## Siddur Sefard, Lag BaOmer Songs, Amar Rabbi Akiva

###### Siddur Sefard, Lag BaOmer Songs, Amar Rabbi Akiva 1
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**שירים לל"ג בעומר**

**Koren/Steinsaltz:**
Songs for Lag BaOmer


###### Siddur Sefard, Lag BaOmer Songs, Amar Rabbi Akiva 2
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**אמר רבי עקיבא**

**Koren/Steinsaltz:**
Rabbi Akiva Said


###### Siddur Sefard, Lag BaOmer Songs, Amar Rabbi Akiva 3
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**אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא**, אַשְׁרֵיכֶם יִשְׂרָאֵל, לִפְנֵי מִי אַתֶּם מִטַּהֲרִין, וּמִי מְטַהֵר אֶתְכֶם, אֲבִיכֶם שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם. וְאוֹמֵר, מִקְוֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהֹוָה, מַה מִּקְוֶה מְטַהֵר אֶת הַטְּמֵאִים, אַף הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מְטַהֵר אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל:

**Koren/Steinsaltz:**
Rabbi Akiva said: How fortunate are you, Israel; before Whom are you purified, and Who purifies you? It is your Father in Heaven, as it is stated: “And I will sprinkle purifying water upon you, and you shall be purified” (Ezekiel 36:25). And it says: “The ritual bath of Israel is God” (Jeremiah 17:13). Just as a ritual bath purifies the impure, so too, the Holy One, Blessed be He, purifies Israel.