{section {he סדוּר תהילת השם ידבר פי}
Siddur Tehillat Hashem As  I Can  Say  It
(For  Praying  In The  Vernacular)}

{he שמע! בכל לשון שאתה שומע}
Sh’ma! Listen in any language you can hear it and understand

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Reb Zalman Legacy Project
http://rzlp.org

YESOD, Foundation for a Jewish Future
http://yesodfoundation.org

Aleph: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
http://aleph.org

Ohalah: Association of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal
http://ohalah.org

June 2009


{he בס"ד}


<<I>
Dear Davvener,

If you are not used to reading Hebrew with comprehension and with the ability to dilate the Hebrew from the literal meaning, or if you cannot read Hebrew and need a resource for daily davvenen, I offer you this set of texts, which I, too, use frequently for myself.

I translated the Psalms and the liturgy in the way in which I experience them in my <B>feeling consciousness</B>. This does not offer the 'pshat', the literal meaning of the words, but the devotional interpretation that can make it a prayer of the heart.

I suggest that you davven it first all the way through, reading it out loud enough to hear it yourself with feeling. You will like some sections better than others.

However, as you will note, there are 5 sections to this heart siddur.  They describe the raising your awareness from the realm of <B>sensation</B>, the prayer of <B>Assiyah</B>, to the realm of <B>feelings</B>, the prayer of <B>Yetzirah</B>, from there to the realm of <B>reason and the intellect</B>, the world of <B>B’riyah</B> and to the summit, the world of the <B>intuition</B>, <B>Atzilut</B>.

When you are done with this ascent, coming back to the grounded world of sensation and action, you will need to reflect on the stirrings you felt on the way up and ask yourself these questions:
* How am I to apply this in my consensus reality and with my family and other contacts?
* How am I to act in a manner that will lead to the healing of our planet and society?

This part is called the <B>bringing down of the Divine influx, yeridat hashefa’</B>.

You may need to pick some paragraphs from each plane of prayer if all of it is too much for you. Some days you may wish to vary some parts and say others. This 'siddur' is meant to help you stay in daily touch with God, to gain blessed assistance from God, to lighten your burdens, not to add to them. Then recite some of the sentences of blessings and proceed with your daily tasks.

{poetry} 
May you experience
your praying
as a blessed meeting
with your God.
{prose}

Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
</I>>

{section {he מודה אני לפניך}}

{poetry} 
<B>Thank You</B>, Living God 
And Master,
For giving me 
Another day of awareness.
I thank You 
For this sacred trust.
{prose}


{section {he תפילת העשיה}}

{section {he אשר יצר}}

{poetry} 
I worship You,
Yah, our God,
Cosmic Majesty.
You formed me,
A human being,
So wisely.
You created in me
All kinds of
Hollows and ducts, 
Inner organs and intestines.

As I am all transparent to You,
It is apparent and clear,
That if any of these
That need to be open would clog,
Or any of these
Which need to be enclosed
Would seep,
I could not exist and live
In Your sight,
Not even for a moment.

So I am grateful 
And bless You,
For healing me,
In amazing ways.
{prose}


{section {he נשמה שנתת בי}}

{poetry} 
My God,
The breath You have given me
Is fresh.
You create it.
You form it.
You breathe it into me.

And you keep me breathing.

At some time,
You will take it away from me,
And I will have breathed 
my last breath in this body.

And You will resuscitate me,
To the life of the spirit.

For each breath still in me,
I thank You,
My own God,
Who is also my parents’ God,
Lord of all spirits,
Master of all that happens.

I offer You thanks,
Cosmic Majesty,
And worship You,
For keeping me breathing.

And in this way,
With each breath,
You give me Life anew.
{prose}


{section {he ברכות התורה}}

{poetry} 
You commanded us
To exercise our awareness
In Your Torah;
For this instruction
We offer You our appreciation,
Yah, our God.

We ask that we may find
Zest and delight
In the words of Your teaching.
May we and our children
(and their children, too)
Become intimate with You.
And, with pure intent--
Immerse ourselves in the Torah.
Barukh attah Yah,
You mentor Your people
In Torah.

Barukh attah Yah,
I offer You thanks,
Cosmic Majesty,
And worship You
For selecting us
Among all nations,
To reveal to us,
The Torah meant for us.
Barukh attah Yah,
You keep gifting us
With Your Torah.
{prose}


{poetry} 
{instruct <I>Now, 
study Torah 
where your heart prompts you</I>}
{prose}


{section {he ברכות השחר}}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh attah Yah,
I offer You thanks,
Cosmic Majesty
And worship You,</B>
For giving me the gift
To discern the difference
Between day and night.
{prose}

{poetry}
{instruct Each time you see <B>Barukh</B>---, 
you can repeat the formula: 
<B>Barukh attah Yah,
I offer You thanks,
Cosmic Majesty,
And worship You...</B>}
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For giving sight to my eyes.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For giving free movement
to my limbs.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For helping me to stand upright.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For giving me clothes to wear.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For  the firm ground
On which You place me.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For leading my steps
In the right direction.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For providing 
for all my needs.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For imbuing me
Among other Jews,
With Strength.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For making my soul bright,
When I wrestle 
And dance with You.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For taking my weariness
And giving me energy.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For shaping my life 
in Your image.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For giving me options.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For giving me the privilege
To worship You, as a Jew.
{prose}

{poetry}
<B>Barukh</B>---
For removing 
The last  trace of sleep 
from my eyes.
{prose}


{section {he יהי רצון}}

{poetry}
And we ask Your blessed help
To find that our habits
Follow Your Torah,
To make our desire 
Seek Your Mitzvot.

Keep us from sin and offense,
From shame and temptation.
Do not allow evil to attract us.
Keep us far from malicious people,
But draw us to seek goodness
And right action.
Induce our selfishness 
To serve You.
And help us this day, 
Yes, every day,
To be generous, 
Friendly and cheerful.

As we face You
And all who we will meet,
Keep us in Your grace 
And bless us.
Barukh attah Yah,
You are always generous to us,
Your people Israel.
Amen
{prose}


{section {he ואהבת לרעך כמוך}}

{poetry}
<B>I accept upon myself 
the command 
to love my neighbor as myself.</B>
{prose}


{section {he תפילת היצירה}}

{section Psalm 30}
{poetry}
/30:1 <I>A Psalm for A Housewarming, 
Composed by David</I>

/30:2 I acclaim You, my God. 
You set me free 
So that my foes 
Could not gloat at my troubles.
/30:3 Yah, my God, I pleaded with You. 
You healed me.
/30:4 Yah, you lifted me from the pit; 
From the brink of the grave 
You brought me back to Life.

/30:5 Fellow devotees! 
Join me in my song. 
Remembering what is sacred, 
Let’s give thanks.

/30:6 For a moment, I felt You angry, 
Then I felt Life and acceptance.
Though weeping as I fell asleep, 
I woke up singing.
/30:8 You, Yah, made my mountain firm, 
I thought I was safe; 
That I won’t ever stumble.
But when You hid 
your Face from me, 
I panicked.
/30:9 I call to You, Yah! 
I plead with You, Adonai!
/30:10 What use is there in my death 
To go down to ruin?
Can dust appreciate You? 
Can it discern Your Truth?
/30:11 Listen, Yah! 
Be kind to me! 
Yah, Please help me.

/30:12 You turned my grieving 
Into a dance of reconciliation. 
You took off my rags 
And wrapped me in joy.
/30:13 Now, Your Glory is my song. 
I won’t hold back.
Yah, my God, 
I will ever be grateful!
{prose}


{section Psalm 67}

{poetry}
/67:1 <I>A Psalm for all the peoples 
of the planet</I>

/67:2 God, bless us with grace! 
Let Your loving Face shine on us!
/67:3 We want to get to know Your way 
Here on Earth, 
Seeing how Your help is given 
To every group of people.
/67:4 Oh, how the various peoples 
Will thank You, 
All of them will sing 
And be grateful.
/67:5 Many people will be joyous 
And sing 
When You, Will set them right 
With forthrightness. 
And the peoples, 
As You direct them, 
Will cheer You.
/67:6 Oh, how the various peoples 
Will thank You. 
All of them will sing, be grateful.
/67:7 The Earth will give her harvest. 
Such blessings come from God. 
Yes, from our God!
/67:8 Bless us God, 
All the ends of the Earth 
Will esteem You!
{prose}


{section {he ברוּך שׁאמר}
Baruch Sh’amar}

{poetry}
<B>Blessed One,
You talked the Worlds 
Into being.
What a Blessing, You!
Blessed One, 
Your Word
Makes for becoming.
What a blessing, Your Name.
Blessed One,
You decree and sustain.
Blessed One,
All beginnings are Yours!
Blessed One,
Your Compassion 
Enwombs the Earth.
Blessed One,
Your Caring is kind 
To all creatures.
Blessed One,
You are generous
In rewarding those 
Who respect Your Creation.
Blessed One, 
Ever Alive,
Ever confirming existence.
Blessed One,
You make us free,
You rescue us!
When we hear Your Name
We offer blessing. 
Amen

Baruch attah Yah
Melech m’hullal batishbachot.</B>
{prose}


{section Psalm 100}

{poetry}
/100:1 This is how you sing to God 
<B>A Thank You song</B>. 
You join the symphony 
Of the whole Earth.
/100:2 In your gratefulness, 
You meet Him. 
Voices echo joy in God’s halls.

/100:3 In giving thanks, 
We engage Her blessings. 
We meet His goodness, 
Here and now; 
Her encouragement 
From generation to generation. 

You are filled with joy 
Serving God’s purpose. 
You sound your own song 
As you do it. 
Certain that God is Be-ing, 
We know that we are 
Brought forth from Her, 
--Both God’s companions 
And His flock.
/100:4 Enter into God’s Presence 
Singing your own song, 
In grateful appreciation. 

Thank You God, You are all Blessing.
/100:5 In this world, You are goodness. 
Yes, Grace, itself. 
This is the trust we bequeath 
The next generation.
{prose}


{section {he יהי כבוד}
Yehi Kh’vod}

{poetry}
Yah! Fill our world 
To reflect Your nobility,
So You will find joy 
In Your creation.
In all circumstances,
We adore Your name forever.
Those who come from East,
And those who come 
From the West,
Celebrate Your Name 
In their ways.
Yah transcends 
All national bigotries.
Her glory is in what 
Concerns Heaven.

Yah -- this is Your Name forever.
Yah -- is the watch word,
Each generation passes to the next.

Yah, You have established 
Your Sh’chinnah in the Heavens.
Your domain encompasses 
All there is.

So, Heaven is glad.
Earth is happy.
All nations agree 
that You Are in charge.

Yah! You are now.
Yah! You were then.
Yah! You will be
Constant forever.

Yah! Your reign is eternal.
Earth is Yours alone.
No nation can claim her.
You, Yah, void 
The designs of tyrants.
You, Yah, block their schemes.

People brood 
Over so many desires.
It is Your design, Yah, 
That prevails.
What You, Yah, design, 
Lasts through all time.
What You propose,
Works for many generations.

You speak, and it becomes real.
You command, 
And it comes to existence.

You, Yah, chose Zion.
You wish to make Your seat there.

You, Yah, have singled out Jacob.
Israel, is Your treasure.

You, Yah, will not desert 
Your people.
You will not forsake 
Your heritage.

Because You are caring, 
You will forgive sin.
You will not destroy.
But time and again,
You will subdue Your wrath
And not let Your fury rise.

Yah! Please help,
Prince!
Answer us the same day,
When we cry out.
{prose}


{section {he אשרי}
Ashrey}

Sitting in Your home is happiness.
And, offering appreciation of You,
Is even more so.
Selah!

There is contentment for a people
So at home with Yah.
There is serenity among the people
Who have You, as their God.
{prose}

{section Psalm 145}

{poetry}
/145:1 <I>David’s Aleph Bet Praise</I>

I hold You in the highest esteem, 
My God, My King. 
In all I do, 
I will offer praise to You.

/145:2 Every day, 
I will offer You my appreciation 
And I will cheer You, 
In all that I do.

/145:3 Magnificent are You, Yah, 
And much appreciated. 
But, Your true greatness 
Is beyond knowing.

/145:4 One generation 
Transmits its excitement 
To the next 
Over Your amazing actions, 
Telling them of Your might.
/145:5 Splendid and glorious 
Is Your fame. 

In all that I do, 
I delight to tell of Your marvels.

/145:6 While others may speak 
Of Your awesome power, 
I stress Your great kindness.

/145:7 Many will recall 
Your great goodness, 
And sing of Your fairness.

/145:8 You, Yah, are gentle 
And compassionate, 
Most patient 
And caring.

/145:9 You, Yah, are good to all of us. 
All that You have made, 
You hold in Your tenderness.

/145:10 We, who are fashioned by You, 
Acclaim You. 
In fervent devoutness, 
We bless You.

/145:11 We talk of the honor 
Of Your realm, 
And draw our energy 
From Your power.

/145:12 Thus, we announce to others 
How powerful You are, 
And how distinguished 
Your Majesty is.

/145:13 Your domain embraces universes. 
Your authority is recognized 
Throughout all generations.

/145:14 You, Yah, 
Keep us from faltering, 
And help us up, when we stumble.

/145:15 We all look up to You with hope. 
And trust that You will provide us, 
At the right moment, 
With what we need.

/145:16 You open Your hand, 
And each one of us receives, 
What we desire.

/145:17 You are a Tzaddik, 
In all Your ways; 
A Chassid, 
In all that You do.

/145:18 You are close by 
When we call on You; 
Especially, when we fully mean it.

/145:19 You shape the will of those 
Who respect You; 
You hear their pleading, 
And, You help.

/145:20 You, Yah, protect those 
Who love You. 
Those who do evil, 
You eliminate.

/145:21 I offer my mouth to God’s praise. 
Let all who are 
in bodies of flesh, 
Bless Your holy Name at all times, 
And we will bless You, Yah, 
From now on, and for as long 
As there is life, on this world.
{prose}


{section Psalm 146}

{poetry}
/146:1 <B>Halleluyah!</B>
Spirit of mine, praise Yah!
/146:2 I will indeed praise Yah, 
With my life. 
I will sing to God, 
With all my being.
/146:3 I will not put my reliance in big shots. 
What can people do, 
Who can’t even help themselves?
/146:4 When their spirits leave them, 
They return to their dust. 
All their schemes have vanished.
/146:5 Happy is one, 
Who is helped by Jacob’s God; 
Whose hope is entrusted in Yah, His God--The One, 
/146:6 Who makes heaven and earth, 
The ocean and all that lives there.
He is also the One, who is forever. 
The standard of truth and sincerity.
/146:7 He seeks justice for the oppressed, 
And gives food to the starved. 
Yah, is the One, 
Who frees the imprisoned.
/146:8 Yah, gives sight to the blind. 
Yah, upholds the stooping. 
Yah, loves the Tzaddikim.
/146:9 Yah, protects the converts, 
consoles the orphaned 
and the widowed, 
Confounds the way 
Of the malicious.

/146:10 Please, Yah! Zion’s God! 
Manifest Your rule in the world! 
For us, and for our children.
<B>Halleluyah</B>
{prose}


{section Psalm 147}

{poetry}
/147:1 <B>Halleluyah!</B>
It is so good to sing to our God 
Make good music 
to accompany the words 
/147:2 Yah, Builds Jerusalem 
by gathering 
Her scattered Godwrestlers.
/147:3 He makes the broken hearted well, 
And soothes the hurt 
Of their bruises.
/147:4 Counting the stars 
And naming them, 
He creates them each to be.
/147:5 Great, is our Master, 
And powerful beyond measure. 
No one can describe 
His way of comprehension.

/147:6 Yah, encourages the downtrodden, 
But the insolent, He brings low.

/147:7 Offer gratitude to Yah! 
To the harp, 
Sing songs of celebration 
To our God 
/147:8 He covers the sky 
With billowing clouds: 
Thus arranging rain for the ground, 
Making the hills sprout forth grass.

/147:9 Giving the beasts the food 
They need; 
Even to the young ravens, 
Who cry to be fed.
/147:10 He is not impressed 
By a stallion’s feistiness; 
Nor, by the muscles 
Of a man’s thighs.
/147:11 Yah, welcomes those 
Who respect Him; 
Who long for His grace.
/147:12 Jerusalem! Zion! 
Give praise to Yah. 
Celebrate that He is your God!

/147:13 Because He strengthened 
The bars of your gates, 
And blessed your children 
/147:14 In your midst, 
Your borders He set to hold peace 
And satisfies you 
With good nourishment.
/147:15 When He decrees 
Something for Earth, 
His command is swiftly fulfilled.

/147:16 Snow, like white wool, 
He sends down. 
Frost, He scatters like sand.
/147:17 He sends hail, like crumbs. 
No one can stand it when 
He brings on the cold.
/147:18 Sending His word, He melts them, 
Blowing warm wind 
And the waters flow.

/147:19 He imparts His words to Jacob; 
His statutes and judgments 
To Israel. 

Alas!
/147:20 He did not do the same 
For other nations. His judgments, 
He did not share with them.
<B>Halleluyah!</B>
{prose}


{section Psalm 148}

{poetry}
/148:1 <B>Halleluyah!</B>
Applaud and cheer Yah, 
From the heavens.

/148:2 Praise Him, the most sublime! 
Angel assembly, sing Hallel! 
Heaven hosts, sing Hallel!
/148:3 Hallel, too, sun and moon. 
Hallel, also, stars of light!
/148:4 Jubilation 
From the heavens of heavens. 
From the streams of endless space, 
He has decreed your existence.
/148:5 Praise God and be grateful for life.
/148:6 He fortified you to last long; 
Set a directive, 
That cannot be disobeyed.
/148:7 Hallel, too, from earth, 
From dragons and deep canyons.
/148:8 Fire, hail, snow and fog, 
Tempests and storms 
Obeying His word.
/148:9 Mountains, Hallel! 
And hills echo. 
Fruit trees and cedars 
Sway their praise.
/148:10 Wild and tame creatures, 
Creepers and winged birds.
/148:11 Hallel, too, from you –- 
Rulers of lands and nations, 
Officials and judges of the land.

/148:12 Lads and also lasses, Hallel! 
Elders together with youths.

/148:13 All of you, praise Yah’s Name. 
His very Name, is so transcendent.

His glory is reflected 
By Heaven and Earth.
/148:14 Grand is the fate of His people. 
His devout ones, 
In constant adoration.
Halleluyah those intimate and close to Him, 
You Children of Israel, <B>Halleluyah</B>.
{prose}


{section Psalm 149}

{poetry}
/149:1 <B>Halleluyah!</B>
Sing a brand new song to Yah. 
This, is how He is celebrated 
Among the Chassidim.
/149:2 Yisrael, is happy 
Knowing his Maker. 
Zion’s children, 
Delight in their King.
/149:3 Dancing, they chant His Name, 
Making rhythm, 
With drums and strings.
/149:4 Yah, loves His people. 
The self-effacing, 
Can count on Him for help.
/149:5 Chassidim, savor 
His awesome Presence. 
Even on their bed, They hum His praises.
/149:6 They exalt God, in inner speech. 
Such praise is a potent weapon, 
/149:7 Repelling antagonists, 
Scolding bigots, 
/149:8 To immobilize their commanders, 
And arrest their agitators.

/149:9 Rebuke them, as they deserve! 

All this, because God’s Chassidim 
Gives honor to Him in splendor.
<B>Halleluyah!</B>
{prose}


{section Psalm 150}

{poetry}
/150:1 Halleluyah. Attune to God in holiness: 
be in awe of God who is mighty 
in the heavens.
/150:2 mark God for His potent acts: 
praise God for Her generosity.
/150:3 Salute God with trumpet sound: 
hail God with the strings and harp.
/150:4 Worship God with drum and dance: 
Intone to God with organ and flute.

/150:5 Make rhythm to God with crashing cymbals: 
praise God with cymbals that ring out.
/150:6 Let all who breathe chant Yah.
Halleluyah.
{prose}


{poetry}
Barukh Yah always, Amen, Amen.
From Zion,
From Your dwelling 
in Jerusalem,

We send our Halleluyah.
Barukh, too, to You, Yah, 
Israel’s God, 
Who alone, does amazing things.

May the glorious Presence,
Governing numberless worlds,
Manifest in this world
In all magnificence, Amen, Amen.
{prose}


{section {he ויברך דוד}}

{poetry}
And  David worshipped Yah
For all the crowd to see.
And David said,
I offer worship to You, Yah.
Blessed are You, Yah, 
God of Israel, Our Father,
Ruling countless worlds.

All virtue is Yours:
Gedulah , Hesed, Largesse,
Gevurah,  power and Law,
Tif’eret,   balance and splendor,
Netzach,  effectiveness,
And Hod, elegance.
For all that is in Heaven and Earth, 
Is founded in Yesod. 
The urge to live.
Yours, Yah, is majesty,
Malkhut,  most sublime.

Abundance and honor 
Are before You.
And You reign over the all.
In your hand, is force and might.
You can empower and raise up.

And, as of right now,
O, our God,
We thank you,
And sing to your glory,
To our utmost.

You, Yah, 
You, alone have made the heavens,
The heavens beyond our heaven,
All those that serve You there.

Earth and all that is on her;
The oceans, and all 
That they contain.
The host of heaven bow to You,
And you infuse them all with Life.
{instruct <I>here give Tzedakah</I>}
You chose Abram.
You brought him out of Ur, 
Of the Chaldees.
You named him Av-raham,
And found his heart
To be trustworthy enough,
To make a covenant with him.

On the day, when You saved us, 
Abrahams children, 
from Mitzrayim,
We saw how You dealt  
With Mitzrayim, 
With superior force.

We, the people, saw it,
And we put our faith in You, Yah,
And in Moshe, your servant.

We sang then the great song.
And placed our trust in You,
To bring us, plant us,
On the mountain sacred to You,
The Place You established,
To reside there, the sanctuary, 
That Your hands had set up for us.

Yah, will reign there always.
Yah, will reign there always.

On that day, Yah will be One.
And, His Name, will be One.
{prose}


{section {he ישתבח שמך}
Yishtabach}

{poetry}
Your Name be praised, 
Always, Majestic One.
Powerful and gentle Source,
Making Heaven and Earth, sacred.
It is our pleasure 
To dedicate to You,
Our God and Our parents’ God,
Time and again:

Music and Celebration,
Jubilation and Symphony,
Fortissimo, Anthem,
Victory March, Largo,Forte,
Paean and Hymn,
Sanctus and maestoso,
Laudo and Aria,
Celebrating 
Your Divine reputation
In every realm.

We worship You, Yah,
Generous, Great, Regal One,
Who is the One,
to whom we offer all these.

God, whom we appreciate,
Source of all wonder,
Fountain of all souls,
Author of all that happens,
Who delights in music and chant,
Origin of Unity.
You are the Life
That flows 
Through all the worlds.

Amen
{prose}


<<I>Reb Ahrele Roth, a"h, wrote a list of 32 mitzvot whose fulfillment is completed in the brain, the heart and the mouth.</I>
A good preparation and a bridge for the next phase of prayer, as you enter into the world of B’riyah, is Reb Ahrele Roth’s list of Mitzvot one can do with consciousness alone.
<I>The Hebrew alphabetical equivalent of 32 is {he ל"ב}, the letters of which spell the Hebrew word <B>LEV</B> for Heart.</I>>

{poetry}
<B>O my Creator!</B>
<B>May Your Name be praised</B>: With my mouth, brain and heart prepared, I am ready to fulfill Your mitzvot. You who shape me.

<B> 
1. Faith I place in You.
2. Oneness I affirm in You.
3. I am mindful of You.
4. I focus on Your vast Greatness,
5. and focus on my insignificance.
6. Thus do I turn back to You 
in <I>teshuvah</I>,
7. and am bashful 
in Your Presence.   
8. I am awed by You,
9. and love You.
10. I accept the authority 
of your <I>mitzvot</I>,
11. find my joy in You,
12. and place my trust in You.
13. I deny all false gods and those 
in their service; 
I reject unfit thoughts that rise 
in my heart.
14. I give You my thanks,
15. and aim to hold You sacred.
16. I remember Jerusalem, 
Your House of Prayer 
for all peoples,
17. and look out to You,
to redeem us and free our souls.
18. Amalek, I will blot out, 
19. by loving my neighbor as myself,
20. and adhering to You, in <I>devekut</I>,
21. walking in Your ways.
22. Thus, will I make in me a Holy Space 
for You to be at home in.
23. I long for Your intimacy and love,
24. and am energized to find You 
empowering my heart.
25. I affirm that Your actions are just,
26. and am mindful that 
You redeem us from <I>Mitzrayim</I>.
27. Therefore, 
I will not welcome 
in my awareness, 
thought that opposes faith 
in Your/our service 
and in Your Torah.
28. I will not yield to pride.
29. I will not hate any fellow 
Godwrestler in my heart,
30. and I will give up 
all vindictiveness,
not consider my self flawless,
31. but remember that I caused You 
displeasure.

32. With all these, 
I intend not to forget 
Your presence in my life. 
</B>

Amen!

<B>Thus, may You be pleased, 
O Supernal Parent,
That by the merit and the power
Of my making mention 
of these <I>Mitzvot</I> 
With my mouth, 
There be stimulated
The energy of these <I>Mitzvot</I>
In their supernal root,
To draw down to me,
That High Holy flow
That will shield my thoughts,
My voice and my words,
From all damage, 
All taint, all dross and dirt.
And there be drawn to me a flow
That will make pure
My thoughts and heart, 
My voice and words.
May all of them be surrendered
To You, Praised One,
To the end that I may merit 
To be connected to You,
In <I>devekut</I> and love.
And to attain the fulfillment 
Of Your <I>mitzvah</I>
To cleave to You.
Thus will I be privileged 
To be an instrument of Your will, 
A vehicle for the 
Blessed Shechinah of Your Glory.

Thus will the light in my soul  
Not darken,
Nor will Your Divine spark 
Be extinguished in me,
From now on and forever.
Amen! 
May this be Your will.</B>
{prose}


{section {he תפילת הבריאה}}

{section Barchu}

{poetry}
I bow before You,
Yah, our God,
Cosmic Majesty,
For shaping light 
And creating darkness,
Promoting peace 
And creating what is.

You bring on light 
With compassion to the world 
And to all who live in it.
In goodness, 
You constantly renew each day
What You made happen 
At the beginning,
You make numberless beings,
All different.
Each one, with its own wisdom.
All there is, is Yours.

Yah, our Master!
How mighty is Your fame 
All over Earth.
Such glory, 
You radiate from the Heavens.

I am awed 
When I see Your skies,
Your handiwork and fingerprints,
The moon and stars
You have arranged.
And the angels;
<B>Ophanim</B>,
Turning orbits and the planets,
<B>Hayot</B>,
The constellations of the zodiac,
<B>Seraphim</B>,
Blazing ones, the galaxies.

All in concert, 
Adore and venerate You,
And sanctify Your Name
Chanting:
<B>Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
Holy, Holy, Holy are You
Yah of Diversity</B>
The cosmos is filled 
With Your radiance.
They plead also…
<B>Bring this glory to radiate to us
Also on the level where we live.</B>

They all offer to You, blessed God
All pleasure in worship.
Aware that You alone,
Are Sacred, beyond all limits.
Condensing and focusing,
Creating anew,
Overcoming all barriers,
Seeding virtue,
Growing liberations,
Making healing available,
Awesome in admiration,
Master of marvels.

In Your benevolence
You renew each day, 
Each moment,
The work of Creation.

Please, focus, new light on Zion
And let us all receive its benefit.
Barukh attah Yah
You shape luminaries.
{prose}


{section {he אהבת עולם}
Ahavat Olam}

{poetry}
From ever
You have loved us into life.
Yah—-our God,
You nourished us with kindness
And abundance.

Holy One!
For the sake of Your plan,
For Your honor,
And because we know
That our parents trusted You,
And You, in turn, taught them
How to live life,
So as to be serving Your purpose,
We ask You to share with us 
In the same way.
God, kind Parent,
We live in the embrace
Of Your caring.
Make ours an understanding heart,
To become aware 
And be careful and effective
In this way, to make real
What You speak to us in Torah,
And with so much love.

When we study Torah,
May we see clearly
What is meant for us to know.
When we do Mitzvot,
May all our feelings
Sit harmonious in our heart.

Focus all our hearts’ longing
To that moment,
When we stand in Your Presence,
In both awe and adoration.

May we never have to be Apologetic for our love for You.

Trusting You,
We are happy to see
Your beneficent plan unfolding.

May Your 
Kindness and compassion,
Be available to us.

Please hurry.
Bring blessing and peace to us.
Gather us, so we not be scattered
All over the world.
Lift the hold of estrangement
From us.
Lead us to live in this world,
So that we feel at home in it.

You can do this for us.
You have assigned us
To do our special work in life

You brought us close to You.
We are grateful.
We hold You special.
And are filled with love for You

<B>Barukh attah Yah</B>

Who relates to us in Love.

Amen
{prose}


{section Sh’ma Yisrael}

{he שמע ישראל י—ה א-להינו י—ה אחד}

{section Deuteronomy 6:4}

{poetry}
/6:4 <B>Listen</B>, you, Yisrael person,
{instruct <I>say your own name here</I>}
Yah who Is, is our God,
Yah who Is, Is One, Unique, 
All there Is.
{prose}

{he ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד}

(poetry)
Through time and space,
Your glory shines, Majestic One.
{prose}

{section Deuteronomy 6:5-9}

{poetry}
/6:5 <B>Love Yah</B>, who is your God,
In what your heart is,
In what you aspire to,
In what you have made your own.
/6:6 May these values
Which I connect with your life,
Be implanted in your feelings.
/6:7 May they become the norm
For your children:
Keep talking with them 
In the privacy of your home,
And on the errands you run.
May they help you relax.
And activate you to be productive.
/6:8 Display them visibly on your arm.
Let them focus your attention.
/6:9 See them at all transitions at home,
And in your environment.
{prose}


{section Deuteronomy 11:13-21}

{poetry}
/11:13 <B>How good it will be</B>
When you really listen,
And hear my directions,
Which I give to you today,
For loving Yah, who is your God,
And to act godly 
With feeling and inspiration.
/11:14 Your earthly needs will be met
At the right time,
Appropriate to the season.
You will reap what you planted
For your delight and health.
/11:15 Also, your animals 
Will have ample feed.
All of you will eat and be content.
/11:16 Be careful -- watch out!
Don't let your cravings delude you;
Don’t become alienated;
Don’t let your cravings 
Become your gods;
Don’t debase yourself to them,
/11:17 Because the God-sense within you
Will become distorted.
Heaven will be shut to you,
Grace will not descend,
Earth will not yield her produce.
Your rushing will destroy you!
And Earth will not be able 
To recover her good balance
In which God's gifts manifest.
/11:18 May these values of Mine, 
Reside in your 
Feelings and aspirations:
Marking what you produce,
Guiding what you perceive.
/11:19 Teach them to your children
So that they are instructed
How to make their homes sacred;
And how they deal with traffic.
Even when you are depressed,
And when you are elated.
/11:20 Mark your entrances and exits
With them,
So you will be more aware.
/11:21 Then, you and your children, 
And their children,
Will live out on earth
That divine promise 
Given to your ancestors
To live heavenly days
Right here on this earth. 
{prose}


{section {he ציצית}}

{section Numbers 15:37-41}

{poetry}
/15:37 <B>Yah who Is, said to Moses,</B>
/15:38 `Speak, telling the Israel folks
To make tzitzit
On the corners of their garments,
So they will have generations
To follow them.
On each tzizit tassel,
Let them set a blue thread.
/15:39 These tzitzit are for your benefit!
Glance at them.
And in your seeing, 
Remember all the other directives 
Of Yah, who Is,
And act on them!
This way, 
You will not be led astray,
Craving to see and want,
And then prostitute yourself
For your cravings.
/15:40 This way
You will be mindful
To actualize my directions
For becoming dedicated 
to your God;
To be aware 
/15:41 That I Am Yah, Who is your God,
Who is the one who freed you
From oppression,
in order to God you.
I am Yah, who is your God.'
{prose}


That is the truth!  {he אמת}

{poetry}
You, Yah, 
Who saved our ancestors,
May You 
Soon bring redemption 
To us also.
Barukh attah Yah
Ga’al Yisrael.
{prose}


{section {he תפילת האצילות}}

{section <B><I>Weekday Affirmations</I></B>}

<<I>Based on the Amidah.</I>>
{instruct <I>You can add personal affirmations to the following.</I>}

{section <B>I affirm...</B>}

{poetry}
The power of positive affirmations.
I affirm that the Shechinah Surrounds me, 
And blesses me.
I affirm the light beings 
Of God's service, 
Who support and guide me.
{prose}

{section <B>Avot</B>}

{poetry}
I affirm the blessings 
Of Abraham and Sarah, in my life.
{prose}

{section <B>T'hiyah</B>}

{poetry}
I affirm the sacrifice of Isaac, 
And God's power over my life, 
And death.
{prose}

{section <B>K'dushah</B>}

{poetry}
I affirm God's holiness, 
And my growth toward it.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הָ} Shover oyvim</B>}

{poetry}
I place myself 
Under the protection of the S’phirah of Keter,
Which will shield me 
From all harm and neutralize it.
}הַ{he Atah honen  
I invoke the inflow of Chochmah, 
To align my intellect
With clarity and purpose, 
To inspiration and realization.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הֵ} Hashivenu</B>}

{poetry}
I invoke the care of Binah,
To lead me to God's heart.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הֶ} S'lihah</B>}

{poetry}
I invoke the abundance of Chesed, 
To bring me to atonement.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הְ} Ge'ullah</B>}

{poetry}
I invoke the power of Gevurah, 
To see me through trouble 
And lead me to redemption.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הוֹ} Refu’ah</B>}

{poetry}
I place myself 
In the compassionate heart 
Of God's Tiferet,
And affirm the healing, 
balancing, integrative, 
Centering light within me.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הִ} Brachah, Mashiach, Shechinah</B>}

{poetry}
I support myself 
On the pillar of Netzach, 
Channeling to me 
All manner of
Blessing and prosperity, 
And place it at the disposal 
Of the redeeming Mashiach,
Unfolding to witness 
The Shechinah's residing in Zion.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הֻ} Kibbutz Galuyot, Yerushalayim, Modim</B>}

{poetry}
I support myself 
On the pillar of Hod, 
Making order in my life,
Gathering all the forces
From dispersion,
And settling them
In the blessed Jerusalem,
Where I offer my thanks 
To God's Glory.
{prose}

{section <B>{he הוּ} Tzedakah Umishpat, Tzaddikim, Shalom</B>}

{poetry}
I base myself 
On the foundation 
Of Yesod, 
To act righteously and justly.
To assist 
Every righteous effort 
In the world, 
And to become 
Peaceful, 
To work for peace.
{prose}

{section <B>{he ה} Shome'a T'fillah</B>}

{poetry}
I affirm that Malchut, 
The Shechinah, is the one 
Offering these affirmations in me,
And is attracting 
The flow of blessings, 
To suffuse my life. 

Amen...Amen.
{prose}


{instruct <I>If you are pressed for time, you can use this short version.</I>}


{section Havinenu}

{poetry}
Help us YaH,
To understand Your ways,
And sensitize our hearts,
With reverence all our days.

Forgive us, with compassion,  each sin,
That redemption  we may hope to win.
In Your caring, 
take our pain and suffering away,
And satisfy us, with Your abundance,
we pray.

With Your all-powerful and tremendous hand,
Our scattered ones
Bring together to our own land.

May justice be effective,
And righteousness prevail.
May evil plots be razed and fail.
But righteous efforts 
Be well regarded.
And those who serve goodness 
Be rewarded
When Your sacred city, 
With joy we rebuild.
And Your House of prayer
With all peoples be flll’d.

Then with a loud and exultant voice,
Will the righteous, O God of Israel, rejoice.

Let it be Thy divine will, to speedily found
A messianic life for all abound.

And, may the light of peace, 
Brightly blaze,
As in reverence,
Your sacred Name we praise.

For You do hear 
The voice of Prayer,
Are blessed!  

This we declare. Amen
{prose}

<based on a translation by Joseph F. Stern>


{section Another version of the Amidah}

{section {he העמידה}

{poetry}
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳} 
I bow before You,Yah, 
Our indwelling God,
Our parents’ God,
Abraham and Sarah’s God,
Isaac and Rebeccah’s God,
Jacob and Leah and Rachel’s God,
Great, Powerful  and Awesome God.
God transcendent.
You nurture us gently 
And are kind to us.
You, who possesses it all.
You remember 
How our parents loved You.
Yes, we trust that You 
Will bring redemption
To us, their children’s children,
Who chant Your name
And love You...
Our Prince, Our Helper, 
Our Protector.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Magen Avraham U’foked Sarah 

You are powerful with worlds <I>Adonay</I>.
What is dead, you can make live.
You are really capable of helping.
You give dew (and rain) 
To parched earth and souls.
You feed all life with gentleness.
You invigorate bodies 
With mercy’s flow.
You support us in falling.
You heal us in sickness.
You free us from compulsion.
You keep faith 
With those now dead.
In Your might, 
No one can compare with You.
You deal out life and death.
Yet in all this,
You make salvation grow.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
M’chayeh Hametim.

You are Holy, 
Your name is Sacred.
And those who daily aspire to be holy,
Sing your <I>Halleluyah</I> all day.

Indeed, You are 
the Great and Holy God.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Ha’el hakkadosh.

<B>We pray for the right awareness</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Chonen Hada’at.

<B>We pray  for becoming harmonized
with God’s will</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Harotzheh Bit’shuvah.

<B>We pray for forgiveness</B>
(in your own words)
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Channun Hammarbeh Lis’lo’ach.

<B>We pray for support and redemption</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Go’el Yisrael.

<B>We pray for healing</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Rofe’ Chol Bassar U’mafli’ La’assot.

<B>We pray for 
the ecology and economy</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
M’varech Hashanim.

<B>We pray for 
the the ending of exile</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
M’kabbetz Nid’chey Ammo Yisrael.

<B>We pray for a just society</B>
/in your own words/
}בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳{he  Barukh attah Yah
Melech Ohev Tzedakka U’mishpat.

<B>We pray for release
from the struggle with negativity</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Shover Oyvim U’machni’a’ Zeydim.

<B>We pray for 
all righteous effort to succeed</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Mish’an U’mivtach latzaddikim

<B>We pray for Jerusalem, 
God’s city, The House of Prayer</B>
for all Peoples.
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Boneh Y’rushalayim.

<B>We pray for 
the rule of Mashi’ach</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Matzmi’ach Keren Y’shu’ah.

<B>You hear Our Prayer,</B>
Compassionate parent.
Accept our pleading, 
With kindness and grace.
Everyone praying to You, is heard.
So, I add the concerns I still have
Beyond what I have expressed before,
And I trust, that You, will respond.
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Shome’a’ T’fillah.

Take pleasure God, 
In our way of praying.
Teach us,  
To encounter Your Presence.
May we merit 
To pray in Your Temple in Zion.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
Hammachazir Sh’chinnato L’tzion.

We are grateful God 
and count our blessings
{instruct <I>here in your words detail your gratitude for events in your life</I>}
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
HaTov Shimcha U’l’cha Na’eh L’hodot.

<B>We pray for Peace</B>
/in your own words/
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}  Barukh attah Yah
HaM’varech Et ‘Amo Yisrael Bashalom. 
Amen.
{prose}


{poetry}
{instruct <I>After the Amidah,
it is important to find a moment
to search
your heart and conscience.

If you find something
that needs repair,
make your commitment
to do so, 
and ask for the grace
to fulfill
that tikkun.</I>}
{prose}


{section Tahanun}

{poetry}
My God!
my soul is Yours 
my body is Your servant 
take pity on what You have created; 
my soul is Yours 
and my body is Yours 
God help us for Your sake. 
We come to You 
because we want to honor 
Your reputation.
Help us in our moral struggle 
for the sake of Your reputation;
because You are kind and compassionate.
Forgive us, 
for there is so much 
we need to be forgiven for.

Pardon us our Father,
our errors are so great;
forgive us our Royal Master
many are our mistakes 

Our God our parents God
pardon our sins
Erase our rebellions 
Let our failures not appear before You.
Mold our drives to serve Your purposes;
let our stubbornness be in Your service.
Refresh our conscience 
to guard Your instructions
Sensitize our hearts to love You 
and to respect Your reputation
as Your Torah prescribes:
`and YaH Your God 
will sensitize Your heart 
and the hearts of Your children 
so that Your love for Your God 
will be wholehearted, inspired, 
to make Your life meaningful'

Dear God.
I approach You 
from the desire to serve You
and yet there is no Tzaddik
who can do only good 
and not fail in it

Please help me with my moral Life
so that in every way 
my attitude will be balanced 
and right.

To begin with, 
help me to forgive anyone
who is frustrated and upset me
if they have sinned against me, 
my body my possessions 
my reputation anything of mine
but unintentionally are intentionally
whether they scheme to do it 
or were unaware
whether it was in word or action
whether is was and thought 
and the imagination
Whether it was in this incarnation 
or in any other
I completely forgive any God-wrestler;
let no one be punished on my account.

My God and my parents God 
may our prayer come before You
do not turn Your attention 
from our pleading
we don't want to be impudent
we don't want to be stubborn
and claim that we are righteous 
and have not sinned

Indeed our parents have sinned 
and we have sinned
Help us with God not to fail You again
and what I hereby confess to You
{instruct .......}

I beg You, 
that in Your great mercy 
You erase my sins
but not by means 
of suffering and illness.
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be acceptable for You yah my rock and my Redeemer
I place my faith in You
I place my trust in You
I place my hope and You
{prose}


{instruct <I>Continue with the Siddur Shomer Yisrael.</I>}

{instruct At this point, you may wish to recite Psalm 6 or Psalm 25.}

{instruct <I>On days when Tachanun is not recited, joyful and celebrative days, recite Psalm 15 instead.</I>}


{section Psalm 6}

{poetry}
/6:1 A David Song 
(Note to the Conductor -- <I>play this melody on the eight stringer</I>)
/6:2 Yah! Please don't chide me 
in Your anger. 
Don't scold me in Your wrath.
/6:3 I need You to show me kindness. 
I am so miserable. 
Heal me, Yah! My bones ache so.
/6:4 My inner self is very troubled. 
I ask You, Yah! 
How long must I still endure?
/6:5 Relent, Yah, 
And for mercy's sake 
Pull me out and spare me.
/6:6 How can I remember You 
If I am dead in the pits? 
Who will thank You?
/6:7 I groan and am all worn out. 
I sob on my bed; 
My tears drench my mattress.
/6:8 My eyes are stinging 
From frustration, 
As if all my troubles 
Wept them out.

/6:9 Away with you, 
All you traffickers of sin!
/6:10 Yah has heard my wailing. 
Yah has listened to my pleading. 
Yah will fulfill my prayer.
/6:11 Confusion and embarrassment 
On you, you fiends! 
This very moment, Let shame 
Bring you to your senses.
{prose}


{section Psalm 25}

{poetry}
{he א} /25:1 (An Aleph-Bet song) Of David. 
Yah! To You I raise my soul.
{he ב} /25:2 My God, I trust You. 
Let me not be shamed. 
Let not my detractors mock me.

{he ג} /25:3 All who place their hope in You 
Will not be disgraced, 
But shame will cling to those 
who riot without cause.

{he ד} /25:4 Get me to know your ways. 
Teach me your way.

{he ה} /25:5 Guide me in Your Truth. 
Teach me to know 
That You are the God of my salvation.
All day long I set my trust on You.
{he ו} ---
{he ז} /25:6 Recall Your compassion, Yah 
And Your kindness, 
They precede all Creation.

{he ח} /25:7 To the failings of my youth 
And my rebellions, don't pay heed.
Remember Your good will for me, Yah! 
for Your goodness' sake.

{he ט} /25:8 Because You are good and fair, 
You can gently show the way 
to the neglectful.

{he י} /25:9 You guide the modest 
in their judgments, 
Teaching the unassuming Your way.

{he כ} /25:10 Those who respect Your covenant 
And witness You, 
Find that Your ways, Yah, 
Are kind and real.
{he ל} /25:11 For Your sake, Yah, 
Pardon my flaw –- though it is great.

{he מ} /25:12 When a person so minds You, Yah, 
You will teach him the path to choose.

{he נ} /25:13 Such one can sleep easy at night, 
Knowing that her children 
will inherit the Earth.

{he ס} /25:14 You, Yah, impart Your secrets 
To Your awakened ones. 
Your mysteries You share with them.

{he ע} /25:15 My eyes are focused on You, Yah. 
You untangle my feet from the trap.

{he פ} /25:16 Turn to me with kindness, 
For I am lonely and wretched.

{he צ} /25:17 My troubles have opened my heart
And made space in it for others. 
Do extricate me from my despair.

{he ק} /25:18 See my struggle, 
my heavy burden. 
Forgive then all my failings.

{he ר} /25:19 See how much I suffer, 
How I am hated for no reason.

{he ש} /25:20 Keep my soul safe and free me. 
Let me not be reviled 
for my trust in You.

{he ת} /25:21 Because I trust You-- 
Let simple directness protect me.
/25:22 God! Free all of Israel 
from all their distress.
{prose}


{section Psalm 15}

{poetry}
/15:1 David’s song: 

Yah! 
Who may be at home in Your tent? 
Who may find sanctuary 
On Your Sacred mountain?

/15:2 One who strides with wholeness, 
Acts with fairness, 
Whose heart and words 
Speak with honesty, 
/15:3 Not given to gossip, 
Not hurting others, 
Not shifting blame on others.
/15:4 Wary of his own motives, 

He honors those 
Who are respectful of God. 
She will not stoop to lie 
When she swears, 
Even if it causes her loss.
/15:5 He lends his money, interest free, 
Won’t accept a bribe, 
To convict the innocent.
One who acts in this way, 
Will never waver.
{prose}


{poetry}
Dear God,
We take delight in the privilege
To be created for Your glory--
* Not to walk about in confusion;
* To feel in us, 
Your implant of eternal life.

Open our hearts to Your Torah.
Secure in our hearts, 
Love and Awe for You.
May we not waste our lives
Or cause discord.
We plead with You, Yah, 
Our God, 
Support of our Parents, 
That in this life
We may be faithful to Your intent.
And that we may live, 
To experience 
The days of Mashiach, 
And the life of the world to come.

To trust in You, Yah,
Is our blessing.
I will keep chanting in Your honor,
And offer my gratefulness,  
And not be silent.

Yah will prove trustworthy.
Yah shaped the worlds,
We can stake our trust on this.
Knowing how to call on You, 
We can depend on You.

You never abandoned those 
Who sought You, Yah.

<I>This is true because</I>—
You, Yah,
desire this.

In order that Your justice prevail,
You extend the Torah,
To be ever more 
Compelling and strong.
{prose}


{section Here are Psalms for each day of the week.}

{section Psalm 24}

/24:1 David’s song (for opening himself to Spirit).

<<I>This psalm was the <B>Sunday</B> song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.</I>>

{poetry}
Earth and her fullness 
Are Yours, Yah, 
The cosmos and its beings.
/24:2 You founded Earth 
On the endless seas of space.
You set her by the streams 
Of the great Flow.

/24:3 Who can rise 
To Your summit, Yah? 
Who can stand 
In Your place of holiness?
/24:4 One who has hands 
that are clean, 
A heart that is pure, 
Who has no false oath 
On her conscience, 
Who swore not to larceny.
/24:5 Such a one 
Will raise a blessing from You, Yah, 
Kind generosity from You, 
Her helpful God.

/24:6 Such people are of a generation 
That seeks You. 
Like Jacob seeking to face You, 
Selah!

/24:7 Open your minds’ imagination! 
Let the Gates to eternity 
Come into view!
Then the King of Glory 
Will appear.
/24:8 Who is this, 
the King of Glory?
Yah – Tzebaot, 
She is the Queen of Glory. 
Yah! Powerful and strong. 
Yah, the ever victorious!

/24:9 Open your minds’ imagination! 
Let the Gates to eternity 
Come into view, 
And then the King of Glory 
Will appear.
/24:10 Who is this, the King of Glory?
Yah – Tzebaot, 
She is the Queen of Glory. 
Selah!
{prose}


{section Psalm 48}

<<I>This psalm was the <B>Monday</B> song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.</I>>

{poetry}
/48:1 <I>Song and music from the Korachites</I>
/48:2 Here in God’s city, 
On this holy mountain, 
God is vast and His fame is glorious.
/48:3 This beautiful landscape, 
The joy place of Earth, 
Mount Zion 
at Jerusalem’s North side, 
The great royal capital.

/48:4 In her palaces, 
God is known in exaltation.
/48:5 Here, kings gathered. 
They came together.
/48:6(<I>If they came as enemies...</I>) 
They saw and were overwhelmed 
With awe. 
They were shaken and took flight.
/48:7 Trembling, they shook, 
Shaking like a woman in labor.

/48:8 A storm You raised from the East, 
Shattering Tarshish cruisers.
/48:9 All this we heard.
We even saw it all, 
In God’s city, 
The Seat of Yah—Tzebaot.
May God keep it flourishing forever. 
Selah!

/48:10 In the midst of Your Temple, 
We looked for Your Grace, O God.
/48:11 Your reputation is well deserved. 
So, we praise You 
To the ends of the Earth.
Fairness and kindness 
Issue from Your right hand.
/48:12 Zion’s mountain rejoices. 
Judah daughters are gleeful. 
All because of how You act justly.

/48:13 Go round Zion, enfold her. 
Take note of her towers.
/48:14 Set your heart on her strengths. 
Raise her mansions high. 
Then, you will tell about it 
To generations yet to come:

/48:15 This is God, our God! 
Forever and ever. 
He will guide us past death.
{prose}


{section Psalm 82}

<<I>This psalm was the <B>Tuesday</B> song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.</I>>

/82:1 Assaph sings: 
God is present 
to the godly gathering. 
He presides among those 
Who administer judgment, 
(and warns them), 
/82:2 `How much longer will you twist 
Your verdicts 
and favor the wicked?' 
Selah!
/82:3 In your judging, 
Consider the modest, 
the orphan. 
Find justice for the destitute 
And the oppressed.
/82:4 Assist the poor, the down and out. 
Save them from the bullies’ hands.

/82:5 Not knowing, unawares you are, 
You walk in the dark, 
While the foundations of earth 
Are toppling.

/82:6 I set you to be judges, 
To be like angels 
of the Most High.
/82:7 But you will die like anyone else, 
Topple like demoted princes.
/82:8 Arise, O God! 
Bring justice to the world! 

You can bring order 
to all the nations.
{prose}


{section Psalm 94}

<<I>This psalm was the <B>Wednesday</B> song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.</I>>

{poetry}
/94:1 God who settles scores! 
Appear in Divine vengeance!
/94:2 Make Yourself known, 
As The Judge of the World. 

Let the arrogant suffer 
Your retribution.

/94:3 How long yet YHVH 
will the wicked -- 
How long yet 
will the evil ones prosper?
/94:4 Boasting their malice, 
They talk each other into greater evil.
/94:5 YHVH! 
They oppress Your people. 
They demean Your legacy.
/94:6 They murder widows 
and strangers. 
They kill orphans!

/94:7 Deluded are they, 
Thinking that Yah cannot see, 
The God of Jacob is not aware.
/94:8 Boorish trash! 
Try to make sense! 
Fools, will you ever get wise?
/94:9 The One who plants ears -- 
Can He not hear? 
Who shapes eyes -- 
Can She not see?
/94:10 He who reproaches nations -- 
Does She not call them to task? 

He, Who teaches people 
to be aware, Is She not aware?

/94:11 YHVH, 
Knows our human thoughts. 
They are all worthless.
/94:12 Blissful is the one 
whom You, Yah, 
Take to task and teach him 
Of Your Torah, 
/94:13 To keep him secure 
during evil days, 
Tiding him over until ruin 
Overtakes the wicked.
/94:14 Because YHVH, 
Will not forsake His people. 
She will not abandon Her heritage.
/94:15 Justice will return to the courts, 
Vindicating those of upright heart.
/94:16 Will anyone 
Stand with me against the wicked? 
Who will stand up for me 
Against the bullies?

/94:17 Had YHVH not helped me, 
I would not have escaped 
The silent tomb.
/94:18 When my knees buckled, 
Your Grace, YHVH, 
Held me up.
/94:19 When overwhelmed 
By disturbing thoughts—-like... 
`How could You assist malice?' 
I found comfort 
As You delighted my soul.
/94:20 Those who scoff 
all laws and justice, 
/94:21 Who band together 
Against righteous souls, 
And shed pure blood in meanness, 
/94:23 You paid them back 
for their crimes.
YHVH, God, 
You suppressed them for their evil.
/94:22 YHVH, Is at all times 
my tower of strength, 
My God, The rock of my safe place.
{prose}


{section Psalm 81}

<<I>This psalm was the <B>Thursday</B> song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.</I>>

/81:1 (<I>Accompany this Assaph song with the guitar</I>)
/81:2 Make music to God, 
The Source of our strength.
/81:3 Trumpet a fanfare to Jacob’s God: 
Louder, Drum rolls, 
Sweet sounding violins 
And pipes.
/81:4 Greet the New Moon 
With the Shofar, The time 
When the moon is hidden, 
And still we celebrate.

/81:5 This is the imperative for Israel. 
To become prepared, 
For being judged by Jacob’s God.
/81:6 (Like that day when...) 
Joseph was empowered 
To go out and rule Egypt, 
Able to understand a language 
He never learned.
/81:7 (<I>This caused that, in the end.</I>) 
The heavy load 
was taken from his back 
No longer 
having to knead the clay.
/81:8 You called when oppressed, 
And I (said God) freed you.

In the thunder 
You heard my secret message. 
Later, I tested you 
at Meribah’s springs. 
Selah!

/81:9 Listen my people! 
I witness this to you! 
Israel, if only 
you would listen to Me.

/81:10 Don’t cling to a strange god. 
Don’t worship an alien deity.

/81:11 It is I, Yah, 
Who took you up from Egypt.
I fed you 
and you were sated to fullness.
/81:12 But My people did not obey me. 
Israel did not desire Me close.
/81:13 I let them have their hearts’ way, 
To pursue their own devices.

/81:14 Oy! 
If only my people would obey Me, 
Israel would walk in My ways.
/81:15 In a moment, 
I would subdue their foes. 
I would, with My own hands, 
repay them.
/81:16 Those who loathe Yah, but deny it, 
Will have their rebuke forever.
/81:17 (<I>But you who obey...</I>) 
I will feed with the fat of grain. 
And satisfy 
With honey from the rock.
{prose}


{section Psalm 93}

<<I>This psalm was the <B>Friday</B> song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.</I>>

{poetry}
/93:1 Yah, You ruled, robed in dignity.
Donning intensity, 
Girded with strength, 
Even the cosmos you arrayed 
That it not falter.
/93:2 Your Throne 
Is prepared from the farthest past. 
You have been before 
There was a world.

/93:3 The currents raise their roar, 
The rivers raise the spumes, 
The mighty torrents' thunder.
/93:4 The thunder of the ocean’s breakers: All exclaim, 
`Most powerful are You, Yah!' 
Oh, Yah! /93:5  Your creation 
witnesses You well. 
Of sacred beauty is Your house-- 
Through all of time.
{prose}


{instruct <I>on Rosh Chodesh, New Moon Day, or any other in which you appreciate God’s hand in nature insert Psalm 104</I>}


{section {he ברכי נפּשׁי}
Psalm 104}

{poetry}
/104:1 Bless YAH, breath of mine. 
YAH, my God, You are so vast and great, 
All veiled in pride and glory!

/104:2 You are wrapped in Light. 
The sky, You spread like a sheet.

/104:3 Your upper chambers are water roofed, 
As You bestride clouds. 
You waft on the wings of wind.

/104:4 The breezes, You send 
are Your aides, 
Your helpers, blazing flames.

/104:5 You founded Earth, so sound, 
To outlast time itself.

/104:6 The abyss, You covered like a mantle 
Water! On mountains rests.

/104:7 You sound a roar and they flee. 
Your thunder makes them shake.

/104:8 Mountains high and valleys low... 
Their places they assume.

/104:9 You set them limits they cannot pass. 
Never again to flood the land.

/104:10 Springs flow into brooks 
And snake between the mountains.

/104:11 All the wild of field drink there. 
The beasts slake there their thirst.

/104:12 By their shores dwell birds that soar, 
Sounding calls through leaves and reeds.

/104:13 You drench the hills 
From Your Upper Chambers. 

From your hands' produce 
The Earth is filled.

/104:14 You grow fodder for the tamed beasts, 
And herbs with human labor, 

To bring forth bread from Earth.
/104:15 And wine to delight the sad ones, 

And oil... that softens skin, 
And bread... that sustains the weak.

/104:16 Even the trees you sate with sap. 
The cedars You planted on the Lebanon.

/104:17 There, birds find their nesting. 
There, storks find homes to rest.

/104:18 Antelopes bound on the heights. 
Marmots hide behind rocks.

/104:19 The Moon pulls tides and seasons. 
The sun knows where to set.

/104:20 You darken dusk to night. 
The forest's night life stirs.

/104:21 The big cats cry for prey, 
Praying God for their food.

/104:22 They return at the rising of the sun, 
To crouch once more in lairs.

/104:23 While humans go out to work, 
To their toil, up to night.

/104:24 How many things You do! 
So wisely are they made. 
All Earth, at Your command.

/104:25 This vast sea beyond all grasp. 
Countless are the creatures in her, 
Tiny ones and giant whales.

/104:26 There go stately ships. 
This Leviathan You shaped 
To play and romp therein.

/104:27 They all rely on Your care, 
To feed them well each time.

/104:28 You give to them and they take it. 
Your hand's gifts sate them well.

/104:29 You hide your face, they panic. 
You recall their breaths, they die. 
They return to their dust.

/104:30 You send your spirit, 
And they are re-created. 
So too, You renew life on Earth.

/104:31 Let Your glory, Yah, fill time and space. 
Take Joy, O Yah, in what You do!

/104:32 You look at Earth and she trembles, 
Hills You touch, and they smoke.

/104:33 I live Your song, my Yah, 
My Yah, I am Your tune.

/104:34 Let my talking give You joy. 
I am so happy, my Yah!

/104:35 I wish no sin exist on Earth. 
All wickedness were gone. 

Bless that Yah, my soul, my breath.

HALLELU-YAH!
{prose}


{instruct Then close with the Aleynu}


{section {he עלינו לשבח – שלו עשנו עם}}

{poetry}
We rise to praise You,
Source of All,
Your generous work, 
As  Creator of All.
You made us  One 
With all of Life.
You inspired us to share 
with all mankind.
You linked our fate 
With all that lives.
And made our portion 
With all in the world.
Some of us like to worship You,
As emptiness and void.
Some of us want to worship You,
As King of Kings.
We all consider You 
sacred and blessed.
We stand amazed
At the vault of the sky,
At the firmness of Earth.
And deem You,
Enthroned in the Highest realms,
Dwelling also in and with us.
You are our God.
There is nothing else.
Your Truth is supreme.
Existence is nothing but You.
So Your Torah guides us;
Yah’s kingdom 
Extends throughout the Cosmos.
Further it is stated:
Yah  will indeed govern 
Over all there is.
On that Day, Yah will be One.
And Her Name, Will be ONE.
{prose}


{instruct <I>In a minyan you can recite the Kaddish here. And if you are in mourning you can always say:</I>}


{section {he א-ל מלא רחמים}}

Compassionate, Highest God! 
Grant, repose under Your Sh’khinnah’s wings in the company of saints and pure ones who radiate light like the bright sky, and among them may  the soul of my --- who has gone to other realms find gentle rest.  I will offer as Mitzvah, alms to honor & (his/her) memory. May & soul find itself in the garden of delight and may his remains be undisturbed and may & soul be bound up in the chain of life. To this I say Amen


{instruct From the beginning of Elul we include Psalm 27}

{section Psalm 27}

{poetry}
/27:1 Yah, you are my Light, my Savior, 
Whom need I dread?
Yah, With You as my strong Protector 
Who can make me panic?
/27:2 When hateful bullies gang up on me, 
Wanting to harass me, 
To oppress and terrorize me, 
They are the ones who stumble and fall.
/27:3 Even if a gang surrounds me 
My heart is not weakened.
If a battle is joined around me 
My trust in You is firm.
/27:4 Only one thing do I ask of You, Yah, 
Just this alone do I seek: 
I want to be at home with You, Yah, 
All the days of my life.
I want to delight in seeing You, 
When I come to visit You in Your Temple.
/27:5 You hide me in Your Succah on an foul day.
You conceal me unseen in Your tent 
And also raise me beyond anyone’s reach.
/27:6 And now, as You have held my head high, 
Despite the presence of my powerful foes, 
I prepare to celebrate and thrill, 
Singing and making music to You, Yah!
/27:7 Listen, Yah, to the sound of my cry 
And, being kind, answer me.
/27:8 My heart has said: -I turn to seek You, 
Your Presence is what I beg for.
/27:9 Don’t hide Your Face from me. 
Don’t just put me down, 
You, who have been my helper 
Don’t abandon me, don’t forsake me, 
God, my support.
/27:10 Though father and mother have left me 
You, Yah, will hold me securely.
/27:11 Please teach me Your way 
And guide me on the straight path. 
Discourage those who defame me.
/27:12 False witnesses stood up against me, 
Belching out violence. 
Don’t let me become the victim of my foes.
/27:13 [<I>I would not have survived</I>] 
If I had not hoped that I would yet see 
Yah’s goodness fully alive on Earth.
/27:14 So friend, you too, hope to Yah. 
Be sturdy! 
And make strong your heart! 
And most of all ---keep hoping to Yah.
{prose}


{instruct <I>Here you say some of these blessings to those you davvened with and to your own day.</I>}

{poetry}
El Shaddai bless you,
Make you fruitful, give you the increase,
that will become a
source of  harmony for people.

From El, your parents God, help for you!
From Shaddai, all the blessings;
Sky blessings from above,
Blessings from the deepest strata below,
Blessings of fertility and nurture.

May G-d fulfill the blessing
to Abraham in you, 
and in your loved ones,
along with you.
Wherever, like Abraham,
you once were a stranger there, 
in that place, 
may you be at home.

Blessings of your parents (Jacob),
to add  more force
to those of their parents,
(Isaac and Abraham),
to cap the desires of the ancient hills,
be they upon your head (Joseph),
and surround the heads of your siblings.

God loves You.
God blesses and increases you.
God blesses your family and your land,
your income and your holdings,
right here on Earth,
as God promised your parents.
All peoples will bless you.
You and your possessions,
will all prosper.

May God remove all illness and pain,
all tensions and pressures
you have known...

The angel who redeemed me,
from all that was corrupt,
may that one bless these children.

May my name, 
that of Abraham and Isaac,
be associated with theirs.

Be blessed in the city.
Be blessed in the country.
Blessed as you arrive,
Blessed as you are leaving.

God decree for you blessing
in what you have stored up
for yourself from before,
through  your hands' work now,
right here on Earth.
This be your gift from God.
May God open for you,
treasures of heavenly goodness,
of earthly timeliness,
to succeed in what you do.
May you have good credit,
and not need it.

God be with you  and help you 
at all times.
May you not ever
have to feel shame or blame.

Go in joy, arrive in peace.
Mountains and hills sing you on your way.
Trees in the meadows applaud your trip.

Draw waters of Joy
from the source of help.
May you live to the day
that God be so present,
the way we hoped, Yah,
to be present to us all along,
a real help in our lives!
How we will then celebrate
God's helpfulness!
So you say to each other, L’chayim!
To you, Shalom, to your home, Shalom.

All of yours, Shalom! 
{prose}


{section Minchah, Afternoon Prayer}


{instruct For minchah, turn to the Ashrey and the Amidah and follow with Aleynu.}


{section Ma’ariv, Evening Prayer}

{section Barkhu and Sh’ma’}

{poetry}
<B>We praise You, Yah.</B>
By Your command,
Pleasant evenings appear.
With good judgment,
You open gates to new awareness.

You vary the seasons…
Setting the sky’s light,
As You adjust the times,
To conform 
To their appointed tasks.

You create day and night.
You make for dawn and dusk.
Now the day is over, 
And you bring on the night.

You give us discernment,
To know the difference 
Between day and night.

Yah  Tzeva’ot – 
Lord of Diversity,
Is Your Name.

Oh! Living, Present God,
May You always 
Govern our lives.
Barukh Attah Yah
Ha ma’ariv Aravim.
{prose}


{poetry}
You keep loving us,
As You have always loved us.
Yah, Our God.
You impart to us: 
Torah and Mitzvot,
To know reality and justice.

Therefore, Yah, our God,
When we are to rest for the night,
When we are to rise for the day,
We will make Your principles
Our conversation.
That will give us steady joy
As we talk Torah,
And plan to do Mitzvot.

This is what we live for.

This is what keeps us going.
Day and night we will
Ponder their meaning. 
Just keep on all along loving us.
Barukh Attah Yah
Ohev Ammo Yisrael.
{prose}


{instruct For the Sh’ma see above.}

{section {he אמת ואמונה}}

{poetry}
It is true, and we believe it…
That You are our redeemer.
I am awed when I recall the miracles,
And the help you gave me.
You kept my spirit alive.
You kept me from stumbling.
In the past, 
You helped our people.
We all accepted You,
As our leader,
And vowed to follow  Your lead.

With Moshe, Miriam, And all Israel,
We sang to You…
{prose}


{section {he מי כמוֹך באלים י-ה}}

{poetry}
Mi Kamokha ba’elim Y-ah
Mi Kamocha ne’dar bakodesh
Nora’ t’hillot ‘Osseh fele’

And we continue 
To celebrate You,
As Redeemer of Israel.
{prose}


{section השכיבנו}

Give us peaceful rest. 
And in the morning,
Awaken us to the good life,
And to peace.
We need you
To guide us,
And to assist us.

Protect us in the night.
Keep us in health,
And safe from ensnarement.
Guard our coming and leaving,
As You have, up to now. 

Barukh attah Y-ah
Shomer et Ammo Yisrael la’ad.
{prose}


{instruct Now pray the Amidah and Aleynu.}

{instruct Before you go to sleep, make an examination of your conscience for the entire day. Check your relationships and make an act of forgiveness.}

<poetry>
{instruct <I>Recalling  whatever frustration and hurt  was experienced during the day, at the hands of others, 
visualize them written on slips of paper. Rip these up one by one,
forgiving fully those who hurt you as you say:</I>}
<prose>


{section {he ריבונו של עולם הריני מוחל}}

{poetry}
Ribono Shel Olam, 
I hereby forgive 
whoever has hurt me, 
And whoever has done me 
any wrong; 
Whether it was 
Deliberately or by accident, 
Whether it was 
Done by word or by deed, 
In this incarnation 
Or in previous ones. 
May no one, 
Be punished on my account. 

May it be Your will, 
O L~rd my G~d,
G~d of my parents, 
That I sin no more, 
That I do not revert 
to my old ways, 
That I do not anger You any more 
by my actions, 
May I do not do that 
which is evil in Your sight. 

Wipe away the sins 
That I have committed, 
With Your great compassion, 
But not through 
Sickness or suffering. 

May these words 
Of my mouth, 
And the prayers 
That are in my heart, 
Be acceptable before You, 
O L~rd, My Rock and my Redeemer. 
{prose}


{section The Teaching of the Beit Ha Midrash at Elat Chayyim}

Each one who aligns oneself every day with these principles of the faith and lives according to them can be assured that s/he will have a role in the World to Come for us and for all the peoples on the entire world soon:
1. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in the G‑d who is infinite and the blessed light that issues from that Infinite Source, who is beyond time and space, yet who longs to have a dwelling place among those in the worlds here below; and who, out of loving beneficence to Her creatures, contracted Her light and Her radiant glory, in order to emanate, to create, to form, and to effectuate all that exists in the universe.
2. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in the Oneness of G‑d and of all creation, a oneness of the kind of One that has no second; and that all which exists in the universe exists solely according to the will of that G‑d, who constantly calls everything into being - who causes all existence at every moment.
3. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the Creator has an intent and a purpose in creation, and that one of the aspects of that purpose is so that He shall become known to us by and through it; and that we, creatures have a task to broaden and enlarge that knowledge /awareness until the world will be as filled with knowledge of G‑d as the waters cover the sea.
4. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the hoped‑for goal is that all of us will come to constitute one united interconnected and organic whole and that every living being will know that You are the One who constantly causes its existence.
5. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that all the pathways through which the Holy Spirit is manifest and revealed are of one piece with the Torah that was given at Sinai.
6. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in the mission of Judaism, which is one of the vital organs of the collective being that comprises all existence, and that through G‑d's compassion on all creatures, it is revealed to them also how indispensable and integral they are to the health of all the species of the planet.
7. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the universe is not ownerless and abandoned, and that every one who does good with his/her life takes part in the fixing on the world and that every one who uses his/her life for evil participates in the destruction of the world; and that every action has an impact on the rest of existence.
8. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the amount of good in the world is greater than the amount of evil, and that the entire order of movement through the chain of evolution is designed to bring about the fulfillment of the Divine intention.
9. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the deeds of the fathers and mothers accrue to the benefit of the children, and that the tradition that is passed on contains within it the seeds of the light of redemption.
10. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that our prayers are heard and answered.
11. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith that the Holy Shechinah dwells within our midst and that all who show kindness to living creatures show kindness too to the Sh’khinnah, and vice versa.
12. May it be the divine will that I believe with perfect faith that physical death does not terminate the existence of the soul; rather, that there are innumerable worlds, within which they return to live again.
13. May it be the Divine will that I believe with perfect faith in Tikkun HaOlam, that the world can be repaired and healed and that it is becoming alive; and that besides coming to life, the world will come to possess a consciousness and feeling, and as such will become a fitting vessel for a fuller revelation of the Divine will.


{section Appendix}

{section {he תפילה קודם התפילה מרבי רבי אלימלך מליזשענסק}
Rabbi Elimelech’s prayer to be able to pray}

{poetry}
Yah, our God, 
You are our parents God, 
You are open to hear our pleading prayer 
with compassion.  
You give a caring ear 
to what Your people Israel is crying for.  
This is our prayer to You, 
please grant it.

Open our hearts, 
focus our thoughts, 
help that our prayers 
may flow freely from our lips 
and incline Your ear to hear
how we, Your servants 
are seeking Your favor, 
crying in a pleading voice 
and with a shattered spirit.

You, kind compassionate One
God of infinite mercy!  
Please forgive us, pardon us 
and atone 
for us and for Your entire people, 
the house of Israel, 
so that what ever we have failed 
to do right 
or what we have done wrong 
or when we acted in ways 
that are wicked
and rebelled against You. 
be forgiven, pardoned and atoned 
for us and for Your entire people, 
the house of Israel, 

How well You know, 
and it is apparent to You 
that it was not with malice or willfulness 
that we transgressed what You teach us,
what You command us  
in Your Torah and Commandments.  

In our bellies 
there burns a fire without ceasing, 
a Yetzer Hara, the drive of selfishness 
which draws us 
to the vices of this world 
and its follies.  
The Yetzer confuses our awareness, 
even when we stand before You 
seeking to pray and plead for our lives.  
The Yetzer’s incitement 
constantly confuses our thoughts 
with all sorts of thoughts and schemes.  
We cannot resist it; 
for our awareness is uncertain
our mind unsteady 
the troubles and preoccupations 
of making a living 
under times of oppression 
bear down heavily on us.  

Therefore, You, 
who are compassionate and kind 
fulfill for us what You promised 
to Moses, Your faithful servant; 
When You said, 
`I will favor whomever I will favor 
and I will be compassionate 
on whomever I will be compassionate.'
And this You had our sages tell us
This applies even to those 
who are not worthy
for this is Your way;
to be kind both to those who are bad 
and those who are good.

It must be obvious to You
how we are troubled
how hard our life is
and what we must bear --
it is so difficult for us
to come near to You
and to serve You well,
to have our feelings be sincerely
in harmony with Your will.
Dear Father in heaven!
What pain we feel in our souls!
Please arouse Your mercy and kindness
freely and abundantly 
and banish, erase
our attraction to evil.
Let not our evil Yetzer
be active in our innards.
Let him not seduce us
let him not deflect us from serving You

May no evil schemes arise in our heart
when we are asleep or awake
especially at that time 
when we stand in prayer before You
or are at times 
when we study Your holy Torah
or at times when we are busy 
fulfilling Your Commandments.
Then let our thoughts be pure and clear,
our own awareness steady and strong,
sincere and heartfelt
as You would have us be.

Awaken in our hearts 
and in the hearts of all of Israel, 
Your people,
the aim to unify You
in all truth, in all love,
so to serve
as to be pleasing to You.

Fasten in us 
such a steadfast faith in You, 
To be so deeply anchored 
in our hearts as
not to vacillate from it.

Remove from us all the barriers 
that separate us from You,  
Our father in heaven.
Save us from stumbling in our path,
Keep us from going astray.

Don't forsake us,
don't abandon us,
keep us from disgracing 
You before the world.

Be present to us 
in the words of our prayer
May the work of our hands
and the thoughts of our hearts 
serve You
as we think of You

Please, our Father in heaven
In Your abundant kindness 
Grant us the boon 
that our thoughts 
and words and actions, 
all our motives and our feelings
those we are aware of 
and those near not aware of 
those that are manifest 
and those that are hidden
with all of them together 
be unified in sincerity and truth
without any self deception.

Purify our hearts,
sanctify us,
sprinkle us with Thy cleansing water 
to purify us,
wash us clean 
with Your kindness and love.
Plant Your steadfast love, 
and Your awe in our hearts
at all times
and in all places
as we go about our lives whether
we lie down or get up;
that there always be Your Holy Spirit 
ardently active in our innards 
that we may rely on You always,
on Your greatness, 
Your love and Your awe.

May we be securely anchored
in Your written and Oral Torah
in the part of the Torah 
that is open to all
and the part of Torah that is hidden.
In doing the mitzvoth
may we unify Your awesome Name.
Protect us from hypocrisy,
from pride, anger, and vindictiveness
from depression, from tale bearing
and other vices.
Protect us from everything
that might damage 
the holiness and purity
of our service to You, whom we love.

Pour out thy Holy Spirit over us
that we may stay close to You,
that our longing for You may
grow and increase.
Raise us up from rung to rung
that we might come close to the rung of
our holy forebears
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

We know
You will always receive our prayer;
You will always answer us
when we pray for anyone, 
be it a single person 
or the whole people Israel.
May You take joy in us
May Your glory be reflected in us.

May our prayers bear fruit
and be fulfilled, above and below.
Help us to attend to our flaws,
especially the sins of our youth
as King David, peace be upon him, said
`my youthful sins and my rebellions
do not keep in Your memory.'
Please, enable us to turn from our sins 
and rebellions.
Let there flow to us 
from the realm of repentance
the challenging call 
to return to You wholeheartedly
and to repair all that we have damaged 
of Your pure and holy Name.

Yah, rescue us from envy.
Let not jealousy 
of any person arise in our hearts
and let not others be vindictive to us,
on the contrary, place into our hearts
appreciation for the goodness 
of our fellow beings.
Let us not seek to find fault with them.
May we speak to each person 
with civility and gentleness.
Let not hatred arise from one to another.
Strengthen us 
that we might love You more
for You know well how our intention is 
that it all should bring You
pleasure and joy,
for this is the root of our intention
despite the fact 
that we don't have a strong enough mind
to keep the aim of the kavanah 
of our heart, 
focused on You.

Enlighten us so that we might learn 
to fully know Your good purpose.
This is what we plead to 
You, all merciful God.
Please accept our prayer
in compassion and good will.

Amen, let this be so willed by You.
{prose}


{section {he ליקוטי תפילה לשבת}
Sabbath Supplement to A Weekday Siddur ~ As I Can Say It
(For Praying In The Vernacular)} 

{he שמע! בכל לשון שאתה שומע}
Sh’ma’– in any language you can hear it and understand

{section Shabbat Affirmations}

{instruct You can add personal affirmations after reading these}

{poetry}
I affirm that God affirmed and sanctified the Holy Shabbat;
I raise all toil, suffering, and frustration of the past week
as my sacrifice to God and let go of it.
I affirm the model of our ancestor's rest, and sanctification of Shabbat.
I affirm the perfection of what is in the world, and I surrender all the urgings
and all the strivings on the plane of action, and I offer my body to rest.
I affirm the union of my Nefesh with the Holy Queen and Bride.
I affirm the union of my Ruach with God,
the lover of the infinitesimal and the particular with, God as the Z'ayr Anpin.
I affirm the union of my Neshama with the resting Creator, 
the Revealer of Sinai and the Redeemer of the days of Mashiach.
And I affirm the union of my additional soul, my Neshama Yetera 
with the Ancient of Days to whom eternity is ever present.
I affirm the blessings that come down for the coming week,
and my willingness to be mindful of the Holy Shabbat even in the midst of the week.

<B>
L'ch’vod Shabbat, 
Shabbat Shalom Oo-m'vorach.
Shabbat Nefesh, Shabbat Ruach. Shabbat N'shama,
Shabbat Shalom Ribbono Shel Olam, Shabbat Shalom.
</B>
{prose}


{section Y’DID NEFESH}

{poetry}
{he י} You who love my soul,
Compassion’s gentle source,
Take my guiding motives
And shape them to Your will.
Like a darting deer
I will flee to You.
Before Your glorious Presence
Humbly I do bow.
Let Your sweet love
Delight me with its thrill,
Because no other dainty
Will my hunger still.

{he ה} How splendid is Your light.
Which worlds do reflect!
My soul is worn from craving
For Your love’s delight.
Please, good G-d, do heal her
And show to her Your face,
So my soul can see You
And bathe in Your grace.
There she will find strength
And healing in this sight.
Her joy will be complete then
Eternal her delight.

{he ו} What pity stirs in You
Since days of old, my G-d!
Be kind to me Your own child
Begotten by Your love.
For long and longing hours
I yearned for your embrace
To see my light in Your light
Basking in Your grace.
My heart’s desire is
To harmonize with Yours
Do not conceal Your pity
Hide not that light of Yours.

{he ה} Help, my Lover, spread
Your canopy of peace,
Enfold all human beings
Give all pain surcease.
Your presence on this earth plane
Do make known to us
And we shall respond then
With song and with dance.
Rush, my love, be quick,
The time for love is now,
Let Your gentle favor
Grace us as of old. 
{prose}


{section YAH EKHSOF NOAM SHABBAT}

{poetry}
<After the Shabbat Hymn by 
Reb Ahron of Karlin, The Great.>

Yah! How I long for 
the bliss of the Shabbat,
united in secret 
with Your own fervent wish.
Give way to Your own 
deep desire to love us.
May Sabbath in Torah 
be our sacred bliss.
Share Her with us 
who desire to please You-
Our deep thirst for union 
be met with delight

Holy Presence 
filling all time and space! 
Keep safe who keep Shabbat 
in their longing all week.
Like a deer that seeks water 
by the banks of the river,
We seek Shabbat, the secret 
of Your sacred Name!
Grant us all week long 
Her shimmering Presence,
So our hearts and our faith 
be pure service to You!

Warmly embrace us 
with Your kind compassion,
Quench quickly our thirst 
for Your unending Grace.

Give us the bliss drink 
from Eden's own river.
Your praises we sing 
with joy on our face.

Let Jacobs gift to us- 
echo all week long
Infusing our lives
with a Shabbes-filled trace.

Hail Shabbat, delight 
of our souls and our Spirits.
Ecstasy life-throb 
am awed by Your love,
Secure that Your caring 
grants safety and nurture-
You feed us sweet nectar 
from Your Source above.
As You embrace us 
with Mothering comfort-
In You I take refuge 
and pledge You my love.
<prose>


{section AN’IM Z’MIROT – A HYMN OF GLORY}

{poetry}
I chant to please You, 
I weave You dear songs.
For You my soul yearns, 
For You she longs.
Nestled in Your palm 
her love for You grows
She will not rest 
until it’s You she knows!
I look for words 
to speak Your praises
my heart to You 
its yearning raises.
Therefore I will speak 
the virtues of Your Fame
And garland with excellence 
the honor of Your Name.
Though I do not see You, 
still I draw Your Face,
Portray Your features, 
name Your Place.
Your prophets spoke, 
Your servants darkly knew
In symbols and myths 
they referred to You.
When describing Your pow’r 
and declaring Your care
Of Your awesome compassion 
they made us aware.
Yet it is not Your Being 
that they could describe
Only the way Your compassion 
touches our life.
Countless their visions 
of Your mysterious feats
In all their forms 
Your ONEness meets.
They saw You young; 
they saw You old.
They saw You patient, 
They saw You bold.
Ancient of Days, 
Eternally Just, 
Each moment our Helper 
in Whom we do trust. 
Wearing Your helmet 
as hero to help us
Your strong arm, 
Your right hand to save us.
Your hair drenched with light drops, 
all shining with brilliance.
Your Darkness is shelter, 
Your love in all radiance.
How fair is Your kindness, 
how splendid Your sight
May our song rise to crown You 
with endearing delight
A jewel all golden 
Your image sends rays
with t’fillin on forehead 
we follow Your ways.
With grace and honor, 
all splendid in glory
Your people sing loudly 
Your triumphal story
In words of young lovers 
they gaze at Your visage
the letters of Torah in black 
hold Your message.
Justice Your mantle 
in balance with kindness
This gives You pleasure 
delight and sublimeness.
May we deserve to be scepter 
in Your regal hand
A crimson royal cape, 
we Your loyal band.
The burdened sufferers, 
You sustained them with might
How precious You held them, 
so dear to Your sight.
Your glory my pride is, 
my delight for Your care
So close You are, 
to answer my pray’r.
Your shining face 
illumines my days
I am awed by the magic 
revealed in Your ways.
To Moshe You showed 
Your Head-T’fillin’s knot
Your image was clear 
in his mind and his thought.
Though humble Your folk, 
they are Your proud fame
You’re enthroned on their praises; 
they honor Your Name.
Truth is Your Word, 
enduring its worth
From parent to child 
its message flows forth.
I cannot sing 
Your praises complete,
May those that I do sing 
and reach You be sweet.
Like perfume and incense 
may my singing rise high
A paean to crown You, 
a poor lover’s sigh.
My poor song devoid is 
of all artifice
still this loving song 
is my best sacrifice.
My blessings are lifting 
to rise to new heights,
To make fertile the birth 
of the Tzaddik with might.
And with these blessings, 
these love words so fond.
With a nod of Your head, 
I ask You: Respond. 
Regard please these poor words 
that I blush to recite
My soul’s ardent longing 
to give You delight.
{prose}


{section EL ADON}

{poetry}
{he א} A gentle Lord of all that is
{he ב} Blessed and loved by each soul alive.
{he ג} Great and good You fill all space.
{he ד} Delight there is in knowing You.

{he ה} How You transcend all holy life
{he ו} Which bears You high above any throne
{he ז} <I>Zekhut</I> and equity radiate from You 
{he ח} <I>Hesed</I> and compassion the worlds reflect.

{he ט} The stars and the planets You made to give light 
{he י} You formed them all conscious, all worthy and wise
{he כ} Knowledge and power You gave them to shine 
{he ל} Like powerful assistants they serve You in space.

{he מ} Much light and energy they radiate forth
{he נ} No place is untouched by their gentle rays
{he ס} So joyful their path is, so happy their course
{he ע} Enroute to fulfill their Creator’s command.

{he פ} Praising Your glory, they honor Your name 
{he צ} Singing Your Majesty’s anthem of joy.
{he ק} Quietly suns shine to answer Your call 
{he ר} Reflections of moonlight change size at Your word.

{he ש} Seraphim, angels, and all heavenly hosts 
{he ת} They praise You in concert with <I>Sfirot</I> on high

<B>A</B>ll elements <B>M</B>ingle 
their harmonious tune 
<B>N</B>ature and mankind the rhythm provide.
{prose}


{section ADON OLAM}

{poetry}
You were cosmic Lord <I>Adonay Malakh</I>
Before there even was a world
Then Your will all things did make 
<I>Adonay Melekh</I> we call you now.

Once when all things will cease to be 
<I>Adonay Yimlokh</I> still true will be
You were, You are, eternally 
Resplendent to infinity.

You alone, there are not two 
To join as friends, as lovers do.

Beginningless and without end 
You keep all one 
by plan and strength.

You are my G-d, Redeemer, 
Life Protecting me in war, in strife.
My holy haven and my flag 
My cup of health for what I lack.

Into Your hand I trust my breath 
You breathe in me by night by day.
My body is Your tool, Your gift. 
With You as mine I’m not afraid.
{prose}

{section HYMN}

{poetry}
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, come into my heart 
Build there your shrine 
and never depart
Let every passion spring from you
Let every song be new.
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, come into my sight
Consume the veil that hides 
Your Light
With holy joy and grace divine
Let every moment shine.

Oh Lord, transform this lowly sphere
That boundaries may disappear
In mutual dependency
Let every soul be free.
Our burden Lord, is great indeed
For everywhere are people in need
Reply, respond, with healing word
Let every call be heard.
Oh Lord, Oh Lord, come into our lives 
With peace that blesses,
love that revives
The unity of all in all
Let every thought recall.

Oh Lord, let people be slaves no more 
Fling open wide Messiah’s door
Salvation’s boundless benefit
Let every breath admit.
Oh Lord, may we be ever one
A world of friends with quarrels none 
Let every person know his soul
Let every heart be whole.
Halleluya! Halleluya!
{prose}



{section {he ברכי נפּשׁי} Psalm 104}

{poetry}
/104:1 Bless YAH, breath of mine. 
YAH, my God, You are so vast and great, 
All veiled in pride and glory!

/104:2 You are wrapped in Light. 
The sky, You spread like a sheet.

/104:3 Your upper chambers are water roofed, 
As You bestride clouds. 
You waft on the wings of wind.

/104:4 The breezes, You send 
are Your aides, 
Your helpers, blazing flames.

/104:5 You founded Earth, so sound, 
To outlast time itself.

/104:6 The abyss, You covered like a mantle 
Water! On mountains rests.

/104:7 You sound a roar and they flee. 
Your thunder makes them shake.

/104:8 Mountains high and valleys low... 
Their places they assume.

/104:9 You set them limits they cannot pass. 
Never again to flood the land.

/104:10 Springs flow into brooks 
And snake between the mountains.

/104:11 All the wild of field drink there. 
The beasts slake there their thirst.

/104:12 By their shores dwell birds that soar, 
Sounding calls through leaves and reeds.

/104:13 You drench the hills 
From Your Upper Chambers. 

From your hands' produce 
The Earth is filled.

/104:14 You grow fodder for the tamed beasts, 
And herbs with human labor, 

To bring forth bread from Earth.
/104:15 And wine to delight the sad ones, 

And oil... that softens skin, 
And bread... that sustains the weak.

/104:16 Even the trees you sate with sap. 
The cedars You planted on the Lebanon.

/104:17 There, birds find their nesting. 
There, storks find homes to rest.

/104:18 Antelopes bound on the heights. 
Marmots hide behind rocks.

/104:19 The Moon pulls tides and seasons. 
The sun knows where to set.

/104:20 You darken dusk to night. 
The forest's night life stirs.

/104:21 The big cats cry for prey, 
Praying God for their food.

/104:22 They return at the rising of the sun, 
To crouch once more in lairs.

/104:23 While humans go out to work, 
To their toil, up to night.

/104:24 How many things You do! 
So wisely are they made. 
All Earth, at Your command.

/104:25 This vast sea beyond all grasp. 
Countless are the creatures in her, 
Tiny ones and giant whales.

/104:26 There go stately ships. 
This Leviathan You shaped 
To play and romp therein.

/104:27 They all rely on Your care, 
To feed them well each time.

/104:28 You give to them and they take it. 
Your hand's gifts sate them well.

/104:29 You hide your face, they panic. 
You recall their breaths, they die. 
They return to their dust.

/104:30 You send your spirit, 
And they are re-created. 
So too, You renew life on Earth.

/104:31 Let Your glory, Yah, fill time and space. 
Take Joy, O Yah, in what You do!

/104:32 You look at Earth and she trembles, 
Hills You touch, and they smoke.

/104:33 I live Your song, my Yah, 
My Yah, I am Your tune.

/104:34 Let my talking give You joy. 
I am so happy, my Yah!

/104:35 I wish no sin exist on Earth. 
All wickedness were gone. 

Bless that Yah, my soul, my breath.

HALLELU-YAH!
{prose}


{section Psalm 139}

<<I>I prefer this one as the 9th of R’ Nachman’s 10</I>>

{poetry}
/139:1 Conductor - David's prayer set to music.
Yah! You have scanned me 
And discerned me.
/139:2 You know when I am relaxed 
or agitated. 
From afar 
You comprehend my fantasies.
/139:3 You design my conduct and my repose. 
You direct my paths so I can manage.

/139:4 Before my mouth opens 
You know what I am about to say.
/139:5 You have shaped my past and my future. 
Your hand, gently on my shoulder.

/139:6 All this awes my awareness. 
It is beyond my skills to fathom.

/139:7 Whereto can I withdraw from Your spirit? 
Flee from facing You?

/139:8 If I would mount up to Heaven 
There are You. 
If I make my bed in Hell 
You are there too.

/139:9 Soaring on the wings of the dawn, 
To find shelter in the setting sun, 
/139:10 It would be Your hand, 
that would carry me, 
Your right hand, holding me safe.

/139:11 If I want to find oblivion in darkness, 
Trading light for darkness, 
/139:12 To You, it would still not be dark.
Night is as bright as day for You. 
Dark and light - the same in Your sight.
/139:13 You have designed my innards, 
shaped me in the my mother's womb.
/139:14 I am overcome with thanks 
At Your awesome wonders, 
Your astonishing works, 
Of which my soul is aware.
/139:15 My essence is not hidden from You, 
Who have made me in concealment, 
Who has knitted me beneath the surface.

/139:16 Your eyes have seen me as embryo. 
My days--are all inscribed 
in Your ledger-- 
Days not yet shaped -
each one of them counted.

/139:17 How precious are Your stirrings 
in me Oh God! 
How powerful their impact!
/139:18 I can't number them –- 
beyond all sand grains. 
When I emerge from my reflection 
I am still with You.

/139:19 If You, God, would only rid us 
from our evil! 
If only the cruelty would disappear!
/139:20 And defiance of You vanish, 
Forgiveness overtaking enmity!

/139:21 I detest hatred of You - Yah! 
Quarrelsomeness repels me.
/139:22 I loathe hostility to the utmost.

/139:23 God! I open myself to Your scrutiny. 
Know what is in my heart. 
Examine and know my longings.
/139:24 See and remove any defiance from me 
And guide me in the way 
that serves Your intent for our Earth.
{prose}


{section Libbi uv'sari}

<by Ibn Ezra>

{poetry}
<B>A</B>ll potent G-d! You made me
`Alive I am,' You told me
Yet no one's eyes can see Me
remaining flesh - alive 

my heart and my flesh 
they sing to You, 
to You the Source of Life! 

<B>B</B>rought forth we were by intent
in counsel and consent
yet hidden is what this meant
from us who are alive

<B>R</B>esplendent in Your glory
all tales are but Your story
praise to You who is pouring
into our souls our life

<B>H</B>ow generous on Your side
To teach us laws which guide
those who by them abide 
as sources of good life

<B>M</B>ight we be ever right
and live all in the light
what are we but a mite
and yet You give us life

<B>B</B>orn as we are of passion
at times we lack compassion
if only we could fashion
a God-filled way of life

<B>N</B>ear G-d to be we yearn
From wicked ways to turn
before bodies to dust return
and souls to the Source of Life

<B>E</B>very way will I adore You
my fervent prayer implore You
to open my path before You
to sate my soul with life.

<B>Z</B>eal filled our sires with fervor
do rouse us from our torpor
and help us meet our saviour
Of Jesse's stock - in Life

<B>R</B>emember! we kept Your trust
May Your response be just
and being fair You must
decree us toward life

<B>A</B>wed am I, amazed at You
my arms I raise in pray'r to You
my mouth will sings its praise to You
Oh Source and Soul of Life!
{prose}


{section Nishmat}

{poetry}
All breathing life
adores Your Name
Yah, our God -
All flesh alive
is raised to ecstasy
each time we become aware of You!
Beyond endless Time 
and Space that's vast
You are Divine
Only You are the One who
ultimately extricates and frees
ransoms, saves and sustains us
and cares when we are in distress
You, You alone secure our lives.

You ultimate Cause and ultimate Effect,
Source of all Creation
You manifest in all birthing
In every compliment it is You we praise
You manage Your universe 
with kindness -
with compassion all beings in it.

Yah ever awake and ever alert!
You rouse us from the deepest sleep
You give words to the speechless
You release the imprisoned
You support the stumbling
You give dignity to the downtrodden
Every appreciation we offer is Yours.

If ocean-full our mouth were with music
Our tongues singing 
like the ceaseless surf
Our lips praising You to the skies
Our eyes blazing like sun and moon
Our arms spread like soaring eagles
Our legs sprinting like those of deers
We could not thank You enough
Yah! Our God, our parents' God!
Neither could we celebrate by naming
the times exceeding millions
the places exceeding billions

the favors You did
for our parents and for us.

Yah! Oh God! 

From oppression You redeemed us
Now we can never be at home in slavery -
During famines You fed us
enough to live on
You shielded us from wars and plagues
From diseases of body and mind
You pulled us out.
To this moment Your caring helped us
We never lacked Your kindness
- Please don't ever abandon us God!.-

Our limbs want each to thank You
The air of each breath 
You breathed into us
Their very substance bless with gratitude
with praise and celebration
honoring that exalted holiness
so majestic, that is Your fame!

Our speech is appreciation
our expression an oath of loyalty
our attitude surrender
our stance before You obedience
our feelings overwhelming awe
our inners singing scales of Your Names
As it is in Scripture:
All my very essence exclaims:
Yah! Who? Like You?
You inspire the gentle 
to stand up to the bully
The poor disempowered 
to stand up to the thug.

No other can claim to be what You are
No other can pretend to be 
THE GREAT GOD
THE MIGHTY, THE AWESOME, 
THE GOD, MOST HIGH
Yet nesting in Heavens and Earth!
So we will keep celebrating 
and delighting
and blessing Your Holy Name
with David:
`Yahhh! breathes my soul out to You.
all my inners pulse with You!'
Potent God Force!

Magnanimous in Glory
Ever prevailing
Awesome Mystery!
Majestic One, who presides over all destiny!
Eternal Sh'khinnah, Holy Beyond
Saints sing Yah!
In harmony with decent folks.

Good people exalt You
Saints are Your blessing
Devotees sanctify You
You delight in our inner holiness.
{prose}


{section Ahavat Olam}

{poetry}
From ever
You have loved us into life.
Yah—our G-d
You nourished us with kindness
and abundance.

Holy One!
for the sake of Your plan
for Your honor,
and because we know
that our parents trusted You,
and You, in turn, taught them
how to live life
so as to be serving Your purpose.
We ask You to share with us 
in the same way.
God, kind Parent,
we live in the embrace
of Your caring.
Make ours an understanding heart,
To become aware and
be careful and effective,
in this way to make real
what You speak to us in Torah
And with so much love.

When we study Torah-
May we see clearly
what is meant for us to know.
When we do Mitzvot,
may all our feelings
sit harmonious in our heart.

Focus all our hearts’ longing
to that moment
when we stand in Your Presence
in both awe and adoration .

May we never have to be apologetic
for our love for You

Trusting You
We are happy to see
Your beneficent plan unfolding.

May Your kindness and compassion
Be available to us
Please hurry
Bring blessing and peace to us.
Gather us, so we not be scattered
all over the world.
Lift the hold of estrangement from us.
Lead us to live in this world
so that we feel at home in it.

You can do this for us.
You have assigned us
To do our special work in life
You brought us close to You
We are grateful.
We hold You special.
And are filled with love for You
Barukh attah Yah
Who relates to us in Love
Amen
{prose}


{section Sh’ma’}

{section Deuteronomy 6:4}

{poetry}
/6:4 Listen You Yisrael person,
/Say Your own name here./
Yah who Is, is our God,
Yah who Is,
is One, Unique, All there Is.

Through time and space
Your glory shines, Majestic One.
{prose}


{section Deuteronomy 6:5-9}

{poetry}
/6:5 Love Yah, who is Your God,
in what Your heart is,
in what You aspire to,
in what You have made Your own.
/6:6 May these values
which I connect with Your life
be implanted in Your feelings
/6:7 May they become the norm
for Your children:
Address them 
in the privacy of Your home,
And on the errands You run.
May they help You relax
and activate You to be productive.
/6:8 Display them visibly on Your arm.
Let them focus Your attention.
/6:9 See them at all transitions at home
and in Your environment.
{prose}


{section Deuteronomy 11:13-21}

/11:13 How good it will be 
when You really listen
and hear my directions
which I give to You today
for loving Yah who is Your God
and to act Godly 
with feeling and inspiration.
/11:14 Your earthly needs will be met
at the right time,
appropriate to the season.
You will reap what You planted
for Your delight and health.
/11:15 Also Your animals will have ample feed.
All of You will eat and be content.

/11:16 Be careful - watch out!
Don't let Your cravings delude You;
don't become alienated;
don't let Your cravings 
become Your Gods;
don't debase Yourself to them,
/11:17 because the God-sense within You
will become distorted.
Heaven will be shut to You,
grace will not descend,
Earth will not yield her produce.
Your rushing will destroy You!
And Earth will not be able 
to recover her good balance
in which God's gifts manifest.

/11:18 May these values of Mine reside
in Your feelings and aspirations:
marking what You produce,
guiding what You perceive.
/11:19 Teach them to Your children
so that they are instructed
how to make their homes sacred;
and how they deal with traffic.

/(<I>May these values of Mine reside
in Your feelings and aspirations</I>)/
even when You are depressed,
and when You are elated.

/11:20 Mark Your entrances and exits 
with them,
so You will be more aware.

/11:21 Then, You and Your children 
and their children,
will live out on earth
that divine promise 
given to Your ancestors
to live heavenly days
right here on this earth. --
{prose}


{section Numbers 15:37-41}

{poetry}
/15:37 <I>Yah who Is, said to Moses</I>
/15:38 `Speak, telling the Israel folks
to make tzitzit
on the corners of their garments,
so they will have generations
to follow them.
On each tzizit tassel let them set
a blue thread.
/15:39 These tzitzit are for Your benefit!
Glance at them.
And in Your seeing remember
all the other directives of Yah who Is,
and act on them!
This way You will not be led astray,
craving to see and want
and then prostitute Yourself
for Your cravings.
/15:40 This way You will be mindful
to actualize my directions
for becoming dedicated to Your God;
to be aware that
/15:41 I Am Yah Who is Your God,
Who is the one who freed You
from oppression
in order to God You.
I am Yah who is Your God.'
{prose}

That is the truth! --

{poetry}
You, Yah, who saved our ancestors
May You soon 
bring redemption
to us also.
{prose}


{section The Amidah for Shabbat}

{poetry}
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}
I bow before You,Yah, 
Our indwelling God, Our parents’ God,
Abraham and Sarah’s God,
Isaac and Rebeccah’s God,
Jacob and Leah and Rachel’s God,
Great, Powerful and Awesome God.
God transcendent.
You nurture us gently 
And are kind to us.
You, who posesses it all.
You remember 
How our parents loved You.
Yes, we trust that You 
Will bring redemption
To us, their children’s children,
Who chant Your name
And love You...
Our Prince, Our Helper, 
Our Protector.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}   Barukh attah Yah 
Magen Avraham U’foked Sarah 

You are powerful with worlds Adonay.
What is dead, you can make live.
You are really capable of helping.
You give dew (and rain) 
To parched earth and souls.
You feed all life with gentleness.
You invigorate bodies 
With mercy’s flow.
You support us in falling.
You heal us in sickness.
You free us from compulsion.
You keep faith 
With those now dead.
In Your might, 
No one can compare with You.
You deal out life and death.
Yet in all this,
You make salvation grow.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}   Barukh attah Yah 
M’chayeh Hametim.

You are Holy, Your name is Sacred.
And those who daily aspire to be holy,
Sing your Halleluyah all day.

Indeed, You are 
the Great and Holy God.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}   Barukh attah Yah 
Ha’el hakkadosh.

You, God, 
have implanted 
in the heart of women and men 
and in our society 
the need and wish
to rest one day each week. 
How blessed are we – 
how good is our destiny – 
how beautiful our legacy. 
We are blissful 
to have been given 
to rest on, the seventh day, 
so too is it written in Your Torah;
<B>`Yisrael’s descendants 
are to observe the Shabbat 
to make of the Shabbat 
an enduring contract 
signifying a lasting connection 
between Me and B’nai Yisrael 
for by means of six periods 
did YaH make heaven and earth to be 
and in the seventh period 
S/He rested and breathed out.'</B>

And through the Prophets in Your service You stated: 
<B>`If you restrain your weekday habits
because of the Shabbat 
and do not pursue your business 
on My holy day 
and evoke your
delight in Shabbat 
celebrating it as the day.
sanctified to YaH 
and shall honor it 
by not engaging in your business 
nor having meaningless conversation. 
Then you shall discover
your delight in YaH 
and I will make you sit 
on top of the world 
and fill you with the
heritage of Jacob, your ancestor;'</B> 
This is what came from YaH’s mouth.

May it please You, God, 
that we see the day 
when all beings 
who are weary and exhausted find rest – 
then all of us will be fulfilled 
and blissful recipients 
of Your goodness. 
That seventh day
that you have signified and sanctified, 
the most delightful of days 
You have called it so we may
remember and honor Your creation.

Our God, our parents God
Take pleasure as You see us rest
When we do Your Mitzvot
Let them bring us to Holiness
When the study Your Torah
Help us find the part 
that is addressed to us
Where we are hungry 
feed us gently
Were we have despaired 
give us joy 
When we serve you
May it be with a pure heart.
Grant usYah, our God, 
the boon
Of love and good will
To feel at home 
in Your sacred Shabbas
And in this way to celebrate 
Your holiness
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}   Barukh attah Yah 
Mekaddesh Hashabat.

Take pleasure God, 
In our way of praying.
Teach us to encounter Your Presence.
May we merit 
To pray in Your Temple in Zion.
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}   Barukh attah Yah 
Hammachazir Sh’chinnato L’tzion.

Modim Anachnu Lach
We are grateful God 
and count our blessings
{instruct <I>here in your words detail your gratitude 
for events in your life</I>}
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}   Barukh attah Yah 
HaTov Shimcha U’l’cha Na’eh L’hodot.

We pray for Peace
{instruct in your own words}
{he בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳}   Barukh attah Yah 
HaM’varech et Ammo Yisrael Bashalom
{prose}


{section Yom Zeh L-Yisra’el Orah V-simcha: Shabbat Menuchah}

<by Rabbi Yitzchak Luria>
<<I>This version works best when sung to a Flamenco tune and the English version is done simultaneously with the Hebrew.</I>>

{named "yomzeh" YOM SEH L-YISR’AEL ORAH--V’SHIMCHAH SHABBAT MENUCHAH}

{poetry}
{he י}
Your gift
to those who strive with You
is joy and light
Shabbat Menucha

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he צ}
<B>C</B>ertain of Your holy ways
You revealed to us at Sinai
Shabbat and other holy days
we are to keep as You commanded
You send your healing rays
accept our human ways
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ח}
<B>Ch</B>arm is Shabbat for the heart
for the poor and broken people
if all week we were depressed
additional souls are ours on Shabbat
to help our anxious moods 
breathe a relaxing sigh
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ק}
<B>C</B>onsecrated bride You blessed
all other days gave her their blessing
in the sixth and final phase
You finished global creation
There found the sorrowing 
calm and security
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ל}
<B>L</B>et go of every form of toil
You in Your kindness have commanded
regal auras shine from us
when we keep Shabbat as is wanted
I offer holy gifts
a fragrant sacrifice
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ו}
<B>W</B>hat songs of love could I perform
with rhythm and harmony and music
to please your presence holy God?
My soul delights in her surrender
Do keep that promise God
to your beloved folk
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ר}
<B>R</B>eceive my worship blessed God
as if it was my life I offered
This restful, blissful Shabbat day
with ample joy and sweet elation
we feel secure and loved
in Your protection God
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he י}
<B>Y</B>our salvation do we trust
Yah God most powerful and mighty
David’s heirs - do send them soon
to those who do transcend convention
Let Freedom be proclaimed
and with it space that’s safe
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he א}
<B>A</B>wesome God who is most High 
do look for us and give an answer
redeem this troubled planet soon
be kind and manifest Your caring
revive our trust in You 
with light and blissfulness
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ח}
<B>Ch</B>erish and Renew Your house
enough the years it was in shambles
With Your compassion Gentle God
console the grieving ones in sorrow
who puts her grief aside
to sing You Shabbat songs
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ז}
<B>Z</B>ealous to treasure this holy day
keep us well in your remembrance
protect and guard us 
wondrous God
This day and every other day
Beloved do respond
and grant deliverance
Shabbat Menuchah

{include block "#yomzeh"}

{he ק}
<B>C</B>ould celebration’s welcome song 
be heard by Israel and her neighbors
When that vast vision is fulfilled
and all the world is safe from terror
Our light has dawned this day
and shines in every way
Shabbat Menuchah
{prose}


{section Yom Shabbaton Eyn Lishko’ach}

<by Yehudah Halevi>

{he י}
<B>Y</B>ou, dear Shabbat, 
are always here for me;
How fragrant 
you linger in my awareness.
Noah’s dove found rest and so can we,
Weary ones from the toil of the week.

{he ה}
<B>H</B>onored are you by us, 
the believers, Parents and children, 
who keep you with zeal.
Powerful is its message 
on the Tablets of stone;
We sing your praises 
in prayer and at meals.

{he ו}
<B>W</B>hen at the Mount Sinai 
in covenant we pledged
We promised in one voice 
to do and to listen,
Responding to Your challenge 
we answered together:
You God are the One 
who imbues us with strength.

{he ד}
<B>D</B>ear and Holy at Sinai 
You spoke to us;
<B>`Remember and Keep'</B> 
this Day one of Seven,
When fully you keep
the Shabbat together,
You will be refreshed 
and with vigor imbued.

{he ה}
<B>H</B>ow just like a lost sheep, so aimless, you wandered
<B>Remember the Shabbat</B> 
your promise and pledge
`No evil will hurt you 
if you keep the Shabbat
My rainbow will hold you 
in safety forever.'
{prose}


{instruct <I>Here you say some of these blessings to those you davvened with and to your own day.</I>}

{poetry}
El Shaddai bless you,
Make you fruitful, give you the increase,
that will become a
source of harmony for people.

From El, your parents God, help for you!
From Shaddai, all the blessings;
Sky blessings from above,
Blessings from the deepest strata below,
Blessings of fertility and nurture.

May G-d fulfill the blessing
to Abraham in you, 
and in your loved ones,
along with you.
Wherever, like Abraham,
you once were a stranger there, 
in that place, 
may you be at home.
Blessings of your parents (Jacob),
to add more force
to those of their parents,
(Isaac and Abraham),
to cap the desires of the ancient hills,
be they upon your head (Joseph),
and surround the heads of your siblings.
God loves You.
God blesses and increases you.
God blesses your family and your land,
your income and your holdings,
right here on Earth,
as God promised your parents.
All peoples will bless you.
You and your possessions,
will all prosper.
May God remove all illness and pain,
all tensions and pressures
you have known...

The angel who redeemed me,
from all that was corrupt,
may that one bless these children.
May my name, 
that of Abraham and Isaac,
be associated with theirs.

Be blessed in the city.
Be blessed in the country.
Blessed as you arrive,
Blessed as you are leaving.

God decree for you blessing
in what you have stored up
for yourself from before,
through your hands' work now,
right here on Earth.
This be your gift from God.
May God open for you,
treasures of heavenly goodness,
of earthly timeliness,
to succeed in what you do.
May you have good credit,
and not need it.
God be with you and help you 
at all times.
May you not ever
have to feel shame or blame.

Go in joy, arrive in peace.
Mountains and hills sing you on your way.
Trees in the meadows applaud your trip.
Draw waters of Joy
from the source of help.
May you live to the day
that God be so present,
the way we hoped, Yah,
to be present to us all along,
a real help in our lives!
How we will then celebrate
God's helpfulness!
So you say to each other, L’chayim!
To you, Shalom, to your home, Shalom. 
All of yours, Shalom!
{prose}