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		<title>Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aharon N. Varady (transcription)]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[This earth pledge can be found in the Church of All Worlds's newsletter, <em><a href="https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_green-egg_1972-04-07_5_47/page/n27/mode/2up">Green Egg</a></em>, vol. 5, issue 47 (11 May 1972), p. 28. The quote, appearing after a line break of asterisks, concludes an essay by the newsletter's editor, Tim Zell (a/k/a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_Zell-Ravenheart">Oberon Zell-Ravenheart</a>), entitled "personal affirmation of awareness."]]></description>
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&#8220;I am aware of Goddess as the essential manifestation of not-yet-consciousness of the single vast Living Creature known as Terrebios: the Biosphere and planetary body of the Planet Earth, who has been conceptualized intuitively and correctly by all men from time immemorial as Mother Earth; Mother Nature. I am further aware that, as a cell in the vast body of Terrebios, I share in this essential Divinity, as do all other living beings, and I express this awareness of immanent Divinity the phrase, &#8216;Thou art God.'<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_64075_1('footnote_plugin_reference_64075_1_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_64075_1('footnote_plugin_reference_64075_1_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_64075_1_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_64075_1_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> In Hebrew: אתה אלהים (<em>atah Elohim</em>). The complete phrase in Psalms 86:10 is <em>atah Elohim livadekha</em> (&#8220;You alone are Elohim&#8221;), where Elohim is a divine name often translated as &#8220;God&#8221; or &#8220;Deity.&#8221; The use of this portion of Psalms 86:10 has a particular usage in <em>Stranger in a Strange Land</em> (1961) a science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein, of import to Tim Zell&#8217;s theology. <em>Atah Elohim livadekha</em> is found in Jewish liturgy and, adapted, is invoked as <em>atah Elohim emet</em> (&#8220;You are truly Elohim&#8221;). The term also has application in Jewish panentheism. &#8211;Aharon Varady&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_64075_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_64075_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> </p>
<p>I am of the opinion that the evolution of consciousness in the maturation of Terrebios is such that mankind will eventually develop a telepathic breakthrough to the extent that we come to share in a single global consciousness, which will be the awakening and birth into consciousness of our planet, of Goddess.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_64075_1('footnote_plugin_reference_64075_1_2');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_64075_1('footnote_plugin_reference_64075_1_2');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_64075_1_2" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[2]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_64075_1_2" class="footnote_tooltip"> The association of the manifest and immanent world with the Shekhinah (the divine dwelling/presence, understood in gendered feminine Hebew) is a familiar principle of Ḳaballah. &#8211;ANV&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_64075_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_64075_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> I am also of the opinion that this emerging consciousness will continue to evolve and spread throughout the galaxy, perhaps the universe, as an increasingly omnipotent and omniscient Divinity, inevitably coming into contact also with other such emerging Deities originating with other planets. </p>
<p>It is my firm conviction that continually evolving unfoldment of limitless potential is the only ‘purpose’ of life, whether the life of a man, a snake, a tree, or a planet, and the only absolute duty of man is thus to become what he potentially is.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_64075_1('footnote_plugin_reference_64075_1_3');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_64075_1('footnote_plugin_reference_64075_1_3');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_64075_1_3" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[3]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_64075_1_3" class="footnote_tooltip"> Cf. the &#8220;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Potential_Movement">Human Potential Movement</a>&#8221; (wikipedia)&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_64075_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_64075_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> It is also my conviction that realization of all of these things implies a certain ethical standard, incorporating respect for all other life forms, a commitment to ecological harmony on the macrocosmic scale and self-actualization on the microcosmic scale, and the diligent application of life-affirming values in all my dealings with my fellow Beings.&#8221; (19 Ruis/AA10)
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I pledge allegiance to the Earth,<br />
To the Planet on which I stand;<br />
One Living Biosphere, indivisible,<br />
With freedom and responsibility for all!
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<p>This earth pledge can be found in the Church of All Worlds&#8217;s newsletter, <em><a href="https://archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1641-1700_green-egg_1972-04-07_5_47/page/n27/mode/2up">Green Egg</a></em>, vol. 5, issue 47 (11 May 1972), p. 28. The quote, appearing after a line break of asterisks, concludes an essay by the newsletter&#8217;s editor, Tim Zell (a/k/a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberon_Zell-Ravenheart">Oberon Zell-Ravenheart</a>), entitled &#8220;personal affirmation of awareness.&#8221; It is the earliest earth pledge I have yet located (!) and may be the veritable inspiration of all that followed. &#8211;Aharon Varady</p>
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<div id="attachment_64076" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/earth-pledge-in-green-egg-vol-5-issue-47-11-may-1972-p--28.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-64076" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/earth-pledge-in-green-egg-vol-5-issue-47-11-may-1972-p--28-250x250.png" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-64076" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-64076" class="wp-caption-text">Earth Pledge in Green Egg vol.5 issue 47 (11 May 1972), p. 28</p></div>
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<div class="speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container"> <div class="footnote_container_prepare"><p><span role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_reference_container_label pointer" onclick="footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_64075_1();">Notes</span><span role="button" tabindex="0" class="footnote_reference_container_collapse_button" style="display: none;; display: none;" onclick="footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_64075_1();"></span></p></div> <div id="footnote_references_container_64075_1" style=""><table class="footnotes_table footnote-reference-container"><caption class="accessibility">Notes</caption> <tbody> 

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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zalman Schachter-Shalomi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2017 06:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Reb Arthur Waskow, and others helped to formulate this grammatically feminine Hebrew blessing for an oleh in their blessing over the Torah reading, in the early years of Congregation Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia (1988-1983).
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<span class="instruction">Person called to the Torah:</span>
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בָּרְכוּ אֶת יָהּ הַמְבֹרֶכֶת
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Bless Yah, the blessed one.
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Barkhu et YAHH hamvorekhet.
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<span class="instruction">The congregation responds</span>
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בְּרוּכָה יָהּ הַמְבֹרֶכֶת לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד
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Bless Yah, the blessed one, forever.
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Brukha YAHH hamvorekhet le&#8217;olam va&#8217;ed.
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<span class="instruction">Say the blessing:</span>
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בְּרוּכָה יָהּ הַמְבֹרֶכֶת לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד<br />
בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ יָהּ אֱלֹהָתֵינוּ רוּחַ הָעוֹלָם<br />
אֲשֶׁר קֵרְבָתְנוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתָהּ.<br />
וְנָתְנָה לָנוּ אֶת תּוֹרָתָהּ.<br />
בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ יָהּ נוֹתֶנֶת הַתּוֹרָה׃
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Bless Yah, the blessed one, forever.<br />
Blessed are you, Yah,<br />
who has drawn us near to your service<br />
and has given us the Torah.<br />
Blessed are you, Yah, giver of the Torah.
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Brukhah YAHH hamvorekhet le&#8217;olam va&#8217;ed.<br />
Brukhah at YAHH elohateinu ruaḥ ha&#8217;olam<br />
asher keirvatnu la&#8217;avodatahh<br />
venatnah lanu et Toratahh<br />
Brukhah at YAHH notenet haTorah.
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<span class="instruction">When the reading is finished, touch the place the reading ended with your tsitsit.<br />
Person called to the Torah:</span>
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בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ יָה אֱלֹהָתֵינוּ רוּחַ הָעוֹלָם<br />
אֲשֶׁר נָתְנָה לָנוּ תּוֹרַת אֶמֶת<br />
וְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם נָטְעָה בְּתוֹכֵנוּ.<br />
בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ יָהּ נוֹתֶנֶת הַתּוֹרָה׃
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Yah, the blessed one, Your presence fills creation<br />
You gave us the Torah of truth<br />
and implanted eternal life within us.<br />
Blessed are you, Yah, giver of Torah.
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Brukhah at YAHH Elohateinu ruaḥ ha&#8217;olam<br />
asher natnah lanu Torat emet<br />
veḥayey olam nat&#8217;ah betoḥeinu.<br />
Brukhah at YAHH notenet haTorah.
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<span class="instruction">At this point, move to the other side of the Reader. The next aliyah will be called and then you will receive a Mi Sheberaḥ (a blessing). You then stand through the next reading. Return slowly to your seat when the next aliyah moves to the left of the Reader. (The reason for this is that you are in a hurry to get to the Torah, but reluctant to leave it.)</span>
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<p>Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Reb Arthur Waskow, and others helped to formulate this grammatically feminine Hebrew blessing for an oleh in their blessing over the Torah reading, in the early years of Congregation Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia (1988-1993).</p>
<h3>Source</h3>
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		<title>אוֹרָה הִיא &#124; Orah Hee (She is light), a piyyuṭ by Rabbi Jill Hammer (2008)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rabbi Jill Hammer, Ph.D.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Nirtsah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acrostic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[פיוטים piyyuṭim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st century C.E.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[58th century A.M.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alphabetic Acrostic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divine Feminine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[אדיר הוא Adir Hu]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA["Orah hee" was composed by Rabbi Jill Hammer in 2008 and first published at <a href="http://telshemesh.org/nisan/orah_hi_a_new_passover_hymn.html">Tel Shemesh</a> in romanized Hebrew and English translation. ]]></description>
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<th id="x" style="text-align: right;">Source (Hebrew)</th>
<th style="text-align: left;">Translation (English)</th>
<th style="text-align: left;">Transliteration (Romanized Hebrew)</th>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">א</span>וֹרָה הִיא, אוֹרָה הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֶה בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is light, She is light. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
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<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
orah hee, orah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivneh veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">בִּ</span>ינָה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">גִּ</span>ילָה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">דִּ</span>מְעָה הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֵי בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is wisdom, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is joy, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is tears. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
binah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
gilah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
dimah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivnei veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
</div>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">הָ</span>דָר הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">וֶ</span>רֶד הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">זֶ</span>רֶם הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֵי בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is splendor,<br />
She is a rose,<br />
She is a flowing stream. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
hadar hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
vered hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
zerem hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivnei veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">חִ</span>דּוּשׁ הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">טַ</span>בּוּר הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">יִ</span>חוּד הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֵי בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
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</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is renewal, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is the center, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is oneness. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
ḥiddush hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tibur hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
yiḥud hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivnei veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
</div>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">כֵּ</span>סֶה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">לֵ</span>דָה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">מַ</span>עְיָן הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֵי בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is the full moon,<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_43857_3('footnote_plugin_reference_43857_3_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_43857_3('footnote_plugin_reference_43857_3_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_43857_3_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43857_3_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> Cf. Psalms 81:4.&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_43857_3_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_43857_3_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>  <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is birth, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is the fountain-source. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
keseh hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
leidah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
ma’yan hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivnei veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
</div>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">נֶ</span>חָמָה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">סְ</span>לִיחָה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">עָ</span>צְמָה הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֵי בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is comfort, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is forgiveness, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is strength. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
neḥamah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
seliḥah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
otsmah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivnei veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
</div>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">פִּ</span>דְיוֹן הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">צֶ</span>דֶק הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">קֹ</span>דֶשׁ הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֵי בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is redemption, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is righteousness, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is holiness. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
pidyon hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tsedeq hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
ḳodesh hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivnei veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
</div>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
<span class="acrostic">רַ</span>עְיָה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">שׁ</span>וֹנָה הִיא,<br />
<span class="acrostic">תַּ</span>מָּה הִיא<br />
תִּבְנֵי בֵיתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
בִּמְהֵרָה בִּמְהֵרָה<br />
בְּיָמֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב<br />
אֵלָה בְּנִי, אֵלָה בְּנִי<br />
בְּנִי בֵיתֵךְ בְּקָרוֹב
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
She is a beloved companion, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is always changing, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
She is complete and perfect. <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
may She build her house<br />
soon, soon,<br />
speedily and in our days.<br />
Elah, build your house soon —<br />
close to us in time and space.
</div>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="romanized-transliteration" lang="heb-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
ra’yah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
shonah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tamah hee, <span class="acrostic">&nbsp;</span><br />
tivnei veitah beqarov,<br />
bimheira, bimheira,<br />
beyameinu beqarov,<br />
Elah b’ni, Elah b’ni,<br />
b’ni veiteikh beqarov.
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<p>&#8220;Orah hee&#8221; was composed by Rabbi Jill Hammer in 2008 and first published at <a href="http://telshemesh.org/nisan/orah_hi_a_new_passover_hymn.html">Tel Shemesh</a> in romanized Hebrew and English translation. The piyyut celebrates the Divine Feminine and is patterned after the popular piyyut &#8220;Adir Hu.&#8221; Rabbi Hammer writes, </p>
<blockquote><p>This song, “Orah Hi,” patterns itself after the traditional Passover closing song “Adir Hu,” which is an acrostic poem listing God’s many qualities of power, righteousness, oneness, sovereignty, and kindness. “Adir Hu” means “He is mighty.” The traditional song speaks of God in majestic terms, celebrating God’s power as part of the telling of the story of Passover, and praying for the rebuilding of the Temple.</p>
<p>This alternative version is written in the feminine. Like “Adir Hu,” it is a Hebrew acrostic, and it can be sung to the traditional melody. Almost all of its images come from the Bible, from rabbinic literature, and from Jewish mysticism. Yet this song does not dwell on God’s power and distance. Rather, it emphasizes God’s sharing in human joys and griefs, and God’s ability to renew life through the strength of the earth. These are traits that many modern Jews have chosen to ascribe to the Divine as they seek their own ways of understanding God as immanent, earthy and embodied. In this version, we can imagine God’s house as our entire world infused with the Shekhinah, the indwelling Presence. Singing Adir Hu and Orah Hi together creates a fuller picture of the Divine and the human.
</p></blockquote>
<p>We have added the full text in pointed Hebrew. &#8211;Aharon Varady</p>
<h3>Recordings</h3>
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		<title>קדיש &#124; Qaddish adaptation in Aramaic using feminine language — by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A text of the Qaddish using feminine language for God and for the rabbis and their students. Inspired by Rabbi Debi Shoua Haim of the Reform congregation Kol HaNeshama in Jerusalem, who, in a conversation about feminine-language versions of liturgical texts, challenged me to write a feminine Qaddish variant.]]></description>
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A text of the Qaddish using feminine language for God and for the rabbis and their students. Inspired by Rabbi Debi Shoua Haim of the Reform congregation Kol HaNeshama in Jerusalem, who, in a conversation about feminine-language versions of liturgical texts, challenged me to write a feminine Qaddish variant.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="jpa-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
תִּתְגַדַּל וְתִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁכִינְתָּא רַבְּתָא (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן)<br />
בְּבִרְיָתָא דִּילִידַת כִּרְעוּתָהּ<br />
וְתַשְׁלִיט שִׁלְטוֹנָהּ<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span class="instruction">ספרדים</span> וְתַצְמַח פֻּרְקָנָהּ<br />
וְתַבַּע לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן)</span><br />
בְּחַיֵּיכוֹן וּבְיוֹמֵיכוֹן<br />
וּבְחַיֵּי דְּכׇל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל<br />
בַּעֲגַלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב<br />
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן׃
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Magnified and sanctified be the great <span class="divine-referent">Presence</span> (<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)<br />
in the creation that <span class="divine-referent">She</span> bore per <span class="divine-referent">Her</span> will.<br />
May <span class="divine-referent">Her</span> rulership rule<br />
<span style="color: red;"><span class="instruction">Sephardim:</span> and <span class="divine-referent">Her</span> salvation sprout<br />
and <span class="divine-referent">She</span> hasten the world to come (<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)</span></span><br />
in your lives and in your days<br />
in the lives of all Israel,<br />
speedily and in a soon time,<br />
and say <em>amen</em>.
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(<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן׃ תֶּהֱוֵי שְׁכִינְתָּא רַבְּתָא מְבָרָכָא<br />
לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא׃)
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(<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em> May <span class="divine-referent">the Great Presence</span> be blessed<br />
forever and ever and ever!)
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תִּתְבָּרַךְ וְתִשְׁתַּבַּח<br />
וְתִתְפָּאַר וְתִתְרוֹמַם<br />
וְתִתְנַשֵּׂא וְתִתְהַדָּר וְתִתְעַלֶּה<br />
וְתִתְהַלָּל שְׁכִינְתָּא קַדִּישְׁתָּא בְּרִיכָא הִיא (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> בְּרִיכָא הִיא)<br />
לְעֵֽלָּא מִן־כׇּל־בִּרְכָן<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> בעשרת ימי תשובה לְעֵֽלָּא לְעֵֽלָּא מִכׇּל־בִּרְכָן&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> וְזִמְרִין תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא וְנֶחָמָתָא<br />
דַּאֲמִירָן בְּעָלְמָא<br />
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן׃ (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן׃)<br />
<span class="instruction">סוף חצי קדיש</span>
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Blessed and lauded<br />
and glorified and exalted<br />
and elevated and extolled and revered<br />
and praised be <span class="divine-referent">the blessed holy Presence</span> (<span class="instruction">community:</span> Blessed be <span class="divine-referent">She</span>!)<br />
high above<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_2');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_2');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_2" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[2]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_2" class="footnote_tooltip"> During the ten days of repentance: “high, high above”&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> all blessings and songs, lauds and consolations,<br />
that we say in this world,<br />
and say <em>amen</em>.(<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)<br />
<span class="instruction">End of the Ḥatsi Qaddish.</span>
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<span class="instruction">לקדיש דְּרַבָּתָנָן</span><br />
עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵל<br />
וְעַל־רַבָּתָנָן<br />
וְעַל־תַּלְמִידְתֵּיהֵין<br />
וְעַל־תַּלְמִידְתֵּי תַּלְמִידְתֵּיהֵין<br />
וְעַל־כׇּל־מָאן דְּעוֹסְקָן בְּאוֹרַיְתָא<br />
דִּי בְאַתְרָא<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_3');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_3');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_3" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[3]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_3" class="footnote_tooltip"> בארץ ישראל יש מוסיפין: קַדִּישָׁא&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> הָדֵין וְדִי בְכׇל־אֲתַר וַאֲתַר<br />
יְהֵא לְהֵין וּלְכוֹן שְׁלָמָא רַבָּא<br />
חִנָּא וְחִסְדָּא וְרַחֲמִין<br />
וְחַיִּין אֲרִיכִין וּמְזוֹנֵי רְוִיחֵי<br />
וּפֻרְקָנָא מִן־קֳדָם־אִמְהֵין דְּבִשְׁמַיָּא<br />
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן׃ (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן׃)
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<span class="instruction">For the Qaddish d-Rabbatanan:</span><br />
On Israel<br />
and on our <em>rabbatas</em><span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_4');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_4');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_4" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[4]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_4" class="footnote_tooltip"> A neologism, an Aramaic feminine form for “rabbis”&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script><br />
and on their students<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_5');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_5');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_5" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[5]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_5" class="footnote_tooltip"> An Aramaic feminine form, as opposed to the masculine form used in the traditional text&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script><br />
and on their students’ students<br />
and on all those who delve in Torah,<br />
whether in this<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_6');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_6');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_6" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[6]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_6" class="footnote_tooltip"> In Israel, some add “holy”&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> place or in any place,<br />
let they and you have great peace,<br />
grace and kindness and compassion<br />
and long life and ample sustenance<br />
and salvation from before <span class="divine-referent">their Mother in heaven</span>,<br />
and say <em>amen</em>. (<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)
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<span class="instruction">לקדיש שלם</span><br />
תִּתְקַבַּל צְלוֹתְהֵין וּבָעוּתְהֵין<br />
דְּכׇל־בְּנַת־יִשְׂרָאֵל<br />
קֳדָם־אִמְהֵין דְּבִשְׁמַיָּא<br />
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן׃ (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן׃)
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<span class="instruction">For the Qaddish Shalem:</span><br />
May the prayers and petitions<br />
of all the daughters of Israel<br />
be accepted from before <span class="divine-referent">their Mother in heaven</span>,<br />
and say <em>amen</em>. (<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)
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<span style="color: dodgerblue;"><span class="instruction">אשכנזים</span><br />
יְהֵא שְׁלָמָא רַבָּא מִן־שְׁמַיָא<br />
חַיִּים טוֹבִים עָלֵֽינוּ<br />
וְעַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל<br />
וְעַל־כׇּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵּבֵל<br />
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן: (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן׃)</span>
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<span style="color: dodgerblue;"><span class="instruction">Ashkenazim:</span><br />
May great peace come from heaven,<br />
good life upon us<br />
and upon all Israel<br />
and upon all inhabitants of the world,<br />
and say <em>amen</em>. (<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)</span>
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<span style="color: red;"><span class="instruction">ספרדים</span><br />
יְהֵא שְׁלָמָא רַבָּא מִן־שְׁמַיָא<br />
חַיִּים וְשָׁבָע<br />
וִישׁוּעָה וְנֶחָמָה<br />
וְשֵׁיזָבָא וּרְפוּאָה<br />
וּגְאֻלָּה<br />
וּסְלִיחָה וְכַפָּרָה<br />
וְרֵֽוַח וְהַצָּלָה<br />
לָֽנוּ<br />
וּלְכׇל־עַמָּהּ יִשְׂרָאֵל<br />
וְעַל־כׇּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵּבֵל<br />
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן: (<span class="instruction">קהל –</span> אָמֵן׃)</span>
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<span style="color: red;"><span class="instruction">Sephardim:</span><br />
May great peace come from heaven,<br />
life and satiety<br />
and salvation and consolation<br />
and refuge and healing<br />
and redemption<br />
and forgiveness and atonement<br />
and relief and rescue<br />
upon us<br />
and upon all <span class="divine-referent">Her</span> people Israel<br />
and upon all inhabitants of the world,<br />
and say <em>amen</em>. (<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)</span>
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מוֹצְאֵת שָׁלוֹם בְּעֵינָיו<br />
הִיא <span style="color: red;"><span class="instruction">ספרדים</span> בְּרַחֲמֶֽיהָ</span> תּוֹצִיא שָׁלוֹם<br />
עָלֵֽינוּ<br />
וְעַל־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל<br />
וְעַל־כׇּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵּבֵל<br />
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן:
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May <span class="divine-referent">the Finder of Peace</span> in <span class="divine-referent">Her</span> eyes<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_7');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_63691_4('footnote_plugin_reference_63691_4_7');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_7" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[7]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_7" class="footnote_tooltip"> A reference to Song of Songs 8:10, as a replacement for the reference to Job 25:2 in the traditional text&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_63691_4_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_63691_4_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script><br />
<span style="color: red;"><span class="instruction">Sephardim:</span> in Her compassion</span> bring out peace<br />
upon us<br />
and upon all Israel<br />
and upon all inhabitants of the world,<br />
and say <em>amen</em>. (<span class="instruction">community:</span> <em>Amen!</em>)
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