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Shacharit for Weekdays

Ana B'koach

Ana bechoach

אָנָּא בְּכֹחַ

Visible layers

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,1 בְּכֹחַ גְּדֻלַּת יְמִינֶךָ,2
תַּתִּיר צְרוּרָה.

Sephardi

Ana,1 bechoach gedulat yeminecha,2
tatir tzerurah.

English

We beg You,1 God, with the great strength of Your right hand,2 release the Jewish Nation, which is being held captive in exile.

Hebrew

קַבֵּל רִנַּת עַמֶּךָ,
שַׂגְּבֵנוּ, טַהֲרֵנוּ, נוֹרָא.

Sephardi

Kabel rinat amecha,
sagveinu, tahareinu, nora.

English

Accept the song and praise of Your nation. Strengthen us and purify us, awesome God.

Hebrew

נָא גִבּוֹר, דּוֹרְשֵׁי יִחוּדֶךָ,
כְּבָבַת שָׁמְרֵם.

Sephardi

Na gibor, dorshei yichudecha,
kevavat shamrem.

English

Please, mighty God, guard the Jewish Nation, which seeks Your unity, as a person protects the center of his eye.

Hebrew

בָּרְכֵם, טַהֲרֵם,
רַחֲמֵי צִדְקָתֶךָ תָּמִיד גָּמְלֵם.

Sephardi

Barchaim, taharem,
rachamei tzidkatecha tamid gamlem.

English

Bless them with livelihood; make their hearts and minds pure. With the mercy of Your righteousness, always reward them.

Hebrew

חָסִין קָדוֹשׁ,
בְּרוֹב טוּבְךָ נַהֵל עֲדָתֶךָ.

Sephardi

Chasin kadosh,
berov tuvcha nahel adatecha.

English

Powerful and Holy God, lead Your community, the Jewish Nation, with Your great goodness.

Hebrew

יָחִיד, גֵּאֶה, לְעַמְּךָ פְּנֵה,
זוֹכְרֵי קְדֻשָּׁתֶךָ.

Sephardi

Yachid, gei'eh, le'amecha peneh,
zochrei kedushatecha.

English

You are the only and uplifted God. We ask You to turn to Your nation, the Jewish Nation, which always remembers Your holiness.

Hebrew

שַׁוְעָתֵנוּ קַבֵּל, וּשְׁמַע צַעֲקָתֵנוּ,
יוֹדֵעַ תַּעֲלוּמוֹת.

Sephardi

Shavateinu kabel, ushma tza'akateinu,
yodea ta'alumot.

English

Accept our pleading and listen to our cry, God Who knows all secrets.

Hebrew

בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:

Sephardi

Baruch shem kevod malchuto le'olam va'ed:

English

The name of God's glorious kingdom is blessed forever and ever.

For Minchah: on weekdays continue with אַשְׁרֵי on page 191, on Shabbat and festivals continue with אַשְׁרֵי on page 437.

On days when Tachanun is not said (see page 108), the following is not said:

May God accept our prayers as if they were Temple offerings

Hebrew

רִבּוֹן הָעוֹלָמִים, אַתָּה צִוִּיתָנוּ
לְהַקְרִיב קָרְבַּן הַתָּמִיד
בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ, וּלְהַקְטִיר הַקְּטֹרֶת בִּזְמַנָּהּ,
וְלִהְיוֹת הַכֹּהֲנִים בַּעֲבוֹדָתָם, וּלְוִיִּם
בְּדוּכָנָם, וְיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַעֲמָדָם, וְעַתָּה
בַּעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ, חָרַב בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ
וּבָטֵל הַתָּמִיד וְהַקְּטֹרֶת, וְאֵין לָנוּ
לֹא כֹּהֵן בַּעֲבוֹדָתוֹ, וְלֹא לֵוִי
בְּדוּכָנוֹ, וְלֹא יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמַעֲמָדוֹ:

Sephardi

Ribbon ha'olamim, atah tzivitanu
lehakriv korban hatamid
bemo'ado, ulehaktir haketoret bizmanah,
veliheyot hakohanim ba'avodatam, uleviyim
bduchanam, veyisrael bema'amadam, ve'atah
ba'avonoteinu, charav beit hamikdash
uvatel hatamid vehaketoret, ve'ein lanu
lo kohen ba'avodato, v'lo levi
bduchano, v'lo yisrael bema'amado:

English

Master of the worlds! You have commanded us to bring the daily burnt-offering every day at its appointed time, in the morning and in the afternoon, and to burn the incense every day at its set times, in the morning and in the afternoon. You have commanded that the Kohanim do their service (the offerings), and that the Levites stand on the platform in the Holy Temple and sing, and that the Israelites stand and watch while the offerings were being brought. But now, because of our sins, the Holy Temple was destroyed, and the daily burnt-offering and the burning of the incense are no longer done. We don't have the Kohen doing his service, we don't have the Levite standing on his platform singing, and we don't have the Israelites standing and watching the offerings being brought in the Holy Temple.

Hebrew

לָכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְיָ
אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁיְּהֵא
שִׂיחַ שִׂפְתוֹתֵינוּ חָשׁוּב וּמְקֻבָּל
לְפָנֶיךָ, כְּאִלּוּ הִקְרַבְנוּ קָרְבַּן
הַתָּמִיד בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ וְעָמַדְנוּ עַל
מַעֲמָדוֹ, וְהִקְטַרְנוּ הַקְּטֹרֶת בִּזְמַנָּהּ,
כְּמָה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וּנְשַׁלְּמָה פָרִים
שְׂפָתֵינוּ: וְנֶאֱמַר: זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה
לָעֹלָה לַמִּנְחָה וְלַחַטָּאת וְלָאָשָׁם
וְלַמִּלּוּאִים וּלְזֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים:

Sephardi

Lachen yehi ratzon milfanekha Adonai
Eloheinu veilohei avoteinu, sheyehe
siach sifoteinu chashuv umekubal
lefanecha, ke'ilu hikravnu korban
hatamid bemo'ado ve'amadnu al
ma'amado, vehiktarnu haketoret bizmanah,
kemah shene'emar: uneshalmah parim
sefateinu: vene'emar: zot hatorah
la'olah laminchah velachatat vela'asham
velamilu'im ul'zevach hashelamim:

English

Therefore, may it be Your will, Lord, our God and the God of our fathers, that the verses about the daily burnt-offering and the incense that our lips have just spoken should be esteemed and accepted before You, as if we had actually brought the daily burnt-offering in its appointed time, stood there in the proper place, watched while it was being offered, and burned the incense at its proper time. Our prayers are instead of Temple offerings, as it is said by the prophet Hosea: Today, after the destruction of the Holy Temple, we make up for the bulls that we cannot bring as offerings by talking about the offerings with our lips in prayer. And the Torah says: This is the law regarding the burnt-offering, the flour-offering, the sin-offering, the guilt-offering, the consecration-offering, and the peace-offering. From the words “this is the law,” we learn that when a person studies these laws, God considers it as if he had actually offered them on the altar.

Commentary

1 The forty-two words in this prayer correspond to God's forty-two-letter name. One reason why it is said here, after the description of the daily service in the Temple, is to commemorate the fact that when the Kohanim would bless the nation as part of their daily service, they would recite this forty two-letter name. Another reason is that this prayer contains a request to God to save us from exile. We say it at this point, having just described the daily service of the Temple, in the hope that we will be able to participate in it once again.

2 God's "right hand" is associated with Torah study, because it was with that hand that God presented the Torah to the Jewish Nation at Mount Sinai. With these words, we ask God to ensure that the merit of our Torah study will be strong enough to release us from our personal "captivity"—our evil inclination.