עמידה לשחרית שבת | The Amidah for Shabbat (Morning), by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְאִמוֹתֵינוּ, אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה, אֱלֹהֵי יִצְחָק וְרִבְקָה, וֵאלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב וְלֵאָה וְרָחֵל הָאֵל הַגָּדוֹל הַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא אֵל עֶלְיוֹן, גּוֹמֵל חֲסָדִים טוֹבִים, קוֹנֵה הַכֹּל, וְזוֹכֵר חַסְדֵּי אָבוֹת, וּמֵבִיא גוֹאֵל לִבְנֵי בְנֵיהֶם לְמַעַן שְׁמוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה׃ מֶלֶךְ עוֹזֵר מּוֹשִׁיעַ וּמָגֵן׃ בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יַהַוַהַ מָגֵן אַבְרָהָם וּפֹקֵד שָׂרָה׃	I bow before You, Yah, Our indwelling God, Our parents’ God, Avraham and Sarah’s God, Yitsḥaq and Rivqah’s God, Yaaqov and Leah and Raḥel’s God, Great, Powerful and Awesome God. God transcendent. You nurture us gently And are kind to us. You, who possesses it all. You remember How our parents loved You. Yes, we trust that You Will bring redemption To us, their children’s children, Who chant Your name And love You… Our Prince, Our Helper, Our Protector. Barukh attah Yah, Magen Avraham U’foked Sarah.
אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָי, מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים אַתָּה רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ׃ מוֹרִיד הַטָּל (וַגֶּשֶּׁם) מְכַלְכֵּל חַיִּים בְּחֶסֶד, מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים בְּרַחֲמִים רַבִּים, סוֹמֵךְ נוֹפְלִים, וְרוֹפֵא חוֹלִים, וּמַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים, וּמְקַיֵּם אֱמוּנָתוֹ לִישֵׁנֵי עָפָר. מִי כָמוֹךָ בַּעַל גְּבוּרוֹת וּמִי דוֹמֶה לָּךְ, מֶלֶךְ מֵמִית וּמְחַיֶּה וּמַצְמִיחַ יְשׁוּעָה׃ וְנֶאֱמָן אַתָּה לְהַחֲיוֹת מֵתִים. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יֵהֵוֵהֵ מְחַיֵּה הַמֵּתִים׃	You are powerful with worlds Adonay. What is dead, you can make live. You are really capable of helping. You give dew (and rain) To parched earth and souls. You feed all life with gentleness. You invigorate bodies With mercy’s flow. You support us in falling. You heal us in sickness. You free us from compulsion. You keep faith With those now dead. In Your might, No one can compare with You. You deal out life and death. Yet in all this, You make salvation grow. Barukh attah Yah, M’ḥayeh Hametim.
אַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ וְשִׁמְךָ קָדוֹשׁ, וּקְדוֹשִׁים בְּכׇל יוֹם יְהַלְּלוּךָ סֶּלָה. כִּי אֵל מֶלֶךְ גָדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ אָתָּה. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יֹהֵוָהֵ הָאֵל הַקָּדוֹשׁ׃	You are Holy, Your name is Sacred. And those who daily aspire to be holy, Sing your Halleluyah all day. Indeed, You are the Great and Holy God. Barukh attah Yah, Ha’El haḲadosh.
	You, God, have implanted in the heart of women and men and in our society the need and wish to rest one day each week.
אַשְׁרֵֽינוּ מַה־טּוֹב חֶלְקֵֽנוּ וּמַה־נָּעִים גּוֹרָלֵֽנוּ וּמַה־יָּפָה יְרֻשָּׁתֵֽנוּ:	How blessed are we – how good is our destiny – how beautiful our legacy.^[1] Cf. the prayer, “Ribon haOlamim” (§ l’fikhakh).
וְכֵן כָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתֶֽךָ: וְשָׁמְרוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּת לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּת לְדֹרֹתָם בְּרִית עוֹלָם׃ בֵּינִי וּבֵין בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אוֹת הִוא לְעֹלָם כִּי־שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים עָשָׂה יְהוָה אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי שָׁבַת וַיִּנָּפַשׁ׃ (שמות לא:טז-יז)	We are blissful to have been given to rest on the seventh day, so too is it written in Your Torah; “Yisrael’s descendants are to observe the Shabbat to make of the Shabbat an enduring contract signifying a lasting connection between Me and B’nai Yisrael for by means of six periods did YaH make heaven and earth to be and in the seventh period S/He rested and breathed out.” (Exodus 31:16-17)
אִם־תָּשִׁ֤יב מִשַּׁבָּת֙ רַגְלֶ֔ךָ עֲשׂ֥וֹת חֲפָצֶ֖ךָ בְּי֣וֹם קׇדְשִׁ֑י וְקָרָ֨אתָ לַשַּׁבָּ֜ת עֹ֗נֶג לִקְד֤וֹשׁ יְהֹוָה֙ מְכֻבָּ֔ד וְכִבַּדְתּוֹ֙ מֵעֲשׂ֣וֹת דְּרָכֶ֔יךָ מִמְּצ֥וֹא חֶפְצְךָ֖ וְדַבֵּ֥ר דָּבָֽר׃ אָ֗ז תִּתְעַנַּג֙ עַל־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְהִרְכַּבְתִּ֖יךָ עַל־[בָּ֣מֳתֵי] (במותי) אָ֑רֶץ וְהַאֲכַלְתִּ֗יךָ נַחֲלַת֙ יַֽעֲקֹ֣ב אָבִ֔יךָ כִּ֛י פִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר׃ (ישעיה נח:יג-יד)	And through the Prophets in Your service You stated: “’If you restrain your weekday habits because of the Shabbat and do not pursue your business on My holy day and evoke your delight in Shabbat celebrating it as the day. sanctified to YaH and shall honor it by not engaging in your business nor having meaningless conversation. Then you shall discover your delight in YaH and I will make you sit on top of the world and fill you with the heritage of Jacob, your ancestor;’ This is what came from YaH’s mouth.” (Isaiah 58:13-14)
כֻּלָּם יִשְׂבְּעוּ וְיִתְעַנְּגוּ מִטּוּבֶךָ, וּבַשְּׁבִיעִי רָצִיתָ בּוֹ וְקִדַּשְׁתּוֹ, חֶמְדַּת יָמִים אוֹתוֹ קָרָאתָ, זֵכֶר לְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית:	May it please You, God, that we see the day when all beings who are weary and exhausted find rest – then all of us will be fulfilled and be blissful recipients of Your goodness. That seventh day that you have signified and sanctified, the most delightful of days You have called it so we may remember and honor Your creation.
אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, רְצֵה נָא בִמְנוּחָתֵנוּ, קַדְּשֵׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ וְתֵן חֶלְקֵנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ, שַׂבְּעֵנוּ מִטּוּבֶךָ וְשַׂמֵּחַ נַפְשֵׁנוּ בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ, וְטַהֵר לִבֵּנוּ לְעָבְדְּךָ בֶּאֱמֶת, וְהַנְחִילֵנוּ יְהֹוָ֑ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצוֹן שַׁבַּת קׇדְשֶׁךָ, וְיָנוּחוּ בָהּ כׇּל יִשְׂרָאֵל מְקַדְּשֵׁי שְׁמֶךָ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָ֑ה, מְקַדֵּשׁ הַשַּׁבָּת:	Our God, our parents God Take pleasure as You see us rest When we do Your Mitzvot Let them bring us to Holiness When the study Your Torah Help us find the part that is addressed to us Where we are hungry feed us gently Were we have despaired give us joy When we serve you May it be with a pure heart. Grant us Yah, our God, the boon Of love and good will To feel at home in Your sacred Shabbas And in this way to celebrate Your holiness Barukh attah Yah Mekaddesh haShabbat.
רְצֵה יְהֹוָ֑ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ בְּעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִתְפִלָּתָם שְׁעֵה, וְהָשֵׁב הָעֲבוֹדָה לִדְבִיר בֵּיתֶךָ, וְאִשֵּׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּתְפִלָּתָם בְּאַהֲבָה תְקַבֵּל בְּרָצוֹן, וּתְהִי לְרָצוֹן תָּמִיד עֲבוֹדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֶּךָ: וְתֶחֱזֶינָה עֵינֵינוּ בְּשׁוּבְךָ לְצִיּוֹן בְּרַחֲמִים. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יִהִוִהִ, הַמַּחֲזִיר שְׁכִינָתוֹ לְצִיּוֹן׃	Take pleasure God, In our way of praying. Teach us to encounter Your Presence. May we merit To pray in Your Temple in Zion. Barukh attah Yah HaMaḥazir Shekhinato l’Tsyion.
מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לָךְ, שָׁאַתָּה הוּא יְהֹוָ֑ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד צוּר חַיֵּינוּ, מָגֵן יִשְׁעֵנוּ, אַתָּה הוּא לְדוֹר וָדוֹר נוֹדֶה לְּךָ וּנְסַפֵּר תְּהִלָּתֶךָ, עַל חַיֵּינוּ הַמְּסוּרִים בְּיָדֶךָ, וְעַל נִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ הַפְּקוּדוֹת לָךְ, וְעַל נִסֶּיךָ שֶׁבְּכׇל יוֹם עִמָּנוּ, וְעַל נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ וְטוֹבוֹתֶיךָ שֶׁבְּכׇל עֵת, עֶרֶב וָבֹקֶר וְצָהֳרָיִם, הַטּוֹב, כִּי לֹא כָלוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ, וְהַמְרַחֵם, כִּי לֹא תַמּוּ חֲסָדֶיךָ, כִּי מֵעוֹלָם קִוִּינוּ לָךְ: וְעַל כֻּלָּם יִתְבָּרֵךְ וְיִתְרוֹמֵם וְיִתְנַשֵּׂא שִׁמְךָ מַלְכֵּנוּ תָּמִיד לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד: וְכׇל הַחַיִּים יוֹדוּךָ סֶּלָה וִיהַלְלוּ שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל לְעוֹלָם כִּי טוֹב, הָאֵל יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ וְעֶזְרָתֵנוּ סֶלָה. הָאֵל הַטּוֹב. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יֻהֻוֻהֻ, הַטּוֹב שִׁמְךָ וּלְךָ נָאֶה לְהוֹדוֹת׃	We are grateful God and count our blessings (here in your words detail your gratitude for events in your life) Barukh attah Yah HaTov Shimkha u’l’Kha Na’eh l’Hodot.
שִׂים שָׁלוֹם, טוֹבָה וּבְרָכָה, חַיִּים חֵן וָחֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים, עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כׇּל יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֶּךָ, בָּרְכֵנוּ אָבִינוּ כֻּלָּנוּ כְּאֶחָד בְּאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ נָתַתָּ לָּנוּ יְהֹוָ֑ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ תּוֹרַת חַיִּים וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד, וּצְדָקָה וּבְרָכָה וְרַחֲמִים וְחַיִּים וְשָׁלוֹם, וְטוֹב בְּעֵינֶיךָ לְבָרֵךְ אֶת כׇּל עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּכׇל עֵת וּבְכׇל שָׁעָה בִּשְׁלוֹמֶךָ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יוּהוּווּהוּ, הַמְבָרֵךְ אֶת עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל בַּשָּׁלוֹם׃ אָמֵן׃	We pray for Peace (in your own words) Barukh attah Yah HaM’varekh Et Amo Yisrael baShalom. Amen.

This is the “Amidah for Shabbat (Day)” as found in Rab Zalman’s Sabbath Supplement to Tefilat Hashem Yedaber Pi (2009). I have set Reb Zalman’s text in a linear style, side-by-side with the Hebrew liturgy of the Amidah for Shabbat Day in Reb Zalman’s particular nusaḥ of prayer. –Aharon Varady

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1	Cf. the prayer, “Ribon haOlamim” (§ l’fikhakh).

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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Rabbi Dr. Zalman Meshullam Schachter-Shalomi, affectionately known as "Reb Zalman" (28 August 1924 – 3 July 2014) was one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement. Born in Żółkiew, Poland (now Ukraine) and raised in Vienna, he was interned in detention camps under the Vichy Regime but managed to flee the Nazi advance, emigrating to the United States in 1941. He was ordained as an Orthodox rabbi in 1947 within the ḤaBaD Hasidic movement while under the leadership of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, and served ḤaBaD communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He subsequently earned an M.A. in psychology of religion at Boston University, and a doctorate from the Hebrew Union College. He was initially sent out to speak on college campuses by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, but in the early 1960s, after experimenting with "the sacramental value of lysergic acid", the main ingredient in LSD, leadership within ḤaBaD circles cut ties with him. He continued teaching the Torah of Ḥassidut until the end of his life to creative, free and open-minded Jewish thinkers with humility and kindness and established warm ecumenical ties as well. In September 2009, he became the first contributor of a siddur to the Open Siddur Project database of Jewish liturgy and related work. Reb Zalman supported the Open Siddur Project telling its founder, "this is what I've been looking forward to!" and sharing among many additional works of liturgy, an interview he had with Havurah magazine in the early to mid-1980s detailing his vision of "Database Davenen." The Open Siddur Project is proud to be realizing one of Reb Zalman's long held dreams.

Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17