Hallel

הַלֵּל

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Hebrew

כֹּל אֲשֶׁר חָפֵץ עָשָׂה: עֲצַבֵּיהֶם
כֶּסֶף וְזָהָב, מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי אָדָם:
פֶּה לָהֶם וְלֹא יְדַבֵּרוּ,1 עֵינַיִם
לָהֶם וְלֹא יִרְאוּ: אָזְנַיִם לָהֶם
וְלֹא יִשְׁמָעוּ, אַף לָהֶם וְלֹא
יְרִיחוּן: יְדֵיהֶם וְלֹא יְמִישׁוּן,
רַגְלֵיהֶם וְלֹא יְהַלֵּכוּ, לֹא יֶהְגּוּ
בִּגְרוֹנָם: כְּמוֹהֶם יִהְיוּ עֹשֵׂיהֶם,
כֹּל אֲשֶׁר בֹּטֵחַ בָּהֶם: יִשְׂרָאֵל
בְּטַח בַּייָ, עֶזְרָם וּמָגִנָּם הוּא:
בֵּית אַהֲרֹן בִּטְחוּ בַּייָ, עֶזְרָם
וּמָגִנָּם הוּא: יִרְאֵי יְיָ בִּטְחוּ בַּייָ,
עֶזְרָם וּמָגִנָּם הוּא:

Sephardi

Kol asher chafetz asah: atzabeihem
kesef v'zahav, ma'aseh yedei adam:
peh lahem v'lo yedaberu,1 einayim
lahem v'lo yir'u: oznayim lahem
v'lo yishme'u, af lahem v'lo
yerichun: yedeihem v'lo yemishun,
ragleihem v'lo yehalechu, lo yehegu
bigronam: kemohem yihyu oseihem,
kol asher boteach bahem: Yisrael
betach baAdonai, ezram umaginam hu:
Beit Aharon bitchu baAdonai, ezram
umaginam hu: yirei Adonai bitchu baAdonai,
ezram umaginam hu:

English

heaven; He is not like the idols of the other nations, which are man-made. He does whatever He wants, because He controls everything. The idols that the nations of the world worship are made of silver and gold; they are made by human hands. They have a mouth, but cannot speak;1 they have eyes, but cannot see; they have ears, but cannot hear; they have a nose, but cannot smell. Their hands cannot touch; their feet cannot walk. They cannot even make the smallest sound with their throats. Those who make idols and all those who trust in them will become like them—unable to speak, see, hear, smell, touch, or walk. The Children of Israel should trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield to protect them from trouble. Kohanim of the House of Aaron should trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield. Those who fear the Lord should trust in the Lord! He is their help and their shield.

For transliteration, see page 952.

May God bless all of the Jewish Nation

Hebrew

יְיָ זְכָרָנוּ יְבָרֵךְ, יְבָרֵךְ אֶת בֵּית
יִשְׂרָאֵל, יְבָרֵךְ אֶת בֵּית
אַהֲרֹן: יְבָרֵךְ יִרְאֵי יְיָ, הַקְּטַנִּים
עִם הַגְּדֹלִים: יֹסֵף יְיָ עֲלֵיכֶם,
עֲלֵיכֶם וְעַל בְּנֵיכֶם: בְּרוּכִים
אַתֶּם לַייָ, עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:
הַשָּׁמַיִם שָׁמַיִם לַייָ, וְהָאָרֶץ נָתַן
לִבְנֵי אָדָם: לֹא הַמֵּתִים יְהַלְלוּ

Sephardi

Adonai zekharanu yevarech, yevarech et beit
Yisrael, yevarech et beit
Aharon: yevarech yirei Adonai, haketanim
im hagedolim: yosef Adonai aleichem,
aleichem ve'al beneichem: berukhim
atem la-adonai, oseh shamayim va'aretz:
hashamayim shamayim la-adonai, veha'aretz natan
livnei adam: lo hametim yehalelu

English

May the Lord, Who always remembers us, bless us. May He bless the House of Israel; may He bless the Kohanim of the House of Aaron; may He bless those who fear the Lord, the small, ordinary people as well as the great people. May the Lord increase His blessings upon you, upon you and upon your children. You are blessed constantly by the Lord, Who made the heaven and the earth. The heavens are the heavens of the Lord, and human beings cannot live in them, but He gave the earth to human beings on which to live. Those who are dead cannot

Hebrew

יָהּ,2 וְלֹא כָּל יֹרְדֵי דוּמָה:
וַאֲנַחְנוּ נְבָרֵךְ יָהּ, מֵעַתָּה וְעַד
עוֹלָם, הַלְלוּיָהּ:

Sephardi

Yah,2 v'lo kol yordei dumah:
va'anachnu nevarech Yah, me'atah ve'ad
'olam, Halleluyah:

English

praise the Lord;2 anyone who goes down into the silence of the grave cannot praise God. But we, who are still alive on this world, will bless God, now and forever, throughout all future generations. Praise the Lord.

On Rosh Chodesh and the last six days of Pesach, do not say the following paragraph.

God protects and saves us from danger

Hebrew

אָהַבְתִּי, כִּי יִשְׁמַע יְיָ אֶת
קוֹלִי תַּחֲנוּנָי: כִּי
הִטָּה אָזְנוֹ לִי, וּבְיָמַי אֶקְרָא:
אֲפָפוּנִי חֶבְלֵי מָוֶת, וּמְצָרֵי
שְׁאוֹל מְצָאוּנִי, צָרָה וְיָגוֹן
אֶמְצָא: וּבְשֵׁם יְיָ אֶקְרָא, אָנָּה
יְיָ מַלְּטָה נַפְשִׁי: חַנּוּן יְיָ
וְצַדִּיק, וֵאלֹהֵינוּ מְרַחֵם: שֹׁמֵר
פְּתָאיִם יְיָ, דַּלֹּתִי וְלִי יְהוֹשִׁיעַ:
שׁוּבִי נַפְשִׁי לִמְנוּחָיְכִי, כִּי יְיָ
גָּמַל עָלָיְכִי: כִּי חִלַּצְתָּ נַפְשִׁי
מִמָּוֶת, אֶת עֵינִי מִן דִּמְעָה,
אֶת רַגְלִי מִדֶּחִי: אֶתְהַלֵּךְ לִפְנֵי
יְיָ, בְּאַרְצוֹת הַחַיִּים: הֶאֱמַנְתִּי
כִּי אֲדַבֵּר, אֲנִי עָנִיתִי מְאֹד:
אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְחָפְזִי, כָּל
הָאָדָם כֹּזֵב:3

Sephardi

Ahavti, ki yishma Adonai et
koli tachanunai: ki
hittah ozno li, uveyamai ekra:
afafuni chevlei mavet, umetzarei
she'ol metza'uni, tzarah veyagon
emtza: uveshem Adonai ekra, anah
Adonai maletah nafshi: chanun Adonai
vetzaddik, veiloheinu merachem: shomer
peta'im Adonai, daloti veli yehoshi'a:
shuvi nafshi limnuchaychi, ki Adonai
gamal alaychi: ki chilatzta nafshi
mimavet, et eini min dim'ah,
et ragli midechi: ethalech lifnei
Adonai, be'artzot hachayim: he'emanti
ki adaber, ani aniti me'od:
ani amarti vechofzi, kol
ha'adam kozev:3

English

King David said: I love the Lord because He always listens to my voice and my requests. He turns His ear toward me and listens to me on the days that I call to Him. When Saul almost killed me, a sudden feeling of death surrounded me, and the tight space of the grave came upon me. At that time, I found myself filled with pain and sadness. So I called out with the name of the Lord and said, "Lord, I beg You to save my soul!" I called out to the Lord because He is gracious and righteous; our God is merciful. The Lord watches over simple people who do not know how to stay away from harm, and He saves them. When I was in a low, sad situation, He saved me. My soul—return peacefully to God, because there you will find your rest. The Lord has always given you kindness. God, You have saved my soul from death. You have saved my eyes from tears, and You saved my feet from falling when I was running from my enemies. When Saul expelled me from the Land of Israel, I was close to death, but I will now walk before the Lord in the lands of the living—the Land of Israel. God, I had faith that You would save me, even when I said, "I am in great suffering." Even when people said that I would never be king, I had faith. As I hurried and ran away from Saul, I said, "All the people who are saying that I will never be king are being dishonest."3

We thank God for saving us

Hebrew

מָה אָשִׁיב לַייָ, כָּל תַּגְמוּלוֹהִי
עָלָי: כּוֹס יְשׁוּעוֹת אֶשָּׂא,
וּבְשֵׁם יְיָ אֶקְרָא: נְדָרַי לַייָ
אֲשַׁלֵּם, נֶגְדָה נָּא לְכָל עַמּוֹ:
יָקָר בְּעֵינֵי יְיָ, הַמָּוְתָה

Sephardi

Mah ashiv la-adonai, kol tagmulohi
alai: kos yeshu'ot esa,
uveshem Adonai ekra: nedarai la-adonai
ashalem, negdah na lechol amo:
yakar b'einei Adonai, hamavetah

English

How can I repay the Lord for all His acts of kindness that He has done for me? I will raise a cup of wine and tell the Jewish Nation about His salvation, and I will call in the name of the Lord. I will pay and keep my promises to the Lord, which