א ת ה, ר ב ל הו ש יע. Winter* מ ש יב ה ר ו ח ו מו ר יד ה ג ש ם. Summer* מו ר יד ה ט ל. מ כ ל כ ל ח י ים ב ח ס ד, מ ח י ה ה כ ל )מ ת ים( ב ר ח מ ים ר ב ים, סו מ ך נו פ ל ים, ו רו פ א חו ל ים, ו מ ת יר א סו ר ים, ו מ ק י ם א מו נ תו ל יש נ י ע פ ר. מ י כ מ ו ך ב ע ל ג בו רו ת ו מ י ד ו מ ה ל ך, מ ל ך מ מ ית ו מ ח י ה ו מ צ מ יח י ש ו ע ה. Shabbat Shuvah מ י כ מ ו ך א ב ה ר ח מ ים, זו כ ר י צו ר יו ל ח י ים ב ר ח מ ים. ו נ א מ ן א ת ה ל ה ח יו ת ה כ ל )מ ת ים(. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ח י ה ה כ ל )ה מ ת ים(. YOU ARE FOREVER MIGHTY, Adonai; You give life to all (revive the dead). *Winter You cause the wind to shift and rain to fall. *Summer You rain dew upon us. You sustain life through love, giving life to all (reviving the dead) through great compassion, supporting the fallen, healing the sick, freeing the captive, keeping faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, Source of mighty acts? Who resembles You, a Sovereign who takes and gives life, causing deliverance to spring up and faithfully giving life to all (reviving that which is dead)? Shabbat Shuvah Who is like You, Compassionate God, who mercifully remembers Your creatures for life? Blessed are You, Adonai, who gives life to all (revives the dead). ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ח י ה ה כ ל )ה מ ת ים(. Baruch atah, Adonai, m chayeih hakol (hameitim). The ת ג בו רו G vurot emphasizes God s ability to renew us in the future. The resurrection of the dead, which may be taken literally, is best understood as a powerful metaphor for understanding the miracle of hope. Winter gives way to spring. Judith Z. Abrams *Winter: Sh mini Atzeret / Simchat Torah to Pesach Summer: Pesach to Sh mini Atzeret / Simchat Torah 142

69 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev YOU ARE the Open Door that beckons me in; peeking around the door frame, I begin to enter into Your glory. You move me forward, O Eternal, to step beyond self-made boundaries: lift my foot over the threshold that I might abide with You. In the house of the Eternal, I found my questions: waiting to be posed, they filled me with wonder. Sit with me, Eternal Teacher, encourage my seeking: as I fill my hours with Your mitzvot, so shall I be filled. Send me through Your door stretching up to honor Your Name, sharing out this wonder, enriching myself in the giving. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, נו ט ע ב תו כ נו ח י י עו ל ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, notei-a b tocheinu chayei olam. You are the Open Door... Debbie Perlman 143 The metaphor of reviving the dead is widely used rabbinically. The Talmud recommends saying Adonai, Baruch atah, Adonai, m chayeih hameitim, Blessed are You, ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ח י ה ה מ ת ים reviver of the dead, for greeting a friend after a lapse of twelve months and after awakening from sleep. B rachot 58b, Y. B rachot 4:2 Mashiv haru-ach / Morid hatal with these words, we join our Israeli מ ש יב ה ר ו ח / מו ר יד ה ט ל brothers and sisters in their prayers for seasonal rains in the Land of Israel. Morid hatal... You rain dew upon us... A seasonal insertion into the G vurot מו ר יד ה ט ל acknowledges God as the Source of the power of nature. The variations in climate like growth and decay, birth and death, are part of the fixed pattern of the universe created by God. In his prayerbook, Minhag America, Isaac Mayer Wise used the prayer for dew and rain as a permanent part of this benediction.... life notei-a b tocheinu chayei olam... who plants within us eternal נו ט ע ב תו כ נו ח י י עו ל ם Living by the word of God, as interpreted through Torah, brings eternal life to the Jewish people.

70 N KADEISH et shimcha baolam, k shem shemakdishim oto bish mei marom, kakatuv al yad n vi-echa, v kara zeh el zeh v amar: Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai tz vaot, m lo chol haaretz k vodo. Adir adireinu, Adonai Adoneinu, mah adir shimcha b chol haaretz. Baruch k vod Adonai mimkomo. Echad hu Eloheinu, hu Avinu, hu Malkeinu, hu Moshi-einu, v hu yashmi-einu b rachamav l einei kol chai. Ani Adonai Eloheichem. Yimloch Adonai l olam, Elohayich Tzion l dor vador, hal luyah. Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב נ ק ד ש א ת ש מ ך ב עו ל ם, כ ש ם ש מ ק ד יש ים או תו ב ש מ י מ רו ם, כ כ תו ב ע ל י ד נ ב יא ך, ו ק ר א ז ה א ל ז ה ו א מ ר ק דו ש, ק דו ש, ק דו ש י י צ ב או ת, מ ל א כ ל ה א ר ץ כ בו דו. א ד יר א ד יר נו, י י א דו נ נו, מ ה א ד יר ש מ ך ב כ ל ה א ר ץ.. מו קו מ מ י י ד ב רו ך כ בו א ח ד הו א א ל ה ינו, הו א א ב ינו, הו א מ ל כ נו, הו א מו ש יע נו, ו הו א י ש מ יע נו ב ר ח מ יו ל ע ינ י כ ל ח י. א נ י י י א ל ה יכ ם. י מ ל ך י י ל עו ל ם, א ל ה י ך צ י ו ן ל ד ר ו ד ר, ה ל לו י ה. LET US SANCTIFY Your Name on earth, as it is sanctified in the heavens above. As it is written by Your prophet: Holy, holy, holy is Adonai Tz vaot! God s presence fills the whole earth. Source of our strength, Sovereign One, how majestic is Your presence in all the earth! Blessed is the presence of God, shining forth from where God dwells. God alone is our God and our Creator, our Ruler and our Helper; and in mercy, God is revealed in the sight of all the living: I am Adonai your God! Adonai shall reign forever, your God, O Zion, from generation to generation, Hallelujah! L dor vador nagid godlecha ul neitzach n tzachim k dushat-cha nakdish, v shivchacha Eloheinu, mipinu lo yamush l olam va-ed.* Baruch atah, Adonai, Ha-El hakadosh. ל דו ר ו דו ר נ ג יד ג ד ל ך ו ל נ צ ח נ צ ח ים ק ד ש ת ך נ ק ד יש, ו ש ב ח ך, א ל ה ינו, מ פ ינו ל א י מו ש ל עו ל ם ו ע ד.* ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה א ל ה ק דו ש. TO ALL GENERATIONS we will declare Your greatness, and for all eternity proclaim Your holiness. Your praise, O God, shall never depart from our lips.* Blessed are You, Adonai, the Holy God. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה א ל ה ק דו ש. Baruch atah, Adonai, Ha-El hakadosh. *Shabbat Shuvah Blessed are You, Adonai, Holy Sovereign. Baruch atah, Adonai, HaMelech hakadosh. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה מ ל ך ה ק דו ש. For those who choose: At the words ה ז א ר ק ו v kara zeh one bows to the left and at ה ז ל א el zeh one bows to the right, and at each mention of ש דו ק kadosh, one rises on one s toes. 144

71 Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev ו י ד ב ר י י א ל מ ש ה ל אמ ר ד ב ר א ל כ ל ע ד ת ב נ י י ש ר א ל ו א מ ר ת א ל ה ם ק ד ש ים ת ה יו כ י ק דו ש א נ י י י א ל ה יכ ם. Shabbat Morning ADONAI SPOKE to Moses saying: Speak to the whole community of Israel and say to them, You shall be holy, for I, Adonai, am holy. You shall each revere א יש א מ ו ו א ב יו ת יר או your father and your mother ו א ת ש ב ת ת י ת ש מ רו and keep My Sabbaths. ו ב ק צ ר כ ם א ת ק צ יר א ר צ כ ם ל א ת כ ל ה When you reap your harvest, leave the corners and the gleanings פ א ת ש ד ך ל ק צ ר for the poor and the stranger. ו ל ק ט ק צ יר ך ל א ת ל ק ט. You shall not steal; ל ע נ י ו ל ג ר ת ע ז ב א ת ם you shall not deal deceitfully or falsely ל א ת ג נ בו with one another. ו ל א ת כ ח ש ו ו ל א ת ש ק רו You shall not swear falsely by My name. א יש ב ע מ ית ו. You shall not defraud your neighbor. ו ל א ת ש ב עו ב ש מ י ל ש ק ר You shall not commit robbery. ל א ת ע ש ק א ת ר ע ך The wages of the worker shall not remain ו ל א ת ג ז ל with you until morning. ל א ת ל ין פ ע ל ת ש כ יר א ת ך You shall not insult the deaf ע ד ב ק ר. or place a stumbling block before the blind. ל א ת ק ל ל ח ר ש You shall not render an unfair decision: ו ל פ נ י ע ו ר ל א ת ת ן מ כ ש ל do not favor the poor ל א ת ע ש ו ע ו ל ב מ ש פ ט or show deference to the rich; ל א ת ש א פ נ י ד ל judge your neighbor fairly. ו ל א ת ה ד ר פ נ י ג דו ל Do not go about as a talebearer.. ך ית מ ע ט פ ש ת ק ד ב צ Do not profit by the blood of your neighbor. ל א ת ל ך ר כ יל ב ע מ י ך You shall not hate your kinfolk ל א ת ע מ ד ע ל ד ם ר ע ך in your heart. ל א ת ש נ א א ת א ח יך ב ל ב ב ך Reprove your neighbor, הו כ ח ת ו כ יח א ת ע מ ית ך but incur no guilt doing so. Do not take vengeance or bear a grudge ו ל א ת ש א ע ל יו ח ט א. against your kinfolk. ל א ת ק ם ו ל א ת ט ר א ת ב נ י ע מ ך Love your neighbor as yourself: ו א ה ב ת ל ר ע ך כ מו ך I am Adonai. א נ י י י. 145 ב ר י י י ד ו Vaidabeir Adonai... Adonai spoke... Selected verses from Leviticus 19 Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh... Holy, holy, holy... Isaiah 6:3 ק דו ש, ק דו ש, ק דו ש Baruch k vod... Blessed is the presence... Ezekiel 3:12 ב רו ך כ בו ד Yimloch Adonai l olam... Adonai shall reign forever... Psalm 146:10 י מ ל ך י י ל עו ל ם

72 Shabbat Morning YISM CHU v malchut cha shomrei Shabbat v korei oneg. Am m kad shei sh vi-i, kulam yisb u v yitangu mituvecha. V hashvi-i ratzita bo v kidashto, chemdat yamim oto karata, zeicher l maaseih v reishit. Select either Yism chu or V shamru א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב י ש ך כו ת ל מ ב חו מ ש ו מ ר י ש ב ת ו ק ו ר א י ע נ ג. ע ם מ ק ד ש י ש ב יע י, כ ל ם י ש ב עו ו י ת ע נ גו מ ט ו ב ך. ו ה ש ב יע י ר צ ית ב ו ו ק ד ש ת ו, ח מ ד ת י מ ים או תו ק ר את, ז כ ר ל מ ע ש ה ב ר אש ית. THOSE WHO KEEP Shabbat by calling it a delight will rejoice in Your realm. The people that hallows Shabbat will delight in Your goodness. For, being pleased with the Seventh Day, You hallowed it as the most precious of days, drawing our attention to the work of Creation. V SHAMRU v nei Yisrael et HaShabbat, laasot et HaShabbat l dorotam b rit olam. Beini u vein b nei Yisrael ot hi l olam, ki sheshet yamim asah Adonai et hashamayim v et haaretz, u vayom hashvi-i shavat vayinafash. ר א ל א ת ה ש ב ת, ל ע ש ו ת א ת ה ש ב ת ל ד ר ת ם ב ר ית עו ל ם. ב ינ י ו ב ין ב נ י י ש ר א ל או ת ה יא ל ע ל ם, כ י ש ש ת י מ ים ע ש ה י י א ת ה ש מ י ם ו א ת ה א ר ץ, ו ב י ו ם ה ש ב יע י ש ב ת ו י נ פ ש. ו ש מ רו ב נ י י ש THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It is a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel. For in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God ceased from work and was refreshed. Yism chu contains twenty-four Hebrew words said to correspond to the twenty-four י ש מ חו hours of Shabbat. V shamru v nei Yisrael... The people of Israel shall keep... Exodus 31:16-17 ו ש מ רו ב נ י י ש ר א ל 146

73 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev WE ARE A PEOPLE in whom the past endures, in whom the present is inconceivable without moments gone by. The Exodus lasted a moment, a moment enduring forever. What happened once upon a time happens all the time. A THOUGHT has blown the market place away. There is a song on the wind and joy in the trees. The Sabbath arrives in the world, scattering a song in the silence of the night: Eternity utters a day. 147 We are a people in whom the past endures... Abraham Joshua Heschel A thought has blown the market place away... Abraham Joshua Heschel More than the Jewish People has kept Shabbat, Shabbat has kept the Jewish People. Ahad Ha-Am A famous Jacob Riis photograph of the Jewish Lower East Side displays a bearded immigrant dressed in his only suit, sitting with challah and wine at his Shabbat table, regally enjoying his respite from the backbreaking labor that filled his weekdays. He sits alone; his table virtually fills his tiny one-room home which is a coal cellar! But even there, he insists on fulfilling the mitzvah of oneg shabbat, declaring Shabbat a delight. חו מ ש י Yism chu is a prayer affirming that declaration. It appears in the Musaf ( Additional ) service, which Reform Jews traditionally omit because of its association with the ancient sacrificial cult. We place it here, however, to regain the reminder of Shabbat joy. Lawrence A. Hoffman

74 ELOHEINU v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu, r tzeih vim nuchateinu. Kad sheinu b mitzvotecha v tein chelkeinu b Toratecha, sabeinu mituvecha, v sam cheinu bishuatecha, v taheir libeinu l ovd cha b emet, v hanchileinu Adonai Eloheinu, b ahavah uv ratzon Shabbat kodshecha v yanuchu vah Yisrael, m kad shei sh mecha. Baruch atah, Adonai, m kadeish HaShabbat. Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, ר צ ה ב מ נו ח ת נו. ק ד ש נו ב מ צ ו ת יך ו ת ן ח ל ק נו ב תו ר ת ך,, ך ו ב ט מ נו ב ע ש ו ש מ ח נו ב יש ו ע ת ך, ו ט ה ר ל ב נו ל ע ב ד ך ב א מ ת, ו ה נ ח יל נו, י י א ל ה ינו, ך ש ד ב ת ק ש ן צו ר ו ב ה ב ה ב א ו י נ ו חו ב ה י ש ר א ל, מ ק ד ש י ש מ ך. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ק ד ש ה ש ב ת. OUR GOD and God of our ancestors, be pleased with our rest. Sanctify us with Your mitzvot, and grant us a share in Your Torah. Satisfy us with Your goodness and gladden us with Your salvation. Purify our hearts to serve You in truth. In Your gracious love, Adonai our God, grant us Your holy Shabbat as a heritage. May Israel who sanctifies Your Name rest on Shabbat. Blessed are You, Adonai, who sanctifies Shabbat. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ק ד ש ה ש ב ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, m kadeish HaShabbat. 148

75 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev WE OFFER THANKS, O God, for this Shabbat which unites us in faith and hope. For Shabbat holiness, which inspires sacred living, for Shabbat memories, glowing even in darkness, for Shabbat peace, born of friendship and love, we offer thanks and blessing, O God. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ק ד ש ה ש ב ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, m kadeish HaShabbat. WHERE HAS this week vanished? Is it lost for ever? Will I ever recover anything from it? The joy of life, the unexpected victory, the realized hope, the task accomplished? Will I ever be able to banish the memory of pain, the sting of defeat, the heaviness of boredom? On this day let me keep for a while what must drift away. On this day let me be free of the burdens that must return. On this day, Shabbat, abide. Help me to withdraw for a while from the flight of time. Contain the retreat of the hours and days from the grasp of frantic life. Let me learn to pause, if only for this day. Let me find peace on this day. Let me enter into a quiet world this day. On this day, Shabbat, abide. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ק ד ש ה ש ב ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, m kadeish HaShabbat. 149 Where has this week vanished?... David Polish

76 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. FIND FAVOR, Adonai, our God, with Your people Israel and accept their prayer in love. May the worship of Your people Israel always be acceptable. God who is near to all who call, turn lovingly to Your servants. Pour out Your spirit upon us. Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב ר צ ה, י י א ל ה ינו, ב ע מ ך י ש ר א ל, ו ת פ ל ת ם ב א ה ב ה ת ק ב ל, ו ת ה י ל ר צו ן ת מ יד ע בו ד ת י ש ר א ל ע מ ך. א ל ק רו ב ל כ ל ק ר א יו, פ נ ה א ל ע ב ד יך ו ח נ נו, ש פו ך רו ח ך ע ל ינו. א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, י ע ל ה ו י ב א ו י ז כ ר ז כ רו נ נו ו ז כ רו ן כ ל ע מ ך ב ית י ש ר א ל ל פ נ יך, ל טו ב ה, ל ח ן ו ל ח ס ד ו ל ר ח מ ים, ל ח י ים ו ל ש לו ם, ב יו ם ר אש ה ח ד ש ה ז ה. ח ג ה מ צ ו ת ה ז ה. ח ג ה ס כ ו ת ה ז ה. ז כ ר נו, י י א ל ה ינו, ב ו ל טו ב ה. א מ ן. ו פ ק ד נו בו ל ב ר כ ה. א מ ן. ו הו ש יע נו בו ל ח י ים. א מ ן. Eloheinu v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu, yaaleh v yavo, v yizacheir zichroneinu v zichron kol amcha beit Yisrael l fanecha, l tovah, l chein ul chesed ul rachamim, l chayim ul shalom, b Yom Rosh HaChodesh hazeh. Chag HaMatzot hazeh. Chag HaSukkot hazeh. Zochreinu, Adonai Eloheinu, bo l tovah. Amen. Ufokdeinu vo liv rachah. Amen. V hoshi-einu vo l chayim. Amen. ROSH CHODESH, PESACH, AND SUKKOT Our God and God of our fathers and mothers, on this (first day of the new month) (day of Pesach) (day of Sukkot) be mindful of us and all Your people Israel, for good, for love, for compassion, life and peace. Remember us for wellbeing. Amen. Visit us with blessing. Amen. Help us to a fuller life. Amen. ו ת ח ז ינ ה ע ינ ינו ב ש ו ב ך ל צ י ו ן ב ר ח מ ים. V techezenah eineinu b shuv cha l Tzion b rachamim. LET OUR EYES BEHOLD Your loving return to Zion. Blessed are You, Adonai, whose Presence returns to Zion. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך ה מ ח ז יר ש כ ינ תו ל צ י ו ן. Baruch atah, Adonai, hamachazir Shechinato l Tzion. 150

77 Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev Shabbat Morning R TZEI, Adonai Eloheinu, b amcha Yisrael, ut filatam b ahavah t kabeil, ut hi l ratzon tamid avodat Yisrael amecha. Baruch atah, Adonai, she-ot-cha l vadcha b yirah naavod. ר צ ה, י י א ל ה ינו, ב ע מ ך י ש ר א ל, ו ת פ ל ת ם ב א ה ב ה ת ק ב ל, ו ת ה י ל ר צו ן ת מ יד ע בו ד ת י ש ר א ל ע מ ך. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך ש או ת ך ל ב ד ך ב י ר א ה נ ע ב ד. EVERPRESENT ONE, may we, Your people Israel, be worthy in our deeds and our prayer. Wherever we live, wherever we seek You in this land, in Zion restored, in all lands You are our God, whom alone we serve in reverence. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ש או ת ך ל ב ד ך ב י ר א ה נ ע ב ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, she-ot cha l vad cha b yirah naavod. ON THIS HOLY SHABBAT, may we draw nearer to life, to peace and to joy. May we find true rest, holiness in our deeds, worth in our study of Torah. Let us feed on the love of goodness, let us drink from the love of goodness, restrain our thirst for excess, and cleanse our hearts to serve life well. On this holy Shabbat, may we draw nearer in life, in peace and in joy. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ש או ת ך ל ב ד ך ב י ר א ה נ ע ב ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, she-ot cha l vad cha b yirah naavod. 151 Everpresent One, may we.... Harvey J. Fields and Chaim Stern, adapted On this holy Shabbat... Elyse Frishman

78 MODIM anachnu lach, shaatah hu Adonai Eloheinu v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu l olam va-ed. Tzur chayeinu, magein yisheinu, atah hu l dor vador. Nodeh l cha un sapeir t hilatecha. Al chayeinu ham surim b yadecha, v al nishmoteinu hap kudot lach, v al nisecha sheb chol yom imanu, v al niflotecha v tovotecha sheb chol eit, erev vavoker v tzohorayim. Hatov ki lo chalu rachamecha, v ham racheim ki lo tamu chasadecha, mei-olam kivinu lach. Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך, ש א ת ה הו א י י א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. צו ר ח י ינו, מ ג ן י ש ע נו, א ת ה הו א ל דו ר ו דו ר. נו ד ה ל ך ו נ ס פ ר ת ה ל ת ך. ע ל ח י ינו ה מ סו ר ים ב י ד ך, ו ע ל נ ש מו ת ינו ה פ קו דו ת ל ך, ו ע ל נ ס יך ש ב כ ל יו ם ע מ נו, ו ע ל נ פ ל או ת יך ו טו בו ת יך ש ב כ ל ע ת, ע ר ב ו ב ק ר ו צ ה ר י ם. ה ט ו ב כ י ל א כ לו ר ח מ יך, ו ה מ ר ח ם כ י ל א ת מ ו ח ס ד יך, מ עו ל ם ק ו ינו ל ך. WE ACKNOWLEDGE with thanks that You are Adonai, our God and the God of our ancestors, forever. You are the Rock of our lives, and the Shield of our salvation in every generation. Let us thank You and praise You for our lives which are in Your hand, for our souls which are in Your care, for Your miracles that we experience every day and for Your wondrous deeds and favors at every time of day: evening, morning and noon. O Good One, whose mercies never end, O Compassionate One, whose kindness never fails, we forever put our hope in You. ו ע ל כ ל ם י ת ב ר ך ו י ת רו מ ם ש מ ך, מ ל כ נו, ת מ יד ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. Shabbat Shuvah ו כ תו ב ל ח י ים טו ב ים כ ל ב נ י ב ר ית ך. ו כ ל ה ח י ים יו ד ו ך ס ל ה, ו יה ל לו א ת ש מ ך ב א מ ת, ה א ל י ש ו ע ת נו ו ע ז ר ת נו ס ל ה. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך ה ט ו ב ש מ ך ו ל ך נ א ה ל הו דו ת. V al kulam yitbarach v yitromam shimcha, On Chanukah, continue on page 194. For all these things, O Sovereign, let Your Name be forever praised and blessed. Shabbat Shuvah Inscribe all the children of Your covenant for a good life. O God, our Redeemer and Helper, let all who live affirm You and praise Your Name in truth. Blessed are You, Adonai, Your Name is Goodness, and You are worthy of thanksgiving. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה ט ו ב ש מ ך ו ל ך נ א ה ל הו דו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, hatov shimcha ul cha na-eh l hodot. Malkeinu, tamid l olam va-ed. Shabbat Shuvah Uch tov l chayim tovim kol b nei v ritecha. V chol hachayim yoducha selah, viy hal lu et shimcha be-emet, Ha-El y shuateinu v ezrateinu selah. Baruch atah, Adonai, hatov shimcha ul cha na-eh l hodot. 152

79 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev FOR THE EXPANDING GRANDEUR of Creation, worlds known and unknown, galaxies beyond galaxies, filling us with awe and challenging our imaginations, מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך Modim anachnu lach.. For this fragile planet earth, its times and tides, its sunsets and seasons, מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך Modim anachnu lach.. For the joy of human life, its wonders and surprises, its hopes and achievements, מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך Modim anachnu lach.. For human community, our common past and future hope, our oneness transcending all separation, our capacity to work for peace and justice in the midst of hostility and oppression, מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך Modim anachnu lach.. For high hopes and noble causes, for faith without fanaticism, for understanding of views not shared, מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך Modim anachnu lach.. For all who have labored and suffered for a fairer world, who have lived so that others might live in dignity and freedom, מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך Modim anachnu lach.. For human liberties and sacred rites: for opportunities to change and grow, to affirm and choose, מו ד ים א נ ח נו ל ך Modim anachnu lach.. We pray that we may live not by our fears but by our hopes, not by our words but by our deeds. Blessed are You, Adonai, Your Name is Goodness, and You are worthy of thanksgiving. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה ט ו ב ש מ ך ו ל ך נ א ה ל הו דו ת. Baruch atah, Adonai, hatov shimcha ul cha na-eh l hodot. 153 י י Modim, one bows at the waist. At מו ד ים For those who choose: On page 152, at the word Adonai, one stands up straight. For the expanding grandeur... adapted from Eugene Picket

80 SIM SHALOM tovah uv rachah, chein vachesed v rachamim, aleinu v al kol Yisrael amecha. Bar cheinu, yotzreinu, kulanu k echad b or panecha, ki v or panecha natata lanu, Adonai Eloheinu, Torat chayim v ahavat chesed, utz dakah uv rachah v rachamim v chayim v shalom. V tov b einecha l vareich et amcha Yisrael b chol eit uv chol shaah bishlomecha. Shabbat Shuvah B sefer chayim, b rachah v shalom, ufarnasah tovah, nizacheir v nikateiv l fanecha, anachnu v chol amcha beit Yisrael, l chayim tovim ul shalom. Baruch atah, Adonai, oseih hashalom. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom. Shabbat Morning ש ים ש לו ם טו ב ה ו ב ר כ ה, ח ן ו ח ס ד ו ר ח מ ים, ע ל ינו ו ע ל כ ל י ש ר א ל ע מ ך. ב ר כ נו, יו צ ר נו, כ ל נו כ א ח ד, יך נ פ ר ב או כ י ב או ר פ נ יך נ ת ת ל נו, י י א ל ה ינו, ת ו ר ת ח י ים ו א ה ב ת ח ס ד, ו צ ד ק ה ו ב ר כ ה ו ר ח מ ים ו ח י ים ו ש לו ם. ו טו ב ב ע ינ יך ל ב ר ך א ת ע מ ך י ש ר א ל. ך מ לו ב ש ה ע ש ל כ ו ב ת ע ל ב כ Shabbat Shuvah ב א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב ס פ ר ח י ים, ב ר כ ה ו ש לו ם, ו פ ר נ ס ה טו ב ה,, יך נ פ ל ב ת נ כ ו ר כ נ ז א נ ח נו ו כ ל ע מ ך ב ית י ש ר א ל, ל ח י ים טו ב ים ו ל ש לו ם. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ע ש ה ה ש לו ם. י י, ה, ת א ב רו ך ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב ש לו ם. GRANT PEACE, goodness and blessing, grace, kindness and mercy, to us and to all Your people Israel. Bless us, our Creator, all of us together, through the light of Your Presence. Truly through the light of Your Presence, Adonai our God, You gave us a Torah of life the love of kindness, justice and blessing, mercy, life, and peace. May You see fit to bless Your people Israel at all times, at every hour, with Your peace. Shabbat Shuvah Inscribe us for life, blessing, peace, and prosperity, remembering all Your people Israel for life and peace. Blessed are You, Adonai, Source of peace. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ע ש ה ה ש לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, oseih hashalom. Praised are You, Adonai, who blesses Your people Israel with peace. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב ש לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom. 154

81 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev WE OUGHTN T pray for what we ve never known, and humanity has never known: unbroken peace, unmixed blessing. No. Better to pray for pity, for indignation, discontent, the will to see and touch, the power to do good and make new. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב ש לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom. GRANT US PEACE, Your most precious gift, O Eternal Source of peace. And give us the will to proclaim its message to all the peoples of the earth. Bless our country as a safeguard of peace, its advocate among the nations. May contentment reign within our borders, health and happiness within our homes. Strengthen the bonds of friendship and fellowship among all the inhabitants of our world. Plant virtue in every soul, and may the love of Your Name hallow every home and every heart. Praised are You, Adonai, who blesses Your people with peace. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה מ ב ר ך א ת ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב ש לו ם. Baruch atah, Adonai, ham vareich et amo Yisrael bashalom. We oughtn t pray... Stanley F. Chyet Grant us peace... adapted from Union Prayer Book 155 Great is peace, since all blessings are in it. Great is peace, since even in a time of war one should begin with peace. Great is peace, since the Holy One is called Peace. Leviticus Rabbah 9:9

82 ELOHAI, n tzor l shoni meira us fatai midabeir mirmah, v limkal lai nafshi tidom, v nafshi ke-afar lakol tih yeh. P tach libi b Toratecha, uv mitzvotecha tirdof nafshi. V chol hachoshvim alai raah, m heirah hafeir atzatam v kalkeil machashavtam. Aseih l maan sh mecha, aseih l maan y minecha, aseih l maan k dushatecha, aseih l maan Toratecha. L maan yeichaltzun y didecha, hoshiah y mincha vaaneini. Shabbat Morning א בו ת ו א מ הו ת ג בו רו ת ק ד ש ה ק ד ש ת ה י ו ם ע בו ד ה הו ד א ה ש לו ם ת פ ל ת ה ל ב א ל ה י, נ צ ר ל ש ו נ י מ ר ע ו ש פ ת י מ ד ב ר מ ר מ ה, ו ל מ ק ל ל י נ פ ש י ת ד ו ם, ו נ פ ש י כ ע פ ר ל כ ל ת ה י ה. פ ת ח ל ב י ב תו ר ת ך, ו ב מ צ ו ת יך ת ר ד ו ף נ פ ש י. ו כ ל ה חו ש ב ים ע ל י ר ע ה, מ ה ר ה ה פ ר ע צ ת ם ו ק ל ק ל מ ח ש ב ת ם. ע ש ה ל מ ע ן ש מ ך, ע ש ה ל מ ע ן י מ ינ ך, ע ש ה ל מ ע ן ק ד ש ת ך, ע ש ה ל מ ע ן ת ו ר ת ך. ל מ ע ן י ח ל צו ן י ד יד יך, הו ש יע ה י מ ינ ך ו ע נ נ י. MY GOD, guard my speech from evil and my lips from deception. Before those who slander me, I will hold my tongue; I will practice humility. Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may pursue Your mitzvot. As for all who think evil of me, cancel their designs and frustrate their schemes. Act for Your own sake, for the sake of Your Power, for the sake of Your Holiness, for the sake of Your Torah, so that Your loved ones may be rescued. Save with Your power, and answer me. Yih yu l ratzon imrei fi v hegyon libi l fanecha, Adonai tzuri v go-ali. Oseh shalom bimromav, hu yaaseh shalom aleinu, י ה יו ל ר צו ן א מ ר י פ י ו ה ג יו ן ל ב י ל פ נ יך, י י צו ר י ו גו א ל י. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, Adonai, my Rock and my Redeemer. v al kol Yisrael, v al kol yosh vei teiveil, v imru: Amen. ע ש ה ש לו ם ב מ רו מ יו, הו א י ע ש ה ש לו ם ע ל ינו, ו ע ל כ ל י ש ר א ל, ו ע ל כ ל יו ש ב י ת ב ל, ו א מ רו א מ ן. May the One who makes peace in the high heavens make peace for us, all Israel and all who inhabit the earth. Amen. On Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, the Shabbat in Pesach, and the Shabbat in Sukkot, Hallel may be recited on page 197 or page 198. Reading of the Torah is on page 158. Elohai, n tzor... My God, guard... based on Psalm 34:14 א ל ה י, נ צ ר L maan yeichaltzun... so that Your loved ones... Psalm 60:7 ל מ ע ן י ח ל צו ן Yih yu l ratzon... May the words of my mouth... Psalm 19:15 י ה יו ל ר צו ן 156

83 Shabbat Morning Avot v Imahot G vurot K dushah K dushat HaYom Avodah Hodaah Shalom T filat HaLev HOLY ONE, give me a quiet heart, and help me to hear the still, small voice that speaks within me. It calls me to come close to You and to grow in Your likeness. It teaches me to do my work faithfully, even when no one s eye is upon me. It counsels me to judge others kindly and to love them freely, for it persuades me to see divinity in everyone I meet. Help me, O God, to come to the end of each day feeling that I used its gifts wisely and faced its trials bravely. I NEED STRENGTH, humility, courage, patience. Strength to control my passions, humility to assess my own worth, courage to rise above defeats, patience to cleanse myself of imperfections. And wisdom: to learn and live by our sacred teachings. Let me not be discouraged by my failings. Let me take heart from all that is good and noble in my character. Keep me from falling victim to cynicism. Teach me sincerity and enthusiasm. Endow me with perception and courage, that I may serve others with compassion and love. On Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, the Shabbat in Pesach, and the Shabbat in Sukkot, Hallel may be recited on page 197 or page 198. Reading of the Torah is on page Holy One, give me a quiet heart... Chaim Stern I need strength... Robert I. Kahn

84 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Ark is opened. ק ב ל ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ק פ ה ב ר כו ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ג ב ה ה מ י ש ב ר ך ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל ב ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ה ח ז ר ת ה ת ו ר ה ס ד ר ק ר יא ת ה תּוֹר ה ל שׁ בּ ת SEDER K RIAT HATORAH L SHABBAT READING THE TORAH ON SHABBAT EIN KAMOCHA vaelohim Adonai, v ein k maasecha. Malchut cha malchut kol olamim, umemshalt cha b chol dor vador. Adonai melech, Adonai malach, Adonai yimloch l olam va-ed. Adonai oz l amo yitein, Adonai y vareich et amo vashalom. א ין כ מ ו ך ב א ל ה ים א ד נ י, ו א ין כ מ ע ש יך. מ ל כו ת ך מ ל כו ת כ ל ע ל מ ים, ו מ מ ש ל ת ך ב כ ל ד ר ו ד ר. י י מ ל ך, י י מ ל ך, י י י מ ל ך ל ע ל ם ו ע ד. י י ע ז ל ע מ ו י ת ן, י י י ב ר ך א ת ע מ ו ב ש לו ם. THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU among the gods, Adonai, and there are no deeds like Yours. You are Sovereign over all worlds, and Your dominion is in all generations. Adonai reigns, Adonai has reigned, Adonai will reign forever and ever. Adonai will give strength to our people, Adonai will bless our people with peace. Av harachamim, heitivah virtzoncha et Tzion, tivneh chomot Y rushalayim. Ki v cha l vad batachnu, Melech El ram v nisa, Adon olamim. א ב ה ר ח מ ים, ה יט יב ה ב ר צו נ ך א ת צ י ו ן, ת ב נ ה חו מו ת י רו ש ל י ם. כ י ב ך ל ב ד ב ט ח נו, מ ל ך א ל ר ם ו נ ש א, א דו ן עו ל מ ים. Source of mercy: favor Zion with your goodness; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. For in You alone do we trust, Sovereign, high and exalted, God Eternal. 145:13, Ein kamocha... There is none like You... is an agglomeration of Psalm 86:8, Psalm א ין כ מ ו ך Psalm 10:16, Psalm 93:1, Exodus 15:18, and Psalm 29:11. נ ך צו ר ב ה יב יט ה heitivah virtzoncha... with Your goodness... Psalm 51:20 158

85 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah Hagbahah Mi Shebeirach Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat HaTorah HAK HEIL et haam, haanashim v hanashim v hataf v geircha asher bish arecha, l maan yishm u ul maan yilm du v yaru et Adonai Eloheichem, v shamru la-asot et kol divrei HaTorah hazot. Uv neihem asher lo yadu yishm u v lamdu l yirah et Adonai Eloheichem. ה ק ה ל א ת ה ע ם, ה א נ ש ים ו ה נ ש ים ו ה ט ף ו ג ר ך א ש ר ב ש ע ר יך, ל מ ע ן י ש מ עו ו ל מ ע ן י ל מ דו ו י ר או א ת י י א ל ה יכ ם, ו ש מ רו ל ע ש ו ת א ת כ ל ד ב ר י ה ת ו ר ה ה ז את. ו ב נ יה ם א ש ר ל א י ד עו י ש מ עו ו ל מ דו ל י ר א ה א ת י י א ל ה יכ ם. ASSEMBLE THE PEOPLE, men, women and children, and the strangers in your cities, to hear, to learn, to revere Adonai your God, to observe faithfully the words of this Torah. And let their children, who do not yet know it, hear, that they, too, may learn to revere Adonai your God. ASHREI adam matza chochmah v adam yafik t vunah. Ki tov sachrah mis char kasef umeicharutz t vuatah. Y karah hi mipninim v chol chafatzecha lo yishvu vah. א ש ר י א ד ם מ צ א ח כ מ ה ו א ד ם י פ יק ת בו נ ה. כ י טו ב ס ח ר ה מ ס ח ר כ ס ף ו מ ח רו ץ ת בו א ת ה. י ק ר ה ה יא מ פ נ ינ ים ו כ ל ח פ צ יך ל א י ש וו ב ה. HAPPY IS THE ONE who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding; for its value is greater than silver, its yield than fine gold. It is more precious than rubies, no treasure can match it. Hak heil et haam... Assemble the people... Deuteronomy 31:12-13 ה ק ה ל א ת ה ע ם 159 Ashrei adam matza... Happy is the one... Proverbs 3:13-15 א ש ר י א ד ם מ צ א

86 Reading the Torah on Shabbat VAY HI BINSO A ha aron, vayomer Moshe: kuma Adonai v yafutzu oy veicha, v yanuso m sanecha mipanecha. ק ב ל ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ק פ ה ב ר כו ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ג ב ה ה מ י ש ב ר ך ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל ב ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ה ח ז ר ת ה ת ו ר ה ו י ה י ב נ ס ע ה א ר ן, ו י אמ ר מ ש ה: קו מ ה י י ו י פ צו א י ב יך, ו י נ סו מ ש נ א יך מ פ נ יך. AND IT CAME TO PASS when the Ark was to set out, Moses would say: Arise, Adonai! May Your enemies be scattered, and may Your foes flee before You! KI MITZIYON teitzei Torah, ud var Adonai miy rushalayim. כ י מ צ י ו ן ת צ א תו ר ה, ו ד ב ר י י מ ירו ש ל י ם. FOR FROM OUT OF ZION will come the Torah, and the word of Adonai from Jerusalem. BARUCH shenatan Torah l amo Yisrael bikdushato. Standing with the Torah, recite these verses. BLESSED IS GOD who in holiness gave the Torah to the people Israel. ב רו ך ש נ ת ן ת ו ר ה ל ע מ ו י ש ר א ל ב ק ד ש תו. people s life from Sinai until now. Freedom is its gift to all who treasure it. S u sh arim... Lift up... Psalm 24:9-10 is interpreted rabbinically as the psalm ש או ש ע ר ים recited when the original ark of the covenant was brought to Jerusalem. It is a longstanding Reform innovation in this part of the service, ever since the first German Reform prayer book of 1819 and used therefore, in Reform liturgy as we remove the Torah from the ark. Ki mitziyon teitzei Torah... For from out of Zion... Isaiah 2:3 כ י מ צ י ו ן ת צ א תו ר ה 160

87 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah Mi Shebeirach Hagbahah Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat HaTorah LO YAREI-U v lo yashchitu b chol har kodshi ki malah haaretz dei-ah et Adonai kamayim layam m chasim. V yashvu ish tachat gafno v tachat t einato v ein macharid. ל א י ר עו ו ל א י ש ח יתו ב כ ל ה ר ק ד ש י כ י מ ל א ה ה א ר ץ ד ע ה א ת י י כ מ י ם ל י ם מ כ ס ים. ו י ש בו א יש ת ח ת ג פ נו ו ת ח ת ת א נ תו ו א ין מ ח ר יד. THEY SHALL NOT HURT or destroy in My holy mountain, for the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of Adonai as the sea-bed is covered by water. And all shall sit under their vines and fig trees, and none shall make them afraid. V CHIT TU charvotam l itim vachanitoteihem l mazmeirot. Lo yisa goy el goy cherev v lo yilm du od milchamah. ו כ ת תו ח ר בו ת ם ל א ת ים ו ח נ יתו ת יה ם ל מ ז מ רו ת. ל א י ש א גו י א ל ג ו י ח ר ב ו ל א י ל מ דו עו ד מ ל ח מ ה. THEY SHALL BEAT THEIR SWORDS into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation; never again shall they learn war. In this scroll is the secret of our Its teaching is love and justice, goodness and hope. 161 Lo yarei-u... They shall not hurt... Isaiah 11:9 ל א י ר עו נו ג פ ת ח ת יש בו א י ש ו V yashvu ish tachat gafno... And all shall sit under their vines... Micah 4:4 V chit tu charvotam l itim... They shall beat their swords... Isaiah 2:4 ו כ ת תו ח ר בו ת ם ל א ת ים

88 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Leader takes out the Torah, and recites each line, followed by the congregation. שמע ש מ ע י ש ר א ל, י י א ל ה ינו, י י א ח ד. Sh ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. HEAR, O ISRAEL, Adonai is our God, Adonai is One. ק ב ל ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ק פ ה ב ר כו ת ה ת ו ר ה מ י ש ב ר ך ה ג ב ה ה ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל ב ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ה ח ז ר ת ה ת ו ר ה Echad Eloheinu gadol Adoneinu, kadosh sh mo. א ח ד א ל ה ינו, ג דו ל א דו נ נו, ק דו ש ש מו. OUR GOD IS ONE, Adonai is great, holy is God s Name. Gadlu l Adonai iti, un rom mah sh mo yachdav. ג ד לו ל יי א ת י, ו נ רו מ מ ה ש מו י ח ד ו. EXALT ADONAI with me, let us extol God s Name together. L cha Adonai hag dulah v hag vurah v hatiferet v haneitzach v hahod, ki chol bashamayim uvaaretz. L cha Adonai hamamlachah v hamitnasei l chol l rosh. ל ך י י ה ג ד ל ה ו ה ג בו ר ה ו ה ת פ א ר ת ו ה נ צ ח ו ה הו ד, כ י כ ל ב ש מ י ם ו ב א ר ץ. ל ך י י ה מ מ ל כ ה ו ה מ ת נ ש א ל כ ל ל ר אש. YOURS, ADONAI, is the greatness, might, splendor, triumph, and majesty yes, all that is in heaven and on earth. To You, Adonai, belong sovereignty and preeminence above all. The Torah is unwrapped. Sh ma Yisrael... Hear O Israel... Deuteronomy 6:4 ש מ ע י ש ר א ל Gadlu l Adonai iti... Exalt Adonai with me... Psalm 34:4 ג ד לו ל יי א ת י L cha Adonai hag dulah... Yours, Adonai, is the greatness... I Chronicles 29:11 ל ך י י ה ג ד ל ה 162

89 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah Mi Shebeirach Hagbahah Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat HaTorah Rom mu Adonai Eloheinu, v hishtachavu l har kodsho, ki kadosh Adonai Eloheinu. HAKAFAH SELECTIONS רו מ מו י י א ל ה ינו, ו ה ש ת ח וו ל ה ר ק ד ש ו, כ י ק דו ש י י א ל ה ינו. EXALT ADONAI our God and bow down toward God s holy mountain, for Adonai our God is holy. Al sh loshah d varim haolam omeid: al HaTorah v al haavodah v al g milut chasadim. ע ל ש ל ש ה ד ב ר ים ה עו ל ם עו מ ד ע ל ה ת ו ר ה ו ע ל ה ע בו ד ה ו ע ל ג מ ילו ת ח ס ד ים. THE WORLD is sustained by three things: Torah, worship and loving deeds. Lo yisa goy el goy cherev v lo yilm du od milchamah. ל א י ש א גו י א ל ג ו י ח ר ב ו ל א י ל מ דו עו ד מ ל ח מ ה. NATION SHALL not lift up sword against nation; neither shall they learn war anymore. Hal lu... Kol han shamah t haleil Yah, Hal lu, hal lu Yah! ה ל לו... כ ל ה נ ש מ ה ת ה ל ל י ה, ה ל לו, ה ל לו י ה. LET all that breathes praise God. Hallelujah! 163 י י מו מ רו Rom mu Adonai... Exalt Adonai... Psalm 99:9 Al sh loshah d varim... The world is sustained by three things... Pirkei Avot 1:2 ע ל ש ל ש ה ד ב ר ים Lo yisa goy... Nation shall not lift up... Isaiah 2:4 ל א י ש א גו י Kol han shamah... Let all that breathes... Psalm 150:6 כ ל ה נ ש מ ה

90 Reading the Torah on Shabbat ק ב ל ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ק פ ה ב ר כו ת ה ת ו ר ה מ י ש ב ר ך ה ג ב ה ה ה בו ג ד ל ל אל ה ינו, ו ת נו כ בו ד ל ת ו ר ה. HAVU GODEL l Eloheinu ut nu chavod latorah. LET US DECLARE the greatness of our God and give honor to the Torah. ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל ב ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה BAR CHU et Adonai ham vorach. Baruch Adonai ham vorach l olam va-ed. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher bachar banu mikol haamim, v natan lanu et Torato. Baruch atah, Adonai, notein hatorah. ה ח ז ר ת ה ת ו ר ה ב BLESSING BEFORE THE READING OF THE TORAH. ך ב ר מ ה י י ת א כו ר ב רו ך י י ה מ ב ר ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר ב ח ר ב נו מ כ ל ה ע מ ים, ו נ ת ן ל נו א ת ת ו ר תו. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, נו ת ן ה ת ו ר ה. BLESS ADONAI who is blessed. Blessed is Adonai who is blessed now and forever. Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has chosen us from among the peoples, and given us the Torah. Blessed are You, Adonai, who gives the Torah. ב י י ה, ת א רו ך BLESSING AFTER THE READING OF THE TORAH א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר נ ת ן ל נו ת ו ר ת א מ ת, ו ח י י עו ל ם נ ט ע ב תו כ נו. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, נו ת ן ה ת ו ר ה. BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher natan lanu Torat emet, v chayei olam nata b tocheinu. Baruch atah, Adonai, notein hatorah. BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has given us a Torah of truth, implanting within us eternal life. Blessed are You, Adonai, who gives the Torah. 164

91 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah Mi Shebeirach Hagbahah Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat HaTorah ALTERNATIVE BLESSING BEFORE THE READING OF THE TORAH HOLY ONE OF BLESSING, Your Presence fills creation. You have enlightened this path with the wisdom of Torah, giving it to the Jewish people as their particular way. Blessed are You, Merciful One, who gives this Torah to the Jewish people. ALTERNATIVE BLESSING AFTER THE READING OF THE TORAH HOLY ONE OF BLESSING, Your Presence fills creation. This Torah is a teaching of truth, whole and balanced, and from it comes eternal life for the people who embrace it. Blessed are You, Merciful One, who gives this Torah to the Jewish people. 165 Holy One of Blessing... Elyse Frishman

92 Reading the Torah on Shabbat MI SHEBEIRACH avoteinu v imoteinu, Avraham Yitzchak v Yaakov, Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel v Lei-ah, hu y vareich et [name] ben/bat [parents] baavur she-alah/she-altah lichvod HaMakom, lichvod hatorah. Bis-char zeh HaKadosh Baruch Hu yishm reihu/yishm rehah v yatzileihu/v yatzilehah mikol tzarah v tzukah umikol nega umachalah, v yishlach b rachah v hatzlachah v chol maaseh yadav/yadeha, im kol Yisrael. V nomar: Amen. MI SHEBEIRACH FOR ALIYAH ק ב ל ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ק פ ה ב ר כו ת ה ת ו ר ה מ י ש ב ר ך ה ג ב ה ה ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל ב ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ה ח ז ר ת ה ת ו ר ה מ י ש ב ר ך א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, א ב ר ה ם י צ ח ק ו י ע ק ב, ש ר ה, ר ב ק ה, ר ח ל ו ל א ה, הו א י ב ר ך א ת [name] ב ן/ב ת [parents] ב ע בו ר ש ע ל ה/ש ע ל ת ה ל כ בו ד ה מ קו ם, ו ל כ בו ד ה ת ו ר ה. ב ש כ ר ז ה ה ק דו ש ב רו ך הו א י ש מ ר הו /י ש מ ר ה ו י צ יל הו /ו י צ יל ה מ כ ל צ ר ה ו צו ק ה ו מ כ ל נ ג ע ו מ ח ל ה, ו י ש ל ח ב ר כ ה ו ה צ ל ח ה, יה יו/י ד י ד ש ה ע מ ל ב כ ע ם כ ל י ש ר א ל. ו נ אמ ר א מ ן. MAY THE ONE WHO BLESSED our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, bless [name] son/daughter of [parents], since he/ she has come up to the Torah in honor of God and Torah. May he/she merit from the Holy One of Blessing protection, rescue from any trouble or distress, and from any illness, minor or serious; may God send blessing and success in his/her every endeavor, together with all Israel, and let us say, Amen. V ZOT hatorah asher sam Moshe lifnei b nei Yisrael, al pi Adonai b yad Moshe. ה ג ב ה ה ו ג ל יל ה UG LILAH HAGBAHAH The Torah is raised, rolled, and wrapped. ו ז את ה ת ו ר ה א ש ר ש ם מ ש ה ל פ נ י ב נ י י ש ר א ל, ע ל פ י י י ב י ד מ ש ה. THIS IS THE TORAH which Moses placed before the people of Israel, God s word through the hand of Moses. BARUCH ATAH, ADONAI Eloheinu Melech haolam, shehecheyanu v kiy manu v higianu laz man hazeh. Prayers of Our Community are on page 172. V zot hatorah... This is the Torah... Deuteronomy 4:44 ו ז את ה ת ו ר ה ב רו ך א ת ה, י י א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ש ה ח י נו ו ק י מ נו ו ה ג יע נו ל ז מ ן ה ז ה. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, for giving us life, sustaining us, and enabling us to reach this season י י י ל פ ע al pi Adonai... God s word... Numbers 9:23 166

93 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah Mi Shebeirach Hagbahah Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat HaTorah MI SHEBEIRACH avoteinu v imoteinu, Avraham, Yitzchak v Yaakov, Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel v Lei-ah, hu y vareich et hacholim [names]. HaKadosh Baruch Hu yimalei rachamim aleihem, l hachalimam ul rapotam ul hachazikam, v yishlach lahem m heirah r fuah, r fuah shleimah min hashamayim, r fuat hanefesh ur fuat haguf, hashta baagala uvizman kariv. V nomar: Amen. PRAYERS FOR HEALING מ י ש ב ר ך א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, א ב ר ה ם, י צ ח ק ו י ע ק ב, ש ר ה, ר ב ק ה, ר ח ל ו ל א ה, הו א י ב ר ך א ת ה חו ל ים.[names] ה ק דו ש ב רו ך הו א י מ ל א ר ח מ ים ע ל יה ם, ל ה ח ל ימ ם ו ל ר פ את ם ו ל ה ח ז יק ם, ו י ש ל ח ל ה ם מ ה ר ה ר פו א ה, ר פו א ה ש ל מ ה מ ן ה ש מ י ם, ר פו א ת ה נ פ ש ו ר פו א ת ה ג ו ף, ה ש ת א ב ע ג ל א ו ב ז מ ן ק ר יב. ו נ אמ ר א מ ן. MAY THE ONE who blessed our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, bless and heal those who are ill [names]. May the Blessed Holy One be filled with compassion for their health to be restored and their strength to be revived. May God swiftly send them a complete renewal of body and spirit, and let us say, Amen. MI SHEBEIRACH avoteinu M kor hab rachah l imoteinu. מ י ש ב ר ך א בו ת ינו מ קו ר ה ב ר כ ה ל א מ ו ת ינו. 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 hab rachah laavoteinu. מ י ש ב ר ך א מ ו ת ינו מ קו ר ה ב ר כ ה ל א בו ת ינו. Bless those in need of healing with r fuah sh leimah, the renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and let us say, Amen. BIRKAT HAGOMEIL ל מ ג ו ה ת כ ב ר THANKSGIVING BLESSING BARUCH ATAH, ADONAI Eloheinu, Melech haolam, sheg malanu kol tov. Amen. Mi sheg malchem kol tov, Hu yigmolchem kol tov. Selah. Individual recites: BLESSED ARE YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has bestowed every goodness upon us. Congregation responds: רו ך א ת ה, י י א ל ה ינו, א מ ן. מ י ש ג מ ל כ ם כ ל טו ב, הו א י ג מ ל כ ם כ ל טו ב ס ל ה. Amen. May the One who has bestowed goodness upon us continue to bestow every goodness upon us forever. ב מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ש ג מ ל נו כ ל טו ב. 167 Mi Shebeirach... Debbie Friedman and Drorah Setel situation. Birkat HaGomeil may be recited by one who has survived a life-challenging ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל

94 Reading the Torah on Shabbat י י ה, ת א ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, א ש ר ב ח ר ב נ ב יא ים טו ב ים, ו ר צ ה ב ד ב ר יה ם ה נ א מ ר ים ב א מ ת. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ה ב ו ח ר ב ת ו ר ה ו ב מ ש ה ע ב ד ו, ו ב י ש ר א ל ע מ ו, ו ב נ ב יא י ה א מ ת ו צ ד ק. 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 Yisrael amo, uvinvi-ei ha-emet vatzedek. BLESSING BEFORE THE HAFTARAH ק ב ל ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ק פ ה ב ר כו ת ה ת ו ר ה מ י ש ב ר ך ה ג ב ה ה ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל ב ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ה ח ז ר ת ה ת ו ר ה PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has chosen faithful prophets to speak words of truth. Praise to You, Adonai, for the revelation of Torah, for Your servant Moses, for Your people Israel and for prophets of truth and righteousness. ב ך ל ינו, מ ל ה א י י ה, ת א רו ך BARUCH atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, tzur kol haolamim, tzaddik b chol hadorot, HaEl hane-eman, haomeir v oseh, ham dabeir um kayeim, shekol d varav emet vatzedek. BLESSING AFTER THE HAFTARAH ה עו ל ם, צו ר כ ל ה עו ל מ ים, צ ד יק ב כ ל ה ד ו רו ת, ה א ל ה נ א מ ן, ה או מ ר ו ע ש ה, ה מ ד ב ר ו מ ק י ם, ש כ ל ד ב ר יו א מ ת ו צ ד ק. Ne eman atah hu Adonai Eloheinu, v ne emanim d varecha, v davar echad midvarecha achor lo yashuv reikam, ki eil melech ne eman v rachaman atah. Baruch atah Adonai, ha el hane eman b chol d varav. Racheim al tzion ki hi beit chayeinu, v la aluvat nefesh toshi ah ut samach bimheirah v yameinu. Baruch atah Adonai, m samei ach tzion b vaneyha. נ א מ ן א ת ה הו א י י א ל ה ינו, ו נ א מ נ ים ד ב ר יך, ו ד ב ר א ח ד מ ד ב ר יך א חו ר ל א י ש ו ב ר יק ם, כ י א ל מ ל ך נ א מ ן ו ר ח מ ן א ת ה. ב רו ך א ת ה י י, ה א ל ה נ א מ ן ב כ ל ד ב ר יו. ר ח ם ע ל צ י ו ן כ י ה יא ב ית ח י ינו, ו ל ע ל ו ב ת נ פ ש ת ו ש יע ו ת ש מ ח ב מ ה ר ה ב י מ ינו. ב רו ך א ת ה י י, מ ש מ ח צ י ו ן ב ב נ יה. 168

95 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah Mi Shebeirach Hagbahah Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat HaTorah Samcheinu, Adonai Eloheinu, b Eiliyahu ha navi avdecha, uvmalchut beit David m shichecha, bimheirah yavo v yageil libeinu, al kiso lo yeishev zar, v lo yinchalo od acheirim et k vodo, ki v sheim kod sh cha nishba talo shelo yichbeh neiro l olam va ed. Baruch atah Adonai, magein David. Al hatorah, v al haavodah, v al han vi-im, v al yom HaShabbat hazeh, shenatata lanu Adonai Eloheinu, likdushah v limnuchah, l chavod ul tifaret. Al hakol Adonai Eloheinu, anachnu modim lach, um var chim otach, yitbarach shimcha b fi chol chai tamid l olam va-ed. Baruch atah, Adonai, m kadeish HaShabbat. ש מ ח נו, י י א ל ה ינו, ב א ל י הו ה נ ב יא ע ב ד ך, ו ב מ ל כו ת ב ית ד ו ד מ ש יח ך, ב מ ה ר ה י ב א ו י ג ל ל ב נו, ע ל כ ס או ל א י ש ב ז ר, ו ל א י נ ח לו עו ד א ח ר ים א ת כ בו דו, כ י ב ש ם ק ד ש ך נ ש ב ע ת ל ו ש ל א י כ ב ה נ רו ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. ב רו ך א ת ה י י, מ ג ן ד ו ד. ע ל ה ת ו ר ה, ו ע ל ה ע בו ד ה, ו ע ל ה נ ב יא ים, ו ע ל יו ם ה ש ב ת ה ז ה, ש נ ת ת ל נו י י א ל ה ינו, ל ק ד ש ה ו ל מ נו ח ה, ל כ בו ד ו ל ת פ א ר ת. ע ל ה כ ל י י א ל ה ינו, א נ ח נו מו ד ים ל ך, ו מ ב ר כ ים או ת ך, י ת ב ר ך ש מ ך ב פ י כ ל ח י ת מ יד ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, מ ק ד ש ה ש ב ת. PRAISE TO YOU, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Rock of all creation, Righteous One of all generations, the faithful God whose word is deed, whose every command is just and true. For the Torah, for the privilege of worship, for the prophets, and for this Shabbat that You, Adonai our God, have given us for holiness and rest, for honor and glory: we thank and bless You. May Your name be blessed forever by every living being. Praise to You, Adonai, for the Sabbath and its holiness. For Rosh Chodesh, turn to page

96 Y HAL LU et shem Adonai, ki nisgav sh mo l vado. HODO al eretz v shamayim. Vayarem keren l amo, t hilah l chol chasidav, liv nei Yisrael am k rovo. Hal lu Yah! Reading the Torah on Shabbat LET US PRAISE the Name of Adonai, for God s Name alone is exalted! ק ב ל ת ה ת ו ר ה ה ק פ ה ב ר כו ת ה ת ו ר ה מ י ש ב ר ך ה ג ב ה ה ב ר כ ת ה ג ו מ ל ב ר כו ת ה ה פ ט ר ה ה ח ז ר ת ה ת ו ר ה י ה ל לו א ת ש ם י י, כ י נ ש ג ב ש מו ל ב ד ו. הו דו ע ל א ר ץ ו ש מ י ם. ו, מ ע ל ן ר ק ם ר ו י ת ה ל ה ל כ ל ח ס יד יו, ל ב נ י י ש ר א ל ע ם ק ר בו. ה ל לו י ה! GOD S MAJESTY is above the earth and heaven; and God is the strength of our people, making God s faithful ones, Israel, a people close to the Eternal. Halleluyah! MIZMOR L DAVID. Havu l Adonai b nei eilim, havu l Adonai kavod vaoz. Havu l Adonai k vod sh mo, hishtachavu l Adonai b hadrat kodesh. Kol Adonai al hamayim, El hakavod hirim, Adonai al mayim rabim. Kol Adonai bako-ach kol Adonai behadar. Kol Adonai shoveir arazim vay shabeir Adonai et arzei hal vanon, vayarkideim k mo eigel l vanon v siryon k mo ven r eimim. PSALM 29:1-11 מ ז מו ר ל ד ו ד. ה בו ל יי ב נ י א ל ים, ה בו ל יי כ בו ד ו ע ז. ה בו ל יי כ בו ד ש מו, ה ש ת ח וו ל יי ב ה ד ר ת ק ד ש. קו ל י י ע ל ה מ י ם, א ל ה כ בו ד ה ר ע ים, י י ע ל מ י ם ר ב ים. קו ל י י ב כ ח קו ל י י ב ה ד ר. קו ל י י ש ב ר א ר ז ים ו י ש ב ר י י א ת א ר ז י ה ל ב נו ן, ו י ר ק יד ם כ מו ע ג ל ל ב נו ן ו ש ר יו ן כ מו ב ן ר א מ ים. A PSALM OF DAVID. Ascribe to Adonai, O divine beings, ascribe to Adonai glory and strength. Ascribe to Adonai the glory of God s name; bow down to Adonai, majestic in holiness. The voice of Adonai is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, Adonai, over the mighty waters. The voice of Adonai is power; the voice of Adonai is majesty; the voice of Adonai breaks cedars; Adonai shatters the cedars of Lebanon. God makes Lebanon skip like a calf, Sirion, like a young wild ox. דו... הו לו ל י ה Y hal lu... Hodo... Let us praise... God s majesty Psalm 148:

97 Reading the Torah on Shabbat Kabbalat HaTorah Hakafah Birchot HaTorah Mi Shebeirach Hagbahah Birkat HaGomeil Birchot HaHaftarah Hachzarat HaTorah KI LEKACH tov natati lachem, Torati al taazovu. Eitz chayim hi lamachazikim bah, v tom cheha m ushar. D rachehah darchei no-am, v chol n tivoteha shalom. Hashiveinu Adonai eilecha v nashuvah, chadeish yameinu k kedem. The Torah is returned to the Ark. כ י ל ק ח טו ב נ ת ת י ל כ ם, ת ו ר ת י א ל ת ע ז בו. ע ץ ח י ים ה יא ל מ ח ז יק ים ב ה, ו ת מ כ יה מ א ש ר. ד ר כ יה ד ר כ י נ ע ם, ו כ ל נ ת יבו ת יה ש לו ם. ה ש יב נו י י א ל יך ו נ ש ו ב ה, ח ד ש י מ ינו כ ק ד ם. FOR I HAVE GIVEN YOU good instruction; do not abandon My Torah. IT IS A TREE OF LIFE for those who hold fast to it, and all its supporters are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness and all its paths are peace. Return us to You, Adonai, and we will return; renew our days as of old. WHEN TORAH ENTERED the world, freedom entered it. The whole Torah exists only to establish peace. Its highest teaching is love and kindness. What is hateful to you, do not do to any person. That is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary. Go and learn it. Those who study Torah are the true guardians of civilization. Honoring one another, doing acts of kindness, and making peace: these are our highest duties. But the study of Torah is equal to them all, because it leads to them all. Let us learn in order to teach. Let us learn in order to do! 4:2, Ki lekach tov... For I have given you... is an agglomeration of Proverbs כ י ל ק ח טו ב Proverbs 3:18, Proverbs 3:17, and Lamentations 5: When Torah entered the world... John Rayner and Chaim Stern

98 Reading the Torah on Shabbat community FOR OUR CONGREGATION SOURCE of all being, may the children of this community learn these passions from us: love of Torah, devotion in prayer, and support of the needy. May we guide with integrity, and may our leadership be in Your service. May those who teach and nourish us be blessed with satisfaction, and may we appreciate their time and their devotion. Bless us with the fruits of wisdom and understanding, and may our efforts bring fulfillment and joy. ת פ ל ו ת ה ק ה ל ה ת פ ל ת ה ד ר ך ר אש ח ד ש ב ר כו ת ל ב ר/ב ת מ צ ו ה אויפרוף ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ש או ת ך ל ב ד ך ב י ר א ה נ ע בו ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, she-ot cha l vad cha b yirah naavod. FOR OUR COUNTRY THUS SAYS ADONAI, This is what I desire: to unlock the fetters of wickedness, and untie the cords of lawlessness; to let the oppressed go free, to break off every yoke. Share your bread with the hungry, and take the wretched poor into your home. When you see the naked, give clothing, and do not ignore your own kin. If you banish the yoke from your midst, the menacing hand, the evil speech; if you offer compassion to the hungry and satisfy the famished creature then your light shall shine in darkness. O GUARDIAN of life and liberty, may our nation always merit Your protection. Teach us to give thanks for what we have by sharing it with those who are in need. Keep our eyes open to the wonders of creation, and alert to the care of the earth. May we never be lazy in the work of peace; may we honor those who have died in defense of our ideals. Grant our leaders wisdom and forebearance. May they govern with justice and compassion Help us all to appreciate one another, and to respect the many ways that we may serve You. May our homes be safe from affliction and strife, and our country be sound in body and spirit. Amen. Source of all being... Elyse Frishman Thus says Adonai... Selected verses from Isaiah

99 Reading the Torah on Shabbat T filot Hak hilah T filat Haderech Rosh Chodesh Blessing for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Wedding Blessing Prayers of our SHAALU sh lom Y rushalayim, yishlayu ohavayich. FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL ש א לו ש לו ם י רו ש ל י ם, י ש ל יו א ה ב י ך. PRAY for the peace of Jerusalem; may those who love you prosper. AVINU SHEBASHAMAYIM, tzur Yisrael v go-alo, bareich et m dinat Yisrael, reishit tz michat g ulateinu. Hagein aleha b evrat chasdecha, ufros aleha sukat sh lomecha. Ush lach orcha vaamit cha l rasheha, sareha v yo-atzeha, v takneim b eitzah tovah milfanecha. V natata shalom baaretz, v simchat olam l yoshveha. V nomar: Amen. א ב ינו ש ב ש מ י ם, צו ר י ש ר א ל ו גו א לו, ב ר ך א ת מ ד ינ ת י ש ר א ל, ר אש ית צ מ יח ת ג א ל ת נו. ה ג ן ע ל יה ב א ב ר ת ח ס ד ך, ו פ רו ס ע ל יה ס כ ת ש לו מ ך. ו ש ל ח או ר ך ו א מ ת ך ל ר אש יה,, יה צ ע יו ו יה ר ש ו ת ק נ ם ב ע צ ה טו ב ה מ ל פ נ יך. ו נ ת ת ש לו ם ב א ר ץ, ו ש מ ח ת עו ל ם ל יו ש ב יה. ו נ אמ ר א מ ן. O HEAVENLY ONE, Protector and Redeemer of Israel, bless the State of Israel which marks the dawning of hope for all who seek peace. Shield it beneath the wings of Your love; spread over it the canopy of Your peace; send Your light and truth to all who lead and advise, guiding them with Your good counsel. Establish peace in the land and fullness of joy for all who dwell there. Amen. 173 Shaalu sh lom Y rushalayim... Pray for the peace of Jerusalem... Psalm 122:6 ש א לו ש לו ם י רו ש ל י ם

100 Reading the Torah on Shabbat community T FILAT HADERECH ך ד ר ה ת ת פ ל UPON SETTING FORTH ON A JOURNEY Y HI ratzon milfanecha Adonai Eloheinu v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu, shetolicheinu l shalom v taazreinu l hagia limchoz cheftzeinu l chayim ul simchah ul shalom. Ushmor tzeiteinu uvo-einu v tatzileinu mikol tzarah v tishlach b rachah b chol maasei yadeinu, umaaseinu y chabdu et sh mecha. Baruch atah, Adonai, shomeir Yisrael laad. ת פ ל ו ת ה ק ה ל ה ת פ ל ת ה ד ר ך ר אש ח ד ש ב ר כו ת ל ב ר/ב ת מ צ ו ה אויפרוף י ה י ר צו ן מ ל פ נ יך י י א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, ש ת ו ל יכ נו ל ש לו ם ו ת ע ז ר נו ל ה ג יע ל מ חו ז ח פ צ נו ל ח י ים ו ל ש מ ח ה ו ל ש לו ם. ו ש מו ר צ את נו ו בו א נו ו ת צ יל נו מ כ ל צ ר ה ו ת ש ל ח ב ר כ ה ב כ ל מ ע ש י י ד ינו, ו מ ע ש ינו י כ ב דו א ת ש מ ך. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ש ו מ ר י ש ר א ל ל ע ד. MAY IT BE YOUR WILL, our God and God of our ancestors, that You lead us in peace and help us reach our destination safely, joyfully and peacefully. May You protect us on our leaving and on our return, and rescue us from any harm, and may You bless the work of our hands, and may our deeds merit honor for You. Praise to You, Adonai, Protector of Israel. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ש ו מ ר י ש ר א ל ל ע ד. Baruch atah, Adonai, shomeir Yisrael laad. 174

101 Reading the Torah on Shabbat T filot Hak hilah T filat Haderech Rosh Chodesh Blessing for Bar/Bat Mitzvah Wedding Blessing Prayers of our L ROSH CHODESH ש ד ח ר אש ל FOR THE NEW MONTH Y HI RATZON milfanecha, Adonai Eloheinu v Elohei avoteinu v imoteinu, shet chadeish aleinu et hachodesh haba (hazeh) l tovah v liv rachah. V titen lanu chayim arukim, chayim shel shalom, chayim shel parnasah, chayim shet hei vanu ahavat Torah v yirat shamayim, chayim sheyimalu mishalot libeinu l tovah. Amen. י ה י ר צו ן מ ל פ נ יך, י י א ל ה ינו ו אל ה י א בו ת ינו ו א מ ו ת ינו, ש ת ח ד ש ע ל ינו א ת ה ח ד ש ה ב א )ה ז ה( ל טו ב ה ו ל ב ר כ ה. ו ת ת ן ל נו ח י ים א ר כ ים, ח י ים ש ל ש לו ם, ח י ים ש ל פ ר נ ס ה, ח י ים ש ת ה א ב נו א ה ב ת ת ו ר ה ו י ר א ת ש מ י ם, ח י ים ש י מ ל או מ ש א לו ת ל ב נו ל טו ב ה. א מ ן. OUR GOD and God of our ancestors, may the new month bring us goodness and blessing. May we have long life, peace, prosperity, a life exalted by love of Torah and reverence for the divine; a life in which the longings of our hearts are fulfilled for good. Rosh Chodesh [name of month] yih yeh b yom [day] / hu hayom. ר אש ח ד ש month] [name of י ה י ה ב יו ם [day] / הו א ה י ו ם THE NEW MONTH of will begin on / begins today. 175 The custom of announcing the beginning of the new Hebrew month in the synagogue dates to the geonic period (circa 9th century). This prayer is recited on the Shabbat preceding the beginning of the new Hebrew month, with the exception of the month of Tishrei, which always coincides with Rosh HaShanah. This Shabbat is called Shabbat M vorchim. We pray for blessing in the month ahead.

102 Reading the Torah on Shabbat community FOR A BAR AND BAT MITZVAH INTO OUR HANDS, O God, You have placed Your Torah, to be held high by parents and children, and taught by one generation to the next. Whatever has befallen us, our people have remained steadfast in loyalty to the Torah. It was carried in the arms of parents that their children might not be deprived of their birthright. ת פ ל ו ת ה ק ה ל ה ת פ ל ת ה ד ר ך ר אש ח ד ש ב ר כו ת ל ב ר/ב ת מ צ ו ה אויפרוף And now, we pray that you, [name], may always be worthy of this inheritance. Take its teaching into your heart, and in turn pass it on to your children and those who come after you. May you be a faithful Jew, searching for wisdom and truth, working for justice and peace. May the One who has always been our Guide inspire you to bring honor to our family and to the House of Israel. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י, ש נ ת ן ל י א ת ה ז כו ת ו א ת ה כ בו ד ל ת ת ל ך /ל ך ת ו ר ה. Baruch atah, Adonai, shenatan li et hazchut v et hakavod lateit l cha / lach Torah. Blessed is Adonai our God, who gives me the honor and privilege of entrusting you with Torah. OUR HEARTS are one on this joyous day as you commit yourself to a life of Torah: a life, we pray, filled with wisdom, caring and right action. We pray that you will grow each day in compassion for the needy, in concern for the stranger, in love of all people. May the One who blessed our ancestors, Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel and Leah, bless you on your becoming a Bar/t Mitzvah. May you grow with strength and courage, with vision and sensitivity. And may you always be certain of our love. Amen. Into our hands... adapted by Chaim Stern in Gates of Prayer from a prayer in Union Prayer Book Our hearts are one... Elyse Frishman 176

103 Reading the Torah on Shabbat T filot Hak hilah T filat Haderech Rosh Chodesh Blessing for Bar/ Bat Mitzvah Wedding Blessing Prayers of our MAY YOU LIVE to see your world fulfilled, may your destiny be for worlds still to come, and may you trust in generations past and yet to be. May your heart be filled with intuition and your words be rich in understanding. May songs of praise ever be upon your tongue, and your vision clarify a straight path before you. May your eyes shine with the light of Torah and your face reflect the brightness of the heavens. May your lips ever speak wisdom and your fulfillment be in righteousness, even as you ever yearn to hear the words of the Ancient One of Holiness. WEDDING BLESSING SOURCE of laughter and gladness, let Your Presence accompany these loving companions. Pour love over them; grant them growth, each alone and together. May health and devotion, laughter and understanding abound for them. May they have the strength to share life s sorrows. May their love deepen and flower. Open their hearts to one another and may their hands be open to family, to friends, to our people Israel, to all humanity. Amen. May you live to see your world fulfilled... B rachot 17a 177 Source of laughter and gladness... Barton G. Lee, adapted

104 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish ע ל ינו ע ל ינוּ ALEINU l shabei-ach laadon hakol, lateit g dulah l yotzeir b reishit, shelo asanu k goyei haaratzot, v lo samanu k mishp chot haadamah. Shelo sam chelkeinu kahem, v goraleinu k chol hamonam. Vaanachnu kor im umishtachavim umodim, lifnei Melech malchei ham lachim HaKadosh Baruch Hu. ALEINU ע ל ינו ל ש ב ח ל א דו ן ה כ ל, ל ת ת ג ד ל ה ל יו צ ר ב ר אש ית, ש ל א ע ש נו כ גו י י ה א ר צו ת, ו ל א ש מ נו כ מ ש פ חו ת ה א ד מ ה. ש ל א ש ם ח ל ק נו כ ה ם, ו ג ר ל נו כ כ ל ה מו נ ם. ו א נ ח נו כ ו ר ע ים ו מ ש ת ח ו ים ו מו ד ים, ל פ נ י מ ל ך מ ל כ י ה מ ל כ ים ה ק דו ש ב רו ך הו א. LET US NOW PRAISE the Sovereign of the universe, and proclaim the greatness of the Creator who has set us apart from the other families of the earth, giving us a destiny unique among the nations. We bend the knee and bow, acknowledging the supreme Sovereign, the Holy One of Blessing. Continue or turn to page 179 or 180. V ne-emar, v hayah Adonai l Melech al kol haaretz. Bayom hahu yih yeh Adonai echad ush mo echad. ו נ א מ ר, ו ה י ה י י ל מ ל ך ע ל כ ל ה א ר ץ. ב י ו ם ה הו א י ה י ה י י א ח ד ו ש מו א ח ד. Thus it has been said, Adonai will be Sovereign over all the earth. On that day, Adonai will be one, and God s Name will be one. Continue or turn to page 179 or 180. ו מ ש ת ח ו ים kor im, one bends the knees; at כ ו ר ע ים For those who choose: At the word umishtachavim, one bows at the waist; and at ך ל מ נ י פ ל lifnei Melech, one stands straight. 178

105 Aleinu Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish SHEHU noteh shamayim v yoseid aretz, umoshav y karo bashamayim mimaal ush chinat uzo b govhei m romim. Hu Eloheinu ein od, emet Malkeinu efes zulato. Kakatuv b Torato, V yadata hayom v hasheivota el l vavecha, ki Adonai hu HaElohim bashamayim mimaal, v al haaretz mitachat, ein od. ש הו א נו ט ה ש מ י ם ו י ס ד א ר ץ, ו מו ש ב י ק רו ב ש מ י ם מ מ ע ל ו ש כ ינ ת ע ז ו ב ג ב ה י מ רו מ ים. הו א א ל ה ינו א ין עו ד, א מ ת מ ל כ נו א פ ס זו ל תו. כ כ תו ב ב תו ר תו, ו י ד ע ת ה י ו ם ו ה ש ב ת א ל ל ב ב ך, כ י י י הו א ה א ל ה ים ב ש מ י ם מ מ ע ל, ו ע ל ה א ר ץ מ ת ח ת, א ין עו ד. FOR YOU SPREAD OUT THE HEAVENS and established the earth; Your majestic abode is in the heavens above and Your mighty Presence is in the loftiest heights. You are our God and there is none else. In truth You are our Sovereign without compare, as is written in Your Torah: Know then this day and take it to heart that Adonai is surely God in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is none else. Al kein n kaveh l cha Adonai Eloheinu, lirot m heirah b tiferet uzecha, l haavir gilulim min haaretz v ha-elilim karot yikareitun. L takein olam b malchut Shaddai, v chol b nei vasar yikr u vishmecha. L hafnot eilecha kol rishei aretz. ע ל כ ן נ ק ו ה ל ך י י א ל ה ינו, ל ר או ת מ ה ר ה ב ת פ א ר ת ע ז ך, ל ה ע ב יר ג ל ו ל ים מ ן ה א ר ץ ו ה א ל יל ים כ רו ת י כ ר תו ן. ל ת ק ן עו ל ם ב מ ל כו ת ש ד י, ו כ ל ב נ י ב ש ר י ק ר או ב ש מ ך. ל ה פ נו ת א ל יך כ ל ר ש ע י א ר ץ. We therefore hope in You, Adonai our God. may we soon behold the glory of Your might: sweeping away the false gods of the earth that idolatry be utterly destroyed; perfecting the world under the rule of God that all humanity invoke Your name; turning all the wicked of the earth toward You. ein od... There is none else... The Kabbalah s interpretation is Adonai is God; there א ין עו ד is nothing (!) else, the idea being, God is all there is! God and the universe become the same, interwoven in history. Joel Hoffman (Shehu) noteh shamayim... (For You) spread out the heavens... Isaiah 51:13 )ש הו א( נו ט ה ש מ י ם 179 V yadata hayom... Know then this day... Deuteronomy 4:39 ו י ד ע ת ה י ו ם

106 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish Yakiru v yeidu kol yoshvei teivel, ki l cha tichra kol berech, tishava kol lashon. L fanecha Adonai Eloheinu yichr u v yipolu. V lichvod shimcha y kar yiteinu. Vikablu chulam et ol malchutecha, v timloch aleihem m heirah l olam va-ed. Ki hamalchut shelcha hi, ul olmei ad timloch b chavod, kakatuv b Toratecha: Adonai yimloch l olam va-ed. V ne-emar, V hayah Adonai l Melech al kol haaretz. Bayom hahu yih yeh Adonai echad ush mo echad. ע ל ינו ק ד יש י תו ם י כ ירו ו י ד עו כ ל יו ש ב י ת ב ל, כ י ל ך ת כ ר ע כ ל ב ר ך, ת ש ב ע כ ל ל ש ו ן ל פ נ יך י י א ל ה ינו י כ ר עו ו י פ לו. ו ל כ בו ד ש מ ך י ק ר י ת נו. ו יק ב לו כ ל ם א ת עו ל מ ל כו ת ך, ו ת מ ל ך ע ל יה ם מ ה ר ה ל עו ל ם ו ע ד. כ י ה מ ל כו ת ש ל ך ה יא, ו ל עו ל מ י ע ד ת מ לו ך ב כ בו ד, כ כ תו ב ב תו ר ת ך י י י מ ל ך ל עו ל ם ו ע ד ו נ א מ ר, ו ה י ה י י ל מ ל ך ע ל כ ל ה א ר ץ. ב י ו ם ה הו א י ה י ה י י א ח ד ו ש מו א ח ד. Let all who dwell on earth acknowledge that unto You every knee must bend and every tongue swear loyalty. Before You, Adonai, our God, let them pay homage. Let them give glory to Your honored Name. Let all accept the yoke of Your reign, that You may rule over us soon and forever. For Sovereignty is Yours and to all eternity You will reign in glory, as it is written in Your Torah: Adonai will reign forever and ever. Thus it has been said: Adonai will become Sovereign of all the earth. On that day Adonai will become One and God s Name will be One. Kaddish readings begin on page 181. Kaddish is on page 187. Ki l cha (li) tichra,... Unto You (Me) every knee must bend... Isaiah 45:23 כ י ל ך )ל י( ת כ ר ע ל ך י מ י י Adonai yimloch... Adonai will reign... Exodus 15:18 ך ל מ ל י י י ה ה ו V hayah Adonai l Melech... Adonai will become Sovereign... Zechariah 14:9 Bayom hahu... On that day... Zechariah 14:9 ב י ו ם ה הו א 180

107 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish Aleinu Mourner s ק דּ ישׁ י תוֹם Kaddish KADDISH YATOM MOURNER S KADDISH MEDITATIONS BEFORE KADDISH 1. WHEN I DIE give what s left of me away to children and old men that wait to die. And if you need to cry, cry for your brother walking the street beside you. And when you need me, put your arms around anyone and give them what you need to give me. I want to leave you something, something better than words or sounds. Look for me in the people I ve known or loved, and if you cannot give me away, at least let me live in your eyes and not in your mind. You can love me best by letting hands touch hands, by letting bodies touch bodies, and by letting go of children that need to be free. Love doesn t die, people do. So, when all that s left of me is love, give me away. When I die... Merrit Malloy Kaddish Yatom... Mourner s Kaddish... The Kaddish is a hymn of praise to God ק ד יש י תו ם and a prayer for the speedy establishment of God s sovereignty on earth, recited at the conclusion of rabbinic study and exposition of Scripture. In its essence it is not a mourner s prayer, and various forms of the Kaddish are used to mark the conclusion of each part of the service. The custom of reciting Kaddish for a year (or eleven months) after the death of a parent and on the anniversary of that death (Yahrzeit) originated in the Rhineland during the Crusades (eleventh century). 181

108 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish 2. ק ד יש י תו ם IN NATURE S EBB AND FLOW, God s eternal law abides. When tears dim our vision or grief clouds our understanding, we often lose sight of God s eternal plan. Yet we know that growth and decay, life and death, all reveal a divine purpose. God who is our support in the struggles of life, is also our hope in death. We have set God before us and shall not despair. In God s hands are the souls of all the living and the spirits of all flesh. Under God s protection we abide, and by God s love are we comforted. O Life of our life, Soul of our soul, cause Your light to shine into our hearts, and fill our spirits with abiding trust in You. 3. THE LIGHT OF LIFE is a finite flame. Like the Shabbat candles, life is kindled, it burns, it glows, it is radiant with warmth and beauty. But soon it fades, its substance is consumed, and it is no more. In light we see; in light we are seen. The flames dance and our lives are full. But as night follows day, the candle of our life burns down and gutters. There is an end to the flames. We see no more and are no more seen, yet we do not despair, for we are more than a memory slowly fading into the darkness. With our lives we give life. Something of us can never die: we move in the eternal cycle of darkness and death, of light and life. In nature s ebb and flow... Union Prayer Book The light of life is a finite flame... Chaim Stern 182

109 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish Mourner s Kaddish 4. WHY should I wish to see God better than this day? I see something of God in each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then: In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass. I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every one is sign d by God s name. And I leave them where they are, for I know that whereso er I go, others will punctually come forever and ever. 5. IT IS A FEARFUL THING to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love, hope, dream: to be to be, and oh! to lose. A thing for fools this, and a holy thing, a holy thing to love. For your life has lived in me, your laugh once lifted me, your word was gift to me. To remember this brings a painful joy. Tis a human thing, love, a holy thing, to love what death has touched. Why should I wish to see... Walt Whitman 183 It is a fearful thing to love... Chaim Stern

110 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish 6. ק ד יש י תו ם IT IS HARD to sing of oneness when the world is not complete, when those who once brought wholeness to our life have gone, and naught but memory can fill the emptiness their passing leaves behind. But memory can tell us only what we were, in company with those we loved; it cannot help us find what each of us, alone, must now become. Yet no one is really alone: those who live no more, echo still within our thoughts and words, and what they did is part of what we have become. We do best homage to our dead when we live our lives more fully, even in the shadow of our loss. For each of our lives is worth the life of the whole world; in each one is the breath of the Ultimate One. In affirming the One, we affirm the worth of each one whose life, now ended, brought us closer to the Source of life, in whose unity no one is alone and every life finds purpose. 7. YEISH kochavim she-oram magia artzah rak kaasher heim atzmam avdu v einam. Yeish anashim sheziv zichram mei-ir kaasher heim atzmam einam od b tocheinu. Orot eileh hamavhikim b cheshkat halayil heim heim shemarim laadam et haderech. י ש כ ו כ ב ים ש או ר ם מ ג יע א ר צ ה ר ק כ א ש ר ה ם ע צ מ ם א ב דו ו א ינ ם. י ש א נ ש ים ש ז יו ז כ ר ם מ א יר כ א ש ר ה ם ע צ מ ם א ינ ם עו ד ב תו כ ינו. או רו ת א ל ה ה מ ב ה יק ים ב ח ש כ ת ה ל י ל ה ם ה ם ש מ ר א ים ל א ד ם א ת ה ד ר ך. THERE ARE STARS up above, so far away we only see their light long, long after the star itself is gone. And so it is with people that we loved their memories keep shining ever brightly though their time with us is done. But the stars that light up the darkest night, these are the lights that guide us. As we live our days, these are the ways we remember. It is hard to sing of oneness... Richard Levy Yeish kochavim... Hannah Senesh 184

111 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish Mourner s Kaddish 8. WHEN CHERISHED TIES are broken, and the chain of love is shattered, only trust and the strength of faith can lighten the heaviness of the heart. At times, the pain of separation seems more than we can bear, but if we dwell too long on our loss, we embitter our hearts and harm ourselves and those about us. The Psalmist said that in his affliction, he learned the law of God. And in truth, grief is a great teacher, when it sends us back to serve and bless the living. We learn how to counsel and comfort those who, like ourselves, are bowed with sorrow. We learn when to keep silent in their presence, and when a word will assure them of our love and concern. Thus, even when they are gone, the departed are with us, moving us to live as, in their higher moments, they themselves wished to live. We remember them now; they live in our hearts; they are an abiding blessing. 9. WE HAVE LIVED in numberless towns and villages; and in too many of them we have endured cruel suffering. Some we have forgotten; others are sealed in our memory, a wound that does not heal. A hundred generation of victims and martyrs; still their blood cries out from the earth. And so many, so many at Dachau, at Buchenwald, at Babi Yar... What can we say? What can we do? How bear the unbearable, or accept what life has brought to our people? All who are born must die, but how shall we compare the slow passage of time with the callous slaughter of the innocent, cut off before their time? They lived with faith. Not all but many. And, surely, many died, with faith in God, in life, in the goodness that even flames cannot destroy. May we find a way to the strength of that faith, that trust, that sure sense that life and soul endure beyond this body s death. They have left their lives to us: let a million prayers rise whenever Jews worship; let a million candles glow against the darkness of these unfinished lives. When cherished ties are broken... Chaim Stern, adapted from Israel Bettan in Union Prayer Book 185 We have lived in numberless towns... Chaim Stern and Henry Cohen

112 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish 10. YIZKOR... We remember י ז כ ו ר ק ד יש י תו ם Remember our people who suffered and died so that we could be free and secure; may their memory be more than a distant shadow. For their dreams left unfulfilled and lives taken too soon: we remember. Remember our brothers and sisters whose sacrifice kept the dream of democracy and justice alive; may their courage be our inspiration and strength. For life cut short and vision unrealized: we remember. Remember the fallen of our armed services, the victims of terror and tragedy; may the darkness of their loss not obscure the light of peace. They were in love with our land and in love with life. For the agony, the tears, the mothers and the fathers, for the children who were and for the children yet to be: we remember. OUR THOUGHTS TURN to those who have departed this earth: our own loved ones, those whom our friends and neighbors have lost, the martyrs of our people whose graves are unmarked, and those of every race and nation whose lives have been a blessing to humanity. As we remember them, we meditate on the meaning of love and loss, of life and death. WE THINK OF OUR LOVED ONES whom death has recently taken from us, those who died at this season in years past, and those whom we have drawn into our hearts with our own... Yizkor... Peter Knobel Our thoughts turn... Robert I. Khan, adapted 186

113 Aleinu and Mourner s Kaddish Mourner s Kaddish ד ל ו י ת ק ד י ת ג YITGADAL v yitkadash sh mei raba. B alma di v ra chirutei, v yamlich malchutei, b chayeichon uv yomeichon uv chayei d chol beit Yisrael, baagala uvizman kariv. V im ru: Amen. Y hei sh mei raba m varach l alam ul almei almaya. Yitbarach v yishtabach v yitpaar v yitromam v yitnasei, v yit hadar v yitaleh v yit halal sh mei d kudsha b rich Hu, l eila min kol birchata v shirata, tushb chata v nechemata, daamiran 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 yaaseh shalom aleinu, v al kol Yisrael v al kol yoshvei teiveil. V imru: Amen. MOURNER S KADDISH ש ש מ ה ר ב א. ב ע ל מ א ד י ב ר א כ ר עו ת ה, ו י מ ל יך מ ל כו ת ה, ב ח י יכו ן ו ב יו מ יכו ן ו ב ח י י ד כ ל ב ית י ש ר א ל, ב ע ג ל א ו ב ז מ ן ק ר יב. ו א מ רו א מ ן. י ה א ש מ ה ר ב א מ ב ר ך ל ע ל ם ו ל ע ל מ י ע ל מ י א. י ת ב ר ך ו י ש ת ב ח, ו י ת פ א ר ו י ת רו מ ם ו י ת נ ש א, ו י ת ה ד ר ו י ת ע ל ה ו י ת ה ל ל ש מ ה ד ק ד ש א ב ר יך הו א, ל ע ל א מ ן כ ל ב ר כ ת א ו ש יר ת א, ת ש ב ח ת א ו נ ח מ ת א, ד א מ יר ן ב ע ל מ א. ו א מ רו א מ ן. י ה א ש ל מ א ר ב א מ ן ש מ י א, ו ח י ים ע ל ינו ו ע ל כ ל י ש ר א ל. ו א מ רו א מ ן. ע ש ה ש לו ם ב מ רו מ יו, הו א י ע ש ה ש לו ם ע ל ינו, ו ע ל כ ל י ש ר א ל ו ע ל כ ל יו ש ב י ת ב ל. ו א מ רו א מ ן. EXALTED and hallowed be God s great name in the world which God created, according to plan. May God s majesty be revealed in the days of our lifetime and the life of all Israel speedily, imminently, to which we say Amen. Blessed be God s great name to all eternity. Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One, beyond all earthly words and songs of blessing, praise, and comfort. To which we say Amen. May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us and all Israel. To which we say Amen. May the One who creates harmony on high, bring peace to us and to all Israel, and all who dwell on earth. To which we say Amen. 187 ז כ רו נ ם ל ב ר כ ה. Zichronam livrachah. May their memories be for blessing.

114 Blessings for the Home and Synagogue V SHAMRU v nei Yisrael et HaShabbat, laasot et HaShabbat l dorotam b rit olam. Beini uvein b nei Yisrael ot hi l olam, ki sheishet yamim asah Adonai et hashamayim v et haaretz, uvayom hashvi-i shavat va-yinafash. KIDDUSH FOR FESTIVAL MORNING ON SHABBAT ר א ל א ת ה ש ב ת, ל ע ש ו ת א ת ה ש ב ת ל ד ר ת ם ב ר ית עו ל ם. ב ינ י ו ב ין ב נ י י ש ר א ל או ת ה יא ל עו ל ם, כ י ש ש ת י מ ים ע ש ה י י א ת ה ש מ י ם ו א ת ה א ר ץ, ו ב י ו ם ה ש ב יע י ש ב ת ו י נ פ ש. ק ד ו ש, ש ח ר ית ו ש מ רו ב נ י י ש THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It shall be a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel, for in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God ceased from work and was refreshed. ע ל כ ן ב ר ך י י א ת יו ם ה ש ב ת ו י ק ד ש הו. Al kein beirach Adonai et Yom HaShabbat vay kadsheihu. Therefore Adonai blessed the day of Shabbat and hallowed it. EILEH MO-ADEI Adonai, mikra-ei kodesh, asher tikra-u otam b mo-adam. Vay dabeir Moshe et mo-adei Adonai el b nei Yisrael. ON ALL FESTIVAL DAYS א ל ה מו ע ד י י י, מ ק ר א י ק ד ש, א ש ר ת ק ר או א ת ם ב מו ע ד ם. ו י ד ב ר מ ש ה א ת מו ע ד י י י א ל ב נ י י ש ר א ל. THESE ARE THE APPOINTED SEASONS of Adonai, the sacred days, that you shall proclaim at their appointed times. And Moses declared the appointed seasons of Adonai to the people of Israel. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p ri hagafen. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ב ו ר א פ ר י ה ג פ ן. Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine. 31:16 17 V shamru... Exodus ו ש מ רו 20:8 11 Al kein... Exodus ע ל כ ן Eileh mo-adei... Leviticus 23:4 א ל ה מו ע ד י Vay dabeir Moshe... Leviticus 23:44 ו י ד ב ר מ ש ה 188

115 Blessings for the Home and Synagogue Kiddush, Morning V SHAMRU v nei Yisrael et HaShabbat, laasot et HaShabbat l dorotam b rit olam. Beini uvein b nei Yisrael ot hi l olam, ki sheishet yamim asah Adonai et hashamayim v et haaretz, uvayom hashvi-i shavat vayinafash. KIDDUSH FOR SHABBAT MORNING Fill a Kiddush cup with wine or grape juice. Raise it and recite: ר א ל א ת ה ש ב ת, ל ע ש ו ת א ת ה ש ב ת ל ד ר ת ם ב ר ית עו ל ם. ב ינ י ו ב ין ב נ י י ש ר א ל או ת ה יא ל עו ל ם, כ י ש ש ת י מ ים ע ש ה י י א ת ה ש מ י ם ו א ת ה א ר ץ, ו ב יו ם ה ש ב יע י ש ב ת ו י נ פ ש. ו ש מ רו ב נ י י ש THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL shall keep Shabbat, observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time. It shall be a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel, for in six days Adonai made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day God ceased from work and was refreshed. ע ל כ ן ב ר ך י י א ת יו ם ה ש ב ת ו י ק ד ש הו. Al kein beirach Adonai et Yom HaShabbat vay kadsheihu. Therefore Adonai blessed the day of Shabbat and hallowed it. ב רו ך א ת ה, י י א ל ה ינו, מ ל ך ה עו ל ם, ב ו ר א פ ר י ה ג פ ן. Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p ri hagafen. Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine :16 17 V shamru v nei Yisrael... The people of Israel shall keep... Exodus ו ש מ רו ב נ י י ש ר א ל 20:8 11 Al kein... Therefore Adonai... Exodus ע ל כ ן

116 Songs and Hymns Ein k Eloheinu, ein k Adoneinu, ein k Malkeinu, ein k Moshi-einu. Mi ch Eloheinu, mi ch Adoneinu, mi ch Malkeinu, mi ch Moshi-einu? EIN K ELOHEINU ש ב ת פ י ו ט ים א ין כ אל ה ינו, א ין כ אדו נ ינו, א ין כ מ ל כ נו, א ין כ מו ש יע נו. מ י כ אל ה ינו, מ י כ אדו נ ינו, מ י כ מ ל כ נו, מ י כ מו ש יע נו? Nodeh l Eloheinu, nodeh l Adoneinu, nodeh l Malkeinu, nodeh l Moshi-einu. Baruch Eloheinu, baruch Adoneinu, baruch Malkeinu, baruch Moshi-einu. Atah hu Eloheinu, atah hu Adoneinu, atah hu Malkeinu, atah hu Moshi-einu. נו ד ה ל אל ה ינו, נו ד ה ל אדו נ ינו, נו ד ה ל מ ל כ נו, נו ד ה ל מו ש יע נו. ב רו ך א ל ה ינו, ב רו ך א דו נ ינו, ב רו ך מ ל כ נו, ב רו ך מו ש יע נו. א ת ה הו א א ל ה ינו, א ת ה הו א א דו נ ינו, א ת ה הו א מ ל כ נו, א ת ה הו א מו ש יע נו. There is none like our God; there is none like our Eternal One; There is none like our Ruler; there is none like our Redeemer. Who is like our God? Who is like our Eternal One? Who is like our Ruler? Who is like our Redeemer? We will give thanks to our God; we will give thanks to our Eternal One; We will give thanks to our Ruler; we will give thanks to our Redeemer. Praised be our God; praised be our Eternal One; Praised be our Ruler; praised be our Redeemer. You are our God; You are our Eternal One; You are our Ruler; You are our Redeemer. 190

117 Songs and Hymns Shabbat Hymns Adon olam asher malach, b terem kol y tzir nivra. L eit naasah v cheftzo kol, azai Melech sh mo nikra. V acharei kichlot hakol, l vado yimloch nora. V hu hayah, v hu hoveh, v hu yih yeh, b tifarah. V hu echad v ein sheini, l hamshil lo l hachbirah. B li reishit b li tachlit, v lo haoz v hamisrah. V hu Eli v chai go-ali, v tzur chevli b eit tzarah. V hu nisi umanos li m nat kosi b yom ekra. B yado afkid ruchi, b eit ishan v a-irah. V im ruchi g viyati, Adonai li v lo ira. ADON OLAM א דו ן עו ל ם א ש ר מ ל ך, ב ט ר ם כ ל י צ יר נ ב ר א. ל ע ת נ ע ש ה ב ח פ צו כ ל, א ז י מ ל ך ש מו נ ק ר א. ו א ח ר י כ כ לו ת ה כ ל, ל ב ד ו י מ לו ך נו ר א. ו הו א ה י ה, ו הו א ה ו ה, ו הו א י ה י ה, ב ת פ א ר ה. ו הו א א ח ד ו א ין ש נ י, ל ה מ ש יל לו ל ה ח ב יר ה. ב ל י ר אש ית ב ל י ת כ ל ית, ו לו ה ע ז ו ה מ ש ר ה. ו הו א א ל י ו ח י ג א ל י, ו צו ר ח ב ל י ב ע ת צ ר ה. ו הו א נ ס י ו מ נו ס ל י מ נ ת כ ו ס י ב יו ם א ק ר א. ב י דו א פ ק יד רו ח י, ב ע ת א יש ן ו א ע יר ה. ו ע ם רו ח י ג ו י ת י, י י ל י ו ל א א יר א. You are our Eternal God, who reigned before any being had been created; when all was done according to Your will, then You were called Ruler. And after all ceases to be, You alone will rule in majesty. You have been, are yet, and will be in glory. And You are One; none other can compare to or consort with You. You are without beginning, without end. To You belong power and dominion. And You are my God, my living Redeemer, my Rock in times of trouble and distress. You are my standard bearer and my refuge, my benefactor when I call on You. Into Your hands I entrust my spirit, when I sleep and when I wake, and with my spirit my body also; Adonai is with me and I shall not fear. 191

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