## Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Maariv, Amidah, Knowledge

###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Maariv, Amidah, Knowledge 1
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**אַתָּה חוֹנֵן** לְאָדָם דַּֽעַת וּמְלַמֵּד לֶאֱנוֹשׁ בִּינָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
You favor man with perception²⁰ The first six petitions (blessings 4-9) are for our individual needs and well-being: understanding, repentance, forgiveness of sins, deliverance from trouble, from illness, and from want. Though these six petitions are of a personal nature, they voice the needs of all mankind. Note that the worshipper prays for his spiritual needs—knowledge, repentance, and forgiveness before he prays for his physical wants. and teach mankind understanding.

footnotes:
²⁰ The blessing “You favor man with perception” begins the group of thirteen petitions which make up the “intermediate” section of Shemoneh Esrei.


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Maariv, Amidah, Knowledge 2
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אַתָּה חוֹנַנְתָּֽנוּ לְמַדַּע תּוֹרָתֶֽךָ. וַתְּ֒לַמְּ֒דֵֽנוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת חֻקֵּי רְצוֹנֶֽךָ. וַתַּבְדֵּל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ בֵּין קֹֽדֶשׁ לְחֹל בֵּין אוֹר לְחֽשֶׁךְ בֵּין יִשְׂרָאֵל לָעַמִּים בֵּין יוֹם הַשְּׁ֒בִיעִי לְשֵֽׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַמַּעֲשֶׂה. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ הָחֵל עָלֵֽינוּ הַיָּמִים הַבָּאִים לִקְרָאתֵֽנוּ לְשָׁלוֹם חֲשׂוּכִים מִכָּל חֵטְא וּמְנֻקִּים מִכָּל עָוֹן וּמְדֻבָּקִים בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ: וְ...

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
(You have favored us [with the ability] to know Your Torah and taught us to fulfill the statutes of Your will. You made a distinction, Adonoy, our God, between sacred and unhallowed, between light and darkness, between Israel and the peoples, between the seventh day and the six work days. Our Father, our King, commence for us the days that approach us, in peace, devoid of all sin, and cleansed of all iniquity, and devoted to the fear of You.)


###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Maariv, Amidah, Knowledge 3
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חָנֵּֽנוּ מֵאִתְּךָ דֵּעָה בִּינָה וְהַשְׂכֵּל: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה חוֹנֵן הַדָּֽעַת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Grant us knowledge, understanding and intellect from You. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Grantor of perception.