The Shema
Hear, O Israel: Yahweh our God, Yahweh is one! You shall love Yahweh with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall
be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when
you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you
rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your
forehead. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love Yahweh
your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, he will give the rain for your
land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your
wine and your oil. And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and
be full. Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods and
worship them; then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the
heavens, so that there will be no grain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly
off the good land that Yahweh is giving you.
Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the
corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of
each corner. And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of
Yahweh, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are
inclined to whore after. So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to
your God. I am Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I
am Yahweh your God.
The Amidah
Blessed are you, O Yahweh, Our God, and God of our fathers. God of Abraham, God of
Isaac, and God of Jacob. The great, the mighty, and the awesome God, God Most High, who
bestows loving-kindness and is the creator of all. Who remembers the love of our fathers, and
will lovingly send a redeemer for their children’s children, for the sake of your name. O King,
Helper, Savior, and Shield, blessed are you, Shield of Abraham.
You are mighty forever, O Yahweh, you resurrect the dead, you are great to save. Sustaining
the living in loving-kindness, resurrecting the dead in abundant mercy, you support the falling
and heal the sick, set free the captives, and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is
like you, Master of the mighty deeds, and who may be compared unto you? O King, who sends
death and revives again, and causes salvation to sprout forth. You are surely believed to
resurrect the dead. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, who revives the dead.
You are holy and your name is holy, and the holy ones praise you every day. Blessed are
you, O Yahweh, the holy God!
You graciously give knowledge to man, and teach mortals understanding. Favor us with your
knowledge, understanding and intelligence. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, who graciously gives
understanding.
Lead us back, our Father, to your Torah; bring us near, our King, to your service, and cause
us to return in perfect repentance before you. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, who accepts
repentance.
Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our King, for we have transgressed,
for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, O gracious one, who multiplies forgiveness.
Heal us and we shall be healed, help us and we shall be helped, for you are our joy. Grant
full healing for all our wounds, for you, O God and King, are a true and merciful physician.
Blessed are you, O Yahweh, who heals the sick of his people Israel.
Bless for us, O Yahweh our God, this year and all of its yield for good, and shower down a
blessing upon the face of the earth. Fill us with your bounty and bless our year that it be as the
good years. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, who blesses the years.
Restore our judges as before, and our counselors as in the beginning and remove from us
grief and sighing. Reign over us, O Yahweh, you alone, in loving-kindness and compassion, and
clear us in judgment. Blessed are you, O Yahweh the King, who loves righteousness and
justice.
May no hope be left to the slanderers, but may wickedness perish in a moment. May all your
enemies be soon cut off, and speedily uproot the arrogant. Shatter and humble them speedily in
our days. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, who strikes down enemies and humbles the arrogant.
May your compassion, O Yahweh our God, be stirred over the righteous and over the pious
and over the elders of your people, the House of Israel; over the remnant of their scribes, over
the proselytes, and over us. Grant a good reward upon them who truly trust in your name, and
assign our portion with them forever. May we not come to shame because we have trusted in
you. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, the stronghold and assurance of the righteous.
To Jerusalem, your city, return in mercy, and dwell in her midst as you have promised. Build
her speedily in our days as an everlasting structure, and quickly establish there the throne of
David. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, the builder of Jerusalem.
May the descendant of David, your servant, be brought forth speedily, and may he be exalted
through your salvation, for we hope for your salvation every day. Blessed are you, O Yahweh,
who brings forth the horn of salvation.
Be pleased, O Yahweh our God, with your people Israel and their prayer, and reestablish the
sacrificial service to the altar of your House. May you accept the fire-offerings of Israel and their
prayer offered in love with favor, and may the sacrificial service of Israel your people be ever
acceptable to you. And may our eyes behold your merciful return to Zion. Blessed are you who
restores your Shekinah to Zion.
We acknowledge to you, O Yahweh, that you are our God as you were the God of our
fathers, forever and ever. Rock of our life, Shield of our salvation, you are unchanging from age
to age. We thank you and declare your praise, for our lives that are in your hands and for our
souls that are entrusted to you. Your miracles are with us every day, and your benefits are with
us at all times, evening and morning and midday. You are good. For your mercies are endless;
you are merciful, for your kindnesses are never complete; from everlasting we have hoped in
you. And for all these things may your name be blessed and exalted, always and forevermore.
Let every living thing give thanks to you and praise your name in truth, O God, our salvation and
our help. Blessed are you, O Yahweh, your name is good, and to you it is right to give thanks.
Grant peace, happiness, and blessing, grace, loving-kindness, and mercy to us and all
Israel, your people. Bless us, our Father, every one of us, by the light of your countenance, for
by this light of your countenance you gave us, O Yahweh our God, the law of life,
loving-kindness, and righteousness, and blessing and mercy, life and peace. May it be good in
your eyes to bless your people Israel in every time and at every hour with your peace. Blessed
are you. O Yahweh, who blesses your people Israel with peace.
The Kaddish
Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world which He has created
according to His Will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, and
within the life of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon. Amen!
May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified and
exalted, extolled and honored, adored and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He,
beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that are ever spoken in the world.
Amen!
May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us and for all Israel. Amen!
He who creates peace in His celestial heights, may He create peace for us and for all Israel.
Amen!
The Ahaba Rabbah
With a great love have You loved us, Yahweh, our God; with a great and superabundant
compassion have You had compassion upon us. Our Parent, our Sovereign, for the sake of our
fathers who trusted in You and You taught them the laws of life; so too grace us and teach us.
Our Father, merciful Father, the merciful One, have mercy upon us, and put into our hearts to
understand and to comprehend and to listen and to study and to teach and to keep and to do
and to preserve all of the words of the study of Your Torah with love. And enlighten our eyes in
Your Torah, and make our heart cling to Your commandments, and unite our hearts to love and
fear Your name; and may we never be embarrassed ever. Since we have trusted in Your great
and awesome holy Name, let us rejoice and be gladdened by Your salvation. And bring us in
peace from the four corners of the Earth, and lead us to our Land; as You are God who
performs salvation. ANd You have chosen us with all nations and languages, and have brought
us close to Your great name forever in truth, to praise You and unify You with love. Blessed are
You, Yahweh, who chooses His people, Israel, with love.
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father who is in heaven. Hallowed be your Name. Your kingdom come and your will be
done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as
we have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For
yours is the kingdom and the power and glory forever. Amen!
Pauline Hymn
Christ Jesus did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, though he was in the
form of God, but emptied himself by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of
men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of
death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the
name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven
and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jessus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.
Pauline Creed I
Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures. He was buried and raised on the
third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve and
then appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once. Then he appeared to James, then to
all the apostles. Last of all, to Paul.
Pauline Creed II
Give thanks to the Father, who has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the
saints in light. He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the
kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is in the
image of the invisible God, the firstborn of creation. For by him all things were created, in
heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities,
all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things
hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning , the firstborn from
the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was
pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in
heaven, making peace by the blood of the cross.
Morning Prayers
I give thanks before you, living and eternal King, for you have mercifully restored my soul
within me. Great is your faithfulness.
Blessed is he who gives our hearts understanding to distinguish day from night.
Blessed is he who has created me as a descendant of Israel.
Blessed is he who has created me as a free human being.
Blessed is he who opens the eyes of the blind.
Blessed is he who provides clothing for the naked.
Blessed is he who frees the captives.
Blessed is he who raises up the fallen.
Blessed is he who spread out the earth above the waters.
Blessed is he who has supplied my every want.
Blessed is he who strengthens our steps.
Blessed is he who girds Israel with strength.
Blessed is he who crowns Israel with splendor.
Blessed is he who gives strength to the weary.
I will extol you, Oh Adonai, for you have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over
me. Oh Adonai my God, I cried to you for help, and you have healed me. Oh Adonai, you have
brought up my soul from Sheol. You restored me to life from among those who go down to the
pit. Sing praises to Adonai, Oh you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger is
but for a moment, and his favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes
with the morning. As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.” By your favor, Oh
Adonai, you made my mountain stand strong. You hid your face. I was dismayed. To you, Oh
Adonai, I cry, and to Adonai I plead for mercy. What profit is there in my death, if I go down to
the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness? Hear, Oh Adonai, and be
merciful to me! Oh Adonai, be my helper! You have turned my mourning into dancing. You have
loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not
be silent. Oh Adonai my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
Blessed is Adonai, who spoke and the universe came into being. Blessed is Adonai, who
keeps the whole world going. Blessed is Adonai, who does what he says. Blessed is Adonai,
who decrees and finishes. Blessed is he who has mercy upon the earth. Blessed is he who has
mercy upon creation. Blessed is Adonai who gives a good reward to those who fear him.
Blessed is Adonai, who lives and endures forever. Blessed is he who rescues and redeems us,
blessed is his name. Blessed are you, Adonai our God, King of the universe and our merciful
heavenly father, who is praised by his people and glorified by the tongue of his pious servants.
We praise you through the songs of David, your servant, Oh Adonai our God, with praises and
songs. We glorify you and declare your name and your rule, Oh God our King. You are the
lifegiver to the world. You are the king to be praised and your great name glorified forever and
ever. Blessed are you, Adonai, the king who is to be praised. Amen!
Oh give thanks to Adonai. Call upon his name. Make known his deeds among the people!
Sing to him, sing praises to him. Tell of all his wondrous work! Glory in his holy name. Let the
hearts of those who seek Adonai rejoice! Seek Adonai and his strength. Seek his presence
continually! Remember the wondrous works that he has done, his miracles and the judgments
he uttered, Oh offspring of Israel his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones! He is Adonai,
our God. His judgments are in all the earth. Remember his covenant forever, the word that he
commanded, for a thousand generations, the covenant that he made with Abraham, his sworn
promise to Isaac, which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting
covenant, saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan, as your portion for an inheritance.”
When you were few in number, of little account, and sojourners in it, wandering from nation to
nation, from one kingdom of another people, he allowed no one to oppress them. He rebuked
kings on their account, saying, “Touch not my anointed ones, do my prophets no harm!” Sing to
Adonai, all the earth! Tell of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the people! For great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised, and
he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the people are worthless idols, but Adonai
made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him, strength and joy are in his place.
Ascribe to Adonai, Oh families of the people, ascribe to Adonai the glory due his name. Bring an
offering and come before him! Worship Adonai in the splendor of holiness. Tremble before him,
all the earth. Yes the world is established, it shall never be moved. Let the heavens be glad, and
let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “Adonai reigns!” Let the sea roar, and
all that fills it. Let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy
before Adonai, for he comes to judge the earth. Oh give thanks to Adonai for he is good, for his
steadfast love endures forever! Say also, “Save us, Oh God of our salvation, and gather and
deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your
praise. Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!”
Make a joyful noise to Adonai, all the earth! Serve Adonai with gladness! Come into his
presence with singing! Know that Adonai, he is God! It is he who made us , and we are his. We
are the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise! Give
thanks to him. Bless his name! For Adonai is good, his steadfast love endures forever, and his
faithfulness to all generations.
May the glory of Adonai endure forever! May Adonai rejoice in his works. Blessed be the
name of Adonai from this time forth and forevermore! From the rising of the sun to its setting,
the name of Adonai is to be praised! Adonai is high above all nations, and his glory above the
heavens! Your name, Oh Adonai, endures forever. Your renown, Oh Adonai, throughout all
ages. Adonai has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules overall. Let the
heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice, and let them say among the nations, “Adonai reigns!”
Adonai is king forever and ever. The nations perish from his land. It is good to give thanks to
Adonai, to sing praises to your name, Oh Most High! Adonai will reign forever and ever! Adonai
is king forever and ever. The nations perish from his land. Adonai brings the counsel of the
nations to nothing. He frustrates the plans of the people. Many are the plans in the mind of a
man, but it is the purpose of Adonai that will stand. The counsel of Adonai stands forever, the
plans of his heart to all generations. For he spoke, and it came to be, he commanded and it
stood firm. For Adonai has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his dwelling place. For Adonai has
chosen Jacob for himself, Israel as his own possession. For Adonai will not forsake his people.
He will not abandon his heritage. Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did
not destroy them. He restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath. Oh Adonai,
save the king! May he answer us when we call.
I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will
bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and
shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous
works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare
your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud
of your righteousness. Adonai is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in
steadfast love. Adonai is good to all and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works
shall give thanks to you, Oh Adonai, and all your saints shall bless you! They shall speak of the
glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, to make known to the children of man your mighty
deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
your dominion endures throughout all generations. Adonai is faithful in all his words and kind in
all his works. Adonai upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The
eyes of all look to you, and give them their food in due season. You open your hand, you satisfy
the desire of every living thing. Adonai is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
Adonai is near to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him. He also
hears their cry and saves them. Adonai preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will
destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of Adonai, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever
and ever.
Praise Adonai! Praise Adonai, Oh my soul! I will praise Adonai as long as I live. I will sing
praises to my God while I have my being. Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom
there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth. On that very day his
plans perish. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in Adonai his God,
who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who keeps faith forever, who
executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. Adonai sets the prisoners free.
Adonai opens the eyes of the blind. Adonai lifts up those who are bowed down. Adonai loves
the righteous. Adonai watches over the sojourners, he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. Adonai will reign forever, your God, Oh Zion, to all
generations. Praise Adonai!
Praise Adonai! For it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasant, and a song of
praise is fitting. Adonai builds up Jerusalum, he gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals the
brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. He determines the number of the stars. He gives all
of them their names. Great is our Lord, and abundant in power. His understanding is beyond all
measure. Adonai lifts up the humble, he casts the wicked to the ground. Sing to Adonai with
thanksgiving, make melody to our God on the lyre! He covers the heavens with clouds, he
prepares rain for the earth. He makes grass grow on the hills. He gives to the beasts their food,
and to the young ravens that cry. His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure
in the legs of a man. But Adonai takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his
steadfast love. Praise Adonai Oh Jerusalem! Praise your God, Oh Zion! For he strengthens the
bars of your gates, he blesses your children within you. He makes peace in your borders. He
fills you with the finest of the wheat. He sends out his command to the earth. His word runs
swiftly. He gives snow like wool, he scatters frost like ashes. He hurls down his crystals of ice
like crumbs. Who can stand before his cold? He sends out his word, and melts them. He makes
his wind blow and the waters flow. He declares his word to Jacob, his statues and rules to
Israel. He has not dealt thus with any other nation. They do not know his rules. Praise Adonai!
Praise Adonai! Praise Adonai from the heavens, praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his
angels, praise him, all his hosts! Praise him, sun and moon, praise him, all you shining stars!
Praise him, you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens! Let them praise the name
of Adonai! For he commanded and they were created. And he established them forever and
ever. He gave a decree and it shall not pass away. Praise Adonai from the earth, you great sea
creatures and all deeps, fire and hail and snow and mist, stormy wind fulfilling his word!
Mountains and all hills, fruit trees and all cedars! Beast and all livestock, creeping things and
flying birds! Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth! Young men
and maidens together, old men and children! Let them praise the name of Adonai, for his name
alone is exalted. His majesty is above the earth and heaven. He has raised up a horn for his
people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise Adonai!
Praise Adonai! Sing to Adonai a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly! Let Israel
be glad in his Maker, let the children of Zion rejoice in their King! Let them praise his name with
dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre! For Adonai takes pleasure in his
people. He adorns the humble with salvation. Let the godly exult in glory. Let them sing for joy
on their beds. Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their
hands to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples, to bind their kings
with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron, to execute on them the judgment written! This is
honor for all his godly ones. Praise Adonai!
Praise Adonai! Praise God in his sanctuary. Praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for
his mighty deeds. Praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet
sound. Praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance. Praise him with
strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals. Praise him with loud clashing cymbals! Let
everything that has breath praise Adonai! Praise Adonai!
Blessed be Adonai forever! Amen and Amen. Blessed be Adonai from Zion, he who dwells in
Jerusalem! Praise Adonai! Blessed be Adonai, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous
things. Blessed be his glorious name forever. May the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen
and Amen!
Blessed are you, Oh Adonai, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever. Yours, Oh
Adonai, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that
is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Your’s is the kingdom, Oh Adonai, and you are
exalted as head above all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make
great and to give strength to all. And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious
name.
Stand up and bless Adonai your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your
glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. You are Aodnai, you alone. You
have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that in it, the
seas and all that is in them, and you preserve all of them, and the host of heaven worships you.
You are Adonai, the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans and
gave him the name Abraham. You found his heart faithful before you, and made with him the
covenant to give to his offspring the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite,
the Jebusite, and the Girgashite. And you have kept your promise, for you are righteous. And
you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heard their cry at the Red Sea, and performed
signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for you
knew that they acted arrogantly against our fathers. And you made a name for yourself, as it is
to this day. And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea
on dry land, and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters.
I will sing to Adonai, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and his rider he has thrown
into the sea. Adonai is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my
God, and I will praise him, my father’s God, and I will exalt him. Adonai is a man of war, Adonai
is his name. Pharaoh’s chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were
sunk in the Red Sea. The floods covered them , they went down into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, Oh Adonai, glorious in power, your right hand, Oh Adonai, shatters the enemy.
In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries. You send out your fury, it
consumes them like stubble. At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up
in a heap, the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, “I will pursue, I will
overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword, my
hand shall destroy them.” You blew with your wind, the sea covered them, they sank like lead in
the mighty waters. Who is like you, Oh Adonai, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in
holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? You stretched out your right hand, the
earth swallowed them. You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have
redeemed. You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. The people have heard
and tremble, pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. Now are the chiefs of Edom
dismayed, trembling seizes the leaders of Moad, all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted
away. Terror and dread fall upon them because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a
stone, till your people, Oh Adonai, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased.
You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, Oh Adonai, which you
have made for your abode, the sanctuary, Oh Adonai, which your hands have established.
Adonai will reign forever and ever. Sing to Adonai, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse
and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
May your name be praised forever our king, the God the great and holy king in heaven and
on earth. Because for you is fitting, Oh Adonai, our God, and the God of our forefathers, song
and praise, lauding and hymns, power and dominion, triumph, greatness and strength, praise
and splendor, holiness and sovereignty, blessings and thanksgivings from this time forever.
Blessed are you, Oh Adonai, God, King exalted through praises, God of thanksgivings, master
of wonders, who chooses musical songs of praise, king, God, life-giver of the world!
Bless Adonai, the blessed one! Blessed is Adonai, the blessed one forever and ever!
Hear, O Israel: Adonai our God, Adonai is one! You shall love Adonai with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on
your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in
your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You
shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead. You
shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love Adonai
your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, he will give the rain for your
land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your
wine and your oil. And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and
be full. Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods and
worship them; then the anger of Adonai will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the
heavens, so that there will be no grain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly
off the good land that Adonai is giving you.
Adonai said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the
corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of
each corner. And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of
Adonai, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined
to whore after. So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Adonai
your God.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, Our God, and God of our fathers. God of Abraham, God of Isaac,
and God of Jacob. The great, the mighty, and the awesome God, God Most High, who bestows
loving-kindness and is the creator of all. Who remembers the love of our fathers, and will
lovingly send a redeemer for their children’s children, for the sake of your name. O King, Helper,
Savior, and Shield, blessed are you, Shield of Abraham.
You are mighty forever, O Adonai, you resurrect the dead, you are great to save. Sustaining
the living in loving-kindness, resurrecting the dead in abundant mercy, you support the falling
and heal the sick, set free the captives, and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is
like you, Master of the mighty deeds, and who may be compared unto you? O King, who sends
death and revives again, and causes salvation to sprout forth. You are surely believed to
resurrect the dead. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who revives the dead.
You are holy and your name is holy, and the holy ones praise you every day. Blessed are
you, O Adonai, the holy God!
You graciously give knowledge to man, and teach mortals understanding. Favor us with your
knowledge, understanding and intelligence. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who graciously gives
understanding.
Lead us back, our Father, to your Torah; bring us near, our King, to your service, and cause
us to return in perfect repentance before you. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who accepts
repentance.
Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our King, for we have transgressed,
for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, O gracious one, who multiplies forgiveness.
Heal us and we shall be healed, help us and we shall be helped, for you are our joy. Grant
full healing for all our wounds, for you, O God and King, are a true and merciful physician.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, who heals the sick of his people Israel.
Bless for us, O Adonai our God, this year and all of its yield for good, and shower down a
blessing upon the face of the earth. Fill us with your bounty and bless our year that it be as the
good years. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who blesses the years.
Restore our judges as before, and our counselors as in the beginning and remove from us
grief and sighing. Reign over us, O Adonai, you alone, in loving-kindness and compassion, and
clear us in judgment. Blessed are you, O Adonai the King, who loves righteousness and justice.
May no hope be left to the slanderers, but may wickedness perish in a moment. May all your
enemies be soon cut off, and speedily uproot the arrogant. Shatter and humble them speedily in
our days. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who strikes down enemies and humbles the arrogant.
May your compassion, O Adonai our God, be stirred over the righteous and over the pious
and over the elders of your people, the House of Israel; over the remnant of their scribes, over
the proselytes, and over us. Grant a good reward upon them who truly trust in your name, and
assign our portion with them forever. May we not come to shame because we have trusted in
you. Blessed are you, O Adonai, the stronghold and assurance of the righteous.
To Jerusalem, your city, return in mercy, and dwell in her midst as you have promised. Build
her speedily in our days as an everlasting structure, and quickly establish there the throne of
David. Blessed are you, O Adonai, the builder of Jerusalem.
May the descendant of David, your servant, be brought forth speedily, and may he be exalted
through your salvation, for we hope for your salvation every day. Blessed are you, O Adona,
who brings forth the horn of salvation.
Be pleased, O Adonai our God, with your people Israel and their prayer, and reestablish the
sacrificial service to the altar of your House. May you accept the fire-offerings of Israel and their
prayer offered in love with favor, and may the sacrificial service of Israel your people be ever
acceptable to you. And may our eyes behold your merciful return to Zion. Blessed are you who
restores your Shekinah to Zion.
We acknowledge to you, O Adonai, that you are our God as you were the God of our fathers,
forever and ever. Rock of our life, Shield of our salvation, you are unchanging from age to age.
We thank you and declare your praise, for our lives that are in your hands and for our souls that
are entrusted to you. Your miracles are with us every day, and your benefits are with us at all
times, evening and morning and midday. You are good. For your mercies are endless; you are
merciful, for your kindnesses are never complete; from everlasting we have hoped in you. And
for all these things may your name be blessed and exalted, always and forevermore. Let every
living thing give thanks to you and praise your name in truth, O God, our salvation and our help.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, your name is good, and to you it is right to give thanks.
Grant peace, happiness, and blessing, grace, loving-kindness, and mercy to us and all
Israel, your people. Bless us, our Father, every one of us, by the light of your countenance, for
by this light of your countenance you gave us, O Adonai our God, the law of life,
loving-kindness, and righteousness, and blessing and mercy, life and peace. May it be good in
your eyes to bless your people Israel in every time and at every hour with your peace. Blessed
are you, O Adonai, who blesses your people Israel with peace.
Our God and God of our fathers, let our prayer come before you and do not ignore our
supplication. For we are not so brazen-faced and stiff-necked to say to you, “Adonai, our God,
and God of our fathers, We are righteous and have not sinned.” But, indeed, we and our fathers
have sinned. We have trespassed against God and man, and we are devastated by our guilt.
We have betrayed God and man, we have been ungrateful for the good done to us. We have
stolen. We have slandered. We have caused others to sin. We have caused others to commit
sins for which they are called wicked. We have sinned with malicious intent. We have forcibly
taken others’ possessions even though we paid for them. We have added falsehood upon
falsehood. We have joined with evil individuals or groups. We have given harmful advice. We
have deceived. We have mocked. We have rebelled against God and his Torah. We have
caused God to be angry with us. We have turned away from God’s Torah. We have sinned
deliberately. We have been negligent in our performance of the commandments. We have
caused our friends grief. We have been stiff-necked, refusing to admit that the cause of our
suffering is our own sins. We have committed sins for which we are called violent. We have
commited sins which are the result of moral corruption. We have committed sins which the
Torah refers to as abominations. We have gone astray. We have led others astray. We have
turned away from your commandments and from your good laws, and we have gained nothing
from it. And you are the righteous one in all punishment that has come upon us, for you have
acted truthfully and we have acted wickedly. You are almighty, slow to anger, Lord of mercy, you
are called, and the way of repentance you have taught us. The greatness of your mercy and
kindness, remember this day and every day for the descendants of your loved ones. Turn to us
with compassion for you are the Lord of mercy. With supplication and prayer we approach your
presence, as you made known to Moses, the modest one of old. From your fierce anger turn, as
it is written in your Torah: “In the shadow of your wings may we be sheltered and lodged, as on
the day of which it is said: ‘When Adonai descended in the cloud.’” Remove our transgression,
and blot out our iniquity, as on the day of which it is said, “And he stood with him there.” Give
ear to our cry and listen to our speech, as on the day of which it is said, “And he proclaimed in
the name Adonai.” And there it is said, “And Adonai passed before Moses and proclaimed,
“Adonai, Adonai, almighty, merciful, gracious, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and truth.
Keeper of kindness for thousands of generations. Endurer of iniquity and transgression, and sin,
and acquitter of those who repent.” And pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your
inheritance. Pardon us, our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us, our King, for we have
transgressed. You, my master, are good and forgiving, and abounding in kindness to all you call
upon you. I am greatly distressed. Let us fall into the hand of Adonai, for his mercies are great,
but into the hand of man let me not fall. Merciful and gracious one, I have sinned before you.
Adonai, full of mercy, have compassion upon me and accept my supplications. Adonai, do not
rebuke me with your anger nor chastise me with your rage. Be gracious to me, Adonai, for I am
desolate. Heal me Adonai, for my bones are terrified. My soul, too, is utterly terrified. And you,
Adonai, how long? Return Adonai, free my soul, deliver me for the sake of your loving-kindness.
For in death there is no mention of you, in the lower world who will thank you? I am worn out
with my sighing, every night I cause my bed to float with my tears, I melt my couch. My eye is
dimmed from anger, it has aged because of my tormentors. Depart from me, all you evildoers,
for Adonai has heard the voice of my weeping. Adonai has heard my supplication, Adonai will
also accept my prayer. Ashamed and utterly terrified will all my foes be, they will return and be
instantaneously ashamed. Amen.
Afternoon Prayer
Blessed are those whose strength is in Adonai, in whose heart are the highways to Zion.
I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will
bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised,
and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall commend your works to another, and
shall declare your mighty acts. On the glorious splendor of your majesty, and on your wondrous
works, I will meditate. They shall speak of the might of your awesome deeds, and I will declare
your greatness. They shall pour forth the fame of your abundant goodness and shall sing aloud
of your righteousness. Adonai is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in
steadfast love. Adonai is good to all and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works
shall give thanks to you, Oh Adonai, and all your saints shall bless you! They shall speak of the
glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, to make known to the children of man your mighty
deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and
your dominion endures throughout all generations. Adonai is faithful in all his words and kind in
all his works. Adonai upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The
eyes of all look to you, and give them their food in due season. You open your hand, you satisfy
the desire of every living thing. Adonai is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
Adonai is near to all who call on him in truth. He fulfills the desire of those who fear him. He also
hears their cry and saves them. Adonai preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will
destroy. My mouth will speak the praise of Adonai, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever
and ever.
Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! Blessed are the people whose God is
Adonai!
Blessed are you, O Adonai, Our God, and God of our fathers. God of Abraham, God of Isaac,
and God of Jacob. The great, the mighty, and the awesome God, God Most High, who bestows
loving-kindness and is the creator of all. Who remembers the love of our fathers, and will
lovingly send a redeemer for their children’s children, for the sake of your name. O King, Helper,
Savior, and Shield, blessed are you, Shield of Abraham.
You are mighty forever, O Adonai, you resurrect the dead, you are great to save. Sustaining
the living in loving-kindness, resurrecting the dead in abundant mercy, you support the falling
and heal the sick, set free the captives, and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is
like you, Master of the mighty deeds, and who may be compared unto you? O King, who sends
death and revives again, and causes salvation to sprout forth. You are surely believed to
resurrect the dead. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who revives the dead.
You are holy and your name is holy, and the holy ones praise you every day. Blessed are
you, O Adonai, the holy God!
You graciously give knowledge to man, and teach mortals understanding. Favor us with your
knowledge, understanding and intelligence. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who graciously gives
understanding.
Lead us back, our Father, to your Torah; bring us near, our King, to your service, and cause
us to return in perfect repentance before you. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who accepts
repentance.
Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our King, for we have transgressed,
for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, O gracious one, who multiplies forgiveness.
Heal us and we shall be healed, help us and we shall be helped, for you are our joy. Grant
full healing for all our wounds, for you, O God and King, are a true and merciful physician.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, who heals the sick of his people Israel.
Bless for us, O Adonai our God, this year and all of its yield for good, and shower down a
blessing upon the face of the earth. Fill us with your bounty and bless our year that it be as the
good years. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who blesses the years.
Restore our judges as before, and our counselors as in the beginning and remove from us
grief and sighing. Reign over us, O Adonai, you alone, in loving-kindness and compassion, and
clear us in judgment. Blessed are you, O Adonai the King, who loves righteousness and justice.
May no hope be left to the slanderers, but may wickedness perish in a moment. May all your
enemies be soon cut off, and speedily uproot the arrogant. Shatter and humble them speedily in
our days. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who strikes down enemies and humbles the arrogant.
May your compassion, O Adonai our God, be stirred over the righteous and over the pious
and over the elders of your people, the House of Israel; over the remnant of their scribes, over
the proselytes, and over us. Grant a good reward upon them who truly trust in your name, and
assign our portion with them forever. May we not come to shame because we have trusted in
you. Blessed are you, O Adonai, the stronghold and assurance of the righteous.
To Jerusalem, your city, return in mercy, and dwell in her midst as you have promised. Build
her speedily in our days as an everlasting structure, and quickly establish there the throne of
David. Blessed are you, O Adonai, the builder of Jerusalem.
May the descendant of David, your servant, be brought forth speedily, and may he be exalted
through your salvation, for we hope for your salvation every day. Blessed are you, O Adona,
who brings forth the horn of salvation.
Be pleased, O Adonai our God, with your people Israel and their prayer, and reestablish the
sacrificial service to the altar of your House. May you accept the fire-offerings of Israel and their
prayer offered in love with favor, and may the sacrificial service of Israel your people be ever
acceptable to you. And may our eyes behold your merciful return to Zion. Blessed are you who
restores your Shekinah to Zion.
We acknowledge to you, O Adonai, that you are our God as you were the God of our fathers,
forever and ever. Rock of our life, Shield of our salvation, you are unchanging from age to age.
We thank you and declare your praise, for our lives that are in your hands and for our souls that
are entrusted to you. Your miracles are with us every day, and your benefits are with us at all
times, evening and morning and midday. You are good. For your mercies are endless; you are
merciful, for your kindnesses are never complete; from everlasting we have hoped in you. And
for all these things may your name be blessed and exalted, always and forevermore. Let every
living thing give thanks to you and praise your name in truth, O God, our salvation and our help.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, your name is good, and to you it is right to give thanks.
Grant peace, happiness, and blessing, grace, loving-kindness, and mercy to us and all
Israel, your people. Bless us, our Father, every one of us, by the light of your countenance, for
by this light of your countenance you gave us, O Adonai our God, the law of life,
loving-kindness, and righteousness, and blessing and mercy, life and peace. May it be good in
your eyes to bless your people Israel in every time and at every hour with your peace. Blessed
are you, O Adonai, who blesses your people Israel with peace.
Our God and God of our fathers, let our prayer come before you and do not ignore our
supplication. For we are not so brazen-faced and stiff-necked to say to you, “Adonai, our God,
and God of our fathers, We are righteous and have not sinned.” But, indeed, we and our fathers
have sinned. We have trespassed against God and man, and we are devastated by our guilt.
We have betrayed God and man, we have been ungrateful for the good done to us. We have
stolen. We have slandered. We have caused others to sin. We have caused others to commit
sins for which they are called wicked. We have sinned with malicious intent. We have forcibly
taken others’ possessions even though we paid for them. We have added falsehood upon
falsehood. We have joined with evil individuals or groups. We have given harmful advice. We
have deceived. We have mocked. We have rebelled against God and his Torah. We have
caused God to be angry with us. We have turned away from God’s Torah. We have sinned
deliberately. We have been negligent in our performance of the commandments. We have
caused our friends grief. We have been stiff-necked, refusing to admit that the cause of our
suffering is our own sins. We have committed sins for which we are called violent. We have
commited sins which are the result of moral corruption. We have committed sins which the
Torah refers to as abominations. We have gone astray. We have led others astray. We have
turned away from your commandments and from your good laws, and we have gained nothing
from it. And you are the righteous one in all punishment that has come upon us, for you have
acted truthfully and we have acted wickedly. You are almighty, slow to anger, Lord of mercy, you
are called, and the way of repentance you have taught us. The greatness of your mercy and
kindness, remember this day and every day for the descendants of your loved ones. Turn to us
with compassion for you are the Lord of mercy. With supplication and prayer we approach your
presence, as you made known to Moses, the modest one of old. From your fierce anger turn, as
it is written in your Torah: “In the shadow of your wings may we be sheltered and lodged, as on
the day of which it is said: ‘When Adonai descended in the cloud.’” Remove our transgression,
and blot out our iniquity, as on the day of which it is said, “And he stood with him there.” Give
ear to our cry and listen to our speech, as on the day of which it is said, “And he proclaimed in
the name Adonai.” And there it is said, “And Adonai passed before Moses and proclaimed,
“Adonai, Adonai, almighty, merciful, gracious, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and truth.
Keeper of kindness for thousands of generations. Endurer of iniquity and transgression, and sin,
and acquitter of those who repent.” And pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your
inheritance. Pardon us, our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us, our King, for we have
transgressed. You, my master, are good and forgiving, and abounding in kindness to all you call
upon you. I am greatly distressed. Let us fall into the hand of Adonai, for his mercies are great,
but into the hand of man let me not fall. Merciful and gracious one, I have sinned before you.
Adonai, full of mercy, have compassion upon me and accept my supplications. Adonai, do not
rebuke me with your anger nor chastise me with your rage. Be gracious to me, Adonai, for I am
desolate. Heal me Adonai, for my bones are terrified. My soul, too, is utterly terrified. And you,
Adonai, how long? Return Adonai, free my soul, deliver me for the sake of your loving-kindness.
For in death there is no mention of you, in the lower world who will thank you? I am worn out
with my sighing, every night I cause my bed to float with my tears, I melt my couch. My eye is
dimmed from anger, it has aged because of my tormentors. Depart from me, all you evildoers,
for Adonai has heard the voice of my weeping. Adonai has heard my supplication, Adonai will
also accept my prayer. Ashamed and utterly terrified will all my foes be, they will return and be
instantaneously ashamed.
It is our duty to praise the master of all, to ascribe greatness to the author of creation, who
has not made us like the nations of the lands nor placed us like the families of the earth, who
has not made our portion like theirs, nor our destiny like all their multitudes. For they worship
vanity and emptiness, and pray to a god who cannot save. But we bow in worship and give
thanks unto the supreme king of kings, the Holy One, blessed be he, who extends the heavens
and establishes the earth, the whole throne of glory is in the heavens above, and whose
power’s presence is in the highest of heights. He is our God, there is no other. Truly he is our
king, there is none else. As it is written in his Torah: “You shall know and take to heart this day
that Adonai is God, in the heavens above and on earth below. There is no other.” Amen.
Evening Prayer
But he, Adonai, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them. He
restrained his anger often and did not stir up all his wrath.
Oh Adonai, save the king! May he answer us when we call.
Bless Adonai, the blessed one! Blessed is Adonai, the blessed one forever and ever!
Hear, O Israel: Adonai our God, Adonai is one! You shall love Adonai with all your heart and
with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on
your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in
your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You
shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead. You
shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
And if you will indeed obey my commandments that I command you today, to love Adonai
your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, he will give the rain for your
land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, that you may gather in your grain and your
wine and your oil. And he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you shall eat and
be full. Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods and
worship them; then the anger of Adonai will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the
heavens, so that there will be no grain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly
off the good land that Adonai is giving you.
Adonai said to Moses, “Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the
corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of
each corner. And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of
Adonai, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined
to whore after. So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God.
I am Adonai your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am Adonai
your God.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, Our God, and God of our fathers. God of Abraham, God of Isaac,
and God of Jacob. The great, the mighty, and the awesome God, God Most High, who bestows
loving-kindness and is the creator of all. Who remembers the love of our fathers, and will
lovingly send a redeemer for their children’s children, for the sake of your name. O King, Helper,
Savior, and Shield, blessed are you, Shield of Abraham.
You are mighty forever, O Adonai, you resurrect the dead, you are great to save. Sustaining
the living in loving-kindness, resurrecting the dead in abundant mercy, you support the falling
and heal the sick, set free the captives, and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is
like you, Master of the mighty deeds, and who may be compared unto you? O King, who sends
death and revives again, and causes salvation to sprout forth. You are surely believed to
resurrect the dead. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who revives the dead.
You are holy and your name is holy, and the holy ones praise you every day. Blessed are
you, O Adonai, the holy God!
You graciously give knowledge to man, and teach mortals understanding. Favor us with your
knowledge, understanding and intelligence. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who graciously gives
understanding.
Lead us back, our Father, to your Torah; bring us near, our King, to your service, and cause
us to return in perfect repentance before you. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who accepts
repentance.
Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our King, for we have transgressed,
for you pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, O gracious one, who multiplies forgiveness.
Heal us and we shall be healed, help us and we shall be helped, for you are our joy. Grant
full healing for all our wounds, for you, O God and King, are a true and merciful physician.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, who heals the sick of his people Israel.
Bless for us, O Adonai our God, this year and all of its yield for good, and shower down a
blessing upon the face of the earth. Fill us with your bounty and bless our year that it be as the
good years. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who blesses the years.
Restore our judges as before, and our counselors as in the beginning and remove from us
grief and sighing. Reign over us, O Adonai, you alone, in loving-kindness and compassion, and
clear us in judgment. Blessed are you, O Adonai the King, who loves righteousness and justice.
May no hope be left to the slanderers, but may wickedness perish in a moment. May all your
enemies be soon cut off, and speedily uproot the arrogant. Shatter and humble them speedily in
our days. Blessed are you, O Adonai, who strikes down enemies and humbles the arrogant.
May your compassion, O Adonai our God, be stirred over the righteous and over the pious
and over the elders of your people, the House of Israel; over the remnant of their scribes, over
the proselytes, and over us. Grant a good reward upon them who truly trust in your name, and
assign our portion with them forever. May we not come to shame because we have trusted in
you. Blessed are you, O Adonai, the stronghold and assurance of the righteous.
To Jerusalem, your city, return in mercy, and dwell in her midst as you have promised. Build
her speedily in our days as an everlasting structure, and quickly establish there the throne of
David. Blessed are you, O Adonai, the builder of Jerusalem.
May the descendant of David, your servant, be brought forth speedily, and may he be exalted
through your salvation, for we hope for your salvation every day. Blessed are you, O Adona,
who brings forth the horn of salvation.
Be pleased, O Adonai our God, with your people Israel and their prayer, and reestablish the
sacrificial service to the altar of your House. May you accept the fire-offerings of Israel and their
prayer offered in love with favor, and may the sacrificial service of Israel your people be ever
acceptable to you. And may our eyes behold your merciful return to Zion. Blessed are you who
restores your Shekinah to Zion.
We acknowledge to you, O Adonai, that you are our God as you were the God of our fathers,
forever and ever. Rock of our life, Shield of our salvation, you are unchanging from age to age.
We thank you and declare your praise, for our lives that are in your hands and for our souls that
are entrusted to you. Your miracles are with us every day, and your benefits are with us at all
times, evening and morning and midday. You are good. For your mercies are endless; you are
merciful, for your kindnesses are never complete; from everlasting we have hoped in you. And
for all these things may your name be blessed and exalted, always and forevermore. Let every
living thing give thanks to you and praise your name in truth, O God, our salvation and our help.
Blessed are you, O Adonai, your name is good, and to you it is right to give thanks.
Grant peace, happiness, and blessing, grace, loving-kindness, and mercy to us and all
Israel, your people. Bless us, our Father, every one of us, by the light of your countenance, for
by this light of your countenance you gave us, O Adonai our God, the law of life,
loving-kindness, and righteousness, and blessing and mercy, life and peace. May it be good in
your eyes to bless your people Israel in every time and at every hour with your peace. Blessed
are you, O Adonai, who blesses your people Israel with peace.
I lift my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from Adonai, who
made heaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. Adonai is your keeper. Adonai is
your shade on your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
Adonai will keep you from all evil. He will keep your life. Adonai will keep your going out and
your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.
Glorified and sanctified be God’s great name throughout the world which He has created
according to His Will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and during your days, and
within the life of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon. Amen!
May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified and
exalted, extolled and honored, adored and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He,
beyond all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations that are ever spoken in the world.
Amen!
May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us and for all Israel. Amen!
He who creates peace in His celestial heights, may He create peace for us and for all Israel.
Amen!
Bless Adonai, the blessed one! Blessed is Adonai, the blessed one forever and ever!
It is our duty to praise the master of all, to ascribe greatness to the author of creation, who
has not made us like the nations of the lands nor placed us like the families of the earth, who
has not made our portion like theirs, nor our destiny like all their multitudes. For they worship
vanity and emptiness, and pray to a god who cannot save. But we bow in worship and give
thanks unto the supreme king of kings, the Holy One, blessed be he, who extends the heavens
and establishes the earth, the whole throne of glory is in the heavens above, and whose
power’s presence is in the highest of heights. He is our God, there is no other. Truly he is our
king, there is none else. As it is written in his Torah: “You shall know and take to heart this day
that Adonai is God, in the heavens above and on earth below. There is no other.” Amen.