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Shavuot

Akdamut

אקדמות

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Hebrew

מְנַן וּמַאן הוּא רְחִימָךְ, שַׁפִּירָא בְּרוּתָא
אֲרוּם בְּגִינֵהּ סְפֵית מְדוֹר אַרְיָוָתָא.

Sephardi

Menan u'man hu rechimakh, shapira bruta
Arum begineh sefeit medor aryavata.

English

Leader: “Where is your Beloved from, yes who is He, who is so beautiful, that you let yourselves be killed for Him in the lions’ den?”

Hebrew

יְקָרָא וְיָאָה אַתְּ, אִין תְּעָרְבִי לְמָרוּתָא
רְעוּתָךְ נַעְבֵּד לִיךְ בְּכָל אַתְרְוָתָא.

Sephardi

Yekara veya'ah at, in te'arvi lemaruta
Re'utakh na'abed likh bechol atrevata.

English

Cong: “You would be more respected, lovelier, if you bent yourselves to our rule: your will would be done then wherever you would be.”

Hebrew

בְּחָכְמְתָא מְתִיבְנָא לְהוֹן, קְצָת לְהוֹדָעוּתָא
יְדַעְתּוּן חַכְמִין לֵהּ בְּאִשְׁתְּמוֹדָעוּתָא.

Sephardi

Bechakhmeta metivna lehon, ketzat lehoda'uta
Yeda'tun chakhmin leh be'ishtemoda'uta.

English

Leader: With wisdom I reply to them, telling them of the end – “If you only knew, if you only truly knew Him,

Hebrew

רְבוּתְכוֹן מָה חֲשִׁיבָא קֳבֵל הַהִיא שְׁבַחְתָא
רְבוּתָא דְיַעְבֵּד לִי, כַּד מַטְיָא יְשׁוּעָתָא.

Sephardi

Revutkhon mah chashiva kovel hahi shevakhta
Revuta deya'abed li, kad matya yeshu'ata.

English

Cong: “and what your greatness is worth when compared to that glory, or the greatness I will be granted when my salvation comes...

Hebrew

בְּמֵיתִי לִי נְהוֹרָא, וְתִחְפֵּי לְכוֹן בֶּהָתָא
יְקָרֵהּ כַּד אֶתְגְּלִי בִּתְקוֹפָא וּבְגֵיוּתָא.

Sephardi

Bemeiti li nehora, vetichpei lekhon behata
Yekareh kad etgeli bitkofa uvegei'uta.

English

Leader: “When light comes to me, and shame covers you over; when His presence is revealed to me in might and in great pride.”

Hebrew

יְשַׁלֵּם גְּמוּלָא לְשׂוֹנְאָי וְנָגוֹתָא
צִדְקָתָא לְעַם חֲבִיב וְסַגִּי זְכוּתָא.

Sephardi

Yeshalem gemula lesonai venagota
Tzidkata le'am chaviv vesagi zekhutah.

English

Cong: He shall pay His enemies back in kind, the aggressors of the distant isles, and perform justice for the beloved people, rich in merit,

Hebrew

חֲדוּ שְׁלָמָא בְּמֵיתֵי, וּמָנָא דַכְוָתָא
קִרְיְתָא דִירוּשְׁלֵם כַּד יְכַנֵּשׁ גָּלְוָתָא.

Sephardi

Chadu shelama bemeitei, umana dakhvata
Kiryeta diYerushlem kad yekhanesh galvata.

English

Leader: when He brings perfect happiness, and us as pure vessels; when He brings the exiles back into the city of Jerusalem.

Hebrew

יְקָרֵהּ מְטַל עֲלַהּ בִּיוֹמֵי וְלֵילְוָתָא
גְּנוּנָהּ לְמֶעְבַּד בַּהּ בְּתֻשְׁבְּחָן כְּלִילָתָא.

Sephardi

Yekareh metal alah biyomei veleilvata
Genunah leme'abed bah betushbechan kelilata.

English

Cong: He shall cast His glory over them day and night, as a canopy where they shall voice the splendor in joyful songs,

Hebrew

דִּיהוֹר עֲנָנַיָּא לְמִשְׁפַּר כִּלְתָא
לְפוּם דַּעֲבִידְתָא עֲבִידָן מְטַלְלָתָא.

Sephardi

Dihor ananaya lemishpar kilta
Lefum da'avidta avidan metallata.

English

Leader: for the shining of those clouds will make each canopy fine as the actions of the one who sits in it; so will each shelter be made.

Hebrew

בְּתַכְתְּקֵי דַהַב פָּזָא, וּשְׁבַע מַעֲלָתָא
תְּחוּמִין צַדִּיקֵי קֳדָם רַב פְּעָלָתָא.

Sephardi

Betakhtekei dahav paza, ushva ma'alata
Techumin tzadikei kodam rav pe'alata.

English

Cong: On seats of finest gold, in seven tiers, sit the righteous in their places before the One whose acts are manifold.

Hebrew

וְרִוְיְהוֹן דָּמֵי לְשִׁבְעָא חֶדְוָתָא
רְקִיעָא בְּזִיהוֹרֵהּ וְכוֹכְבֵי זִיוָתָא.

Sephardi

Verivyehon damei leshiv'a chedvata
Reki'a bezihoreh vekhokhvei zivata.

English

Leader: And they appear as seven tiers of joy, like the dome of the sky in its brilliance, like stars of light.

Hebrew

הֶדְרָא דְלָא אֶפְשָׁר לְמִפְרַט שְׂפְוָתָא,
וְלָא אִשְׁתְּמַע וַחֲמִי נְבִיאָן חֶזְוָתָא.

Sephardi

Hedra dela efshar lemifrat sefavata,
Vela ishtema vachami nevi'an chezvata.

English

Cong: This is a glory no mouth can express, glory that the prophets never heard or saw in their visions.