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A Weekday Siddur ~ As I Can Say It

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Dear Davvener,
If you are not used to reading Hebrew with comprehension
and with the ability to dilate the Hebrew from the literal meaning, or if you cannot read Hebrew
and need a resource for daily davvenen, I offer you this set of texts, which I, too, use frequently
for myself.
I translated the Psalms and the liturgy in the way in which I experience them in my feeling
consciousness. This does not offer the pshat!, the literal meaning of the words, but the
devotional interpretation that can ma"e it a prayer of the heart.
I suggest that you davven it first all the way through, reading it out loud enough to hear it
yourself with feeling. #ou will li"e some sections better than others.
However, as you will note, there are $ sections to this heart siddur. They describe the raising
your awareness from the realm of sensation, the prayer of Assiyah,
to the realm of feelings, the prayer of Yetzirah, from there to the realm of reason and the
intellect, the world of Briyah and to the summit, the world of the intuition, Atzilut.
%hen you are done with this ascent, coming bac" to the grounded world of sensation and action,
you will need to reflect on the stirrings you felt on the way up and as" yourself these questions&
How am I to apply this in my consensus reality and with my family and other contacts'
How am I to act in a manner that will lead to the healing of our planet and society'
This part is called the bringing down of the Divine influx, yeridat hashefa.
#ou may need to pic" some paragraphs from each plane of prayer if all of it is too much for you.
(ome days you may wish to vary some parts and say others. This siddur! is meant to help you
stay in daily touch with )od, to gain blessed assistance from )od, to lighten your burdens, not
to add to them. Then recite some of the sentences of blessings and proceed with your daily tas"s.
*ay you experience
your praying
as a blessed meeting
with your )od.
+eb ,alman (chachter-(halomi

ThankYou, Living God
And Master,
For giving me
Another day of awareness.
I thank You
For this sacred trust.


I worship You,
Yah, our God,
osmic Ma!esty.
You formed me,
A human "eing,
#o wise$y.
You created in me
A$$ kinds of
%o$$ows and ducts,
Inner organs and intestines.
As I am a$$ transparent to You,
It is apparent and c$ear,
&hat if any of these
&hat need to "e open wou$d c$og,
'r any of these
(hich need to "e enc$osed
(ou$d seep,
I cou$d not e)ist and $ive
In Your sight,
*ot even for a moment.
#o I am gratefu$
And "$ess You,
For hea$ing me,
In ama+ing ways.

My God,
&he "reath You have given me
Is fresh.
You create it.
You form it.
You "reathe it into me.
And you keep me "reathing.
At some time,
You wi$$ take it away from me,
And I wi$$ have "reathed
my $ast "reath in this "ody.
And You wi$$ resuscitate me,
&o the $ife of the spirit.
For each "reath sti$$ in me,
I thank You,
My own God,
(ho is a$so my parents, God,
Lord of a$$ spirits,
Master of a$$ that happens.
I offer You thanks,
osmic Ma!esty,
And worship You,
For keeping me "reathing.
And in this way,
(ith each "reath,
You give me Life anew.

You commanded us
&o e)ercise our awareness
In Your &orah-
For this instruction
(e offer You our appreciation,
Yah, our God.
(e ask that we may find
.est and de$ight
In the words of Your teaching.
May we and our chi$dren
/and their chi$dren, too 0
1ecome intimate with You.
And, with pure intent22
Immerse ourse$ves in the &orah.
1arukh attah Yah,
You mentor Your peop$e
In &orah.
1arukh attah Yah,
I offer You thanks,
osmic Ma!esty,
And worship You
For se$ecting us
Among a$$ nations,
&o revea$ to us,
&he &orah meant for us.
1arukh attah Yah,
You keep gifting us
(ith Your &orah.
.ow,
study Torah
where your heart prompts you
!
"a#ukha$$ahYah,
%o&&'#You$hank(,
)o(*+,-a.'($/
0n12o#(h+3You,
For giving me the gift
&o discern the difference
1etween day and night.
/3ach time you see "a#ukh444,
you can repeat the formu$a4
"a#ukha$$ahYah,
%o&&'#You$hank(,
)o(*+,-a.'($/,
0n12o#(h+3You50
"a#ukh444
For giving sight to my eyes.
"a#ukh44
For giving free movement
to my $im"s.
"a#ukh444
For he$ping me to stand upright.
"a#ukh44
For giving me c$othes to wear.
"a#ukh444
For the firm ground
'n which You p$ace me.
"a#ukh444
For $eading my steps
In the right direction.
"a#ukh444
For providing
for a$$ my needs.
"a#ukh444
For im"uing me
Among other 5ews,
(ith #trength.
"a#ukh444
For making my sou$ "right,
(hen I wrest$e
And dance with You.
"a#ukh444
For taking my weariness
And giving me energy.
"a#ukh444
For shaping my $ife
in Your image.
"a#ukh444
For giving me options.
"a#ukh444
For giving me the privi$ege
&o worship You, as a 5ew.
"a#ukh444
For removing
&he $ast trace of s$eep
from my eyes.

And we ask Your "$essed he$p
&o find that our ha"its
Fo$$ow Your &orah,
&o make our desire
#eek Your Mit+vot.
6eep us from sin and offense,
From shame and temptation.
7o not a$$ow evi$ to attract us.
6eep us far from ma$icious peop$e,
1ut draw us to seek goodness
And right action.
Induce our se$fishness
&o serve You.
And he$p us this day,
Yes, every day,
&o "e generous,
Friend$y and cheerfu$.
As we face You
And a$$ who we wi$$ meet,
6eep us in Your grace
And "$ess us.
1arukh attah Yah,
You are a$ways generous to us,
Your peop$e Israe$.
Amen

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/ Psalm for / Housewarming,
0omposed by David
I acc$aim You, my God.
You set me free
#o that my foes
ou$d not g$oat at my trou"$es.
Yah, my God, I p$eaded with You.
You hea$ed me.
Yah, you $ifted me from the pit-
From the "rink of the grave
You "rought me "ack to Life.
Fe$$ow devotees!
5oin me in my song.
8emem"ering what is sacred,
Let,s give thanks.
For a moment, I fe$t You angry,
&hen I fe$t Life and acceptance.
&hough weeping as I fe$$ as$eep,
I woke up singing.
You, Yah, made my mountain firm,
I thought I was safe-
&hat I won,t ever stum"$e.
1ut when You hid
your Face from me,
I panicked.
I ca$$ to You, Yah!
I p$ead with You, Adonai!
(hat use is there in my death
&o go down to ruin9
an dust appreciate You9
an it discern Your &ruth9
Listen, Yah!
1e kind to me!
Yah, :$ease he$p me.
You turned my grieving
Into a dance of reconci$ation.
You took off my rags
And wrapped me in !oy.
*ow, Your G$ory is my song.
I won,t ho$d "ack.
Yah, my God,
I wi$$ ever "e gratefu$!
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/ Psalm for all the peoples
of the planet
God, "$ess us with grace!
Let Your $oving Face shine on us!
(e want to get to know Your way
%ere on 3arth,
#eeing how Your he$p is given
&o every group of peop$e.
'h, how the various peop$es
(i$$ thank You,
A$$ of them wi$$ sing
And "e gratefu$.
Many peop$e wi$$ "e !oyous
And sing
(hen You, (i$$ set them right
(ith forthrightness.
And the peop$es,
As You direct them,
(i$$ cheer You.
'h, how the various peop$es
(i$$ thank You.
A$$ of them wi$$ sing, "e gratefu$.
&he 3arth wi$$ give her harvest.
#uch "$essings come from God.
Yes, from our God!
1$ess us God,
A$$ the ends of the 3arth
(i$$ esteem You!
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(hat a 1$essing, You!
1$essed 'ne,
Your (ord
Makes for "ecoming.
(hat a "$essing, Your *ame.
1$essed 'ne,
You decree and sustain.
1$essed 'ne,
A$$ "eginnings are Yours!
1$essed 'ne,
Your ompassion
3nwom"s the 3arth.
1$essed 'ne,
Your aring is kind
&o a$$ creatures.
1$essed 'ne,
You are generous
In rewarding those
(ho respect Your reation.
1$essed 'ne,
3ver A$ive,
3ver confirming e)istence.
1$essed 'ne,
You make us free,
You rescue us!
(hen we hear Your *ame
(e offer "$essing.
Amen
"a#u,ha$$ahYah
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&his is how you sing to God
0ThankYou(on8:
You !oin the symphony
'f the who$e 3arth.
In your gratefu$ness,
You meet %im.
;oices echo !oy in God,s ha$$s.
In giving thanks,
(e engage %er "$essings.
(e meet %is goodness,
%ere and now-
%er encouragement
From generation to generation.
You are fi$$ed with !oy
#erving God,s purpose.
You sound your own song
As you do it.
ertain that God is 1e2ing,
(e know that we are
1rought forth from %er,
221oth God,s companions
And %is f$ock.
3nter into God,s :resence
#inging your own song,
In gratefu$ appreciation.
&hank You God,
You are a$$ 1$essing.
In this wor$d, You are goodness.
Yes, Grace, itse$f.
&his is the trust we "e<ueath
&he ne)t generation.

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Yah! Fi$$ our wor$d
&o ref$ect Your no"i$ity,
#o You wi$$ find !oy
In Your creation.
In a$$ circumstances,
(e adore Your name forever.
&hose who come from 3ast,
And those who come
From the (est,
e$e"rate Your *ame
In their ways.
Yah transcends
A$$ nationa$ "igotries.
%er g$ory is in what
oncerns %eaven.
Yah 22 this is Your *ame forever.
Yah 22 is the watch word,
3ach generation passes to the ne)t.
Yah, You have esta"$ished
Your #h,chinnah in the %eavens.
Your domain encompasses
A$$ there is.
#o, %eaven is g$ad.
3arth is happy.
A$$ nations agree
that You Are in charge.
Yah! You are now.
Yah! You were then.
Yah! You wi$$ "e
onstant forever.
Yah! Your reign is eterna$.
3arth is Yours a$one.
*o nation can c$aim her.
You, Yah, void
&he designs of tyrants.
You, Yah, "$ock their schemes.
:eop$e "rood
'ver so many desires.
It is Your design, Yah,
&hat prevai$s.
(hat You, Yah, design,
Lasts through a$$ time.
(hat You propose,
(orks for many generations.
You speak, and it "ecomes rea$.
You command,
And it comes to e)istence.
You, Yah, chose .ion.
You wish to make Your seat there.
You, Yah, have sing$ed out 5aco".
Israe$, is Your treasure.
You, Yah, wi$$ not desert
Your peop$e.
You wi$$ not forsake
Your heritage.
1ecause You are caring,
You wi$$ forgive sin.
You wi$$ not destroy.
1ut time and again,
You wi$$ su"due Your wrath
And not $et Your fury rise.
Yah! :$ease he$p,
:rince!
Answer us the same day,
(hen we cry out.
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#itting in Your home is happiness.
And, offering appreciation of You,
Is even more so.
#e$ah!
&here is contentment for a peop$e
#o at home with Yah.
&here is serenity among the peop$e
(ho have You, as their God.
David!s /leph 1et Praise
I ho$d You in the highest esteem,
My God, My 6ing.
In a$$ I do,
I wi$$ offer praise to You.
3very day,
I wi$$ offer You my appreciation
And I wi$$ cheer You,
In a$$ that I do.
Magnificent are You, Yah,
And much appreciated.
1ut, Your true greatness
Is "eyond knowing.
'ne generation
&ransmits its e)citement
&o the ne)t
'ver Your ama+ing actions,
&e$$ing them of Your might.
#p$endid and g$orious
Is Your fame.
In a$$ that I do,
I de$ight to te$$ of Your marve$s.
(hi$e others may speak
'f Your awesome power,
I stress Your great kindness.
Many wi$$ reca$$
Your great goodness,
And sing of Your fairness.
You, Yah, are gent$e
And compassionate,
Most patient
And caring.
You, Yah, are good to a$$ of us.
A$$ that You have made,
You ho$d in Your tenderness.
(e, who are fashioned "y You,
Acc$aim You.
In fervent devoutness,
(e "$ess You.
(e ta$k of the honor
'f Your rea$m,
And draw our energy
From Your power.
&hus, we announce to others
%ow powerfu$ You are,
And how distinguished
Your Ma!esty is.
Your domain em"races universes.
Your authority is recogni+ed
&hroughout a$$ generations.
You, Yah,
6eep us from fa$tering,
And he$p us up, when we stum"$e.
(e a$$ $ook up to You with hope.
And trust that You wi$$ provide us,
At the right moment,
(ith what we need.
You open Your hand,
And each one of us receives,
(hat we desire.
You are a &+addik,
In a$$ Your ways-
A hassid,
In a$$ that You do.
You are c$ose "y
(hen we ca$$ on You-
3specia$$y,when we fu$$y mean it.
You shape the wi$$ of those
(ho respect You-
You hear their p$eading,
And, You he$p.
You, Yah, protect those
(ho $ove You.
&hose who do evi$,
You e$iminate.
I offer my mouth to God,s praise.
Let a$$ who are
in "odies of f$esh,
1$ess Your ho$y *ame at a$$ times,
And we wi$$ "$ess You, Yah,
From now on, and for as $ong
As there is $ife, on this wor$d.
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#pirit of mine, praise Yah!
I wi$$ indeed praise Yah,
(ith my $ife.
I wi$$ sing to God,
(ith a$$ my "eing.
I wi$$ not put my re$iance in "ig shots.
(hat can peop$e do,
(ho can,t even he$p themse$ves9
(hen their spirits $eave them,
&hey return to their dust.
A$$ their schemes have vanished.
%appy is one,
(ho is he$ped "y 5aco",s God-
(hose hope is entrusted in Yah, %is God22&he 'ne,
(ho makes heaven and earth,
&he ocean and a$$ that $ives there.
%e is a$so the 'ne, who is forever.
&he standard of truth and sincerity.
%e seeks !ustice for the oppressed,
And gives food to the starved.
Yah, is the 'ne,
(ho frees the imprisoned.
Yah, gives sight to the "$ind.
Yah, upho$ds the stooping.
Yah, $oves the &+addikim.
Yah, protects the converts,
conso$es the orphaned
and the widowed,
onfounds the way
'f the ma$icious.
:$ease, Yah! .ion,s God!
Manifest Your ru$e in the wor$d!
For us, and for our chi$dren.
Ia66'6u/ah
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Ia66'6u/ahJ
It is so good to sing to our God
Make good music
to accompany the words
Yah, 1ui$ds 5erusa$em
"y gathering
%er scattered Godwrest$ers.
%e makes the "roken hearted we$$,
And soothes the hurt
'f their "ruises.
ounting the stars
And naming them,
%e creates them each to "e.
Great, is our Master,
And powerfu$ "eyond measure.
*o one can descri"e
%is way of comprehension.
Yah, encourages the downtrodden,
1ut the inso$ent, %e "rings $ow.
'ffer gratitude to Yah!
&o the harp,
#ing songs of ce$e"ration
&o our God
%e covers the sky
(ith "i$$owing c$ouds4
&hus arranging rain for the ground,
Making the hi$$s sprout forth grass.
Giving the "easts the food
&hey need-
3ven to the young ravens,
(ho cry to "e fed.
%e is not impressed
1y a sta$$ion,s feistiness-
*or, "y the musc$es
'f a man,s thighs.
Yah, we$comes those
(ho respect %im-
(ho $ong for %is grace.
5erusa$em! .ion!
Give praise to Yah.
e$e"rate that %e is your God!
1ecause %e strengthened
&he "ars of your gates,
And "$essed your chi$dren
In your midst,
Your "orders %e set to ho$d peace
And satisfies you
(ith good nourishment.
(hen %e decrees
#omething for 3arth,
%is command is swift$y fu$fi$$ed.
#now, $ike white woo$,
%e sends down.
Frost, %e scatters $ike sand.
%e sends hai$, $ike crum"s.
*o one can stand it when
%e "rings on the co$d.
#ending %is word, %e me$ts them,
1$owing warm wind
And the waters f$ow.
%e imparts %is words to 5aco"-
%is statutes and !udgments
&o Israe$.
A$as!
%e did not do the same
For other nations.
%is !udgments,
%e did not share with them.
Ia66'6u/ahJ
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Ia66'6u/ahJ
App$aud and cheer Yah,
From the heavens.
:raise %im, the most su"$ime!
Ange$ assem"$y, sing %a$$e$!
%eaven hosts, sing %a$$e$!
%a$$e$, too, sun and moon.
%a$$e$, a$so, stars of $ight!
5u"i$ation
From the heavens of heavens.
From the streams of end$ess space,
%e has decreed your e)istence.
:raise God and "e gratefu$ for $ife.
%e fortified you to $ast $ong-
#et a directive,
&hat cannot "e diso"eyed.
%a$$e$, too, from earth,
From dragons and deep canyons.
Fire, hai$, snow and fog,
&empests and storms
'"eying %is word.
Mountains, %a$$e$!
And hi$$s echo.
Fruit trees and cedars
#way their praise.
(i$d and tame creatures,
reepers and winged "irds.
%a$$e$, too, from you =
8u$ers of $ands and nations,
'fficia$s and !udges of the $and.
Lads and a$so $asses, %a$$e$!
3$ders together with youths.
A$$ of you, praise Yah,s *ame.
%is very *ame, is so transcendent.
%is g$ory is ref$ected
1y %eaven and 3arth.
Grand is the fate of %is peop$e.
%is devout ones,
In constant adoration.
%a$$e$uyah those
intimate and c$ose to %im,
You hi$dren of Israe$, Ia66'6u/ah:
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#ing a "rand new song to Yah.
&his, is how %e is ce$e"rated
Among the hassidim.
Yisrae$, is happy
6nowing his Maker.
.ion,s chi$dren,
7e$ight in their 6ing.
7ancing, they chant %is *ame,
Making rhythm,
(ith drums and strings.
Yah, $oves %is peop$e.
&he se$f2effacing,
an count on %im for he$p.
hassidim, savor
%is awesome :resence.
3ven on their "ed,
&hey hum %is praises.
&hey e)a$t God, in inner speech.
#uch praise is a potent weapon,
8epe$$ing antagonists,
#co$ding "igots,
&o immo"i$i+e their commanders,
And arrest their agitators.
8e"uke them, as they deserve!
A$$ this, "ecause God,s hassidim
Gives honor to %im in sp$endor.
Ia66'6u/ahJ
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%a$$e$uyah. Attune to God
in ho$iness4
"e in awe of God who is mighty
in the heavens.
mark God for %is potent acts4
praise God for %er generosity.
#a$ute God with trumpet sound4
hai$ God with the strings and harp.
(orship God with drum and dance4
Intone to God with organ and f$ute.
Make rhythm to God with crashing cym"a$s4
praise God with cym"a$s that ring out.
Let a$$ who "reathe chant Yah.
%a$$e$uyah.
1arukh Yah a$ways, Amen, Amen.
From .ion,
From Your dwe$$ing
in 5erusa$em,
(e send our %a$$e$uyah.
1arukh, too, to You, Yah,
Israe$,s God,
(ho a$one, does ama+ing things.
May the g$orious :resence,
Governing num"er$ess wor$ds,
Manifest in this wor$d
In a$$ magnificence, Amen, Amen.

And 7avid worshipped Yah
For a$$ the crowd to see.
And 7avid said,
I offer worship to You, Yah.
1$essed are You, Yah,
God of Israe$, 'ur Father,
8u$ing count$ess wor$ds.
A$$ virtue is Yours4
Gedu$ah , %esed, Largesse,
Gevurah, power and Law,
&if,eret, "a$ance and sp$endor,
*et+ach, effectiveness,
And %od, e$egance.
For a$$ that is in %eaven and 3arth,
Is founded in Yesod.
&he urge to $ive.
Yours, Yah, is ma!esty,
Ma$khut, most su"$ime.
A"undance and honor
Are "efore You.
And You reign over the a$$.
In your hand, is force and might.
You can empower and raise up.
And, as of right now,
', our God,
(e thank you,
And sing to your g$ory,
&o our utmost.
You, Yah,
You, a$one have made the heavens,
&he heavens "eyond our heaven,
A$$ those that serve You there.
3arth and a$$ that is on her-
&he oceans, and a$$
&hat they contain.
&he host of heaven "ow to You,
And you infuse them a$$ with Life.
(here give Tzedakah)
You chose A"ram.
You "rought him out of >r,
'f the ha$dees.
You named him Av2raham,
And found his heart
&o "e trustworthy enough,
&o make a covenant with him.
'n the day, when You saved us,
A"rahams chi$dren,
from Mit+rayim,
(e saw how You dea$t
(ith Mit+rayim,
(ith superior force.
(e, the peop$e, saw it,
And we put our faith in You, Yah,
And in Moshe, your servant.
(e sang then the great song.
And p$aced our trust in You,
&o "ring us, p$ant us,
'n the mountain sacred to You,
&he :$ace You esta"$ished,
&o reside there, the sanctuary,
&hat Your hands had set up for us.
Yah, wi$$ reign there a$ways.
Yah, wi$$ reign there a$ways.
'n that day, Yah wi$$ "e 'ne.
And, %is *ame, wi$$ "e 'ne.
! Y+(h$a9a,h
Your *ame "e praised,
A$ways, Ma!estic 'ne.
:owerfu$ and gent$e #ource,
Making %eaven and 3arth, sacred.
It is our p$easure
&o dedicate to You,
'ur God and 'ur parents, God,
&ime and again4
Music and e$e"ration,
5u"i$ation and #ymphony,
Fortissimo, Anthem,
;ictory March, Largo,Forte,
:aean and %ymn,
#anctus and maestoso,
Laudo and Aria,
e$e"rating
Your 7ivine reputation
In every rea$m.
(e worship You, Yah,
Generous, Great, 8ega$ 'ne,
(ho is the 'ne,
to whom we offer a$$ these.
God, whom we appreciate,
#ource of a$$ wonder,
Fountain of a$$ sou$s,
Author of a$$ that happens,
(ho de$ights in music and chant,
'rigin of >nity.
You are the Life
&hat f$ows
&hrough a$$ the wor$ds.
Amen
+eb /hrele +oth, a2h, wrote a list of 34 mit5vot whose fulfillment is completed in
the brain, the heart and the mouth.
/ good preparation and a bridge for the next phase of prayer, as you enter into
the world of 1!riyah, is +eb /hrele +oth!s list of *it5vot one can do with
consciousness alone.
The Hebrew alphabetical equivalent of 34 is ?@A, the letters of which spell the
Hebrew word LE for Heart.
C*/)#'a$o#J
-a/You#Ma*'9'3#a+('1N (ith my mouth, "rain and heart prepared, I am
ready to fu$fi$$ Your mit+vot. You who shape me.

B. Faith I p$ace in You.

C. 'neness I affirm in You.
D. I am mindfu$ of You.
E. I focus on Your vast Greatness,
F. and focus on my insignificance.
G. &hus do I turn "ack to You
in teshuvah,
H. and am "ashfu$ in Your :resence.
I. I am awed "y You,
J. and $ove You.
BK. I accept the authority of your
mit5vot,
BB. find my !oy in You,
BC. and p$ace my trust in You.
BD. I deny a$$ fa$se gods and those
in their service-
I re!ect unfit thoughts that rise
in my heart.
BE. I give You my thanks,
BF. and aim to ho$d You sacred.
BG. I remem"er 5erusa$em,
Your %ouse of :rayer
for a$$ peop$es,
BH. and $ook out to You,
BI. to redeem us and free our sou$s.
BJ. Ama$ek, I wi$$ "$ot out,
"y $oving my neigh"or as myse$f,
CK. and adhering to You, in deve"ut,
CB. wa$king in Your ways.
CC. &hus, wi$$ I make in me a %o$y
#pace for You to "e at home in.
CD. I $ong for Your intimacy and $ove,
CE. and am energi+ed to find You
empowering my heart.
CF. I affirm that Your actions are !ust,
CG. and am mindfu$ that
You redeem us from *it5rayim.
CH. &herefore,
I wi$$ not we$come
in my awareness,
thought that opposes faith
in YourLour service
and in Your &orah.
CI. I wi$$ not yie$d to pride.
CJ. I wi$$ not hate any fe$$ow
Godwrest$er in my heart,
DK. and I wi$$ give up
a$$ vindictiveness,
not consider my se$f f$aw$ess,
DB. "ut remem"er that I caused You
disp$easure.
DC. (ith a$$ these,
I intend not to forget
Your presence in my $ife.
Amen!
&hus, may You "e p$eased,
' #uperna$ :arent,
&hat "y the merit and the power
'f my making mention
of these *it5vot
(ith my mouth,
&here "e stimu$ated
&he energy of these *it5vot
In their superna$ root,
&o draw down to me,
&hat %igh %o$y f$ow
&hat wi$$ shie$d my thoughts,
My voice and my words,
From a$$ damage,
A$$ taint, a$$ dross and dirt.
And there "e drawn to me a f$ow
&hat wi$$ make pure
My thoughts and heart,
My voice and words.
May a$$ of them "e surrendered
&o You, :raised 'ne,
&o the end that I may merit
&o "e connected to You,
In deve"ut and $ove.
And to attain the fu$fi$$ment
'f Your mit5vah
&o c$eave to You.
&hus wi$$ I "e privi$eged
&o "e an instrument of Your wi$$,
A vehic$e for the
1$essed #hechinah of Your G$ory.
&hus wi$$ the $ight in my sou$
*ot darken,
*or wi$$ Your 7ivine spark
1e e)tinguished in me,
From now on and forever.
Amen!
May this "e Your wi$$.
"a#,hu
I "ow "efore You,
Yah, our God,
osmic Ma!esty,
For shaping $ight
And creating darkness,
:romoting peace
And creating what is.
You "ring on $ight
(ith compassion to the wor$d
And to a$$ who $ive in it.
In goodness,
You constant$y renew each day
(hat You made happen
At the "eginning,
You make num"er$ess "eings,
A$$ different.
3ach one, with its own wisdom.
A$$ there is, is Yours.
Yah, our Master!
%ow mighty is Your fame
A$$ over 3arth.
#uch g$ory,
You radiate from the %eavens.
I am awed
(hen I see Your skies,
Your handiwork and fingerprints,
&he moon and stars
You have arranged.
And the ange$s-
C3han+*,
&urning or"its and the p$anets,
Ia/o$,
&he conste$$ations of the +odiac,
A'#a3h+*,
1$a+ing ones, the ga$a)ies.
A$$ in concert,
Adore and venerate You,
And sanctify Your *ame
hanting4
Fa1o(h,Fa1o(h,Fa1o(h
Io6/,Io6/,Io6/a#'You
Yaho&O+7'#(+$/
&he cosmos is fi$$ed
(ith Your radiance.
&hey p$ead a$soM
"#+n8$h+(86o#/$o#a1+a$'$ou(
06(oon$h'6'7'62h'#'2'6+7':
&hey a$$ offer to You, "$essed God
A$$ p$easure in worship.
Aware that You a$one,
Are #acred, "eyond a$$ $imits.
ondensing and focusing,
reating anew,
'vercoming a$$ "arriers,
#eeding virtue,
Growing $i"erations,
Making hea$ing avai$a"$e,
Awesome in admiration,
Master of marve$s.
In Your "enevo$ence
You renew each day,
3ach moment,
&he work of reation.
:$ease, focus, new $ight on .ion
And $et us a$$ receive its "enefit.
1arukh attah Yah
You shape $uminaries.
0ha7a$C6a*NAOPR?ST
From ever
You have $oved us into $ife.
YahUour God,
You nourished us with kindness
And a"undance.
%o$y 'ne!
For the sake of Your p$an,
For Your honor,
And "ecause we know
&hat our parents trusted You,
And You, in turn, taught them
%ow to $ive $ife,
#o as to "e serving Your purpose,
(e ask You to share with us
In the same way.
God, kind :arent,
(e $ive in the em"race
'f Your caring.
Make ours an understanding heart,
&o "ecome aware
And "e carefu$ and effective
In this way, to make rea$
(hat You speak to us in &orah,
And with so much $ove.
(hen we study &orah,
May we see c$ear$y
(hat is meant for us to know.
(hen we do Mit+vot,
May a$$ our fee$ings
#it harmonious in our heart.
Focus a$$ our hearts, $onging
&o that moment,
(hen we stand in Your :resence,
In "oth awe and adoration.
May we never have to "e Apo$ogetic for
our $ove for You.
&rusting You,
(e are happy to see
Your "eneficent p$an unfo$ding.
May Your
6indness and compassion,
1e avai$a"$e to us.
:$ease hurry.
1ring "$essing and peace to us.
Gather us, so we not "e scattered
A$$ over the wor$d.
Lift the ho$d of estrangement
From us.
Lead us to $ive in this wor$d,
#o that we fee$ at home in it.
You can do this for us.
You have assigned us
&o do our specia$ work in $ife
You "rought us c$ose to You.
(e are gratefu$.
(e ho$d You specia$.
And are fi$$ed with $ove for You
"a#ukha$$ahYah
(ho re$ates to us in Love.
Amen
AhB*aY+(#a'6ATVWXPYW
Z[TS\XO]XSA^TS\X
P+($'n, you, Yisrae$ person,
6say your own name here7
Yah who Is, is our God,
Yah who Is, Is 'ne, >ni<ue,
A$$ there Is.
OV? _ ZPONAOPAORO`AYZO?`NW
&hrough time and space,
Your g$ory shines, Ma!estic 'ne.
Po7'Yah, who is your God,
In what your heart is,
In what you aspire to,
In what you have made your own.
May these va$ues
(hich I connect with your $ife,
1e imp$anted in your fee$ings.
May they "ecome the norm
For your chi$dren4
6eep ta$king with them
In the privacy of your home,
And on the errands you run.
May they he$p you re$a).
And activate you to "e productive.
7isp$ay them visi"$y on your arm.
Let them focus your attention.
#ee them at a$$ transitions at home,
And in your environment.
Io28oo1+$2+669'
(hen you rea$$y $isten,
And hear my directions,
(hich I give to you today,
For $oving Yah, who is your God,
And to act god$y
(ith fee$ing and inspiration.
Your earth$y needs wi$$ "e met
At the right time,
Appropriate to the season.
You wi$$ reap what you p$anted
For your de$ight and hea$th.
A$so, your anima$s
(i$$ have amp$e feed.
A$$ of you wi$$ eat and "e content.
1e carefu$ 22 watch out!
7onat $et your cravings de$ude you-
7on,t "ecome a$ienated-
7on,t $et your cravings
1ecome your gods-
7on,t de"ase yourse$f to them,
1ecause the God2sense within you
(i$$ "ecome distorted.
%eaven wi$$ "e shut to you,
Grace wi$$ not descend,
3arth wi$$ not yie$d her produce.
Your rushing wi$$ destroy you!
And 3arth wi$$ not "e a"$e
&o recover her good "a$ance
In which Godas gifts manifest.
May these va$ues of Mine,
8eside in your
Fee$ings and aspirations4
Marking what you produce,
Guiding what you perceive.
&each them to your chi$dren
#o that they are instructed
%ow to make their homes sacred-
And how they dea$ with traffic.
3ven when you are depressed,
And when you are e$ated.
Mark your entrances and e)its
(ith them,
#o you wi$$ "e more aware.
&hen, you and your chi$dren,
And their chi$dren,
(i$$ $ive out on earth
&hat divine promise
Given to your ancestors
&o $ive heaven$y days
8ight here on this earth.
RXbXb
Yah2ho%(,(a+1$o-o('(,
c#peak, te$$ing the Israe$ fo$ks
&o make t+it+it
'n the corners of their garments,
#o they wi$$ have generations
&o fo$$ow them.
'n each t+i+it tasse$,
Let them set a "$ue thread.
&hese t+it+it are for your "enefit!
G$ance at them.
And in your seeing,
8emem"er a$$ the other directives
'f Yah, who Is,
And act on them!
&his way,
You wi$$ not "e $ed astray,
raving to see and want,
And then prostitute yourse$f
For your cravings.
&his way
You wi$$ "e mindfu$
&o actua$i+e my directions
For "ecoming dedicated
to your God-
&o "e aware
&hat I Am Yah, (ho is your God,
(ho is the one who freed you
From oppression,
in order to God you.
I am Yah, who is your God.
&hat is the truth! RYT
You, Yah,
(ho saved our ancestors,
May You
#oon "ring redemption
&o us a$so.
1arukh attah Yah
Ga,a$ Yisrae$.

!ee"day Affir#ations
1ased on the /midah.
#ou can add personal affirmations to the following.
%a&&+#*5
&he power of positive affirmations.
I affirm that the #hechinah #urrounds me,
And "$esses me.
I affirm the $ight "eings
'f Godas service,
(ho support and guide me.
07o$
I affirm the "$essings
'f A"raham and #arah, in my $ife.
TQh+/ah
I affirm the sacrifice of Isaac,
And Godas power over my $ife,
And death.
FQ1u(hah
I affirm Godas ho$iness,
And my growth toward it.

Aho7'#o/7+*
I p$ace myse$f
>nder the protection of the #,phirah of
6eter,
(hich wi$$ shie$d me
From a$$ harm and neutra$i+e it.
0$ahhon'n
I invoke the inf$ow of )ho,h*ah,
&o a$ign my inte$$ect
(ith c$arity and purpose,
&o inspiration and rea$i+ation.
Ia(h+7'nu
I invoke the care of "+nah,
&o $ead me to Godas heart.
AQ6+hah
I invoke the a"undance of )h'('1,
&o "ring me to atonement.
R'Qu66ah
I invoke the power of R'7u#ah,
&o see me through trou"$e
And $ead me to redemption.
S'&uBah
I p$ace myse$f
In the compassionate heart
'f Godas &iferet,
And affirm the hea$ing,
"a$ancing, integrative,
entering $ight within me.
"#a,hah,-a(h+a,h,Ah',h+nah
I support myse$f
'n the pi$$ar of *et+ach,
hanne$ing to me
A$$ manner of
1$essing and prosperity,
And p$ace it at the disposa$
'f the redeeming Mashiach,
>nfo$ding to witness
&he #hechinahas residing in .ion.
F+99u$TRa6u/o$,Y'#u(ha6a/+*,
-o1+*
I support myse$f
'n the pi$$ar of %od,
Making order in my $ife,
Gathering a$$ the forces
From dispersion,
And sett$ing them
In the "$essed 5erusa$em,
(here I offer my thanks
&o Godas G$ory.
TT'1akahU*+(h3a$,TTa11+k+*,
Aha6o*
I "ase myse$f
'n the foundation
'f Yesod,
&o act righteous$y and !ust$y.
&o assist
3very righteous effort
In the wor$d,
And to "ecome
:eacefu$,
&o work for peace.
Aho*'QaTQ&+66ah
I affirm that Ma$chut,
&he #hechinah, is the one
'ffering these affirmations in me,
And is attracting
&he f$ow of "$essings,
&o suffuse my $ife.
Amen...Amen.
6If you are pressed for time, you can use this short version.7
$avinenu
Help us YaH,
To understand Your ways,
And sensitize our hearts,
With reverence all our days.
Forgive us, with compassion, each sin,
That redemption we may hope to win.
In Your caring,
take our pain and suering away,
And satisy us, with Your a!undance,
we pray.
With Your all"powerul and tremendous hand,
#ur scattered ones
$ring together to our own land.
%ay &ustice !e eective,
And righteousness prevail.
%ay evil plots !e razed and ail.
$ut righteous eorts
$e well regarded.
And those who serve goodness
$e rewarded
When Your sacred city,
With &oy we re!uild.
And Your House o prayer
With all peoples !e lll'd.
Then with a loud and e(ultant voice,
Will the righteous, ) *od o Israel, re&oice.
+et it !e Thy divine will, to speedily ound
A messianic lie or all a!ound.
And, may the light o peace,
$rightly !laze,
As in reverence,
Your sacred ,ame we praise.
For You do hear
The voice o -rayer,
Are !lessed.
This we declare. Amen /0. F. 1tern2
Another version of the A#idah

dSS e fg h _iVe j
I "ow "efore You,Yah,
'ur indwe$$ing God,
'ur parents, God,
A"raham and #arah,s God,
Isaac and 8e"eccah,s God,
5aco" and Leah and 8ache$,s God,
Great, :owerfu$ and Awesome God.
God transcendent.
You nurture us gent$y
And are kind to us.
You, who posesses it a$$.
You remem"er
%ow our parents $oved You.
Yes, we trust that You
(i$$ "ring redemption
&o us, their chi$dren,s chi$dren,
(ho chant Your name
And $ove You...
'ur :rince, 'ur %e$per,
'ur :rotector.
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
Magen Avraham >,foked #arah
You are powerfu$ with wor$ds /donay.
(hat is dead, you can make $ive.
You are rea$$y capa"$e of he$ping.
You give dew /and rain0
&o parched earth and sou$s.
You feed a$$ $ife with gent$eness.
You invigorate "odies
(ith mercy,s f$ow.
You support us in fa$$ing.
You hea$ us in sickness.
You free us from compu$sion.
You keep faith
(ith those now dead.
In Your might,
*o one can compare with You.
You dea$ out $ife and death.
Yet in a$$ this,
You make sa$vation grow.
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
M,chayeh %ametim.
You are %o$y,
Your name is #acred.
And those who dai$y aspire to "e ho$y,
#ing your Halleluyaha$$ day.
Indeed, You are
the Great and %o$y God.
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
%a,e$ hakkadosh.
D'3#a/&o#$h'#+8h$a2a#'n'((
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
honen %ada,at.
D'3#a/&o#9',o*+n8ha#*on+T'1
2+$hRo1B(2+66
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
%arot+heh 1it,shuvah.
D'3#a/&o#&o#8+7'n'((
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
hannun %ammar"eh Lis,$o,ach.
D'3#a/&o#(u33o#$an1#'1'*3$+on
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
Go,e$ Yisrae$.
D'3#a/&o#h'a6+n8
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
8ofe, ho$ 1assar >,maf$i, La,assot.
D'3#a/&o#
$h'',o6o8/an1',ono*/
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
M,varech %ashanim.
D'3#a/&o#
$h'$h''n1+n8o&'V+6'
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
M,ka""et+ *id,chey Ammo Yisrae$.
D'3#a/&o#a.u($(o,+'$/
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
Me$ech 'hev &+edakka >,mishpat.
D'3#a/&o##'6'a('
&#o*$h'($#u886'2+$hn'8a$+7+$/
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
#hover 'yvim >,machni,a, .eydim.
D'3#a/&o#
a66#+8h$'ou('&&o#$$o(u,,''1
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
Mish,an >,mivtach $at+addikim
D'3#a/&o#W'#u(a6'*,
Ro1B(,+$/,Th'Iou('o&;#a/'#
&o#a66;'o36'(:
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
1oneh Y,rusha$ayim.
D'3#a/&o#
$h'#u6'o&-a(h+Ba,h
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
Mat+mi,ach 6eren Y,shu,ah.
Youh'a#Cu#;#a/'#,
ompassionate parent.
Accept our p$eading,
(ith kindness and grace.
3veryone praying to You, is heard.
#o, I add the concerns I sti$$ have
1eyond what I have e)pressed "efore,
And I trust, that You, wi$$ respond.
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
#home,a, &,fi$$ah.
&ake p$easure God,
In our way of praying.
&each us,
&o encounter Your :resence.
May we merit
&o pray in Your &emp$e in .ion.
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
%ammacha+ir #h,chinnato L,t+ion.
(e are gratefu$ God
and count our "$essings
6here in your words detail your gratitude
for events in your life7
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
%a&ov #himcha >,$,cha *a,eh L,hodot.
D'3#a/&o#;'a,'
/in your own words0
SS e fg h _iVe j 1arukh attah Yah
%aM,varech 3t kAmo Yisrae$ 1asha$om.
Amen.
After the A#idah,
it is important to find a moment
to search
your heart and conscience.
If you find something
that needs repair,
ma"e your commitment
to do so,
and as" for the grace
to fulfill
that ti""un.
68n days when Tachanun is not recited, 9oyful and celebrative days, recite
;(a6*EH instead.7
Tahanun
My God!
my sou$ is Yours
my "ody is Your servant
take pity on what You have created-
my sou$ is Yours
and my "ody is Yours
God he$p us for Your sake.
(e come to You
"ecause we want to honor
Your reputation.
%e$p us in our mora$ strugg$e
for the sake of Your reputation-
"ecause You are kind and compassionate.
Forgive us,
for there is so much
we need to "e forgiven for.
:ardon us our Father,
our errors are so great-
forgive us our 8oya$ Master
many are our mistakes
'ur God our parents God
pardon our sins
3rase our re"e$$ions
Let our fai$ures not appear "efore You.
Mo$d our drives to serve Your purposes-
$et our stu""ornness "e in Your service.
8efresh our conscience
to guard Your instructions
#ensiti+e our hearts to $ove You
and to respect Your reputation
as Your &orah prescri"es4
land Ya% Your God
wi$$ sensiti+e Your heart
and the hearts of Your chi$dren
so that Your $ove for Your God
wi$$ "e who$ehearted, inspired,
to make Your $ife meaningfu$m
7ear God.
I approach You
from the desire to serve You
and yet there is no &+addik
who can do on$y good
and not fai$ in it
:$ease he$p me with my mora$ Life
so that in every way
my attitude wi$$ "e "a$anced
and right.
&o "egin with,
he$p me to forgive anyone
who is frustrated and upset me
if they have sinned against me,
my "ody my possessions
my reputation anything of mine
"ut unintentiona$$y are intentiona$$y
whether they scheme to do it
or were unaware
whether it was in word or action
whether is was and thought
and the imagination
(hether it was in this incarnation
or in any other
I comp$ete$y forgive any God2wrest$er-
$et no one "e punished on my account.
My God and my parents God
may our prayer come "efore You
do not turn Your attention
from our p$eading
we donat want to "e impudent
we donat want to "e stu""orn
and c$aim that we are righteous
and have2 not sinned
Indeed our parents have sinned
and we have sinned
%e$p us with God not to fai$ You again
and what I here"y confess to You
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I "eg You,
that in Your great mercy
You erase my sins
"ut not "y means
of suffering and i$$ness.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation
of my heart
"e accepta"$e for You yah my rock and my
8edeemer
I p$ace my faith in You
I p$ace my trust in You
I p$ace my hope and You
0ontinue with the (iddur (homer #israel
/t this point, you may wish to recite ;(a6*>or ;(a6*XH.
;(a6*>
A 7avid #ong
n*ote to the onductor2 2
play this melody on the eight stringer:
Yah! :$ease donat chide me
in Your anger.
7onat sco$d me in Your wrath.
I need You to show me kindness.
I am so misera"$e. %ea$ me, Yah!
My "ones ache so.
My inner se$f is very trou"$ed.
I ask You, Yah!
%ow $ong must I sti$$ endure9
8e$ent, Yah,
And for mercyas sake
:u$$ me out and spare me.
%ow can I remem"er You
If I am dead in the pits9
(ho wi$$ thank You9
I groan and am a$$ worn out.
I so" on my "ed-
My tears drench my mattress.
My eyes are stinging
From frustration,
As if a$$ my trou"$es
(ept them out.
Away with you,
A$$ you traffickers of sin!
Yah has heard my wai$ing.
Yah has $istened to my p$eading.
Yah wi$$ fu$fi$$ my prayer.
onfusion and em"arrassment
'n you, you fiends!
&his very moment,
Let shame
1ring you to your senses.
;(a6*XH
6an /leph-1et song7
8f David
., Yah! &o You I raise my sou$.
., My God, I trust You.
Let me not "e shamed.
Let not my detractors mock me.
Y., A$$ who p$ace their hope in You
(i$$ not "e disgraced,
1ut shame wi$$ c$ing to those
who riot without cause.
., Get me to know your ways.
&each me your way.
., Guide me in Your &ruth.
&each me to know
&hat You are the God of my sa$vation.
A$$ day $ong I set my trust on You.
., 222
Z., 8eca$$ Your compassion, Yah
And Your kindness,
&hey precede a$$ reation.
!., &o the fai$ings of my youth
And my re"e$$ions, donat pay heed.
8emem"er Your good wi$$ for me,
Yah! for Your goodnessa sake.
[., 1ecause You are good and fair,
You can gent$y show the way
to the neg$ectfu$.
., You guide the modest
in their !udgments,
&eaching the unassuming Your way.
., &hose who respect Your covenant
And witness You,
Find that Your ways, Yah,
Are kind and rea$.
., For Your sake, Yah,
:ardon my f$aw = though it is great.
., (hen a person so minds You, Yah,
You wi$$ teach him the path to choose.
., #uch one can s$eep easy at night,
6nowing that her chi$dren
wi$$ inherit the 3arth.
., You, Yah, impart Your secrets
&o Your awakened ones.
Your mysteries You share with them.
., My eyes are focused on You, Yah.
You untang$e my feet from the trap.
.,&urn to me with kindness,
For I am $one$y and wretched.
., My trou"$es have opened my heart
And made space in it for others.
7o e)tricate me from my despair.
\., #ee my strugg$e,
my heavy "urden.
Forgive then a$$ my fai$ings.
., #ee how much I suffer,
%ow I am hated for no reason.
., 6eep my sou$ safe and free me.
Let me not "e revi$ed
for my trust in You.
., 1ecause I trust You22
Let simp$e directness protect me.
God! Free a$$ of Israe$
from a$$ their distress.
;(a6*EH
7avid,s song4
Yah!
(ho may "e at home in Your tent9
(ho may find sanctuary
'n Your #acred mountain9
'ne who strides with who$eness,
Acts with fairness,
(hose heart and words
#peak with honesty,
*ot given to gossip,
*ot hurting others,
*ot shifting "$ame on others.
(ary of his own motives,
%e honors those
(ho are respectfu$ of God.
#he wi$$ not stoop to $ie
(hen she swears,
3ven if it causes her $oss.
%e $ends his money, interest free,
(on,t accept a "ri"e,
&o convict the innocent.
'ne who acts in this way,
(i$$ never waver.
7ear God,
(e take de$ight in the privi$ege
&o "e created for Your g$ory22
*ot to wa$k a"out in confusion-
&o fee$ in us,
Your imp$ant of eterna$ $ife.
'pen our hearts to Your &orah.
#ecure in our hearts,
Love and Awe for You.
May we not waste our $ives
'r cause discord.
(e p$ead with You, Yah,
'ur God,
#upport of our :arents,
&hat in this $ife
(e may "e faithfu$ to Your intent.
And that we may $ive,
&o e)perience
&he days of Mashiach,
And the $ife of the wor$d to come.
&o trust in You, Yah,
Is our "$essing.
I wi$$ keep chanting in Your honor,
And offer my gratefu$ness,
And not "e si$ent.
Yah wi$$ prove trustworthy.
Yah shaped the wor$ds,
(e can stake our trust on this.
6nowing how to ca$$ on You,
(e can depend on You.
You never a"andoned those
(ho sought You, Yah.
This is true because;
You, Yah,
desire this.
In order that Your !ustice prevai$,
You e)tend the &orah,
&o "e ever more
ompe$$ing and strong.
=ere are P$alm$ !or eac% day o! t%e #ee0
;(a6*XG
David!s song 6for opening himself to (pirit7.
This psalm was the Aun1a/ song of the <evites in the Holy Temple.
3arth and her fu$$ness
Are Yours, Yah,
&he cosmos and its "eings.
You founded 3arth
'n the end$ess seas of space.
You set her "y the streams
'f the great F$ow.
(ho can rise
&o Your summit, Yah9
(ho can stand
In Your p$ace of ho$iness9
'ne who has hands
that are c$ean,
A heart that is pure,
(ho has no fa$se oath
'n her conscience,
(ho swore not to $arceny.
#uch a one
(i$$ raise a "$essing
from You, Yah,
6ind generosity from You,
%er he$pfu$ God.
#uch peop$e are of a generation
&hat seeks You.
Like 5aco" seeking to face You,
#e$ah!
'pen your minds, imagination!
Let the Gates to eternity
ome into view!
&hen the 6ing of G$ory
(i$$ appear.
(ho is this,
the 6ing of G$ory9
Yah = &+e"aot,
#he is the oueen of G$ory.
Yah! :owerfu$ and strong.
Yah, the ever victorious!
'pen your minds, imagination!
Let the Gates to eternity
ome into view,
And then the 6ing of G$ory
(i$$ appear.
(ho is this, the 6ing of G$ory9
Yah = &+e"aot,
#he is the oueen of G$ory.
#e$ah!
;(a6*GK
This psalm was the -on1a/ song of the <evites in the Holy Temple.
(ong and music from the =orachites
%ere in God,s city,
'n this ho$y mountain,
God is vast and %is fame is g$orious.
&his "eautifu$ $andscape,
&he !oy p$ace of 3arth,
Mount .ion
at 5erusa$em,s *orth side,
&he great roya$ capita$.
In her pa$aces,
God is known in e)a$tation.
%ere, kings gathered.
&hey came together.
6If they came as enemies>7
&hey saw and were overwhe$med
(ith awe.
&hey were shaken and took f$ight.
&rem"$ing, they shook,
#haking $ike a woman in $a"or.
A storm You raised from the 3ast,
#hattering &arshish cruisers.
A$$ this we heard.
(e even saw it a$$,
In God,s city,
&he #eat of YahU&+e"aot.
May God keep it f$ourishing forever.
#e$ah!
In the midst of Your &emp$e,
(e $ooked for Your Grace,
' God.
Your reputation is we$$ deserved.
#o, we praise You
&o the ends of the 3arth.
Fairness and kindness
Issue from Your right hand.
.ion,s mountain re!oices.
5udah daughters are g$eefu$.
A$$ "ecause of how You act !ust$y.
Go round .ion, enfo$d her.
&ake note of her towers.
#et your heart on her strengths.
8aise her mansions high.
&hen, you wi$$ te$$ a"out it
&o generations yet to come4
&his is God, our God!
Forever and ever.
%e wi$$ guide us past death.
;(a6*KX
This psalm was the Tu'(1a/ song of the <evitesin the Holy Temple.
Assaph sings4
God is present
to the god$y gathering.
%e presides among those
(ho administer !udgment,
/and warns them0,
c%ow much $onger wi$$ you twist
Your verdicts
and favor the wicked9
#e$ah!
In your !udging,
onsider the modest, the orphan.
Find !ustice for the destitute
And the oppressed.
Assist the poor, the down and out.
#ave them from the "u$$ies, hands.
*ot knowing, unawares you are,
You wa$k in the dark,
(hi$e the foundations of earth
Are topp$ing.
I set you to "e !udges,
&o "e $ike ange$s
of the Most %igh.
1ut you wi$$ die $ike anyone e$se,
&opp$e $ike demoted princes.
Arise, ' God!
1ring !ustice to the wor$d!
You can "ring order
to a$$ the nations.
;(a6*LG
This psalm was the D'1n'(1a/song of the <evites in the Holy Temple.
God who sett$es scores!
Appear in 7ivine vengeance!
Make Yourse$f known,
As &he 5udge of the (or$d.
Let the arrogant suffer
Your retri"ution.
%ow $ong yet Y%;%
wi$$ the wicked 22
%ow $ong yet
wi$$ the evi$ ones prosper9
1oasting their ma$ice,
&hey ta$k each other
into greater evi$.
Y%;%!
&hey oppress Your peop$e.
&hey demean Your $egacy.
&hey murder widows
and strangers.
&hey ki$$ orphans!
7e$uded are they,
&hinking that Yah cannot see,
&he God of 5aco" is not aware.
1oorish trash!
&ry to make sense!
Foo$s, wi$$ you ever get wise9
&he 'ne who p$ants ears 22
an %e not hear9
(ho shapes eyes 22
an #he not see9
%e who reproaches nations 22
7oes #he not ca$$ them to task9
%e, (ho teaches peop$e
to "e aware, Is #he not aware9
Y%;%,
6nows our human thoughts.
&hey are a$$ worth$ess.
1$issfu$ is the one
whom You, Yah,
&ake to task and teach him
'f Your &orah,
&o keep him secure
during evi$ days,
&iding him over unti$ ruin
'vertakes the wicked.
1ecause Y%;%,
(i$$ not forsake %is peop$e.
#he wi$$ not a"andon %er heritage.
5ustice wi$$ return to the courts,
;indicating those of upright heart.
(i$$ anyone
#tand with me against the wicked9
(ho wi$$ stand up for me
Against the "u$$ies9
%ad Y%;% not he$ped me,
I wou$d not have escaped
&he si$ent tom".
(hen my knees "uck$ed,
Your Grace, Y%;%,
%e$d me up.
(hen overwhe$med
1y distur"ing thoughtsU$ikeM
k%ow cou$d You assist ma$ice9,
I found comfort
As You de$ighted my sou$.
&hose who scoff
a$$ $aws and !ustice,
(ho "and together
Against righteous sou$s,
And shed pure "$ood in meanness,
You paid them "ack
for their crimes.
Y%;%, God,
You suppressed them for their evi$.
Y%;%, Is at a$$ times
my tower of strength,
My God,
&he rock of my safe p$ace.
;(a6*KE
This psalm was the Thu#(1a/ song of the <evites in the Holy Temple
6/ccompany this /ssaph song with the guitar7
Make music to God,
&he #ource of our strength.
&rumpet a fanfare to 5aco",s God4
Louder, 7rum ro$$s,
#weet sounding vio$ins
And pipes.
Greet the *ew Moon
(ith the #hofar,
&he time
(hen the moon is hidden,
And sti$$ we ce$e"rate.
&his is the imperative for Israe$.
&o "ecome prepared,
For "eing !udged "y 5aco",s God.
/Like that day whenM0
5oseph was empowered
&o go out and ru$e 3gypt,
A"$e to understand a $anguage
%e never $earned.
6This caused that, in the end.7
&he heavy $oad
was taken from his "ack
*o $onger
having to knead the c$ay.
You ca$$ed when oppressed,
And I /said God0 freed you.
In the thunder
You heard my secret message.
Later, I tested you
at Meri"ah,s springs.
#e$ah!
Listen my peop$e!
I witness this to you!
Israe$, if on$y
you wou$d $isten to Me.
7on,t c$ing to a strange god.
7on,t worship an a$ien deity.
It is I, Yah,
(ho took you up from 3gypt.
I fed you
and you were sated to fu$$ness.
1ut My peop$e did not o"ey me.
Israe$ did not desire Me c$ose.
I $et them have their hearts, way,
&o pursue their own devices.
'y!
If on$y my peop$e wou$d o"ey Me,
Israe$ wou$d wa$k in My ways.
In a moment,
I wou$d su"due their foes.
I wou$d, with My own hands,
repay them.
&hose who $oathe Yah, "ut deny it,
(i$$ have their re"uke forever.
61ut you who obey>7
I wi$$ feed with the fat of grain.
And satisfy
(ith honey from the rock.
;(a6*L<
This psalm was the ]#+1a/ song of the <evites in the Holy Temple
Yah, You ru$ed, ro"ed in dignity.
7onning intensity,
Girded with strength,
3ven the cosmos you arrayed
&hat it not fa$ter.
Your &hrone
Is prepared from the farthest past.
You have "een "efore
&here was a wor$d.
&he currents raise their roar,
&he rivers raise the spumes,
&he mighty torrentsa thunder.
&he thunder of the ocean,s "reakers4 A$$ e)c$aim,
kMost powerfu$ are You, Yah!,
'h, Yah! Your creation
witnesses You we$$.
'f sacred "eauty is Your house22
&hrough a$$ of time:
6on +osh 0hodesh, .ew *oon Day, or any other in which you appreciate )od!s hand in nature
insert ;(a6*E=G^
@_
1less #/H, breath of mine.
#/H, my )od, #ou are so vast and great,
/ll veiled in pride and glory?
Youa#'2#a33'1+nP+8h$:
Th'(k/,You(3#'a16+k'a(h''$:
#our upper chambers are water roofed,
/s #ou bestride clouds.
#ou waft on the wings of wind.
Th'9#''T'(,You('n1
a#'You#a+1'(,
You#h'63'#(,96aT+n8&6a*'(:
#ou founded @arth, so sound,
To outlast time itself.
Th'a9/((,You,o7'#'16+k'a*an$6'
Da$'#JCn*oun$a+n(#'($(:
#ou sound a roar and they flee.
#our thunder ma"es them sha"e.
-oun$a+n(h+8han17a66'/(6o25
Th'+#36a,'($h'/a((u*':
#ou set them limits they cannot pass. .ever again to
flood the land.
A3#+n8(&6o2+n$o9#ook(
0n1(nak'9'$2''n$h'*oun$a+n(:
/ll the wild of field drin" there.
The beasts sla"e there their thirst.
"/$h'+#(ho#'(,
12'669+#1($ha$(oa#,
Aoun1+n8,a66(
$h#ou8h6'a7'(an1#''1(:
#ou drench the hills
Arom #our Bpper 0hambers.
Arom your handsC produce
&he 3arth is fi$$ed.
You8#o2&o11'#
&o#$h'$a*'19'a($(,
0n1h'#9(2+$hhu*an6a9o#,
To9#+n8&o#$h9#'a1&#o*`a#$h:
/nd wine to delight the sad ones,
/nd oil> that softens s"in,
/nd bread> that sustains the wea".
`7'n$h'$#''(/ou(a$'2+$h(a3:
Th','1a#(You36an$'1
on$h'P'9anon:
There, birds find their nesting.
There, stor"s find homes to rest.
0n$'6o3'(9oun1on$h'h'+8h$(:
-a#*o$(h+1'9'h+n1#o,k(:
The *oon pulls tides and seasons.
The sun "nows where to set.
You1a#k'n1u(k$on+8h$:
Th'&o#'($Q(n+8h$6+&'($+#(:
The big cats cry for prey,
Praying )od for their food.
Th'/#'$u#n
a$$h'#+(+n8o&$h'(un,
To,#ou,hon,'*o#'+n6a+#(:
%hile humans go out to wor",
To their toil, up to night.
Io2*an/$h+n8(You1oJ
Ao2+('6/a#'$h'/*a1':
066`a#$h,a$/ou#,o**an1:
This vast sea beyond all grasp.
0ountless are the creatures in her,
Tiny ones and giant whales.
Th'#'8o($a$'6/(h+3(:
Th+(P'7+a$hanYou(ha3'1
To36a/an1#o*3$h'#'+n:
They all rely on #our care,
To feed them well each time.
You8+7'$o$h'*an1$h'/$ak'+$:
You#han1Q(8+&$((a$'$h'*2'66:
#ou hide your face, they panic.
#ou recall their breaths, they die.
They return to their dust.
You('n1/ou#(3+#+$,
0n1$h'/a#'#'4,#'a$'1:
Ao$oo,You#'n'26+&'on`a#$h:
<et #our glory, #ah,
fill time and space.
Ta"e Doy, 8 #ah, in what #ou do?
You6ooka$`a#$han1(h'$#'*96'(,
I+66(You$ou,h,an1$h'/(*ok':
I live #our song, my #ah,
*y #ah, I am #our tune.
P'$*/$a6k+n88+7'You.o/:
%a*(oha33/,*/YahJ
I wish no sin exist on @arth.
/ll wic"edness were gone.
"6'(($ha$Yah,*/(ou6,
*/9#'a$h:4I0PP`PU4Y0IJ
Then close with the 06'/nu
a !
(e rise to praise You,
#ource of A$$,
Your generous work,
As reator of A$$.
You made us 'ne
(ith a$$ of Life.
You inspired us to share
with a$$ mankind.
You $inked our fate
(ith a$$ that $ives.
And made our portion
(ith a$$ in the wor$d.
#ome of us $ike to worship You,
As emptiness and void.
#ome of us want to worship You,
As 6ing of 6ings.
(e a$$ consider You
sacred and "$essed.
(e stand ama+ed
At the vau$t of the sky,
At the firmness of 3arth.
And deem You,
3nthroned in the %ighest rea$ms,
7we$$ing a$so in and with us.
You are our God.
&here is nothing e$se.
Your &ruth is supreme.
3)istence is nothing "ut You.
#o Your &orah guides us-
Yah,s kingdom
3)tends throughout the osmos.
Further it is stated4
Yah wi$$ indeed govern
'ver a$$ there is.
'n that 7ay, Yah wi$$ "e 'ne.
And %er *ame, (i$$ "e '*3.
In a minyan you can recite
the =addish here. /nd if you are in mourning you can always say&
! b
ompassionate, %ighest God!
Grant, repose under Your #h,khinnah,s wings in the company of saints and pure
ones who radiate $ight $ike the "right sky, and among them may the sou$ of my 222
who has gone to other rea$ms find gent$e rest. I wi$$ offer as Mit+vah, a$ms to
honor p /hisLher0 memory. May p sou$ find itse$f in the garden of de$ight and may
his remains "e undistur"ed and may p sou$ "e "ound up in the chain of $ife. &o
this I say Amen
Arom the beginning of @lul we include ;(a6*X?
Yah, you are my Light, my #avior,
(hom need I dread9
Yah, (ith You as my strong :rotector (ho can make me panic9
(hen hatefu$ "u$$ies gang up on me,
(anting to harass me,
&o oppress and terrori+e me,
&hey are the ones who stum"$e and fa$$.
3ven if a gang surrounds me
My heart is not weakened.
If a "att$e is !oined around me
My trust in You is firm.
'n$y one thing do I ask of You, Yah,
5ust this a$one do I seek4
I want to "e at home with You, Yah,
A$$ the days of my $ife.
I want to de$ight in seeing You,
(hen I come to visit You in Your &emp$e.
You hide me in Your #uccah on an fou$ day.
You concea$ me unseen in Your tent
And a$so raise me "eyond anyone,s reach.
And now, as You have he$d my head high,
7espite the presence of my powerfu$ foes,
I prepare to ce$e"rate and thri$$,
#inging and making music to You, Yah!
Listen, Yah, to the sound of my cry And, "eing kind, answer me.
My heart has said4 2I turn to seek You,
Your :resence is what I "eg for.
7on,t hide Your Face from me.
7on,t !ust put me down,
You, who have "een my he$per
7on,t a"andon me, don,t forsake me,
God, my support.
&hough father and mother have $eft me You, Yah, wi$$ ho$d me secure$y.
:$ease teach me Your way
And guide me on the straight path.
7iscourage those who defame me.
Fa$se witnesses stood up against me,
1e$ching out vio$ence.
7on,t $et me "ecome the victim of my foes.
EI would not have survived:
If I had not hoped that I wou$d yet see
Yah,s goodness fu$$y a$ive on 3arth.
#o friend, you too, hope to Yah.
1e sturdy!
And make strong your heart!
And most of a$$ 222keep hoping to Yah.
Here you say some of these blessings to those you davvened with and to your own day
3$ #haddai "$ess you,
Make you fruitfu$, give you the increase,
that wi$$ "ecome a
source of harmony for peop$e.
From 3$, your parents God, he$p for you!
From #haddai, a$$ the "$essings-
#ky "$essings from a"ove,
1$essings from the deepest strata "e$ow,
1$essings of ferti$ity and nurture.
May G2d fu$fi$$ the "$essing
to A"raham in you,
and in your $oved ones,
a$ong with you.
(herever, $ike A"raham,
you once were a stranger there,
in that p$ace,
may you "e at home.
1$essings of your parents /5aco"0,
to add more force
to those of their parents,
/Isaac and A"raham0,
to cap the desires of the ancient hi$$s,
"e they upon your head /5oseph0,
and surround the heads of your si"$ings.
God $oves You.
God "$esses and increases you.
God "$esses your fami$y and your $and,
your income and your ho$dings,
right here on 3arth,
as God promised your parents.
A$$ peop$es wi$$ "$ess you.
You and your possessions,
wi$$ a$$ prosper.
May God remove a$$ i$$ness and pain,
a$$ tensions and pressures
you have known...
&he ange$ who redeemed me,
from a$$ that was corrupt,
may that one "$ess these chi$dren.
May my name,
that of A"raham and Isaac,
"e associated with theirs.
1e "$essed in the city.
1e "$essed in the country.
1$essed as you arrive,
1$essed as you are $eaving.
God decree for you "$essing
in what you have stored up
for yourse$f from "efore,
through your handsa work now,
right here on 3arth.
&his "e your gift from God.
May God open for you,
treasures of heaven$y goodness,
of earth$y time$iness,
to succeed in what you do.
May you have good credit,
and not need it.
God "e with you and he$p you
at a$$ times.
May you not ever
have to fee$ shame or "$ame.
Go in !oy, arrive in peace.
Mountains and hi$$s sing you on your way.
&rees in the meadows app$aud your trip.
7raw waters of 5oy
from the source of he$p.
May you $ive to the day
that God "e so present,
the way we hoped, Yah,
to "e present to us a$$ a$ong,
a rea$ he$p in our $ives!
%ow we wi$$ then ce$e"rate
Godas he$pfu$ness!
#o you say to each other, L,chayim!
&o you, #ha$om, to your home, #ha$om.
A$$ of yours, #ha$om!
-+n,hah,0&$'#noon;#a/'#
%or #inchah, turn to the Ashrey and the A#idah and follow with Aleynu.
-aBa#+7,`7'n+n8;#a/'#
"a#khuan1AhB*aB
D'3#a+('You,Yah:
1y Your command,
:$easant evenings appear.
(ith good !udgment,
You open gates to new awareness.
You vary the seasonsM
#etting the sky,s $ight,
As You ad!ust the times,
&o conform
&o their appointed tasks.
You create day and night.
You make for dawn and dusk.
*ow the day is over,
And you "ring on the night.
You give us discernment,
&o know the difference
1etween day and night.
Yah &+eva,ot =
Lord of 7iversity,
Is Your *ame.
'h! Living, :resent God,
May You a$ways
Govern our $ives.
1arukh Attah Yah
%a ma,ariv Aravim.
You keep $oving us,
As You have a$ways $oved us.
Yah, 'ur God.
You impart to us4
&orah and Mit+vot,
&o know rea$ity and !ustice.
&herefore,Yah, our God,
(hen we are to rest for the night,
(hen we are to rise for the day,
(e wi$$ make Your princip$es
'ur conversation.
&hat wi$$ give us steady !oy
As we ta$k &orah,
And p$an to do Mit+vot.
&his is what we $ive for.
&his is what keeps us going.
7ay and night we wi$$
:onder their meaning.
5ust keep on a$$ a$ong $oving us.
1arukh Attah Yah
'hev Ammo Yisrae$.
%or the &h#a see above.

It is true, and we "e$ieve itM
&hat You are our redeemer.
I am awed when I reca$$ the mirac$es,
And the he$p you gave me.
You kept my spirit a$ive.
You kept me from stum"$ing.
In the past,
You he$ped our peop$e.
(e a$$ accepted You,
As our $eader,
And vowed to fo$$ow Your $ead.
(ith Moshe, Miriam, And a$$ Israe$,
(e sang to YouM
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Mi 6amokha "a,e$im Y2ah
Mi 6amocha ne,dar "akodesh
*ora, t,hi$$ot k'sseh fe$e,
And we continue
&o ce$e"rate You,
As 8edeemer of Israe$.

Give us peacefu$ rest.

And in the morning,
Awaken us to the good $ife,
And to peace.
(e need you
&o guide us,
And to assist us.
:rotect us in the night.
6eep us in hea$th,
And safe from ensnarement.
Guard our coming and $eaving,
As You have, up to now.
1arukh attah Y2ah
#homer et Ammo Yisrae$ $a,ad.
Mo23#a/$h'
0*+1ahan106'/nu:
1efore you go to s$eep, make an e)amination of your conscience for the entire day. heck your
re$ationships and make an act of forgiveness.
+ecalling whatever frustration and hurt was experienced during the day, at the
hands of others,
visuali5e them written on slips of paper. +ip these up one by one,
forgiving fully those who hurt you
as you say&
!

8i"ono #he$ '$am,

I here"y forgive
whoever has hurt me,
And whoever has done me
any wrong-
(hether it was
7e$i"erate$y or "y accident,
(hether it was
7one "y word or "y deed,
In this incarnation
'r in previous ones.
May no one,
1e punished on my account.
May it "e Your wi$$,
' Lqrd my Gqd,
Gqd of my parents,
&hat I sin no more,
&hat I do not revert
to my o$d ways,
&hat I do not anger You any more
"y my actions,
May I do not do that
which is evi$ in Your sight.
(ipe away the sins
&hat I have committed,
(ith Your great compassion,
1ut not through
#ickness or suffering.
May these words
'f my mouth,
And the prayers
&hat are in my heart,
1e accepta"$e "efore You,
' Lqrd, My 8ock and my 8edeemer.
The Teaching o the Beit Ha Midrash at Elat Chayyim3
4ach one who aligns onesel every day with these principles o the aith and lives according to them
can !e assured that s5he will have a role in the World to 6ome or us and or all the peoples on the
entire world soon3
7. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith in the *"d who is ininite and the !lessed
light that issues rom that Ininite 1ource, who is !eyond time and space, yet who longs to have a
dwelling place among those in the worlds here !elow9 and who, out o loving !eneicence to Her
creatures, contracted Her light and Her radiant glory, in order to emanate, to create, to orm, and to
eectuate all that e(ists in the universe.
:. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith in the #neness o *"d and o all creation, a
oneness o the kind o #ne that has no second9 and that all which e(ists in the universe e(ists
solely according to the will o that *"d, who constantly calls everything into !eing " who causes all
e(istence at every moment.
;. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that the 6reator has an intent and a
purpose in creation, and that one o the aspects o that purpose is so that He shall !ecome known
to us !y and through it9 and that we, creatures have a task to !roaden and enlarge that
knowledge 5awareness until the world will !e as illed with knowledge o *"d as the waters cover
the sea.
<. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that the hoped"or goal is that all o us will
come to constitute one united interconnected and organic whole and that every living !eing will
know that You are the #ne who constantly causes its e(istence.
=. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that all the pathways through which the
Holy 1pirit is maniest and revealed are o one piece with the Torah that was given at 1inai.
>. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith in the mission o 0udaism, which is one o
the vital organs o the collective !eing that comprises all e(istence, and that through *"d?s
compassion on all creatures, it is revealed to them also how indispensa!le and integral they are to
the health o all the species o the planet.
@. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that the universe is not ownerless and
a!andoned, and that every one who does good with his5her lie takes part in the i(ing on the world
and that every one who uses his5her lie or evil participates in the destruction o the world9 and that
every action has an impact on the rest o e(istence.
A. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that the amount o good in the world is
greater than the amount o evil, and that the entire order o movement through the chain o
evolution is designed to !ring a!out the ulillment o the 8ivine intention.
B. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that the deeds o the athers and mothers
accrue to the !eneit o the children, and that the tradition that is passed on contains within it the
seeds o the light o redemption.
7). %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that our prayers are heard and answered.
11. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith that the Holy 1hechinah dwells within our
midst and that all who show kindness to living creatures show kindness too to the 1h'khinnah, and
vice versa.
7:. %ay it !e the divine will that I !elieve with perect aith that physical death does not terminate the
e(istence o the soul9 rather, that there are innumera!le worlds, within which they return to live
again.
7;. %ay it !e the 8ivine will that I !elieve with perect aith in Tikkun Ha#lam, that the world can !e
repaired and healed and that it is !ecoming alive9 and that !esides coming to lie, the world will
come to possess a consciousness and eeling, and as such will !ecome a itting vessel or a uller
revelation o the 8ivine will.
Appendix
Z@r?
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+abbi @limelech!s prayer to be able to pray
Yah, our God,
You are our parents God,
You are open to hear our p$eading prayer
with compassion.
You give a caring ear
to what Your peop$e Israe$ is crying for.
&his is our prayer to You,
p$ease grant it.
'pen our hearts,
focus our thoughts,
he$p that our prayers
may f$ow free$y from our $ips
and inc$ine Your ear to hear
how we, Your servants
are seeking Your favor,
crying in a p$eading voice
and with a shattered spirit.
You, kind compassionate 'ne
God of infinite mercy!
:$ease forgive us, pardon us
and atone
for us and for Your entire peop$e,
the house of Israe$,
so that what ever we have fai$ed
to do right
or what we have done wrong
or when we acted in ways
that are wicked
and re"e$$ed against You.
"e forgiven, pardoned and atoned
for us and for Your entire peop$e,
the house of Israe$,
%ow we$$ You know,
and it is apparent to You
that it was not with ma$ice or wi$$fu$ness
that we transgressed what You teach us,
what You command us
in Your &orah and ommandments.
In our "e$$ies
there "urns a fire without ceasing,
a Yet+er %ara,, the drive of se$fishness
which draws us
to the vices of this wor$d
and its fo$$ies.
&he Yet+er confuses our awareness,
even when we stand "efore You
seeking to pray and p$ead for our $ives.
&he Yet+er,s incitement
constant$y confuses our thoughts
with a$$ sorts of thoughts and schemes.
(e cannot resist it-
for our awareness is uncertain
our mind unsteady
the trou"$es and preoccupations
of making a $iving
under times of oppression
"ear down heavi$y on us.
&herefore, You ,
who are compassionate and kind
fu$fi$$ for us what You promised
to Moses, Your faithfu$ servant-
(hen You said,
cI wi$$ favor whomever I wi$$ favor
and I wi$$ "e compassionate
on whomever I wi$$ "e compassionate.m
And this You had our sages te$$ us
&his app$ies even to those
who are not worthy
for this is Your way-
to "e kind "oth to those who are "ad
and those who are good.
It must "e o"vious to You
how we are trou"$ed
how hard our $ife is
and what we must "ear 22
it is so difficu$t for us
to come near to You
and to serve You we$$,
to have our fee$ings "e sincere$y
in harmony with Your wi$$.
7ear Father in heaven!
(hat pain we fee$ in our sou$s!
:$ease arouse Your mercy and kindness
free$y and a"undant$y
and "anish, erase
our attraction to evi$.
Let not our evi$ Yet+er
"e active in our innards.
Let him not seduce us
$et him not def$ect us from serving You
May no evi$ schemes arise in our heart
when we are as$eep or awake
especia$$y at that time
when we stand in prayer "efore You
or are at times
when we study Your ho$y &orah
or at times when we are "usy
fu$fi$$ing Your ommandments.
&hen $et our thoughts "e pure and c$ear,
our own awareness steady and strong,
sincere and heartfe$t
as You wou$d have us "e.
Awaken in our hearts
and in the hearts of a$$ of Israe$,
Your peop$e,
the aim to unify You
in a$$ truth, in a$$ $ove,
so to serve
as to "e p$easing to You.
Fasten in us
such a steadfast faith in You,
&o "e so deep$y anchored
in our hearts as
not to vaci$$ate from it.
8emove from us a$$ the "arriers
that separate us from You,
'ur father in heaven.
#ave us from stum"$ing in our path,
6eep us from going astray.
7onat forsake us,
donat a"andon us,
keep us from disgracing
You "efore the wor$d.
1e present to us
in the words of our prayer
May the work of our hands
and the thoughts of our hearts
serve You
as we think of You
:$ease, our Father in heaven
In Your a"undant kindness
Grant us the "oon
that our thoughts
and words and actions,
a$$ our motives and our fee$ings
those we are aware of
and those near not aware of
those that are manifest
and those that are hidden
with a$$ of them together
"e unified in sincerity and truth
without any se$f deception.
:urify our hearts,
sanctify us,
sprink$e us with &hy c$eansing water
to purify us,
wash us c$ean
with Your kindness and $ove.
:$ant Your steadfast $ove,
and Your awe in our hearts
at a$$ times
and in a$$ p$aces
as we go a"out our $ives whether
we $ie down or get up-
that there a$ways "e Your %o$y #pirit
ardent$y active in our innards
that we may re$y on You a$ways,
on Your greatness,
Your $ove and Your awe.
May we "e secure$y anchored
in Your written and 'ra$ &orah
in the part of the &orah
that is open to a$$
and the part of &orah that is hidden.
In doing the mit+voth
may we unify Your awesome *ame.
:rotect us from hypocrisy,
from pride, anger, and vindictiveness
from depression, from ta$e "earing
and other vices.
:rotect us from everything
that might damage
the ho$iness and purity
of our service to You, whom we $ove.
:our out thy %o$y #pirit over us
that we may stay c$ose to You,
that our $onging for You may
grow and increase.
8aise us up from rung to rung
that we might come c$ose to the rung of
our ho$y fore"ears
A"raham, Isaac and 5aco".
(e know
You wi$$ a$ways receive our prayer-
You wi$$ a$ways answer us
when we pray for anyone,
"e it a sing$e person
or the who$e peop$e Israe$.
May You take !oy in us
May Your g$ory "e ref$ected in us.
May our prayers "ear fruit
and "e fu$fi$$ed, a"ove and "e$ow.
%e$p us to attend to our f$aws,
especia$$y the sins of our youth
as 6ing 7avid, peace "e upon him, said
cmy youthfu$ sins and my re"e$$ions
do not keep in Your memorym.
:$ease, ena"$e us to turn from our sins
and re"e$$ions.
Let there f$ow to us
from the rea$m of repentance
the cha$$enging ca$$
to return to You who$ehearted$y
and to repair a$$ that we have damaged
of Your pure and ho$y *ame.
Yah, rescue us from envy.
Let not !ea$ousy
of any person arise in our hearts
and $et not others "e vindictive to us,
on the contrary, p$ace into our hearts
appreciation for the goodness
of our fe$$ow "eings.
Let us not seek to find fau$t with them.
May we speak to each person
with civi$ity and gent$eness.
Let not hatred arise from one to another.
#trengthen us
that we might $ove You more
for You know we$$ how our intention is
that it a$$ shou$d "ring You
p$easure and !oy,
for this is the root of our intention
despite the fact
that we donat have a strong enough mind
to keep the aim of the kavanah
of our heart,
focused on You.
3n$ighten us so that we might $earn
to fu$$y know Your good purpose.
&his is what we p$ead to
You, a$$ mercifu$ God.
:$ease accept our prayer
in compassion and good wi$$.
Amen, $et this "e so wi$$ed "y You.