Concluding Prayers

siyum hatfilah

סיום התפילה

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Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

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קַדִּישׁ יָתוֹם

Mourner’s Kaddish

Mourners and those marking Yahrzeit:

Hebrew

יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא,
בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא, כִּרְעוּתֵהּ,
וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ בְּחַיֵּיכוֹן וּבְיוֹמֵיכוֹן
וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל,
בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב,
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.

Israeli

yitgadal veyitkadash sh'meh raba,
be-alma di v'ra, kiruteh,
veyamlich malchuteh b'chayeichon uvyomeichon
uvechayei d'chol-beit Yisra-el,
ba-agala uvizman kariv,
ve-imru Amen.

English

Let God’s great name be exalted and sanctified through all the created world, according to God’s wish. May God’s sovereignty be established soon, in your lifetime and during your days, and in the lifetime of the whole house of Israel. And we say: Amen.

Assembly and mourners:

Hebrew

יְהֵא שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא.

Israeli

yehei sh'meh raba mevarach le-alam ule-almei almaya.

English

Forever and ever, may God’s great name be acknowledged!

Mourners:

Hebrew

יִתְבָּרַךְ וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח וְיִתְפָּאַר וְיִתְרוֹמַם וְיִתְנַשֵּׂא
וְיִתְהַדָּר וְיִתְעַלֶּה וְיִתְהַלָּל שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא, בְּרִיךְ הוּא,
לְעֵלָּא מִן כָּל־ [לְעֵלָּא לְעֵלָּא מִכָּל־]
בִּרְכָתָא וְשִׁירָתָא תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא וְנֶחֱמָתָא דַאֲמִירָן בְּעָלְמָא,
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.

Israeli

yitbarach veyishtabach veyitpa-ar veyitromam veyitnasei
veyithadar veyitaleh veyithalal sh'meh d'kudsha, b'rich hu,
le-ela min kol- [le-ela le-ela mikol-]
birchata veshirata tushbechata venechemata da-amiran be-alma,
ve-imru Amen.

English

Let the Holy One’s name be celebrated and acknowledged, worshipped and lauded, honored and exalted, acclaimed and extolled—though God, who is blessed, b’rikh hu, remains truly [on Shabbat Shuvah we add: far] above every acknowledgment and praise, or any expressions of gratitude or consolation ever uttered in the world. And we say: Amen.

Hebrew

יְהֵא שְׁלָמָא רַבָּא מִן שְׁמַיָּא וְחַיִּים
עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל,
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.

Israeli

yehei sh'lama raba min sh'maya vechayim
aleinu ve-al kol-yisra-el,
ve-imru Amen.

English

Let heaven bestow upon us, and upon all Israel, life and abundant and enduring peace. And we say: Amen.

Hebrew

עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם
עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל [וְעַל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל],
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.

Israeli

oseh shalom bimromav hu ya-aseh shalom
aleinu ve-al kol-yisra-el [ve-al kol-yoshvei tevel],
ve-imru Amen.

English

Let the maker of peace on high bring peace upon us and upon all Israel [and to all who dwell on earth]. And we say: Amen.

Certain congregations recite Anim Z’mirot here; see page 208.

Certain congregations close with Adon Olam on page 211; others close with further Shabbat songs (see pages 212 and 82–85).