Amida

Amidah

עמידה

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Hebrew

וְתֵן שָׂכָר טוֹב לְכָל הַבּוֹטְחִים בְּשִׁמְךָ בֶּאֱמֶת
וְשִׂים חֶלְקֵנוּ עִמָּהֶם
וְלְעוֹלָם לֹא נֵבוֹשׁ
כִּי בְךָ בָּטָחְנוּ
וְעַל חַסְדְּךָ הַגָּדוֹל בֶּאֱמֶת נִשְׁעָנְנוּ.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה
מִשְׁעָן וּמִבְטָח לַצַּדִּיקִים.

Sephardi

Veten sachar tov lechol habotchim beshimcha be'emet
Vesim chelkeinu imahem
Vele'olam lo nevosh
Ki vecha batachnu
Ve'al chasdecha hagadol be'emet nish'anu.
Baruch atah Adonai
mish'an umivtach latzadikim.

English

Grant a good reward to all who sincerely trust in Your name. Set our lot with them, so that we may never be ashamed, for in You we trust, and upon Your great loving-kindness we truly depend. Blessed are You, LORD, who is the support and trust of the righteous.

בִּנְיַן יְרוּשָׁלַיִם

REBUILDING JERUSALEM

Hebrew

וְלִירוּשָׁלַיִם עִירְךָ בְּרַחֲמִים תָּשׁוּב
וְתִשְׁכֹּן בְּתוֹכָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ
וּבְנֵה אוֹתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב בְּיָמֵינוּ בִּנְיַן עוֹלָם
וְכִסֵּא דָוִד עַבְדְּךָ מְהֵרָה לְתוֹכָהּ תָּכִין.
*בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה
בּוֹנֵה יְרוּשָׁלָיִם.

Sephardi

Velirushalayim ircha berachamim tashuv
Vetishkon betochah ka'asher dibarta
Uvene otah bekarov beyameinu binyan olam
Vechise David avdecha meheirah letochah tachin.
Baruch atah Adonai
boneh Yerushalayim.

English

To Jerusalem, Your city, may You return in compassion, and may You dwell in it as You promised. May You rebuild it rapidly in our days as an everlasting structure, and install within it soon the throne of David, Your servant. *Blessed are You, LORD, who builds Jerusalem.

Commentary

*On Tisha B'Av, all conclude as follows:

Zech. 2

English

Console, O LORD our God, the mourners of Zion and the mourners of Jerusalem, and the city that is in sorrow, laid waste, scorned and desolate; that grieves for the loss of its children, that is laid waste of its dwellings, robbed of its glory, desolate without inhabitants. She sits with her head covered like a barren childless woman. Legions have devoured her; idolaters have taken possession of her; they have put Your people Israel to the sword and deliberately killed the devoted followers of the Most High. Therefore Zion weeps bitterly, and Jerusalem raises her voice. My heart, my heart grieves for those they killed; I am in anguish, I am in anguish for those they killed. For You, O LORD, consumed it with fire, and with fire You will rebuild it in the future, as is said, "And I Myself will be a wall of fire around it, says the LORD, and I will be its glory within." Blessed are You, LORD, who consoles Zion and rebuilds Jerusalem.

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