The New Jew: A Field Guide

Hebrew

נָא אָבִינוּ אָתָּה: לְמַעַן שָׁלֵם
בְּכָל מַעֲשִׂים, הַמְנֻסֶּה בַּעֲשָׂרָה
נִסִּים, כְּשֻׁר מַלְאָכִים גַּם יִקַּח,
נָא מְעַט מַיִם, לְבָרָה כַּחַמָּה,
הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה נָא אָבִינוּ
אָתָּה: לְמַעַן רַךְ וְיָחִיד נֶחְנַט
פְּרִי לְמֵאָה, זָעַק אַיֵּה הַשֶּׂה
לְעוֹלָה, בְּשָׁרוּהוּ עֲבָדָיו
מָצָאנוּ מַיִם, לְגוֹלָה וְסוּרָה,
הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה נָא אָבִינוּ
אָתָּה: לְמַעַן קָדַם שְׂאֵת בְּרָכָה,
הַנִּשְׁטָם וּלְשִׁמְךָ חִכָּה, מְיַחֵם
בַּמַּקְלוֹת בְּשִׁקֲתוֹת מַיִם,
לְדִמְתָהּ לְתָמָר,1 הוֹשַׁעְנָא
וְהוֹשִׁיעָה נָא אָבִינוּ אָתָּה:
לְמַעַן צֶדֶק הֱיוֹת לְךָ לְכֹהֵן,
כֶּחָתָן פְּאֵר יְכַהֵן, מְנֻסֶּה בְּמַסָּה
בְּמֵי מְרִיבַת מַיִם, לְהַר
הַטּוֹב, הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה נָא
אָבִינוּ אָתָּה: לְמַעַן פּוֹאַר הֱיוֹת
גְּבִיר לְאֶחָיו, יְהוּדָה אֲשֶׁר גָּבַר
בְּאֶחָיו, מִסְפַּר רֹבַע מִדָּלְיוֹ
יִזַּל מַיִם, לֹא לָנוּ כִּי אִם
לְמַעַנְךָ, הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה
נָא אָבִינוּ אָתָּה: לְמַעַן עָנָיו

Sephardi

Na avinu atah: lema'an shalem
bechol ma'asim, hamenuseh ba'asarah
nisim, keshur malachim gam yikach,
na me'at mayim, levorah kachamah,
hoshana vehoshiah na avinu
atah: lema'an rach veyachid nechnat
peri lime'ah, za'ak ayeh haseh
le'olah, besharuhu avadav
matzanu mayim, legolah vesurah,
hoshana vehoshiah na avinu
atah: lema'an kadam se'et berachah,
hanishtam uleshimcha chikah, meyachem
bamaklot beshikatot mayim,
ledimutah letamar,1 hoshana
vehoshiah na avinu atah:
lema'an tzedek heyot lecha lechohen,
kechatan pe'er yechahen, menuseh bemasah
bemei merivat mayim, lehar
hatov, hoshana vehoshiah na
avinu atah: lema'an po'ar heyot
gevir le'echav, Yehudah asher gavar
be'echav, mispar rova midalyav
yizal mayim, lo lanu ki im
lema'ancha, hoshana vehoshiah
na avinu atah: lema'an anav

English

as a fortress. You are our Father. Because of Abraham, who was perfect in all his actions and was tested with ten trials, and when he saw the three angels coming to visit him, said, “let some water be fetched!” please save the nation that is as bright as the sun. Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Isaac, the precious and only son who was born to his father at the age of one hundred—at the Binding of Isaac he cried out, “Where is the sheep for the burnt-offering?” and when his servants dug wells, they told him, “We have found water—” please save the nation in exile, banished from their land. Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Jacob—who hurried to receive the blessings from Isaac, who was hated by Esau and put his hope in You, and miraculously caused his flocks to increase next to troughs of water by using sticks—please save the nation that is compared to a palm tree; just as a palm tree has a single, straight trunk, (unlike grape vines or other trees,) so the Jewish Nation’s heart is focused only on one thing—God.1 Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Levi—who was worthy to be the ancestor of Your Kohanim, who are decorated with ornaments like a bridegroom on his wedding day, and whose descendants did not complain when they were tested at Masah, at the waters of Merivah, when there was no water to drink—please save Jerusalem, the good mountain. Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Judah—who was raised high to be the master over his brothers and who ruled over his brothers, whose descendants are countless; it was prophesied that many kings would come from him, like water pouring from his buckets—please save us; not for our sake, but for Your sake. Please help us; You are our Father. Because

Hebrew

מִכֹּל וְנֶאֱמָן, אֲשֶׁר בְּצִדְקוֹ
כִּלְכֵּל הַמָּן, מָשׁוּךְ לְגוֹאֵל
וּמָשׁוּי מִמַּיִם, לְמִי זֹאת
הַנִּשְׁקָפָה, הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה
נָא אָבִינוּ אָתָּה: לְמַעַן שַׂמְתּוֹ
כְּמַלְאֲכֵי מְרוֹמִים, הַלּוֹבֵשׁ
אוּרִים וְתֻמִּים, מְצֻוֶּה לָבֹא
בַּמִּקְדָּשׁ בְּקִדּוּשׁ יָדַיִם וְרַגְלַיִם
וּרְחִיצַת מַיִם, לְחוֹלַת אַהֲבָה,
הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה נָא אָבִינוּ
אָתָּה: לְמַעַן נְבִיאָה מְחוֹלַת
מַחֲנַיִם, לִכְמֵהֵי לֵב הוּשְׂמָה
עֵינַיִם, לְרַגְלָהּ רָצָה עֲלוֹת
וְיָרְדַת בְּאֵר מַיִם, לְטֹבוּ
אֹהָלָיו, הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה
נָא אָבִינוּ אָתָּה: לְמַעַן מְשָׁרֵת
לֹא מָשׁ מֵאֹהֶל, וְרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ
עָלָיו אָהֵל, בְּעָבְרוֹ בַּיַּרְדֵּן
נִכְרְתוּ הַמַּיִם, לְיָפָה וּבָרָה,
הוֹשַׁעְנָא וְהוֹשִׁיעָה נָא אָבִינוּ
אָתָּה: לְמַעַן לֻמַּד רְאוֹת
לְטוֹבָה אוֹת, זָעַק אַיֵּה
נִפְלָאוֹת, מִצָּה טַל מִגִּזָּה

Sephardi

Mikol vene'eman, asher betzidko
kilkel haman, mashuch lego'el
umashui mimayim, lemi zot
hanishkafah, hoshana vehoshiah
na avinu atah: lema'an samto
kemal'achei meromim, halovesh
urim vetumim, metzuveh lavo
bamikdash bekidush yadayim veraglayim
urechitzat mayim, lecholat ahavah,
hoshana vehoshiah na avinu
atah: lema'an nevi'ah mecholat
machanayim, lichmehei lev husmah
einayim, leraglah ratzah alot
veyardat be'er mayim, letovu
ohalav, hoshana vehoshiah
na avinu atah: lema'an mesharet
lo mash me'ohel, v'ruach hakodesh
alav ohel, be'avro bayarden
nichretu hamayim, leyafah uvarah,
hoshana vehoshiah na avinu
atah: lema'an lumad re'ot
letovah ot, za'ak ayeh
nifla'ot, mitzah tal migizah

English

of Moses—the most humble of all men and most trustworthy, in whose merit the Manna fell and sustained the Jewish Nation, who was appointed from birth as the redeemer, and was taken out of the water in Egypt as a baby—please save this nation that shines like the dawn. Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Aaron—whom You appointed as Your servant like the heavenly angels, who was dressed with a priestly garment that contained the Urim and Tumim (a parchment inscribed with God’s name) and was commanded to enter the Tabernacle with his hands and feet sanctified and washed with water—please save the nation that is sick with love for You. Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Miriam, the prophetess who danced at the camps of the tribes of Israel after the splitting of the Sea of Reeds and was an inspiration to the thirsty Jews in the desert—in her merit, a running spring provided water to the Jewish Nation in the desert, please save the nation about whom Bilaam said how good their tents are. Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Joshua—the servant who did not leave his master Moses’s tent, and upon whom the Spirit of Holiness rested. When he crossed the Jordan River with the Jewish Nation into the Land of Israel, the waters split to allow them to pass—please save the beautiful and glowing nation. Please help us; You are our Father. Because of Gideon—who looked for a sign of goodness when the Jewish Nation was attacked by Midian, who cried, “Where are Your wonders, why do You not help us?” and squeezed dew out of wool, enough to fill a full bowl of water, which was a sign that You would