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Yom HaAtzma'ut

Maariv

מעריב

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מעריב ליום העצמאות

Ma’ariv for Yom HaAtzma’ut

In Israel and many communities outside Israel, the following is said before Ma’ariv:
Ps. 107
Hebrew
הוֹדוּ לַיהוָה כִּי־טוֹב, כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ: יֹאמְרוּ גְּאוּלֵי יְהוָה, אֲשֶׁר
גְּאָלָם מִיַּד־צָר: וּמֵאֲרָצוֹת קִבְּצָם, מִמִּזְרָח וּמִמַּעֲרָב, מִצָּפוֹן
וּמִיָּם: תָּעוּ בַמִּדְבָּר, בִּישִׁימוֹן דָּרֶךְ, עִיר מוֹשָׁב לֹא מָצָאוּ: רְעֵבִים
גַּם־צְמֵאִים, נַפְשָׁם בָּהֶם תִּתְעַטָּף: וַיִּצְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה בַּצַּר לָהֶם,
מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם יַצִּילֵם: וַיַּדְרִיכֵם בְּדֶרֶךְ יְשָׁרָה, לָלֶכֶת אֶל־עִיר
מוֹשָׁב: יוֹדוּ לַיהוָה חַסְדּוֹ, וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם: כִּי־הִשְׂבִּיעַ
נֶפֶשׁ שֹׁקֵקָה, וְנֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה מִלֵּא־טוֹב: יֹשְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת,
אֲסִירֵי עֳנִי וּבַרְזֶל: כִּי־הִמְרוּ אִמְרֵי־אֵל, וַעֲצַת עֶלְיוֹן נָאָצוּ:
וַיַּכְנַע בֶּעָמָל לִבָּם, כָּשְׁלוּ וְאֵין עֹזֵר: וַיִּזְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה בַּצַּר לָהֶם,
מִמְּצֻקוֹתֵיהֶם יוֹשִׁיעֵם: יוֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת, וּמוֹסְרוֹתֵיהֶם
יְנַתֵּק: יוֹדוּ לַיהוָה חַסְדּוֹ, וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם: כִּי־שִׁבַּר דַּלְתוֹת
נְחֹשֶׁת, וּבְרִיחֵי בַרְזֶל גִּדֵּעַ: אֱוִלִים מִדֶּרֶךְ פִּשְׁעָם, וּמֵעֲוֹנֹתֵיהֶם
יִתְעַנּוּ: כָּל־אֹכֶל תְּתַעֵב נַפְשָׁם, וַיַּגִּיעוּ עַד־שַׁעֲרֵי מָוֶת: וַיִּזְעֲקוּ
אֶל־יְהוָה בַּצַּר לָהֶם, מִמְּצֻקוֹתֵיהֶם יוֹשִׁיעֵם: יִשְׁלַח דְּבָרוֹ וְיִרְפָּאֵם,
Sephardi
Hodu laadonai ki-tov, ki le'olam chasdo: Yomru ge'ulei Adonai, asher
Ge'alam miyad-tzar: ume'aratzot kibetzam, mimizrach umima'arav, mitzafon
Umiyam: Ta'u bamidbar, bishimon derech, ir moshav lo matza'u: re'evim
Gam-tzeme'im, nafsham bahem tit'ataf: vayitz'aku el-Adonai batzar lahem,
Mimitzukoteihem yatzilem: vayadrichem bederech yesharah, lalechet el-ir
Moshav: Yodu laadonai chasdo, venifle'otav livnei adam: ki-hisbi'a
Nefesh shokekah, venefesh re'evah mile-tov: yoshvei choshech vetzalmavet,
Asirei oni uvarzel: ki-himru imrei-El, va'atzat Elyon na'atzu:
Vayachna be'amal libam, kashlu ve'ein ozer: vayiz'aku el-Adonai batzar lahem,
Mimitzukoteihem yoshi'em: yotzi'em mechoshech vetzalmavet, umoseroteihem
Yenatek: Yodu laadonai chasdo, venifle'otav livnei adam: ki-shibar daltot
Nechoshet, uvrichei varzel gide'a: evilim miderech pish'am, ume'avonoteihem
Yit'anu: kol-ochel teta'ev nafsham, vayagi'u ad-sha'arei mavet: vayiz'aku
El-Adonai batzar lahem, mimitzukoteihem yoshi'em: yishlach devaro veyirpa'em,
English
Thank the LORD for He is good; His loving-kindness is for ever. Let those the LORD redeemed say this – those He redeemed from the enemy’s hand, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some lost their way in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could live. They were hungry and thirsty, and their spirit grew faint. Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble, and He rescued them from their distress. He led them by a straight path to a city where they could live. Let them thank the LORD for His loving-kindness and His wondrous deeds for humankind, for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good. Some sat in darkness and the shadow of death, cruelly bound in iron chains, for they had rebelled against God’s words and despised the counsel of the Most High. He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was none to help. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death and broke open their chains. Let them thank the LORD for His loving-kindness and His wondrous deeds for humankind, for He shattered gates of bronze and broke their iron bars. Some were fools with sinful ways, and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. They found all food repulsive, and came close to the gates of death. Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He sent His word and healed them; He rescued them from their destruction. Let them thank the LORD for His loving-kindness and His wondrous