## Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, Festivals, Ka Keli

###### Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, Festivals, Ka Keli 2
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יָהּ אֵלִי *LORD my God:* A poem written as a prelude to *Ashrei* (“Happy are those who dwell in Your House”), which first appeared in the siddur *Sha’ar Hashamayim* of R. Isaiah Horowitz (first published by his grandson in Amsterdam, 1717). Those who say it do so on festivals before the Ashrei that precedes Musaf; it is usually omitted on days on which *Yizkor* is said; some omit it on festivals that fall on Shabbat.
כָּל גּוֹי אַדְמָתֶֽךָ *The land of every nation*, that is, the whole world, *is Yours*.


###### Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, Festivals, Ka Keli 3
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וְתוֹדָה *The thanksgiving-offering:* a list of sacrifices we are commanded to bring, but cannot, since the Temple no longer stands. זְכֹר נִלְאָה *Remember the weary nation:* a poignant reminder that the Jewish people, suffering and in exile, cannot yet be among those who “dwell in Your House,” that is, the Temple.


###### Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, Festivals, Ka Keli 4
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דַּק עַל דַּק *Fine beyond fine:* beyond the reach of our human senses and understanding. בֵּין טוֹב לְרַע יְבַקֵּר *Who distinguishes between good and evil:* we cannot see God but He sees us; we cannot understand God but He understands us, instantly knowing our devices and desires.


###### Rabbi Sacks on Siddur, Festivals, Ka Keli 6
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חִבֵּר כָּל אָהֳלוֹ *He joined all His tent:* God constructed and connected all that exists under the canopy of the heavens. בִּנְתִיבוֹת לֵב לִבְלֵב *The ways of the heart:* the Hebrew word for heart, *lev*, also stands for the number thirty-two, which according to the mystical *Sefer Yetzira*, represents the “thirty-two paths of wisdom” by which the universe was created (the word *Elohim* appears thirty-two times in the first chapter of the Torah).