אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם | Avinu Shebashamayim, an acrostic supplication recited during Seliḥot

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סליחות seliḥot, acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, אלהינו שבשמים Elohenu Shebashamayim

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
אָבִ֫ינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַ֫יִם, שְׁמַע קוֹלֵ֫נוּ וְקַבֵּל תְּפִלָּתֵ֫נוּ בְּרָצוֹן:	Our Parent Who is in heaven, hear our voice and accept our prayer!
אַל תְּאַבְּדֵ֫נוּ בְּאֹרֶךְ גָּלוּתֵ֫נוּ: בַּשְֹּרֵ֫נוּ בְּשׂוֹרוֹת טוֹבוֹת: גְּזֹר עָלֵ֫ינוּ גְּזֵרוֹת טוֹבוֹת:	Let us not disappear in our exile; bring us good tidings; decree upon us only good;
דְּרַשְׁנ֫וּךָ הִמָּצֵא לָ֫נוּ: הֵעָתֵר לָ֫נוּ הַיּוֹם וּבְכָ֯ל יוֹם וָיוֹם בִּתְפִלָּתֵ֫נוּ: וְנִקְרָא וְאַתָּה תַעֲנֵ֫נוּ: זָ̊כְרֵ֫נוּ בְּזִכְרוֹן טוֹב מִלְּפָנֶ֫יךָ:	let us find You when we seek; respond today and every day to our prayer; answer us when we call upon You; remember our good;
חוּס וְרַחֵם עָלֵ֫ינוּ: טַהֲרֵ֫נוּ מֵעֲווֹנֵ֫ינוּ: יֶהֱמוּ נָא רַחֲמֶ֫יךָ עָלֵ֫ינוּ: כְּבֹשׁ אֶת עֲווֺנוֹתֵ֫נוּ:	be compassionate and merciful with us; cleanse us of sin; be generous with your mercy for us; overcome our sins;
לְחַם אֶת לוֹחֲמֵ֫ינוּ: מַלֵּא מִשְׁאֲלוֹת לִבֵּ֫נוּ לְטוֹבָה לַעֲבוֹדָתֶ֫ךָ: נָא חוּסָה כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶ֫יךָ: סְמֹךְ אֶת נְפִילָתֵ֫נוּ:	tender us our nourishment; fulfill those of our desires that are appropriate and consistent with Your activity; be compassionate according to the greatness of Your mercy; support those of us who have fallen;
עֲנֵ֫נוּ בְּיוֹם קָ֯רְאֵ֫נוּ: פְּדֵ֫נוּ מִידֵי כָּ̊ל צָרָה: צַדְּקֵ֫נוּ בְּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֫יךָ: קָ֯רְבֵ֫נוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתֶ֫ךָ:	answer on the day when we call; rescue us from all trouble; find us innocent when You judge; bring us close for Your service;
רְאֵה בְּדֹחַק הַשָּׁעָה: שִׁית שָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵ֫ינוּ: תֵּן שָׁלוֹם בָּאָ֫רֶץ:	recognize the emergency at this time; install peace among us; grant peace to our land.
וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.	May this be the Divine will, and let us say, “Amen”.

This prayer appears on page 11-14 of Hayyim Obadya’s Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. It is a variant of the prayer, “Eloheinu Shebashamayim,” a supplication read in the sephardic tradition during seliḥot. This version contains twenty-five lines as found in Sefer Selihot haShalem, Hazon Ovadia, p.48-51/. Other variations have fifty or more lines.

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Ḥayyim Obadyah

Hayyim Obadyah is retired from a career in nonprofit management (specializing in emergency planning, especially coordination of social services after major disaster) and now spends considerable time as a student of Masoretic Studies, as well as developing liturgy.

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