Accepting the Sovereignty of Heaven

Kabbalat ol malchut shamayim

קבלת עול מלכות שמים

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Hebrew

אֱמֶת, אַתָּה הוּא רִאשׁוֹן
וְאַתָּה הוּא אַחֲרוֹן
וּמִבַּלְעָדֶיךָ אֵין אֱלֹהִים.
קַבֵּץ נְפוּצוֹת קֹוֶיךָ מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ.
יַכִּירוּ וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל בָּאֵי עוֹלָם
כִּי אַתָּה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים לְבַדֶּךָ, עֶלְיוֹן לְכָל מַמְלְכוֹת הָאָרֶץ.

Sephardi

Emet, atah hu rishon
Ve'atah hu acharon
Umibal'adecha ein Elohim.
Kabetz nefutzot kovecha me'arba kanfot ha'aretz.
Yakiru veyede'u kol ba'ei olam
Ki atah hu ha'Elohim levadecha, elyon lechol mamlchot ha'aretz.

English

Truly, You are the first and You are the last, and besides You there is no god. Gather the scattered ones, those who hope in You, from the four quarters of the earth. May all mankind recognize and know that You are God alone, Most High over all the kingdoms on earth.

Hebrew

אַתָּה עָשִׂיתָ אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ
אֶת הַיָּם וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר בָּם
וּמִי בְּכָל מַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶיךָ בָּעֶלְיוֹנִים וּבַתַּחְתּוֹנִים
שֶׁיֹּאמַר לְךָ מַה תַּעֲשֶׂה וּמַה תִּפְעָל.

Sephardi

Atah asita et hashamayim ve'et ha'aretz
Et hayam ve'et kol asher bam
Umi bechol ma'asei yadecha ba'elyonim uvatachtonim
Sheyomar lecha mah ta'aseh umah tif'al.

English

You made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all they contain. Who among all the works of Your hands, above and below, can tell You what to do or how to act?

Hebrew

אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, חֵי וְקַיָּם
עֲשֵׂה עִמָּנוּ צְדָקָה וָחֶסֶד
בַּעֲבוּר שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל וְהַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא שֶׁנִּקְרָא עָלֵינוּ
וְקַיֵּם לָנוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֶת הַדָּבָר
שֶׁהִבְטַחְתָּנוּ עַל יְדֵי צְפַנְיָה חוֹזֶךָ
כָּאָמוּר

Sephardi

Avinu shebashamayim, chei vekayam
Ase imanu tzedakah vachesed
Ba'avur shimcha hagadol vehagibor vehanora shenikra aleinu
Vekayeim lanu Adonai Eloheinu et hadavar
Shehivtachtanu al yedei Tzefanyah chozecha
Ka'amur

English

Heavenly Father, living and forever enduring, deal righteously and kindly with us for the sake of Your great, mighty and awesome name by which we are called, and fulfill for us, LORD our God, that which You have promised us through Your seer, Zephaniah, as it is said:

Zeph. 3

Hebrew

בָּעֵת הַהִיא אָבִיא אֶתְכֶם, וּבָעֵת קַבְּצִי אֶתְכֶם
כִּי־אֶתֵּן אֶתְכֶם לְשֵׁם וְלִתְהִלָּה בְּכֹל עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ
בְּשׁוּבִי אֶת־שְׁבוּתֵיכֶם לְעֵינֵיכֶם
אָמַר יְהוָה:

Sephardi

Ba'et hahi avi etchem, uva'et kabtzi etchem
Ki-eten etchem leshem velithilah bechol amei ha'aretz
Beshuvi et-shevuteichem le'eineichem
Amar Adonai:

English

"At that time I will bring you home, and at that time I will gather you, for I will give you renown and praise among all the peoples of the earth when I bring back your exiles before your eyes, says the LORD."