Weekday Siddur Sefard Linear, The Morning Prayers, Ma Tovu
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הֲרֵינִי מְקַבֵּל עָלַי
I hereby accept upon myself
מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁל
the positive commandment
וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמֽוֹךָ:
to love my fellow Jew.
מַה טֹּֽבוּ אֹהָלֶֽיךָ יַעֲקֹב
How good are your tents, Jacob:
מִשְׁכְּ֒נֹתֶֽיךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל:
your dwelling places, Israel.¹
footnotes: ¹ Numbers 24:5. The Talmud (Maseches Sanhedrin 105a) relates that this verse contains Billam’s prophetic allusion to Jewish houses of study and worship.
וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּ֒ךָ
As for me, through Your abundant kindness
אָבוֹא בֵיתֶֽךָ
I will enter Your House;
אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה
I will prostrate myself
אֶל הֵיכַל־קָדְשְׁ֒ךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ:
toward Your Holy Sanctuary in awe of You.²
footnotes: ² Psalms 5:8.
יְהֹוָה אָהַֽבְתִּי מְעוֹן בֵּיתֶֽךָ
Adonoy, I love the Dwelling, Your House,
וּמְקוֹם מִשְׁכַּן כְּבוֹדֶֽךָ:
and the place where Your glory resides.³
footnotes: ³ Psalms 26:8.
וַאֲנִי אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה וְאֶכְרָֽעָה
I will prostrate myself, and bow,
אֶבְרְ֒כָה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה עֹשִׂי:
I will kneel⁴ before Adonoy, my Maker.
footnotes: ⁴ These are three distinct degrees of worship, representing various levels of subjugation before God.
וַאֲנִי תְפִלָּתִי־לְךָ יְהֹוָה
May my prayer to You Adonoy
עֵת רָצוֹן
be at a favorable time;
אֱלֹהִים בְּרָב־חַסְדֶּֽךָ
God, in the abundance of Your kindness
עֲנֵֽנִי
answer me
בֶּאֱמֶת יִשְׁעֶֽךָ:
with the truth of Your deliverance.⁵
footnotes: ⁵ Psalms 69:14.