## The Koren Shalem Siddur; Ashkenaz, Festivals, Service for Purim

###### The Koren Shalem Siddur; Ashkenaz, Festivals, Service for Purim 2
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל מִקְרָא מְגִלָּה.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has made us holy through His commandments, and has commanded us about reading the Megilla.


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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
שֶׁעָשָׂה נִסִּים לַאֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe,
who performed miracles for our ancestors in those days at this time.


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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
שֶׁהֶחֱיָֽנוּ וְקִיְּמָֽנוּ וְהִגִּיעָֽנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe,
who has given us life, sustained us, and brought us to this time.


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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
הָרָב אֶת רִיבֵֽנוּ, וְהַדָּן אֶת דִּינֵֽנוּ, וְהַנּוֹקֵם אֶת נִקְמָתֵֽנוּ
וְהַמְשַׁלֵּם גְּמוּל לְכָל אוֹיְבֵי נַפְשֵֽׁנוּ, וְהַנִּפְרָע לָֽנוּ מִצָּרֵֽינוּ.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה
הַנִּפְרָע לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכָּל צָרֵיהֶם, הָאֵל הַמּוֹשִֽׁיעַ.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe,
who pleads our cause, judges our claim, avenges our wrong,
brings retribution to our enemies, and punishes our foes.
Blessed are You, LORD,
who on behalf of His people Israel, exacts punishment from all their foes,
the God who brings salvation.


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אֲשֶׁר הֵנִיא עֲצַת גּוֹיִם, וַיָּֽפֶר מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמִים.
בְּקוּם עָלֵֽינוּ אָדָם רָשָׁע, נֵֽצֶר זָדוֹן מִזֶּֽרַע עֲמָלֵק.
גָּאָה בְעָשְׁרוֹ וְכָרָה לוֹ בּוֹר, וּגְדֻלָּתוֹ יָקְשָׁה לּוֹ לָֽכֶד.
דִּמָּה בְנַפְשׁוֹ לִלְכֹּד וְנִלְכַּד, בִּקֵּשׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד וְנִשְׁמַד מְהֵרָה.
הָמָן הוֹדִֽיעַ אֵיבַת אֲבוֹתָיו, וְעוֹרֵר שִׂנְאַת אַחִים לַבָּנִים.
וְלֹא זָכַר רַחֲמֵי שָׁאוּל, כִּי בְחֶמְלָתוֹ עַל אֲגָג נוֹלַד אוֹיֵב.
זָמַם רָשָׁע לְהַכְרִית צַדִּיק, וְנִלְכַּד טָמֵא בִּידֵי טָהוֹר.
חֶֽסֶד גָּבַר עַל שִׁגְגַת אָב, וְרָשָׁע הוֹסִיף חֵטְא עַל חֲטָאָיו.
טָמַן בְּלִבּוֹ מַחְשְׁבוֹת עֲרוּמָיו, וַיִּתְמַכֵּר לַעֲשׂוֹת רָעָה.
יָדוֹ שָׁלַח בִּקְדוֹשֵׁי אֵל, כַּסְפּוֹ נָתַן לְהַכְרִית זִכְרָם.
כִּרְאוֹת מָרְדְּכַי כִּי יָצָא קֶֽצֶף, וְדָתֵי הָמָן נִתְּנוּ בְשׁוּשָׁן.
לָבַשׁ שַׂק וְקָשַׁר מִסְפֵּד וְגָזַר צוֹם וַיֵּֽשֶׁב עַל הָאֵֽפֶר.
מִי זֶה יַעֲמֹד לְכַפֵּר שְׁגָגָה, וְלִמְחֹל חַטַּאת עֲוֹן אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ.
נֵץ פָּרַח מִלּוּלָב, הֵן הֲדַסָּה עָמְדָה לְעוֹרֵר יְשֵׁנִים.
סָרִיסֶֽיהָ הִבְהִֽילוּ לְהָמָן, לְהַשְׁקוֹתוֹ יֵין חֲמַת תַּנִּינִים.
עָמַד בְּעָשְׁרוֹ וְנָפַל בְּרִשְׁעוֹ, עָשָׂה לוֹ עֵץ וְנִתְלָה עָלָיו.
פִּיהֶם פָּתְחוּ כָּל יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל, כִּי פוּר הָמָן נֶהְפַּךְ לְפוּרֵֽנוּ.
צַדִּיק נֶחֱלַץ מִיַּד רָשָׁע, אוֹיֵב נִתַּן תַּֽחַת נַפְשׁוֹ.
קִיְּמוּ עֲלֵיהֶם לַעֲשׂוֹת פּוּרִים וְלִשְׂמֹֽחַ בְּכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה.
רָאִֽיתָ אֶת תְּפִלַּת מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר, הָמָן וּבָנָיו עַל הָעֵץ תָּלִֽיתָ.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
אֲשֶׁר הֵנִיא [God] frustrated the plan of the nations, thwarted the intentions of the crafty.
An evil man rose up against us, an arrogant branch of Amalek’s tree,
haughty, rich, he dug his own pit. His hubris became his own snare.
He was trapped in the trap he set for others. Seeking to destroy, he was destroyed.
Haman shared his ancestors’ hate, and stirred against children the hostility of brothers.
He did not remember Saul’s act of mercy, his pity for Agag, through which a new enemy was born.
The wicked planned to cut off the righteous, but the impure was defeated by the pure.
[Mordekhai’s] goodness overcame the father’s [Saul’s] error, but the evil [Haman] piled sin upon sin.
He hid in his heart his cunning schemes, intent on his evildoing.
He stretched out his hand against God’s holy ones; he spent his wealth to destroy every memory of them.
When Mordekhai saw the wrath go forth, and Haman’s decrees issued in Shushan,
he put on sackcloth, wrapped himself in mourning, decreed a fast and sat on ashes.
“Who will arise to atone for error, and find forgiveness for our ancestors’ sins?”
A flower blossomed from the palm tree; Hadassa arose to wake those who slept.
Her servants hastened Haman to come, to serve him wine with the venom of serpents.
He had risen by his wealth, but fell by his evil. He made the very gallows by which he was hanged.
All the inhabitants of the world were amazed when Haman’s ploy (*pur*) became our joy (*Purim*).
The righteous one was saved from evil hands, the perpetrator suffered the fate of his intended victim.
They undertook to celebrate Purim, and to rejoice on it year after year.
You heeded the prayer of Mordekhai and Esther; and Haman and his sons were hanged on the gallows.


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שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יַעֲקֹב צָהֲלָה וְשָׁמֵֽחָה בִּרְאוֹתָם יַֽחַד תְּכֵֽלֶת מָרְדְּכָי.
תְּשׁוּעָתָם הָיִֽיתָ לָנֶֽצַח, וְתִקְוָתָם בְּכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר.
לְהוֹדִֽיעַ שֶׁכָּל קֹוֶֽיךָ לֹא יֵבֹֽשׁוּ, וְלֹא יִכָּלְמוּ לָנֶֽצַח כָּל הַחוֹסִים בָּךְ.
אָרוּר הָמָן אֲשֶׁר בִּקֵּשׁ לְאַבְּדִי, בָּרוּךְ מָרְדְּכַי הַיְּהוּדִי.
אֲרוּרָה זֶֽרֶשׁ אֵֽשֶׁת מַפְחִידִי, בְּרוּכָה אֶסְתֵּר בַּעֲדִי.
אֲרוּרִים כָּל הָרְשָׁעִים, בְּרוּכִים כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְגַם חַרְבוֹנָה זָכוּר לַטּוֹב.

**English Edition; Koren Publishers Jerusalem, 2017:**
שׁוֹשַׁנַּת יַעֲקֹב The lily of Jacob rejoiced and was glad, when, together, they saw Mordekhai robed in royal blue.
You have been their eternal salvation, their hope in every generation;
to make known that all who hope in You will not be put to shame, all who trust in You will never be humiliated.
Cursed be Haman who sought to destroy me. Blessed be Mordekhai the Yehudi.
Cursed be Zeresh, wife of the one who terrified me. Blessed be Esther [whose actions saved] me.
Cursed be all the wicked; blessed be all Israel. And may Ḥarvona, too, be remembered for good.