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An original announcement, or hakhrazah, for days of thanksgiving (Purim and Ḥanukkah). Written in the style of other more well-known announcements, like the Sephardic announcement of fasts, or the Italian-rite announcement for Pesaḥ, and to be recited in the same location in the Torah service after the haftarah.
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| Source (Hebrew) | Translation (English) |
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אַחֵֽינוּ כׇּל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְכָל־הַנִּלְוִים עָלֵֽינוּ שְׁמָֽעוּ! |
Our siblings, all the house of Israel and all joined with us, listen! |
בשבת זכור בְּיוֹם פלוני וּבְעָרֵי פְּרָזוֹת בְּיוֹם פלוני יוֹמֵי פּוּרַֽיָּא אִינּוּן דְּלָא לְמִסְפַּד בְּהוֹן וּדְלָא לְהִתְעַנּוֹת בְּהוֹן׃ |
On Shabbat Zakhor On the (__) day, and in walled cities on the (__) day, are the days of Purim, on which we may not eulogize nor fast. |
בשבת שלפני חנוכה מִיּוֹם פלוני עַד־יוֹם פלוני בַּשָּׁבוּעַ הַבָּא יוֹמֵי דַחֲנוּכָּה תְּמָנְיָא אִינּוּן דְּלָא לְמִסְפַּד בְּהוֹן וּדְלָא לְהִתְעַנּוֹת בְּהוֹן׃ |
On the Shabbat before Ḥanukkah From (__) day until (__) day next week are the eight days of Ḥanukkah, on which we may not eulogize nor fast. |
וּכְנִסֵּי פְּלָאֶֽיךָ וְרֹב יְשׁוּעוֹתֶֽיךָ שֶׁעָשִֽׂיתָ עִם־אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ כֵּן עֲשֵׂה עִמָּֽנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ פֶּֽלֶא וְנִסִּים וְתוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ מִיַּד שׂוֹנְאֵֽינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָאֵֽלֶּה כְּבַיָּמִים הַהֵם׃ |
And just as You worked Your wondrous miracles and many salvations with our ancestors, so too work with us, o Cause our God, wonder and miracles, and save us from the hand of antisemites in these days as in those. |
כַּכָּתוּב בְּדִבְרֵי תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ — וַיֹּ֗אמֶר הִנֵּ֣ה אָנֹכִי֮ כֹּרֵ֣ת בְּרִית֒ נֶ֤גֶד כָּֽל־עַמְּךָ֙ אֶעֱשֶׂ֣ה נִפְלָאֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹֽא־נִבְרְא֥וּ בְכָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ וּבְכָל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְרָאָ֣ה כָל־הָ֠עָם אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֨ה בְקִרְבּ֜וֹ אֶת־מַעֲשֵׂ֤ה יְהוָה֙ כִּֽי־נוֹרָ֣א ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֖י עֹשֶׂ֥ה עִמָּֽךְ׃ (שמות לד:י) |
As it is written in the words of Your Torah: “And They said: Behold I cut a covenant with you: before all Your people, I will work wonders, such as have never been seen in all the land and in all the nations, and all the people in which you are will see the work of the Cause, for awesome is what I will do with you.” (Exodus 34:10) |
וּבְשִׁירֵי עַבְדְּךָ מְשִׁיחֲךָ כָּתוּב לֵאמֹר — אַתָּ֣ה הָ֭אֵל עֹ֣שֵׂה פֶ֑לֶא הוֹדַ֖עְתָּ בָעַמִּ֣ים עֻזֶּֽךָ׃ (תהלים עז:טו) |
And in the songs of Your anointed servant it is written, quote: “You are the wonder-working Deity; Your might You made known among the peoples.” (Psalms 77:15) |
וּבִנְבוּאוֹת נְבִיאֵי קׇדְשְׁךָ כָּתוּב לֵאמֹר — כִּימֵ֥י צֵאתְךָ֖ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם אַרְאֶ֖נּוּ נִפְלָאֽוֹת׃ (מיכה ז:טו) |
And in the prophecies of Your holy prophets it is written, quote: “Like the days of your exodus from the land of Egypt, I wil show him wonders.” (Micah 7:15) |
וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן׃ |
And thus may it be willed, and we say amen. |
“הכרזה לימי הודיה (פורים וחנוכה) | Hakhrazah li-Ymei ha-Hodayah — Announcement for Days of Miraculous Thanksgiving (Purim and Ḥanukkah)” is shared through the Open Siddur Project with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
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