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Siddur Ashkenaz

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Chapter 2

Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids. And may it be Your will Adonoy, our God And God of our fathers, to make us study Torah regularly, and hold fast to Your commandments. Do not bring us into the grasp of sin, nor into the grasp of transgression or iniquity. Do not cause us to be tested, or brought to disgrace. Let us not be ruled over by the Evil Inclination. Keep us far from an evil person, and from an evil companion.⁠ Make us hold fast to the Good Inclination, and to good deeds, and compel our Evil Inclination to be subservient to You. Grant us this day and every day favor, kindness, and compassion9 in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who see us, and bestow bountiful kindness upon us, Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who bestows bountiful kindness upon His people Israel.

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Compare Matthew 6:13 and Siddur Ashkenaz

New Testament · Rabbinic

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Summary

In Matthew, the Lord's Prayer resembles traditional Jewish prayers in the Siddur. Both address God as Father in heaven and pray to honor God's name, seek God's will, and hope for God's future kingdom.

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Matthew 6:13

New Testament
9 So pray this way: “Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, 10 may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. 14 “For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins.
70–90 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in Matthew

Siddur Ashkenaz

Rabbinic · Liturgy
Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids. And may it be Your will Adonoy, our God And God of our fathers, to make us study Torah regularly, and hold fast to Your commandments. Do not bring us into the grasp of sin, nor into the grasp of transgression or iniquity. Do not cause us to be tested, or brought to disgrace. Let us not be ruled over by the Evil Inclination. Keep us far from an evil person, and from an evil companion. Make us hold fast to the Good Inclination, and to good deeds, and compel our Evil Inclination to be subservient to You. Grant us this day and every day favor, kindness, and compassion9 in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who see us, and bestow bountiful kindness upon us, Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who bestows bountiful kindness upon His people Israel.
1050–1100 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in Siddur Ashkenaz

References

"... These verses include what is widely known as the Lord's Prayer, since it was taught by the lord Jesus ... All of its elements may be found in the Judaism of Yeshua's day so in this sense it is not original with him; but it is properly revered for its beauty and economy. Its first words, Our Father in heaven (Avinu sh'ba Shammayim), open many Hebrew prayers. The next two lines recall the first portion of the synagogue prayer known as the Kaddish, which says, 'Magnified and sanctified (Yitgadal v'yitkadash) be his great name throughout the world which he has created according to his will, may he establish his Kingdom in your lifetime ...' The plural phrasing - 'Give us ... forgive us ... lead us' - is characteristically Jewish, focusing on the group rather the isolated individual ..."
David H. Stern, Jewish New Testament Commentary (Jewish New Testament Publications, 1994), 33–34.

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  • Come to think of it, Sirach 23 does bear a faint resemblance to parts of the Lord's prayer as well.

    4 O Lord, Father and God of my life,
    do not give me haughty eyes,
    5 and remove evil desire from me.

    David Green, September 4, 2024

Matthew 6:13 and Siddur Ashkenaz

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