אַחֵֽינוּ | Aḥeinu (Our siblings)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=53152

Date: 2023-10-26

Last Updated: 2023-10-26

Categories: Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot, Slavery & Captivity

Tags: 2023 Israel–Hamas war, captives, Distress, Geonic prayers

Excerpt: "Aḥeinu" is the final prayer in a set of supplications recited on Mondays and Thursdays as the Torah scroll is being prepared to be returned to the Aron. The prayer is first found with variations in wording in the surviving manuscripts of the Seder Rav Amram Gaon (ca. 9th c.). . . .

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
אַחֵֽינוּ כׇּל־בֵּית־יִשְׂרָאֵל הַנְּתוּנִים בְּצָּרָה וּבְשִּׁבְיָה הָעוֹמְדִים בֵּין בַּיָּם וּבֵין בַּיַּבָּשָׁה הַמָּקוֹם יְרַחֵם עֲלֵיהֶם וְיוֹצִיאֵם מִצָּרָה לִרְוָחָה וּמֵאֲפֵלָה לְאוֹרָה וּמִשִּׁעְבּוּד לִגְאֻלָּה הָשְׁתָּא בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן׃	Our siblings, the whole house of Yisrael, who are in distress and captivity who wander over sea and over land, may the Maqom[1] lit. the Place, an epithet for the Divine in rabbinic Judaism.  have mercy on them, and bring them from distress to comfort, from darkness to light, from subjugation to redemption, now, swiftly, and soon. and may we say: Amen.

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“Aḥeinu” is the final prayer in a set of supplications recited on Mondays and Thursdays as the Torah scroll is being prepared to be returned to the Aron. The prayer is first found with variations in wording in the surviving manuscripts of the Seder Rav Amram Gaon (ca. 9th c.). The English translation here was modified by the transcriber from text shared by an anonymous translator. –Aharon Varady

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1	lit. the Place, an epithet for the Divine in rabbinic Judaism.

Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)
  Bio: 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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Title: aheinu (Julie Seltzer 2023)
Caption: aheinu (scribal calligraphy of liturgical text by Julie Seltzer 2023)