Be pleased, Adonoy, our God, with Your people Yisrael and their prayer; and restore the service to the Holy of Holies in Your abode, and the fire-offerings of Yisrael; and accept their prayer, lovingly and willingly. And may You always find pleasure with the service of Your people, Yisrael.

When there are no Kohanim present to recite the Priestly Blessings, the Chazzan recites the following paragraph. And may our eyes behold Your merciful return to Tziyon. Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who returns His Divine Presence to Tziyon.

May our prayer be sweet unto You as a burnt-offering and as a sacrifice.²⁴ Please, Merciful One, in Your abundant mercy return Your Divine Presence to Tziyon, Your city, and the order of the [Temple] Service to Yerushalayim. And may our eyes behold Your merciful return to Tziyon. And there we will serve You reverently as in the days of old, and in earlier years. The Chazzan concludes: Blessed are You, Adonoy, You alone, in reverence do we serve.

footnotes: ²⁴ The burnt-offering refers to the עוֹלַת הַתָּמִיד, the daily communal burnt-offering, while sacrifice refers to the מוּסַף, the additional offerings of the Festivals.—Iyun TefilohAccording to Dover Shalom these two types of offerings can be compared to two kinds of prayers. The truly pious Jew is concerned only with serving his Creator and his prayers are offered entirely to Hashem. He asks nothing for himself. His prayers are similar to a burnt- offering which is consumed in its entirety on Hashem’s altar. Not every Jew is capable of such a lofty degree of Divine service. Many serve Hashem but are conscious of their own personal needs and desires. Their prayer is thus similar to a שְׁלָמִים, peace offering, of which only part is consumed on the altar, the owner also being permitted to eat and enjoy part of it. We pray that both kinds of prayers be pleasing and acceptable to Hashem, as were the sacrifices on the altar.

THANKSGIVING

We are thankful to You that You Adonoy are our God and the God of our fathers forever; Rock of our lives, Shield of our deliverance, You are in every generation. We will give thanks to You and recount Your praise, for our lives which are committed into Your hand, and for our souls which are entrusted to You, and for Your miracles of every day with us, and for Your wonders and benefactions at all times— evening, morning and noon. (You are) The Beneficent One— for Your compassion is never withheld; And (You are) the Merciful One— for Your kindliness never ceases; we have always placed our hope in You.

We are thankful to You, that You Adonoy are our God, and God of our fathers, God of all flesh, Our Creator, Creator of the Beginning. Blessings and thanksgivings to Your great and Holy Name for keeping us alive, and sustaining us; so may You always keep us alive and sustain us, and gather our exiles to the Courtyards of Your Sanctuary to observe Your statutes, and to do Your will, and to serve You wholeheartedly, for we are thankful to You. Blessed is the Almighty to Whom all thanks are due.

And for all the foregoing blessed and exalted be your Name, our King constantly, forever and ever. Our Father, our King! remember Your mercies, and suppress Your anger, and remove pestilence, sword, famine, captivity, destruction, iniquity, assimilation, plague, misfortune, every disease, every stumbling-block, every contention, every type of disorder; every evil decree and groundless hatred, from us, and from all the children of Your covenant. Inscribe for a good life all the children of Your covenant. And all the living shall thank You forever and praise Your Name with sincerity the Almighty, Who is our deliverance and our help forever. Blessed are You, Adonoy, “The Beneficent” is Your Name and You it is fitting to praise.

May it be Your will Adonoy, our God and the God of our fathers, that this blessing When said by the kohanim: which You have commanded us When said by the Congregation: which You have commanded to bless Your people Yisrael, be a perfect blessing; that there be in it neither stumbling nor iniquity from now, forever.

kohanim

Your holy people, as it is said.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who sanctified us with the holiness of Aharon and commanded us to bless His people, Yisrael, with love.²⁵

footnotes: ²⁵ The kohanim are commanded to bless the people out of their feeling of love for the congregation of Hashem.

Amein

May [He] bless you Adonoy and guard you.

Master of the World! I am Yours and my dreams are Yours. I have dreamed a dream and I do not know its meaning. May it be Your will, Adonoy, my God, and God of my fathers, that all my dreams regarding myself, and regarding all of Yisrael be for the good; those I have dreamed concerning myself, and those I have dreamed about others, and those that others have dreamed about me. If they are good dreams, strengthen and reinforce them and may they be fulfilled in me and in them, like the dreams of Joseph, the righteous. But if they require curing, cure them like Hezekiah, king of Judah, [who was healed] from his sickness; like Miriam, the prophetess from her tsoraas;²⁶ and like Naaman, from his tsoraas;²⁷ like the waters of Marah through Moshe, our teacher,²⁸ and like the waters of Jericho through Elisha.²⁹ As You transformed the curse of the wicked Bilaam, from a curse to a blessing,³⁰ so may you transform all my dreams regarding myself and regarding all of Yisrael for goodness. [May You] guard me, [may You] be gracious to me, and [may You] accept me favorably, Amein.

footnotes: ²⁶ The word צָרַעַת should not be translated as leprosy. The illness of tsoraas described in the Torah has no relationship to the disease of leprosy. It is an illness which Hashem inflicts to show His displeasure with people. See Bamidbar 12:1-15. ²⁷ See II Kings 5:1-14 ²⁸ See Shemos 15:22-25 ²⁹ See II Kings 2:19-22 ³⁰ See Devarim 26:15

May [He] shine Adonoy His countenance upon you and be gracious to you.

Master of the World! I am Yours and my dreams are Yours. I have dreamed a dream and I do not know its meaning. May it be Your will, Adonoy, my God, and God of my fathers, that all my dreams regarding myself, and regarding all of Yisrael be for the good; those I have dreamed concerning myself, and those I have dreamed about others, and those that others have dreamed about me. If they are good dreams, strengthen and reinforce them and may they be fulfilled in me and in them, like the dreams of Joseph, the righteous. But if they require curing, cure them like Hezekiah, king of Judah, [who was healed] from his sickness; like Miriam, the prophetess from her tsoraas; and like Naaman, from his tsoraas; like the waters of Marah through Moshe, our teacher, and like the waters of Jericho through Elisha. As You transformed the curse of the wicked Bilaam, from a curse to a blessing, so may you transform all my dreams regarding myself and regarding all of Yisrael for goodness. [May You] preserve me, [may You] be gracious to me, and [may You] accept me favorably, Amein.

May [He] turn— Adonoy— His countenance toward you and grant you peace.

Master of the World! I am Yours and my dreams are Yours. I have dreamed a dream and I do not know its meaning. May it be Your will, Adonoy, my God, and God of my fathers, that all my dreams regarding myself, and regarding all of Yisrael be for the good; those I have dreamed concerning myself, and those I have dreamed about others, and those that others have dreamed about me. If they are good dreams, strengthen and reinforce them and may they be fulfilled in me and in them, like the dreams of Joseph, the righteous. But if they require curing, cure them like Hezekiah, king of Judah, [who was healed] from his sickness; like Miriam, the prophetess from her tsoraas; and like Naaman, from his tsoraas; like the waters of Marah through Moshe, our teacher, and like the waters of Jericho through Elisha. As You transformed the curse of the wicked Bilaam, from a curse to a blessing, so may you transform all my dreams regarding myself and regarding all of Yisrael for goodness. [May You] preserve me, [may You] be gracious to me, and [may You] accept me favorably, Amein.

Mighty One on high, abiding in power, You are peace and Your Name is Peace. May it be Your will, to bestow on us and on all of Your people, the House of Yisrael, life and blessing for the preservation of Peace.

After the kohanim conclude their blessing, they turn to the Ark and recite: Master of the Universe, we have done what You have decreed upon us, now may You also do for us as You have promised: “Gaze from Your Sacred Dwelling, from the heavens, and bless Your people, Yisrael, and the land which You have given us— just as You swore to our fathers— a land flowing with milk and honey.”

PRAYER FOR PEACE

Grant peace, goodness, and blessing, favor, kindness and compassion upon us and upon all Yisrael, Your people. Bless us, our Father, all of us as one with the light of Your countenance. For by the light of Your countenance You gave us Adonoy our God, a Torah of life and the love of kindliness, righteousness, blessing, compassion, life, and peace. And may it be good in Your eyes and to bless Your people Yisrael, at all times and at every moment with Your peace.

In the book of life, blessing, peace and abundant maintenance, may we be remembered and inscribed before You; we and all Your people, the House of Yisrael for a good life and peace. And it is said: “Through me [the Torah], shall your days be multiplied, and increased for you will be the years of your life.” For a good life, inscribe us, living God; inscribe us in the Book of Life, as it is written: “And You who cling to Adonoy, your God, are all alive today.”

This day, may You strengthen us.Amein.

This day, may You bless us.Amein.

This day, may You make us prominent.Amein.

This day, may You seek our good.Amein.

This day, renew for us a good year.Amein.

This day, listen to our supplications.Amein.

This day, accept with compassion and favor, [all] our prayers.Amein.

This day, support us with Your right hand of righteousness. Amein.

As of this day, bring us with happiness and joy unto [Your] Sanctuary at Yerushalayim, as it is written by the hand of Your prophet: “I will bring them to My holy mountain; and make them joyful in My House of Prayer, their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My Altar; for My House shall be called a House of Prayer for all peoples.” And it is said: “And Adonoy commanded us to carry out these statutes— to fear Adonoy, our God— for our own everlasting good, that He might keep us alive, as at this day.” And it is said: “And righteousness it will for us, if we preserve and do all this commandment in the presence of Adonoy, our God, as He commanded us.” And [may] righteousness, blessing, compassion, life and peace, be unto us and all Yisrael, forever.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who makes the peace. (others conclude— Who blesses His people Yisrael with peace.)

Exalted and sanctified be His great Name in the world which He created according to His will; and may He rule His Kingdom in your lifetime and in your days, and in the lifetime of the entire House of Yisrael, speedily and in the near future— and say Amein. May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified, and exalted and uplifted, honored and elevated and extolled be the Name of the Holy One, blessed is He; far above all the blessings and hymns, praises and consolations which we utter in the world—and say Amein. May there be acceptance of the prayers and supplications of the entire House of Yisrael before their Father in heaven. And say, Amein. May there be abundant peace from heaven and life for us and for all Yisrael, —and say Amein. He Who makes the peace in His high heavens may He, make peace for us and or all Yisrael, and say, Amein.

Hope to Adonoy; be strong and He will give you courage and hope to Adonoy. There is none holy like Adonoy for there is none beside You and there is no stronghold like our God. For who is a god other than Adonoy and who is a stronghold beside our God.

There is none like our God. There is none like our Master. There is none like our King. There is none like our Deliverer. Who is like our God? Who is like our Master? Who is like our King.? Who is like our Deliverer? Let us thank our God. Let us thank our Master. Let us thank our King. Let us thank our Deliverer. Blessed is our God. Blessed is our Master. Blessed is our King. Blessed is our Deliverer. You are our God. You are our Master. You are our King. You are our Deliverer. You are He before Whom our fathers burned the incense offering.

The composition of the incense consisted of balm, onycha, galbanum, and frankincense— by weight, seventy maneh of each; myrrh, cassia, spikenard and saffron by weight— sixteen maneh of each; twelve maneh of costus, three maneh of aromatic bark, and nine maneh of cinnamon. [Also used in compounding the incense were:] Nine kabin of Carshina lye, Cyprus wine [measuring] three s’in and three kabin— If he had no Cyprus wine, he could use strong white wine— a fourth of a kab of Sodom salt, and a minute quantity of maaleh ashan. Rabbi Nosson of Babylonia says, A minute quantity of Jordan amber [was added]. If one added honey, the incense became unfit; and if one omitted any of its spices he was liable to the death penalty. Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel says: “The balm is nothing but sap which drips from the balsam tree.” Why was Carshina lye used? To refine the onycha in order to make it pleasant. Why was Cyprus wine used? The Onycha was soaked in it to give it a pungent odor. Though the water of Raglayim was well suited for that purpose, they did not bring the water of Raglayim into the Temple because it would be disrespectful.

These are the Psalms which the Levites recited in the Holy Temple: On Sunday, they used to recite, “The earth is Adonoy’s and the fullness thereof, the inhabited world and those who dwell in it.” On Monday, they used to recite, “Adonoy is great and highly extolled in the city of our God, the mountain of His Sanctuary.” On Tuesday, they used to recite, “God stands in the congregation of the Almighty; in the midst of judges, He gives judgment.” On Wednesday, they used to recite, “Almighty of vengeance, Adonoy, Almighty of vengeance, reveal Yourself.” On Thursday, they used to recite, “Sing joyously to God, our strength, shout for joy to the God of Yaakov.” On Friday, they used to say, “Adonoy has begun His reign, He has clothed Himself with majesty; Adonoy clothed Himself, He has girded Himself with strength, He has firmly established the world so that it cannot be moved.” On the Sabbath, they used to recite, “A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.” It is a psalm, a song for the future, for the day which will be entirely Sabbath and rest for everlasting life.

It was taught in the school of Elijah; Whoever studies halachos every day, he is assured of life in the World-to-Come, for it is said, “The ways (halichos) of the world are His.” Do not read halichos, but halachos.

Rabbi Eliezer said on behalf of Rabbi Chanina: “The disciples of the wise increase peace in the world, for it is said: ‘and all your children will be disciples of Adonoy’s [Torah]; and great will be the peace of your children.’ Do not read banayich [your children] but read bonayich [your builders].” Great is the peace of those who love Your Torah, and they will have no stumbling block [misfortune]. Let there be peace within your moats, serenity within your palaces. For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will say: ‘Peace be with you.’ For the sake of the House of Adonoy, our God, I will seek [pray for] your good. Adonoy will give strength to His people, Adonoy will bless His people with peace.”