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.

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

from behind the separation²⁰⁷

footnotes: ²⁰⁷ The term “פַּרְגוֹד” “Pargod” refers to the separation between the sky and Hashem’s Presence, the “Shechina.” (Maseches Berachos 18b). According to the Midrash, version II, Matatron told him, “I heard from behind the ‘pargod’ a voice saying, ten of Yisrael’s scholars will be handed over to the emperor. An argument had taken place in Hashem’s Presence, between the angels, Micha’el, and Samo’el. Samo’el said, “Master of the World, You have surely not written one letter in the entire Torah for nothing, and yet it is written ‘if a man kidnaps’ etc.; and the sons of Yaakov have still not been punished for selling Yosef. Immediately Hashem decreed that ten of Yisrael’s sages would be killed.”

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.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

You alone, in reverence do we serve.

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,

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

which You have commanded us

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.²³³

footnotes: ²³³ 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 Yosef, the righteous.

But if they require curing,

cure them like Chizkiyahu, king of Yehudah,

[who was healed] from his sickness;

like Miriam, the prophetess

from her tsoraas;²³⁴

footnotes: ²³⁴ 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.

and like Naaman, from his tsoraas;²³⁵

footnotes: ²³⁵ See II Melachim 5:1—14

like the waters of Marah

through Moshe, our teacher,²³⁶

footnotes: ²³⁶ See Shemos 15:22—25

and like the waters of Yericho through Elisha.²³⁷

footnotes: ²³⁷ See II Melachim 2:19—22

As You transformed

the curse of the wicked Bilaam,

from a curse to a blessing,²³⁸

footnotes: ²³⁸ See Devorim 26:15

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.

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 Yosef, the righteous.

But if they require curing,

cure them like Chizkiyahu, king of Yehudah,

[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 Yericho 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.

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.

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.

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.