Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who gave the rooster understanding to distinguish between day and night.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a gentile.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a slave.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who did not make me a woman.²⁸

footnotes: ²⁸ No degradation of women is implied in this blessing. Men thank Hashem for the privilege which is theirs of performing all the precepts of the Torah, many of which are not incumbent upon women.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who made me according to His will.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who gives sight to the blind.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who clothes the naked.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who releases the imprisoned.²⁹

footnotes: ²⁹ He releases the prisoners of misfortune, passion, sin, hatred and jealousy.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who straightens the bent.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who spreads the earth above the waters.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who provided me with all my needs.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who prepares the steps of man.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who girds Yisrael with might.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who crowns Yisrael with glory.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who gives strength to the weary.

Blessed are You, Adonoy, our God, King of the Universe, Who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids. And may it be Your will Adonoy, our God And God of our fathers, to make us study Torah regularly, and hold fast to Your commandments. Do not bring us into the grasp of sin,³⁰ nor into the grasp of transgression or iniquity.³¹ Do not cause us to be tested,³² or brought to disgrace.³³ Let us not be dominated by the Evil Inclination. Keep us far from an evil person, and from an evil companion. Make us hold fast to the Good Inclination, and to good deeds, and compel our Evil Inclination to be subservient to You. Grant us this day and every day favor,³⁴ kindness,³⁵ and compassion³⁶ in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who see us, and bestow bountiful kindness upon us, Blessed are You, Adonoy, Who bestows bountiful kindness upon His people Yisrael.

footnotes: ³⁰ To sin unknowingly. ³¹ To sin willfully. ³² We pray that Hashem will not put us to tests that are too difficult to withstand. ³³ Should we fail the tests, we will be disgraced. ³⁴ “Favor” means receiving Hashem’s blessings because of our merit.—Si’ach Yitzchok ³⁵ “Kindness” is Hashem’s benevolence bestowed purely by His will, regardless of merit.—Si’ach Yitzchok ³⁶ “Compassion” describes Hashem’s withholding of deserved punishment.—Si’ach Yitzchok

May it be Your will, Adonoy, my God and God of my fathers, to save me today and every day from arrogant men and from arrogance; from an evil man, from an evil companion, from an evil neighbor; from an evil mishap and from the destructive Satan; from a difficult judgment and a difficult opponent, whether he is a fellow Jew or not a fellow Jew.