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Morning Blessings

Tzitzit

ציצית

Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations
Hebrew
יְבָרֶכְךָ* יְהֹוָה וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ: יָאֵר יְהֹוָה | פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ, וִיחֻנֶּךָּ:
יִשָּׂא יְהֹוָה | פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ, וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם:
Chabad
y'vorechcho* Adonoy v'yishm'recho: yo-eir Adonoy ponov eilecho, vichuneko:
yiso Adonoy ponov eilecho, v'yoseim l'cho sholoym:
Hebrew
וְשָׂמוּ אֶת שְׁמִי עַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַאֲנִי אֲבָרֲכֵם:1
Chabad
v'somu es sh'mi al b'nei Yisro-eil, va-ani avoracheim:
Hebrew
אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם שִׁעוּר: הַפֵּאָה, וְהַבִּכּוּרִים,
וְהָרֵאָיוֹן*, וּגְמִילוּת* חֲסָדִים, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה:2
אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאָדָם אוֹכֵל פֵּרוֹתֵיהֶם בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה
וְהַקֶּרֶן קַיֶּמֶת לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: כִּבּוּד אָב וָאֵם,
וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים, וְהַשְׁכָּמַת בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ שַׁחֲרִית
וְעַרְבִית*, וְהַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים*, וּבִקּוּר חוֹלִים, וְהַכְנָסַת
כַּלָּה, וְהַלְוָיַת הַמֵּת, וְעִיּוּן תְּפִלָּה, וַהֲבָאַת שָׁלוֹם
בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ, וּבֵין אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ, וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה
כְּנֶגֶד כֻּלָּם:3
Chabad
eilu d'vorim she-ein lohem shiur: hapei-oh, v'habikurim,
v'horei-oyoyn*, ug'milus* chasodim, v'salmud Toyroh:
eilu d'vorim she-Odom oycheil peiroyseihem bo-oylom hazeh
v'hakeren kayemes lo-oylom habo, v'eilu hein: kibud ov vo-eim,
ug'milus chasodim, v'hashkomas beis hamidrosh shacharis
v'arvis*, v'hachnosas oyr'chim*, uvikur choylim, v'hachnosas
kaloh, v'hal'voyas hameis, v'iyun t'filoh, vahavo-as sholoym
bein Odom lachaveiroy, uvein ish l'ishtoy, v'salmud Toyroh
k'neged kulom:

BLESSING OVER THE TZITZIT4

Each day when dressing, prior to donning the tallit katan (the small, fringed garment worn by males), inspect the tzitzit (fringes) to ensure they are not torn, especially the parts lying on the corners and the coils. • On weekdays, separate the threads one from another prior to reciting the blessing. • Whoever dons a tallit gadol (large tallit) at morning prayer ought not say a blessing over the tallit katan. See Laws, page 586.
Stand, holding the tzitzit in the right hand (a left-handed person holds the tzitzit in the left hand), say the blessing that follows, and then kiss the tzitzit before releasing them.
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ*
בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ עַל מִצְוַת צִיצִית:
Chabad
boruch atoh Adonoy, Eloyheinu melech ho-oylom, asher kid'shonu*
b'mitzvoysov, v'tzivonu al mitzvas tzitzis: