## Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 1 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/1) **לְעוֹלָם** יְהֵא אָדָם יְרֵא שָׁמַֽיִם בְּסֵֽתֶר וּבַגָּלוּי וּמוֹדֶה עַל־הָאֱמֶת וְדוֹבֵר אֱמֶת בִּלְבָבוֹ וְיַשְׁכֵּם וְיֹאמַר: **Sefaria Community Translation:** A person should always be in fear of God, privately as well as openly,¹ [he should] admit the truth,² and speak truth in his heart,³ and rise early and proclaim: footnotes: ¹ Some people conduct themselves in a God-fearing manner in the presence of others (in public), but in the privacy of their homes, do whatever they please. There are others who do just the opposite. In private they are governed by fear of God, but in the presence of others they are too embarrassed or intimidated to be God-fearing. A Jew must always fear God, in private as well as in public.—Siach Yitzchok ² Acknowledging the truth is fundamental to serving God, and to all human behavior. One who is concerned merely with “winning the argument” will go to any extreme to come out on top. This attitude caused the downfall of the 250 leaders who joined Korach, rather than acknowledge the truth of Moses’ declaration (Numbers 16:2-35).—Siach Yitzchok ³ It is not sufficient to merely acknowledge the truth verbally but one must speak truth in his heart as well. Rashi on the Talmud (Maseches Makos 24a) cites the following incident as an example of how one should speak truth in his heart: A buyer once offered to purchase an article from Rav Safra while he was reciting the Shema. Because he could not indicate his acceptance, the anxious purchaser increased his offer. Rav Safra refused the increment because in his heart he had already accepted the original offer. ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 2 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/2) **רִבּוֹן כָּל הָעוֹלָמִים** לֹא עַל צִדְקוֹתֵֽינוּ אֲנַֽחְנוּ מַפִּילִים תַּחֲנוּנֵֽינוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ כִּי עַל רַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים, מָה אָֽנוּ מֶה חַיֵּֽינוּ מֶה חַסְדֵּֽנוּ, מַה צִּדְקוֹתֵֽינוּ, מַה יְּשׁוּעָתֵֽנוּ, מַה כֹּחֵֽנוּ מַה גְּבוּרָתֵֽנוּ, מַה נֹּאמַר לְפָנֶֽיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ הֲלֹא כָּל הַגִּבּוֹרִים כְּאַֽיִן לְפָנֶֽיךָ וְאַנְשֵׁי הַשֵּׁם כְּלֹא הָיוּ וַחֲכָמִים כִּבְלִי מַדָּע וּנְבוֹנִים כִּבְלִי הַשְׂכֵּל כִּי רוֹב מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם תֹּֽהוּ וִימֵי חַיֵּיהֶם הֶֽבֶל לְפָנֶֽיךָ, וּמוֹתַר הָאָדָם מִן הַבְּ֒הֵמָה אָֽיִן כִּי הַכֹּל הָֽבֶל: **Sefaria Community Translation:** Lord of all the worlds! Not on account of our righteousness do we offer our supplications before You, but on account of Your abundant mercy. What are we? What is our life? What are our acts of kindness? What is our righteousness? What is our deliverance?⁴ What is our strength? What is our might? What can we say before You, Adonoy, our God and God of our fathers? Are not all the mighty men as nothing before You? Famous men as though they had never been? The wise as if they were without knowledge? And men of understanding, as if they were devoid of intelligence? For most of their actions are a waste,⁵ and the days of their life are trivial⁶ in Your presence. The superiority of man over the beast is nil, for all is futile. footnotes: ⁴ Of ourselves or others. ⁵ In terms of achievement.—Dover Sholom ⁶ In terms of time.—Dover Sholom ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 3 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/3) **אֲבָל** אֲנַֽחְנוּ עַמְּ֒ךָ בְּנֵי בְרִיתֶֽךָ, בְּנֵי אַבְרָהָם אֹהַבְךָ שֶׁנִּשְׁבַּֽעְתָּ לּוֹ בְּהַר הַמֹּרִיָּה, זֶֽרַע יִצְחָק יְחִידוֹ שֶׁנֶּעֱקַד עַל גַּבֵּי הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ, עֲדַת יַעֲקֹב בִּנְךָ בְּכוֹרֶֽךָ שֶׁמֵּאַהֲבָתְ֒ךָ שֶׁאָהַֽבְתָּ אוֹתוֹ וּמִשִּׂמְחָתְ֒ךָ שֶׁשָּׂמַֽחְתָּ בּוֹ קָרָֽאתָ אֶת שְׁמוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל וִישֻׁרוּן: **Sefaria Community Translation:** However, we are Your people, children of Your covenant, children of Avraham, Your beloved,⁸ to whom You swore on Mount Moriah; the seed of Yitzchak, his only son, who was bound on top of the altar; the community of Yaakov, Your firstborn, [whom]—because of Your love for him and Your joyous delight in him— You named him Yisrael⁹ and Yeshurun.¹⁰ footnotes: ⁸ Others translate, “Children of Avraham who loved You.” See commentaries on Yeshaya 41:8. ⁹ The name Yisrael symbolizes Yaakov’s wandering through history proclaiming the sovereignty of Hashem, while the name Yeshurun indicates his task to fulfill Hashem’s will as revealed to him, and to devote his life to the execution of that which is right in the eyes of Hashem.—S.R. Hirsch ¹⁰ Devarim 33:5. ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 4 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/4) **לְפִיכָךְ** אֲנַֽחְנוּ חַיָּבִים לְהוֹדוֹת לְךָ וּלְשַׁבֵּחֲךָ וּלְפָאֶרְךָ וּלְבָרֵךְ וּלְקַדֵּשׁ וְלָֽתֶת־שֶֽׁבַח וְהוֹדָיָה לִשְׁמֶֽךָ: אַשְׁרֵֽינוּ מַה־טּוֹב חֶלְקֵֽנוּ וּמַה־נָּעִים גּוֹרָלֵֽנוּ וּמַה־יָּפָה יְרֻשָּׁתֵֽנוּ: אַשְׁרֵֽינוּ שֶׁאֲנַֽחְנוּ מַשְׁכִּימִים וּמַעֲרִיבִים עֶֽרֶב וָבֹֽקֶר וְאוֹמְ֒רִים פַּעֲמַֽיִם בְּכָל־יוֹם: **Sefaria Community Translation:** Therefore, we are obligated to thank You, to praise You, and to glorify You; to bless, to sanctify, and to offer praise and thanks to Your Name. We are fortunate! How good is our portion! How pleasant is our destiny! How beautiful is our heritage! We are fortunate that we rise early and stay late - morning and evening - and twice daily say: ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 5 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/5) **שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ יְהֹוָה אֶחָד:** **Sefaria Community Translation:** **“Hear Israel, Adonoy is our God, Adonoy is One.”** ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 6 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/6) ויאמר בלחש: **Sefaria Community Translation:** *The following line is to be said silently* ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 7 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/7) בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד: **Sefaria Community Translation:** Blessed [is His] Name, Whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever. ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 8 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/8) **וְאָהַבְתָּ** אֵת יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ בְּכָל֯־לְ֯בָבְ֒ךָ וּבְכָל־נַפְשְׁ֒ךָ וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶֽךָ: וְהָיוּ הַדְּ֒בָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה אֲשֶׁר֯ אָ֯נֹכִי מְצַוְּ֒ךָ הַיּוֹם עַל֯־לְ֯בָבֶֽךָ: וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶֽיךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ בָּם בְּשִׁבְתְּ֒ךָ בְּבֵיתֶֽךָ וּבְלֶכְתְּ֒ךָ בַדֶּֽרֶךְ וּבְשָׁכְבְּ֒ךָ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ: וּקְשַׁרְתָּם לְאוֹת עַל֯־יָ֯דֶֽךָ וְהָיוּ לְטֹטָפֹת בֵּין עֵינֶֽיךָ: וּכְתַבְתָּם עַל־מְזֻזוֹת בֵּיתֶֽךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ: **Sefaria Community Translation:** And you shall love Adonoy your God¹¹ with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your possessions. And these words which I command you today, shall be upon your heart. And you shall teach them sharply to your children. And you shall discuss them when you sit in your house, and when you travel on the road, and when you lie down and when you rise. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for *totafos* between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gateways. footnotes: ¹¹ Deuteronomy 6:4-9. ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 9 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/9) **אַתָּה הוּא** עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, אַתָּה הוּא מִשֶּׁנִּבְרָא הָעוֹלָם, אַתָּה הוּא בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְאַתָּה הוּא לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, קַדֵּשׁ אֶת־שִׁמְךָ עַל מַקְדִּישֵׁי שְׁמֶֽךָ וְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת־שִׁמְךָ בְּעֹלָמֶֽךָ, וּבִישׁוּעָתְ֒ךָ תָּרוּם וְתַגְבִּֽיהַּ קַרְנֵֽנוּ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה מְקַדֵּשׁ אֶת־שִׁמְךָ בָּרַבִּים: **Sefaria Community Translation:** You existed before the world was created. You exist [in the same way] now that the world has been created. You exist in this world, and You will exist in the World-to-Come. Sanctify Your Name upon those who hallow Your Name, and sanctify Your Name in Your world. And through Your deliverance You will be exalted¹² and You will uplift our power. Blessed are you Adonoy who sanctifies His Name among the multitudes. footnotes: ¹² According to other versions, the text is translated, “You will be exalted,” since the Hebrew reads תָּרוּם. ###### Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 10 [Siddur Ashkenaz, Weekday, Shacharit, Preparatory Prayers, Sovereignty of Heaven 10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Siddur%20Ashkenaz/s/Weekday,_Shacharit,_Preparatory%20Prayers,_Sovereignty%20of%20Heaven/r/10) **אַתָּה הוּא** יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ בַּשָּׁמַֽיִם וּבָאָֽרֶץ וּבִשְׁמֵי הַשָּׁמַֽיִם הָעֶלְיוֹנִים. אֱמֶת אַתָּה הוּא רִאשׁוֹן וְאַתָּה הוּא אַחֲרוֹן וּמִבַּלְעָדֶֽיךָ אֵין אֱלֹהִים. קַבֵּץ קֹוֶֽיךָ מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ. יַכִּֽירוּ וְיֵדְ֒עוּ כָּל־בָּאֵי עוֹלָם כִּי אַתָּה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים לְבַדְּ֒ךָ לְכֹל מַמְלְ֒כוֹת הָאָֽרֶץ. אַתָּה עָשִֽׂיתָ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַֽיִם וְאֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ אֶת־הַיָּם וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר בָּם. וּמִי בְּכָל־מַעֲשֵׂי יָדֶֽיךָ בָּעֶלְיוֹנִים אוֹ בַתַּחְתּוֹנִים שֶׁיֹּאמַר לְךָ מַה תַּעֲשֶׂה. אָבִֽינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַֽיִם עֲשֵׂה עִמָּֽנוּ חֶֽסֶד בַּעֲבוּר שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁנִּקְרָא עָלֵֽינוּ וְקַיֶּם־לָֽנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בָּעֵת הַהִיא אָבִיא אֶתְכֶם וּבָעֵת קַבְּ֒צִי אֶתְכֶם כִּֽי־אֶתֵּן אֶתְכֶם לְשֵׁם וְלִתְהִלָּה בְּכֹל עַמֵּי הָאָרֶץ בְּשׁוּבִי אֶת־שְׁבֽוּתֵיכֶם לְעֵֽינֵיכֶם אָמַר יְהֹוָֽה: **Sefaria Community Translation:** You are Adonoy, our God, in heaven and on earth, and in the highest heavens. In truth, You are First,¹³ and You are Last.¹⁴ And besides You there is no God. Gather the ones who hope in You from the four corners of the earth. Let all mankind recognize and know that You alone are the God¹⁵ of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them. Who is there among all Your handiwork, among the heavenly or earthly creatures, that can say to You, “What are You doing?” Our father in Heaven, deal graciously and kindly with us for the sake of Your great name which is called upon us¹⁶ and fulfill for us, Adonoy, our God that which 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 captivity before your eyes,’ said Adonoy.¹⁷ footnotes: ¹³ We refer to God as “First” to preclude the notion that anything existed before Him, but not to assert that He has a beginning.—Kuzari ¹⁴ Similarly, “Last” is used only to repudiate the idea that there is an end to His existence, not to fix a term for Him.—Kuzari ¹⁵ Elohim is a descriptive term which signifies God as ruler or judge.—Kuzari ¹⁶ The Jewish people are called “God’s People” and their name Israel, ׳שר-אל—officers of God, includes God’s Name. ¹⁷ Zephanyah 3:20.