The following prayer was composed by Rabbi Mordechai.

Our God and God of our fathers!

My God Who is my savior and my strong rock my Protector and my Shield my Salvation¹ and my Assurance, during my times of trial and pain. I wake up early to pray unto You, O Great King, and unto You, Adonoy I cry in the morning.

footnotes: ¹ Lit. the horn of my salvation. He fights against my enemies as an ox who gores with its horn as it attacks.

In the morning remember to have mercy in the merit of Abraham’s kindness, the first patriarch of “the strong ones,” the one whom You chose and who trusted in You, the first of all believers. Remember his covenant with You and deliver me from my sins. Adonoy, listen this morning to my voice, to my prayer of the morning.

In the morning You spoke with him² and tested him in order to reward him and You made a covenant with him to serve as a protector for him. You loved him and wanted him and accepted him like the incense that was brought each morning.

footnotes: ² Abraham.

When the morning star shone, when You wished to show his great rightousness, You tested him a tenth time and said to him: Take your son, and do not hesitate, to one of the mountains and bring him there as a burnt offering just as the sheep that you bring as a sacrifice in the morning.

In the morning he singularized Your Name and harkened to Your voice and manifested his love while rejoicing whole-heartedly to fulfill Your command. His love made him transcend normalcy by rising with joy. And Abraham rose early in the morning.

In the morning both readied their hearts to do Your will, O awesome One. The son took the wood and the father took the knife to slaughter without intending to redeem him. They were summoned and went with whole hearts and saw Your Divine honor on the third day in the morning.

In the morning he girded himself as a warrior girds his loins. He first bound his son then took a knife to slaughter him, without thinking of him as a human being and said: “Today I will bring my offering and sprinkle the blood of my sacrifice.” It will not remain until the morning.

In the morning Your mercy was aroused on the only son and that mercy shone upon him. An angel of Adonoy called to him and said not to harm the lad because in Isaac will Your seed be perpetuated, [and the merit of this event] will be remembered for all generations, it will remain as a safe-keeping for you until the morning.³

footnotes: ³ Until the redemption which is analogous to morning.

In the morning his⁴ propriety and righteousness will benefit the people who pray to You and his ashes will always be seen before You to cleanse them from their sins. Grant them their lives which is their request, because it is You Whom they desire. In the evening they come to You in prayer and also in the morning.

footnotes: ⁴ Isaac’s.

Harken to their voices in the morning and atone their iniquities. Consider the order of their prayers like the order of the sacrifices. They come with the merits of the righteousness of their ancestors. And also bring to Him their contributions of prayer every morning.

In the morning turn to us and have mercy and let Your mercy be aroused upon us. Cast to the depths of the sea all our sins and let them not be remembered. Lord, our Rock, pass our sins from before You and let them not remain before You until the morning.

Almighty! King! Who sits on the throne of mercy, governs with kindness forgives the iniquities of His people. He removes their sins one by one, increasing forgiveness to sinners, and pardon to transgressors. Acting righteously with all who are of flesh and spirit; not according to their wickedness does He repay them. Almighty! You instructed us to recite the thirteen Divine attributes; remember unto us this day the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes, as You made them known to the humble Moses of old, as it is written, “And Adonoy descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.

Congregation and Chazzan:

And Adonoy passed before him [Moses]; and proclaimed:

Adonoy, Adonoy, Almighty, Merciful, Gracious, Slow to Anger, and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth. Keeper of kindness for thousands of generations, Endurer of iniquity, and transgression, and sin; and Acquitter of those who repent.” “And pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance.”

Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned, forgive us our King, for we have transgressed. “For You, my Master, are good and forgiving, and abounding in kindness to all who call upon You.”

The Ark is opened.

Do not enter into judgment with us for no living soul will be justified before You.¹ And He judges the inhabited world with justice; and the peoples with righteousness.² Righteousness and justice are the foundations of Your throne, kindness and truth go before Your Presence.³ From before You let our judgment come forth; let Your eyes behold [my] uprightness.⁴ And bring forth as the light our righteousness, and our judgment as the noonday.⁵ For Your judgments they stand [ready] this day, for they are all Your servants.⁶ For Adonoy is our judge, Adonoy is our law-giver; Adonoy is our king, He will deliver us.⁷ Arise Judge of the earth, repay the arrogant their just reward.⁸ It would be sacrilege to ascribe to You such an act— to kill the righteous with the wicked, and let the righteous fare as the wicked; it would be sacrilege to ascribe to You— [that] the Judge of all the earth does not act justly.⁹

footnotes: ¹ Psalms 143:2. ² Psalms 9:9. ³ Psalms 89:15. ⁴ Psalms 17:2. ⁵ Psalms 37:6. ⁶ Psalms 119:91. ⁷ Isaiah 33:22. ⁸ Psalms 94:2. ⁹ Genesis 18:25.

The Ark is closed.