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Birkat Kohanim

ברכת כהנים

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Read the following silently while the Kohanim chant. Omit on Shabbat.
Hebrew
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אֲנִי שֶׁלָּךְ וַחֲלוֹמוֹתַי שֶׁלָּךְ. חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה הוּא. יְהִי
רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתַי, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל חֲלוֹמוֹתַי עָלַי וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל
לְטוֹבָה, בֵּין שֶׁחָלַמְתִּי עַל עַצְמִי, וּבֵין שֶׁחָלַמְתִּי עַל אֲחֵרִים, וּבֵין שֶׁחָלְמוּ אֲחֵרִים עָלַי.
אִם טוֹבִים הֵם, חַזְּקֵם וְאַמְּצֵם, וְיִתְקַיְּמוּ בִי וּבָהֶם, כַּחֲלוֹמוֹתָיו שֶׁל יוֹסֵף הַצַּדִּיק. וְאִם
צְרִיכִים רְפוּאָה, רְפָאֵם כְּחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מֵחָלְיוֹ, וּכְמִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה מִצָּרַעְתָּהּ,
וּכְנַעֲמָן מִצָּרַעְתּוֹ, וּכְמֵי מָרָה עַל יְדֵי מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ, וּכְמֵי יְרִיחוֹ עַל יְדֵי אֱלִישָׁע. וּכְשֵׁם
שֶׁהָפַכְתָּ אֶת קִלְלַת בִּלְעָם הָרָשָׁע מִקְּלָלָה לִבְרָכָה, כֵּן תַּהֲפֹךְ כָּל חֲלוֹמוֹתַי עָלַי וְעַל
כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל לְטוֹבָה, וּתְשָׁמְרֵנִי וּתְחָנֵּנִי וְתִרְצֵנִי. אָמֵן.
Sephardi
Ribono shel olam, ani shelach vachalomotai shelach. Chalom chalamti ve'eini yodea mah hu. Yehi
ratzon milefanecha, Adonai Elohai veilohei avotai, sheyihyu kol chalomotai alai ve'al kol Yisrael
letovah, bein shechalamti al atzmi, uvein shechalamti al acherim, uvein shechalmu acherim alai.
Im tovim hem, chazkem ve'amtzem, veyitkaymu vi uvahem, kachalomotav shel Yosef hatzadik. Ve'im
tzerichim refu'ah, refa'em keChizkiyahu Melech Yehudah mecholyo, ucheMiryam hanevi'ah mitzara'atah,
ucheNa'aman mitzara'ato, uchemei Marah al yedei Moshe Rabenu, uchemei Yericho al yedei Elisha. Ucheshem
shehafachta et kilelat Bilam harasha mikelalah livrachah, kein tahafach kol chalomotai alai ve'al
kol Yisrael letovah, uteshamreni utechaneni vetirtzeni. Amen.
English
Master of the Universe, I am Yours and my dreams are Yours. I have dreamt a dream and I do not know what it means. May it be Your will, LORD my God and God of my fathers, that all my dreams be, for me and all Israel, for good, whether I have dreamt about myself, or about others, or others have dreamt about me. If they are good, strengthen and reinforce them, and may they be fulfilled in me and them like the dreams of the righteous Joseph. If, though, they need healing, heal them as You healed Hezekiah King of Judah from his illness, like Miriam the prophetess from her leprosy, like Na’aman from his leprosy, like the waters of Mara by Moses our teacher, and like the waters of Jericho by Elisha. And just as You turned the curses of Balaam the wicked from curse to blessing, so turn all my dreams about me and all Israel to good; protect me, be gracious to me and accept me. Amen.
יָאֵר

May [He] make shine

Ps. 67
Hebrew
אֱלֹהִים יְחָנֵּנוּ וִיבָרְכֵנוּ, יָאֵר פָּנָיו אִתָּנוּ סֶלָה:
Sephardi
Elohim yechaneinu vivarcheinu, ya'eir panav itanu selah:
English
May God be gracious to us and bless us; may He make His face shine upon us, Selah.
יְהוָה

The LORD

Ex. 34
Hebrew
יְהוָה, יְהוָה, אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן, אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת:
Sephardi
Adonai, Adonai, Eil rachum vechanun, erech apayim verav-chesed ve'emet:
English
The LORD, the LORD, compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in kindness and truth.
פָּנָיו

His face

Ps. 25
Hebrew
פְּנֵה־אֵלַי וְחָנֵּנִי, כִּי־יָחִיד וְעָנִי אָנִי:
Sephardi
Peneh-elai vechaneni, ki-yachid ve'ani ani:
English
Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am alone and afflicted.
אֵלֶיךָ

On you

Ps. 25
Hebrew
אֵלֶיךָ יְהוָה נַפְשִׁי אֶשָּׂא:
Sephardi
Elecha Adonai nafshi essa:
English
To You, LORD, I lift up my soul.
וִיחֻנֶּךָ:

And be gracious to you.

Ps. 123
Hebrew
הִנֵּה כְעֵינֵי עֲבָדִים אֶל־יַד אֲדוֹנֵיהֶם
כְּעֵינֵי שִׁפְחָה אֶל־יַד גְּבִרְתָּהּ, כֵּן עֵינֵינוּ אֶל־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
עַד שֶׁיְּחָנֵּנוּ:
Sephardi
Hineh che'einei avadim el-yad adoneihem
ke'einei shifchah el-yad gevirtah, kein eineinu el-Adonai Eloheinu
ad sheyechanenu:
English
As the eyes of slaves turn to their master’s hand, or the eyes of a slave-girl to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are turned to the LORD our God, awaiting His favor.
Read the following silently while the Kohanim chant. Omit on Shabbat.
Hebrew
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אֲנִי שֶׁלָּךְ וַחֲלוֹמוֹתַי שֶׁלָּךְ. חֲלוֹם חָלַמְתִּי וְאֵינִי יוֹדֵעַ מַה הוּא. יְהִי
רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתַי, שֶׁיִּהְיוּ כָּל חֲלוֹמוֹתַי עָלַי וְעַל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל
לְטוֹבָה, בֵּין שֶׁחָלַמְתִּי עַל עַצְמִי, וּבֵין שֶׁחָלַמְתִּי עַל אֲחֵרִים, וּבֵין שֶׁחָלְמוּ אֲחֵרִים עָלַי.
אִם טוֹבִים הֵם, חַזְּקֵם וְאַמְּצֵם, וְיִתְקַיְּמוּ בִי וּבָהֶם, כַּחֲלוֹמוֹתָיו שֶׁל יוֹסֵף הַצַּדִּיק. וְאִם
צְרִיכִים רְפוּאָה, רְפָאֵם כְּחִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה מֵחָלְיוֹ, וּכְמִרְיָם הַנְּבִיאָה מִצָּרַעְתָּהּ,
Sephardi
Ribono shel olam, ani shelach vachalomotai shelach. Chalom chalamti ve'eini yodea mah hu. Yehi
ratzon milefanecha, Adonai Elohai veilohei avotai, sheyihyu kol chalomotai alai ve'al kol Yisrael
letovah, bein shechalamti al atzmi, uvein shechalamti al acherim, uvein shechalmu acherim alai.
Im tovim hem, chazkem ve'amtzem, veyitkaymu vi uvahem, kachalomotav shel Yosef hatzadik. Ve'im
tzerichim refu'ah, refa'em keChizkiyahu Melech Yehudah mecholyo, ucheMiryam hanevi'ah mitzara'atah,
English
Master of the Universe, I am Yours and my dreams are Yours. I have dreamt a dream and I do not know what it means. May it be Your will, LORD my God and God of my fathers, that all my dreams be, for me and all Israel, for good, whether I have dreamt about myself, or about others, or others have dreamt about me. If they are good, strengthen and reinforce them, and may they be fulfilled in me and them like the dreams of the righteous Joseph. If, though, they need healing, heal them as You healed Hezekiah King of Judah from his illness, like Miriam the prophetess from her