שַׁעֲרֵי אוֹרָה שַׁעֲרֵי בְּרָכָה | Gates of Light Gates of Blessing, a mesostic piyyut

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Date: 2021-09-05

Last Updated: 2025-04-11

Categories: Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation

Tags: alphabetic mesostic, סליחות səliḥot, תענו ותעתרו Tayanu v'tayatru

Excerpt: This prayer appears on page 13-16 of Hayyim Obadya's Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. It is a variation of the piyyut Tayanu v'Tayatru albeit with a different opening line. . . .


Content:
Source (Hebrew) Translation (English)
אָבִ֫ינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַ֫יִם,
קַבֵּל בְּרַחֲמִים צַעֲקַתֵ֫ינוּ,
שְׁמַע בְּרָצוֹן תְּפִלָּתֵ֫נוּ,
עֲנֵה קוֹל עֲתִרָתֵּ֫ינוּ,
וּפְתַח לָ֫נוּ
Our Parent Who is in heaven,
mercifully accept our outcry,
willingly heed our prayer,
answer the sound of our plea,
and open for us
שַׁעֲרֵי אוֹרָה
שַׁעֲרֵי בְּרָכָה,
שְׂעָרִי גִּלָּה,
שַׁעֲרֵי דִּיצָה,
gates of light,
gates of blessing,
gates of joy,
gates of elation,
שַׁעֲרֵי הַצְלָחָה,
שְׂעָרִי וַ֫עַד טוֹב,
שַׁעֲרֵי זְכִיּוֹת,
gates of success,  
gates of scholarship,  
gates of merit,  
שַׁעֲרֵי חֶמְלָה,
שַׁעֲרֵי טוֹבָה,
gates of compassion,  
gates of goodness,  
שַׁעֲרֵי יְשׁוּעָה,
שַׁעֲרֵי כַּפָּרָה,
gates of salvation,  
gates of atonement,  
שַׁעֲרֵי לִמּוּד,
שַׁעֲרֵי מְחִילָה,
gates of study,  
gates of forgiveness,  
שַׁעֲרֵי נֶחָמָה,
שַׁעֲרֵי סְלִיחָה,
gates of comfort,  
gates of penitence,  
שַׁעֲרֵי עֶזְרָה,
שַׁעֲרֵי פְּדוּת,
שַׁעֲרֵי צְדָקָה,
gates of help,  
gates of rescue,  
gates of justice,  
שַׁעֲרֵי קְדוּשָׁה,
שַׁעֲרֵי רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה,
שַׁעֲרֵי שָׁלוֹם,
שַׁעֲרֵי תּוֹרָה,
gates of holiness  
gates of comprehensive healing  
gates of peace,  
gates of Torah,  
וְיִכְתְּבֵ֫נוּ בְּסֵ֫פֶר חַיִּים טוֹבִים.
וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן
וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.
and inscribe us in Your book of good life.
May this be the Divine will,
and let us say, “Amen”.

This prayer appears on page 13-16 of Hayyim Obadya’s Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. It is a variation of the piyyut Tayanu v’Tayatru albeit with a different opening line.

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Caption: US Army (USA) Soldiers at the Nergal Gate, one of fifteen ancient gates around the city of Nineveh, Iraq, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM.