Morning Service

Yigdal

1 May the living God be magnified and praised. He exists, and there is no limit in time to his being. 2 He is One, and there is no unity like his unity. He is beyond our understanding, and his unity has no end. 3 He has neither bodily form nor substance. We can compare nothing to him in his holiness. 4 He was before anything that has been created, even the first. But his existence had no beginning. 5 He is the Lord of the universe. He teaches every creature about his greatness and his sovereignty. 6 He gave the rich gift of his prophecy to the people he chose, in whom he took pride. 7 No prophet like Moses has ever appeared in Israel, one who has seen his likeness. 8 God gave the Law of truth to his people through his prophet who was faithful in his household. 9 God will not ever alter his Law or replace it with another. 10 He watches and knows our secret thoughts. He sees the end of a thing before it exists. 11 He shows faithful love to a person according to his work. He gives the wicked person evil according to his wickedness. 12 He will send our anointed at the end of days, to redeem those who wait for the end—his salvation. 13 In the abundance of his faithful love God will raise the dead. May his glorious name be blessed forever.

Adon Olam

He is Lord of the universe, who reigned before any creature had been formed. At the time when all things were made by his desire, then his name was proclaimed King. And after all things have come to an end, he alone, the one who inspires awe, will reign. Who was, who is, and who will be in glory. And he is One, and there is no second who can compare to him or be his equal. Without beginning, without end. To him belong strength and dominion. And he is my God—my Redeemer lives—and a rock in my suffering in time of distress. And he is my banner and my refuge, the portion of my cup on the day when I call. I entrust my spirit to his hand, when I sleep and when I wake. And with my spirit, my body also. The Lord is with me, and I will not fear.

Preparatory Prayers

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have sanctified us by your commandments, and commanded us to wash our hands.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have formed humanity in wisdom, and created in human beings many openings and vessels. It is revealed and known before the throne of your glory, that if one of these opens, or one of those closes, it would be impossible to exist and to stand before you. Blessed are you, Lord, who heals all flesh and does wonderful things.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have sanctified us by your commandments, and commanded us to study the words of the Law.

Therefore, Lord our God, we ask you to make the words of your Law pleasant in our mouth and in the mouth of your people, the house of Israel, so that we with our offspring and the offspring of your people, the house of Israel, may all know your name and learn your Law. Blessed are you, Lord, who teaches the Law to your people Israel.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have chosen us from all nations and given us your Law. Blessed are you, Lord, who gives the Law.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord make his face shine on you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord turn his face toward you, and give you peace.

Mishnah Peah 1

These are the things which have no fixed measure by enactment of the Law: the corners of the field, the first fruits, the offerings brought on appearing before the Lord at the three festivals, the practice of kindness and the study of the Law. These are the things, whose fruits a person enjoys in this world, while the principal remains for him for the world to come: namely, honoring father and mother, the practice of kindness, timely attendance at the house of study morning and evening, hospitality to travelers, visiting the sick, providing a bride with a dowry, attending the dead to the grave, devotion in prayer, and making peace between one person and another. But the study of the Law is equal to them all.

My God, the soul which you gave me is pure. You created it, you formed it, you breathed it into me. You preserve it within me. And you will take it from me, but will restore it to me afterward. So long as the soul is within me, I will give thanks to you, Lord my God and God of my fathers, Sovereign of all works, Lord of all souls! Blessed are you, Lord, who restores souls to dead bodies.

Morning Blessings

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have given the rooster the intelligence to distinguish between day and night.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have not made me a gentile.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have not made me a slave.

Men

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have not made me a woman.

Women

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have made me according to your will.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who opens the eyes of the blind.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who clothes the naked.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who frees those who are bound.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who raises those who are bowed down.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who spreads the earth above the waters.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have supplied all my needs.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have made human steps firm.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who strengthens Israel with might.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who crowns Israel with glory.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who gives strength to the weary.

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids.

And may it be your will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, to make us familiar with your Law, and to make us remain faithful to your commandments. Do not lead us into the power of sin, or of transgression or iniquity, or of temptation, or of scorn. Do not let the evil inclination rule us. Keep us far from a bad man and a bad companion.⁠a Make us remain committed to the good inclination and to good works. Subdue our inclination so that it may submit itself to you. And let us receive today, and every day, grace, favor and mercy in your eyes, and in the eyes of all who see us. And bestow faithful love on us. Blessed are you, Lord, who bestows faithful love on your people Israel.

May it be your will, Lord my God and God of my fathers, to rescue me today, and every day, from arrogant men and from arrogance, from a bad man, from a bad companion and from a bad neighbor, and from any mishap, and from the adversary that destroys. From a harsh judgment, and from a harsh opponent, whether he is a member of the covenant or is not a member of the covenant.

At all times let a person fear God in private as well as in public, acknowledge the truth, and speak the truth in his heart. And let him rise early and say:

Sovereignty of Heaven

Sovereign of all worlds! Not because of our righteous acts we present our requests to you, but because of your abundant mercies. What are we? What is our life? What is our piety? What our righteousness? What our helpfulness? What our strength? What our might? What shall we say before you, Lord our God and God of our fathers? Are not all the mighty people as nothing before you, the famous people as though they had not been, the wise as if without knowledge, and the people of understanding as if without discernment? For most of their works are empty, and the days of their lives are emptiness before you, and humanity’s advantage over the animals is nothing, for all is emptiness.

Nevertheless we are your people, the children of your covenant, the children of Abraham, your friend, to whom you did swear on Mount Moriah. The descendants of Isaac, his only son, who was bound on the altar, the congregation of Jacob, your firstborn son, whom you named Israel and Jeshurun because of the love with which you loved him and the joy you took in him.

It is, therefore, our duty to thank, praise and glorify you, to bless, to sanctify and to offer praise and thanksgiving to your name. Happy are we! how good our portion is, and how pleasant our lot is, and how beautiful our heritage is! Happy are we who, early and late, morning and evening, twice every day, declare:

Hear, Israel. The Lord our God, the Lord is One. Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever.

You were the same before the world was created. You have been the same since the world has been created. You are the same in this world, and you will be the same in the world to come. Sanctify your name among those who sanctify it, yes, sanctify your name throughout your world. And through your salvation let our horn be exalted and raised high. Blessed are you, Lord, who sanctifies your name among the many.

You are the Lord our God in heaven and on earth, and in the highest heaven of heavens. Truly you are the first and you are the last, and besides you there is no God. Gather those who hope for you from the four corners of the earth. Let all the inhabitants of the world perceive and know that you are God, you alone, over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in it. And which of all the works of your hands, whether among those above or among those below, can say to you, “What are you doing?”⁠b Our Father who are in heaven, deal kindly with us for the sake of your great name by which we are called. And fulfill for us, Lord our God, what is written, “At that time I will bring you in, and at that time I will gather you, for I will make you renowned and praised among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring back your captives before your eyes, says the Lord.”

Daily Offerings

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say to them, My offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor to me, you must take care to offer to me at its appointed time. And you shall say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the Lord. Male lambs of the first year without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering. You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb in the evening. And the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to the Lord. And the drink offering of it shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord. And you shall offer the other lamb in the evening: as the meal offering of the morning, and as the drink offering of it, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to the Lord.

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the Lord. And Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood on the altar around.

On the Sabbath

And on the sabbath day two male lambs of the first year without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering of it. This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, in addition to the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

On the New Moon

And in the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord. Two young bullocks, and one ram, seven male lambs of the first year without blemish. And three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock. And two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram. And a separate tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal offering to every lamb. For a burnt offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to the Lord. And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. And one male goat for a sin offering to the Lord. It shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering, and the drink offering of it.

Mishnah Zevachim 5

1 Which are the places where the sacrifices were offered?—Those that were most holy were killed on the north side of the altar. The bull and the male goat of the Day of Atonement were killed on the north side. Their blood was received in a vessel of ministry on the north side, and had to be sprinkled between the poles of the ark, and toward the veil, and on the golden altar. Omitting one of these sprinklings made the whole ceremony invalid. The remaining blood the priest poured out at the western base of the outer altar. If he did not do so, however, the omission did not make the ceremony invalid.

2 The bulls and male goats which were to be wholly burned were killed on the north side. Their blood was received in a vessel of ministry on the north side, and had to be sprinkled toward the veil and on the golden altar: omitting one of these sprinklings made the whole ceremony invalid. The remaining blood the priest poured out at the western base of the outer altar. If, however, he failed to do so, it did not make the ceremony invalid: both these and the preceding offerings were burnt in the place where ashes were deposited.

3 The sin offerings of the congregation and of the individual. These are the sin offerings of the congregation: the male goats offered on the new moon and on the festivals. They were killed on the north side. Their blood was received in a vessel of ministry on the north side, and of this blood four sprinklings had to be made, one on each of the four corners of the altar. How was this done? The priest went up the ascent, passed on to the middle terrace that surrounded the altar, and came successively to the south-east, the north-east, the north-west and the south-west corners. The remaining blood he poured out at the southern base of the altar. These sacrifices might be eaten, prepared in any way, by the male priests, within the curtains of the courtyard, the same day and evening until midnight.

4 The burnt offering belonged to the class of the most holy. It was killed on the north side. Its blood was received in a vessel of ministry on the north side. And of its blood two sprinklings had to be made at opposite corners of the altar so that they counted as four, with a portion of the blood thus reaching each of the four sides of the altar. This offering had also to be skinned, dismembered and completely consumed by fire.

5 The peace offerings of the congregation and the trespass offerings. These are the trespass offerings: the trespass offerings for robbery, for profane appropriation of sanctified objects, for having sexual relations with an enslaved woman already promised in marriage. The trespass offering of a Nazirite who has become defiled by a dead body. The trespass offering of a leper at his cleansing. The trespass offering of one who is in doubt whether he has committed an act that has to be atoned for by a sin offering. All these were killed on the north side. Their blood was received in a vessel of ministry on the north side. And of their blood two sprinklings had to be made at the altar so that they counted as four. These sacrifices might be eaten, prepared in any way, by the male priests, within the curtains of the courtyard, the same day and evening until midnight.

6 The thank offering and the ram of the Nazirite had a lesser degree of holiness. They might be killed in any part of the courtyard. Of their blood two sprinklings had to be made at the altar so that they counted as four. And they might be eaten, prepared in any way, by any person, in any part of the city, the same day and until midnight. To the portions of them belonging to the priests the same rule applied as to the rest, except that these portions could only be eaten by the priests, their wives, their children and their slaves.

7 The peace offerings were also holy in a minor degree. They might be killed in any part of the court. Of their blood two sprinklings had to be made at the altar so that they counted as four, and they might be eaten, prepared in any way, by any person, in any part of the city, during two days and one night. To the portions of them belonging to the priests the same rule applied as to the rest, except that these portions could only be eaten by the priests, their wives, their children and their slaves.

8 The firstborn, the tithe of cattle and the Passover lamb likewise had a lesser degree of holiness. They might be killed in any part of the court. Only one sprinkling of their blood had to be made. This, however, had to be done toward the base of the altar. The following differences applied to eating them: the firstborn might be eaten only by the priests, while the tithe might be eaten by any person: both might be eaten, prepared in any way, in any part of the city, during two days and one night. The Passover lamb might only be eaten the same evening until midnight. It could be eaten only by the previously appointed number of persons, and it might only be eaten roasted.

Baraita of Rabbi Ishmael

Rabbi Ishmael says: There are thirteen principles for interpreting Scripture by which the Law is interpreted.1. The inference from minor to major. 2. The inference from a similarity of phrases. 3. A general law may be derived by induction from different cases which, occurring in the same or in different verses, have yet some feature in common. 4. A general proposition followed by the enumeration of particulars already included in the general proposition, in which case the scope of the proposition is limited by the things specified 5. An enumeration of particulars followed by a general proposition in which they are also included, in which case the scope of the proposition extends also to the things not specified. 6. Two general propositions, separated from each other by an enumeration of particulars, include only such things as are similar to those specified 7. An inference drawn from a general proposition complemented by a particular term, and an inference drawn from a particular term complemented by a general proposition. 8. If anything is included in a general proposition and is then made the subject of a special statement, what is stated about it should not be understood as limited to itself alone, but should be applied to the whole of the general proposition 9. If anything is included in a general proposition, and is then singled out in order to be made the subject of a special statement, similar to the general proposition, this particularization is intended, so far as its subject is concerned, to lessen and not to add to its restrictions. 10. If anything is included in a general proposition, and is then singled out in order to be made the subject of a special statement, not similar to the general proposition, this particularization is intended in some respects to lessen and in others to add to its restrictions. 11. If anything is included in a general proposition, and is then made the subject of a new statement not in harmony with the former, the terms of the general proposition will not apply to it, unless the Scripture distinctly indicates that they shall apply. 12. The meaning of a passage may be deduced from its context, or from some subsequent passage. 13. Similarly, when two passages are in contradiction to each other, the explanation can be determined only when a third text is found, capable of harmonizing the two.

May it be your will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, that the temple be soon rebuilt in our days and grant our portion in your Law. And there we will serve you with awe, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

Before Putting On the Tallit

I am here wrapping myself in this fringed robe, in fulfillment of the command of my Creator, as it is written in the Law, They shall make them a fringe on the corners of their garments throughout their generations. And even as I cover myself with the tallit in this world, so may my soul deserve to be clothed with a beautiful spiritual robe in the world to come, in the garden of Eden. Amen.

When Putting On the Tallit

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have sanctified us by your commandments, and have commanded us to wrap ourselves in the fringed garment.

How precious is your faithful love, God! And the human beings take refuge under the shadow of your wings. They satisfy themselves with the abundance of your house. And you give them a drink from the river of your pleasures. For the fountain of life is with you: in your light we see light. Continue your faithful love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Meditation Before Putting On Tefillin

I am here preparing to put on the tefillin, in fulfillment of the command of my Creator, who has commanded us to put on the tefillin, as it is written in the Law, And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. Within these tefillin are placed four sections of the Law, that declare the absolute unity of God, and that remind us of the miracles and wonders which he did for us when he brought us out from Egypt, the one who has power over the highest and the lowest to deal with them according to his will. He has commanded us to place the tefillin on the hand as a memorial of his outstretched arm. Opposite the heart, to indicate the duty of subjecting the longings and designs of our heart to his service, blessed be he. And on the head opposite the brain, in this way teaching that the mind, whose seat is in the brain, together with all the senses and faculties, should be subjected to his service, blessed be he. May the effect of the precept thus observed be to grant me a long life with sacred influences and holy thoughts, free from every approach, even in imagination, to sin and iniquity. May the evil inclination not mislead or entice us, but may we be led to serve the Lord as it is in our hearts to do. Amen.

When Placing the Tefillin On the Arm

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have sanctified us by your commandments, and have commanded us to put on the tefillin.

When Placing the Tefillin On the Forehead

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have sanctified us by your commandments, and have commanded us to observe the precept of tefillin.

Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever.

Wrap the strap three times around the middle finger, then say:

And I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in faithful love, and in mercy: I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness. And you will know the Lord.

Some congregations say Psalm 30 here.

Barukh Sheʾamar

Blessed be he who spoke, and the world existed: blessed be he: blessed be he who was the maker of the world in the beginning: blessed be he who speaks and acts: blessed be he who decrees and carries out: blessed be he who has mercy on the earth: blessed be he who has mercy on his creatures: blessed be he who pays a good reward to those who fear him: blessed be he who lives for ever, and endures to eternity: blessed be he who redeems and rescues: blessed be his name. Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, God and merciful Father, praised by the mouth of your people, lauded and glorified by the tongue of your loving ones and your servants. We also will praise you, Lord our God, with the songs of David your servant. With praises and psalms we will magnify, praise and glorify you, and we will mention your name, and proclaim you our King, our God, you alone, the life of all worlds. King, may your great name be praised and glorified forever and ever. Blessed are you, Lord, a King honored with praises.

1 Chronicles 16:8–36

Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name. Make known his deeds among the peoples. Sing to him, sing praises to him. Tell of all his marvelous works. Take pride in his holy name: let the heart of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Search for the Lord and his strength. Seek his face forever. Remember his marvelous works that he has done: his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth. Descendants of Israel, his servant, children of Jacob, his chosen ones. He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth. Remember his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. The covenant which he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac. And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, to Israel for an everlasting covenant: saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, as the lot of your inheritance: when you were few in number. Yes, few, and foreign residents in it. And they went about from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people. He allowed no one to oppress them. Yes, he rebuked kings for their sake. Saying, “Do not touch my anointed ones, and do my prophets no harm.” Sing to the Lord, all the earth. Proclaim his salvation from day to day. Recount his glory among the nations, his marvels among all the peoples. For the Lord is great and worthy of great praise: he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless things. But the Lord made the heavens. Grandeur and majesty are before him: strength and gladness are in his place. Give to the Lord, families of the peoples, give to the Lord glory and strength. Give to the Lord the glory due to his name: take an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Tremble before him all the earth. The world also is set firm, that it cannot be moved. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. And let them say among the nations, The Lord reigns. Let the sea roar, and the everything in it. Let the plain rejoice, and all that is in it. Then will the trees of the forest rejoice before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. Give thanks to the Lord. For he is good: for his faithful love lasts forever. And say, Save us, God of our salvation, and gather us and deliver us from the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and to triumph in your praise. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from eternity to eternity. And all the people said, “Amen,”, and praised the Lord. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool. He is holy. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mount. For the Lord our God is holy. And he, being merciful, forgives iniquity, and does not destroy: yes, many a time he turns his anger away, and does not stir up all his anger. Do not withhold your compassion from me, Lord: let your faithful love and your truth continually preserve me. Remember, Lord, your tender mercies and your acts of faithful love. For they have been from long ago. Ascribe strength to God: his majesty is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies. God, you are to be feared out of your holy places: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God. God of vengeance, Lord, God of vengeance, shine out. Lift up yourself, judge of the earth: give the proud what they deserve. Salvation belongs to the Lord: your blessing be on your people. Selah. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. Lord of hosts, happy is the person who trusts in you. Save us, Lord: may the King answer us on the day when we call. Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them, and carry them forever. Our soul waits for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. For our heart will rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Let your faithful love, Lord, be on us, just as we have hoped for you. Show us your faithful love, Lord, and grant us your salvation. Rise up for our help and set us free for your faithful love’ sake. I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt: open wide your mouth and I will fill it. Happy are the people whose situation is like this: happy are the people whose God is the Lord. And as for me, I have trusted in your faithful love. My heart shall be glad in your salvation: I will sing to the Lord, because he has dealt generously with me.

Omit Psalm 100 on Sabbaths, holidays, the day before Passover, the intermediate days of Passover, and the day before the Day of Atonement.

Psalm 100

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the Lord, all lands. Serve the Lord with joy: come before him with joy. Know that the Lord is God: he has made us, and we are his, his people and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: give thanks to him, bless his name. For the Lord is good. His faithful love is everlasting. And his faithfulness from generation to generation.

On weekdays, continue with “Let the glory of the Lord.”

On Sabbaths, holidays and Hoshana Rabbah, say the following psalms.

Psalm 19

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The heavens recount the glory of God, and the sky declares his handiwork. Day after day pours out speech, and night after night proclaims knowledge. There is no speech or language. Their voice cannot be heard. Their sound has gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them he has set a tent for the sun. And he is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices like a strong man running his course. His rising is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it: and there is nothing hidden from his heat. The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever. The judgments of the Lord are truthful, altogether righteous. They are more desirable than gold, even much fine gold. Sweeter also than honey and the droppings of the honeycomb. Moreover by them is your servant warned: in keeping them there is great reward. Who can discern his errors? Clear me from hidden faults. Keep back your servant also from deliberate sins. Do not let them rule over me: then I will be blameless, and I shall be clear from great transgression. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before you, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Psalm 34

A Psalm of David. When he changed his behavior before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he left. I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise will continually be in my mouth. My soul will boast in the Lord: the humble will hear and rejoice. Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and rescued me from all my fears. They looked to him and shone with joy: and their faces will not be ashamed. This sufferer cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him from all his troubles. The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear him, and rescues them. Taste and see that the Lord is good: happy is the person who takes refuge in him. Fear the Lord, his holy ones: for those who fear him lack nothing. Young lions lack food and suffer hunger: but those who seek the Lord will not lack any good. Come, children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Who is the person who delights in life, and loves many days so that he may see good? Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Depart from evil and do good. Seek peace and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous, and his ears are toward their cry. The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off their memory from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord listens, and rescues them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to those whose hearts are broken, and saves those whose spirits are crushed. Many are the misfortunes of the righteous: but the Lord rescues him out of them all. He protects all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall kill the wicked. And those who hate the righteous shall be condemned. The Lord sets the soul free of his servants. And none that take refuge in him shall be condemned.

Psalm 90

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. Lord, you have been a dwelling place to us in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, before you gave birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting you are God. You turn humanity back to dust, and say, Return, human beings. For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. You carry them away as with a flood. They are in a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which sprouts again. In the morning it blooms and sprouts again. In the evening it is cut down, and withers. For we are consumed by your anger, and in your anger we are overwhelmed. You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your face. For all our days have passed away in your anger, we bring our years to an end like a sound. The days of our years are seventy years, or even if we are strong, eighty years. Yet their pride is only suffering and emptiness. For it is soon gone by, and we fly away. Who knows the power of your anger, and your anger according to the fear that is due to you? So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Return, Lord. How long?—and have compassion on your servants. Satisfy us in the morning with your faithful love. That we may be glad and rejoice all our days. Make us rejoice according to the days when you have afflicted us, the years when we have seen evil. Let your work be revealed to your servants, and your majesty on their children. And let the pleasantness of the Lord our God be on us. And establish the work of our hands for us. Yes, establish the work of our hands.

Psalm 91

Whoever lives in the shelter of the Most High remains under the shadow of the Almighty. I say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress. My God, in whom I trust.—For he will deliver you from the bird-catcher’s trap, and from the deadly plague. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will take refuge: his truth will be a shield and a armor. You will not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day. Of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the plague that ravages at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand. It will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes, and see the retribution of the wicked.—For you, Lord, are my refuge.—You have made the Most High your dwelling place. No evil will happen to you, nor will any plague come near your tent. For he will command his angels to guard you, to keep you in all your ways. They will bear you on their hands, so that you do not strike your foot against a stone. You will tread on the lion and the adder. On the young lion and the serpent you will trample.—Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will rescue him: I will set him on high, because he knows my name. When he calls on me, I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble: I will rescue him and honor him. I will satisfy him with a long life, and will let him see my salvation.

Repeat the last verse.

Psalm 135

Praise the Lord. Praise the name of the Lord. Praise him, servants of the Lord: you who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord. For the Lord is good: sing praises to his name. For it is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob to himself, and Israel for his special treasure. For I know that the Lord is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. Whatever the Lord pleases, he does, in heaven and on earth, in the seas and in all the depths. He causes vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain. He brings out the wind out of his treasuries. It is he who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both humans and animals. He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants. It is he who struck great nations, and killed mighty kings. Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: and gave their land for an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people. Your name, Lord, endures forever. Your memorial, Lord, throughout all generations. For the Lord shall judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. They have mouths, but they do not speak. They have eyes, but they do not see. They have ears, but they do not hear. Neither is there any breath in their mouths. Those who make them shall become like them. Yes, everyone who trusts in them. House of Israel, bless the Lord: House of Aaron, bless the Lord: House of Levi, bless the Lord: you who fear the Lord, bless the Lord. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, who lives in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 136

Give thanks to the Lord. For he is good: for his faithful love lasts forever. Give thanks to the God of gods: for his faithful love lasts forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him who alone does great marvels: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him that by understanding made the heavens: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him that spread forth the earth above the waters: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him that made great lights: for his faithful love lasts forever. The sun to rule by day: for his faithful love lasts forever. The moon and stars to rule by night: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him that struck the Egyptians in their firstborn: for his faithful love lasts forever. And brought out Israel from among them: for his faithful love lasts forever. With a strong hand, and with a outstretched arm: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him who parted the Red Sea apart: for his faithful love lasts forever. And made Israel pass through its midst: for his faithful love lasts forever. But overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him who led his people through the wilderness: for his faithful love lasts forever. To him who struck great kings. For his faithful love lasts forever. And killed mighty kings: for his faithful love lasts forever. Sihon king of the Amorites: for his faithful love lasts forever. And Og king of Bashan: for his faithful love lasts forever. And gave their land for an inheritance: for his faithful love lasts forever. An inheritance for Israel his servant: for his faithful love lasts forever. Who remembered us in our low condition: for his faithful love lasts forever. And has released us from our adversaries: for his faithful love lasts forever. He gives food to all flesh: for his faithful love lasts forever. Give thanks to the God of heaven: for his faithful love lasts forever.

Psalm 33

Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous: praise is fitting for the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings. Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with shouts of joy. For the word of the Lord is right. And all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice: the earth is full of the faithful love of the Lord. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made. And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap: he stores the floods in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spoke, and it was. He commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord has frustrated the design of the nations. He has foiled the thoughts of the peoples. The counsel of the Lord stands firm forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. Happy is the nation whose god is the Lord. The people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. The Lord looks down from heaven. He sees all human beings. From his dwelling place he gazes on all the inhabitants of the earth. He who forms all their hearts and pays attention to all their works. A king is not saved by greatness of power: a mighty man is not delivered by greatness of strength. A horse is useless for safety: nor will it rescue anyone by his great power. The Lord’s eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope for his faithful love to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. Our soul waits for the Lord: he is our help and our shield. For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. Let your faithful love, Lord, be on us, just as we have hoped for you.

Psalm 92

A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath Day. It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, Most High: to declare your faithful love in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, with an instrument of ten strings and with a harp, with thoughtful music on the lyre. For you, Lord, have made me rejoice through your work: I will rejoice in the work of your hands. How great are your works, Lord: your thoughts are very deep. A senseless person does not know it, nor does a fool understand this: when the wicked sprang up as the grass, and all the workers of iniquity flourished, it was that they might be destroyed forever. But you, Lord, are on high forevermore. For your enemies, Lord, for your enemies shall perish. All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. But you have raised my horn, like that of the wild-ox: I am anointed with fresh oil. My eye has also seen my desire on my enemies. My ears have heard my desire of those who rose up against me, doers of evil. The righteous shall spring up like a palm-tree. He shall grow tall like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall blossom in the courts of our God. They shall still bear fruit in old age. They shall be full of sap and green: to declare that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

Psalm 93

The Lord reigns. He has robed himself in majesty. The Lord has robed himself, yes, he has clothed himself with strength: the world also is set firm, that it cannot be moved. Your throne is set firm from long ago: you are from everlasting. The streams have lifted up, Lord, the streams have lifted up their voice. The streams lift up their roaring. The Lord on high is mightier than the voices of many waters, mighty waters, the breakers of the sea. Your testimonies are very faithful: holiness is fitting for your house, Lord, forever.

On weekdays, continue here.

Let the glory of the Lord endure forever. Let the Lord rejoice in his works. Let the name of the Lord be blessed from now on and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to its setting the Lord’s name is to be praised. The Lord is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. Your name, Lord, endures forever. Your memorial, Lord, throughout all generations. The Lord has established his throne in the heavens. And his kingdom rules over all. Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad. And let them say among the nations, The Lord reigns. The Lord reigns. The Lord has reigned. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. The Lord is King forever and ever. The nations have perished out of his land. The Lord has frustrated the design of the nations. He has foiled the thoughts of the peoples. Many are the thoughts in a man’s heart. But the counsel of the Lord, that will stand. The counsel of the Lord stands firm forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. For he spoke, and it was. He commanded, and it stood firm. For the Lord has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his dwelling place. For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his special treasure. For the Lord will not reject his people, neither will he abandon his inheritance. And he, being merciful, forgives iniquity, and does not destroy Yes, many times he turns his anger away and does not stir up all his anger. Save, Lord: may the King answer us on the day when we call. Happy are those who live in your house: they will be ever praising you. Selah. Happy are the people whose situation is like this: happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 145

I will extol you, my God, King. And I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you. And I will praise your name forever and ever. The Lord is great and worthy of great praise: and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the majestic glory of your splendor, and on your marvelous deeds, I will meditate. And people shall speak of the might of your awe-inspiring acts. And I will recount your greatness. They shall pour out the fame of your great goodness and shall rejoice in your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful. Slow to anger and of great faithful love. The Lord is good to all. And his compassion are over all his works. All your works shall give thanks to you, Lord. And your loving ones shall bless you. They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power. To make known to human beings his mighty acts, and the majestic glory of his kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord supports all that fall, and raises up all those that are bowed down. The eyes of all wait for you. And you give them their food in due season. You open your hand, and satisfy every living thing with favor. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and loving in all his works. The Lord is near to all those who call on him, to all that call on him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry and will save them. The Lord guards all those who love him. But all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth shall speak of the praise of the Lord. And let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. But we will bless the Lord from now on and forever. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 146

Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, my soul: I will praise the Lord, while I live. I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist. Do not put your trust in princes, in a human being, in whom there is no help. When his breath leaves, he returns to his earth. On that very day his designs perish. Happy is the one who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord, his God: who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them. Who keeps truth forever. Who does justice for the oppressed. Who gives food to the hungry: the Lord frees the prisoners. The Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord raises those who are bowed down. The Lord loves the righteous. The Lord guards the foreigners. He supports the fatherless and widow. But he makes the way of the wicked crooked. The Lord shall reign forever, your God, Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 147

Praise the Lord. For it is good to sing praises to our God. For it is pleasant, and praise is fitting. The Lord builds up Jerusalem. He gathers the outcasts of Israel. He heals those whose hearts are broken, and binds up their wounds. He counts the number of the stars. He calls them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and mighty in power. His understanding is infinite. The Lord supports the humble. He brings the wicked to the ground. Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving. Sing praises on the lyre to our God: who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass sprout on the mountains. Who gives to the beast its food, and to the young ravens which cry. He does not delight in the strength of the horse, he takes no pleasure in the vigor of a man. The Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope for his faithful love. Extol the Lord, Jerusalem. Praise your God, Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates. He has blessed your children within you. He makes peace in your borders. He satisfies you with the finest wheat. He sends out his commandment to the earth. His word runs very swiftly. He gives snow like wool. He scatters frost like ashes. He casts his ice like pieces: who can stand before his cold? He sends out his word, and melts them: he makes his wind blow, and the waters flow. He declares his words to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel. He has not dealt in this way with any nation: and as for his judgments, they do not know them. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 148

Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights. Praise him, all his angels. Praise him, all his host. Praise him, sun and moon: praise him, all stars of light. Praise him, heavens of heavens, and waters that are above the heavens. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. He has established them forever and ever: he gave a decree which none shall transgress. Praise the Lord from the earth, sea monsters and all the depths: fire and hail, snow and smoke. Stormy wind, fulfilling his word: mountains and all hills. Fruit trees and all cedars: wild beasts and all cattle. Creeping things and winged birds: kings of the earth and all peoples. Princes and all judges of the earth: both young men and young women. Old men and children: let them praise the name of the Lord. For his name alone is exalted: his majesty is above the earth and heaven. And he has lifted up a horn for his people, to the praise of all his loving ones: even of the children of Israel, the people near to him: praise the Lord.

Psalm 149

Praise the Lord. Sing to the Lord a new song. His praise in the assembly of those that love him. Let Israel rejoice in his Maker: let the children of Zion be glad in their King. Let them praise his name with the dance: let them sing praises to him with the hand drum and lyre. For the Lord takes pleasure in his people: he adorns the humble with salvation. Let those that love him triumph in glory: let them rejoice on their beds. High praises of God are in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand. To execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples: to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with iron shackles. To execute on them the judgment written: this is an honor for all his loving ones. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 150

Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the sky of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his abundant greatness. Praise him with the blast of the horn: praise him with the harp and the lyre. Praise him with the hand drum and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe. Praise him with the clear-toned cymbals. Praise him with the loud-sounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord: praise the Lord.

Repeat the last verse.

Blessed be the Lord forever. Amen, and Amen. Blessed be the Lord out of Zion, who lives in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord. Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who alone does wonderful things: and blessed be his glorious name forever. And let the whole earth be filled with his glory. Amen, and Amen.

Stand for the following passages through “worship you.”

1 Chronicles 29:10–13

And David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the congregation: and David said, Blessed are you, Lord, the God of Israel our father, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and the supremacy as head over all. Riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. And in your hand are might and power. And it is in your hand to make great and to give strength to all. Now, therefore, our God, we give thanks to you, and praise your glorious name.

Nehemiah 9:6–11

You are the Lord, you alone. You have made the heavens, the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you give life to them all. And the host of heaven worship you. You are the Lord the God, who chose Abram, and brought him out out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham: and found his heart faithful before you: And you made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, even to give it to his descendants, and have fulfilled your words. For you are righteous. And you saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea. And showed signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land. For you knew that they dealt arrogantly against them. And made yourself a name, as it is today. And you divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land. And you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

Exodus 14:30–15:18

Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians. And Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. And Israel saw the great power which the Lord used against the Egyptians, and the people feared the Lord: and they believed in the Lord, and in Moses his servant. Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord, and spoke, saying: I will sing to the Lord, for he has been highly exalted: the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. The Lord is my strength and song, and he has become my salvation: this is my God, and I will glorify him. My father’s God, and I will exalt him. The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. Pharaoh’s chariots and he has cast his army into the sea: and his chosen captains have sunk in the Red Sea. The floods cover them: they went down into the depths like a stone. Your right hand, Lord, that is glorious in power, your right hand, Lord, smashes the enemy. And in the greatness of your majesty you overthrow those who rise up against you: you send out your anger, it consumes them as stubble. And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the streams stood upright as a heap. The floods were congealed in the heart of the sea. The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the captured goods: my desire will be satisfied with them. I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. You blew with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. Who is like you, Lord, among the mighty ones: who is like you, glorious in holiness, revered in praises, doing marvels? You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. In your faithful love you have led the people which you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy dwelling. The peoples have heard it. They tremble: pangs have taken hold of the inhabitants of Philistia. Then the leaders of Edom were dismayed. The mighty men of Moab, trembling takes hold of them: all the inhabitants of Canaan are melted away. Terror and dread falls on them: by the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone. Until your people pass over, Lord, until the people pass over, which you have acquired. You will bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, the place, Lord, which you have made for yourself to dwell in, the sanctuary, Lord, which your hands have established. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and he is ruler over the nations. And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau. And the kingdom shall be the Lord’s. And the Lord shall be King over all the earth: on that day the Lord will be One, and his name One. And in your Law it is written, saying, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

On Sabbaths and holidays, continue with “The breath of every living being.”

May your name be praised forever, our King, the great and holy God and King, in heaven and on earth. For to you, Lord our God, and God of our fathers, song and praise are fitting, hymn and psalm, strength and dominion, victory, greatness and might, renown and glory, holiness and sovereignty, blessings and thanksgivings from now forever. Blessed are you, Lord, God and King, great in praises, God of thanksgivings, Lord of wonders, who chooses song and psalm, King and God, the life of all worlds.

Reader

Half Kaddish

May his great name be magnified and sanctified in the world which he has created according to his will. May he establish his kingdom during your life and during your days, and during the life of all the house of Israel, soon, in the near future. And say, “Amen.” your life and during your days, and during the life of all the house of Israel, soon, in the near future, and say, “Amen.”

Congregation and Reader

Let his great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.

Reader

Blessed, praised and glorified, exalted, highly praised and honored, proclaimed great and acclaimed be the name of the Holy One, blessed be he, though he is high above all the blessings and hymns, praises and words of comfort, which are spoken in the world. And say, “Amen.”

Congregation, in an undertone

Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted and extolled be the name of the supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be he, who is the first and the last, and beside him there is no God. Extol him who rides on the heavens by his name Jah, and rejoice before him. His name is exalted above all blessing and praise. Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever. Let the name of the Lord be blessed from now on and forevermore.

Reader

Bless the Lord who is to be blessed.

Congregation and Reader

Blessed is the Lord who is to be blessed forever and ever.

Blessings of the Shema

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who forms light and creates darkness, who makes peace and creates all things:

Who in mercy gives light to the earth and to those who live on it and in your goodness renews the creation every day continually. How many your works are, Lord! In wisdom you have made them all: the earth is full of your possessions. King, who alone were exalted from long ago, praised, glorified and extolled from days of old. Everlasting God, in your abundant compassion, have mercy on us, Lord of our strength, Rock of our stronghold. Shield of our salvation, our Stronghold!

The blessed God, great in knowledge, prepared and formed the rays of the sun: it was a gift he produced as a glory to his name: he set the luminaries around his strength. The chiefs of his hosts are holy beings that exalt the Almighty, and continually declare the glory of God and his holiness. Blessed are you, Lord our God, for the excellence of your handiwork, and for the bright luminaries which you have made: they shall glorify you forever.

Blessed are you, our Rock, our King and Redeemer, Creator of holy beings, may your name be praised forever, our King. Creator of ministering spirits, all of whom stand in the heights of the universe, and proclaim with awe in unison aloud the words of the living God and everlasting King. All of them are beloved, pure and mighty. And all of them in dread and awe carry out the will of their Master. And all of them open their mouths in holiness and purity, with song and psalm, while they bless and praise, glorify and revere, sanctify and ascribe sovereignty to

The name of the Divine King, the great, mighty and awe-inspiring One, holy is he. And they all accept the yoke of the kingdom of heaven one from one another, and give permission to one another to sanctify their Creator: in tranquil joy of spirit, with pure speech and holy melody they all respond in unison, and exclaim with awe:

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

And the Ophanim and the holy Chayoth with a noise of great rushing, rising toward the Seraphim, thus facing them offer praise and say:

Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

To the blessed God they offer pleasant melodies. To the King, the living and ever-enduring God, they utter hymns and make their praises heard. For he alone performs mighty deeds, and makes new things. He is the Lord of battles. He sows righteousness, makes salvation spring up, creates remedies, and is revered in praises. He is the Lord of wonders, who in his goodness renews the creation every day continually. As it is said, Give thanks to him that makes great lights, for his faithful love lasts forever. Cause a new light to shine on Zion, and may we all be worthy soon to enjoy its brightness. Blessed are you, Lord, Creator of the luminaries.

You have loved us with abundant love, Lord our God, you have had great and abundant compassion on us. Our Father, our King, for our fathers’ sake, who trusted in you, and whom you taught the statutes of life, be also gracious to us and teach us. Our Father, merciful Father, ever compassionate, have mercy on us. Put it into our hearts to understand and to discern, to pay attention, learn and teach, to heed, to do and to fulfill in love all the words of instruction in your Law. Enlighten our eyes in your Law, and let our hearts hold firmly to your commandments, and unite our hearts to love and fear your name, so that we are never put to shame. Because we have trusted in your holy, great and revered name, we shall rejoice and be glad in your salvation. Bring us in peace from the four corners of the earth, and make us go upright to our land. For you are a God who brings salvation. You have chosen us from all peoples and tongues, and have brought us near to your great name forever in faithfulness, so that we might in love give thanks to you and proclaim your unity. Blessed are you, Lord, who have chosen your people Israel in love.

When praying without a congregation, add:

God, faithful King!

Shema

Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Blessed be His name, whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words, which I command you today, shall be on your heart: and you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house, and on your gates.

And if you listen diligently to my commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the late rain, so that you may gather in your grain, and your wine, and your oil. And I will give grass in your field for your cattle, and you shall eat and be satisfied. Be careful not to let your heart be deceived, and you turn away, and serve other gods, and worship them. And the Lord’s anger burn against you, and he shuts the sky, so that there is no rain, and that the land does not yield its fruit. And you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord gives you. Therefore you shall place these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be frontlets between your eyes. And you shall teach them your children, talking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house, and on your gates: so that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, on the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them to make themselves a fringe on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of each corner a cord of blue: and it shall be a fringe for you, so that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them. And that you do not follow your own heart and your own eyes, after which you are accustomed to going astray: so that you may remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the Lord your God.

Blessing After the Shema

True and firm, established and enduring, right and faithful, beloved and precious, desirable and pleasant, revered and mighty, well-ordered and acceptable, good and beautiful is this word of yours to us forever and ever. It is true, the God of the universe is our King, the Rock of Jacob, the Shield of our salvation: throughout all generations he endures and his name endures. His throne is established, and his kingdom and his faithfulness endure forever. His words also live and endure. They are faithful and desirable forever and to all eternity, as for our fathers so also for us, our children, our generations, and for all the generations of the descendants of Israel his servants.

For the first and for the last ages your word is good and endures forever and ever. It is true and trustworthy, a statute which shall not pass away. It is true that you are indeed the Lord our God, and the God of our fathers, our King, our fathers’ King, our Redeemer, the Redeemer of our fathers, our Maker, the Rock of our salvation. Our Deliverer and Rescuer from everlasting, such is your name. There is no God beside you.

You have been the help of our fathers from long ago, a Shield and Savior to their children after them in every generation: in the heights of the universe is your dwelling place, and your judgments and your righteousness reach to the furthest ends of the earth. Happy is the man who listens to your commandments, and stores your Law and your word in his heart. It is true that you are indeed the Lord of your people, and a mighty King to plead their cause. It is true that you are indeed the first and you are the last, and beside you we have no King, Redeemer and Savior. From Egypt you redeemed us, Lord our God, and from the house of slaves you rescued us. All their firstborn you killed, but your firstborn you redeemed. You divided the Red Sea, and drown the proud. But you made the beloved pass through, while the waters covered their adversaries, not one of whom was left. Therefore the beloved praised and extolled God, and offered hymns, songs, praises, blessings and thanksgivings to the King and God, who lives and endures. Who is high and exalted, great and revered. Who brings low the haughty, and raises up the lowly, leads out the prisoners, rescues the humble, helps the poor, and answers his people when they cry to him. Even praises to the Most High God, blessed is he, and ever to be blessed. Moses and the children of Israel sang a song to you with great joy, saying, all of them,

Who is like you, Lord, among the mighty ones? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, revered in praises, doing marvels?

With a new song the redeemed people offered praise to your name at the seashore: they all gave thanks in unison, and proclaimed your sovereignty, and said,

The Lord shall reign forever and ever.

Rock of Israel, arise to the help of Israel, and rescue, according to your promise, Judah and Israel. Our Redeemer, the Lord of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. Blessed are you, Lord, who have redeemed Israel.

Amidah

Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall declare your praise.

Blessed are you, Lord our God and God of our fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, the great, mighty and revered God, the most high God, who bestows faithful love, and possesses all things. Who remembers the pious deeds of the patriarchs, and in love will bring a redeemer to their children’s children for your name’s sake.

During the Ten Days of Repentance

Remember us for life, King, who delights in life, and inscribe us in the book of life, for your own sake, living God.

King, Helper, Savior and Shield. Blessed are you, Lord, the Shield of Abraham.

You, Lord, are mighty forever, you raise the dead, you are mighty to save,

From Shemini Atzeret through the first day of Passover

You cause the wind to blow and the rain to fall

You sustain the living with faithful love, raise the dead with great mercy, support the falling, heal the sick, free the bound, and keep your faith to those who sleep in the dust. Who is like you, Lord of mighty acts, and who resembles you, King, who kills and raises, and causes salvation to spring up?

During the Ten Days of Repentance

Who is like you, Father of mercy, who in mercy remembers your creatures for life?

Yes, you are faithful to raise the dead. Blessed are you, Lord, who raises the dead.

You are holy, and your name is holy, and holy beings praise you daily. Selah. Blessed are you, Lord, the holy God.

During the Ten Days of Repentance, conclude the blessing:

the holy King.

When the Reader repeats the Amidah, say the following through “the holy God.”

Reader

Kedushah

We will sanctify your name in the world just as they sanctify it in the highest heavens, as it is written through your prophet:

And they called one to the other and said,

Congregation

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Reader

Those facing them say, “Blessed...”

Congregation

Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place.

Reader

And in your Holy Words it is written, saying,

Congregation

The Lord shall reign forever, your God, Zion, to all generations. Praise the Lord.

Reader

To all generations we will declare your greatness, and to all eternity we will proclaim your holiness, and your praise, our God, shall not depart from our mouth forever, for you are a great and holy God and King. Blessed are you, Lord, the holy God.

During the Ten Days of Repentance, conclude the blessing:

the holy King.

You favor humanity with knowledge, and teach mortals understanding. Favor us with knowledge, understanding and discernment from you. Blessed are you, Lord, gracious Giver of knowledge.

Cause us to return, our Father, to your Law. Draw us near, our King, to your service, and bring us back in perfect repentance to your presence. Blessed are you, Lord, who delights in repentance.

Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned. Pardon us, our King, for we have transgressed. For you do pardon and forgive. Blessed are you, Lord, who is gracious, and forgives abundantly.

On fast days, insert Selichot.

Look on our affliction and plead our cause, and redeem us soon for your name’s sake. For you are a mighty Redeemer. Blessed are you, Lord, the Redeemer of Israel.

On fast days the Reader says “Answer us” here and concludes:

Blessed are you, Lord, who answers in time of trouble.

Heal us, Lord, and we shall be healed. Save us and we shall be saved. For you are our praise. Grant a perfect healing to all our wounds. For you, almighty King, are a faithful and merciful Physician. Blessed are you, Lord, who heals the sick of your people Israel.

Prayer for a Sick Person

May it be your will, Lord our God, and God of our fathers, to send a perfect healing from heaven soon, a healing of soul and body to the sick... Among the other sick of Israel.

Bless this year for us, Lord our God, together with every kind of its produce, for our welfare. Give a blessing on the face of the earth. Satisfy us with your goodness, and bless our year like other good years. Blessed are you, Lord, who blesses the years.

During the winter season, from December 4 through the first day of Passover, substitute:

Give dew and rain for a blessing on the face of the earth.

Sound the great horn for our freedom. Lift up the banner to gather our exiles, and gather us from the four corners of the earth. Blessed are you, Lord, who gathers the banished ones of your people Israel.

Restore our judges as at first, and our counselors as at the beginning. Remove from us grief and suffering. Reign over us, Lord, you alone, in faithful love and tender mercy, and justify us in judgment. Blessed are you, Lord, the King who loves righteousness and judgment.

During the Ten Days of Repentance, conclude the blessing:

the King of Judgment.

And for slanderers let there be no hope, and let all wickedness perish as in a moment. Let all your enemies be soon cut off, and uproot the dominion of arrogance and crush, cast down and humble soon in our days. Blessed are you, Lord, who breaks the enemies and humbles the arrogant.

Toward the righteous and the devout, toward the elders of your people the house of Israel, toward the remnant of their scribes, toward the righteous converts, and toward us also may your compassion be stirred, Lord our God. Grant a good reward to all who faithfully trust in your name. Set our portion with them forever, so that we may not be put to shame. For we have trusted in you. Blessed are you, Lord, the support and trust of the righteous.

And to Jerusalem, your city, return in mercy, and dwell there as you have spoken. Rebuild it soon in our days as an everlasting building, and soon set up there the throne of David. Blessed are you, Lord, who rebuilds Jerusalem.

On the Fast of the Ninth of Av, add the following at the Afternoon Service:

Comfort, Lord our God, the mourners of Zion, and the mourners of Jerusalem, and the city that is in mourning, laid waste, despised and desolate. In mourning because she is childless, laid waste in her dwellings, despised in the downfall of her glory, and desolate through the loss of her inhabitants: she sits with her head covered like a barren woman who has not given birth. Legions have devoured her. Worshippers of strange gods have possessed her: they have put your people Israel to the sword, and in willfulness have killed the loving ones of the Most High. Therefore let Zion weep bitterly, and Jerusalem raise her voice. My heart, my heart! how it grieves for the killed! My deepest feelings, my deepest feelings! how they yearn for the killed! For you, Lord, consumed her with fire. And with fire you will restore in the future her, as it is said, As for me, I will be to her, says the Lord, a wall of fire around, and I will be a glory in the midst of her. Blessed are you, Lord, who comforts Zion and rebuilds Jerusalem.

Soon cause the offspring of David, your servant, to flourish, and let his horn be exalted by your salvation, because we wait for your salvation all the day. Blessed are you, Lord, who causes the horn of salvation to flourish.

Hear our voice, Lord our God. Spare us and have mercy on us, and accept our prayer in mercy and favor. For you are a God who listens to prayers and requests: from your presence, our King, do not turn us away empty. For you listen in mercy to the prayer of your people Israel. Blessed are you, Lord, who listens to prayer.

On fast days the Congregation says:

Answer us, Lord, answer us on this day of the fast of our humiliation, for we are in great trouble. Do not turn to our wickedness. Do not conceal your face from us, and do not hide yourself from our supplication. Be near, we ask you, to our cry. Let your faithful love be a comfort to us. Even before we call to you, answer us, just as it is said, And before they call, I will answer. While they are still speaking, I will hear. For you, Lord, are the one who answers in time of trouble, who delivers and rescues in all times of trouble and distress. For you listen in mercy to the prayer of your people Israel. Blessed are you, Lord, who listens to prayer.

Accept, Lord our God, your people Israel and their prayer. Restore the service to the inner sanctuary of your house. Receive in love and favor both the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayer. And may the service of your people Israel be always acceptable to you.

On the New Moon and the intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot, add:

Our God and God of our fathers! May our remembrance rise, come and be accepted before you, with the remembrance of our fathers, of Messiah the son of David your servant, of Jerusalem your holy city, and of all your people the house of Israel, bringing deliverance and well-being, grace, faithful love and mercy, life and peace on this day of

On Passover

the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

On the New Moon

the New Moon.

On Sukkot

the Feast of Sukkot.

Remember us, Lord our God, on that day for our well-being. Be mindful of us for blessing, and save us for life: by your promise of salvation and mercy, spare us and be gracious to us. Have mercy on us and save us. For our eyes are turned toward you, because you are a gracious and merciful God and King.

And let our eyes see your return in mercy to Zion. Blessed are you, Lord, who restores your divine presence to Zion.

We give thanks to you, for you are the Lord our God and the God of our fathers forever and ever. You are the Rock of our lives, the Shield of our salvation through every generation. We will give thanks to you and declare your praise for our lives which are committed to your hand, and for our souls which are in your charge, and for your miracles, which are daily with us, and for your wonders and your benefits, which are done at all times, evening, morning and noon. You who are all-good, whose compassion does not fail. You, merciful Being, whose acts of faithful love never cease, we have ever hoped in you.

Congregation, in an undertone

We give thanks to you, for you are the Lord our God and the God of our fathers, the God of all flesh, our Creator and the Creator of all things in the beginning. Blessings and thanksgivings be to your great and holy name, because you have kept us in life and have preserved us: so may you continue to keep us in life and to preserve us. Gather our exiles to your holy courts to observe your statutes, to do your will, and to serve you with a perfect heart. Since we give thanks to you. Blessed be the God to whom thanksgivings are due.

On Hanukkah and Purim, add:

We thank you also for the miracles, for the redemption, for the mighty deeds and saving acts, done by you, as well as for the wars which you waged for our fathers in days of old, at this season.

On Hanukkah

In the days of the Hasmonean, Mattathias son of Johanan, the High Priest, and his sons, when the iniquitous power of Greece rose up against your people Israel to make them forgetful of your Law, and to force them to transgress the statutes of your will, then in your abundant mercy you rose up for them in the time of their trouble. You pleaded their cause, you judged their suit, you avenged their wrong. You delivered the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, and the arrogant into the hands of those who studied your Law: for yourself you made a great and holy name in your world, and for your people Israel you accomplished a great deliverance and redemption as at this day. And then your children came into the inner sanctuary of your house, cleansed your temple, purified your sanctuary, kindled lights in your holy courts, and appointed these eight days of Hanukkah in order to give thanks and praises to your great name.

On Purim

In the days of Mordecai and Esther, in Shushan the capital, when the wicked Haman rose up against them, and sought to destroy, to kill and wipe out all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, on one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take their possessions as captured goods, then in your abundant mercy you brought his plans to nothing, frustrated his design and returned his punishment on his own head. And they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.

For all these things your name, our King, shall be continually blessed and exalted forever and ever.

During the Ten Days of Repentance

Inscribe all the children of your covenant for a happy life.

And everything that lives shall give thanks to you forever, and shall praise your name in truth, God, our salvation and our help. Blessed are you, Lord, whose name is All-good, and to whom it is fitting to give thanks.

When the Reader repeats the Amidah, add:

Our God and God of our fathers, bless us with the threefold blessing of your Law written through Moses your servant, which was spoken by Aaron and his sons, the priests, your holy people, as it is said, The Lord bless you, and keep you: the Lord make his face shine on you, and be gracious to you: the Lord turn his face to you, and give you peace.

Grant peace, welfare, blessing, grace, faithful love and mercy to us and to all Israel, your people. Bless us, our Father, even all of us together, with the light of your face, for by the light of your face you have given us, Lord our God, the Law of life, faithful love and righteousness, blessing, mercy, life and peace. And may it be good in your sight to bless your people Israel at all times and in every hour with your peace.

During the Ten Days of Repentance

In the book of life, blessing, peace and good sustenance may we be remembered and inscribed before you, we and all your people the house of Israel, for a happy life and for peace. Blessed are you, Lord, who makes peace.

Blessed are you, Lord, who blesses your people Israel with peace.

My God! guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceit. And let my soul remain silent toward those who curse me, yes, let my soul be like dust before everyone. Open my heart to your Law, and let my soul pursue your commandments. If any design evil against me, soon make their plans ineffective, and frustrate their designs. Do it for the sake of your name, do it for the sake of your right hand, do it for the sake of your holiness, do it for the sake of your Law. In order that your beloved ones may be delivered, Save with your right hand, and answer me. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before you, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. He who makes peace in his high places, may he make peace for us and for all Israel, and say, “Amen.”

May it be your will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, that the temple be soon rebuilt in our days, and grant our portion in your Law. And there we will serve you with awe, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years. Then will the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.

Shortened Amidah

In illness or when time is short, begin with the first three blessings of the Amidah.

Give us understanding, Lord our God, to know your ways. Circumcise our hearts to fear you, and forgive us so that we may be redeemed. Keep us far from sorrow. Satiate us on the pastures of your land, and gather our scattered ones from the four corners of the earth. Let those who go astray be judged according to your will, and wave your hand over the wicked. Let the righteous rejoice in the rebuilding of your city, and in the establishment of your temple, and in the flourishing of the horn of David your servant, and in the clear-shining light of the son of Jesse, your anointed. Even before we call, answer. Blessed are you, Lord, who listens to prayer.

Continue with the concluding blessings, beginning “Accept.”

On the New Moon, intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot, and Hanukkah, say Hallel.

Avinu Malkeinu

During the Ten Days of Repentance, except on the Sabbath

Our Father, our King! we have sinned before you. Our Father, our King! we have no king but you. Our Father, our King! deal with us for the sake of your name. Our Father, our King! let a happy year begin for us. Our Father, our King! nullify all evil decrees against us. Our Father, our King! nullify the designs of those that hate us. Our Father, our King! make our enemies’ plans ineffective. Our Father, our King! rid us of every oppressor and adversary. Our Father, our King! close the mouths of our adversaries and accusers. Our Father, our King! of plague and the sword, of famine, captivity and destruction, rid the children of your covenant. Our Father, our King! withhold the plague from your inheritance. Our Father, our King! forgive and pardon all our iniquities. Our Father, our King! blot out our transgressions, and make them pass away from before your eyes. Our Father, our King! erase in your abundant compassion all the records of our guilt. Our Father, our King! bring us back in perfect repentance to you. Our Father, our King! send a perfect healing to the sick of your people. Our Father, our King! tear up the evil judgment decreed against us. Our Father, our King! let your remembrance of us be for good. Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of happy life. Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of redemption and salvation. Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of maintenance and sustenance.

At the Conclusion Service on the Day of Atonement, substitute “seal us” for “inscribe us” in these petitions.

Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of merit. Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the book of forgiveness and pardon. Our Father, our King! let salvation soon spring up for us. Our Father, our King! exalt the horn of Israel, your people. Our Father, our King! exalt the horn of your anointed. Our Father, our King! fill our hands with your blessings. Our Father, our King! fill our storehouses with plenty. Our Father, our King! hear our voice, spare us, and have mercy on us. Our Father, our King! receive our prayer in mercy and in favor. Our Father, our King! open the gates of heaven to our prayer. Our Father, our King! we ask you, do not turn us back empty from your presence. Our Father, our King! remember that we are but dust. Our Father. Our King! let this hour be an hour of mercy and a time of favor with you. Our Father, our King! have compassion on us and on our children and our infants. Our Father, our King! do this for the sake of those who were killed for your holy name. Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of those who were slaughtered for your Unity. Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of those who went through fire and water for the sanctification of your name. Our Father, our King! avenge before our eyes the blood of your servants that has been shed. Our Father, our King! do it for your sake, if not for ours. Our Father, our King! do it for your sake, and save us. Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of your abundant compassion. Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of your great, mighty and revered name by which we are called. Our Father, our King! be gracious to us and answer us, for we have no good works of our own. Deal with us generously and kindly, and save us.

On Mondays and Thursdays, say the following prayers. On other weekdays, continue with “And David said.” Omit these prayers on the New Moon, throughout Nisan, Lag BaOmer, from the first of Sivan through the second day after Shavuot, the ninth and fifteenth of Av, the day before Rosh Hashanah, from the day before Yom Kippur through the second day after Sukkot, Hanukkah, the fifteenth of Shevat, both days of Purim, and Purim Katan on the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar I. Also omit them in a house of mourning during the week of mourning and at a circumcision.

Tachanun

And he, being merciful, forgives iniquity and does not destroy: yes, many a time he turns his anger away and does not stir up all his anger. Do not withhold your compassion from us, Lord: let your faithful love and your truth continually preserve us. Save us, Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, and to triumph in your praise. If you were to record iniquities, Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared. Not according to our sins will you deal with us, nor repay us according to our iniquities. If our iniquities testify against us, act, Lord, for your name’s sake. Remember, Lord, your tender mercies and your acts of faithful love. For they have been from long ago. May the Lord answer us in the day of trouble, the name of the God of Jacob set us up on high. Save, Lord: may the King answer us on the day when we call. Our Father, our King, be gracious to us and answer us, for we have no good works of our own. Deal with us generously for your name’s sake. Our Lord, our God, listen to the voice of our requests, and remember to us the covenant of our fathers, and save us for your name’s sake. And now, Lord our God, who have brought your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have made you a name as it is today. We have sinned, we have done wickedly. Lord, according to all your righteous acts, let your anger and your fury, I ask you, be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. Because for our sins and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people have become a reproach to all that are around us. Now therefore, listen, our God, to the prayer of your servant and to his requests, and cause your face shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

Turn your ear, my God, and hear. Open your eyes, and see our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not lay our requests before you because of our righteous acts, but because of your abundant mercies. Lord, hear. Lord forgive. Lord, listen and act. Do not delay. For your own sake, my God, because your city and your people are called by your name. Our Father, merciful Father, show us a sign for good, and gather our scattered ones from the four corners of the earth. Let all the nations perceive and know that you are the Lord our God. And now, Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are our potter, yes, we are all the work of your hand. Save us for your name’s sake, our Rock, our King, and our Redeemer. Spare your people, Lord, and do not give your inheritance over to disgrace, that the nations should make a byword of them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God? We know that we have sinned, and there is none to stand up on our behalf. Let your great name stand for our defense in time of trouble. We know that we have no good works of our own. Deal with us generously for your name’s sake. As a father has mercy on his children, so, Lord, have mercy on us, and save us for your name’s sake. Have pity on your people. Have mercy on your inheritance. Spare, we ask you, according to the abundance of your compassion. Be gracious to us and answer us, for generosity is your, Lord. You do wonderful things at all times.

Look, we ask you, and soon have mercy on your people for your name’s sake in your abundant compassion. Lord our God, spare and be merciful. Save the sheep of your pasture. Do not let anger rule over us, for our eyes are turned toward you. Save us for your name’s sake. Have mercy on us for the sake of your covenant. Look, and answer us in time of trouble, for salvation is yours, Lord. Our hope is in you, God of forgiveness. We ask you, forgive, Good and forgiving God, for you are a gracious and merciful God and King.

We ask you, Gracious and merciful King, remember and pay attention to the Covenant between the Pieces with Abraham, and let the binding on the altar of Isaac an only son appear before you, to the welfare of Israel. Our Father, our King, be gracious to us and answer us, for we are called by your great name. You who do wonderful things at all times, deal with us according to your faithful love. Gracious and merciful Being, look, and answer us in time of trouble, for salvation is yours, Lord. Our Father, our King, our Refuge, do not deal with us according to the evil of our deeds. Remember, Lord, your compassion and your acts of faithful love. Save us according to your abundant goodness, and have pity on us, we ask you, for we have no other God beside you, our Rock.

Do not abandon us, Lord our God, do not be far from us. For our soul is shrunken because of the sword and captivity and plague and plague, and of every trouble and sorrow. Deliver us, for we hope in you. Do not put us to shame, Lord our God. Make your face shine on us. Remember to us the covenant of our fathers, and save us for your name’s sake. Look at our troubles, and hear the voice of our prayer, for you hear the prayer of every mouth.

Merciful and gracious God! Have mercy on us and on all your works, for there is none like you, Lord our God. We ask you, forgive our transgressions, our Father, our King, our Rock and our Redeemer, Living and everlasting God, mighty in strength, loving and good to all your works. For you are the Lord our God. God, who is slow to anger and full of mercy, deal with us according to the abundance of your compassion, and save us for your name’s sake. Hear our prayer, our King, and rescue us from the hand of our enemies. Hear our prayer, our King, and rescue us from all trouble and sorrow. You are our Father, our King, and we are called by your name. Do not desert us. Do not abandon us, our Father, and do not reject us, our Creator, and do not forget us, our Maker, for you are a gracious and merciful God and King.

There is none gracious and merciful like you, Lord our God. There is none like you, God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth. Save us in your abundant compassion. Rescue us from fierceness and rage. Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Do not look at our stubbornness and our wickedness and our sin. Turn from your fierce anger, and relent from the evil planned against your people. Remove from us the stroke of death, for you are merciful, for such is your way—showing faithful love freely throughout all generations. Spare your people, Lord, and deliver us from your anger, and remove from us the stroke of the plague, and harsh decrees, for you are the Guardian of Israel. To you, Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us shame. How may we complain? What can we say, what can we speak, or how can we justify ourselves? We will search our ways and examine them, and turn again to you. For your right hand is stretched out to receive those who repent. Save, we ask you, Lord. We ask you, Lord, send prosperity. We ask you, Lord, answer us on the day when we call. For you, Lord, we wait. For you, Lord, we hope. In you, Lord, we trust. Do not be silent, nor let us be oppressed. For the nations say, Their hope is lost. Let every knee and all that is lofty bow down to you alone.

You who open your hand to repentance, to receive transgressors and sinners—our soul is deeply troubled through the greatness of our grief. Do not forget us for ever. Arise and save us, for we trust in you. Our Father, our King, though we are without righteousness and good deeds, remember to us the covenant of our fathers, and the testimony we bear every day that the Lord is One. Look on our affliction, for many are our griefs and the sorrows of our heart. Have pity on us, Lord, in the land of our captivity, and do not pour out your anger on us, for we are your people, the children of your covenant. God, look at our fallen glory among the nations, and how we are held to be an utterly defiled abomination. How long shall your strength remain in captivity, and your glory in the hand of the enemy? Arouse your might and your zeal against your enemies, so that they may be put to shame and broken down in their might. Do not let our suffering seem small in your sight. Let your compassion soon come to meet us in the day of our trouble. And if not for our sake, do it for your own sake, and do not destroy the remembrance of our remnant. But be gracious to a people, who in constant love proclaim the unity of your name twice every day, saying, Hear, Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is One.

And David said to Gad, I am deeply troubled. Let us fall, I ask you, into the hand of the Lord, for his acts of compassion are many. But let me not fall into the hand of humans.

You who are merciful and gracious, I have sinned before you. Lord, full of mercy, have mercy on me and receive my requests.

Psalm 6

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger: nor discipline me in your fierce displeasure. Be gracious to me, Lord. For I am withered away: Lord, heal me. For my bones are troubled. My soul also is deeply troubled: and you, Lord, how long? Return, Lord, rescue my soul: save me for your faithful love’ sake. For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks? I am weary with my groaning. Every night I make my bed to swim. I melt away my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord has heard my request. The Lord will receive my prayer. All my enemies shall be ashamed and deeply troubled: they shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.

Add the following on Monday and Thursday mornings. On other weekdays and at the Afternoon Service, continue with “Guardian of Israel.”

Reader and Congregation

Lord God of Israel, turn from your fierce anger, and relent from the evil planned against your people.

Congregation

Look from heaven and see how we have become an object of scorn and ridicule among the nations. We are regarded as sheep brought to the slaughter, to be killed and destroyed, or to be struck and reproached.

Congregation and Reader

Yet, despite all this, we have not forgotten your name: we ask you, do not forget us.

Congregation

Strangers say, There is no hope or expectancy for you. Be gracious to a people that trust in your name. You who are most pure, bring our salvation near. We are weary, and no rest is granted us. Let your compassion subdue your anger toward us.

Congregation and Reader

We ask you, turn from your anger, and have mercy on the treasured people whom you have chosen.

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Lord, spare us in your compassion, and do not give us into the hands of the cruel. Why should the nations say, Where now is their God? For your own sake deal kindly with us, and do not delay.

Congregation and Reader

We ask you, turn from your anger, and have mercy on the treasured people whom you have chosen.

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Hear our voice, and be gracious, and do not abandon us in the hand of our enemies to blot out our name. Remember what you have sworn to our fathers, I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven:—and now we are left as a few out of many.

Congregation and Reader

Yet, despite all this, we have not forgotten your name: we ask you, do not forget us.

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Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name. And rescue us, and pardon our sins for your name’s sake.

Congregation and Reader

Lord God of Israel, turn from your fierce anger, and relent from the evil planned against your people.

Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and do not let Israel perish, who say, Hear, Israel.

Guardian of a single nation, guard the remnant of a single nation, and do not let a single nation perish, who proclaim the unity of your name, saying, The Lord our God, the Lord is One.

Guardian of a holy nation, guard the remnant of a holy nation, and do not let a holy nation perish, who three times repeat the threefold sanctification to the Holy One.

You who are appeased by prayers for mercy, and are reconciled through requests, show favor and reconciled to an afflicted generation. For there is no one who helps.

Our Father, our King, be gracious to us, and answer us, for we have no good works of our own. Deal with us with generosity and faithful love, and save us.

As for us, we do not know what to do. But our eyes are on you. Remember, Lord, your compassion and your acts of faithful love. For they have been from long ago. Let your faithful love, Lord, be on us, just as we have waited for you. Do not hold against us the iniquities of our ancestors: let your compassion soon come to meet us. For we are brought very low. Be gracious to us, Lord, be gracious to us. For we are sated to the full with contempt. In anger remember to be merciful. For he knows how we are formed. He remembers that we are dust. Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name. And rescue us, and pardon our sins, for your name’s sake.

Reader

May his great name be magnified and sanctified in the world which he has created according to his will. May he establish his kingdom during your life and during your days, and during the life of all the house of Israel, soon, in the near future. And say, “Amen.”

Congregation and Reader

Let his great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.

Reader

Blessed, praised and glorified, exalted, highly praised and honored, proclaimed great and acclaimed be the name of the Holy One, blessed be he, though he is high above all the blessings and hymns, praises and words of comfort, which are spoken in the world. And say, “Amen.”

On Mondays and Thursdays, add the following two paragraphs, except on the New Moon, the day before Passover, the Fast of Av, the day before Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, both days of Purim, and Purim Katan on the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar I.

God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth, do not rebuke us in your anger. Have pity on your people, Lord, and save us from all evil. We have sinned against you, Lord: forgive, we ask you, according to the abundance of your compassion, God.

God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth, do not hide your face from us. Have pity on Israel, your people, and rescue us from all evil. We have sinned against you, Lord. Forgive, we ask you, according to the abundance of your compassion, God.

Reading the Torah

This Torah service is used with a congregation on Monday and Thursday mornings, Sabbath afternoons, the New Moon, intermediate days of Passover and Sukkot, and fast-day mornings and afternoons. On the latter occasions, omit the petitions beginning “May it be the will of our Father.”

Open the Ark.

Reader and Congregation

When the Ark set out, that Moses said, Rise up, Lord, and your enemies shall be scattered, and those who hate you shall flee before you. For out of Zion shall go out the Law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Blessed be he who in his holiness gave the Law to his people Israel.

The Reader takes the Torah scroll and says:

Magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.

Reader and Congregation

Yours, Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and the supremacy as head over all. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool: he is holy. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mount. For the Lord our God is holy.

May the Father of mercy have mercy on a people that have been borne by him. May he remember the covenant with the patriarchs, rescue our souls from evil hours, check the evil inclination in those who have been carried by him, grant us of his grace an everlasting deliverance, and in the attribute of his goodness fulfill our desires by salvation and mercy.

Place the Torah scroll on the reading desk. The Reader unrolls it and says:

And may his kingdom be soon revealed and made visible to us, and may he be gracious to our remnant and to the remnant of his people, the house of Israel, granting them grace, kindness, mercy and favor. And let us say, “Amen.” Ascribe, all of you, greatness to our God, and give honor to the Law.

The Reader names the person called to the Torah reading.

Blessed be he, who in his holiness gave the Law to his people Israel. The Law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul: the testimony of the Lord is faithful, making wise the simple. The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. The Lord will give strength to his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace. As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the Lord has been tested: he is a shield to all those who trust in him.

Congregation and Reader

And you who hold firmly to the Lord your God are alive every one of you today.

Those called to the Torah reading say this blessing:

Bless the Lord who is to be blessed.

Congregation

Blessed be the Lord, who is to be blessed forever and ever.

Repeat the congregation’s response and continue the blessing:

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have chosen us from all peoples, and have given us your Law. Blessed are you, Lord, who gives the Law.

After reading a section of the Torah, say:

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who have given us the Law of truth, and have planted everlasting life in our midst. Blessed are you, Lord, who gives the Law.

After rescue from danger during travel by sea or land, captivity or illness, say this after the final blessing:

Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the universe, who grants benefits to the undeserving, who have also granted all good to me.

The congregation responds:

He who has granted all good to you, may he grant all good to you forever.

After the Torah reading, raise the scroll and the congregation says:

And this is the Law which Moses set before the children of Israel, according to the commandment of the Lord through Moses. It is a tree of life to those who grasp it, and of those who uphold it everyone is made happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Length of days is in its right hand. In its left hand are riches and honor. It pleased the Lord, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the Law and to make it honorable.

On Mondays and Thursdays when Tachanun is said, the Reader adds the following before returning the Torah scroll to the Ark:

May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven to establish the Temple, the house of our life, and to restore his divine presence in our midst, soon in our days. And let us say, “Amen.”

May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven to have mercy on us and on our remnant, and to keep destruction and the plague from us and from all his people, the house of Israel. And let us say, “Amen.”

May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven to preserve among us the wise men of Israel. They, their wives, their sons and daughters, their disciples and the disciples of their disciples in all the places of their dwelling. And let us say, “Amen.”

May it be the will of our Father who is in heaven that good news of salvation and comfort may be heard and published, and that he may gather our banished ones from the four corners of the earth. And let us say, “Amen.”

As for our brothers, the whole house of Israel, those who are given over to trouble or captivity, whether they are on the sea or on the dry land,—may the All-present have mercy on them, and bring them out from trouble to freedom, from darkness to light, and from subjection to redemption, soon, in the near future. And let us say, “Amen.”

While returning the Torah scroll to the Ark, the Reader says:

Let them praise the name of the Lord. For his name alone is exalted:

Congregation

His majesty is above the earth and heaven. And he has lifted up a horn for his people, to the praise of all his loving ones, even of the children of Israel, the people near to him. Praise the Lord.

Psalm 24

A Psalm of David: The earth is the Lord’s and the everything in it. The world, and those who live in it. For it is he that has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods. Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord? And who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart. Who has not set his desire on vanity, and has not sworn deceitfully. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. This is the generation of those who seek after him, that seek your face, God of Jacob! Selah. Lift up your heads, gates. And be lifted up, everlasting doors, so that the King of glory may come in. Who, then, is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, gates. Yes, lift them up, everlasting doors, so that the King of glory may come in. Who, then, is the King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

While placing the Torah scroll in the Ark, say the following:

And when it rested, he said, Return, Lord, to the ten thousands of the thousands of Israel. Arise, Lord, to your resting place. You, and the Ark of your strength. Let your priests be clothed with righteousness. And let your loving ones shout for joy. For the sake of David your servant, do not turn away the face of your anointed. For I give you good doctrine. Do not abandon my Law. It is a tree of life to those who grasp it, and of those who uphold it everyone is made happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Turn us to you, Lord, and we shall return: renew our days as in former times.

Happy are those who live in your house: they will be ever praising you. Selah. Happy are the people whose situation is like this: happy are the people whose God is the Lord.

Psalm 145

I will extol you, my God, King. And I will bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you. And I will praise your name forever and ever. The Lord is great and worthy of great praise: and his greatness is unsearchable. One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. On the majestic glory of your grandeur, and on your marvelous deeds, I will meditate. And people shall speak of the might of your awe-inspiring acts. And I will recount your greatness. They shall pour out the fame of your great goodness and shall rejoice in your righteousness. The Lord is gracious and merciful. Slow to anger and of great faithful love. The Lord is good to all. And his compassion are over all his works. All your works shall give thanks to you, Lord. And your loving ones shall bless you. They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power. To make known to human beings his mighty acts, and the majestic glory of his kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. The Lord supports all that fall, and raises up all those that are bowed down. The eyes of all wait for you. And you give them their food in due season. You open your hand, and satisfy every living thing with favor. The Lord is righteous in all his ways, and loving in all his works. The Lord is near to all those who call on him, to all that call on him in truth. He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry and will save them. The Lord guards all those who love him. But all the wicked he will destroy. My mouth shall speak of the praise of the Lord. And let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. But we will bless the Lord from now on and forever. Praise the Lord.

Omit Psalm 20 on the New Moon, the day before Passover, the Fast of Av, the day before Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Purim and Purim Katan.

Psalm 20

For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The Lord answer you in the day of trouble. The name of the God of Jacob set you up on high. Send you help from the sanctuary, and uphold you out of Zion. Remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice Selah. Grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your purpose. We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfill all your petitions. Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed. He will answer him from his holy heaven with the mighty saving acts of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses: but we will mention the name of the Lord our God. They are bowed down and fallen: but we have risen and stand upright. Save, Lord: may the King answer us on the day when we call.

And a redeemer shall come to Zion and to those who turn from transgression in Jacob, says the Lord. And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the Lord: my spirit that is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your descendants, nor out of the mouth of your descendants’ descendants, says the Lord, from now and forever.

But you are holy, You who live amid the praises of Israel. And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. And they receive permission from one another, and say, Holy in the highest heavens, the place of his divine dwelling. Holy on earth, the work of his might. Holy forever and to all eternity is the Lord of hosts. The whole earth is full of the radiance of his glory. Then a wind lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing saying, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from his place. Then a wind lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, of those who uttered praises, and said, Blessed be the glory of the Lord from the region of his divine dwelling. The Lord shall reign forever and ever. The kingdom of the Lord endures forever and to all eternity. Lord, the God of Abraham, of Isaac and of Israel, our fathers, keep this forever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and direct their heart to you. And he, being merciful, forgives iniquity and does not destroy: yes, many a time he turns his anger away, and does not stir up all his anger. For you, Lord, are good and forgiving, and abounding in faithful love to all those who call on you. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your Law is truth. You will show truth to Jacob and faithful love to Abraham, just as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. Blessed be the Lord day by day. If one burdens us, God is our salvation. Selah. The Lord of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. Lord of hosts, happy is the person who trusts in you. Save, Lord: may the King answer us on the day when we call. Blessed is our God, who has created us for his glory, and has separated us from those who go astray, and has given us the Law of truth and planted everlasting life in our midst. May he open our heart to his Law, and place his love and fear within our hearts, so that we may do his will and serve him with a perfect heart, so that we may not labor in vain, or give birth to confusion. May it be your will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, so that we may keep your statutes in this world, and be worthy to live to witness and inherit happiness and blessing in the days of the Messiah and in the life of the world to come. So that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent: Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever. Blessed is the person who trusts in the Lord, and whose trust the Lord is. Trust in the Lord forever. For in Jah the Lord is an everlasting rock And those who know your name will put their trust in you. For you have not abandoned those who seek you, Lord. It pleased the Lord, for his righteousness’ sake, to magnify the Law and to make it honorable.

On days with an Additional Service, the Reader says Half Kaddish here. On other days, say the whole Kaddish as follows:

And now, I ask you, let the power of the Lord be great, as you have said. Remember, Lord, your compassion and your acts of faithful love, which you have shown from ancient times.

Reader

May his great name be magnified and sanctified in the world which he has created according to his will. May he establish his kingdom during your life and during your days, and during the life of all the house of Israel, soon, in the near future. And say, “Amen.”

Congregation and Reader

Let his great name be blessed forever and to all eternity.

Reader

Blessed, praised and glorified, exalted, highly praised and honored, proclaimed great and acclaimed be the name of the Holy One, blessed be he, though he is high above all the blessings and hymns, praises and words of comfort, which are spoken in the world. And say, “Amen.”

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Accept our prayer in mercy and in favor.

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May the prayers and requests of all Israel be accepted by their Father who is in heaven. And say, “Amen.”

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Let the name of the Lord be blessed from now and forever.

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May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life for us and for all Israel. And say, “Amen.”

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My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

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He who makes peace in heaven, may he make peace for us and for all Israel. And say, “Amen.”

Aleinu

It is our duty to praise the Lord of all things, to ascribe greatness to him who formed the world in the beginning, since he has not made us like the nations of other lands, and has not placed us like other families of the earth, since he has not assigned to us a portion as to them, nor a lot as to all their multitude. For we bend the knee and offer worship and thanks before the supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be he, who stretched out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, the seat of whose glory is in the heavens above, and the dwelling of whose might is in the loftiest heights. He is our God. There is no other. In truth he is our King. There is none besides him. As it is written in his Law, And you shall know today and take it to heart, that the Lord he is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath: there is no other.

We therefore hope in you, Lord our God, that we may soon see the glory of your might, when you will remove the abominations from the earth, and the idols will be utterly cut off, when the world will be perfected under the kingdom of the Almighty, and all the human beings will call on your name, when you will turn to yourself all the wicked of the earth. Let all the inhabitants of the world perceive and know that to you every knee must bow, every tongue must swear. Before you, Lord our God, let them bow and fall. And to your glorious name let them give honor. Let them all accept the yoke of your kingdom, and reign over them soon, and forever and ever. For the kingdom is yours, and to all eternity you will reign in glory. As it is written in your Law, the Lord shall reign forever and ever. And it is said, And the Lord shall be king over all the earth: on that day the Lord will be One, and his name One.