When I call out the name of the CAUSE,
acclaim greatness to our God.
My Master, open my lips,
that my mouth may tell of Your Praise.

Blessed are You,
o CAUSE, Our God
and God of our ancestors.
God of Abraham,
God of Isaac,
and God of Jacob.
God,
great and mighty and awesome;
God Almighty,
who well repays kindness,
and possesses all,
and remembers the kindnesses of ancestors
and sends a redeemer to their descendants
for the Name’s Sake, in love.
Sovereign, Help and Rescue and Shield —

The One-of-All,^[1] Literally “Cluster.” The entire poem is based on Song of Songs 1:14 — “A cluster of henna is my beloved in the vineyards of En Gedi.” But almost every word is reinterpreted. The word “cluster” is interpreted as a divine moniker, “the One to whom everything belongs,” based on Shabbat 88b. 
longing and desire of every soul!  
I desired to sit and find recuperation in Their^[2] Lit: His.  shade.
 
I sought Them and did not find Them, and I stupidly uttered:  
They are turned, They have left from returning my freedom!
 
I stole My sheqalim from giving atonement for my soul;  
I sunk in waters deep, in muck and slime.
Raise the light of Your face, Master, unto us!
And may I bring up the sheqel in the proper and exalted House!
And in justice for our reading of the When you go up^[3] Exodus 30:11-16, the Maftir reading for Shabbat Sheqalim.  portion,
Shield us with Your shield, God, High and Exalted!

Blessed are You, CAUSE,
Shield of Abraham.

You are mighty forever, Master,
You bring life to the dead, greatly saving.
You turn the wind and send down the rain.
You provide for life in kindness,
bring life to the dead in great mercy,
lift the fallen,
heal the sick,
free the bound,
and keep faith with sleepers in the dust.
Who is like You, Master of Powerful Acts,
and who can be compared to You?
Sovereign, who brings death and life
and causes salvation to sprout.
And trusted are You to bring life to the dead —

The atonement fee,^[4] In Song of Songs 1:14 this word means “henna.” The usage of “atonement” is a homonym. 
know it from the Book,  
Because it is carved in beautiful words.
 
Present it before the One like a Stag,  
That They remember for them the merit of dust and ashes.
 
And no plague or shame will be among you,  
If you give this gift in the name of atonement.
Raise the light of Your face, Master, unto us!
And may I bring up the sheqel in the proper and exalted House!
And in justice for our reading of the When you go up portion,
Give us life with Your rain, God, High and Exalted!

Blessed are You, CAUSE,
who gives life to the dead.

We sanctify and revere You,
like the secret conversations of the holy seraphim
who sanctify Your name in holiness,
as it is written by Your prophet,
And they called one to another and said,
Holy, holy, holy is the CAUSE of Multitudes,
the whole earth is full of Their glory!

Their glory fills the world,
Their attendants ask one to another,
Where is the place of Their glory?
And to each they answer, Blessed:
Blessed be the glory of the CAUSE from its place!

From its place They will turn to us in compassion,
and grace the people who unify Their Name,
evening and morning every day, always,
twice a day saying Listen:
Listen, Israel! The CAUSE is your God, the CAUSE is One!

One is our God, our Parent,
our Sovereign, our Rescuer,
who will rescue us in compassion again before all life,
to be to you a God —
I am the CAUSE your God.
And in Your holy writings it is written, saying:
The CAUSE will reign forever;
Your God, o Zion, is from generation to generation;
praise the SOURCE!

From generation to generation We will tell of Your glory,
and in this and all eternities we will sanctify Your holiness,
and Your praises, o God, will never depart from our mouths,
for a God, Sovereign, great and holy are You —

My beloved,
remember for my sake the sheqalim of Ephron,  
Which the Forefather^[5] Namely, Abraham. This line refers to Genesis 23, where Abraham purchases a burial site for Sarah for ₪400.  weighed for the cavern of Hebron.
 
The search and sheqalim of the Jebusite^[6] Namely, Araunah. This line refers to II Samuel 24, where David purchases a threshing floor for ₪50.  to turn away the wrath,  
Remember for me, even until the last generation.
 
May the graceful melodies I call out with my throat  
Be accepted before God to return to the Fortress!
Raise the light of Your face, Master, unto us!
And may I bring up the sheqel in the proper and exalted House!
And in justice for our reading of the When you go up portion,
And let us sanctify you, Holy God, High and Exalted!

Blessed are You, CAUSE,
The Holy God.

Not on Rosh Ḥodesh Adar or II Adar

You established Sabbath and desired its sacrifices, commanding its elaboration with the order of libations. Its enjoyers will forever inherit glory, its savorers have merited life, and also those who love its words have chosen greatness. As from Sinai it was commanded, and You commanded us, CAUSE or God, to offer upon it the addition sacrifice of Sabbath as seen. May it be willed before You, CAUSE our God and God of our ancestors, that You return in joy to our land and plant us in our borders, and there we will perform before You our mandated sacrifices, the daily ones by their order, and the additional ones by their laws.

And the addition for this Sabbath day we will perform and sacrifice before You in love, per the commandment of Your desire, as You wrote for us in Your Teaching, by the hand of Moses Your servant from Your glorious Mouth, as said: And on the Sabbath day, two pure year-old lambs, and two-tenths of an ephah of semolina as a grain-offering mixed with oil and its libation. The whole- offering of Sabbath on its Sabbath, with the daily offering and its libation.

Those who guard the Sabbath and enjoy it will rejoice in Your sovereignty. The people that sanctifies the seventh day will all be sated and enjoy Your goodness, and the seventh You desired and sanctified, You called it the most pleasant of days, a remembrance of the matters of creation. Our God and God of our ancestors, desire our rest. Sanctify us with Your commandments, and give us our portion in Your Teaching. Sate us with Your goodness, and let us rejoice in Your rescue. And purify our hearts to serve You in truth, and let us inherit, o CAUSE our GOD, in love and desire, your holy Sabbath, that Israel who sanctifies Your name may rest upon it —

On Rosh Ḥodesh Adar or II Adar

You made Your world of old, You finished Your work on the seventh day, You loved us and desired us and exalted us from all the tongues and sanctified us with Your commandments and brought us close, our Sovereign, to Your labor, and Your great and holy name You called over us. And You gave us, CAUSE our God, in love, Sabbaths of rest, and new moons for repentance, but since we and our ancestors sinned before You our city was destroyed and our Holy Temple was made desolate, and our honor was uncovered and glory was stripped from the house of our lives, and we cannot do our mandates in Your chosen house, in the great and holy House upon which Your name was called, on account of the hand that was sent out against Your Temple. May it be willed before You, CAUSE our God and God of our ancestors, that You return in joy to our land and plant us in our borders, and there we will perform before You our mandated sacrifices, the daily ones by their order, and the additional ones by their laws.

And the additions for this Sabbath day and this new moon day we will perform and sacrifice before You in love, per the commandment of Your desire, as You wrote for us in Your Teaching, by the hand of Moses Your servant from Your glorious Mouth, as said: And on the Sabbath day, two pure year-old lambs, and two-tenths of an epha of semolina as a grain-offering mixed with oil and its libation. The whole-offering of Sabbath on its Sabbath, with the daily offering and its libation. And at the beginnings of your months you will sacrifice a whole-offering to the CAUSE, two bulls of the herd, one ram, seven pure year-old lambs. And their grain-offerings and libations as said: three-tenths of an ephah per bull, two-tenths per ram, one-tenth per sheep, and wine per its libations, and a goat for atonement, and the two daily offerings per their law.

Those who guard the Sabbath and enjoy it will rejoice in Your sovereignty. The people that sanctifies the seventh day will all be sated and enjoy Your goodness, and the seventh You desired and sanctified, You called it the most pleasant of days , a remembrance of the matters of creation. Our God and God of our ancestors, desire our rest, and renew for us on this Sabbath day this month, for goodness, for blessing, for celebration, for joy, for rescue, for comfort, for livelihood, for sustenance, for life, for peace, for the pardon of sin, for the forgiveness of iniquity.^[8] On Rosh Hodesh Adar II, add “and for the atonement of crime.”  Sanctify us with Your commandments, and give us our portion in Your Teaching. Sate us with Your goodness, and let us rejoice in Your rescue. And purify our hearts to serve You in truth, and let us inherit, o CAUSE our GOD, in love and desire, your holy Sabbath, that Israel who sanctifies Your name may rest upon it, for Your people Israel You chose of all the nations, and Your holy Sabbath for them You made known, and the laws of Your new moons You established —

For me,
They will carry on eagle’s wings,  
For the proper meditation^[9] Meaning, the reading for Shabbat Sheqalim.  will speak on my account.
 
As atonement from what is Theirs I will give a present,  
From from before Them comes splendor, glory, and wealth.
 
To let humans become righteous, to let them find propriety,  
They arranged redemption, to find contentment.
Raise the light of Your face, Master, unto us!
And may I bring up the sheqel in the proper and exalted House!
And in justice for our reading of the When you go up portion,
Delight us with recuperation, Holy God, High and Exalted!

Blessed are You, CAUSE,
who sanctifies the Sabbath (and Israel and the new moons.)

Desire, Adonai our God, your people Israel and its prayers,
and return the service to the sanctum of Your House,
and the fires of Israel and its prayers, in love receive in desire,
and may the service of Israel your people always be desired.
And may our eyes behold Your return to Zion in compassion —

In the vineyards’ lodging,^[10] The Temple 
between my two breasts,^[11] The two poles on which the Ark was carried   
For four hundred and ten^[12] The number of years of the First Temple’s existence.  I lodged the Almighty there.
 
They rested in the dwelling, and said it was satisfactory,  
They had never even said Their throne and footstool^[13] Heaven and earth. See Isaiah 66:1.  was satisfactory!
 
But they withdrew and fled when I was suspected of thieving the sheqalim.  
And my despoilers stripped me of my ornaments!
Raise the light of Your face, Master, unto us!
And may I bring up the sheqel in the proper and exalted House!
And in justice for our reading of the When you go up portion,
Desire us like tribute, God, High and Exalted!

Blessed are You, CAUSE,
who returns Their presence to Zion.

Public repetition of the Amidah
 
We are thankful for You,
for You are the CAUSE our God
and God of our ancestors,
God of all flesh,
our Maker, Maker of creation.
Blessings and thanksgivings to Your Great and Holy Name,
for You have given us life and held us up.
So too may You give us life and hold us up
and gather our exiled to Your holy courtyard
to guard Your rules
and do Your desire
and serve You wholeheartedly,
for which we thank You.
Blessed is the God of thanksgiving.

For the private Amidah
 
We are thankful for You,
for You are the CAUSE our God and God of our ancestors forever and ever.
Fortress of our lives, Shield of our salvation are You.
In each generation we give thanks to You and recount Your praises
for our lives are placed in Your hands,
and for our souls entrusted to You,
and for Your miracles that are with us each day,
and for Your wonders that are every evening and morning and afternoon.
O Good One, whose compassion never ceases,
Compassionate One, whose mercy never ends,
forever we trust in You.

And for all that, may Your Name be blessed and exalted,
our Sovereign, forever and ever.
And all life should thank You, selah,
and praise Your Name in truth,
God of our rescue and help, selah —

Eye^[14] In Song of Songs 1:14 this is the first word of the toponym “Ein Gedi,” literally “Eye of the kid goat.” 
the power of the multitude likened to dust.  
Who could number or count them by ballot or lot?
 
The Counter^[15] God.  counted them in five books,^[16] The Pentateuch, which features multiple censuses of the people Israel, especially in the book of Numbers.   
And five more times in all the books.^[17] There are four censuses of the people in the books of the Prophets and Writings: I Samuel 11:8, I Samuel 15:4, II Samuel 24:9, and Ezra 2:64-65. The fifth, which will occur in the end times, is prophesied in Jeremiah 33:13. 
 
May the clear flow of our lips be a replacement for bulls,  
For no more is the silver of the sheqalim of atonement.
Raise the light of Your face, Master, unto us!
And may I bring up the sheqel in the proper and exalted House!
And in justice for our reading of the When you go up portion,
And be good to us in Your goodness, God, High and Exalted!

Blessed are You, CAUSE,
whose Name is Good;
to You it is fitting to thank.

Our God and God of our ancestors,
bless us with the tripartite blessing in the Teaching,
written by the hand of Moses Your servant,
spoken by the mouth of Aaron and his children, priests, Your holy people, as said:
 
The CAUSE bless and keep you.
Thus may it be willed.
 
The Cause shine Their face on you and grace you.
Thus may it be willed.
 
The Cause turn Their face to you and give you peace.
Thus may it be willed.

Grant peace, goodness, blessing,
grace, mercy, and compassion,
on us and on all Israel Your people.
Bless us, our Parent, all of us as one, in the light of Your Face,
for in the light of Your Face You have given us, o CAUSE our God,
living Torah,
and love of mercy, and justice,
and blessing, and compassion,
and life, and peace.
And may it be good in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel
at all times and in every hour with Your peace—

Kid-goat^[18] In Song of Songs 1:14 this is the second word of the toponym “Ein Gedi,” literally “Eye of the kid goat.” 
wrapped hands, he^[19] Jacob wrapped his hands in the skin of goats when acquiring (or more bluntly, stealing) the blessing from his father.  acquired blessings.  
Thus his own kids^[20] This is the literal term used, here as a metaphor for descendants. English isn’t the only language where that particular semantic shift occurred.  still delight in love of the Presence.
 
Shepherd his kids again upon the Stone of Burden,^[21] The Foundation Stone in Jerusalem.   
His flock borne on shoulder and arm.
 
May their oppressors’ children submit and be suppressed in rage,  
By those dressed gloriously and preciously ornamented.
Raise the light of Your face, Master, unto us!
And may I bring up the sheqel in the proper and exalted House!
And in justice for our reading of the When you go up portion,
And bless us with peace, God, High and Exalted!

Blessed are You, CAUSE,
who blesses Your people Israel with peace.