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An adaptation of the fourth berakhah of a festival musaf for Sigd. One technical note: as there is technically no Sigd musaf in the liturgical framework historically established within the halkhah of rabbinic Judaism, this berakhah does not end with shem u-malkhut in the ḥatimah.
Note: “The CAUSE” is used to translate the Divine Name YHVH, based on the philosophical idea of God as the Prime Mover and on the interpretation of the Name as a causative form of the copula – “causes to be.” “God” is used to translate the divine name Elohim. All divine referents (pronouns, epithets, names) are rendered in unicase.
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אַתָּה בְחַרְתָּֽנוּ מִכׇּל־הָעַמִּים אָהַֽבְתָּ אוֹתָֽנוּ וְרָצִֽיתָ בָּֽנוּ וְרוֹמַמְתָּֽנוּ מִכׇּל־הַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת וְקִדַּשְׁתָּֽנוּ בְּמִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ וְקֵרַבְתָּֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתֶֽךָ וְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ עָלֵֽינוּ קָרָֽאתָ וַתִּתֶּן־לָֽנוּ יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ בְּאַהֲבָה מוֹעֲדִים לְשִׂמְחָה חַגִּים וּזְמַנִּים לְשָׂשׂוֹן אֶת־יוֹם חַג הַסְּגִידָה הַזֶּה יוֹם קַבָּלַת בְּרִיתֵֽנוּ מִקְרָא קֹֽדֶשׁ זֵֽכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָֽיִם׃ |
You chose us from all peoples, loved us and desired us, and raised us over all tongues, and sanctified us with Your commandments, and brought us near, our Sovereign, to Your labor, and Your great and holy name over us You called, and You gave us, Cause our God, in love, festivals for joy, pilgrimages and seasons for happiness, this day of prostration, the day of accepting our covenant, a holy occurance, a remembrance of the exodus from Egypt. |
וּמִפְּנֵי חֲטָאֵֽינוּ גָּלִֽינוּ מֵאַרְצֵֽנוּ וְנִתְרַחַֽקְנוּ מֵעַל אַדְמָתֵֽנוּ וְאֵין אֲנַֽחְנוּ יְכוֹלִים לַעֲלוֹת וְלֵרָאוֹת וּלְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֺת לְפָנֶֽיךָ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת חוֹבוֹתֵֽינוּ בְּבֵית בְּחִירָתֶֽךָ בַּבַּֽיִת הַגָּדוֹל וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ שֶׁנִּקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלָיו מִפְּנֵי הַיָּד שֶׁנִּשְׁתַּלְּחָה בְּמִקְדָּשֶֽׁךָ׃ |
But due to our sins we were exiled from our land and made distant from upon our ground, and we cannot offer up and be seen and bow before you and do our requirements in Your chosen house, the great and holy house of which Your name is called, due to the hand that was stretched out against Your Temple. |
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ רַחֲמָן שֶׁתָּשׁוּב וּתְרַחֵם עָלֵֽינוּ וְעַל־מִקְדָּשְׁךָ בְּרַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים וְתִבְנֵֽהוּ מְהֵרָה וּתְגַדֵּל כְּבוֹדוֹ׃ |
May it be willed before You, Cause our God and God of our ancestors, compassionate Sovereign, that You return and have compassion on us and on Your Temple in great compassion, and speedily rebuild it and greaten its glory. |
אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ גַּלֵּה כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתְךָ עָלֵֽינוּ מְהֵרָה וְהוֹפַע וְהִנָּשֵׂא עָלֵֽינוּ לְעֵינֵי כׇּל־חָי וְקָרֵב פְּזוּרֵֽינוּ מִבֵּין הַגּוֹיִם וּנְפוּצוֹתֵֽינוּ כַּנֵּס מִיַּרְכְּתֵי אָֽרֶץ וַהֲבִיאֵֽנוּ לְצִיּוֹן עִירְךָ בְּרִנָּה וְלִירוּשָׁלַֽיִם בֵּית מִקְדָּשְׁךָ בְּשִׂמְחַת עוֹלָם וְשָׁם נַעֲשֶׂה לְפָנֶֽיךָ אֶת־קׇרְבְּנוֹת חוֹבוֹתֵֽינוּ תְּמִידִים כְּסִדְרָם וּמוּסָפִים כְּהִלְכָתָם׃ |
Our Parent, our Sovereign, reveal Your glorious sovereignty upon us speedily and make known and bear us before the eyes of all flesh and bring near our dispersed from among the nations and gather our exiled from the ends of the earth and bring us to Ẓíōn Your city in cheer, and to Jerusalem Your holy Temple in eternal joy, and there we will do before You our required offerings, regular per their order and additional per their law. |
אַךְ אֶת־מוּסַף יוֹם חַג הַסְּגִידָה הַזֶּה נַעֲשֶׂה כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַֽבְתָּ עָלֵֽינוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶֽךָ עַל־יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה עַבְדֶּֽךָ מִפִּי כְבוֹדֶֽךָ כָּאָמוּר׃ |
But the addition for this Day of Prostration we will do as You wrote for us in Your Torah by the hands of Moshe Your servant, from Your holy mouth, as it is said: |
וַיְצַ֤ו מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹֽר׃ אֵ֠לֶּה יַֽעַמְד֞וּ לְבָרֵ֤ךְ אֶת־הָעָם֙ עַל־הַ֣ר גְּרִזִ֔ים בְּעׇבְרְכֶ֖ם אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן שִׁמְעוֹן֙ וְלֵוִ֣י וִֽיהוּדָ֔ה וְיִשָּׂשכָ֖ר וְיוֹסֵ֥ף וּבִנְיָמִֽן׃ וְאֵ֛לֶּה יַֽעַמְד֥וּ עַל־הַקְּלָלָ֖ה בְּהַ֣ר עֵיבָ֑ל רְאוּבֵן֙ גָּ֣ד וְאָשֵׁ֔ר וּזְבוּלֻ֖ן דָּ֥ן וְנַפְתָּלִֽי׃ וְעָנ֣וּ הַלְוִיִּ֗ם וְאָֽמְר֛וּ אֶל־כָּל־אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ק֥וֹל רָֽם׃ |
And Moshe commanded the people on that day, quote: “These will stand to bless the people on Mt. Gerizim upon your crossing the Jordan: Shim’on and Levi and Yehuda and Yissachar and Yosef and Binyamin. And these will stand for the curse on Mt. ‘Eval: Reuven and Gad and Asher and Zvulun, Dan and Naftali. And the levites will announce and say to each Israelite person aloud.” (Deuteronomy 27:11–14) |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ רַחֲמָן רַחֵם עָלֵֽינוּ טוֹב וּמֵטִיב הִדָּֽרֶשׁ־לָֽנוּ שׁוּבָה אֵלֵֽינוּ בַּהֲמוֹן רַחֲמֶֽיךָ בִּגְלַל אָבוֹת שֶׁעָשׂוּ רְצוֹנֶֽךָ בְּנֵה בֵיתְךָ כְּבַתְּחִלָּה וְכוֹנֵן מִקְדָּשְׁךָ עַל־מְכוֹנוֹ וְהַרְאֵֽנוּ בְּבִנְיָנוֹ וְשַׂמְּחֵֽנוּ בְּתִקּוּנוֹ וְהָשֵׁב כֹּהֲנִים לַעֲבוֹדָתָם וּלְוִיִּם לְשִׁירָם וּלְזִמְרָם וְהָשֵׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל לִנְוֵיהֶם וְשָׁם נַעֲלֶה וְנֵרָאֶה וְנִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְנִסְגוֹד לְפָנֶֽיךָ בְּכׇל־פַּעֲמֵי זְמַנֵּֽנוּ כַּדָּבָר הָאָמוּר בְּדִבְרֵי נְחֶמְיָה תִּרְשָׁתָךְ — |
Our God and God of our ancestors, compassionate Sovereign, have compassion on us; good one who does good, seek us, return to us in Your myriad compassions for the sake of the ancestors who did Your will; build Your house as it was and establish Your temple on its foundation that we may se its building and rejoice in its repair, and return the priests to their labor and the levites to their song and their hymn, and return Israel to their abode, and there we will ascend and be seen and bow down and prostrate before You on all the occasions of our times, as the matter is said in the words of Neḥemiah Your governor: |
וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ עַל־עׇמְדָ֔ם וַֽיִּקְרְא֗וּ בְּסֵ֨פֶר תּוֹרַ֧ת יְהֹוָ֛ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם רְבִעִ֣ית הַיּ֑וֹם וּרְבִעִית֙ מִתְוַדִּ֣ים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֔ים לַיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ יָּ֜קׇם עַֽל־מַֽעֲלֵ֣ה הַלְוִיִּ֗ם יֵשׁ֨וּעַ וּבָנִ֜י קַדְמִיאֵ֧ל שְׁבַנְיָ֛ה בֻּנִּ֥י שֵׁרֵבְיָ֖ה בָּנִ֣י כְנָ֑נִי וַֽיִּזְעֲקוּ֙ בְּק֣וֹל גָּד֔וֹל אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ הַלְוִיִּ֡ם יֵשׁ֣וּעַ וְ֠קַדְמִיאֵ֠ל בָּנִ֨י חֲשַׁבְנְיָ֜ה שֵׁרֵֽבְיָ֤ה הֽוֹדִיָּה֙ שְׁבַנְיָ֣ה פְתַֽחְיָ֔ה ק֗וּמוּ בָּרְﬞכוּ֙ אֶת־יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם מִן־הָעוֹלָ֖ם עַד־הָעוֹלָ֑ם וִיבָֽרְכוּ֙ שֵׁ֣ם כְּבֹדֶ֔ךָ וּמְרוֹמַ֥ם עַל־כׇּל־בְּרָכָ֖ה וּתְהִלָּֽה׃ |
And they arose on their pulpits and read from the book of the Torah of the Cause their God a quarter of the day, and for a quarter of the day they confessed and prostrated themselves to the Cause their God. And getting up on the levite ascent, Yéshua’ and Bani, Qadmiel, Shvanya, Buni, Sherevya, Bani, Knani, and they cried in a loud voice to the Cause their God. And the levites, Yéshua’ and Qadmiel, Bani, Ḥashavnya, Sherevya, Hodiya, Shvanya, Ptaḥya, said: “Arise! Bless the Cause your God from eternity to eternity, and may Your honored name be blessed and exalted over all blessing and praise!” (Nehemiah 9:2–5) |
וְהַשִּׂיאֵֽנוּ יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ אֶת־בִּרְכַּת מוֹעֲדֶֽיךָ לְחַיִּים וּלְשָׁלוֹם לְשִׂמְחָה וּלְשָׂשׂוֹן כַּאֲשֶׁר רָצִֽיתָ וְאָמַֽרְתָּ לְבָרְכֵֽנוּ׃ |
And bring us, Cause our God, Your seasons’s blessing, for life and for peace, for joy and for happiness, as You desired and said to bless us. |
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ יַעֲלֶה וְיָבֹא יַגִּֽיעַ יֵרָאֶה וְיֵרָצֶה יִשָּׁמַע יִפָּקֵד וְיִזָּכֵר זִכְרוֹנֵֽנוּ וּפִקְדוֹנֵֽנוּ וְזִכְרוֹן אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ וְזִכְרוֹן מָשִֽׁיחַ בֶּן־דָּוִד עַבְדֶּֽךָ וְזִכְרוֹן יְרוּשָׁלַֽיִם עִיר קׇדְשֶֽׁךָ וְזִכְרוֹן כׇּל־עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל לְפָנֶֽיךָ לִפְלֵטָה לְטוֹבָה לְחֵן לְחֶֽסֶד וּלְרַחֲמִים לְחַיִּים וּלְשָׁלוֹם בְּיוֹם חַג הַסְּגִידָה הַזֶּה יוֹם קַבָּלַת בְּרִיתֵֽנוּ׃ זׇכְרֵֽנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ בּוֹ לְטוֹבָה וּפׇקְדֵֽנוּ בוֹ לִבְרָכָה וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ בוֹ לְחַיִּים וּבִדְבַר יְשׁוּעָה וְרַחֲמִים חוּס וְחׇנֵּֽנוּ וְרַחֵם עָלֵֽינוּ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ כִּי אֵלֶֽיךָ עֵינֵינוּ כִּי אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם אָֽתָּה׃ |
Our God and God of our ancestors, may our remembrances and our accountings and the remembrance of our ancestors and the remembrance of the anointed son of David Your servant and the remembrance of Jerusalem Your holy city and the remembrance of all Your people the house of Israel ascend and come and reach and be seen and be desired and be heard and be accounted and be remembered before You for escape, for grace, for mercy and for compassion, for life and for peace on this Day of Prostration, the day of accepting our covenant. Remember us, Cause our God, on it for good, and account for us on it for blessing, and save us on it for life, and in a matter of salvation and compassion grace and have compassion on us and save is, for to You are our eyes, for a sovereign merciful and compassionate Deity are You. |
קַדְּשֵֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ וְתֵן חֶלְקֵֽנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶֽךָ שַׂבְּעֵֽנוּ מִטּוּבֶֽךָ וְשַׂמְּחֵֽנוּ בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ וְטַהֵר לִבֵּֽנוּ לְעׇבְדְּךָ בֶּאֱמֶת וּדְבָרְךָ אֱמֶת וְקַיָּם לָעַד׃ |
Sanctify us in Your commandments and grant us a portion in Your law, sate us with Your good and make us rejoice in Your salvation and purify our hearts to serve You in truth, and Your word is true and enduring forever. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה מְקַדֵּשׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְהַזְּמַנִּים׃ |
Blessed are You, who sanctifies Israel and the times. |
“תָּה בְחַרְתָּֽנוּ לְיוֹם הַסְּגִידָה | Tah Veḥartanu le-Yom haSgidah, an adaptation of the fourth berakhah of the Sigd festival musaf — by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer” 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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