בָּרְכוּ | Barkhu, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

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Date: 2020-02-08

Last Updated: 2025-03-27

Categories: Barkhu

Tags: call to prayer

Excerpt: Barkhu, the call to prayer, in Hebrew and English. . . .

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
שליח ציבור:   בָּרְכוּ אֶת יהוה הַמְבֹרָךְ.	shaliaḥ tsibbur:   Praise YHVH to whom our praise is due!
קהל:   בָּרוּךְ יהוה הַמְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.	Congregation:   Praised be YHVH to whom our praise is due, now and forever!
שליח ציבור:   בָּרוּךְ יהוה הַמְבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.	shaliaḥ tsibbur:   Praised be Adonai to whom our praise is due, now and forever!

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This translation of Barkhu, the call to prayer, can be found in HaAvodah SheBaLev – the Service of the Heart (Kehilat Kol HaNeshama, Jerusalem, 2007). “Adonai” is used as a circumlocution for the Tetragrammaton in the English translation. I have replaced ‘Adonai’ with ‘YHVH.’ –Aharon Varady.

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Contributor: Shaul Vardi (translation)

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  Name: Shaul Vardi (translation)
  Bio: Shaul Vardi is a freelance translator and editor living in Jerusalem and active in the Reform community Kol HaNeshama (KKH). Among other liturgical projects, Shaul devised the transliteration methods used in KKH’s bilingual Siddur and in the bilingual accompaniment to the new Israeli Reform Siddur Tefilat Ha-Adam. He also composed the first Hebrew-language “mi she-berakh” for LGBTQI+ Pride Shabbat.
  Website: http://www.translatorscafe.com/cafe/member33991.htm
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/shaul-vardi
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  Name: Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation)
  Bio: Levi Weiman-Kelman is the founding rabbi of Congregation Kol Haneshama, a Reform community in Jerusalem devoted to prayer, study and social action. He is a founding member of Rabbis for Human Rights and teaches at the Hebrew Union College.
  Website: http://www.kolhaneshama.org.il
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/levi-weiman-kelman
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  Name: Unknown Author(s)
  Bio: Sometimes the best we can do in attributing a historical work is to indicate the period and place it was written, the first prayer book it may have been printed in, or the archival collection in which the manuscript was found. We invite the public to help to attribute all works to their original composers. If you know something not mentioned in the commentary offered, please leave a comment or contact us.
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