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Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

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גבורות

DIVINE MIGHT

Hebrew

אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם, אֲדֹנָי
מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים אַתָּה, רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ

Israeli

atah gibor le-olam, Adonai
mechayeh metim atah, rav lehoshia

From Simhat Torah until Pesah, the phrase "He makes the rain fall and the wind blow" is said. From Pesah until Shemini Atzeret, the phrase "He causes the dew to descend" is said. See laws 131-133.

In winter & fall:

Hebrew

מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם

Israeli

mashiv haruach umorid hageshem

In summer & spring:

Hebrew

מוֹרִיד הַטָּל

Israeli

morid hatal

Hebrew

מְכַלְכֵּל חַיִּים בְּחֶסֶד, מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים בְּרַחֲמִים רַבִּים
סוֹמֵךְ נוֹפְלִים, וְרוֹפֵא חוֹלִים, וּמַתִּיר אֲסוּרִים
וּמְקַיֵּם אֱמוּנָתוֹ לִישֵׁנֵי עָפָר.
מִי כָמוֹךָ, בַּעַל גְּבוּרוֹת
וּמִי דּוֹמֶה לָּךְ
מֶלֶךְ, מֵמִית וּמְחַיֶּה וּמַצְמִיחַ יְשׁוּעָה.

Israeli

mechalkel chayim b'chesed, mechayeh metim b'rachamim rabim
somech noflim, verofei cholim, umatir asurim
umekayem emunato lishenei afar.
mi chamocha, ba-al g'vurot
umi domeh lach
melech, memit umechayeh umatzmiach yeshu-ah.

Amid Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur:

Hebrew

מִי כָמוֹךָ אַב הָרַחֲמָן
זוֹכֵר יְצוּרָיו לְחַיִּים בְּרַחֲמִים.

Israeli

mi chamocha av harachaman
zocher yetzurav lechayim b'rachamim.

Hebrew

וְנֶאֱמָן אַתָּה לְהַחֲיוֹת מֵתִים.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, מְחַיֵּה הַמֵּתִים.

Israeli

vene-eman atah lehachayot metim.
baruch atah Adonai, mechayeh hametim.

Commentary

… we stand when we turn to Him in prayer. The paragraph ends with a reference to Abraham, who was the first person to heed God's call.

לְמַעַנְךָ אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים For Your sake, O God of life: the phrase literally means "Living God." The translation, however, conveys the poetic structure of this short but powerful prayer: four phrases, each ending with the word hayyim, "life."

גבורות Blessing 2: Divine Might. The fivefold reference to the resurrection of the dead reflects the controversy between the Sadducees and Pharisees in the late Second Temple era. The Sadducees rejected belief in resurrection; the Pharisees, whose heirs we are, affirmed it. Belief that those who died will one day live again is one of Judaism's great principles of hope, set out in the …

… end to internal conflicts). The second three are for the nation's spiritual needs (the righteous and pious, the rebuilding of Jerusalem, and the restoration of the Davidic monarchy). One blessing, "Compassionate Father" (the sixteenth, last of the "request" blessings), stands outside this structure because it is a prayer about prayer itself. It is also the point at which individuals can add their personal requests.

אבות Blessing 1: Patriarchs (previous page). In these opening chords we refer back to the dawn of our people's history - the days of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. In so doing, we echo Moses, who constantly referred to the patriarchs when praying for forgiveness for the people. God's love for, and covenant with, those who first heard His call is the supreme ground on which …