Hebrew
וְכַעֲשׂוֹתְךָ נוֹרָאוֹת בְּאוֹתָן הַיָּמִים,
אִתָּנוּ הַפְלֵא תְּשׁוּעַת עוֹלָמִים,
מְצוֹא לְפָנֶיךָ כֹּפֶר וְתַנְחוּמִים, אֵל
מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים:
Sephardi
Vecha'asotekha nora'ot be'otan hayamim,
itanu hafle t'shu'at olamim,
metzo lefanecha kofer vetanchumim, El
Melech yoshev al kisei rachamim:
English
And when You perform wonders in those days, with us make wondrous an everlasting salvation, find before You atonement and consolations, God, King Who sits upon the throne of mercy:
Hebrew
אֵל מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים,
וּמִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת, מוֹחֵל עֲוֹנוֹת
עַמּוֹ, מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן, מַרְבֶּה
מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים וּסְלִיחָה לַפּוֹשְׁעִים,
עֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרוּחַ, לֹא
כְרָעָתָם תִּגְמוֹל, אֵל הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר
שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, זְכֹר לָנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית
שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, כְּהוֹדַעְתָּ לֶעָנָו מִקֶּדֶם,
כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: וַיֵּרֶד יְיָ בֶּעָנָן וַיִּתְיַצֵּב
עִמּוֹ שָׁם, וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְיָ:
Sephardi
El Melech yoshev al kisei rachamim,
umitnaheg bachasidut, mochel avonot
amo, ma'avir rishon rishon, marbeh
mechilah lachata'im uslichah laposhe'im,
oseh tzedakot im kol basar varu'ach, lo
chera'atam tigmol, El horita lanu lomar
shelosh esreh, zekhor lanu hayom berit
shelosh esreh, kehodata le'anav mikedem,
kemo shekatuv: Vayered Adonai be'anan vayityatzev
imo sham, vayikra veshem Adonai:
English
God, King Who sits upon the throne of mercy, and acts with lovingkindness, Who pardons the iniquities of His people, removing them one by one, Who abounds in forgiveness for sinners and pardon for transgressors, Who performs acts of righteousness with all flesh and spirit—not according to their wickedness does He requite them. God, You taught us to recite the Thirteen Attributes; remember for us today the covenant of the Thirteen Attributes, as You made known to the humble one of old, as it is written: And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and He proclaimed the Name of the Lord:
The following, until וְנַחַלְתָּנוּ, is recited only when praying with a minyan.
Hebrew
וַיַּעֲבֹר יְיָ עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא:
יְיָ יְיָ אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב
חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת: נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים
נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה:
וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֹנֵנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ:
Sephardi
Vaya'avor Adonai al panav vayikra:
Adonai Adonai El rachum v'chanun erech apayim v'rav
chesed ve'emet: Notzer chesed la'alafim
nosei avon vafesha v'chata'ah v'nakeh:
V'salachta la'avoneinu ul'chatateinu un'chaltanu:
English
And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: Lord, Lord, God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and truth; Preserver of kindness for thousands, Forgiver of iniquity, willful sin, and error, and Who cleanses. And forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance:
Gently strike the left side of your chest (over the heart) with a closed fist at the words חָטָאנוּ and פָּשַׁעְנוּ.
Hebrew
סְלַח לָנוּ אָבִינוּ כִּי חָטָאנוּ, מְחַל
לָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ כִּי פָשָׁעְנוּ: כִּי
אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי טוֹב וְסַלָּח, וְרַב חֶסֶד
לְכָל קוֹרְאֶיךָ:
Sephardi
S'lach lanu Avinu ki chatanu, m'chal
lanu Malkeinu ki pasha'nu: Ki
Atah Adonai tov v'salach, v'rav chesed
lechol kore'echa:
English
Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our King, for we have willfully transgressed: for You, Lord, are good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to all who call upon You:
The following paragraphs are recited responsively. The chazzan says the first paragraph, followed by the congregation, and the congregation leads all subsequent paragraphs.
Chazzan then congregation
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת
נְכָאִים אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ,
הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at
nekha'im al ta'alem oznekha,
hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Congregation then Chazzan
Hebrew
תְּהִלּוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתָּה יוֹשֵׁב,
שַׁוְעָתָם מַאֲזִין וְרִנָּתָם
קוֹשֵׁב, רְפֻאוֹת לְמַחַץ מַקְדִּים
וּמְחַשֵּׁב, קִנּוּיֶיךָ לְהֵיטִיב
וּנְוֵיהֶם לְיַשֵּׁב.
Sephardi
Tehilot Yisrael atah yoshev,
shav'atam ma'azin verinatam
koshev, refu'ot lemachatz makdim
umechashev, kinuyekha leheitiv
unevehem leyashev.
English
The praises of Israel You sit [to hear]; their cry You listen to and their song You attend; remedies for the wound You anticipate and devise; Your acquisitions, to benefit them and to settle their dwellings.
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת נְכָאִים
אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ, הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at nekha'im
al ta'alem oznekha, hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Congregation then Chazzan
Hebrew
צַר וְאוֹיֵב הִלְטִישׁ עֵינָיו, פִּיהוּ
פָּעַר לִשְׁאֹף עֲנִיָּו, עָשַׁת
בְּשִׁלּוֹ לְהַשְׁמִיד קְהַל הֲמוֹנָיו, סָגַל
לְאַבֵּד חֵרֶת בְּנַשְׁתְּוֹנָיו.
Sephardi
Tzar ve'oyev hiltish einav, pihu
pa'ar lish'of aniyav, asat
beshilo lehashmid kehal hamonav, sagal
l'abed cheret benashtvonav.
English
Foe and enemy sharpened his eyes; his mouth he opened wide to swallow his poor; he planned in his prosperity to destroy the assembly of his multitudes; he stored up to annihilate the freedom of his flames.
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת נְכָאִים
אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ, הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at nekha'im
al ta'alem oznekha, hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Congregation then Chazzan
Hebrew
נוֹקֵם לְצָרִים וְנוֹטֵר לְאוֹיְבִים,
מִדַּת מִדָּתָם כְּזֵדוּ
לַאֲהוּבִים, לוּחָם וּנְיָנָיו הִתְלוּ
Sephardi
Nokem letzarim venoter le'oyvim,
midat midatam kezeidu
la'ahuvim, lucham unyanav hitlu
English
He who takes vengeance on foes and bears a grudge against enemies, measure for measure as they willfully [acted] toward the beloved ones; their tablet and his descendants were hung
Hebrew
מִצְלָבִים, כְּבַחֲרוּזַת דָּגִים חוֹרְזוּ
תְּחוּבִים.
Sephardi
Mitzlavim, kevacharuzat dagim chorzu
techuvim.
English
crucified, like a string of fish they were strung, pierced.
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת נְכָאִים
אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ, הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at nekha'im
al ta'alem oznekha, hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Congregation then Chazzan
Hebrew
יוֹם אֲשֶׁר שָׁבוּ צוֹרְרִים, טִבְּחָה
לַשִּׁית בְּעַם נְצוּרִים, חָלְפָה
הַדָּת וְנָפְלוּ פְגָרִים, זָלְעֲפוּ זוֹעֲמוּ
מוּבָסִים מוּגָרִים.
Sephardi
Yom asher shavu tzorerim, tibchah
lashit be'am netzurim, chalfah
hadat v'naflu fegarim, zal'afu zo'amu
muvasim mugarim.
English
A day when adversaries returned, slaughter to set upon a people of the guarded ones; the law vanished and corpses fell; they raged, they fumed, defeated, driven out.
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת נְכָאִים
אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ, הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at nekha'im
al ta'alem oznekha, hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Congregation then Chazzan
Hebrew
וּבְכֵן יִתְעַלֶּה שִׁמְךָ וְיִתְנַשֵּׂא, הוֹדְךָ
שְׁמֵי שָׁמַיִם כִּסָּה, דַּכִּים
בְּרוֹמְמָךְ נְתוּנִים לְמַשִׂסָּה, גֵּיא
וַאֲפָסֶיהָ תְּהִלָּתְךָ מְכַסָּה.
Sephardi
Uvechen yitaleh shimcha veyitnase, hodekha
shemei shamayim kisah, dakim
berommekha netunim lemasisah, gei
va'afasehah tehilatekha mechasah.
English
And so may Your Name be exalted and raised high; Your majesty covered the heavens of heavens; the crushed, in Your exaltation, are given over to plunder; valley and its ends Your praise covers.
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת נְכָאִים
אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ, הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at nekha'im
al ta'alem oznekha, hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Congregation then Chazzan
Hebrew
בִּינָה הִגִּיעֵנוּ עַתָּה וּרְאֵה בַצַּר,
הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ לִמְנוּחָתֶךָ כִּי יָדְךָ
לֹא תִקְצַר, אָדוֹן קְרָאנוּךָ מִן
הַמֵּצַר, אָנָּא הוֹצִיאֵנוּ לַמֶּרְחָב
וְחַלְּצֵנוּ מִצַּר.
Sephardi
Binah higi'enu atah ur'eh vatzar,
hashivenu limnuchatekha ki yad'cha
lo tikzar, Adon kera'nukha min
hameitzar, ana hotzi'enu lamerchav
vechaletzenu mitzar.
English
Understand, we have arrived now; see the distress; restore us to Your rest, for Your hand is not short; Master, we have called You from the narrow place; please bring us out to the broad place and deliver us from distress.
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת נְכָאִים
אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ, הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at nekha'im
al ta'alem oznekha, hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Congregation then Chazzan
Hebrew
מְאֹד תַּרְבֶּה לָנוּ מְחִילָה, שְׁמַע
תְּפִלָּה וְהַעֲבֵר תִּפְלָה,
לוֹחֲצֵינוּ יַשְׁלִימוּ אִתָּנוּ וַעֲוֹנוֹתֵינוּ
תַּשְׁלִיךְ בַּמְּצוּלָה, מִמֶּנּוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ
לֹא תִכְלָא:
Sephardi
Me'od tarbeh lanu mechilah, shema
tefilah veha'aver tiflah,
lochatzeinu yashlimu itanu va'avonoteinu
tashlikh bametzulah, mimenu rachamecha
lo tikhla:
English
Greatly increase for us forgiveness; hear prayer and remove the unseemly; may our oppressors make peace with us, and our iniquities cast into the depths; from us do not withhold Your mercies:
Hebrew
בִּמְתֵי מִסְפָּר חִלִּינוּ פָּנֶיךָ, לִשְׁוַעַת נְכָאִים
אַל תַּעְלֵם אָזְנֶךָ, הַקְשֵׁב תַּחֲנָתָם מִשְּׁמֵי מְעוֹנֶךָ,
כְּבִימֵי מוֹר וָהֲדַס הוֹשַׁעְתָּ בָּנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Bimtei mispar chilinu panekha, lishva'at nekha'im
al ta'alem oznekha, hakshev tachanatam mishmei me'onekha,
kevimmei mor vahadas hosha'ta banekha:
English
With a scant number we have entreated Your face; to the cry of the crushed do not hide Your ear; hearken to their supplication from the heavens of Your dwelling; as in the days of Mor and Hadas You saved Your children:
Hebrew
אֵל מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים,
וּמִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת, מוֹחֵל
עֲוֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ, מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן,
מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים וּסְלִיחָה
לַפּוֹשְׁעִים, עֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת עִם כָּל
בָּשָׂר וָרוּחַ, לֹא כְרָעָתָם תִּגְמוֹל, אֵל
הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, זְכֹר
לָנוּ הַיּוֹם בְּרִית שְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה,
כְּהוֹדַעְתָּ לֶעָנָו מִקֶּדֶם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב:
וַיֵּרֶד יְיָ בֶּעָנָן וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם,
וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְיָ:
Sephardi
El Melech yoshev al kisei rachamim,
umitnaheg bachasidut, mochel
avonot amo, ma'avir rishon rishon,
marbeh mechilah lachata'im uslichah
laposhe'im, oseh tzedakot im kol
basar varu'ach, lo chera'atam tigmol, El
horita lanu lomar shelosh esreh, zekhor
lanu hayom berit shelosh esreh,
kehodata le'anav mikedem, kemo shekatuv:
Vayered Adonai be'anan vayityatzev imo sham,
vayikra veshem Adonai:
English
God, King Who sits upon the throne of mercy, and acts with lovingkindness, Who pardons the iniquities of His people, removing them one by one, Who abounds in forgiveness for sinners and pardon for transgressors, Who performs acts of righteousness with all flesh and spirit—not according to their wickedness does He requite them. God, You taught us to recite the Thirteen Attributes; remember for us today the covenant of the Thirteen Attributes, as You made known to the humble one of old, as it is written: And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and He proclaimed the Name of the Lord:
The following, until וְנַחַלְתָּנוּ, is recited only when praying with a minyan.
Hebrew
וַיַּעֲבֹר יְיָ עַל פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא:
יְיָ יְיָ אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב
חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת: נֹצֵר חֶסֶד לָאֲלָפִים
נֹשֵׂא עָוֹן וָפֶשַׁע וְחַטָּאָה וְנַקֵּה:
וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲוֹנֵנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵנוּ וּנְחַלְתָּנוּ:
Sephardi
Vaya'avor Adonai al panav vayikra:
Adonai Adonai El rachum v'chanun erech apayim v'rav
chesed ve'emet: Notzer chesed la'alafim
nosei avon vafesha v'chata'ah v'nakeh:
V'salachta la'avoneinu ul'chatateinu un'chaltanu:
English
And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed: Lord, Lord, God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abundant in kindness and truth; Preserver of kindness for thousands, Forgiver of iniquity, willful sin, and error, and Who cleanses. And forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance: