Mashiv Haruach CBB Siddur Text PDF

Siddur
Mashiv HaRuach
FOR SHABBAT
Congregation B’nai B’rith

Santa Barbara, California
Siddur Mashiv HaRuach
for Shabbat
CONGREGATION B’NAI B’RITH

SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA
Edited with Translations and Commentary

by Rabbi Stephen E. Cohen
mashiv haruach:
Who causes the wind/spirit to move...
“Awake North Wind, and come South Wind.

Blow upon my garden and let its spices flow forth.”
—Song of Songs 4:16
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S I D D U R F O R S H A B B AT | 2
In Loving Memory of
Toby Ann Parisse
1939–2011
toby celebrated life every day.

her prayer was the shehechiyanu:
Blessed art Thou, Eternal our God, Ruler of the universe
Who has kept us alive, sustained us, and brought us to this moment.
the publication of this prayerbook was made possible

through a generous donation by the parisse family.
acknowledgements
This prayerbook emerges from years of seeking, sensing, listening and learning
together at Congregation B’nai B’rith. Among the hundreds of people who contributed,
these individuals were directly involved in the development of this siddur:
Congregation B’nai B’rith Cantor Mark Childs and Rabbi Alyson Solomon read and
worked together to lead services from a series of drafts; Dr. Alan Levy, Rick Mohun
and Moshe Lang helped craft a service framework to satisfy Congregation B’nai
B’rith’s traditional Shabbat morning minyan; Master theologian/therapist/liturgist
Armando Quiros offered encouragement and psalm translation; Santa Barbara poet
Sheila Golburgh Johnson provided a poem and reviewed the translated text; Alan
Morton (Congregation B’nai B’rith Religious Practices Trustee 2008-2011) guided
important conversations about liturgical change; Susan Rakov (Congregation B’nai
B’rith Religious Practices Trustee 2011-2012) was a passionate change agent, and a
brilliant editorial ear and voice; Meredith Taylor funded an earlier draft in loving
memory of her parents Bernice and Sid Meyers; Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld tested
the commentaries with her Rabbinic students at Hebrew College in Boston; Rabbi
Judy Shanks, Rabbi Elias Lieberman and Laurie Schuster read carefully and offered
insightful suggestions; and Mike Silverander designed the book with intelligence,
creativity and a Jewish heart.
3 | C O N G R E G AT I O N B ’ N A I B ’ R I T H
Shabbat Shalom!
Welcome to the Palace— the invisible,
sacred Palace in Time that our people have carried
with us on all of our journeys across the planet.
Once every seven days, for over three thousand years,

we have left the blood, sweat and tears of the work week,
and stepped into Shabbat—a vision of the world at peace.
The door to the Palace stands open. To enter, you don’t need
Hebrew; there are no special qualifications. But you do need
to know how to let go—of the world of buying and building; of
striving to impress and outdo others; of acquiring and achieving.
This letting go is sometimes hard at first, but soon it comes

naturally. Most people find, in fact, that Shabbat becomes
the highlight—the heart— of their week. Try it!
S I D D U R F O R S H A B B AT | 4
Shabbat
Evening
Service
Shalom Aleichem
PEACE TO YOU
Shalom aleichem malachei hasharet, malachei elyon

Mi-melech mal’chei ham’lachim hakadosh baruch hu.
Bo’achem l’shalom, malachei hashalom, malachei elyon
Barchuni l’shalom, malachei hashalom, malachei elyon
Tzeitchem l’shalom malachei hashalom, malachei elyon
S H A B BAT E V E N I N G S E RV I C E | 6
Peace to You
SHALOM ALEICHEM
Peace to you, heavenly servants, messengers from The Above,

Majestic Mind of the Cosmos, the Holy One of Blessing.
Come in peace, angels of peace, messengers from The Above,
Majestic Mind of the Cosmos, the Holy One of Blessing
Bless me for peace, angels of peace, messengers from The Above,
Go forth in peace, angels of peace, messengers from The Above,
Candle Lighting
Almighty God,
Allow us to rest on this Shabbat.
May the light of the candles
drive out from within us all impatience and sorrow.
Send Your blessings to us and to our children,
that we may walk in the ways of Your Torah,
Your light.
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam

asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav
v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Shabbat.
Blessed art Thou, dedi our God, Majesty of the universe

Who has sanctified us by Your commandments
and commanded us to kindle the lights of Shabbat.
Yedid Nefesh
FRIEND OF THE SOUL
Yedid nefesh, av harachaman, m’shoch avdecha el r’tsonecha.

Yarutz avd’cha k’mo ayal. Yishtachaveh el mul hadarecha.
Friend of the soul, Mother-Father, draw me to Your will.

I will run like a deer, and will bow low before Your glory.
Psalm 95
L’chu n’ranena l’Adonai, naria l’tzur yisheinu

N’kadma fanav b’todah; biz’mirot naria lo
Come, sing to dedi; shout to our Mountain God!

We’ll come before God with thanks;
our song a grateful shout.
Psalm 96
Shiru l’Adonai, shir chadash;

Shiru l’Adonai kol ha-aretz.
Shiru l’Adonai bar’chu sh’mo; basru miyom l’yom y’shuato.
Sing to dedi a new song;
Sing to dedi all the earth.
Sing to dedi; bless God’s name. Declare deliverance daily.
Psalm 97
God’s earth alive with joy.
Islands laughing, swirling cloud and mist;
The Throne of Justice,
And fire walking before.
A lightning bolt flashed like the sun in the night.
The land saw and trembled; the mountains melted like wax.
People looked to the sky, and they saw
A heavenly world of color and light.
Zion heard and she laughed;
The daughters of Judah, they danced.
God-lovers, hate evil!
Light is a seed, planted for the righteous.
One day soon they will harvest in joy.
Psalm 98
Sing a new song
To the Worker of Wonders
With the mighty right hand
And the outstretched arm.
All the earth: Shout to God!
Cry aloud. Make music. Sing!
Guitars, jangle! Trumpets, blare! Shofar, give us your voice.
The sea will roar; all planet earth...
Rivers clap hands and mountains ring;
Here comes God, judging us all:
Have we been just?
Have we been fair?
Psalm 99
Romemu Adonai eloheinu v’hishtachavu l’har kodsho,

Ki kadosh Adonai eloheinu.
Exalt dedi our God; fall down before the Holy Mountain!
For dedi our God is holy.
Psalm 29
A David Song:
God’s voice upon the waters.
The God of glory thunders.
God’s voice uproots the cedars,
Splits open the cedars of Lebanon.
Mount Lebanon and Hermon,
They leap like a calf and dance.
God’s voice in flames of fire shatters the wilderness silence.
Thunder rolls in the Kadesh desert.
Beneath the storm, gazelles give birth;
God strips the forest bare.
In the celestial Temple
The burning stars sing “Glory!”
God sat above the Flood, and will dwell on high forever.
Give strength unto Your people,
and bless Your people with peace.
Ana B’choach
PLEASE, WITH THE POWER
OF YOUR RIGHT HAND
Ana b’choach g’dulat y’mincha tatir tz’rurah

Kabel rinat amcha sagveinu tahareinu nora
Shavateinu kabel, ushma tza’akateinu,

yodeia ta’alumot.
Please, with the power of Your right hand,

untie what is bound.
Accept the song of Your people.
Strengthen us. Purify us. Awesome One.
Accept our prayer, hear our cry,

O One who knows all secrets.
L’cha Dodi
COME MY BELOVED
(rise and turn to greet the Shabbat Bride)
L’cha dodi likrat kallah, p’nei Shabbat n’kab’lah.

Shamor v’zachor b’dibur echad hishmi’anu el ham’yuchad.
Adonai echad ushmo echad, l’shem ul’tiferet v’lit’hila.
Likrat Shabbat l’chu v’nel-cha; ki hi m’kor habracha.
Meirosh mikedem, n’suchah. Sof ma-aseh b’mach-shavah t’chila.
Hitoreri, hitoreri, ki va orech; kumi, ori!
Uri, uri, shir daberi. K’vod Adonai alayich niglah!
(rise and turn to greet the Shabbat Bride)
Bo’i v’shalom ateret ba’alah; gam b’simcha uv’tzoholah;
Toch emunei am segula; bo’i challah, bo’i challah!
Come My Beloved
L’CHA DODI
Come, beloved, toward the Bride; let us greet Shabbat!
“Guard the Sabbath Day” (Deuteronomy 5)

“Remember the Sabbath Day” (Exodus 20)
God spoke once but we heard two things.
dedi is One and God’s name is One;
for naming, for adorning, for praise.
Let us journey together, pilgrims toward Shabbat;

for She is the Source of Blessing.
From the beginning She was anointed.
The last creation, but the first intention.
Wake up, wake up! For your light has come.

Rise up and shine!
Wake up, wake up; speak song.
The glory of dedi is revealed in You!
Enter in peace, O Crown of God!

In joy and in song!
Among the faithful of the chosen people;
Come in Bride, come in!
Psalm 92
THE SONG THE SABBATH SANG
Mizmor shir l’yom ha-Shabbat

Tov l’hodot l’Adonai ul’zamer l’shimcha elyon.
L’hagid baboker chasdecha, ve-emunatcha baleilot.
Alei asor v’alei navel, alei higayon b’chinor.
Ki simachtani Adonai b’foalecha, b’ma-asei yadecha aranen.
Mah gadlu ma’asecha Adonai, m’od amku mach-shevotecha.
Tzadik katamar yifrach, k’erez bal’vanon yisgeh.

Sh’tulim b’veit Adonai, b’chatzrot Eloheinu yafrichu.
Od y’nuvun b’seiva, d’sheinim v’ra’anim yihyu.
L’hagid ki yashar Adonai v’lo avlata bo.
Psalm 92
THE SONG THE SABBATH SANG
It is good to praise You, O God,

to sing hymns to Your name, O Most High.
Without noting the many loving ways You enter our lives,
without openly and consistently acknowledging
Your supportive arm,
Your forgiving heart,
I can grow brutish and without appreciation.
Those who do walk about
with the eyes of awareness open
shall show their gratitude
through prayer and good deeds.
Then they shall bloom like a date-palm;
they shall thrive like the cedar,
strong and fragrant.
Even in old age they will still be spiritually vigorous,
still produce abundant fruit of righteousness.
Open my eyes wide, O Lord,
to the many signs of Your Love.
Translation: Armando Quiros
Chatzi Kaddish
READER’S KADDISH
Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei rabbah.

B’alma divra chirutei v’yamlich malchutei
b’chayeichon uv’yomeichon uv’chayei d’chol beit Yisrael.
Ba’agala uvizman kariv v’imru: amen.
Y’hei shmei rabbah m’varach l’alam ul’almei almayah
Yitbarach v’yishtabach v’yitpa’ar v’yitromam v’yitnasei.
V’yit’hadar v’yitaleh v’yit’halal sh’mei d’kud’sha brich hu.
L’eilah min kol birchata v’shirata,
tushb’chata v’nechemata d’amiran b’alma v’imru: amen
Reader’s Kaddish
CHATZI KADDISH
God willed this world’s creation;

Now let the world be filled with God’s Name,
in our lifetime...soon!
And all say: Amen.
May the Great Name be Blessed,

in this and in every world.
Blessed
Praised
Glorified
Honored
Revered
Embellished
Exalted and
Praised be the Name of the Holy One,
Far beyond all the blessings, songs,
praises, and consolations
that we utter in this world.
And all say: amen.
Barchu
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Bar-chu et Adonai ham’vorach.
Lead & Cong: Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed.
The Call to Worship
BARCHU
Bless dedi,
the Source of Blessing!
Blessed is dedi
the Source of Blessing,
forever and ever.
Ma’ariv Aravim
EVENING CREATION
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech haolam,

asher bidvaro ma’ariv aravim.
B’chochma potei-ach she’arim, uvit’vuna m’shaneh itim,
umachalif et hazmanim,
um’sader et hakochavim b’mishm’roteihem barakia kirtsono.
Borei yom valaila, golel or mipnei choshech v’choshech mipnei or.
Uma’avir yom umeivi laila, umavdil bein yom uvein laila,
“Adonai Tsevaot” shmo.
El chai v’kayam tamid yimloch aleinu l’olam vaed.
Baruch atah Adonai, hama’ariv aravim.
Evening Creation
MA’ARIV ARAVIM
Word by word
The evening descends;
The gates of night swing open.
The sun sets, the moon rises,

And the wheeling stars
Turn through the heavens
On silent watch.
Night washes over day,
And flows out again at dawn;
Day passes and You bring on the night.
With rhythm and melody

Composing our world;
Singer of the blue-black night,
We praise You.
Ahavat Olam
LOVE AND REVELATION
Ahavat olam beit Yisrael am’cha ahavta

Torah umitzvot chukim umishpatim otanu limadta
Al ken Adonai eloheinu b’shoch-beinu uv’kumeinu
na-siach b’chukecha
V’nismach b’divrei Toratecha uv’mitz-votecha l’olam va-ed
Kee hem chayeinu v’orech yameinu uva-hem
neh-geh yomam va-laila.
V’ahavatcha al taseer mimenu l’olamim.
Baruch atah Adonai, ohev amo Yisrael.
Love and Revelation
AHAVAT OLAM
The Torah was first given from mother to child,

And then again by a man to his friend.
Love and language come into the world together.
In text and commandment,

Passed down with love by parents and teachers,
We have heard and have learned Your Word.
Now comes our turn to reveal Torah.

Late at night, and in the first hours of the morning,
We will wonder and argue and celebrate Your Teachings.
For they are our life and the length of our days.
Upon our lips by day, and in our dreams at night.
Loving Teacher of Israel, we praise You.
Shma Yisrael
ONE GOD
(then in a whisper)
One God
SHMA YISRAEL
Shma Yisrael,
Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad.
Hear O Israel, dedi our God, dedi is one.
(then in a whisper)
Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam va-ed.

Blessed is the Name of the glory of God’s kingdom
for ever and ever.
Scripture records that Moses first proclaimed

“Shma Yisrael” as the end of his life drew near. But ancient legend
tells of an earlier “Shma Yisrael,” uttered by the sons of Jacob
gathered around their father’s deathbed, to which he responded
“Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam vaed.” Recalling Jacob’s
murmured words of thanks, we whisper the words “Baruch shem”
following the proclamation of God’s unity.
V’ahavta
WHOLEHEARTEDNESS
V’AHAVTA ET ADONAI elohecha b’chol l’vav’cha

uv’chol nafshecha uv’chol m’odecha.
V’hayu ha-d’varim ha-eleh asher anochi
m’tzav’cha hayom al l’vavecha.
V’shinantam l’vanecha v’dibarta bam b’shiv-t’cha b’veitecha
uv’lech-t’cha vaderech uv’shoch-b’cha uv’kumecha.
Uk’shar-tam l’ot al yadecha v’hayu l’totafot bein einecha.
Uch’tavtam al m’zuzot beitecha uvish’arecha.
L’ma-an tizk’ru va’asitem et kol mitzvotai
vi’hi-yitem k’doshim l’eloheichem.
Ani Adonai eloheichem,asher hotzeiti
etchem mei-eretz Mitzrayim
li-hiyot lachem leilohim. Ani Adonai eloheichem.
Wholeheartedness
V’AHAVTA
Love dedi your God,

with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might.
Set these words upon your heart, let them wait there patiently,
until in a receptive mood, your heart opens, and they can enter.
Teach them to your children.
Speak of them when you sit by the fire
and when you walk on the road,
When you lie down and when you rise up.
Bind them as a sign upon your hand and
as four scrolls between your eyes.
Write them on the doorposts of your house
and upon your gates.
That you may remember, and do all of my commandments,
And be holy to your God.
I am dedi your God,
Who brought you out from the land of Egypt,
that I might be your God.
I am dedi your God.
Mi Chamocha
THE WATERS PARTING
In each of our lives, we come at last to a limit
Where we are forced to stop running and to cry out to God:
How many times have You saved us
and pulled us from the fist of danger?
We lose count of Your miracles.
Our lungs fill with life-breath, our feet grip the earth.
You turned the world of land and sea against Pharaoh,
and brought signs and wonders to Egypt’s soil.
We saw Your power revealed at the shore of the Sea.
There we danced,
and sang a new song to You:
Mi chamocha ba-elim Adonai;

mi kamocha nehdar bakodesh, nora t’hilot, oseh feleh?
Malchut’cha ra-u vanecha, bokei-a
yam lifnei Mosheh,
“Zeh Eli” anu v’amru:
“Adonai yimloch l’olam va-ed!”
V’ne-emar: ki fada Adonai et Yaakov, ug’alo miyad
chazak mimenu.
Baruch atah Adonai, ga’al Yisrael.
The Waters Parting
MI CHAMOCHA
“Who is like You among the gods, Adonai?

Who is like You, splendid in holiness, awesome in praises,
working wonders?”
Your children saw Your majesty revealed,
parting the Sea before Moses.
“This is my God!” they cried, and said
“dedi will rule forever and ever.”
It was said:
“For dedi will redeem Yaakov, and deliver him from a hand
mightier than his own.”
Blessed art Thou, dedi, Redeemer of Israel.
Hashkiveinu
NIGHT PRAYER
Hash-kivenu Adonai eloheinu l’shalom,

v’hamideinu malkeinu l’chayim.
Ushmor tzeiteinu uvo-einu l’chayim ul’shalom mei-atah v’ad olam.
Night Prayer
HASHKIVEINU
Give us a night of peace, God, and bring us life in the morning.

Spread over us Your quiet tent.
Take our hand; lead us safe through this night.
Be above us,
drive away sickness, sword and sighing.
Go before us, watch behind us.
Let the spreading darkness be
The shadow of Your wings.
Tonight our souls fly far,

In our dreams we leave this place.
Guide us home at dawn,
bring us life and make us whole.
You are blessed, God,
who watches over the people Israel and over Jerusalem.
V’shamru
THE COVENANT OF SHABBAT
V’shamru v’nei Yisrael et haShabbat,

la-asot et haShabbat l’dorotam b’rit olam.
Beini uvein b’nei Yisrael ot hi l’olam
ki sheshet yamim asah Adonai et hashamayim v’et haaretz.
Uvayom hashvi’i, shavat vayinafash.
The Covenant of Shabbat
V’SHAMRU
The Children of Israel have kept the Sabbath

and the Sabbath has kept them, throughout their generations.
Candles, wine and challah

Sacred signs binding parent and child,
Forever joining the people to God.
For in six days God made heaven and earth,

and on the seventh day God rested
and took a breath.
Amidah
STANDING IN THE PRESENCE
The Amidah begins here

and continues through page 50.
After rising, we take three steps back,
and then three steps forward,
bringing our minds and hearts
“into the Presence of God.”
Adonai s’fatai tiftach ufi yagid t’hilatecha.
Eternal God, open my lips

that my mouth may declare Your glory.
Standing in the Presence
AMIDAH
Our sages taught that the silent prayer at night-time is a

reminder of the glowing coals burning through the night on the
altar in the ancient Temple in Jerusalem.
According to ancient tradition, Jacob was the first to stand and

pray under the stars, alone on the road at night.
Avot
THE FOUNDERS
Between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur add:
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu velohei avoteinu v’imoteinu

elohei Avraham elohei Yitzhak velohei Yaakov,
elohei Sarah, elohei Rivkah, elohei Leah velohei Rachel.
Ha’el hagadol hagibor v’hanora, El elyon.
Gomel chasadim tovim, v’koneh hakol, v’zocher chasdei avot v’imahot,
umeivi g’ulah livnei v’neihem l’ma’an sh’mo b’ahavah.

[Zochreinu l’chayim melech chafetz bachayim
v’chotveinu b’sefer hachayim l’ma’ancha elohim chayim.]
Melech, ozeir umoshiah umagen.

Baruch atah Adonai, magen Avraham v’ezrat Sarah.
The Founders
AVOT
You are blessed, dedi, Ancient Shepherd of our people.

Speaking in the wind with Abraham,
laughing in the tent with Sarah.
Voice of thunder and earthquake, Highest God.
God of soft word and gentle touch.
Guiding Isaac’s trembling hands, teaching Rebecca

kindness and strength.
Jacob, Leah, and Rachel went down to Egyptian darkness.
From the shadows You brought them back,
from the valley of darkness to a place of great light.

[Do you remember? You loved them just as You love life.
Tonight, remember us, and write us in Your Book of Life.]
We stand before You, dedi, Ancient Shepherd of our people.
Gevurot
MIRACLES
Between Sukkot and Pesach add:
Atah gibor l’olam Adonai; m’chayei meitim atah rav l’hoshia.

[mashiv haruach umorid hagashem]
M’chalkel chayim b’chesed, m’chayei meitim b’rachamim rabim.
Somech noflim v’rofeh cholim, umatir asurim;
um’kayem emunato liy’sheinei afar.
Mi chamocha ba’al g’vurot, umi domeh lach
Melech meimit um’chayei umatzmiach y’shuah.
[Mi chamocha av harachamim, zocher y’tzurav
l’chayim b’rachamim.]
V’ne’ehman atah l’hachayot meitim.
Baruch atah Adonai m’chayei hameitim.
Miracles
GEVUROT
Your signs and wonders, Adonai, defeat even death.

[The winds howl and the rains pour down]
The trees bear fruit; the grain ripens;

and the dead are yet alive, within us and all around us.
When we stumble You catch us.

When we break You heal us.
When we’re trapped You free us.
And when finally we sleep, You will wake us.
Who is like You, Miracle Worker?

Whirling, leaping, dancing God—
Only You destroy and create,
And bring forth tender new shoots of hope.

[You love us as a parent loves their child.]
Though one day we die, in You we live on.

Life and Death Dancer, we stand before You.
Holiness of the Name
You are holy; Your name is holy;

And heavenly voices sing Your praise daily.
We stand before You, dedi, the Holy God.
Holiness of the Sabbath Day
You made the Seventh Day holy—

Goal and purpose of the entire creation.
You blessed it above all days, and sanctified it above all times.
We see it written in your Torah:
“ The heavens and the earth were finished, and all their host.
God completed the work on the seventh day;
and rested on the seventh day from all the creating.
God blessed the Seventh Day, and sanctified it;
Because on that day God rested
from all the work
all the creating, making and doing.”
(Genesis 2:1-3)
Our God and God of our ancestors,

Accept our offering of this Day of Rest.
And open our hands to receive from You—

Commandments for holiness,
Torah for wisdom,
Contentment, joy,
Service and truth.
Teach us tonight the love and intimacy of Your holy

Sabbath.
Help us to imagine the Jewish people observing
one complete Sabbath,
One day of family and friends
of song and prayer
of study and rest.
Imagine that.
We stand before You, dedi Who makes every Sabbath
a wedding day.
R’tseh
LONGING
On the New Moon and on Festivals add:
Longing
R’TSEH
Open Your heart, dedi,

To Your people Israel and to our prayers.
Restore our ancient worship; return us to Your holy house;
Accept with love the fire offerings of Israel, and our prayers.
May our worship rise up, simple and honest,
and find its way to You.
On the New Moon and on Festivals add:

[On this New Moon,
Festival of Matzot,
Festival of Sukkot,
Think of us. Let a wisp of memory, a trace of us
—our lives, our parents and distant ancestors,
their hopes and dreams, Jerusalem and the Messiah,
our people’s long, miraculous history--
rise up and enter Your mind;
and there arouse love, blessing, compassion,
life and peace.
Our eyes turn to You. Gaze down upon us, with love.]
Let our eyes behold Your return to Zion in compassion.

We stand before You, dedi,
Who restores the Divine Presence to Zion.
Modim
GRATITUDE
Gratitude
MODIM
Teach us gratitude
Not forced or faked, but humble and true.
We know our old tendency, to think:
“My own power and the strength of my hand
achieved this success.”
It’s not so.
We have worked hard (perhaps),
But help has come to us from Above.
In generation after generation

We awaken again to the miracle of our lives
To Your wonders all around us
a fragrant twilight
dew glistening at dawn
the gift of a meal at midday.
Your kindness rains down;
Our hopes are born and reborn.

[Inscribe us for life in this holy season.]
We join our voice to the songs of the earth:

piping bird and howling wolf,
they all praise Your Name.
Our hearts open with thanks;
We name You “The Good.”
Shalom
PEACE
Shalom rav al Yisrael amcha tasim l’olam

Ki atah hu melech adon l’chol hashalom
V’tov b’einecha l’varech et amcha Yisrael
b’chol et uv’chol sha’ah bish’lomecha.
Baruch atah Adonai, ham’varech et amo Yisrael bashalom.
All week long, God,

We have wrestled with men and with You.
Now grant us peace.
One night Your angel came to our father Jacob,

Wounded him, blessed him and gave him our name:
“Yisrael/God Wrestler.”
Now bless us again, dedi, grant us Your peace.
Meditations after Prayer
The Private Prayer of Mar, Son of Ravina
My God, guard my tongue from evil,

and my lips from speaking deceit.
Toward those who would curse me, let my soul be silent;
And about all things let my soul be like dust.
Open my heart to Your Torah;
let my soul chase after Your mitzvot.
And as for all who think badly about me,
quickly undo their plans and dispel their thoughts.
Do this for the sake of Your name,

do it for the sake of Your right hand,
Do it for the sake of Your holiness,
do it for the sake of Your Torah.
So that Your friends may be strengthened,
Save Your right hand, and answer me.
The traditional prayerbook offers the private prayer

of the Talmudic sage Mar bar Ravina as an example of how to open
our hearts before stepping away from the presence of God.
Before concluding, take three steps backwards,
bow slightly to the left, to the right, and to the center.
Yihyu l’ratzon imrei fi v’hegyon libi l’fanecha,

Adonai tzuri v’go-ali.
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart
Be acceptable, dedi, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Oseh shalom bimromav

hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu v’al kol Yisrael, v’imru amen.
May the One who makes peace in the cosmos grant peace to us,
To all of Israel, to the entire human race, and all say “amen.”
Mi Shebeirach
PRAYER FOR HEALING
Mi shebeirach avoteinu, m’kor habracha l’imoteinu
May the Source of strength,
Who blessed the ones before us
Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing,
and let us say “amen.”
Mi shebeirach imoteinu, m’kor habracha lavoteinu
Bless those in need of healing with re’fuah shleima
The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit.
And let us say “amen.”
Setting: Debbie Friedman z”l
Concluding Prayers Begin on Page 120
Shabbat
Morning
Service
Mah Tovu
ENTERING SACRED SPACE
Mah tovu ohalecha Ya’akov, mish-k’notecha Yisrael.

Va’ani b’rov chasd’cha avo veitecha.
Esh’tachaveh el heichal kod’shecha b’yiratecha.
Adonai ahavti m’on beitecha, um’kom mishkan k’vodecha.

Va’ani eshtachaveh v’echra’a, evr’cha lifnei Adonai osi.
Va’ani t’filati l’cha Adonai eit ratzon.

Elohim, b’rov chasdecha, aneini b’emet yishecha.
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Entering Sacred Space
MAH TOVU
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,

your dwelling places, O Israel!
And I, in Your great love, I enter Your house.

I fall in awe upon the floor of Your holy palace.
dedi I love this House, dwelling-place of Your glory.

I will fall, and bow, and bless dedi my Maker.
May my prayer come to You, dedi, in a receptive hour.

God, in Your great love, answer me with Your liberating truth.
We first met God outdoors in the wind on a mountaintop, and

thundering above the ocean waters. But we have also known the Divine
Presence which dwells indoors, within our many tents and houses:
– a backyard sukkah,
– a wedding canopy,
– the ancient desert tabernacle,
– a home lit by Shabbat candles,
– a synagogue alive with prayer.
Of all these sacred interior spaces an oracle declared “How lovely are
your tents O Jacob, your dwelling places O Israel!”
(Numbers 24:5)
Yigdal
A MEDIEVAL SONG OF JEWISH FAITH
Leader: Yigdal elohim chai v’yishtabach; nimtza v’ein eit el m’tziuto.

Congregation: Echad v’ein yachid k’yichudo; nehlam v’gam ein sof l’achduto.
Leader: Ein lo d’mut haguf, v’eino guf; lo na’aroch eilav k’dushato.
Congregation: Kadmon l’chol davar asher nivra; rishon v’ein reishit l’reishito.
Leader: Hino adon olam; l’chol notzar yoreh g’dulato umalchuto.
Congregation: Shefa n’vuato n’tano el anshei s’gulato v’tifarto.
Leader: Lo kam b’Yisrael k’Mosheh od; navi umabit et t’munato.
Congregation: Torat emet natan l’amo el al yad n’vi-o nehman beito.
Leader: Lo yachalif ha-el v’lo yamir dato l’olamim l’zulato.
Congregation: Tzofeh v’yodea s’tareinu, mabit l’sof davar b’kadmato.
Leader: Gomel l’ish chesed k’mifalo, noten l’rasha ra k’rishato.
Congregation: Yishlach l’ketz yamin m’shicheinu, lifdot m’chakei ketz y’shuato.
Lead & Cong: Meitim y’chayei el b’rov chasdo, baruch adei ad shem t’hilato.
A Medieval Song of Jewish Faith
YIGDAL
Great is the living God, and glorified;
God exists! An existence beyond time.
One, and no other unity compares;
A hidden Oneness with No End.
God has no body and no form; our mind cannot fathom God’s holiness.
Preceding every created thing;
The First, and there is no beginning to God’s beginning.
Behold, God rules the universe;
Teaching every created being God’s magnitude and majesty.
The flow of prophecy God granted to the choice and treasured few.
There has never arisen in Israel one like Moses,
the prophet who beheld God’s image.
The Torah of truth was given to the people,
By the hand of the prophet, trusted one of God’s house.
God will not change nor revoke the law, through all the changing worlds.
God sees and knows our secrets;
beholds the end of each thing in its beginning.
Rewarding a person with love, according to their acts;
and bringing evil to the wicked.
Sending us our messiah at the end of days,
to bring redemption to those who wait.
God restores the dead to life, in abounding love.
Blessed forever is the name of God’s glory!
Judaism is a religion of “deed, not creed.” Our God is

concerned primarily with what we do, not with what we believe. That being
said, there have been many attempts to map the outlines of Jewish faith,
none more influential than that of Maimonides in the 12th century. His
Thirteen Articles of Faith were rendered poetically in the song Yigdal.
Readings for Meditation, Preparations for Prayer
What We Are
We are the people of the book
but before the book, there was the word
and there is still the word
and at the end, when there is nothing else, there will be the word.
When we wandered forty years in the desert,

we had the word and it sustained us.
When we lost our homeland and were scattered,
the word became our world and it nourished us.
When we were raped, beaten, betrayed and murdered,
we had the word and it healed us.
We are the people who painted our dancing letters

with honey, that our children would love the word.
We are the people whose women traded in the streets,
that their men could study the word.
We are the people who bow before the Holy Word in our temples.
Do you hear our wordsmiths as they beat their words

into vessels to hold our experience?
Do you hear Singer singing, do you hear Rich
reading, do you hear Roth writing?
Do you hear the sound of Amichai’s shuttle as he
weaves the words of our scattered people into whole cloth?
We are few, but our words are many. Listen well,

for we have something to tell.
—Sheila Golburgh Johnson
The Central Commandment of Judaism

I am ready and now take upon myself the mitzvah:
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
The Fundamentals of a Good Life

These are obligations which have no prescribed measure:
The corner of the field set aside for the poor,
the offering of our first fruits, the Pilgrimage offering,
acts of compassion,
and the study of Torah.
(Mishnah Peah 1:1)
These are obligations

for which a person enjoys their fruits in this world,
and the full benefit awaits in the world to come:
Honoring father and mother, acts of compassion,
Rising early to the house of study morning and evening,
welcoming guests, visiting the sick,
making a wedding for a bride, attending a funeral,
studying the prayers, bringing peace between two people,
and the study of Torah is equal to them all.
(Babylonian Talmud,Shabbat 127)
Song for Dov Shamir

Working is another way of praying.
You plant in Israel the soul of a tree.
You plant in the desert the spirit of gardens.
Praying is another way of singing.
You plant in the tree the soul of lemons.
You plant in the gardens the spirit of roses.
Singing is another way of loving.

You plant in the lemons the spirit of your son.
You plant in the roses the soul of your daughter.
Loving is another way of living.

You plant in your daughter the spirit of Israel.
You plant in your son the soul of the desert.
—Dannie Abse
Psalm 19
THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD
Psalm 19
THE HEAVENS DECLARE THE GLORY OF GOD
The heavens declare the Glory of God;

and the blue sky tells of God’s handiwork.
Day speaks to day, and night to night shares knowledge.
There is no speech, nor are there words; their voices are not heard.
Throughout all the world their verse is gone forth
their poetry has reached to the ends of the earth.
God pitches the sky as a tent for the sun,
who shines like a bridegroom leaving his chuppah,
rejoicing like an athlete running a race.
The sun rises at one end of the sky, and descends at the far horizon.
Nothing is hidden from his heat.
God’s Torah is perfect; restoring the soul.

God’s testimony is honest; making wise the simple.
God’s instruction is direct, making our heart glad.
God’s mitzvah is clear, a light for our eyes.
The awe of God is pure, enduring forever.
God’s laws are true; they are righteous altogether.
More desirable than gold and immense wealth;

Sweeter than honey and the dripping beehive.
I know of the dangers, and that in keeping them there is great reward.
Who can discern his own errors?
Protect me from hidden faults and from arrogance--
Let them not rule over me.
Then shall I live simply, and be innocent of great transgression.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart,
be acceptable in Your sight, Eternal God,
my Rock, and my Redeemer.
Psalm 150
MAKE MUSIC TO GOD
Haleluyah, Halelu El b’kod’sho; haleluhu bir’kia uzo.

Haleluhu vig’vurotav, haleluhu k’rov gudlo,
Haleluhu b’teika shofar, haleluhu b’nevel v’chinor,
Haleluhu b’tof umachol; haleluhu b’minim v’ugav.
Haleluhu b’tziltzelei shama, Haleluhu b’tziltzelei t’ruah.
Kol han’shama t’halel Yah.
Kol han’shama t’halel Yah. Haleluyah.
Psalm 150
MAKE MUSIC TO GOD
Make music to Yah! Make music in God’s holiness;

Make music in God’s mighty sky.
Make music in God’s strength.

Make music in God’s vast greatness.
Make music to God with the blast of the shofar;

Make music to God with the lyre and harp.
Make music to God with drum and dance;

Make music to God with pipes and flute.
Make music to God with cymbals;

Make music to God with clashing cymbals!
Every breath is music to Yah. Praise Yah!
With words, we express our ideas. But music conveys our

emotions, from bitter sorrow to supreme joy. For that reason the Book
of Psalms, the Bible of human emotion, closes with Psalm 150, a call
for music.
Ilu Finu
MOUTH SINGING LIKE THE SEA
Mouth Singing Like the Sea
ILU FINU
In a dream we became the world we live in:

Mouth singing like the sea,
Tongue laughing like the ocean waves,
Lips open wide like the expanse of the sky,
Eyes shining like the sun and the moon,
Arms spread wide like eagles’ wings,
and feet flying over hills like gazelles.
And still it was not enough.

That mouth, that tongue, those lips, eyes, arms, and feet
Could not begin to thank You,
They could not bless Your name for even one
Of the thousands upon thousands upon thousands
Of kindnesses that You have done for our ancestors and for us.
Bread in the midst of famine;

The good earth sustaining us;
And when war came—with death, disease and destruction—
You did not leave us; You have never abandoned us.
And so these human hands,

The eyes, feet and mouths which You have given us,
And Your breath which gives us our voice
They will do the best they can
To thank, to bless, to praise, to exalt, to uplift, to sanctify, and to glorify
Your Name.
Chatzi Kaddish
READER’S KADDISH
Yitgadal v’yitkadash shmei rabbah.

B’alma divra chirutei v’yamlich malchutei
b’chayeichon uv’yomeichon uv’chayei d’chol beit Yisrael.
Y’hei shmei rabbah m’varach l’alam ul’almei almayah

V’yit’hadar v’yitaleh v’yit’halal shmei d’kud’sha brich hu.
tushb’chata v’nechemata d’amiran b’alma v’imru: amen
Reader’s Kaddish
CHATZI KADDISH
God willed this world’s creation;

Now let the world be filled with God’s Name, in our lifetime
...soon!
And all say: Amen.
May the Great Name be Blessed, in this and in every world.
Blessed
Praised
Glorified
Honored
Revered
Embellished
Exalted and
Far beyond all the blessings, songs, praises, and consolations
And all say: amen.
Barchu
CALL TO WORSHIP
(only when a quorum/minyan of 10 is present)
Leader: Bar-chu et Adonai ham’vorach.

Leader & Congregation: Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed.
Call to Worship
BARCHU
(only when a quorum/minyan of 10 is present)
Bless dedi, the Source of Blessing!

Blessed is dedi the Source of Blessing, forever and ever.
The tenth Jew arrives and the group attains critical mass.
Faces, voices, bodies and minds set each other into motion.
If there are less than ten, the reaction cannot occur and there is no call.
Then each one is left alone, a solitary soul making its way toward God.
Yotzer Or
MORNING CREATION
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech haolam

yotzer or uvorei choshech, oseh shalom uvorei et hakol.
Hakol yoducha, v’hakol y’shab’chucha, v’hakol yomru ein kadosh kAdonai.
Hakol y’rom’memucha selah, yotzer hakol.
HaEl hapoteiach b’chol yom daltot shaarei mizrach
uvokeia chalonei rakia. Motzi chamah mimkomah, ul’vanah mimkon shivta.
Hameir la’aretz v’ladarim aleha b’rachamim
uv’tuvo m’chadesh b’chol yom tamid ma’aseh v’reishit.
Hamelech ham’romam l’vado mei-az.

Ham’shubach v’ham’fo-ar v’hamitnaseh mi’mot olam.
Elohei olam, b’rachamecha harabim rachem aleinu.
Adon uzeinu, tzur misgabeinu, magen yisheinu, misgav ba’adeinu.
Morning Creation
YOTZER OR
Blessed art Thou, Eternal our God, Majesty of the universe,
You weave light, knit darkness, and give us peace.
Everything thanks you; everything praises You;
Everything says “Incomparable holiness!”
Everything exalts You, the Creator of all.
The God Who opens every day the gates of the East,
Throwing open the windows of the sky,
Bringing forth the sun from its place,
And the moon from its dwelling place.
You illumine the earth and those who live upon it,
with compassion,
And in Your goodness renew each day the work of creation.
The Monarch on high, alone, from of old;

Praised, glorified, exalted from the first days of the universe.
God of the universe, in Your great love have mercy upon us,
Pillar of our strength, our rocky stronghold,
Shield of our deliverance, our fortress.
Or chadash al Tzion ta-ir v’niz-keh chulanu m’heira l’oro.

Baruch atah Adonai, yotzer ham’orot.
Cause a new light to shine upon Zion,

and may we all merit to see it soon.
Blessed art Thou, dedi, Creator of the great lights.
We move perpetually between two worlds: between the

daylight of noise and activity and the night darkness of silence and dreams.
The Morning Creation Prayer sings of the sunlight and awakens us to daily life.
Ahavah Rabbah
LOVE AND TEACHING
A great love You have loved us, dedi our God,

Showering us with wisdom like the rain.
Avinu Malkeinu, for the sake of our ancestors,
Who trusted in You and You taught them laws of life,
So too be gracious to us and teach us.
Have mercy upon us;
train our hearts to understand,
to probe,
to hear,
to learn,
to teach,
to observe,
to do,
and to transmit all the words of Your teaching with love.
V’ha-er einenu b’Toratecha

v’dabek libeinu b’mitzvotecha
v’yacheid l’vaveinu l’ahava ul’yira et sh’mecha.
V’lo neivosh l’olam vaed.
Ki v’shem kod’sh’cha hagadol v’hanora batachnu
Nagila v’nis’mecha bi’shuatecha
Love and Teaching
AHAVAH RABBAH
A light flashes from the eye—

The lamp of God, our human soul.
Abraham and Sarah, your old friends,
Journeyed together toward an unknown land.
You drew them close,
Gave us a land,
And taught us Your Name.
From the four corners of the earth, bring us home once more.
Baruch atah Adonai habocher b’amo Yisrael b’ahavah.
Blessed art Thou, dedi, Who awakes again our old love.
Real teaching begins with love, the divine connection between

human souls which enables the flow of Torah between two people. In that
flow a father imparts his inner life to his child, and a teacher transmits her
deepest wisdom to her students.
Shma Yisrael
ONE GOD
(then in a whisper)
One God
SHMA YISRAEL
Shma Yisrael,
Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad.
Hear O Israel, dedi our God, dedi is one.
(then in a whisper)
Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam va-ed.

Blessed is the Name of the glory of God’s kingdom
for ever and ever.
An Interpretation: Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki (RaSHI) read the Shma

as a prophecy of the time to come when the false gods that divide us will
disappear, and the human family will abandon our old hatreds and fears.
Another Interpretation: In each recitation of the Shma,

we prepare for that moment in which our separate existence will come
to an end, and we each will return to the One.
V’ahavta
WHOLEHEARTEDNESS
V’ahavta et Adonai elohecha b’chol l’vavcha

uv’chol nafshecha uv’chol m’odecha.
V’hayu ha-d’varim ha-eleh asher anochi
m’tzav’cha hayom al l’vavecha.
V’shinantam l’vanecha v’dibarta bam b’shiv-t’cha b’veitecha
uv’lech-t’cha vaderech uv’shoch-b’cha uv’kumecha.
Uk’shar-tam l’ot al yadecha v’hayu l’totafot bein einecha.
Uch’tavtam al m’zuzot beitecha uvish’arecha.
Wholeheartedness
V’AHAVTA
Love dedi your God,

with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might.
Set these words upon your heart, let them wait there patiently,
until in a receptive mood, your heart opens, and they can enter.
Teach them to your children.
Speak of them when you sit by the fire
and when you walk on the road,
When you lie down and when you rise up.
Bind them as a sign upon your hand and
as four scrolls between your eyes.
Write them on the doorposts of your house
and upon your gates.
V’ahavta is a call to wholeness, three times insisting on

bechol: “with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your might.”
Love God, taught our ancient sages, with both of your hearts: with your
yetzer tov or “good heart,” of course, but also with your yetzer ra, the
dark chaotic heart. This heart is not to be denied, but befriended, and
brought to the love of God.
V’haya im shamoa
PROMISE AND THREAT
Promise and Threat
V’HAYA IM SHAMOA
And it shall come to pass if you listen, yes, listen to my Mitzvot,
Which I am commanding you today,
To love dedi your God, serving God with all your heart and with all your soul,
Then I shall give the rain of your land in its proper season, first rain
and last rain,
And you shall harvest your grain, your wine and your oil.
And I will provide grass in your field for your cattle,
And you shall eat and be satisfied.
Take care, lest your heart turn and you go astray,
And serve other gods and worship them.
Then the wrath of dedi will blaze against you;
He will seal up the sky, and there will be no rain, and the earth will
not yield its bounty,
And you shall quickly perish from the good land which dedi gives to you.
Set these words upon your hearts, and upon your souls;
Bind them as a sign upon your hand, and set them as four scrolls
between your eyes.
Teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house,
When you walk on the way, when you lie down and when you rise up.
Write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.
Then your days and the days of your children will be many,
Upon the earth which dedi swore to your ancestors, as long as the
sky is above the earth.
V’haya im shamoa encourages us to consider the future

and its roots in our choices in each present moment. The first future
pictured is a bountiful world of rain and harvest, including the elements for
a complete Sabbath: challah, wine and candles are implicit in the grain,
wine and oil which are promised as reward for our love. After the promise
comes the threat. In a single verse, we behold a terrifying vision of a sealed
heaven and a desolate earth upon which we wander lost, having put our
lives at the service of alien gods.
Tzitzit
MATURITY
And dedi said to Moses:

Speak to the Children of Israel
And they shall make for themselves a tzitzit/fringe
Upon the corners of their garments throughout their
generations.
And they shall set within it a blue thread.
It shall be a tzitzit/visual reminder for you, and you shall see it,
And remember all the mitzvot of dedi, and do them.
Then you shall not go wandering after your own hearts
and your own eyes,
Which lead you to promiscuity.
Maturity
TZITZIT
L’ma-an tizk’ru va’asitem et kol mitzvotai

vih’yitem k’doshim l’eloheichem. Ani Adonai eloheichem,
asher hotzeiti etchem mei-eretz Mizrayim
li-hiyot lachem leilohim. Ani Adonai eloheichem.
Then you will remember and do all My mitzvot

and you will be holy to your God.
I am dedi your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt,
to be your God.
I am dedi your God.
As children we are ruled by instinct and impulse. The tzitzit prayer

describes the passage from childhood to adulthood as an “Exodus from
Egypt.” Journeying out of childhood, we escape the slavery of animal
instinct and ascend to the freedom of responsible choice. When our
daughters and sons come of age, we drape them in the tallit, a garment
distinguished by its tzitzit/fringe, which symbolizes the totality of adult
ethical and ritual responsibility. As parents, we work to enrobe our children
in the garment of responsibility, the vestments of maturity and freedom.
Mi Chamocha
THE WATERS PARTING
Redemption Reading I
We cannot merely pray to God to end war;
For the world was made in such a way
That we must find our own path to peace
Within ourselves and with our neighbor.
We cannot merely pray to God to root out prejudice;
For we already have eyes
With which to see the good in all people
If we would only use them rightly.
We cannot merely pray to God to end starvation;
For we already have the resources
With which to feed the entire world
If we would only use them wisely.
We cannot merely pray to God to end despair;
For we already have the power
To clear away slums and to give hope
If we would only use our power justly.
We cannot merely pray to God to end disease;
For we already have great minds
With which to search out cures and healings
If we would only use them constructively.
Therefore we pray instead
For strength, determination, and will power,
To do instead of merely to pray
To become instead of merely to wish;
That our world may be safe,
And that our lives may be blessed.
—Rabbi Jack Riemer
Mi Chamocha
THE WATERS PARTING
Redemption Reading II
After four hundred years of servitude,
Our ancestors in Egypt believed their slavery would
continue forever.
Previous escapes all had ended in failure.
Then at the Sea, something new happened;
The waters parted and a doorway opened to freedom.
A time comes in each of our lives, when we stand

again at the Sea;
Trapped and frightened, enclosed by an army of dangers.
Depression. Fear. Addiction. Hunger.
Anger. Illness. Loneliness. Shame.
Each of us is pursued by enemies, both real and imagined.

And the Sea is the unknown, stretched out forbidding before us.
Then: “Our soul like a bird is escaped from the snare.
The snare has broken and we are escaped.” (Psalm 124)
The God of Exodus opens a path through the Sea.
Mi Chamocha
THE WATERS PARTING
“Praises to the Supreme God!”

Alive, amazed, on the shore of the Sea,
Moses, Miriam and the Children of Israel sang to You,
in relief and in shouting joy:
All
Leader
All
All
Leader & Congregation: Mi chamocha ba-elim Adonai;

mi kamocha nehdar bakodesh nora t’hilot, oseh feleh.
Leader: Shirah chadasha shib-chu g’ulim l’shim-cha al s’fat hayam

Yachad kulam hodu v’him-lichu v’amru:
Leader & Congregation: “Adonai yimloch l’olam va-ed.
Leader & Congregation: Tzur Yisrael, kumah b’ezrat Yisrael,

uf ’deh chin’umecha Yehuda v’Yisrael.
Go’aleinu Adonai tzeva’ot shmo, k’dosh Yisrael.
Baruch atah Adonai, ga’al Yisrael.
The Waters Parting
MI CHAMOCHA
Who is like You among the mighty, dedi?

Who is like You, wonderful in power, awesome in praises,
doing marvels?
A song never heard before was sung to Your name

by those You freed at the shore of the sea.
With one voice, we gave thanks and declared You our God:
“dedi will rule forever!”
Rock of Israel, rise up to the aid of Israel,
and redeem Judah and Israel, as You have promised.
Our Redeemer, dedi of hosts, the Holy One of Israel.
You are blessed, dedi, Redeemer of Israel.
How the opening occurs is not explained.

We are redeemed one by one, and we are redeemed all together.
God is Redeemer; but we must redeem ourselves and each other.
The opening comes when least expected. It may not even look
like an opening. Redemption comes at the last possible moment.
We bring it about through our own efforts. But it comes upon us by
surprise and beyond our control.
Amidah
STANDING IN THE PRESENCE
After rising, we take three steps back,

and then three steps forward,
bringing our minds and hearts
“into the Presence of God.”
Adonai s’fatai tiftach ufi yagid t’hilatecha.
Eternal God, open my lips

that my mouth may declare Your glory.
Standing in the Presence
AMIDAH
In the year 70 of the Common Era our holy city Jerusalem

was burned to the ground, subduing forever our fascination with sacred fire.
From that moment forward, the daily fire offerings were replaced by three
daily “standings,” in which we rise up from our workbench, from our couch,
from our fatigue and from our doubts, and take three steps forward into the
presence of God. There we take our stand, feet planted together, presenting
ourselves, imperfect but fully human.
Avot
THE FOUNDERS
[Between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur add:
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu velohei avoteinu v’imoteinu

elohei Avraham elohei Yitzhak velohei Yaakov,
elohei Sarah, elohei Rivkah, elohei Leah velohei Rachel.
Ha’el hagadol hagibor v’hanora, El elyon.
Gomel chasadim tovim, v’koneh hakol, v’zocher chasdei avot v’imahot,
umeivi g’ulah livnei v’neihem l’ma’an shmo b’ahavah.
Zochreinu l’chayim melech chafetz bachayim
v’chotveinu b’sefer hachayim l’ma’ancha elohim chayim.]
Melech, ozeir umoshiah umagen.
Baruch atah Adonai, magen Avraham v’ezrat Sarah.
The Founders
AVOT
You are blessed, dedi, Ancient Shepherd of our people.

Speaking in the wind with Abraham, laughing in the tent
with Sarah.
Voice of thunder and earthquake, Supreme God.
God of soft word and gentle touch.
Guiding Isaac’s trembling hands, teaching Rebecca kindness

and strength.
Jacob, Leah, and Rachel went down to Egyptian darkness.
From the shadows You brought them back,
from the valley of darkness to a place of great light.

Do you remember? You loved them just as You love life.
Today, remember us, and write us in Your Book of Life.]
We stand before You, dedi, Ancient Shepherd of our people.
Gevurot
MIRACLES
During the Winter, add:
Miracles
GEVUROT
Your signs and wonders, Adonai, defeat even death.

[In the winter add:
The winds howl and the rain pours down]
The trees bear fruit; the grain ripens;
and the dead are yet alive, within us and all around us.
When we stumble You catch us.
When we break You heal us.
When we’re trapped You free us.
And when finally we sleep, You will wake us.
Who is like You, Miracle Worker?
Whirling, leaping, dancing God--
Only You destroy and create,
And bring forth tender new shoots of hope.
[Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur add:
You love us as a father loves his child.]
Though one day we die, in You we live on.
Life and Death Dancer, we stand before You.
Death comes and overturns our world, wrecking the foundations of

our life. What faith or trust is possible in the face of such insecurity?
We crave a reliable universe, but Gevurot offers us a different vision, of
God’s trustworthiness within a dynamic reality of wind and rain, sickness
and healing, risings and fallings. Life and death are just two of the
transformations within this ever-changing universe. And God is Destroyer
and Creator, Source of life, of death, and of hope.
Kedushat HaShem
HOLINESS OF THE NAME
Cong. then leader
Cong. then leader
Cong. then leader
Cong. then leader
All
Leader
All
Leader then all
Leader
Congregation then leader:

N’kadesh et shimcha ba-olam,
k’shem sheh makdishim oto bishmei marom.
Kakatuv al yad n’vi-echa: “V’kara zeh el zeh v’amar:”
Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai tz’vaot, m’lo kol ha-aretz k’vodo.
Adir adirenu, Adonai Adoneinu, mah adir shimcha b’chol ha-aretz
Baruch k’vod Adonai, mim’komo.
All: Echad hu eloheinu, hu avinu, hu malkeinu, hu moshienu.
V’hu yashmi-einu b’rachamav l’einei kol chai.
Leader: Ani Adonai eloheichem.
All: Yimloch Adonai l’olam, elohayich Tsion, l’dor vador Halleluyah.
L’dor vador nagid godlecha. Ul’neztach netzachim k’dushatcha nakdish,
v’shiv-checha eloheinu mipinu lo yamush l’olam, l’olam vaed.
Baruch atah Adonai ha-el hakadosh.
Holiness of the Name
KEDUSHAT HASHEM
We sanctify Your name in this world,
just as the angels do in the high heavens.
As it is written by the hand of Your prophet:
“They called to each other saying:”
Holy, holy, holy is dedi of hosts;
the whole earth is full of God’s glory.
Our mighty God, dedi our Adon,
how mighty is Your name in the whole earth?
Blessed is the Glory of dedi, from God’s place.
Our God is One; our parent, our ruler, our liberator,

And God will cause us to hear, before the eyes of all the living:
I am dedi your God.
dedi rules forever, your God O Zion,
from generation to generation. Halleluyah!
From generation to generation we shall speak of Your greatness,

and forever we shall declare Your holiness.
Your praise shall never depart from our lips.
We stand before You, dedi, holy God.
(on Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Pesach, or Shavout, go to page 94)
In this prayer, we find ourselves inside two mystic dramas: Isaiah’s

visionary journey to the celestial throne-room, where fiery six-winged
seraphim sing “Holy, Holy, Holy!” and Ezekiel’s vision of a shimmering
chariot carried by chayot/beasts with four faces, all crying out “Blessed
is the glory of God from His place!” Our synagogue becomes the cosmic
throne-room, and we are the seraphim and the chayot, crying out the words
that blazed in the minds of the visionary prophets.
Kedushat Hayom
HOLINESS OF THE SABBATH DAY
Moses rejoiced in receiving his portion, for you called him a faithful
servant. A crown of beauty you set upon his head as he stood before
you on Mount Sinai. Two tablets of stone he brought down in his
hand, and upon them was written the observance of the Sabbath.
And so it is written in your Torah:
“The Children of Israel shall keep the Sabbath, making the
Sabbath throughout their generations, an eternal covenant.
Between me and the Children of Israel it is an eternal sign,
for in six days dedi made the heavens and the earth, and
on the seventh day he rested.”
And you did not give it, dedi our God, to the worshippers of idols;
and in its rest the wicked shall not dwell. To your people Israel you
gave it in love, to the seed of Jacob, whom you chose.
Yism’chu v’mal’chutcha shomrei Shabbat v’kor’ei oneg

Am m’kad’shei shvi’i kulam yisb’u v’yitangu mituvecha
uvashvi’i ratzita bo v’kidashto, chemdat yamim oto karata
zecher l’ma’aseh v’reishit.
(continue silently)
KEDUSHAT HAYOM
Those who observe the Shabbat and call it a delight

Shall rejoice in Your kingdom.
The people who make the seventh day holy,
Shall all be satisfied and shall delight in Your goodness.
You desired the seventh day, and made it holy.
You called it “beloved of days.”
a remembrance of the creation of the world.
Our God and God of our ancestors,

Torah for wisdom,
Contentment, joy,
Service and truth.
Teach us today the love and intimacy of Your holy Sabbath.
Help us to imagine the Jewish people observing
one complete Sabbath,
One day of family and friends
of song and prayer
of study and rest.
Imagine that.
We stand before You, dedi Who makes every Sabbath
a wedding day.
(continue on page 96)
Kedushat haYom for Festivals
SUKKOT, SIMCHAT TORAH, PESACH, OR SHAVUOT
Sukkot, Simchat Torah, Pesach, Shavuot
KEDUSHAT HAYOM FOR FESTIVALS
You chose us from among all the nations and loved us, sought us,
gave us an exalted language, and made us holy through
Your commandments.
You drew us near to Your service, and set Your great and holy
name upon us.
You gave us, dedi our God, (Sabbaths for rest), set times for joy,
Festivals and seasons for happiness, (the Sabbath day and)
this day of:
On Pesach: the festival of Matzot, the time of our freedom
On Shavuot: the festival of Weeks, the time of the
Giving of our Torah
On Sukkot: the festival of booths, the time of our joy
On Shmini Atseret/Simchat Torah: the Eighth Day of Assembly,
the time of our joy
(in love), for declaring holiness, a remembrance of the
Exodus from Egypt.
Grant us, dedi our God, the blessing of Your festivals,
For life and for peace,
For joy and gladness, as You once promised to bless us.
Torah for wisdom,
Contentment, joy,
Service and truth.
Bequeath to us (in love and acceptance),
in joy and gladness, (the Sabbath and) Your holy festivals.
And let Israel, who declare the holiness of Your name,
rejoice in You.
We stand before You, dedi, Who sanctifies (the Sabbath),
Israel and the festivals.
R’tseh
LONGING
On the New Moon and on Festivals, add:
Longing
R’TSEH
Open Your gates, dedi,
To Your people Israel and to our prayers.
Restore our ancient worship; return us to Your holy house;
Receive with love the fire offerings of Israel, and our prayers.
May our worship rise up, simple and honest,
and find its way to You.
(On the New Moon and on Festivals, add:)
On this New Moon,
Festival of Matzot,
Festival of Shavuot,
Festival of Sukkot,
Festival of Shmini Atzeret,
Think of us. Let a wisp of memory, a trace of us
—our lives, our parents and distant ancestors,
their hopes and dreams, Jerusalem and the Messiah,
our people’s long, miraculous history—
rise up and enter Your mind;
and there arouse love, blessing, compassion,
life and peace.
Our eyes turn to You. Gaze down upon us, with love.
Let our eyes behold Your return to Zion in compassion.
We stand before You, dedi, Who restores the Divine Presence to Zion.
When Israel was exiled from Jerusalem, the winged

Presence of God took flight as well, departing from the Holy of Holies and
vanishing into the wilderness. R’tseh is our prayer of longing for the return
of the lost bird, the winged Presence. It ends with our eyes, scanning the
horizon. We wait for a stirring, for any sign that the rarest and shyest of
birds might finally be ready to return home.
Modim
GRATITUDE
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, add:
Gratitude
MODIM
Teach us gratitude
Not forced or faked, but humble and true.
We know our old tendency, to think:
“My own power and the strength of my hand
achieved this success.”
It’s not so.
We have worked hard (perhaps),
But help has come to us from Above.
In generation after generation
We awaken again to the miracle of our lives
To Your wonders all around us
a fragrant twilight
dew glistening at dawn
the gift of a meal at midday.
Your kindness rains down;
Our hopes are born and reborn.
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur add:
(Inscribe us for life in this holy season.)
We join our voice to the songs of the earth:
piping bird and howling wolf, they all praise Your Name.
Our hearts open with thanks; we call You “The Good.”
Gratitude cannot be forced. It can, however, be cultivated.

Tradition recommends that we begin each day with the words “thank you.”
Before the first thought enters the mind, we speak a word of thanks, planting
a seed which we hope will grow into an honest and mature spirit of gratitude.
Similarly, modim reminds us that a spirit of gratitude, properly cultivated, can
become second nature; not a payment of debt, but a surge of joy.
Shalom
PEACE
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, add:
Sim shalom tova uv’racha, chen vachesed v’rachamim

aleinu v’al kol Yisrael amecha.
Barcheinu avinu kulanu k’echad b’or panecha;
ki v’or panecha natata lanu, Adonai eloheinu
Torat chayim, v’ahavat chesed, utzedakah uv’racha,
v’rachamim v’chayim v’shalom
V’tov b’einecha l’varech et amcha Yisrael,
b’chol et uv’chol sha’ah bishlomecha.
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur add:
(B’sefer chayim, bracha, v’shalom, ufarnasa tova,
nizacher v’nikatev l’fanecha
anachnu v’chol amcha Bet Yisrael l’chayim tovim ul’shalom.)
Baruch atah Adonai, ham’varech et amo Yisrael bashalom.
Peace
SHALOM
Grant peace,
goodness,
blessing,
grace,
love and mercy
to us and to Your people Israel.
Bless us, all of us as one, in the light of Your face.
For in the shining of Your face You gave to us
the Torah of life,
and the love of mercy, righteousness,
blessing, compassion, life and peace.
Bless Your people Israel, at all times and in every hour
with Your peace.
(In the Book of Life, Blessing, Peace and Good Work,
may we be remembered and written before you,
we and all of your people Israel, for a good life and for
peace.)
We stand before You, dedi, Maker of peace.
As we prepare to step away from the presence of God, we

seek the light of God’s invisible face. We hope for an inner shift, a surge
of vital well-being which engenders Torah and love, righteousness and
blessing, compassion, life and peace.
My God, guard my tongue from evil,

and my lips from speaking deceit.
Toward those who would curse me, let my soul be silent;
And about all things let my soul be like dust.
Open my heart to Your Torah;
let my soul chase after Your mitzvot.
And as for all who think badly about me,
quickly undo their plans and dispel their thoughts.
Do this for the sake of Your name,
do it for the sake of Your right hand,
Do it for the sake of Your holiness,
do it for the sake of Your Torah.
So that Your friends may be strengthened,
save Your right hand, and answer me.
Yihyu l’ratzon imrei fi v’hegyon libi l’fanecha,

Adonai tzuri v’go-ali.
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart
be acceptable, dedi, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Oseh shalom bimromav

hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu v’al kol Yisrael, v’imru amen.
May the One who makes peace in the cosmos grant peace to us,
to all of Israel, to the entire human race, and let us say “amen.”
Before concluding, take three steps backwards,

bow slightly to the left, to the right, and to the center.
Torah Service
Ein kamocha va-elohim Adonai, v’ein k’ma-asecha.

Malchutcha malchut kol olamim umemshaltecha b’chol dor vador.
Adonai melech, Adonai malach, Adonai yimloch l’olam va-ed.
Adonai oz l’amo yitein, Adonai y’varech et amo vashalom.
Av harachamim heitiva vir-tzonecha et Tzion.

Tivneh chomot Yerushalayim.
Ki v’cha l’vad batachnu, melech el ram v’nisa adon olamim.
Vay’hi bin’soa ha-aron vayomer Mosheh:

“Kuma Adonai v’yafutzu oyvecha, v’yanusu m’sanecha mipanecha!”
Ki miTzion teitzei Torah, ud’var Adonai miy’rushalayim.

Baruch sheh natan Torah l’amo Yisrael bik’dushato.
Torah Service
Incomparable! Beyond our imagining.
We cannot comprehend Your works...much less You, dedi!
Your realm extends beyond all worlds, to the end of time.
dedi reigns over present, past and future.
dedi give us strength. Bless us with peace.
Compassionate One!
Build the walls of Jerusalem.
We have trusted in You, Majesty of all worlds.
The Ark began to move and Moses would say:

“Rise up dedi and scatter Your enemies;
and let those who hate You flee from Your presence!”
Out of Zion shall come forth Torah,

and the word of dedi from Jerusalem.
Blessed is the One who gave Torah to the people Israel,
in holiness.
For Festivals only, Not on Shabbat
Adonai, Adonai el rachum v’chanun, erech apayim v’rav chesed v’emet

notzer chesed la’alafim noseh avon vafeshah, v’chata-ah v’nakeh.
Adonai, Adonai, compassionate and gracious, endlessly patient,

abounding in love and truth.
Laying up kindness for future grandchildren, a thousand generations,
and for our failures, our stumblings, our sins
…the gift of forgiveness.
On the Occasion of a Bar or Bat Mitzvah

AFTER PASSING THE TORAH FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha’olam,

shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higiyanu lazman hazeh.
Blessed art Thou, dedi our God, Majesty of the universe

who has kept us alive, and sustained us,
and brought us to this moment.
The Bar or Bat Mitzvah Declares:
In this scroll is the secret of our people’s life from Sinai until now.
Its teaching is love and justice, goodness and hope.
Freedom is its gift to all who treasure it.
Leader, the Congregation repeats:
Shma Yisrael Adonai eloheinu Adonai echad.

Hear O Israel dedi our God dedi is One.
Leader, the Congregation repeats:
Echad eloheinu gadol adoneinu kadosh (v’nora) shmo.

Our God is One, and vast;
Holy (and awesome) is the Name of God.
The Leader turns toward the Ark,

holding the scroll, bows and declares:
Gadlu l’Adonai iti, un’romema shmo yachdav.

Magnify dedi with me, and let us exalt the Name together!
Torah Procession
L’cha Adonai hag’dulah v’hag’vurah v’hatiferet v’hanetzach v’hahod;

Ki chol bashamayim uva-aretz;
l’cha Adonai hamamlacha v’hamitnaseh l’chol l’rosh;
Romemu Adonai eloheinu v’hishtachavu lahadom raglav kadosh hu;

Romemu Adonai eloheinu v’histachavu lahar kodsho, ki kadosh
Adonai eloheinu.
Torah Procession
Yours dedi is The Greatness
The Power,
The Beauty,
The Eternity and
The Glory.
Everything in heaven and in earth!
Yours dedi—Supremacy.
Exalted, high above every head.
Exalt dedi, the highest mountain is God’s footstool!

Fall down before God’s holy mountain;
For dedi our God is holy.
On the last day of his life, David blessed God “before the
eyes of the entire congregation” with the verse that we sing as the
Torah is carried on its circuit around the room.
Blessing before the Torah Reading
The one called to bless
Everyone responds
The one called to bless
Barchu et Adonai ham’vorach. The one called to bless

Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed. Everyone responds
Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed. The one called to bless

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam,
asher bachar banu mikol ha-amim,
v’natan lanu et Torato.
Baruch atah Adonai, notein haTorah.
Blessing after the Torah Reading
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam,

asher natan lanu Torat emet, v’chayei olam nata
b’tocheinu.
Baruch atah Adonai, notein haTorah.
Blessing before the Torah Reading
Bless dedi, the Source of Blessing!
Blessed is dedi the Source of Blessing, forever and ever.
You are Blessed dedi our God, Majesty of the universe,
Who chose us from among all the peoples
and gave us the Torah.
You are Blessed, dedi, First Teacher of Torah.
Blessing after the Torah Reading

You are Blessed dedi our God, Majesty of the universe,
Who gave us the Torah of Truth ,
Planting within us eternal life.
You are Blessed,dedi, First Teacher of Torah.
Mi Shebeirach
PRAYER FOR HEALING
May the One Who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel, bless our loved ones who are ill.
May the Holy One have mercy upon them,
to cure, to heal, to strengthen and to bring them life.
May God send a speedy and complete healing from heaven,
among all those in need of healing,
a healing of spirit and a healing of body,
in this hour and in the near future, and we say “amen.”
Birkat HaGomel
RECITED BY ONE WHO RECENTLY ESCAPED DANGER
Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha’olam,

hagomel l’chayavim tovot, sheh g’malani kol tuv.
Blessed art thou, Eternal our God, who is kind to us,
both deserving and undeserving,
who has shown me every kindness.
The Congregation replies:
Mi sheh g’malcha kol tuv, hu yig’malcha kol tuv selah.

May the One who has shown you every kindness,
continue to show you every kindness.
Lifting the Torah
A member of the congregation is called to lift
the Torah scroll and lifts it high for all to see.
V’zot haTorah
asher sam Mosheh lifnei b’nei Yisrael
al pi Adonai, b’yad Mosheh.
And this is the Torah,

which Moses placed before the Children of Israel,
by the mouth of God, and the hand of Moses.
Blessing before the Haftarah
Blessing after the Haftarah
*On a festival insert:
Blessing before the Haftarah
Blessed art Thou, dedi our God, Majesty of the universe;
You spoke to the prophets,and accepted their words, spoken
in truth. Blessed art Thou, dedi; Who chooses the Torah,
Moses, the people Israel and the prophets of truth and
justice.
Blessing after the Haftarah

Blessed art Thou, dedi our God, Majesty of the universe,
Rock of all worlds, righteous in all ages, the faithful God,
Who says and does, Who speaks and fulfills, all of Whose
words are truth and justice. *For the Torah, for our worship,
for the prophets, and for this Shabbat Day, which You gave to
us, dedi our God, for holiness and for rest, for glory and for
beauty. For everything, dedi our God, we thank You and bless
You. Your name is blessed in the mouth of all who live, for-
ever. Blessed art Thou, dedi Who makes the Shabbat holy.
*On a Festival insert:

For the Torah, for our worship, for the prophets, and (for this
Shabbat Day),and for this Festival of Passover/ Shavuot/
Sukkot/ Shmini Atseret which You gave to us, dedi our God,
(for holiness and for rest), for joy and gladness, for glory and
for beauty. For everything, dedi our God, we thank You and
bless You. Your name is blessed in the mouth of all who live,
forever. Blessed art Thou, dedi Who sanctifies (the Shabbat),
Israel and the Festivals.
Birkat Hachodesh
ANNOUNCING THE NEW MOON
Announcing the New Moon
BIRKAT HACHODESH
May it be Your will, dedi our God and God of our ancestors,
To renew the moon for us for good and for blessing.
Grant us long life,
A life of peace, of goodness, of blessing, a life of love
of Torah and of reverence,
A life in which the desires of our heart are fulfilled. Amen.
May the One Who performed miracles for our ancestors,
And Who redeemed them from slavery to freedom,
Redeem us soon,
And gather us from the four corners of the earth, all of Israel as
sisters and brothers.
The New Moon of __________ falls on this coming __________,
For us and for all of Israel for good.
May the Holy One renew it for us for life, for peace,
for joy, for deliverance,
and for consolation.
And we say “amen.”
Returning the Torah—the Tree of Life
They will praise the Name dedi, for that Name is on high, alone.
Behold, I have given to you a good doctrine;

My Torah—do not forsake it.
It is a Tree of Life to those who hold it fast;

And all of its supporters are happy.
Its ways are ways of pleasantness,

And all its paths are peace.
Return us to You, dedi, and we will return.

Renew our days as of old.
Returning the Torah—the Tree of Life
Ki lekach tov natati lachem; Torati al ta’azovu.

Etz chayim hi lamachazikim bah, v’tom-cheha m’ushar.
D’racheha darchei noam, v’chol n’tivoteha shalom.
Hashiveinu Adonai eilecha v’nashuva.
Chadesh yameinu k’kedem.
Aleinu L’shabeiach
OUR CALLING
Aleinu l’shabeiach la-adon hakol, latet g’dulah l’yotzer b’reishit

Shelo asanu k’goyei ha-aratsot, v’lo samanu k’mishp’chot ha-adama.
Shelo sam chelkeinu kahem, v’goraleinu k’chol hamonam.
Va-anachnu kor’im umishtachavim umodim
lifnei melech malchei ham’lachim hakadosh baruch hu.
It falls upon us, the Jewish people, to praise the Creator of all
And to give glory to the Maker of heaven and earth.
For God did not make us like the other peoples,
But set us apart from the other families of the earth.
God has given us a different history
And will give us a different future.
So we bend our knees and bow,
And give thanks
Before the Majesty of Majesties,
The Holy One of Blessing.
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Our Calling
ALEINU L’SHABEIACH
This palace—blue curtain of sky, rock foundation of earth—
conceals and reveals the Presence of God.
All is God; there is nothing else.
As it is written:
“Make yourself aware; awaken your heart to this:
God fills the heaven and earth.
There is nothing else.” (Deuteronomy 4:39)
You are our hope for a better world,

in which the false gods that divide us will disappear
and the human family will abandon our old hatreds and fears.
L’taken olam, to heal this fractured world,
we need vision and hope.
We still hold fast to the ancient prophecy:
A time will come of a world at peace.
On that day, there shall be one God,
and the Name of God shall be: “One.” (Zechariah 14:9)
V’ne-emar: V’haya Adonai l’melech al kol ha-aretz,

Bayom hahu, bayom hahu, yih-yeh Adonai echad, ush’mo echad.
Aleinu leads us from the Jewish particular to the human

universal. “We Jews are different,” this prayer declares in four different ways.
But in the closing lines, the Holy One sits enthroned by a united, awakened
humanity. Our need for God arises because we are strangers to each other.
Our differences stimulate the religious impulse to make connections and to
cross boundaries. The distances between us are the open space at the heart
of the loom, across which we weave the fabric of a redeemed humanity.
Kaddish Yatom
MOURNER’S KADDISH
Yitgadal v’yitkadash shmeh rabbah. B’alma divra chirutei

v’yamlich malchutei b’chayeichon uv’yomeichon uv’chayei
d’chol beit Yisrael.
Y’hei shmei rabbah m’varach l’alam ul’almei almayah.

V’yit’hadar v’yitaleh v’yit’halal shmei d’kudsha brich hu.
tushb’chata v’nechemata d’amiran b’alma v’imru: amen.
Y’hei shlama rabah 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’imru: amen.
Mourner’s Kaddish
KADDISH YATOM
God willed the creation of this world;
Now let this world be filled with God’s Name, in our lifetime...soon!
And all say: Amen.
May the Great Name be Blessed, in this and in every world to come.
Blessed
Praised
Glorified
Honored
Revered
Embellished
Exalted and
Far beyond
All the blessings, songs, praises, and consolations
And all say: amen.
Grant a great peace from heaven, and life, for all of us and all Israel.
And all say: amen.
May the One who creates peace in the cosmos, grant peace to us,
to all Israel, and to the entire human race.
And all say: amen.
The drum-beat of the kaddish pounds with the thud of the

earth shoveled onto the casket, the tread of our steps as we walk to the
grave, and back. The kaddish carries us through the strange land of grief,
a foreign and bewildering landscape. The language is not our Holy Tongue,
but unfamiliar Aramaic. Finally, in the last two lines, we emerge from
the Aramaic and the valley of the shadow, into the comforting Hebrew of
chayyim v’shalom, life and peace. And the entire community says: “Amen.”
Adon Olam
BEYOND THE UNIVERSE
Adon olam asher malach b’terem kol yetsir nivra

L’eit na-asah v’chef-tso kol azai melech shmo nikra.
V’acharei kichlot hakol l’vado yimloch nora

V’hu haya, v’hu hoveh, v’hu yihyeh b’tif-arah.
V’hu echad v’ein sheni l’hamshil lo l’hachbira

B’li reishit b’li tachlit v’lo ha-oz v’ha-misra.
V’hu eli v’chai goali v’tsur chevli b’eit tsara

V’hu nisi umanos li m’nat kosi b’yom ekra.
B’yado afkid ruchi b’eit ishan v’a-ira

V’im ruchi g’vi-ati Adonai li v’lo ira.
Beyond the Universe
ADON OLAM
The Mind of the universe, the Will before all creation

Whose desire gave birth to the entire Creation,
a universe to speak God’s Name.
And after everything has come to an end,

alone God still will remain;
The Holy One above and beyond the realm of time, in glory.
And God is one, without partner;

Without beginning, without end, Source of all power and all glory.
My God, living redeemer, Rock of my harbor in time of storm;

God is my banner and shelter to me,
the portion of my cup in the day I call.
Into God’s hand I give my soul, when I sleep and when I wake;
And with my soul, my body; Adonai is with me and I will not fear.
Ein Keloheinu
NONE LIKE OUR GOD
Ein keloheinu, ein kadoneinu,

ein k’malkeinu, ein k’moshieinu.
Mi cheloheinu, mi chadoneinu,
mi ch’malkeinu, mi ch’moshieinu.
Nodeh leloheinu, nodeh ladoneinu,

nodeh l’malkenu, nodeh l’moshieinu.
Baruch eloheinu, baruch adoneinu,

baruch malkeinu, baruch moshieinu.
Atah eloheinu, atah hu adoneinu,

atah hu malkeinu, atah hu moshieinu.
Atah hu sheh hiktiru avoteniu l’fanecha et k’toret hasamim.
None Like Our God
EIN KELOHEINU
There is none like our God; there is none like Adonai,

There is none like our Majesty; there is none like our Liberator.
Who is like our God? Who is like Adonai?

Who is like our Majesty? Who is like our Liberator?
We give thanks to our God; we give thanks to Adonai,

We give thanks to our Majesty; we give thanks to our Liberator
Blessed is our God; blessed is Adonai;

Blessed is our Majesty; blessed is our Liberator.
You are our God; You are Adonai;

You are our Majesty; You are our Liberator.
You are the One before Whom our ancestors offered

the spiced incense.
We Extend Our Thanks…
to Congregation B’nai B’rith Member Armando Quiros for allowing us to use his
translation of Psalm 92 on page 17,
to Congregation B’nai B’rith Member Sheila Golburgh Johnson for allowing us to use
her poem “What We Are” on page 56,
to Dannie Abse for allowing us to use his poem “Song for Dov Shamir”* on page 57,
and to Rabbi Jack Riemer for allowing us to use his poem “We Cannot Merely Pray
to God” on page 80.
*‘Song for Dov Shamir’ by Dr Dannie Abse from DANNIE ABSE: NEW AND COLLECTED
POEMS published by Hutchinson. (©Dr Dannie Abse, 2003) is reproduced by permission
of United Agents (www.unitedagents.co.uk) on behalf of Dr Dannie Abse.
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Congregation B’nai B’rith

CONGREGATION B’NAI B’RITH

Edited with Translations and Commentary

“Awake North Wind, and come South Wind.

© Copyright 2012 Congregation B’nai B’rith.

toby celebrated life every day.

the publication of this prayerbook was made possible

Once every seven days, for over three thousand years,

This letting go is sometimes hard at first, but soon it comes

Shalom aleichem malachei hasharet, malachei elyon

Peace to you, heavenly servants, messengers from The Above,

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech ha-olam

Blessed art Thou, dedi our God, Majesty of the universe

Yedid nefesh, av harachaman, m’shoch avdecha el r’tsonecha.

Friend of the soul, Mother-Father, draw me to Your will.

L’chu n’ranena l’Adonai, naria l’tzur yisheinu

Come, sing to dedi; shout to our Mountain God!

Shiru l’Adonai, shir chadash;

Romemu Adonai eloheinu v’hishtachavu l’har kodsho,

Ana b’choach g’dulat y’mincha tatir tz’rurah

Shavateinu kabel, ushma tza’akateinu,

Please, with the power of Your right hand,

Accept our prayer, hear our cry,

(rise and turn to greet the Shabbat Bride)

L’cha dodi likrat kallah, p’nei Shabbat n’kab’lah.

Come, beloved, toward the Bride; let us greet Shabbat!

“Guard the Sabbath Day” (Deuteronomy 5)

Let us journey together, pilgrims toward Shabbat;

Wake up, wake up! For your light has come.

Enter in peace, O Crown of God!

Mizmor shir l’yom ha-Shabbat

Tzadik katamar yifrach, k’erez bal’vanon yisgeh.

It is good to praise You, O God,

Translation: Armando Quiros

Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei rabbah.

God willed this world’s creation;

May the Great Name be Blessed,

Leader: Bar-chu et Adonai ham’vorach.

Lead & Cong: Baruch Adonai ham’vorach l’olam va-ed.

Baruch atah Adonai eloheinu melech haolam,

The sun sets, the moon rises,

With rhythm and melody

Ahavat olam beit Yisrael am’cha ahavta

The Torah was first given from mother to child,

In text and commandment,

Now comes our turn to reveal Torah.

Baruch shem k’vod malchuto l’olam va-ed.

Scripture records that Moses first proclaimed

V’AHAVTA ET ADONAI elohecha b’chol l’vav’cha

Love dedi your God,

Mi chamocha ba-elim Adonai;

“Who is like You among the gods, Adonai?

Hash-kivenu Adonai eloheinu l’shalom,

Ushmor tzeiteinu uvo-einu l’chayim ul’shalom mei-atah v’ad olam.

Give us a night of peace, God, and bring us life in the morning.

Tonight our souls fly far,

V’shamru v’nei Yisrael et haShabbat,

The Children of Israel have kept the Sabbath