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Shaharit for Weekdays

Personal Supplications

בקשות אישיות

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בקשות אישיות

PERSONAL SUPPLICATIONS

Some have the custom to read on a daily basis certain passages from the Torah, either in supplication to God that He may grant us our daily needs (both material and spiritual), or as a reminder that all our blessings come ultimately from Him.
פרשת המן

THE CHAPTER OF THE MANNA

After the exodus from Egypt, the Israelites depended each day on the manna for their survival. Nowadays, we risk living under the illusion of self-reliance, and forgetting the true source of our sustenance. As early as the thirteenth century, the pupils of the Maharam of Rothenburg recommended reciting the verses which describe the miracle of the manna, as a declaration of faith and an expression of trust and gratitude.
Hebrew
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁתַּזְמִין פַּרְנָסָה לְכָל עַמְּךָ בֵּית
יִשְׂרָאֵל, וּפַרְנָסָתִי וּפַרְנָסַת אַנְשֵׁי בֵיתִי בִּכְלָלָם, בְּנַחַת וְלֹא בְּצַעַר, בְּכָבוֹד וְלֹא
בְּבִזּוּי, בְּהֵתֵר וְלֹא בְּאִסּוּר, כְּדֵי שֶׁנּוּכַל לַעֲבֹד עֲבוֹדָתְךָ וְלִלְמֹד תּוֹרָתְךָ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁזַּנְתָּ
לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ מָן בַּמִּדְבָּר, בְּאֶרֶץ צִיָּה וַעֲרָבָה.
Sephardi
Yehi ratzon milefanecha, Adonai Eloheinu veilohei avoteinu, shetazmin parnasah lechol amecha beit
Yisrael, ufarnasati ufarnasat anshei beiti bichlalam, benachat velo betza'ar, bechavod velo
bevizuy, behateir velo be'isur, kedei shenuchal la'avod avodatecha velilmod Toratecha, kemo shezanta
la'avoteinu man bamidbar, be'eretz tziyah va'aravah.
English
May it be Your will, LORD our God, God of our ancestors, that you call forth sustenance for all Your people Israel, and among them, for me and for the people of my household. May it come with ease, without suffering, honorably, without shame, by legal and not by forbidden means, that we may perform Your service and learn Your Torah; just as You nourished our ancestors in the wilderness, in an arid, desert land.
Ex. 16
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר יהוה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה, הִנְנִי מַמְטִיר לָכֶם לֶחֶם מִן־הַשָּׁמָיִם, וְיָצָא הָעָם
וְלָקְטוּ דְּבַר־יוֹם בְּיוֹמוֹ, לְמַעַן אֲנַסֶּנּוּ הֲיֵלֵךְ בְּתוֹרָתִי אִם־לֹא׃ וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם
הַשִּׁשִּׁי, וְהֵכִינוּ אֵת אֲשֶׁר־יָבִיאוּ, וְהָיָה מִשְׁנֶה עַל אֲשֶׁר־יִלְקְטוּ יוֹם יוֹם׃
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, עֶרֶב וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי יהוה הוֹצִיא
אֶתְכֶם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃ וּבֹקֶר וּרְאִיתֶם אֶת־כְּבוֹד יהוה, בְּשָׁמְעוֹ אֶת־
תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם עַל־יהוה, וְנַחְנוּ מָה כִּי תַלִּינוּ עָלֵינוּ׃ וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה, בְּתֵת יהוה
לָכֶם בָּעֶרֶב בָּשָׂר לֶאֱכֹל וְלֶחֶם בַּבֹּקֶר לִשְׂבֹּעַ, בִּשְׁמֹעַ יהוה אֶת־תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם
אֲשֶׁר־אַתֶּם מַלִּינִם עָלָיו, וְנַחְנוּ מָה, לֹא־עָלֵינוּ תְלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם כִּי עַל־יהוה׃
וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־אַהֲרֹן, אֱמֹר אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, קִרְבוּ לִפְנֵי יהוה
כִּי שָׁמַע אֵת תְּלֻנֹּתֵיכֶם׃ וַיְהִי כְּדַבֵּר אַהֲרֹן אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַיִּפְנוּ
אֶל־הַמִּדְבָּר, וְהִנֵּה כְּבוֹד יהוה נִרְאָה בֶּעָנָן׃
וַיְדַבֵּר יהוה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹר׃ שָׁמַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּלוּנֹּת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, דַּבֵּר
אֲלֵהֶם לֵאמֹר בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם תֹּאכְלוּ בָשָׂר וּבַבֹּקֶר תִּשְׂבְּעוּ־לָחֶם, וִידַעְתֶּם כִּי
אֲנִי יהוה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׃ וַיְהִי בָעֶרֶב, וַתַּעַל הַשְּׂלָו וַתְּכַס אֶת־הַמַּחֲנֶה, וּבַבֹּקֶר
הָיְתָה שִׁכְבַת הַטַּל סָבִיב לַמַּחֲנֶה׃ וַתַּעַל שִׁכְבַת הַטָּל, וְהִנֵּה עַל־פְּנֵי
הַמִּדְבָּר דַּק מְחֻסְפָּס, דַּק כַּכְּפֹר עַל־הָאָרֶץ׃ וַיִּרְאוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֹּאמְרוּ
Sephardi
Vayomer Adonai el-Moshe, hineni mamtir lachem lechem min-hashamayim, veyatza ha'am
velaktu devar-yom beyomo, lema'an anasenu hayelech betorati im-lo: vehayah bayom
hashishi, vehechinu eit asher-yavi'u, vehayah mishne al asher-yilketu yom yom:
Vayomer Moshe veAharon el-kol-benei Yisrael, erev vidatem ki Adonai hotzi
etchem me'eretz Mitzrayim: uvoker ure'item et-kevod Adonai, beshom'o et-
telunoteichem al-Adonai, venachnu mah ki talinu aleinu: Vayomer Moshe, betet Adonai
lachem ba'erev basar le'echol velechem baboker lisbo'a, bishmo'a Adonai et-telunoteichem
asher-atem malinim alav, venachnu mah, lo-aleinu telunoteichem ki al-Adonai:
Vayomer Moshe el-Aharon, emor el-kol-adat benei Yisrael, kirvu lifnei Adonai
ki shama eit telunoteichem: Vayehi kedaber Aharon el-kol-adat benei-Yisrael, vayifnu
el-hamidbar, vehineh kevod Adonai nir'ah be'anan:
Vayedaber Adonai el-Moshe leimor: Shama'ti et-telunot benei Yisrael, daber
aleihem leimor bein ha'arbayim tochelu vasar uvaboker tisbe'u-lachem, vidatem ki
ani Adonai Eloheichem: Vayehi va'erev, vata'al haslav vatechas et-hamachane, uvaboker
hayetah shichvat hatal saviv lamachane: vata'al shichvat hatal, vehineh al-penei
hamidbar dak mechuspas, dak kakefor al-ha'aretz: Vayir'u venei-Yisrael vayomru
English
The LORD said to Moses: I shall rain bread down upon you from the sky. And the people shall go out and gather, each day their daily needs, so that I may test whether they will follow My Law or not. And on the sixth day, as they prepare what they bring home, it shall be twice what they gather every day. And so Moses and Aaron told all the people of Israel, "By evening you shall know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and in the morning you shall see the glory of God, who has heard all your protest against Him - as for us, who are we that you should stir up protest against us?" Moses said, "The LORD shall give you meat to eat in the evening, and bread in the morning to satisfy your hunger, when the LORD heeds the protest you have stirred up against Him - as for us, who are we? Your protest is not for us but for the LORD." Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell all the congregation of Israel: Draw near to the LORD, for He has heard your protest." And when Aaron spoke to all the congregation of Israel, they turned toward the desert and there was the glory of God, revealed in a cloud. The LORD said to Moses, "I have heard the protest of the people of Israel. Speak to them, tell them, by evening you shall eat meat, and in the morning, bread will satisfy you, and you shall know that I am the LORD your God." When evening came, quail rose up and covered the camp, and in the morning, a layer of dew surrounded the camp. And as the layer of dew lifted - there on the surface of the desert was a fine, round substance, fine as frost upon the land. And the