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DIVINE MIGHT

Hebrew

אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר לְעוֹלָם, אֲדֹנָי
מְחַיֵּה מֵתִים אַתָּה, רַב לְהוֹשִׁיעַ

Sephardi

Atah gibor le'olam, Adonai
Mechayeh meitim atah, rav lehoshia

English

You are eternally mighty, LORD. You give life to the dead and have great power to save.

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

In fall & winter:

Hebrew

מַשִּׁיב הָרוּחַ וּמוֹרִיד הַגֶּשֶׁם

Sephardi

Mashiv haruach umorid hageshem

English

He makes the wind blow and the rain fall.

In spring & summer:

Hebrew

מוֹרִיד הַטָּל

Sephardi

Morid hatal

English

He causes the dew to fall.

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.

Sephardi

Mechalkel chayim bechesed, mechayeh meitim berachamim rabim
Somech noflim, verofe cholim, umatir asurim
Umekayem emunato lishenei afar.
Mi chamocha, ba'al gevurot
Umi domeh lach
Melech, memit umechayeh umatzmiach yeshu'ah.

English

He sustains the living with loving-kindness, and with great compassion revives the dead. He supports the fallen, heals the sick, sets captives free, and keeps His faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, Master of might, and who can compare to You, O King who brings death and gives life, and makes salvation grow?

Between Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur:

Hebrew

מִי כָמוֹךָ אַב הָרַחֲמָן
זוֹכֵר יְצוּרָיו לְחַיִּים בְּרַחֲמִים.

Sephardi

Mi chamocha av harachaman
Zocher yetzurav lechayim berachamim.

English

Who is like You, compassionate Father, who remembers His creatures in compassion, for life?

Hebrew

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

Sephardi

Vene'eman atah lehachayot meitim.
Baruch atah Adonai, mechayeh hameitim.

English

Faithful are You to revive the dead. Blessed are You, LORD, who revives the dead.

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 …