Say the full names of the letters that appear below (e.g. “yud”). The names of God that are in quotation marks should be pronounced “yud kay vav kay” and “adnai.”
We accept the punishment for neglecting the saying of the Shema
Hebrew
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי
אֲבוֹתֵינוּ שֶׁאִם חָטָאתִי עָוִיתִי
פָּשַׁעְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ וּפָגַמְתִּי בְּאוֹת “י”
שֶׁל שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל “י.ה.ו.ה” בְּבִטּוּל
קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע וּבְאוֹת “א” שֶׁל
“א.ד.נ.י” וְנִתְחַיַּבְתִּי בְּבֵית דִּינְךָ
הַצֶּדֶק סְקִילָה אוֹ כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּהּ הֲרֵי
אֲנִי מְקַבֵּל עָלַי סְקִילָה וַהֲרֵינִי
כְּאִלּוּ נִסְקַלְתִּי עַל יְדֵי אוֹת “א” שֶׁל
שֵׁם “א.ד.נ.י” בְּבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל
שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם עַל דְּבַר כְּבוֹד שְׁמֶךָ:
Sephardi
Yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai Eloheinu veilohei
avoteinu she-im chatati aviti
pashati lefanecha u-fagamti be-ot "10"
shel shimcha ha-gadol "yud kay vav kay" be-vitul
keriat Shema u-ve-ot "a" shel
"Adnai" ve-nitchayavti beveit dinecha
ha-tzedek sekilah o ka-yotze bah harei
ani mekabel alai sekilah va-hareini
ke'ilu niskalti al yedei ot "a" shel
shem "Adnai" beveit din hagadol
she-bi-Yerushalayim al devar kevod shemecha:
English
May it be Your will, Lord, our God and the God of our fathers, that if I have sinned by mistake, on purpose, or rebelliously, before You, and caused an imperfection in the letter “yud” of Your great name “י-ה-ו-ה” by neglecting to say the Shema prayer, and also in the letter “alef” of Your name “אדני,” and it was therefore ruled in Your righteous court of law that I deserve the punishment of stoning, or a similar punishment, I hereby accept upon myself the stoning, and I am considered as if I have been stoned by the letter “alef” of Your name “אדני” in the great court of law in Jerusalem for the sake of the glory of Your name.
We accept the punishment for neglecting tefillin
Hebrew
וְאִם חָטָאתִי עָוִיתִי פָּשַׁעְתִּי
לְפָנֶיךָ וּפָגַמְתִּי בְּאוֹת “ה”
רִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁל שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל “י.ה.ו.ה”
בְּבִטּוּל תְּפִלִּין וּבְאוֹת “ד” שֶׁל
“א.ד.נ.י” וְנִתְחַיַּבְתִּי בְּדִינְךָ הַצֶּדֶק
שְׂרֵפָה אוֹ כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּהּ הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל
עָלַי שְׂרֵפָה וַהֲרֵינִי כְּאִלּוּ נִשְׂרַפְתִּי
עַל יְדֵי אוֹת “ד” שֶׁל “א.ד.נ.י”
בְּבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם עַל
דְּבַר כְּבוֹד שְׁמֶךָ:
Sephardi
Ve'im chatati aviti pashati
lefanecha u-fagamti be-ot "5"
rishonah shel shimcha ha-gadol "yud kay vav kay"
be-vitul tefillin u-ve-ot "4" shel
"Adnai" ve-nitchayavti be-dinecha ha-tzedek
serefah o ka-yotze bah hareini mekabel
alai serefah va-hareini ke'ilu nisrafti
al yedei ot "4" shel "Adnai"
beveit din hagadol she-bi-Yerushalayim al
devar kevod shemecha:
English
And if I have sinned by mistake, on purpose, or rebelliously, before You, and caused an imperfection in the first letter “hey” of Your great name “י-ה-ו-ה” by neglecting to put on tefillin, and also in the letter “dalet” of Your name “אדני,” and it was therefore ruled in Your righteous court of law that I deserve the punishment of burning, or a similar punishment, I hereby accept upon myself the burning, and I am considered as if I have been burned by the letter “dalet” of Your name “אדני” in the great court of law in Jerusalem for the sake of the glory of Your name.
We accept the punishment for neglecting tzitzit
Hebrew
וְאִם חָטָאתִי עָוִיתִי פָּשַׁעְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ
וּפָגַמְתִּי בְּאוֹת “ו” שֶׁל שִׁמְךָ
הַגָּדוֹל “י.ה.ו.ה” בְּבִטּוּל צִיצִית
וּבְאוֹת “נ” שֶׁל שִׁמְךָ “א.ד.נ.י”
וְנִתְחַיַּבְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ בְּדִינְךָ הַצֶּדֶק הֶרֶג
אוֹ כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל עָלַי הֶרֶג
וַהֲרֵינִי כְּאִלּוּ נֶהֱרַגְתִּי עַל יְדֵי אוֹת
“נ” שֶׁל “א.ד.נ.י” בְּבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל
שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם עַל דְּבַר כְּבוֹד שְׁמֶךָ:
Sephardi
Ve'im chatati aviti pashati lefanecha
u-fagamti be-ot "6" shel shimcha
ha-gadol "yud kay vav kay" be-vitul tzitzit
u-ve-ot "nun" shel shimcha "Adnai"
ve-nitchayavti lefanecha be-dinecha ha-tzedek hereg
o ka-yotze vo hareini mekabel alai hereg
va-hareini ke'ilu neheragti al yedei ot
"nun" shel "Adnai" beveit din hagadol
she-bi-Yerushalayim al devar kevod shemecha:
English
And if I have sinned by mistake, on purpose, or rebelliously, before You, and caused an imperfection in the letter “vov” of Your great Name “י-ה-ו-ה” by neglecting the mitzvah of tzitzit, and also in the letter “nun” of Your name “אדני,” and it was therefore ruled in Your righteous court of law that I deserve the punishment of beheading, or a similar punishment, I hereby accept upon myself the beheading, and I am considered as if I have been beheaded by the letter “nun” of Your name “אדני” in the great court of law in Jerusalem for the sake of the glory of Your name.
We accept the punishment for neglecting prayer
Hebrew
וְאִם חָטָאתִי עָוִיתִי פָּשַׁעְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ
וּפָגַמְתִּי בְּאוֹת “ה” אַחֲרוֹנָה
שֶׁבְּשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל “י.ה.ו.ה” בְּבִטּוּל
תְּפִלָּה וּבְאוֹת “י” שֶׁל “א.ד.נ.י”
וְנִתְחַיַּבְתִּי בְּדִינְךָ הַצֶּדֶק חֶנֶק אוֹ
כַּיּוֹצֵא בוֹ הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל עָלַי חֶנֶק
וַהֲרֵינִי כְּאִלּוּ נֶחֱנַקְתִּי עַל יְדֵי אוֹת
“י” שֶׁל “א.ד.נ.י” בְּבֵית דִּין הַגָּדוֹל
שֶׁבִּירוּשָׁלַיִם עַל דְּבַר כְּבוֹד שְׁמֶךָ:<sup>1</sup>
Sephardi
Ve'im chatati aviti pashati lefanecha
u-fagamti be-ot "5" acharonah
she-be-shimcha ha-gadol "yud kay vav kay" be-vitul
tefilah u-ve-ot "10" shel "Adnai"
ve-nitchayavti be-dinecha ha-tzedek chenek o
ka-yotze vo hareini mekabel alai chenek
va-hareini ke'ilu nechenakti al yedei ot
"10" shel "Adnai" beveit din hagadol
she-bi-Yerushalayim al devar kevod shemecha:<sup>1</sup>
English
And if I have sinned by mistake, on purpose, or rebelliously, before You, and caused an imperfection in the last letter “hey” of Your great name “י-ה-ו-ה” by neglecting prayer, and also in the letter “yud” of Your name “אדני,” and it was therefore ruled in Your righteous court of law that I deserve the punishment of choking, or a similar punishment, I hereby accept upon myself the choking, and I am considered as if I have been choked by the letter “yud” of Your name “אדני” in the great court of law in Jerusalem for the sake of the glory of Your name.<sup>1</sup>
When saying אָנָּא, בְּכֹחַ, look at (or picture in your mind) God’s holy names formed by the acronyms of the words (as they appear in the grey type), but do not say them.
May God listen to our prayers and protect us
Hebrew
אָנָּא, בְּכֹחַ גְּדֻלַּת יְמִינֶךָ,
תַּתִּיר צְרוּרָה.
קַבֵּל רִנַּת עַמֶּךָ,
שַׂגְּבֵנוּ, טַהֲרֵנוּ, נוֹרָא.
נָא גִבּוֹר, דּוֹרְשֵׁי יִחוּדֶךָ,
כְּבָבַת שָׁמְרֵם.
Sephardi
Ana, bechoach gedulat yeminecha,
tattir tzerurah.
Kabel rinnat amecha,
sagvenu, taharenu, Nora.
Na Gibor, doreshei yichudecha,
ke-vavat shamrem.
English
We beg You, God, with the great strength of Your right hand, release the Jewish Nation, which is being held captive in exile. Accept the song and praise of Your nation. Strengthen us and purify us, awesome God. Please, mighty God, guard the Jewish Nation, which seeks Your unity, as a person protects the center of his eye.