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מוֹדָה|מוֹדֶה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ מֶֽלֶךְ חַי וְקַיָּם שֶׁהֶחֱזַרְתָּ בִּי הַהִתְגַּלְּמוּת שֶׁל נִשְׁמָתִי בְּחֶמְלָה רַבָּה אֱמוּנָתֶךָ׃ |
So thankful am I before you, Living and enduring Majesty, for you have returned to me the embodiment of my soul with compassion. So great is your faith! |
Modeh Ani first appeared as an addendum in Seder ha-Yom (1599) by Moshe ibn Makhir of Safed. Around February 2012, I was sitting with Ya’qub ibn Yusuf in his bookstore, Olam Qatan (then at 54 Emek Refaim in South Jerusalem), asking if he might share some useful practice that I might share through the Open Siddur Project. He offered this thought which he had heard from someone else. (Unfortunately, Ya’qub could not remember who taught this insight. If you know its origin, please contact us or share in the comments.) The Hebrew adaptation and translation I’ve offered is based upon Ya’qub’s teaching. Read more on Modeh Ani from Shmuel Gonzales at Hardcore Mesorah. –Aharon Varady

“מוֹדה אֲנִי | Returning the body to the soul: an adaptation of Modeh Ani by Moshe ibn Makhir” is shared by the living contributor(s) with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
Very interesting. In Chinese Medicine, the Hun, or spiritual aspect of the Liver, releases from the body during sleep to soar high in the universe. When the Hun returns, the person awakes. (this is just a brief summary)