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The New Jew
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pp. 240-241
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Hebrew
כַּפַּיִם יִשָּׂאוּנְךָ, פֶּן תִּגֹּף בָּאֶבֶן רַגְלֶךָ:
עַל שַׁחַל וָפֶתֶן תִּדְרֹךְ, תִּרְמֹס כְּפִיר
וְתַנִּין: כִּי בִי חָשַׁק וַאֲפַלְּטֵהוּ, אֲשַׂגְּבֵהוּ
כִּי יָדַע שְׁמִי: יִקְרָאֵנִי וְאֶעֱנֵהוּ, עִמּוֹ
אָנֹכִי בְצָרָה, אֲחַלְּצֵהוּ וַאֲכַבְּדֵהוּ: אֹרֶךְ
יָמִים אַשְׂבִּיעֵהוּ, וְאַרְאֵהוּ
בִּישׁוּעָתִי:
Sephardi
Kappayim yissa'uncha, pen tiggof ba'even raglekha:
Al shachal vafeten tidroch, tirmos kefir
vetannin: ki vi chashak va'afalletehu, asaggevehu
ki yada shemi: yikra'eni ve'e'enehu, imo
anochi vetzarah, achalletzehu va'achabbeddehu: orech
yamim asbi'ehu, ve'ar'ehu
bishu'ati:
English
of a plague that goes around in the darkness of night, nor of a plague that goes around in the afternoon. Even if plagues cause a thousand people on your left side and ten thousand on your right side to fall down and die, it will not reach you. Just look with your eyes, and you will see that the wicked people are being punished. This will happen because you said, “You, Lord, are my shelter,” and you made God, the Most High, as your shelter. Nothing bad will happen to you, and no plague will come near your tent, because God will command His angels on your behalf to guard you in all your ways. The angels will carry you in their hands, lest you hurt your foot on a rock. You will step on lions and snakes; you will trample on young lions and snakes without being hurt. God says, “I will save a person because he wants Me, and I will strengthen him because he knows My great name and fears Me. When he calls to Me, I will save him. I am together with him in times of trouble. I will deliver him from his troubles and honor him. I will satisfy him by giving him long life, and I will show him My salvation.” I will satisfy him by giving him long life, and I will show him My salvation.

The angels’ praises of God

Hebrew
וְאַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ, יוֹשֵׁב תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל.
וְקָרָא זֶה אֶל זֶה וְאָמַר:
קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ יְיָ צְבָאוֹת, מְלֹא
כָּל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ. וּמְקַבְּלִין דֵּין מִן דֵּין
וְאָמְרִין: קַדִּישׁ בִּשְׁמֵי מְרוֹמָא עִלָּאָה
בֵּית שְׁכִינְתֵּהּ, קַדִּישׁ עַל אַרְעָא עוֹבַד
גְּבוּרְתֵּהּ, קַדִּישׁ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי
עָלְמַיָּא, יְיָ צְבָאוֹת, מַלְיָא כָל אַרְעָא
זִיו יְקָרֵהּ.
Sephardi
Ve'Atah Kadosh, yoshev tehilot Yisrael.
Ve-kara zeh el zeh ve-amar:
Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Adonai Tzeva'ot, melo
kol ha'aretz kevodo. Umekabbelin dein min dein
ve-amrin: kaddish bishmei meroma illa'ah
beit shechinteh, kaddish al ar'a ovad
gevurteh, kaddish le'alam ul'almei
almaya, Adonai Tzeva'ot, malya kol ar'a
ziv yekareh.
English
You, God, are the holy One, Who sits and listens to the praises of the Children of Israel. The angels call out to one another and say, “The Lord, the God of all creations, is holy in the spiritual worlds, holy in the physical world, and holy at all times, forever and ever. The entire world is filled with His glory.” The angels receive permission from one another to praise Hashem and they say, “God is holy in the highest, most spiritual heaven, the place where His Divine Presence is. He is holy on the earth, which He made with His strength. He is holy forever and ever. The whole earth is filled with the light of the glory of the Lord, the God of all creations.”
Hebrew
וַתִּשָּׂאֵנִי רוּחַ, וָאֶשְׁמַע אַחֲרַי קוֹל
רַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל, בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד יְיָ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ.
וּנְטָלַתְנִי רוּחָא וְשִׁמְעִית בַּתְרַי קָל
זִיעַ סַגִּיא דִּמְשַׁבְּחִין וְאָמְרִין, בְּרִיךְ
יְקָרָא דַיְיָ מֵאֲתַר בֵּית שְׁכִינְתֵּהּ.
Sephardi
Vattissa'eni ruach, va'eshma acharai kol
ra'ash gadol, baruch kevod Adonai mimekomo.
Unetalatni rucha veshim'it batrai kal
zi'a saggi dimshabbechin ve-amrin, berich
yekara d'Adonai me'atar beit shechinteh.
English
The prophet Ezekiel said: A wind lifted me, and I heard behind me a great, roaring sound, saying that the glory of the Lord is blessed from wherever its place may be, even in exile when it is not resting in the Holy Temple. A wind lifted me and I heard behind me a great, roaring sound. It was the sound of those who praise God and say, “The glory of the Lord is blessed from the place where His Divine Presence is.”
Hebrew
יְיָ יִמְלֹךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. יְיָ מַלְכוּתֵהּ
קָאֵם לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא.
Sephardi
Adonai yimloch le'olam va'ed. Adonai malchuteh
ka'em le'alam ul'almei almaya.
English
The Lord will rule as king forever and ever. The Lord’s rulership as king is established and will last forever and ever.

God is kind and merciful

Hebrew
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיִשְׂרָאֵל
אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שָׁמְרָה זֹאת לְעוֹלָם, לְיֵצֶר
מַחְשְׁבוֹת לְבַב עַמֶּךָ, וְהָכֵן לְבָבָם
אֵלֶיךָ. וְהוּא רַחוּם, יְכַפֵּר עָוֹן וְלֹא
יַשְׁחִית, וְהִרְבָּה לְהָשִׁיב אַפּוֹ, וְלֹא
יָעִיר כָּל חֲמָתוֹ. כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב
וְסַלָּח, וְרַב חֶסֶד לְכָל קֹרְאֶיךָ. צִדְקָתְךָ
צֶדֶק לְעוֹלָם, וְתוֹרָתְךָ אֱמֶת.
תִּתֵּן אֱמֶת לְיַעֲקֹב, חֶסֶד
לְאַבְרָהָם, אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לַאֲבֹתֵינוּ
מִימֵי קֶדֶם. בָּרוּךְ אֲדֹנָי, יוֹם יוֹם
יַעֲמָס לָנוּ, הָאֵל יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ סֶלָה.
יְיָ צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ, מִשְׂגָּב לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי
יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה. יְיָ צְבָאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם
בֹּטֵחַ בָּךְ. יְיָ הוֹשִׁיעָה, הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ
בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ.
Sephardi
Adonai Elohei Avraham Yitzchak veYisrael
avoteinu, shamrah zot le'olam, leyetzer
machshevot levav amecha, vehachen levavam
eilecha. Vehu rachum, yechapper avon v'lo
yashchit, ve-hirbah lehashiv apo, v'lo
ya'ir kol chamato. Ki Atah Adonai tov
v'salach, v'rav chesed lechol kore'echa. Tzidkatekha
tzedek le'olam, vetoratkha emet.
Titen emet leYaakov, chesed
leAvraham, asher nishbata la'avoteinu
mimei kedem. Baruch Adonai, yom yom
ya'amas lanu, ha-el yeshu'atenu selah.
Adonai Tzeva'ot imanu, misgav lanu Elohei
Ya'akov selah. Adonai Tzeva'ot, ashrei adam
bote'ach bach. Adonai hoshi'ah, haMelech ya'anenu
beyom koreinu.
English
Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, our fathers, we ask You to keep this declaration of Your holiness forever as the desire and the intention of the hearts of the Jewish Nation, Your nation. Turn their hearts to You. God is merciful and forgives our sins; He does not destroy us because of them. Many times He turns His anger away from us, and He does not stir up all of His anger. Because You, Lord, are good and forgiving, and You have much kindness for all those who call out to You. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your Torah is truth. Show the Children of Jacob the truth of Your promise; make the Jewish Nation a great nation as You promised. Give kindness to the descendants of Abraham, as You promised to our fathers long ago. The Lord is blessed. Each day He loads us with blessings. He is the God Who is our salvation forever. The Lord, the God of all creations, is always with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold; He will give us strength forever. Lord, God of all creations, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. Save us, Lord; may the King of the universe answer us on the day we call out to Him.

May God open our hearts to His Torah and commandments

Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ שֶׁבְּרָאָנוּ לִכְבוֹדוֹ, וְהִבְדִּילָנוּ מִן
הַתּוֹעִים, וְנָתַן לָנוּ תּוֹרַת אֱמֶת,
וְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם נָטַע בְּתוֹכֵנוּ, הוּא
יִפְתַּח לִבֵּנוּ בְּתוֹרָתוֹ, וְיָשֵׂם בְּלִבֵּנוּ
אַהֲבָתוֹ וְיִרְאָתוֹ, וְלַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנוֹ
וּלְעָבְדוֹ בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם, לְמַעַן לֹא
נִיגַע לָרִיק, וְלֹא נֵלֵד לַבֶּהָלָה.
Sephardi
Baruch Hu Eloheinu shebera'anu lichvodo, vehivdilanu min
hatto'im, venatan lanu Torat emet,
ve-chayyei olam nata betokhenu, Hu
yiftach libeinu beTorato, veyasem belibeinu
ahavato veyir'ato, v'la'asot retzono
ule'ovdo belevav shalem, lema'an lo
niga larik, v'lo neled labbehalah.
English
Blessed is He, our God, Who created us for His glory, separated us from other nations that go astray because they do not have the Torah, gave us the Torah of truth, and planted everlasting life within us. May God open our heart to His Torah, and may He put a love and fear of Him in our heart. May He inspire us to do His will and to serve Him whole-heartedly, so that we should not work in vain as punishment for not serving Him properly, nor produce things that will cause panic.
Hebrew
וּבְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ
אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁנִּשְׁמוֹר
חֻקֶּיךָ בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, וְנִזְכֶּה וְנִחְיֶה
וְנִרְאֶה, וְנִירַשׁ טוֹבָה וּבְרָכָה, לִשְׁנֵי
יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ וּלְחַיֵּי הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא.
Sephardi
Uvechen yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai
Eloheinu veilohei avoteinu, shennishmor
chukecha ba-olam hazeh, venizkeh venichyeh
venir'eh, venirash tovah uverakhah, lishnei
yemot haMashiach ulechayyei ha-olam haba.
English
So may it be Your will, Lord, our God and the God of our fathers, that we should keep Your commandments in this world, and be privileged to live with, see, and inherit the goodness and blessing of the days of the Redemption and the life of the World to Come.
Hebrew
לְמַעַן יְזַמֶּרְךָ כָבוֹד<sup>1</sup> וְלֹא יִדֹּם,
יְיָ אֱלֹהַי לְעוֹלָם אוֹדֶךָּ. בָּרוּךְ הַגֶּבֶר
אֲשֶׁר יִבְטַח בַּיְיָ, וְהָיָה יְיָ מִבְטַחוֹ.
בִּטְחוּ בַיְיָ עֲדֵי עַד, כִּי בְּיָהּ יְיָ צוּר
עוֹלָמִים. וְיִבְטְחוּ בְךָ יוֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ,
כִּי לֹא עָזַבְתָּ דֹרְשֶׁיךָ יְיָ. יְיָ חָפֵץ
לְמַעַן צִדְקוֹ, יַגְדִּיל תּוֹרָה וְיַאְדִּיר:
Sephardi
Lema'an yezammercha kavod<sup>1</sup> v'lo yidom,
Adonai Elohai le'olam odeka. Baruch hagever
asher yivtach ba-adonai, vehayah Adonai mivtacho.
Bitchu b'Adonai adei ad, ki b'Yah Adonai tzur
olamim. Veyivtechu vecha yod'ei shemecha,
ki lo azavta doreshecha Adonai. Adonai chafetz
lema'an tzidko, yagdil Torah v'ya'dir:
English
Therefore, my soul<sup>1</sup> will always sing to You; it will not be quiet. Lord, my God, I will praise You forever. Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord; the Lord will be his security. Trust in the Lord forever and ever, because the strength of the worlds—both this world and the World to Come—is in the Lord. Those who know Your name trust in You, because You have not abandoned those who search for You, Lord. The Lord wanted, for the sake of increasing the Jewish Nation’s righteousness, that the Torah be made great and glorious.
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