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The Italian rite, unique among Jewish rites, has preserved up until very recently the custom recorded in the Talmud, Masekhet Tagnanith, for communally declared fast days. In this rite, sometimes referred to as the Twenty-Four Blessings, six more blessings are added to the liturgy — the Zikhronot and Shofrot portions more commonly recited on Rosh haShanah, and four different psalms, all interspaced with a poetic litany on behalf of the ancestors’ merit and shofar blasts. I had previously transcribed the version of this liturgy as found in the Goldschmidt Mahzor Roma. But this version below is different, including a more complex variation in the ancestors’ merit passages, as well as relevant Biblical passages for each one. It is found in Vat. Ross. 499, a 1446 manuscript of the Italian rite with a lot of very interesting liturgical content in it.
| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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זאת היא תפילת תענית שהעתיקו אותה גדולי החכמים מדברי ר״ל ומן התלמוד והיא טובה לכל עת צרה שלא תבוא על הציבור אמן׃ |
This is the prayer for fast days that the great sages compiled from the words of the rabbis for a blessing[1] Probably intended to be “the rabbis of blessed memory” but the zayin is missing from the abbreviation and from the Talmud, and it is good for any time of stress, may it not come upon the community, amen! |
תפילה לתענית׃ |
Prayer for a Fast Day |
כשמגיע שליח ציבור לחנון המרבה לסלוח אומר סליחות ותחינות ומרבין כפי שעה וכפי חכמתו הדין שעושין כשאר תעניות כסדר הכתוב במחזור. וכשמגיע לגואל ישראל מאריך כה ואומר עד וגאלינו מלכנו מהרה למען שמך וקודם שיחתום אומר מי שענה לאברהם אבינו בהר המוריאה הוא יענה אותנו וישמע בקול צעקתנו ויגאלנו מכל צרותינו׃ וגומר — |
When the prayer-leader reaches “Merciful One, who increases forgiveness,”[2] The conclusion of the sixth blessing, also known as birkat seliḥah. Seliḥot piyyuṭim were originally inserted into this blessing, and in western Ashkenazi rites on fast days it still is. This is the origin of the name! say seliḥot and petitions, increasing according to time and according to one’s own knowledge. The rule is to do it like other fast days, like the order written in this cycle. And when reaching “Redeemer of Israel”[3] The conclusion of the seventh blessing. The ‘Aqedah passage is inserted into the seventh blessing instead of having its own blessing. lengthen therein, and say it up to “And redeem us, our Sovereign, quickly, for Your name’s sake,” and before saying the conclusion say — May the One who answered Abraham our father on Mt. Moriah answer us and hear the sound of our shouts and redeem us from all stresses! And continue:[4] This first line, also found at the end of the blessing, is recorded in a later hand (sloppy, cursive, and unvocalized). Perhaps it was recited by the community before the prayer leader continues with the ‘Aqedah. The community reciting the Mi she-Anah passages prior to the prayer leader is found in other maḥzorim. |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ זׇכְרֵֽנוּ בְּזִכְרוֹן טוֹב לְפָנֶֽיךָ וּפׇקְדֵֽנוּ בִּפְקֻדַּת יְשׁוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים מִשְּׁמֵי שְׁמֵי קֶֽדֶם וּזְכֹר לָֽנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ אֶת־הַבְּרִית וְאֶת־הַחֶֽסֶד וְאֶת־הַשְּׁבוּעָה אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּֽעְתָּ לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִֽינוּ בְּהַר הַמּוֹרִיָּה וְתֵרָאֶה לְפָנֶיֽךָ עֲקֵדָה שֶׁעָקַד אַבְרָהָם אָבִֽינוּ אֶת־יִצְחָק בְּנוֹ עַל־גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ כַּכָּתוּב׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, remember us with good memory before You, and recall us with a recollection of salvation and compassion from the highest heavens of old, and remember for us, Cause our God, the covenant and mercy and oath that You swore to Abraham our father on Mt. Moriah, and let the binding be visible before You, that Abraham our father bound his son Isaac on the back of the altar, as written: |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִצְחָ֜ק אֶל־אַבְרָהָ֤ם אָבִיו֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אָבִ֔י וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֶּ֣נִּֽי בְנִ֑י וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֤ה הָאֵשׁ֙ וְהָ֣עֵצִ֔ים וְאַיֵּ֥ה הַשֶּׂ֖ה לְעֹלָֽה׃ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אַבְרָהָ֔ם אֱלֹהִ֞ים יִרְאֶה־לּ֥וֹ הַשֶּׂ֛ה לְעֹלָ֖ה בְּנִ֑י וַיֵּלְכ֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם יַחְדָּֽו׃ (בראשית כב:ז-ח) |
And Isaac said to Abraham his father, quote: “Dad?” And he said, “I’m here, son.” And he said, “Here’s the kindling and the wood, but where’s the lamb for the offering?” And Abraham said: “God will see to the lamb for the offering – my son.” And the two of them walked together. (Genesis 22:7–8) |
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ אֶֽל־הַמָּקוֹם֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָֽמַר־ל֣וֹ הָאֱלֹהִים֒ וַיִּ֨בֶן שָׁ֤ם אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וַֽיַּעֲרֹ֖ךְ אֶת־הָעֵצִ֑ים וַֽיַּעֲקֹד֙ אֶת־יִצְחָ֣ק בְּנ֔וֹ וַיָּ֤שֶׂם אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ מִמַּ֖עַל לָעֵצִֽים׃ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח אַבְרָהָם֙ אֶת־יָד֔וֹ וַיִּקַּ֖ח אֶת־הַֽמַּאֲכֶ֑לֶת לִשְׁחֹ֖ט אֶת־בְּנֽוֹ׃ (בראשית כב:ט-י) |
And they came to the place that God had told him, and there Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood and bound Isaac his son and set him on the altar above the wood. And Abraham stretched his hand and took up the cleaver to slaughter his son. (Genesis 22:9–10) |
וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֵלָ֜יו מַלְאַ֤ךְ יְהֹוָה֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר אַבְרָהָ֣ם ׀ אַבְרָהָ֑ם וַיֹּ֖אמֶר הִנֵּֽנִי׃ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַל־תִּשְׁלַ֤ח יָֽדְךָ֙ אֶל־הַנַּ֔עַר וְאַל־תַּ֥עַשׂ ל֖וֹ מְא֑וּמָה כִּ֣י ׀ עַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּֽי־יְרֵ֤א אֱלֹהִים֙ אַ֔תָּה וְלֹ֥א חָשַׂ֛כְתָּ אֶת־בִּנְךָ֥ אֶת־יְחִידְךָ֖ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (בראשית כב:יא-יב) |
And a messenger of the Cause called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” And he said: “I’m here!” And he said: “Don’t raise your hand against the lad, nor do anything to him, for now I know that you are a God-fearer, and did not withhold your son, your only one, from Me.” (Genesis 22:11–12) |
וַיִּשָּׂ֨א אַבְרָהָ֜ם אֶת־עֵינָ֗יו וַיַּרְא֙ וְהִנֵּה־אַ֔יִל אַחַ֕ר נֶאֱחַ֥ז בַּסְּבַ֖ךְ בְּקַרְנָ֑יו וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ אַבְרָהָם֙ וַיִּקַּ֣ח אֶת־הָאַ֔יִל וַיַּעֲלֵ֥הוּ לְעֹלָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת בְּנֽוֹ׃ וַיִּקְרָ֧א אַבְרָהָ֛ם שֵֽׁם־הַמָּק֥וֹם הַה֖וּא יְהֹוָ֣ה ׀ יִרְאֶ֑ה אֲשֶׁר֙ יֵאָמֵ֣ר הַיּ֔וֹם בְּהַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה יֵרָאֶֽה׃(בראשית כב:יג-יד) |
And Abraham raised his eyes and saw: hey, a ram, back there, caught in the brush by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as an offering instead of his son. And Abraham called that place by the name “The Cause will see,” where today it is said, on the mountain of the Cause is vision. (Genesis 22:13–14) |
כֵּן יִכְבְּשׁוּ רַחֲמֶֽיךָ אֶת־כַּעֲסָךְ וְיִגּוֹלּוּ רַחֲמֶֽיךָ עַל־מִדּוֹתֶֽיךָ וְתִתְנַהֵג עִם־בָּנֶֽיךָ בְּמִדָּה רַחֲמִים וְתִכָּנֵס לָהֶם לִפְנִים מִשּׁוּרַת הַדִּין וּבְטוּבָךְ הַגָּדוֹל תָּשִׁיב חֲרוֹן אַפָּךְ מֵעִירָךְ וּמֵאַרְצָךְ וּמִנַּחֲלָתָךְ וּמֵעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ |
Thus may Your compassion overpower Your anger and Your compassion roll over Your attributes, and be led with Your children with the attribute of mercy, and enter them as beyond the letter of the law. And in Your great goodness turn back Your raging anger from Your city and from Your land and from Your inheritance and from Your people Israel. |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ כָּלֶּה מִמֶּֽנּוּ רָעָב דֶּֽבֶר וּמַגֵּפָה שִׁדָּפוֹן וְיֵרָקוֹן אַרְבֶּה חָסִיל כׇּל־נֶֽגַע וְכׇל־מַחֲלָה וְהוֹרֵד לָֽנוּ גִּשְׁמֵי רָצוֹן בְּרָכָה וּנְדָבָה׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, end from us famine, plague and pestilence, blight and rot, locust and grasshopper, all injury and all sickness, and bring down on us rains of desire, blessing, and gift. And respond: Amen. |
והקהל מעמידין אחד או שתים אנשים מומחין לתקוע יריאי חט זרע אהרן. או זרע קדושים. וחזן בית הכנסת דהיינו שמש הכנסת אומר תִּקְעוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן תְּקָֽעוּ, או הָרִֽיעוּ בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן הָרִֽיעוּ, אם הם כהנים התוקעים. ואם הם ישראלים אומרים תִּקְעוּ בְּנֵיהֶן שֶׁלַּקְּדוֹשִׁים תְּקָֽעוּ או הָרִֽיעוּ כמו שהם התקיעות. |
And the community raises one or two people, experts in horn-blowing, sin-fearing, either of the seed of Aaron or the seed of holy people. And the sexton of the community, that is the beadle of the community, says, “Blow, children of Aaron, blow!” or “Blast, children of Aaron, blast!” if they are priests blowing. If they are non-priests, they say “Blow, children of the holy, blow!” — or “Blast!” depending of what they are blasting. |
פעם ראשונה תוקעין תׄשׄרׄתׄ. |
The first time, they blast: t’qiah, sh’varim, t’ruah, t’qiah. |
ואומר שליח ציבור מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִֽינוּ בְּהַר הַמּוֹרִיָּה הוּא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָֽנוּ וְיִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ וְיִגְאָלֵֽנוּ מִכׇּל־צָרוֹתֵֽינוּ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי גּוֹאֵל חָזָק אָֽתָּה. |
And the prayer-leader says: May the One who answered Abraham our father on Mt. Moriah answer us and hear the sound of our shouts and redeem us from all stresses on this day, for a strong Redeemer are You. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה גּוֹאֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Blessed are You, Cause, Redeemer of Israel. And respond: Amen. |
ואם הוא עת עצירת גשמים קורא במלכים |
If it is a drought, read from Kings: |
בְּהֵעָצֵ֥ר שָׁמַ֛יִם וְלֹֽא־יִֽהְיֶ֥ה מָטָ֖ר כִּ֣י יֶחֶטְאוּ־לָ֑ךְ וְהִֽתְפַּלְל֞וּ אֶל־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ וְהוֹד֣וּ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וּמֵחַטָּאתָ֥ם יְשׁוּב֖וּן כִּ֥י תַעֲנֵֽם׃ וְאַתָּ֣ה ׀ תִּשְׁמַ֣ע הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ לְחַטַּ֤את עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וְעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י תוֹרֵ֛ם אֶת־הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵֽלְכוּ־בָ֑הּ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה מָטָר֙ עַֽל־אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תָּה לְעַמְּךָ֖ לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ רָעָ֞ב כִּֽי־יִֽהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֗רֶץ דֶּ֣בֶר כִּֽי־יִֽ֠הְיֶ֠ה שִׁדָּפ֨וֹן יֵרָק֜וֹן אַרְבֶּ֤ה חָסִיל֙ כִּ֣י יִֽהְיֶ֔ה כִּ֧י יָֽצַר־ל֛וֹ אֹיְב֖וֹ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ שְׁעָרָ֑יו כׇּל־נֶ֖גַע כׇּֽל־מַחֲלָֽה׃ כׇּל־תְּפִלָּ֣ה כׇל־תְּחִנָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תִּֽהְיֶה֙ לְכׇל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם לְכֹ֖ל עַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵדְע֗וּן אִ֚ישׁ נֶ֣גַע לְבָב֔וֹ וּפָרַ֥שׂ כַּפָּ֖יו אֶל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃ וְ֠אַתָּ֠ה תִּשְׁמַ֨ע הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מְכ֤וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֙ךָ֙ וְסָלַחְתָּ֣ וְעָשִׂ֔יתָ וְנָתַתָּ֤ לָאִישׁ֙ כְּכׇל־דְּרָכָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּדַ֖ע אֶת־לְבָב֑וֹ כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤ה יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ לְבַדְּךָ֔ אֶת־לְבַ֖ב כׇּל־בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃ לְמַ֙עַן֙ יִרָא֔וּךָ כׇּ֨ל־הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֥ם חַיִּ֖ים עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תָּה לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃ (מלכים א׳ ח:לה-מ) |
And when the heavens are closed and there is no precipitation, for they sinned against You, and they pray to this place and acknowledge Your name, and return from their sin, You will answer them. As for You, hear [in] heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel, for You taught them the good path they should walk, and give them rain on Your land that You gave Your people as an inheritance. If famine is in the land, plague, if there is blight, rot, locust, grasshoper, if it is that their enemy is beseiging them in the land of their gates, all injury and all sickness — any prayer and any petition that is of any person, of all Your people Israel (for each person knows their heart’s injury) and spreads their palms to this house, as for You, You will hear [in] heaven, Your enthroned abode, and forgive, and act, and give each person according to their ways — as You know their heart, for as for You, You alone know the heart of all mortal humans. That they may revere You all the days that they live on the face of the land that You gave our ancestors. (I Kings 8:35–40) |
אחר ברכה זו מוסיף עוד שש ברכות אחרות בין גואל לרופא ועל ברכה ראשונה אומר פסוקים שלזכרונות כסדר ראש השנה ומתחיל |
After this blessing, add six more blessings between “Redeemer” and “Healer,”[5] The seventh and eighth blessings of a weekday ‘amidah. Find B. Taanit 13b and for the first blessing say the verses of remembrance per the order of the New Year, and begin: |
אַתָּה זוֹכֵר מַעֲשֵׂה עוֹלָם וּפוֹקֵד כׇּל־יְצוּרֵי קֶֽדֶם לְפָנֶֽיךָ נִגְלוּ כׇּל־תַּעֲלוּמוֹת וַהֲמוֹן נִסְתָּרוֹת שֶׁמִּבְּרֵאשִׁית כִּי אֵין שִׁכְחָה לִפְנֵי כִּסֵּא כְבוֹדֶֽךָ וְאֵין נִסְתָּר מִנֶּֽגֶד עֵינֶֽיךָ אַתָּה זוֹכֵר אֶת־כׇּל־הַמִּפְעָל וְגַם כׇּל־הַיְצוּר לֹא־נִכְחַד מִמֶּֽךָּ — |
You remember the universe’s works, and account for all creatures of yore. Before You all secrets are revealed, and many hidden things since creation. For there is no forgetting before Your honored throne, nor is there hiding from before Your eyes. You remember all acts, and no creature could be deceiving before You. — |
ומדלג ואומר — |
Skip and continue[6] A note to skip the Rosh Hashanah specific lines in the Zikhronot blessing. — |
אַשְׁרֵי אִישׁ לֹא יִשְׁכָּחֶֽךָ וּבֶן־אָדָם יִתְאַמֵּץ בָּךְ כִּי כׇּל־דּוֹרְשֶֽׁיךָ לְעוֹלָם לֹא־יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ וְלֹא־תַּכְלִים לָנֶֽצַח כׇּל־הַחוֹסִים בָּךְ וְגַם אֶת־נֹֽחַ בְּאַהֲבָה זָכַֽרְתָּ וַתִּפְקְדֵֽהוּ בִּפְקֻדַּת יְשׁוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים בַּהֲבִיאֲךָ אֶת־מֵי הַמַּבּוּל לְשַׁחֵת כׇּל־בָּשָׂר מִפְּנֵי רֹֽעַ מַעַלְלֵיהֶם עַל־כֵּן זִכְרוֹנוֹ בָּא לְפָנֶֽיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ לְהַרְבּוֹת זַרְעוֹ כְּעַפְרוֹת תֵּבֵל וְצֶאֱצָאָיו כְּחוֹל הַיָּם |
Content is the person who does not forget You, the mortal who takes courage in You. For all who seek You will never be disgraced, nor will You ever destroy all who hope in You. So too, Noaḥ in love You remembered, accounting for him in an accounting of salvation and compasssion, when You brought the floodwaters to destroy all on account of the evil of their deeds. Thus his memory came before You, Cause our God, to multiply his seed like the dust of the earth and his descendants like the sand of the sea. |
כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתָךְ׃ וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־נֹ֔חַ וְאֵ֤ת כׇּל־הַֽחַיָּה֙ וְאֶת־כׇּל־הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּ֖וֹ בַּתֵּבָ֑ה וַיַּעֲבֵ֨ר אֱלֹהִ֥ים ר֙וּחַ֙ עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ וַיָּשֹׁ֖כּוּ הַמָּֽיִם׃ (בראשית ח:א) |
As is written in Your teaching: And God remembered Noaḥ and all the wild and tame animals that were with him in the box, and God made a wind pass over the earth, and the water drained. (Genesis 8:1) |
וְכָתוּב וַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־נַאֲקָתָ֑ם וַיִּזְכֹּ֤ר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־בְּרִית֔וֹ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם אֶת־יִצְחָ֥ק וְאֶֽת־יַעֲקֹֽב׃ (שמות ב:כד) |
And it is written: And God heard their groans, and God remembered Their covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. (Exodus 2:24) |
וְכָתוּב וְזָכַרְתִּ֖י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֣י יַעֲק֑וֹב וְאַף֩ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֨י יִצְחָ֜ק וְאַ֨ף אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֧י אַבְרָהָ֛ם אֶזְכֹּ֖ר וְהָאָ֥רֶץ אֶזְכֹּֽר׃ (ויקרא כו:מב) |
And it is written: And I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will remember, and the land I will remember. (Leviticus 26:42) |
וּבְדִבְרֵי קׇדְשָׁךְ כָּתוּב לֵאמֹר זֵ֣כֶר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאוֹתָ֑יו חַנּ֖וּן וְרַח֣וּם יְהֹוָֽה׃ טֶ֭רֶף נָתַ֣ן לִירֵאָ֑יו יִזְכֹּ֖ר לְעוֹלָ֣ם בְּרִיתֽוֹ׃ (תהלים קיא:ד-ה) |
And in Your hagiographia it is written, quote: A memorial They made for Their wonders; merciful and compassionate is the Cause. Food They gave to those revering Them; They forever remember Their covenant. (Psalms 111:4–5) |
וְכָתוּב זָכַ֣ר לְעוֹלָ֣ם בְּרִית֑וֹ דָּבָ֥ר צִ֝וָּ֗ה לְאֶ֣לֶף דּֽוֹר׃ (תהלים קה:ח) |
And it is written: They forever remembered Their covenant, the word They commanded to a thousand ages. (Psalms 105:8) |
וְכָתוּב וַיִּזְכֹּ֣ר לָהֶ֣ם בְּרִית֑וֹ וַ֝יִּנָּחֵ֗ם כְּרֹ֣ב חֲסָדָֽו׃ (תהלים קו:מה) |
And it is written: And They remembered Their covenant for them and comforted them by Their great mercy. (Psalms 106:45) |
וְעַל־יְדֵי עֲבָדֶֽיךָ הַנְּבִיאִים נֶאֱמַר הָלֹ֡ךְ וְֽקָרָ֩אתָ֩ בְאׇזְנֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלַ֜͏ִם לֵאמֹ֗ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה זָכַ֤רְתִּי לָךְ֙ חֶ֣סֶד נְעוּרַ֔יִךְ אַהֲבַ֖ת כְּלוּלֹתָ֑יִךְ לֶכְתֵּ֤ךְ אַֽחֲרַי֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ לֹ֥א זְרוּעָֽה׃ (ירמיה ב:ב) |
And by the hand of Your servants the prophets it is said: Go and call in the ears of Jerusalem, quote: Thus says the Cause: I remember you, your youthful grace, your bridal love, your going after Me in the wild, in a land unsown. (Jeremiah 2:2) |
וְכָתוּב וְזָכַרְתִּ֨י אֲנִ֧י אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֛י אוֹתָ֖ךְ בִּימֵ֣י נְעוּרָ֑יִךְ וַהֲקִימוֹתִ֥י לָ֖ךְ בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃ (יחזקאל טז:ס) |
And it is written: And I will remember My covenant with you in your youthful days and establish with you an eternal covenant. (Ezekiel 16:60) |
וְכָתוּב הֲבֵן֩ יַקִּ֨יר לִ֜י אֶפְרַ֗יִם אִ֚ם יֶ֣לֶד שַׁעֲשֻׁעִ֔ים כִּֽי־מִדֵּ֤י דַבְּרִי֙ בּ֔וֹ זָכֹ֥ר אֶזְכְּרֶ֖נּוּ ע֑וֹד עַל־כֵּ֗ן הָמ֤וּ מֵעַי֙ ל֔וֹ רַחֵ֥ם אֲֽרַחֲמֶ֖נּוּ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה׃(ירמיה לא:יט) |
And it is written: Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a dandled child? For whatever I spoke against him, I will remember, yes, remember him again; this My innards yearn for him; I will have compassion, compassion in him — declares the Cause. (Jeremiah 31:19) |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ תָּבוֹא לְפָנֶֽיךָ תְפִלָּתֵֽנוּ וּשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ וּכְשֶׁעָנִֽיתָה לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ עַל יַם־סוּף עֲנֵֽנוּ כַּכָּתוּב׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, may our prayers come before You, and hear the sound of our shouts, and just as You answered our ancestors at the Reed Sea answer us, as written: |
וְאַתָּ֞ה הָרֵ֣ם אֶֽת־מַטְּךָ֗ וּנְטֵ֧ה אֶת־יָדְךָ֛ עַל־הַיָּ֖ם וּבְקָעֵ֑הוּ וְיָבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃ וַאֲנִ֗י הִנְנִ֤י מְחַזֵּק֙ אֶת־לֵ֣ב מִצְרַ֔יִם וְיָבֹ֖אוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וְאִכָּבְדָ֤ה בְּפַרְעֹה֙ וּבְכׇל־חֵיל֔וֹ בְּרִכְבּ֖וֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ וְיָדְע֥וּ מִצְרַ֖יִם כִּי־אֲנִ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה בְּהִכָּבְדִ֣י בְּפַרְעֹ֔ה בְּרִכְבּ֖וֹ וּבְפָרָשָֽׁיו׃ (שמות יד:טז-יז) |
And you, raise your staff and stretch your hand over the sea and split it, and the children of Israel will go into the sea on dry land. And as for Me, hey, I have strengthened the heart of Egypt, and they will go after them, and I will be glorified through Pharaoh and all his force, through his chariots and horsemen. And Egypt will know that I am the Cause, in My glorification through Pharaoh, through his chariots and horsemen.” (Exodus 14:16–17) |
וַיִּסַּ֞ע מַלְאַ֣ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים הַהֹלֵךְ֙ לִפְנֵי֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וַיִּסַּ֞ע עַמּ֤וּד הֶֽעָנָן֙ מִפְּנֵיהֶ֔ם וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֖ד מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ וַיָּבֹ֞א בֵּ֣ין ׀ מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֗יִם וּבֵין֙ מַחֲנֵ֣ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיְהִ֤י הֶֽעָנָן֙ וְהַחֹ֔שֶׁךְ וַיָּ֖אֶר אֶת־הַלָּ֑יְלָה וְלֹא־קָרַ֥ב זֶ֛ה אֶל־זֶ֖ה כׇּל־הַלָּֽיְלָה׃ (שמות יד:יח-כ) |
And the angel of God set out going before the camp of Israel, and went after them, and the pillar of cloud set out from before them and stood behind them. And it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel, and there was the cloud of darkness, and it illuminated the light, and they did not come one near another all night. (Exodus 14:18–20) |
וַיֵּ֨ט מֹשֶׁ֣ה אֶת־יָדוֹ֮ עַל־הַיָּם֒ וַיּ֣וֹלֶךְ יְהֹוָ֣ה ׀ אֶת־הַ֠יָּ֠ם בְּר֨וּחַ קָדִ֤ים עַזָּה֙ כׇּל־הַלַּ֔יְלָה וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־הַיָּ֖ם לֶחָרָבָ֑ה וַיִּבָּקְע֖וּ הַמָּֽיִם׃ וַיָּבֹ֧אוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּ֖ם בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְהַמַּ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ חוֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃ (שמות יד:כא-כב) |
And Moses lifted his hand over the sea, and the Cause corralled the sea with a strong east wind all night, and made the sea into dry land and the waters were split. And the children of Israel went into the sea, and the water was a wall for them on their left and on their right. (Exodus 14:21–22) |
וַיִּרְדְּפ֤וּ מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ אַחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם כֹּ֚ל ס֣וּס פַּרְעֹ֔ה רִכְבּ֖וֹ וּפָרָשָׁ֑יו אֶל־תּ֖וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃ וַֽיְהִי֙ בְּאַשְׁמֹ֣רֶת הַבֹּ֔קֶר וַיַּשְׁקֵ֤ף יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מַחֲנֵ֣ה מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּעַמּ֥וּד אֵ֖שׁ וְעָנָ֑ן וַיָּ֕הׇם אֵ֖ת מַחֲנֵ֥ה מִצְרָֽיִם׃ וַיָּ֗סַר אֵ֚ת אֹפַ֣ן מַרְכְּבֹתָ֔יו וַֽיְנַהֲגֵ֖הוּ בִּכְבֵדֻ֑ת וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מִצְרַ֗יִם אָנ֙וּסָה֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה נִלְחָ֥ם לָהֶ֖ם בְּמִצְרָֽיִם׃ (שמות יד:כג-כה) |
And Egypt chased and came after them, every horse of Pharaoh, his chariot and horsemen, into the midst of the sea. And it was the morning watch, and the Cause looked out upon the camp of Egypt in a pillar of fire and cloud, and panicked the camp of Egypt. And They locked their chariots’ wheels and they moved with difficulty, and Egypt said, “Let me flee from Israel, for the Cause is fighting for them against Egypt.” (Exodus 14:23–25) |
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה נְטֵ֥ה אֶת־יָדְךָ֖ עַל־הַיָּ֑ם וְיָשֻׁ֤בוּ הַמַּ֙יִם֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם עַל־רִכְבּ֖וֹ וְעַל־פָּרָשָֽׁיו׃ וַיֵּט֩ מֹשֶׁ֨ה אֶת־יָד֜וֹ עַל־הַיָּ֗ם וַיָּ֨שׇׁב הַיָּ֜ם לִפְנ֥וֹת בֹּ֙קֶר֙ לְאֵ֣יתָנ֔וֹ וּמִצְרַ֖יִם נָסִ֣ים לִקְרָאת֑וֹ וַיְנַעֵ֧ר יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַיָּֽם׃ וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ הַמַּ֗יִם וַיְכַסּ֤וּ אֶת־הָרֶ֙כֶב֙ וְאֶת־הַפָּ֣רָשִׁ֔ים לְכֹל֙ חֵ֣יל פַּרְעֹ֔ה הַבָּאִ֥ים אַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם בַּיָּ֑ם לֹֽא־נִשְׁאַ֥ר בָּהֶ֖ם עַד־אֶחָֽד׃ (שמות יד:כו-כח) |
And the Cause said to Moses, “Lift your hand over the sea, and the water will return over Egypt, over its chariots and horsemen.” And Moses lifted his hand over the sea, and the sea returned that morning to its strength, and Egypt was fleeing towards it, and the Cause overturned Egypt in the midst of the sea. And the waters returned and covered the chariot and the horsemen, all the force of Pharaoh which came after them into the sea; not even one of them remained. (Exodus 14:26–28) |
וּבְנֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל הָלְכ֥וּ בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה בְּת֣וֹךְ הַיָּ֑ם וְהַמַּ֤יִם לָהֶם֙ חֹמָ֔ה מִֽימִינָ֖ם וּמִשְּׂמֹאלָֽם׃ וַיּ֨וֹשַׁע יְהֹוָ֜ה בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֛וּא אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִיַּ֣ד מִצְרָ֑יִם וַיַּ֤רְא יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם מֵ֖ת עַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּֽם׃ וַיַּ֨רְא יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־הַיָּ֣ד הַגְּדֹלָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וַיִּֽירְא֥וּ הָעָ֖ם אֶת־יְהֹוָ֑ה וַֽיַּאֲמִ֙ינוּ֙ בַּֽיהֹוָ֔ה וּבְמֹשֶׁ֖ה עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ (שמות יד:כט-לא) |
And the children of Israel had walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, and the water was a wall for them on their left and on their right. And the Cause saved Israel on that day from the hand of Egypt, and Israel saw Egypt dead on the seashore. And Israel saw the great hand which the Cause did against Egypt, and the people were in awe of the Cause, and believed in the Cause and in Moses Their servant. (Exodus 14:29–31) |
ותוקעין תׄשׄתׄ |
And they blast: t’qiah, sh’varim, t’qiah, |
ואחר כך אומר מִי שֶׁעָנָה לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ עַל יַם־סוּף הוּא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָֽנוּ וְאַל יִשְׁכָּחֵֽנוּ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי זוֹכֵר הַנִּשְׁכָּחוֹת אָֽתָּה. |
and after that say: May the One who answered our ancestors at the Reed Sea answer us and not forget us on this day, for a Rememberer of the forgotten are You. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה זוֹכֵר הַנִּשְׁכָּחוֹת׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Blessed are You, Cause, Rememberer of the forgotten. And respond: Amen. |
ועל ברכה שנייה אומר פסוקין שלשופרות |
And for the second blessing say the verses of the shofar. |
אַתָּה נִגְלֵֽיתָ בֶּעָנָן כְּבוֹדָךְ עַל־עַם קׇדְשְׁךָ לְדַבֵּר עִמָּם מִן־הַשָּׁמַֽיִם הִשְׁמַֽעְתָּ קוֹלֶֽךָ וְנִגְלֵֽיתָ עֲלֵיהֶם בְּעַֽרְפְּלֵי טֹֽהַר וְגַם כׇּל־הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ חָל מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ וּבְרִיּוֹת בְּרֵאשִׁית חָרְדוּ מִמֶּֽךָּ בְּהִגָּלוּתָךְ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עַל־הַר סִינַי לְלַמֵּד לְעַמָּךְ תּוֹרָה וּמִצְוֺת וַתַּשְׁמִיעֵם אֶת־הוֹד קוֹלֶֽךָ וְדִבְּרוֹת קׇדְשְׁךָ מִלַּֽהֲבוֹת אֵשׁ בְּקוֹלוֹת וּבְרָקִים עֲלֵיהֶם נִגְלֵֽיתָ וּבְקוֹל שׁוֹפָר עֲלֵיהֶם הוֹפַֽעְתָּ |
You were revealed in Your glorious cloud upon Your holy people to speak with them. From heaven You made Your voice heard and were revealed upon them in cumuli of purity. And so too all the world shakes before You, and created creatures quakes at You. In Your revealing Yourself, o Sovereign, upon Mt. Sinai, to teach Your people teaching and commandments, You made them hear the glory of Your voice and words of Your holiness from flames of fire. In thunder and lightning You were revealed upon them, and in the sound of the shofar You were shown upon them. |
כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתָךְ׃ וַיְהִי֩ בַיּ֨וֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י בִּֽהְיֹ֣ת הַבֹּ֗קֶר וַיְהִי֩ קֹלֹ֨ת וּבְרָקִ֜ים וְעָנָ֤ן כָּבֵד֙ עַל־הָהָ֔ר וְקֹ֥ל שֹׁפָ֖ר חָזָ֣ק מְאֹ֑ד וַיֶּחֱרַ֥ד כׇּל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ (שמות יט:טז) |
As is written in Your teaching: And it was on the third day, in the morning, and thunder and lighting and a heavy cloud upon the mountain, and the sound of the shofar was very strong, and all the people who were in the camp quaked. (Exodus 19:16) |
וְכָתוּב וַֽיְהִי֙ ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר הוֹלֵ֖ךְ וְחָזֵ֣ק מְאֹ֑ד מֹשֶׁ֣ה יְדַבֵּ֔ר וְהָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יַעֲנֶ֥נּוּ בְקֽוֹל׃ (שמות יט:יט) |
And it is written: And the sound of the shofar crescendoed greatly; Moses would speak and God responded aloud. (Exodus 19:19) |
וְכָתוּב וְכׇל־הָעָם֩ רֹאִ֨ים אֶת־הַקּוֹלֹ֜ת וְאֶת־הַלַּפִּידִ֗ם וְאֵת֙ ק֣וֹל הַשֹּׁפָ֔ר וְאֶת־הָהָ֖ר עָשֵׁ֑ן וַיַּ֤רְא הָעָם֙ וַיָּנֻ֔עוּ וַיַּֽעַמְד֖וּ מֵֽרָחֹֽק׃ (שמות כ:יד) |
And it is written: And all the people saw the sounds and the flames and the sound of the shofar and the mountain smoking, and the people saw and fled and stood from afar. (Exodus 20:14) |
וּבְדִבְרֵי קׇדְשָׁךְ כָּתוּב לֵאמֹר עָלָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בְּק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃ (תהלים מז:ו) |
And in Your hagiographia it is written, quote: God rises with blasting, the Cause with the shofar’s sound. (Psalms 47:6) |
וְכָתוּב בַּ֭חֲצֹ֣צְרוֹת וְק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָ֑ר הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לִפְנֵ֤י ׀ הַמֶּ֬לֶךְ יְהֹוָֽה׃ (תהלים צח:ו) |
And it is written: With trumpets and the sound of the shofar, raise a shout before the Sovereign Cause. (Psalms 98:6) |
וְכָתוּב הַ֥לְלוּ־יָ֨הּ ׀ הַֽלְלוּ־אֵ֥ל בְּקׇדְשׁ֑וֹ הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בִּרְקִ֥יעַ עֻזּֽוֹ׃ הַלְל֥וּהוּ בִגְבוּרֹתָ֑יו הַ֝לְל֗וּהוּ כְּרֹ֣ב גֻּדְלֽוֹ׃ הַ֭לְלוּהוּ בְּתֵ֣קַע שׁוֹפָ֑ר הַ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּנֵ֣בֶל וְכִנּֽוֹר׃ הַ֭לְלוּהוּ בְּתֹ֣ף וּמָח֑וֹל הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּמִנִּ֥ים וְעֻגָֽב׃ הַלְל֥וּהוּ בְצִלְצְלֵי־שָׁ֑מַע הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּֽצִלְצְלֵ֥י תְרוּעָֽה׃ כֹּ֣ל הַ֭נְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּ֥ל יָ֗הּ הַֽלְלוּ־יָֽהּ׃ (תהלים קנ:א-ו) |
And it is written: Praise Yah! Praise the Deity in Their holiness, praise Them in the firmament of Their strength. Praise Them by Their mighty acts, praise Them by Their great goodness. Praise Them with blowing the shofar, praise Them with lyre and harp. Praise Them with drum and dance, praise Them with pipe and flute. Praise Them with sounding cymbals, praise Them with blasting cymbals. Let all with breath praise Yah, praise Yah! (Psalms 150:1-6) |
וְעַל־יְדֵי עֲבָדֶֽיךָ הַנְּבִיאִים נֶאֱמַר כׇּל־יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵ֖ל וְשֹׁ֣כְנֵי אָ֑רֶץ כִּנְשֹׂא־נֵ֤ס הָרִים֙ תִּרְא֔וּ וְכִתְקֹ֥עַ שׁוֹפָ֖ר תִּשְׁמָֽעוּ׃ (ישעיה יח:ג) |
And by the hand of Your servants the prophets it is said: All the land’s inhabitants and earth’s residents, at the lifting and raising of the flag, see it; and at the blowing of the shofar is blown, hear it. (Isaiah 18:3) |
וְכָתוּב וְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִתָּקַע֮ בְּשׁוֹפָ֣ר גָּדוֹל֒ וּבָ֗אוּ הָאֹֽבְדִים֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְהַנִּדָּחִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֧וּ לַיהֹוָ֛ה בְּהַ֥ר הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ (ישעיה כז:יג) |
And it is written: And on that day the great shofar will be blown, and all those lost in the land of Assyria and exiled in the land of Egypt will bow before the Cause at the holy mountain in Jerusalem. (Isaiah 27:13) |
וְכָתוּב וַֽיהֹוָה֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם יֵֽרָאֶ֔ה וְיָצָ֥א כַבָּרָ֖ק חִצּ֑וֹ וַֽאדֹנָ֤י יֱהֹוִה֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֣ר יִתְקָ֔ע וְהָלַ֖ךְ בְּסַעֲר֥וֹת תֵּימָֽן׃ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֮ יָגֵ֣ן עֲלֵיהֶם֒׃ (זכריה ט:יד-טו) |
And it is written: And the Cause will be seen upon them, and Their arrows will go out like lightning, and the Cause, Master, with a shofar blowing, will go in the southern storms. The Cause of Forces will guard them. (Zechariah 9:14–15) |
יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת יָגֵן עֲלֵיכֶם יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת יָגֵן עָלֵינוּ וְעַל־כׇּל־עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּשְׁלוֹמָךְ׃ |
The Cause of Forces will guard you. The Cause of Forces will guard us, and all Your people Israel in Your peace. |
אִם־עֲוֺנֵ֙ינוּ֙ עָ֣נוּ בָ֔נוּ יְהֹוָ֕ה עֲשֵׂ֖ה לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּי־רַבּ֥וּ מְשׁוּבֹתֵ֖ינוּ לְךָ֥ חָטָֽאנוּ׃ מִקְוֵה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מוֹשִׁיע֖וֹ בְּעֵ֣ת צָרָ֑ה לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּגֵ֣ר בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּכְאֹרֵ֖חַ נָטָ֥ה לָלֽוּן׃ לָ֤מָּה תִֽהְיֶה֙ כְּאִ֣ישׁ נִדְהָ֔ם כְּגִבּ֖וֹר לֹא־יוּכַ֣ל לְהוֹשִׁ֑יעַ וְאַתָּ֧ה בְקִרְבֵּ֣נוּ יְהֹוָ֗ה וְשִׁמְךָ֛ עָלֵ֥ינוּ נִקְרָ֖א אַל־תַּנִּחֵֽנוּ׃ (ירמיה יד:ז-ט) |
If our iniquities testify against us, Cause, act per Your name, though our strayings are great; we have sinned before You. Hope of Israel, its Savior in a time of stress! Why would You be like a stranger in the land, or like a wayfarer turning aside for a night? Why would You be like a terrified man, like a hero who cannot save? You in our midst are the Cause, and Your name is called over us; do not leave us be![7] Not found in the regular shofrot verses! (Jeremiah 14:7–9) |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל לְחֵרוּתֵֽנוּ וְשָׂא נֵס לְקַבֵּץ גָּלִיוֹתֵֽינוּ וְקָרֵב פְּזוּרֵֽינוּ מִבֵּין הַגּוֹיִם וּנְפוּצוֹתֵֽינוּ כַּנֵּס מִיַּרְכְּתֵי אָֽרֶץ וּשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ וּתְרוּעָתֵֽנוּ וּכְשֶׁעָנִֽיתָה לִיהוֹשֻֽׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּל עַנֵּֽנוּ כַּכָּתוּב׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, blow the great shofar for our freedom, and raise a flag to gather our exiles, and bring together our scattered from among the nations, and bring in and our exiled from the ends of the earth, and hear the sound of our shouts and our blasting, and just as You answered Joshua in Gilgal answer us, as written: |
וַיְהִ֗י בִּֽהְי֣וֹת יְהוֹשֻׁ֘עַ֮ בִּֽירִיחוֹ֒ וַיִּשָּׂ֤א עֵינָיו֙ וַיַּ֔רְא וְהִנֵּה־אִישׁ֙ עֹמֵ֣ד לְנֶגְדּ֔וֹ וְחַרְבּ֥וֹ שְׁלוּפָ֖ה בְּיָד֑וֹ וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ אֵלָיו֙ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ הֲלָ֥נוּ אַתָּ֖ה אִם־לְצָרֵֽינוּ׃ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ לֹ֗א כִּ֛י אֲנִ֥י שַׂר־צְבָֽא־יְהֹוָ֖ה עַתָּ֣ה בָ֑אתִי וַיִּפֹּל֩ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ אֶל־פָּנָ֥יו אַ֙רְצָה֙ וַיִּשְׁתָּ֔חוּ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ מָ֥ה אֲדֹנִ֖י מְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל־עַבְדּֽוֹ׃ וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ שַׂר־צְבָ֨א יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ שַׁל־נַֽעַלְךָ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְלֶ֔ךָ כִּ֣י הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֛ה עֹמֵ֥ד עָלָ֖יו קֹ֣דֶשׁ ה֑וּא וַיַּ֥עַשׂ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ כֵּֽן׃ (יהושע ה:יג-טו) |
And when Joshua was in Jericho he raised his eyes and saw, hey, a man standing before him, his sword drawn in his hand! And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of ours’ or our foes?” And he said, “No, I am the general of the force of the Cause. Now I have come.” And Joshua bowed on his face earthwards and prostrated, and said to him, “What does milord say to his servant?” And the general of the force of the Cause said to Joshua: “Remove your sandal from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground,” and Joshua did so. (Joshua 5:13–5:15) |
וִֽירִיחוֹ֙ סֹגֶ֣רֶת וּמְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֥ין יוֹצֵ֖א וְאֵ֥ין בָּֽא׃ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ רְאֵה֙ נָתַ֣תִּי בְיָֽדְךָ֔ אֶת־יְרִיח֖וֹ וְאֶת־מַלְכָּ֑הּ גִּבּוֹרֵ֖י הֶחָֽיִל׃ וְסַבֹּתֶ֣ם אֶת־הָעִ֗יר כֹּ֚ל אַנְשֵׁ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה הַקֵּ֥יף אֶת־הָעִ֖יר פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת כֹּ֥ה תַעֲשֶׂ֖ה שֵׁ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃ וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה כֹהֲנִ֡ים יִשְׂאוּ֩ שִׁבְעָ֨ה שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י הָאָר֔וֹן וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י תָּסֹ֥בּוּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים יִתְקְע֖וּ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ וְהָיָ֞ה בִּמְשֹׁ֣ךְ ׀ בְּקֶ֣רֶן הַיּוֹבֵ֗ל כְּשׇׁמְעֲכֶם֙[8] Ktiv: בשמעכם אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר יָרִ֥יעוּ כׇל־הָעָ֖ם תְּרוּעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה וְנָ֨פְלָ֜ה חוֹמַ֤ת הָעִיר֙ תַּחְתֶּ֔יהָ וְעָל֥וּ הָעָ֖ם אִ֥ישׁ נֶגְדּֽוֹ׃ (יהושע ו:א-ה) |
And Jericho was closed in and closed off on account of the Israelites; none could get out and none could get in. And the Cause said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho in your hand, and its king, its mighty warriors. And go around the city, all the people of war, and orbit the city one time, do thus six days. And seven priests will carry seven ram’s horn shofars before the ark, and on the seventh day you will go around the city seven times, and the priests will blow the shofars. And upon lengthening the ram’s horn blowing, as you hear the sound of the shofar, all the people will raise a great blast, and the city wall will collapse under it, and the people will go up, each forward.” (Joshua 6:1–6:5) |
וַיִּקְרָ֞א יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ בִּן־נוּן֙ אֶל־הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֔ם שְׂא֖וּ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הַבְּרִ֑ית וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה כֹהֲנִ֗ים יִשְׂאוּ֙ שִׁבְעָ֤ה שֽׁוֹפְרוֹת֙ יֽוֹבְלִ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י אֲר֥וֹן יְהֹוָֽה׃ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙[9] Ktiv: ויאמרו אֶל־הָעָ֔ם עִבְר֖וּ וְסֹ֣בּוּ אֶת־הָעִ֑יר וְהֶ֣חָל֔וּץ יַעֲבֹ֕ר לִפְנֵ֖י אֲר֥וֹן יְהֹוָֽה׃ (יהושע ו:ו-ז) |
And Joshua son of Nun called to the priests and said to them, “Take the ark of the covenant, and seven priests should carry seven ram’s horn shofars before the ark of the Cause.” And he said to the people, “Pass and encircle the city, and the vanguard going in front of the ark of the Cause.” (Joshua 6:6–6:7) |
וַיְהִ֗י כֶּאֱמֹ֣ר יְהוֹשֻׁ֘עַ֮ אֶל־הָעָם֒ וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה הַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים נֹשְׂאִים֩ שִׁבְעָ֨ה שׁוֹפְר֤וֹת הַיּֽוֹבְלִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה עָבְר֕וּ וְתָקְע֖וּ בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת וַֽאֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית יְהֹוָ֔ה הֹלֵ֖ךְ אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ וְהֶחָל֣וּץ הֹלֵ֔ךְ לִפְנֵי֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים תֹּקְעֵ֖י[10] Ktiv: תקעו הַשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת וְהַֽמְאַסֵּ֗ף הֹלֵךְ֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י הָאָר֔וֹן הָל֖וֹךְ וְתָק֥וֹעַ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ וְאֶת־הָעָם֩ צִוָּ֨ה יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ לֵאמֹ֗ר לֹ֤א תָרִ֙יעוּ֙ וְלֹא־תַשְׁמִ֣יעוּ אֶת־קֽוֹלְכֶ֔ם וְלֹא־יֵצֵ֥א מִפִּיכֶ֖ם דָּבָ֑ר עַ֠ד י֣וֹם אׇמְרִ֧י אֲלֵיכֶ֛ם הָרִ֖יעוּ וַהֲרִיעֹתֶֽם׃ (יהושע ו:ח-י) |
And as Joshua had said to the people, the seven priests carrying seven ram’s horn shofars went before the Cause, passing and blowing the shofars. And the ark of the covenant of the Cause was going after them and the vanguard going in front of the priests blowing the shofarot, and the rearguard was going behind the ark, going and blowing the shofarot And the people Joshua commanded, quote: “Don’t raise a blast, don’t make a noise heard, not a word from your mouths, until the day I say to you to raise a blast, then you will raise a blast.” (Joshua 6:8–6:10) |
וַיַּסֵּ֤ב אֲרוֹן־יְהֹוָה֙ אֶת־הָעִ֔יר הַקֵּ֖ף פַּ֣עַם אֶחָ֑ת וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה וַיָּלִ֖ינוּ בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃ וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ם יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בַּבֹּ֑קֶר וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן יְהֹוָֽה׃ וְשִׁבְעָ֣ה הַכֹּהֲנִ֡ים נֹשְׂאִים֩ שִׁבְעָ֨ה שׁוֹפְר֜וֹת הַיֹּבְלִ֗ים לִפְנֵי֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהֹוָ֔ה הֹלְכִ֣ים הָל֔וֹךְ וְתָקְע֖וּ בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת וְהֶחָלוּץ֙ הֹלֵ֣ךְ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וְהַֽמְאַסֵּ֗ף הֹלֵךְ֙ אַֽחֲרֵי֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהֹוָ֔ה הָל֖וֹךְ[11] Ktiv: הולך וְתָק֥וֹעַ בַּשּׁוֹפָרֽוֹת׃ וַיָּסֹ֨בּוּ אֶת־הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֤וֹם הַשֵּׁנִי֙ פַּ֣עַם אַחַ֔ת וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ הַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה כֹּ֥ה עָשׂ֖וּ שֵׁ֥שֶׁת יָמִֽים׃ (יהושע ו:יא-יד) |
And the ark of the Cause went around and orbited the city one time, and they went to the camp and stayed in the camp. And Joshua woke up early in the morning and the priests took up the ark of the Cause. And seven priests carrying seven ram’s horn shofars before the ark of the Cause were going, going and blasting on the shofars, and the vanguard going before them, and the rearguard after the ark of the Cause, going and blasting with shofars. And they encircled the city on the second day one time, and returned to the camp; thus they did six days. (Joshua 6:11–6:14) |
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י וַיַּשְׁכִּ֙מוּ֙ כַּעֲל֣וֹת הַשַּׁ֔חַר וַיָּסֹ֧בּוּ אֶת־הָעִ֛יר כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט הַזֶּ֖ה שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים רַ֚ק בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא סָבְב֥וּ אֶת־הָעִ֖יר שֶׁ֥בַע פְּעָמִֽים׃ (יהושע ו:טו) |
And it was on the seventh day, and they got up early at sunrise and encircled the city per the rule: seven times specifically on that day, they encircled the city seven times. (Joshua 6:15) |
וַֽיְהִי֙ בַּפַּ֣עַם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ית תָּקְע֥וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים בַּשּׁוֹפָר֑וֹת וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ אֶל־הָעָם֙ הָרִ֔יעוּ כִּֽי־נָתַ֧ן יְהֹוָ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם אֶת־הָעִֽיר׃ וְהָיְתָ֨ה הָעִ֥יר חֵ֛רֶם הִ֥יא וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֖הּ לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה רַק֩ רָחָ֨ב הַזּוֹנָ֜ה תִּֽחְיֶ֗ה הִ֚יא וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתָּ֣הּ בַּבַּ֔יִת כִּ֣י הֶחְבְּאַ֔תָה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָכִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלָֽחְנוּ׃ וְרַק־אַתֶּם֙ שִׁמְר֣וּ מִן־הַחֵ֔רֶם פֶּֽן־תַּחֲרִ֖ימוּ וּלְקַחְתֶּ֣ם מִן־הַחֵ֑רֶם וְשַׂמְתֶּ֞ם אֶת־מַחֲנֵ֤ה יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לְחֵ֔רֶם וַעֲכַרְתֶּ֖ם אוֹתֽוֹ׃ וְכֹ֣ל ׀ כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֗ב וּכְלֵ֤י נְחֹ֙שֶׁת֙ וּבַרְזֶ֔ל קֹ֥דֶשׁ ה֖וּא לַיהֹוָ֑ה אוֹצַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה יָבֽוֹא׃ (יהושע ו:טז-יט) |
And on the seventh time the priests blew on the shofars, and Joshua said to the people, “Raise a blast, because the Cause has given you the city! And the city is to be condemned, it and all that is in it is the Cause’s. Only Raḥaḇ the whore will live, and those that are with her in her house, for she hid the messengers who we sent. And you certainly must keep this condemnation, lest you be condemned! And if you take from what is condemned you will make the camp of Israel condemnation, and disturb it. And all silver and gold and bronze and iron tools are holy to the Cause; they will go to the Cause’s treasury.” (Joshua 6:16–6:19) |
וַיָּ֣רַע הָעָ֔ם וַֽיִּתְקְע֖וּ בַּשֹּׁפָר֑וֹת וַיְהִי֩ כִשְׁמֹ֨עַ הָעָ֜ם אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֗ר וַיָּרִ֤יעוּ הָעָם֙ תְּרוּעָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֔ה וַתִּפֹּ֨ל הַחוֹמָ֜ה תַּחְתֶּ֗יהָ וַיַּ֨עַל הָעָ֤ם הָעִ֙ירָה֙ אִ֣ישׁ נֶגְדּ֔וֹ וַֽיִּלְכְּד֖וּ אֶת־הָעִֽיר׃ (יהושע ו:כ) |
And the people raised a blast and blew the shofars, and when the people heard the shofars blown they raised a great blast, and the walls fell under it, and the people went up unto the city, each straight ahead, and captured the city. (Joshua 6:20) |
ותוקעין תׄרׄתׄ |
And they blast: t’qiah, t’ruah, t’qiah. |
ואחר כך אומר מִי שֶׁעָנָה לִיהוֹשֻֽׁעַ בַּגִּלְגָּל הוּא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָֽנוּ וְיִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ וּתְרוּעָתֵֽנוּ בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי אֵל שׁוֹמֵֽעַ תְּרוּעָה אָֽתָּה. |
and after that say: May the One who answered Joshua at Gilgal answer us and hear the sound of our shouts and our blasting on this day, for a Deity who hears blasts are You. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה שׁוֹמֵֽעַ תְּרוּעָה׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Blessed are You, Cause, who hears blasts. And respond: Amen. |
אֶל־יְ֭הֹוָה בַּצָּרָ֣תָה לִּ֑י קָ֝רָ֗אתִי וַֽיַּעֲנֵֽנִי׃ יְֽהֹוָ֗ה הַצִּ֣ילָה נַ֭פְשִׁי מִשְּׂפַת־שֶׁ֑קֶר מִלָּשׁ֥וֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃ מַה־יִּתֵּ֣ן לְ֭ךָ וּמַה־יֹּסִ֥יף לָ֗ךְ לָשׁ֥וֹן רְמִיָּֽה׃ חִצֵּ֣י גִבּ֣וֹר שְׁנוּנִ֑ים עִ֗֝ם גַּחֲלֵ֥י רְתָמִֽים׃ אֽוֹיָה־לִ֭י כִּי־גַ֣רְתִּי מֶ֑שֶׁךְ שָׁ֝כַ֗נְתִּי עִֽם־אׇהֳלֵ֥י קֵדָֽר׃ רַ֭בַּת שָֽׁכְנָה־לָּ֣הּ נַפְשִׁ֑י עִ֗֝ם שׂוֹנֵ֥א שָׁלֽוֹם׃ אֲֽנִי־שָׁ֭לוֹם וְכִ֣י אֲדַבֵּ֑ר הֵ֗֝מָּה לַמִּלְחָמָֽה׃ (תהלים קכ:ב-ז) |
To the Cause in the strife I faced, I called and They answered. Cause, redeem my being from lying lips, from a slippery tongue! What can you get, what can you gain, o slippery tongue? Warrior’s arrows, sharpened, hot coals of bramble. Woe is me, for I dwell in Meshekh, that I live with the nomads’ tents! So long I myself have lived here, with those who hate peace. I am “Peace!” but as I speak, they are for war. (Psalms 120:2-7) |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ שְׁמַע בְּקוֹל צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ וּכְשֶׁעָנִֽיתָה לִשְׁמוּאֵל בַּמִּצְפָּה עֲנֵֽנוּ כַּכָּתוּב׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, hear the sound of our shouts, and just as You answered Samuel in Miẓpah answer us, as written: |
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל קִבְצ֥וּ אֶת־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל הַמִּצְפָּ֑תָה וְאֶתְפַּלֵּ֥ל בַּעַדְכֶ֖ם אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃ וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ הַ֠מִּצְפָּ֠תָה וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־מַ֜יִם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכ֣וּ ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֗ה וַיָּצ֙וּמוּ֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ שָׁ֔ם חָטָ֖אנוּ לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט שְׁמוּאֵ֛ל אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃ (שמואל א׳ ז:ה-ו) |
And Samuel said, “Gather all Israel towards Miẓpah, and I will pray for you to the Cause.” And they gathered towards Miẓpah, and drew water and poured it before the Cause, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against the Cause,” and Samuel judged the children of Israel at Miẓpah. (I Samuel 7:5-6) |
וַיִּשְׁמְע֣וּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים כִּֽי־הִתְקַבְּצ֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ הַמִּצְפָּ֔תָה וַיַּעֲל֥וּ סַרְנֵֽי־פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַֽיִּשְׁמְעוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּֽרְא֖וּ מִפְּנֵ֥י פְלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל אַל־תַּחֲרֵ֣שׁ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ מִזְּעֹ֖ק אֶל־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ וְיֹשִׁעֵ֖נוּ מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃ (שמואל א׳ ז:ז-ח) |
And the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered towards Miẓpah, and the Philistine tyrants went up against Israel, and the children of Israel heard and were afraid of the Philistines. And the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not be silent from us, not crying out to the Cause our God, who will save us from the hand of the Philistines!” (I Samuel 7:7-8) |
וַיִּקַּ֣ח שְׁמוּאֵ֗ל טְלֵ֤ה חָלָב֙ אֶחָ֔ד וַיַּֽעֲלֵ֧הוּ[12] Ktiv: ויעלה עוֹלָ֛ה כָּלִ֖יל לַיהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּזְעַ֨ק שְׁמוּאֵ֤ל אֶל־יְהֹוָה֙ בְּעַ֣ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ יְהֹוָֽה׃ (שמואל א׳ ז:ט) |
And Samuel took one suckling lamb and offered it up as a whole burnt-offering to the Cause, and Samuel cried out to the Cause for Israel’s sake, and the Cause answered him. (I Samuel 7:9) |
ותוקעין תׄשׄרׄתׄ |
And they blast: t’qiah, sh’varim, t’ruah, t’qiah. |
ואחר כך אומר מִי שֶׁעָנָה לִשְׁמוּאֵל בַּמִּצְפָּה הוּא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָֽנוּ וְיִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי אֵל שׁוֹמֵֽעַ צְעָקָה אָֽתָּה. |
and after that say: May the One who answered Samuel at Miẓpah answer us and hear the sound of our shouts on this day, for a Deity who hears shouts are You. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה שׁוֹמֵֽעַ צְעָקָה׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Blessed are You, Cause, who hears shouts. And respond: Amen. |
אֶשָּׂ֣א עֵ֭ינַי אֶל־הֶהָרִ֑ים מֵ֝אַ֗יִן יָבֹ֥א עֶזְרִֽי׃ עֶ֭זְרִי מֵעִ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה עֹ֝שֵׂ֗ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃ אַל־יִתֵּ֣ן לַמּ֣וֹט רַגְלֶ֑ךָ אַל־יָ֝נ֗וּם שֹׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ הִנֵּ֣ה לֹֽא־יָ֭נוּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ יְהֹוָ֥ה שֹׁמְרֶ֑ךָ יְהֹוָ֥ה צִ֝לְּךָ֗ עַל־יַ֥ד יְמִינֶֽךָ׃ יוֹמָ֗ם הַשֶּׁ֥מֶשׁ לֹֽא־יַכֶּ֗כָּה וְיָרֵ֥חַ בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ יְֽהֹוָ֗ה יִשְׁמׇרְךָ֥ מִכׇּל־רָ֑ע יִ֝שְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃ יְֽהֹוָ֗ה יִשְׁמׇר־צֵאתְךָ֥ וּבוֹאֶ֑ךָ מֵ֝עַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עוֹלָֽם׃ |
I lift my eyes to the mountains; from where will my help come? My help will come from the Cause, Maker of heaven and earth. Your foot They will not let slip, nor does your Guardian sleep. Behold, the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps! The Cause guards you, the Cause is your shade on your right hand. By day the sun will not strike you, nor the moon by night. The Cause will guard you from all evil, will guard your life. The Cause will guard your goings and comings, from now and forevermore. (Psalms 121:1-8)[13] Psalms 121 sans incipit |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ שְׁמַע בְּקוֹל תְּפִלָּתֵֽנוּ וּכְשֶׁעָנִֽיתָה לְאֵלִיָּֽהוּ בְּהַר הַכַּרְמֶל עֲנֵֽנוּ כַּכָּתוּב׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, hear the sound of our prayers, and just as You answered Elijah at Mt. Carmel answer us, as written: |
וַיְהִ֣י ׀ בַּעֲל֣וֹת הַמִּנְחָ֗ה וַיִּגַּ֞שׁ אֵלִיָּ֣הוּ הַנָּבִיא֮ וַיֹּאמַר֒ יְהֹוָ֗ה אֱלֹהֵי֙ אַבְרָהָם֙ יִצְחָ֣ק וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֣וֹם יִוָּדַ֗ע כִּֽי־אַתָּ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַאֲנִ֣י עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ וּבִדְבָרְךָ֣[14] Ktiv: ובדבריך עָשִׂ֔יתִי אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃ עֲנֵ֤נִי יְהֹוָה֙ עֲנֵ֔נִי וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה יְהֹוָ֖ה הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְאַתָּ֛ה הֲסִבֹּ֥תָ אֶת־לִבָּ֖ם אֲחֹרַנִּֽית׃ (מלכים א׳ יח:לו-לז) |
And at the grain-offering time Elijah the Prophet drew near and said, “Cause, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel! Today let it be known that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant and in Your word I have done all these things! Answer me, Cause, answer me, that this people know that You, Cause, are God, and You turned their hearts backwards.” (I Kings 18:36–37) |
וַתִּפֹּ֣ל אֵשׁ־יְהֹוָ֗ה וַתֹּ֤אכַל אֶת־הָעֹלָה֙ וְאֶת־הָֽעֵצִ֔ים וְאֶת־הָאֲבָנִ֖ים וְאֶת־הֶֽעָפָ֑ר וְאֶת־הַמַּ֥יִם אֲשֶׁר־בַּתְּעָלָ֖ה לִחֵֽכָה׃ וַיַּרְא֙ כׇּל־הָעָ֔ם וַֽיִּפְּל֖וּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֑ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ יְהֹוָה֙ ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהֹוָ֖ה ה֥וּא הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃ (מלכים א׳ יח:לח-לט) |
And fire of the Cause came down and consumed the offering and the wood and the stones and the ash, and licked up the water that was in the trench, And all the people saw this and fell on their faces and said, “The Cause, They are the God! The Cause, They are the God!” (I Kings 18:38–39) |
ותוקעין תׄשׄתׄ |
And they blast: t’qiah, sh’varim, t’qiah. |
ואחר כך אומר מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְאֵלִיָּֽהוּ בְּהַר הַכַּרְמֶל הוּא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָֽנוּ וְיִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל תְּפִלָּתֵֽנוּ בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי אֵל שׁוֹמֵֽעַ תְּפִלָּה אָֽתָּה. |
and after that say: May the One who answered Elijah at Mt. Carmel answer us and hear the sound of our prayers on this day, for a Deity who hears prayers are You. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה שׁוֹמֵֽעַ תְּפִלָּה׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Blessed are You, Cause, who hears shouts. And respond: Amen. |
מִמַּעֲמַקִּ֖ים קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהֹוָֽה׃ אֲדֹנָי֮ שִׁמְעָ֢ה בְק֫וֹלִ֥י תִּהְיֶ֣ינָה אׇ֭זְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לְ֝ק֗וֹל תַּחֲנוּנָֽי׃ אִם־עֲוֺנ֥וֹת תִּשְׁמׇר־יָ֑הּ אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י מִ֣י יַעֲמֹֽד׃ כִּֽי־עִמְּךָ֥ הַסְּלִיחָ֑ה לְ֝מַ֗עַן תִּוָּרֵֽא׃ קִוִּ֣יתִי יְ֭הֹוָה קִוְּתָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י וְֽלִדְבָר֥וֹ הוֹחָֽלְתִּי׃ נַפְשִׁ֥י לַאדֹנָ֑י מִשֹּׁמְרִ֥ים לַ֝בֹּ֗קֶר שֹׁמְרִ֥ים לַבֹּֽקֶר׃ יַחֵ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל־יְ֫הֹוָ֥ה כִּֽי־עִם־יְהֹוָ֥ה הַחֶ֑סֶד וְהַרְבֵּ֖ה עִמּ֣וֹ פְדֽוּת׃ וְ֭הוּא יִפְדֶּ֣ה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מִ֝כֹּ֗ל עֲוֺנֹתָֽיו׃ (תהלים קל:א-ח) |
From the depths I have called You, Cause. Master, hear my voice, may Your ears be inclined to the sound of my petitions! If You account for iniquities, Yah, Master, who can stand? For with You is forgiveness, that You be revered. I wait for the Cause, my being awaits, for Their word I have hoped. My being is for the Master as those watching for the morning watch for the morning. Israel, hope for the Cause, for with the Cause is mercy and great redemption. And They will redeem Israel from all its iniquities. (Psalms 130:1-8)[15] Psalms 130 sans incipit |
עֲנֵֽנוּ יְהֹוָה עֲנֵֽנוּ וּבָעֵת וּבָעוֹנָה הַזֹּאת וּכְשֶׁעָנִֽיתָה לְיוֹנָה בִּמְעֵי הַדָּגָה עֲנֵֽנוּ כַּכָּתוּב׃ |
Answer us, Cause, answer us, and at this time and at this season! And as You answered Jonah in the gut of the fish answer us, as it is written: |
וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל יוֹנָ֔ה אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו מִמְּעֵ֖י הַדָּגָֽה׃ וַיֹּ֗אמֶר קָ֠רָ֠אתִי מִצָּ֥רָה לִ֛י אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֑נִי מִבֶּ֧טֶן שְׁא֛וֹל שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי שָׁמַ֥עְתָּ קוֹלִֽי׃ וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי מְצוּלָה֙ בִּלְבַ֣ב יַמִּ֔ים וְנָהָ֖ר יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי כׇּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ׃ וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי נִגְרַ֖שְׁתִּי מִנֶּ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ אַ֚ךְ אוֹסִ֣יף לְהַבִּ֔יט אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קׇדְשֶֽׁךָ׃ אֲפָפ֤וּנִי מַ֙יִם֙ עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ תְּה֖וֹם יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי ס֖וּף חָב֥וּשׁ לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃ לְקִצְבֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי הָאָ֛רֶץ בְּרִחֶ֥יהָ בַעֲדִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם וַתַּ֧עַל מִשַּׁ֛חַת חַיַּ֖י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃ בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף עָלַי֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֶת־יְהֹוָ֖ה זָכָ֑רְתִּי וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ תְּפִלָּתִ֔י אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קׇדְשֶֽׁךָ׃ מְשַׁמְּרִ֖ים הַבְלֵי־שָׁ֑וְא חַסְדָּ֖ם יַעֲזֹֽבוּ׃ וַאֲנִ֗י בְּק֤וֹל תּוֹדָה֙ אֶזְבְּחָה־לָּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָדַ֖רְתִּי אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה יְשׁוּעָ֖תָה לַיהֹוָֽה׃ (יונה ב:ב-י) |
And Jonah prayed to the Cause from the gut of the fish. And he said, “I have called from my stress to the Cause, who answered me; from the stomach of the underworld I have cried out, You heard my voice. But You threw me to the abyss, in the heart of the seas, and the currents surrounded me, all Your breakers and waves oper me passed. And I had been saying to myself, ‘I am driven away from before Your eyes, lo, would I again gaze upon Your holy Palace?’ Waters encompassed me to the neck, the depths surrounded me, the seaweed knotted over my head. To the mountains’ bases I sunk, the earth’s bars over me forever — but You brought my life from the Pit, Cause my God. As my soul was turning away, the Cause I remembered, and my prayer came to You, to Your holy Palace. Those keeping fallacious lies abandon their mercy. But as for me, with a sound of thanksgiving I should offer to You, let me fulfill what I vowed! Salvation is the Cause’s!” (Jonah 2:2–10) |
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהֹוָ֖ה לַדָּ֑ג וַיָּקֵ֥א אֶת־יוֹנָ֖ה אֶל־הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃ (יונה ב:יא) |
And the Cause talked to the fish, and it vomited up Jonah onto dry land. (Jonah 2:11) |
ותוקעין תׄרׄתׄ |
And they blast: t’qiah, t’ruah, t’qiah. |
ואחר כך אומר מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְיוֹנָה בִּמְעֵי הַדָּגָה הוּא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָֽנוּ בְּעֵת צָרָתֵנוּ בַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי עוֹנֶה בְּעֵת צָרָה אָֽתָּה. |
and after that say: May the One who answered Jonah in the gut of the fish answer us at this time of our stress on this day, for a Deity who answers at a time of stress are You. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה הָעוֹנֶה בְּעֵת צָרָה׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Blessed are You, Cause, who answers at a time of stress. And respond: Amen. |
תְּ֭פִלָּה לְעָנִ֣י כִֽי־יַעֲטֹ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֥י יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ שִׂיחֽוֹ׃ יְ֭הֹוָה שִׁמְעָ֣ה תְפִלָּתִ֑י וְ֝שַׁוְעָתִ֗י אֵלֶ֥יךָ תָבֽוֹא׃ אַל־תַּסְתֵּ֬ר פָּנֶ֨יךָ ׀ מִמֶּ֮נִּי֮ בְּי֢וֹם צַ֫ר־לִ֥י הַטֵּֽה־אֵלַ֥י אׇזְנֶ֑ךָ בְּי֥וֹם אֶ֝קְרָ֗א מַהֵ֥ר עֲנֵֽנִי׃ (תהלים קב:א-ג) |
A prayer of the poor one who is faint, and before the Cause pours out his plea. Cause, hear my prayer, that my cry should come before You! Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my stress, turn Your ear to me on the day I call, quickly answer me! (Psalms 102:1-3) |
כִּֽי־כָל֣וּ בְעָשָׁ֣ן יָמָ֑י וְ֝עַצְמוֹתַ֗י כְּמוֹקֵ֥ד נִחָֽרוּ׃ הוּכָּה־כָעֵ֣שֶׂב וַיִּבַ֣שׁ לִבִּ֑י כִּֽי־שָׁ֝כַ֗חְתִּי מֵאֲכֹ֥ל לַחְמִֽי׃ מִקּ֥וֹל אַנְחָתִ֑י דָּבְקָ֥ה עַ֝צְמִ֗י לִבְשָׂרִֽי׃ דָּ֭מִיתִי לִקְאַ֣ת מִדְבָּ֑ר הָ֝יִ֗יתִי כְּכ֣וֹס חֳרָבֽוֹת׃ שָׁקַ֥דְתִּי וָאֶהְיֶ֑ה כְּ֝צִפּ֗וֹר בּוֹדֵ֥ד עַל־גָּֽג׃ (תהלים קב:ד-ח) |
For gone like smoke are my days, and my bones are scorched like a hearth; struck and withered like grass is my heart, forgetting to eat my food; from the sound of my groaning my bones stick to my skin. I am like the desert owl, the little-owl in the ruins. Insomniac, I am like a bird alone on a roof. (Psalms 102:4-8) |
כׇּל־הַ֭יּוֹם חֵרְפ֣וּנִי אוֹיְבָ֑י מְ֝הוֹלָלַ֗י בִּ֣י נִשְׁבָּֽעוּ׃ כִּי־אֵ֭פֶר כַּלֶּ֣חֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי וְ֝שִׁקֻּוַ֗י בִּבְכִ֥י מָסָֽכְתִּי׃ מִפְּנֵֽי־זַעַמְךָ֥ וְקִצְפֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י נְ֝שָׂאתַ֗נִי וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵֽנִי׃ יָ֭מַי כְּצֵ֣ל נָט֑וּי וַ֝אֲנִ֗י כָּעֵ֥שֶׂב אִיבָֽשׁ׃ וְאַתָּ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֑ב וְ֝זִכְרְךָ֗ לְדֹ֣ר וָדֹֽר׃ (תהלים קב:ט-יג) |
All day my enemies abuse me, boasters swear at me. For ash like bread I have eaten, and my drink I mixed with tears, from Your rage and anger, as You took me and cast me off. My days like a long shadow, I dry up like grass. But You, Cause, are forever enthroned, and Your memory is from age to age. (Psalms 102:9-13) |
אַתָּ֣ה תָ֭קוּם תְּרַחֵ֣ם צִיּ֑וֹן כִּי־עֵ֥ת לְ֝חֶֽנְנָ֗הּ כִּי־בָ֥א מוֹעֵֽד׃ כִּי־רָצ֣וּ עֲ֭בָדֶיךָ אֶת־אֲבָנֶ֑יהָ וְֽאֶת־עֲפָרָ֥הּ יְחֹנֵֽנוּ׃ וְיִֽירְא֣וּ ג֭וֹיִם אֶת־שֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה וְֽכׇל־מַלְכֵ֥י הָ֝אָ֗רֶץ אֶת־כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ׃ כִּי־בָנָ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה צִיּ֑וֹן נִ֝רְאָ֗ה בִּכְבוֹדֽוֹ׃ פָּ֭נָה אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֣ת הָעַרְעָ֑ר וְלֹא־בָ֝זָ֗ה אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָֽם׃ (תהלים קב:יד-יח) |
You will rise, have compassion on Ẓíōn, for it is time to grace her, for the time has come! For Your servants desire its stones and love its dust. And the nations will revere the Cause’s name, and all the earth’s kings Your glory. For the Cause built Ẓíōn, appearing in Their glory. They have turned to the prayer of the stripped-bare, and have not ignored their prayer. (Psalms 102:14-18) |
תִּכָּ֣תֶב זֹ֭את לְד֣וֹר אַחֲר֑וֹן וְעַ֥ם נִ֝בְרָ֗א יְהַלֶּל־יָֽהּ׃ כִּֽי־הִ֭שְׁקִיף מִמְּר֣וֹם קׇדְשׁ֑וֹ יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה מִשָּׁמַ֤יִם ׀ אֶל־אֶ֬רֶץ הִבִּֽיט׃ לִ֭שְׁמֹעַ אֶנְקַ֣ת אָסִ֑יר לְ֝פַתֵּ֗חַ בְּנֵ֣י תְמוּתָֽה׃ לְסַפֵּ֣ר בְּ֭צִיּוֹן שֵׁ֣ם יְהֹוָ֑ה וּ֝תְהִלָּת֗וֹ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ בְּהִקָּבֵ֣ץ עַמִּ֣ים יַחְדָּ֑ו וּ֝מַמְלָכ֗וֹת לַעֲבֹ֥ד אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃ (תהלים קב:יט-כג) |
Let this be written for a later age, that a people to be created may praise Yah. For They gaze down from Their holy heights, from heaven to earth They look, to hear the groan of the bound, to release those doomed to death, to tell in Ẓíōn the name of the Cause, and Their praise in Jerusalem, when the peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms to serve the Cause. (Psalms 102:19-23) |
עִנָּ֖ה בַדֶּ֥רֶךְ כֹּחִ֗י[16] Ktiv: כחו קִצַּ֥ר יָמָֽי׃ אֹמַ֗ר אֵלִ֗י אַֽל־תַּ֭עֲלֵנִי בַּחֲצִ֣י יָמָ֑י בְּד֖וֹר דּוֹרִ֣ים שְׁנוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ לְ֭פָנִים הָאָ֣רֶץ יָסַ֑דְתָּ וּֽמַעֲשֵׂ֖ה יָדֶ֣יךָ שָׁמָֽיִם׃ הֵ֤מָּה ׀ יֹאבֵ֮דוּ֮ וְאַתָּ֢ה תַ֫עֲמֹ֥ד וְ֭כֻלָּם כַּבֶּ֣גֶד יִבְל֑וּ כַּלְּב֖וּשׁ תַּחֲלִיפֵ֣ם וְֽיַחֲלֹֽפוּ׃ וְאַתָּה־ה֑וּא וּ֝שְׁנוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א יִתָּֽמּוּ׃ בְּנֵֽי־עֲבָדֶ֥יךָ יִשְׁכּ֑וֹנוּ וְ֝זַרְעָ֗ם לְפָנֶ֥יךָ יִכּֽוֹן׃ (תהלים קב:כד-כט) |
They afflicted my strength on the way, shortened my days. I say, “My Deity, do not take me out halfway through my days, You whose years are ages upon ages!” Of old You founded the earth, Your handiwork is heaven. They will perish, but You, You will remain, but everything will wear out like a garment, like clothing You will replace them and they will be replaced. But You and Your years will not cease. May Your servants’ children abide, and their seed endure before You. (Psalms 102:24-29) |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ רַחֵם עָלֵֽינוּ כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶֽיךָ וּכְשֶׁעָנִֽיתָה לְדָוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה בְּנוֹ עֲנֵֽנוּ כַּכָּתוּב׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, have compassion on us per Your great compassion, and just as You answered David and Solomon his son answer us, as written: |
הַכֹּ֗ל נָתַ֛ן אֲרַ֥וְנָה הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲרַ֙וְנָה֙ אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ יִרְצֶֽךָ׃ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶל־אֲרַ֗וְנָה לֹ֚א כִּֽי־קָנ֨וֹ אֶקְנֶ֤ה מֵאֽוֹתְךָ֙ בִּמְחִ֔יר וְלֹ֧א אַעֲלֶ֛ה לַיהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהַ֖י עֹל֣וֹת חִנָּ֑ם וַיִּ֨קֶן דָּוִ֤ד אֶת־הַגֹּ֙רֶן֙ וְאֶת־הַבָּקָ֔ר בְּכֶ֖סֶף שְׁקָלִ֥ים חֲמִשִּֽׁים׃ וַיִּ֩בֶן֩ שָׁ֨ם דָּוִ֤ד מִזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ לַיהֹוָ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַל עֹל֖וֹת וּשְׁלָמִ֑ים וַיֵּעָתֵ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ לָאָ֔רֶץ וַתֵּעָצַ֥ר הַמַּגֵּפָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (שמואל ב׳ כד:כג-כה) |
And all Aravnah gave the king, to the king, and Aravnah said to the king, “The Cause your God desires you.” And the king said to Aravnah, “No, I will buy, buy it from you at price, that I not offer up to the Cause my God worthless offerings!” And David bought the threshing-floor and the cattle for fifty shekels of silver. And David there built an altar to the Cause and offered up whole-offerings and peace-offerings, and the Cause heeded the land and the plague was stopped from upon Israel. (II Samuel 24:23–25) |
וְאוֹמֵר כִּֽי־יֵצֵ֨א עַמְּךָ֤ לַמִּלְחָמָה֙ עַל־אֹ֣יְב֔וֹ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם וְהִתְפַּלְל֣וּ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֗ה דֶּ֤רֶךְ הָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֣רְתָּ בָּ֔הּ וְהַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֥תִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃ וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָֽם׃ כִּ֣י יֶחֶטְאוּ־לָ֗ךְ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין אָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יֶחֱטָ֔א וְאָנַפְתָּ֣ בָ֔ם וּנְתַתָּ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב וְשָׁב֤וּם שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ הָאוֹיֵ֔ב רְחוֹקָ֖ה א֥וֹ קְרוֹבָֽה׃ וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ אֶל־לִבָּ֔ם בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבּוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֣בוּ ׀ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ שֹֽׁבֵיהֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חָטָ֥אנוּ וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ רָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃ וְשָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּכׇל־לְבָבָם֙ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשָׁ֔ם׃ (מלכים א׳ ח:מד-מח) |
And it says: When Your people goes out to war on its foe on the path that You send them, and prays to the Cause towards the city that You chose and the house that I built in Your name, You will hear [in] heaven their prayers and petitions, and do justice for them. And if they sin against You — for there is no person who does not sin! — and You are enraged at them and give them over to the enemy, and their exiles are exiled to the land of the enemy, whether far or near, and they turn their heart to the land from where they were exiled, they will return and plead to You in the land of their exile, quote: “We sinned, and we did iniquity, we were evil,” and return to you with all their hearts and with all their souls. (I Kings 8:44–48) |
ותוקעין תׄשׄרׄתׄ תׄשׄתׄ תׄרׄתׄ |
And they blast: t’qiah, sh’varim, t’ruah, t’qiah, t’qiah, sh’varim, t’qiah, t’qiah, t’ruah, t’qiah |
ואחר כך אומר מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְדָוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה בְּנוֹ בִּירוּשָׁלַֽיִם הוּא יַעֲנֶה אוֹתָֽנוּ וְיִשְׁמַע בְּקוֹל צַעֲקָתֵֽנוּ בַיּוֹם הַזֶּה כִּי אֵל שׁוֹמֵֽעַ צְעָקָה אָֽתָּה. |
and after that say: May the One who answered David and Solomon his son in Jerusalem answer us and hear the sound of our shouts on this day, for a Deity who hears shouts are You. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה הַמְרַחֵם עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ ועונין אָמֵן׃ |
Blessed are You, Cause, who has compassion on the land. And respond: Amen. |
וחוזרין לתפילתן ואומרין — רְפָאֵנוּ יְהֹוָה וְנֵרָפֵא הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ וַנִּוָּשֵׁעָה כִּי תְּהִלָּתֵנוּ אָתָּה וְהַעֲלֵה רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה לְכׇל מַכּוֹתֵינוּ וּלְכׇל תַּחֲלוּאֵינוּ כִּי אֵל רוֹפֵא רַחֲמָן וְנֶאֱמָן וכו׳ |
And return to their prayer and say: Heal us, Cause, that we be healed, save us that we be saved, for our praise are You, and bring complete healing to all our plagues and to all our sicknesses, for a Deity healing, compassionate, and faithful[17] The opening of the eighth blessing of the ‘amidah on regular weekdays. etc. |
Source(s)
Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 57v Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 58r Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 58v Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 59r Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 59v Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 60r Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 60v Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 61r Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 61v Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 62r
Notes
| 1 | Probably intended to be “the rabbis of blessed memory” but the zayin is missing from the abbreviation |
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| 2 | The conclusion of the sixth blessing, also known as birkat seliḥah. Seliḥot piyyuṭim were originally inserted into this blessing, and in western Ashkenazi rites on fast days it still is. This is the origin of the name! |
| 3 | The conclusion of the seventh blessing. The ‘Aqedah passage is inserted into the seventh blessing instead of having its own blessing. |
| 4 | This first line, also found at the end of the blessing, is recorded in a later hand (sloppy, cursive, and unvocalized). Perhaps it was recited by the community before the prayer leader continues with the ‘Aqedah. The community reciting the Mi she-Anah passages prior to the prayer leader is found in other maḥzorim. |
| 5 | The seventh and eighth blessings of a weekday ‘amidah. Find B. Taanit 13b |
| 6 | A note to skip the Rosh Hashanah specific lines in the Zikhronot blessing. |
| 7 | Not found in the regular shofrot verses! |
| 8 | Ktiv: בשמעכם |
| 9 | Ktiv: ויאמרו |
| 10 | Ktiv: תקעו |
| 11 | Ktiv: הולך |
| 12 | Ktiv: ויעלה |
| 13 | Psalms 121 sans incipit |
| 14 | Ktiv: ובדבריך |
| 15 | Psalms 130 sans incipit |
| 16 | Ktiv: כחו |
| 17 | The opening of the eighth blessing of the ‘amidah on regular weekdays. |
“תפילה לתענית | The Six Additional Blessings for a 24-Blessing ‘Amidah for Declared Fast Days, according to Vat. Ross. 499 fol. 57v–62r (1446)” is shared through the Open Siddur Project under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license.
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