Gentlemen, let us say the blessing.

The Name of Adonoy will be blessed

from now forever.

The Name of Adonoy will be blessed

from now forever.

We give thanks to Your Name

in the midst of our faithful ones,

blessed are You unto Adonoy.

With permission of the Almighty

Who is fearful and awesome

(our) refuge in times of trouble;

Almighty girded with strength

mighty on high is Adonoy.

We give thanks to Your Name

in the midst of our faithful ones,

blessed are You unto Adonoy.

With permission of the holy Torah

(which is) pure and clear,

it was commanded to us as a heritage

by Moses, servant of Adonoy.

We gave thanks to Your Name

in the midst of our faithful ones,

blessed are You unto Adonoy.

With permission of the Kohanim

and the Levites,

I call upon the God of the Hebrews;

I declare His glory in all the isles,

I attribute blessing to Adonoy.

We give thanks to Your Name

in the midst of our faithful ones,

blessed are you unto Adonoy.

With your permission

our masters and teachers,

I open my mouth and lips with song,

and my bones shall proclaim:

blessed is he who comes

in the Name of Adonoy.

We give thanks to Your Name

in the midst of the faithful ones,

blessed are You unto Adonoy.

With your permission

our masters and teachers,

let us bless our God,

for we have eaten of His bounty.

Blessed is our God

for we have eaten of His bounty

and through His goodness we live.

Blessed is our God,

for we have eaten of His bounty

and through His goodness we live.

May the Merciful One bless

the boy's father and mother

and may they merit to raise him,

to educate him

and to rear him in wisdom.

From this eighth day onward

may his blood find acceptance,

and may Adonoy his God be with him.

Amein

May the Merciful One bless

the sandak at the circumcision covenant,

who happily performed

this righteous deed in joy.

May he be rewarded for his deed

with doubled recompense,

and exalt him higher and higher.

Amein

May the Merciful One bless

the tender infant

who has been circumcised on his eighth day;

may his hands and heart be faithful to God,

may he merit to behold the Divine Presence,

three times a year.³⁷

footnotes: ³⁷ Reference is made to the three festivals of Pesach, Shavuos and Sukkos, when Jews are required to perceive of God in the Beis Hamikdosh in Jerusalem. See Deuteronomy 16:16.

Amein

May the Merciful One bless

the mohel who circumcised the uncut flesh

and lifted it off and sucked forth

the blood of the circumcision.

the service of the timid or faint-hearted

is unfit

if these three essential acts

are not performed.

Amein

May the Merciful One send us His Messiah,

who walks in perfect wholesomeness,

in the merit of the blood of circumcision,

to bring good tidings

and consolations

to the que people (who are)

dispersed and scattered among the nations.

Amein

May the Merciful One send us

the righteous Kohein³⁸

footnotes: ³⁸ Some consider this as a reference to the Prophet Elijah, who, according to one view, is considered a Kohein. Others understand it as a reference to Aaron, the original Kohein Gadol who is to come alive again after the coming of the Moshiach.

who was taken and concealed [in heaven,³⁹ ]

footnotes: ³⁹ See II Kings 2:11.

until his⁴⁰ throne is established

footnotes: ⁴⁰ The Moshiach’s throne. Cf.

[bright] as the sun, [radiant] as a diamond;

he who covered his face with his cloak

and enwrapped himself therein,⁴¹

footnotes: ⁴¹ See II Kings 2:8.

My covenant was with him

for life and peace.⁴²

footnotes: ⁴² See Malachi 2:5.

Amein