על הניסים ליום ירושלים | Al haNissim for Yom Yerushalayim, by Dr. Avi Shmidman and Rav Yitzchak Etshalom (2022)

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
עַל הַנִּסִּים וְעַל הַפֻּרְקָן וְעַל הַגְּבוּרוֹת וְעַל הַתְּשׁוּעוֹת וְעַל הַמִּלְחָמוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה	And for the miracles, and for the salvation, and for the mighty deeds, and for the victories, and for the battles which You performed for our forefathers in those days, at this time.
בִּימֵי שַׁחֲרוּת מְדִינָתֵנוּ וְשִׁחְרוּר אֻמָּתֵנוּ, שָׁכַן בָּדָד לְבַב אַרְצֵנוּ, קִרְיַת מְשׂוֹשֵׂנוּ. הַכְּמֵהִים לַאֲבָנֶיהָ תִּנּוּ שְׁבָחֶיהָ, בְּחִירֵי מְשׁוֹרְרֶיךָ כְּכִנּוֹר לְשִׁירֶיהָ. מִבֵּין הַחֲרַכִּים צָצוּ בְּנֵי עַמְּךָ לְהַשְׂבִּיעַ עֵינָם מִשְּׂרִידֵי טוּב הֵיכָלֶךָ.	At the dawn of our statehood and the independence of our nation The heart of our land, our city of joy, dwelt in isolation Those who longed for her stones recounted her praises Her finest bards were as a harp to her songs Through the crevices Your children peeked To sate their eyes with the remnants of Your lofty Temple
רָגְשׁוּ גּוֹיִים וְהִתְרוֹעֲעוּ, עָמְדוּ עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּוֹתֵנוּ. נֶגְדָּם אָזְרוּ חַיִל גְּדוּדֵי בָּנֶיךָ, וּבְרִיתְךָ אֶת אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לָנוּ קִיַּמְתָּ.	Nations bestirred and clamored, rose up against us to destroy us Facing them, Your sons girded strength in their legions Your covenant with our forefathers prevailed and endured
הַר קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיָדֵינוּ הִפְקַדְתָּ, וְשַׁעֲרֵי שָׁלֵם לָנוּ פָּתַחְתָּ. דַּרְכֵי צִיּוֹן צָהֲלוּ בִּמְחוֹלוֹת חוֹגְגֶיךָ, וּפַעֲמֵי רַגְלֵינוּ הֵשַׁבְתָּ לַהֲדוֹם רַגְלֶיךָ.	You entrusted Your holy mount into our hands And You opened wide the gates of Shalem The paths to Zion rang out with the dancing of Your celebrants And You returned the steps of our feet to Your footstool.
וְהִנֵּה חוֹזוֹת עֵינֵינוּ בִּזְרִיחַת אוֹר פָּנֶיךָ עַל חַצְרוֹת מְנוּחָתֶךָ, וְהִנֵּה שׁוֹמְעוֹת אָזְנֵינוּ קוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה בְּחוּצוֹת חֶמֶד נַחֲלָתֶךָ,	Behold! Our eyes observe Your countenance radiating Across the courtyards of Your place of rest Behold! Our ears perceive sounds of happiness and rejoicing In the streets of Your choice inheritance
וַעֲדֵי עַד נַעֲלֶה אֶת נֶצַח תִּפְאַרְתָּהּ לְרֹאשׁ שִׂמְחָתֵנוּ.	E’er will we raise her eternal glory To our utmost rejoicing

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Avi Shmidman

Dr. Avi Shmidman is a Senior Lecturer in the Hebrew Literature department at Bar-Ilan University, and the head of research and development at DICTA: The Israel Center for Text Analysis. His publications focus upon: liturgical piyyutim from the Cairo Genizah; the textual development of birkat ha-mazon; the writings of S. Y. Agnon; and algorithms for computational processing of Hebrew texts.

Yitzchak Etshalom

Rav Yitzchak Etshalom was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He attended Yeshivat Ḳerem b'Yavneh, Rabbi Isaac Elhanan Theological Seminary and Yeshivat Har Etzion before receiving semikhah from the Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim, Rabbi Itzhak Kolitz. A Los Angeles based Jewish educator since 1985, he launched the Beit Midrash program at YULA Girls High School as well as opening the Beit Midrash at Shalhevet, where he currently serves as Rosh Beit Midrash. Rav Etshalom directs the Tanakh Masters Program at YULA Boys’ High School. He lectures annually at the “Ymei Iyyun” Tanakh Seminar at Herzog College and he teaches Daf Yomi and a popular Navi series at the Young Israel of Century City and through his podcasts on Daf Yomi. His critically acclaimed series “Between the Lines of the Bible” is a methodological guide to the study of Tanakh. His Tanakh podcasts are also available at yutorah.org and at ou.org. He currently writes a weekly lecture for Yeshivat Har Etzion's Virtual Beit Midrash on the book of Amos which will be published as part of the Koren Maggid Studies in Tanakh. Rabbi Etshalom lives in Los Angeles with his wife Stefanie and their 5 children.

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