בָּרוּךְ שֶׁאָמַר | Barukh she’Amar, a paraliturgical reflection by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=35668

Date: 2021-02-18

Last Updated: 2025-03-24

Categories: Barukh she’Amar

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., affirmations, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical barukh she'amar, paraliturgical reflections, shame resilience, ברוך שאמר barukh she'amar

Excerpt: A paraliturgical reflection of the prayer Barukh She'amar for a shame resilience practice. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Paraliturgical Reflection (English)
בָּרוּךְ שֶׁאָמַר וְהָיָה הָעוֹלָם: בָּרוּךְ הוּא,	I Bless You, Holy One, who spoke and the world came into being. I bless the act of creation that created me and all I know. We are here! The world is here!
בָּרוּךְ אוֹמֵר וְעוֹשֶׂה,	When I am critical of this place and of myself I remember that I am a vibration from Your speech. I remember that this whole world is your poem and we who breathe are words on your page. My mouth, my tongue, human language and all sound are figures of Your speech.
בָּרוּךְ גּוֹזֵר וּמְקַיֵּם, בָּרוּךְ עוֹשֶׂה בְרֵאשִׁית, בָּרוּךְ מְרַחֵם עַל הָאָרֶץ, בָּרוּךְ מְרַחֵם עַל הַבְּרִיּוֹת, בָּרוּךְ מְשַׁלֵּם שָׂכָר טוֹב לִירֵאָיו, בָּרוּךְ חַי לָעַד וְקַיָּם לָנֶצַח, בָּרוּךְ פּוֹדֶה וּמַצִּיל, בָּרוּךְ שְׁמוֹ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, הָאֵל, אָב הָרַחֲמָן, הַמְהֻלָּל בְּפֶה עַמּוֹ, מְשֻׁבָּח וּמְפֹאָר בִּלְשׁוֹן חֲסִידָיו וַעֲבָדָיו, וּבְשִׁירֵי דָוִד עַבְדֶּךָ. נְהַלֶּלְךָ יְיָ אֱלהֵינוּ בִּשְׁבָחוֹת וּבִזְמִירוֹת. וּנְגַדֶּלְךָ וּנְשַׁבֵּחֲךָ וּנְפָאֶרְךָ, וְנַמְלִיכְךָ וְנַזְכִּיר שִׁמְךָ מַלְכֵּנוּ אֱלהֵינוּ, יָחִיד, חֵי הָעוֹלָמִים מֶלֶךְ. מְשֻׁבָּח וּמְפֹאָר עֲדֵי עַד שְׁמוֹ הַגָּדוֹל: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, מֶלֶךְ מְהֻלָּל בַּתִּשְׁבָּחוֹת:	You are the life of all the worlds, all mysteries, and all time. You are the life that breathes in me, even when I feel too tight for breath. I bless you, Holy One, who spoke and the world came into being.

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Rabbi Shoshana Meira’s paraliturgical reflection on Barukh She’amar, the prayer commencing the Psukei d’Zimrah/Zemirot introduction to Shaḥarit, was first published in her Siddur v’lo Nevosh (2014). Linear correspondence between the Hebrew source and the English by Aharon Varady.

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Contributor: Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

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  Name: Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
  Bio: Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman is the Associate Rabbi at Temple Sinai in Brookline, Massachusetts. She feels blessed to serve this vibrant community through building personal relationships, teaching Torah, innovating new engagement initiatives, working for justice, and leading prayer. Rabbi Shoshana is a leader in the interfaith climate justice movement in New England. She and her husband Yotam Schachter co-wrote The Tide Is Rising, an anthem for the climate movement that has been sung in congregations, climate rallies, and gatherings in the US, Brazil, Denmark, and France. In other pursuits, she has released an album of original music called Guesthouse, clowned for hospitalized children, tended a community garden, and written poetry. Her publications include pieces in the Huffington Post and the Harvard Divinity Bulletin, and she has written an interpretive translation of the weekday prayer service called Siddur V'lo Nevosh: Jewish Prayer as Shame Resilience Practice. Rabbi Shoshana was ordained at Hebrew College Rabbinical School, and is a graduate of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship, JOIN For Justice, and Oberlin College of Arts & Sciences where she was also a Henry David Thoreau Scholar. She grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and lives in Jamaica Plain with Yotam and their dog Lulu. For sermons, publications, music, and activism visit www.rabbishoshana.com.
  Website: http://www.rabbishoshana.com
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/shoshana-friedman

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