When I proclaim Adonoy's Name

attribute greatness to our God.

My Master, open my lips,

and my mouth will declare Your praise.

THE VIRTUE OF OUR FOREFATHERS

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

our God, and God of our fathers,

God of Abraham, God of Isaac,

and God of Jacob,

the Almighty,

the Great, the Powerful, the Awesome,

most high Almighty,

Who bestows beneficent kindness,

Who possesses everything,

Who remembers the piety of the Patriarchs,

and Who brings a redeemer

to their children's children,

for the sake of His Name, with love.

Remember us for life

King, Who desires life;

and inscribe us in the Book of Life,

for Your sake, Living God.)

King, Helper, and Deliverer and Shield.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Shield of Abraham.

DIVINE MIGHT

You are mighty forever, my Master;

You are the Resurrector of the dead

the Powerful One to deliver us.

He causes the dew to descend.

Causer of the wind to blow

and of the rain to fall.

Sustainer of the living with kindliness,

Resurrector of the dead with great mercy,

Supporter of the fallen,

and Healer of the sick,

and Releaser of the imprisoned,

and Fulfiller of His faithfulness

to those who sleep in the dust.

Who is like You, Master of mighty deeds,

and who can be compared to You?

King Who causes death and restores life,

and causes deliverance to sprout forth.

Who is like You merciful Father,

Who remembers His creatures for life,

in His mercy.)

And You are faithful

to restore the dead to life.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Resurrector of the dead.

Kedushah

We will hallow and revere You

as [with] the sweet words

of the company of the holy Seraphim

who thrice repeat “holy” unto You,

as is written by the hand of Your prophet,

“And they called one to another, and said:

‘Holy, holy, holy,

is Adonoy of Hosts,

the fullness of all the earth is His glory.'”

Facing them, they offer praise and say:

“Blessed is the glory of Adonoy

from its place”

And in Your Holy Words it is written:

“Adonoy will reign forever;

Your God, Zion, throughout all generations!

Praise God.”

DIVINE SANCTIFICATION

You are holy and Your Name is holy

and holy beings

praise You every day, forever.

For a great and Almighty King—

great and holy—are You.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

the Almighty, the Holy One.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

the King, the Holy One.

PRAYER FOR UNDERSTANDING

You favor man with perception

and teach mankind understanding.

Grant us from Your

wisdom, understanding and knowledge.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Grantor of perception.

PRAYER FOR PENITENCE

Cause us to return, our Father,

to Your Torah

and bring us near, our King, to Your service;

and bring us back

in whole-hearted repentance before You

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Who desires penitence.

PRAYER FOR PARDON

Pardon us, our Father, for we have sinned,

forgive us, our King,

for we have transgressed;

for you are a good and forgiving almighty.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Gracious One, Who pardons abundantly.

PRAYER FOR REDEMPTION

Look, please, upon our affliction,

and defend our cause:

and redeem us

speedily with complete redemption

for the sake of Your Name;

because You are a Mighty Redeemer.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Redeemer of Israel.

PRAYER FOR HEALING

Heal us, Adonoy, and we will be healed,

deliver us and we will be delivered;

for You are our praise.

Grant a cure and healing

to all our sickness

and to all our pain

and to all our affliction

because You are the Almighty, King,

Who is a faithful and merciful Healer.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Healer of the sick of His people Israel.

PRAYER FOR PROSPERITY

Bless for us, Adonoy our God,

this year

and all the varieties of its produce

for good;

and bestow

blessing

dew and rain for a blessing

upon the face of the earth;

satisfy us from its bounty

and bless our year

as other good years, for blessing,

for You are generous Almighty

who bestows goodness

and blesses the years.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Blesser of the years.

PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE

Sound the great shofar for our liberty,

and raise a banner to gather our exiles,

and gather us together quickly

from the four corners of the earth.

into our Land.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Gatherer

of the dispersed of His people Israel.

PRAYER FOR RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENT

Restore our judges as before

and our counselors as at first.

Remove from us sorrow and sighing,

and reign over us quickly

You, Adonoy, alone

with kindness and compassion;

and make us righteous

with righteousness and justice,

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

King, Lover of righteousness and justice.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

the King of Justice.

PRAYER FOR DIVINE RETRIBUTION

For informers let there be no hope

and may all wickedness instantly perish

may all Your enemies be swiftly cut off,

and the insolent may You quickly uproot,

crush, rout, disgrace, humble

and subdue speedily in our days.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Crusher of enemies

and Subduer of the insolent.

PRAYER FOR THE RIGHTEOUS SCHOLARS

Upon the righteous, upon the pious,

upon the elders of the remnant

of Your people the House of Israel,

upon the remnant of their scholars,

upon the true proselytes, and upon us,

may Your mercy be aroused,

Adonoy our God.

Grant bountiful reward

to all who trust in Your Name in truth;

and place our lot among them,

and may we never be put to shame,

for in You we have put our trust,

and on Your great compassion

we truly rely.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Support and Trust of the righteous.

PRAYER FOR JERUSALEM

And to Jerusalem, Your city,

return in mercy,

and dwell therein as You have spoken;

and rebuild it soon, in our days,

as an everlasting structure,

and the throne of David, Your servant

may You speedily establish therein.

Adonoy, our God, console

the mourners of Zion¹

footnotes: ¹ “Zion” is the spiritual sanctuary, while “Jerusalem” is the Jewish commonwealth which was to flourish around Zion.—S.R. Hirsch

and the mourners of Jerusalem

and the city that is in mourning

and in ruins, despised and desolate.

Mourning because she is bereft of her children,

ruined of her dwellings,

despised in contrast to her former glory,

desolate without inhabitants,

she sits alone with her head covered

like a barren woman who never gave birth.

Legions² have devoured her,

footnotes: ² The Roman forces were called “legions.”

idolaters have deprived her of her inheritance;

they have put Your people Israel

to the sword

and have wantonly murdered

the pious ones of the Most High.

Therefore, Zion weeps bitterly,

and Jerusalem raises her voice,

“My heart, my heart

[grieves] for their slain,

my innards, my innards,

[ache] for their slain.

For you, Adonoy, set her afire,

and with fire You will ultimately rebuild her,

as it is said,

“I will be to her, says Adonoy,

a wall of fire around [her],

and I shall be for glory in her midst.”³

footnotes: ³ Zecharyah 2:9.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Consoler of Zion and Builder of Jerusalem.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Builder of Jerusalem.

PRAYER FOR SALVATION

The sprout of David, Your servant,

speedily cause to flourish

and exalt his power with Your deliverance,

For Your deliverance we hope all day.

and watch for Your deliverance.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Who causes to sprout

the power of salvation.

PRAYER FOR ACCEPTANCE

Merciful Father

Hear our voice, Adonoy, our God;

spare us and have compassion on us,

and accept

our prayers compassionately and willingly,

for You are Almighty

Who hears prayers and supplications;

and from Your Presence, our King,

do not turn us away empty-handed,

be gracious and answer us

and hear our prayer

Answer us, Adonoy, answer us

on the day of our fasting,

for we are in great trouble.

Do not regard our wickedness,

do not conceal Your countenance from us,

and do not be unmindful

of our supplication.

Please be near to our cry,

let Your loving kindness console us.

Even before we call unto You, answer us,

as it is said:

“And it shall come to pass that before they call

I will answer;⁸

footnotes: ⁸ Isaiah 65:24.

while they are yet speaking,

I will hear.

For You, Adonoy,

are the One Who answers in time of trouble,

Who redeems and rescues

in all times of trouble and distress.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Who answers His people Israel

in time of trouble.

for You hear the prayers of every mouth

of Your people, Israel, with compassion.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Who hears prayers.

PRAYER FOR RETURN OF DIVINE SERVICE

Be pleased, Adonoy, our God,

with Your people Israel

and pay heed to their prayer;

and restore the service

to the Holy of Holies in Your abode,

and the fire-offerings of Israel;

and accept their prayer, lovingly

and willingly.

And may You always find pleasure

with the service of Your people, Israel.

Our God and God of our fathers,

may there ascend, come, and reach,

appear, be desired, and heard,

counted and recalled

our remembrance and reckoning;

the remembrance of our fathers;

the remembrance of the Mashiach

the son of David, Your servant;

the remembrance of Jerusalem,

city of Your Sanctuary;

and the remembrance of Your entire people,

the House of Israel, before You

for survival, for well-being,

for favor, kindliness, compassion,

for good life and peace

on this day of:

Rosh Chodesh

the Festival of Matzos

the Festival of Sukkos

Remember us Adonoy, our God,

on this day for well-being;

be mindful of us on this day for blessing,

and deliver us for good life.

In accord with the promise of deliverance

and compassion,

spare us and favor us,

have compassion on us and deliver us;

for to You our eyes are directed

because You are the Almighty

Who is King, Gracious, and Merciful.

And may our eyes behold

Your merciful return to Zion.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Who returns His Divine Presence to Zion.

THANKSGIVING

We are thankful to You

that You Adonoy are our God

and the God of our fathers forever;

Rock, Rock of our lives,

the 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;

for 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.

[We thank You] for the miracles

for the redemption, for the mighty deeds,

for the deliverances, for the wonders

for the consolations and for the wars

that You performed for our fathers

in those days at this season.

In the days of Matisyahu,

son of Yochanan the High Priest,

the Hasmonean and his sons,

when the evil Greek kingdom rose up

against Your people Israel

to make them forget Your Torah

and to turn them away

from the statutes of Your will—

You, in Your abundant mercy,

stood by them in their time of distress,

You defended their cause,

You judged their grievances,

You avenged them.

You delivered the mighty

into the hands of the weak,

many into the hands of the few,

defiled people into the hands of the undefiled,

the wicked into the hands of the righteous,

and insolent [sinners] into the hands of

diligent students of Your Torah.

And You made Yourself

a great and sanctified name in Your world.

And for Your people, Israel,

You performed a great deliverance

and redemption unto this very day.

Afterwards, Your sons entered

the Holy of Holies of Your Abode,

cleaned Your Temple,

purified Your Sanctuary,

and kindled lights

in the Courtyards of Your Sanctuary,

and designated these eight days of Chanukah

to thank and praise Your great Name.

In the days of Mordechai and Esther

in Shushan the Capital [of Persia],

when the evil Haman rose up against them,

he sought to destroy, to kill,

and to annihilate all the Jews,

young and old, infants and women,

in one day, the thirteenth day

of the twelfth month,

which is the month of Adar,

and to plunder their wealth—

And You, in Your abundant mercy,

annulled his counsel,

frustrated his intention,

and brought his evil plan upon his own head,

and they hanged him and his sons

upon the gallows.

And for all the foregoing

blessed, exalted and extolled

your Name, our King

constantly, forever and ever.

Inscribe for a good life

all the children of Your covenant.

And all the living shall thank You forever

and praise and bless

Your great Name with sincerity forever;

for You are goodness—

the Almighty, Who is our deliverance

and our help forever—

the benevolent Almighty.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

“The Beneficent” is Your Name

and You it is fitting to praise.

Birkas Kohanim

Our God, and God of our fathers, bless us

with the threefold blessing of the Torah,

written by the hand of Moses, Your servant,

pronounced from the mouth of Aaron

and his sons, the kohanim, Your holy people;

as it is said:

Adonoy bless you and guard you.

Adonoy shine His countenance upon you

and be gracious unto you.

Adonoy turn His countenance toward you

and grant you peace.

Mighty One on high who dwells in might,

You are peace and Your Name is peace.

May it be Your will that You grant us

and all of Your people, the House of Israel

life and blessing

for a safeguard to peace.

PRAYER FOR PEACE

Grant peace, goodness, and blessing,

life favor, kindness and compassion

upon us and upon all Israel, 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 sight

to bless us

and to bless Your people Israel,

at all times and at every moment

with Your peace

(with much strength and peace).

In the book of life, blessing, peace

and abundant maintenance,

good decrees, salvations and condolences,

may we be remembered and inscribed

before You;

we and all Your people, the House of Israel

for a good life and peace.

Blessed are You, Adonoy,

Who blesses His people Israel

with peace.

May they be acceptable

the words of my mouth

and the thoughts of my heart, before You

Adonoy, my Rock and my Redeemer.

My God, guard my tongue from evil

and my lips from speaking deceitfully.

To those who curse me,

may my soul be unresponsive;

and let my soul be like dust to all.

Open my heart to Your Torah

and let my soul pursue Your commandments.

And all who plan evil against me,

quickly annul their counsel

and frustrate their intention.

(May it it be Your will

Adonoy, my God and God of my fathers,

that no person be envious of me

and that I not be envious of others,

that I not be brought to anger this day,

and that I not cause Your anger;

and save me from the evil inclination,

and help me be humble and any modest.

Our King and our Father,

unify Your Name in Your world,

rebuild Your city, establish Your house

and perfect your sanctuary.

Gather our exiles,

redeem Your people, rejoice Your congregation).

Act for the sake of Your Name.

Act for the sake of Your right hand.

Act for the sake of Your Torah.

Act for the sake of Your holiness.

In order that Your loved ones be released,

deliver [with] Your right hand and answer me.

May they be acceptable—

the words of my mouth

and the thoughts of my heart—before You

Adonoy, my Rock and my Redeemer.

He Who makes peace

in His high heavens

may He make peace

upon us and upon all Israel

and say Amein.

May it be Your will,

Adonoy, our God, and the God of our Fathers

that the Holy Temple be rebuilt

speedily in our days,

and grant us our share in Your Torah.

And there we will serve You reverently

as in the days of old,

and in earlier years.

And let Adonoy be pleased

with the offerings of Judah and Jerusalem

as in the days of old and in earlier years.