אֵין־כָּמֽוֹךָ There is none like You among the heavenly powers, LORD, and there are no works like Yours. Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and Your dominion is for all generations. The LORD is King, the LORD was King, the LORD shall be King for ever and all time. The LORD will give strength to His people; the LORD will bless His people with peace. Father of compassion, favor Zion with Your goodness; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. For we trust in You alone, King, God, high and exalted, Master of worlds.

וַיְהִי בִּנְסֹֽעַ Whenever the Ark set out, Moses would say, “Arise, LORD, and may Your enemies be scattered. May those who hate You flee before You.” For the Torah shall come forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Blessed is He who, in His holiness, gave the Torah to His people Israel.

יהוה The LORD, the LORD, compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving-kindness and truth, extending loving-kindness to a thousand generations, forgiving iniquity, rebellion and sin, and absolving [the guilty who repent].

רִבּוֹנוֹ Master of the Universe, fulfill my requests for good. Satisfy my desire, grant my request, and pardon me for all my iniquities and all iniquities of the members of my household, with the pardon of loving-kindness and compassion. Purify us from our sins, our iniquities and our transgressions; remember us with a memory of favorable deeds before You and be mindful of us in salvation and compassion. Remember us for a good life, for peace, for livelihood and sustenance, for bread to eat and clothes to wear, for wealth, honor and length of days dedicated to Your Torah and its commandments. Grant us discernment and understanding that we may understand and discern its deep secrets. Send healing for all our pain, and bless all the work of our hands. Ordain for us decrees of good, salvation and consolation, and nullify all hard and harsh decrees against us. And may the hearts of the government, its advisers and ministers / In Israel: And may the hearts of our ministers and their advisers, / be favorable toward us. Amen. May this be Your will. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart find favor before You, LORD, my Rock and Redeemer.

וַאֲנִי As for me, may my prayer come to You, LORD, at a time of favor. O God, in Your great love, answer me with Your faithful salvation. Shaḥarit for Shabbat and Yom Tov

בְּרִיךְ Blessed is the name of the Master of the Universe. Blessed is Your crown and Your place. May Your favor always be with Your people Israel. Show Your people the salvation of Your right hand in Your Temple. Grant us the gift of Your good light, and accept our prayers in mercy. May it be Your will to prolong our life in goodness. May I be counted among the righteous, so that You will have compassion on me and protect me and all that is mine and all that is Your people Israel’s. You feed all; You sustain all; You rule over all; You rule over kings, for sovereignty is Yours. I am a servant of the Holy One, blessed be He, before whom and before whose glorious Torah I bow at all times. Not in man do I trust, nor on any angel do I rely, but on the God of heaven who is the God of truth, whose Torah is truth, whose prophets speak truth, and who abounds in acts of love and truth. In Him I trust, and to His holy and glorious name I offer praises. May it be Your will to open my heart to the Torah, and to fulfill the wishes of my heart and of the hearts of all Your people Israel for good, for life, and for peace.

Listen, Israel: the LORD is our God, the LORD is One.

One is our God; great is our Master; holy and awesome is His name.

Magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together.

לְךָ Yours, LORD, are the greatness and the power, the glory and the majesty and splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is Yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; You are exalted as Head over all.

רוֹמְמוּ Exalt the LORD our God and bow to His footstool; He is holy. Exalt the LORD our God, and bow at His holy mountain, for holy is the LORD our God.

Over all may the name of the Supreme King of kings, the Holy One blessed be He, be magnified and sanctified, praised and glorified, exalted and extolled, in the worlds that He has created – this world and the World to Come – in accordance with His will, and the will of those who fear Him, and the will of the whole house of Israel. He is the Rock of worlds, LORD of all creatures, God of all souls, who dwells in the spacious heights and inhabits the high heavens of old. His holiness is over the Ḥayyot and over the throne of glory. Therefore may Your name, LORD our God, be sanctified among us in the sight of all that lives. Let us sing before Him a new song, as it is written: “Sing to God, make music for His name, extol Him who rides the clouds – the LORD is His name – and exult before Him.” And may we see Him eye to eye when He returns to His abode as it is written: “For they shall see eye to eye when the LORD returns to Zion.” And it is said: “Then will the glory of the LORD be revealed, and all mankind together shall see that the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

Father of mercy, have compassion on the people borne by Him. May He remember the covenant with the mighty (patriarchs), and deliver us from evil times. May He reproach the evil instinct in the people by Him, and graciously grant that we be an eternal remnant. May He fulfill in good measure our requests for salvation and compassion.

וְיַעֲזֹר May He help, shield and save all who seek refuge in Him, and let us say: Amen. Let us all render greatness to our God and give honor to the Torah. *Let the Kohen come forward. Arise (name son of father’s name), the Kohen.

/As there is no Kohen, arise (name son of father’s name) in place of a Kohen./

Blessed is He who, in His holiness, gave the Torah to His people Israel.

You who cling to the LORD your God are all alive today.

Oleh: Bless the LORD, the blessed One.

Cong: Bless the LORD, the blessed One, for ever and all time.

Oleh: Bless the LORD, the blessed One, for ever and all time.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has chosen us from all peoples and has given us His Torah. Blessed are You, LORD, Giver of the Torah.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has given us the Torah of truth, planting everlasting life in our midst. Blessed are You, LORD, Giver of the Torah.

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who bestows good on the unworthy, who has bestowed on me much good.

Amen. May He who bestowed much good on you continue to bestow on you much good, Selah.

FOR AN OLEH

May He who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, bless (name, son of father’s name) who has been called up in honor of the All-Present, in honor of the Torah, (On Shabbat: in honor of the Shabbat) and in honor of the Day of Judgment. As a reward for this, may the Holy One, blessed be He, protect and deliver him from all trouble and distress, all infection and illness, and send blessing and success to all the work of his hands, and write him and seal him for a good life on this Day of Judgment, together with all Israel, his brethren, and let us say: Amen.

FOR A SICK MAN

May He who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and Aaron, David and Solomon, bless and heal one who is ill, (sick person’s name, son of mother’s name), on whose behalf (name of the one making the offering) is making a contribution to charity. As a reward for this, may the Holy One, blessed be He, be filled with compassion for him, to restore his health, cure him, strengthen and revive him, sending him a swift and full recovery from heaven to all his 248 organs and 365 sinews, amongst the other sick ones in Israel, a healing of the spirit and a healing of the body – may healing be quick to come – now, swiftly and soon, and let us say: Amen.

FOR A SICK WOMAN

May He who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Moses and Aaron, David and Solomon, bless and heal one who is ill, (sick person’s name, daughter of mother’s name), on whose behalf (name of the one making the offering) is making a contribution to charity. As a reward for this, may the Holy One, blessed be He, be filled with compassion for her, to restore her health, cure her, strengthen and revive her, sending her a swift and full recovery from heaven to all her organs and sinews, amongst the other sick ones in Israel, a healing of the spirit and a healing of the body – may healing be quick to come – now, swiftly and soon, and let us say: Amen.

TORAH READING FOR THE FIRST DAY

The LORD remembered Sarah just as He had said, and just as He had spoken then, so He did for her. So Sarah conceived, and she bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time that God had mentioned. Abraham named the son who was born to him, the son whom Sarah bore – Isaac. And he circumcised Isaac, his son, when the child was eight days old, just as God had commanded him to do.

Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. “God,” said Sarah, “has made laughter for me; all those who hear of this will laugh with me.” She said, “Who would ever have said to Abraham, ‘Sarah will one day nurse children?’ And yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” The baby grew, and he was weaned; Abraham laid out a great feast on the day when Isaac was weaned. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian – the son she had borne Abraham – making sport. She said to Abraham, “Send away that slave and her son, for the slave’s son cannot inherit you alongside Isaac.” This distressed Abraham deeply, because of his son. But God said to him, “Do not think this wrong, because of the boy or because of your slave; listen to Sarah, to whatever she says, for it is Isaac who will keep your name alive;

and I shall build a nation from the maid’s son also, because he too is your descendant.” Early the next morning Abraham rose, and he took bread and a flask of water, and gave them to Hagar; he placed them over her shoulder, and the child also, and he sent her away. Hagar left, and she went astray in the desert of Be’er Sheva. The water in the flask was exhausted, and she threw the boy down beneath one of the bushes. And Hagar went off and sat herself beyond, a bowshot’s distance away, for she said, “Just let me not see it, when the child dies.” She sat down there at a distance beyond, and then she raised up her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the boy. An angel called out to Hagar from the heavens and said to her, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be frightened; for God has heard the boy’s voice, there in the place where he is. Get up; lift up the boy and keep your hand firmly on him, for I am going to build him up into a great nation.” God opened her eyes and she saw a well, and she went and filled the flask with water, and helped the boy to drink. God was with the boy, and he grew, and there in the desert he lived, and became a bowman. He settled in the Paran desert, and his mother brought him a wife from the land of Egypt.

It was at that time that Avimelekh and his chief of staff, Pikhol, said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do. Now swear to me by your God, that you will not deceive me or my son or my grandson; treat me and all the land you have lived in with the same kindness I have shown toward you.” Abraham said, “I swear.” And then he reproached Avimelekh for the well of water that Avimelekh’s slaves had stolen. “I do not know who did this,” Avimelekh said, “and you did not tell me before, I have never heard of all this until today!” Abraham took sheep and cattle and gave them to Avimelekh, and the two forged a covenant together.

And Abraham then set the seven sheep from the flock apart. Avimelekh asked him, “What are these seven sheep that you have set apart by themselves?” And he said, “These seven sheep are for you to take from me as witness to the fact that it was I who dug that well.” And so it was that he named the place Be’er Sheva, because it was there that the two of them vowed. They forged their covenant in Be’er Sheva, and then Avimelekh and Pikhol, his chief of staff, stood up and returned to the land of the Philistines. Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Be’er Sheva, and there he called out the name of the LORD, God of all the world. And Abraham lived on in the land of the Philistines for many years after.

HALF KADDISH

Reader: יִתְגַּדַּל Magnified and sanctified may His great name be, in the world He created by His will. May He establish His kingdom in your lifetime and in your days, and in the lifetime of all the house of Israel, swiftly and soon – and say: Amen.

All: May His great name be blessed for ever and all time.

*Reader:*Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, raised and honored, uplifted and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, above and beyond any blessing, song, praise and consolation uttered in the world – and say: Amen.

HAGBAHA AND GELILA

וְזֹאת הַתּוֹרָה This is the Torah that Moses placed before the children of Israel, at the LORD’s commandment, by the hand of Moses.

It is a tree of life to those who grasp it, and those who uphold it are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Long life is in its right hand; in its left, riches and honor. It pleased the LORD for the sake of [Israel’s] righteousness, to make the Torah great and glorious.

MAFTIR

On the first day of the seventh month you shall hold a sacred assembly. You shall do no laborious work, and it shall be a day of the blowing of the shofar for you. You shall make a burnt-offering of pleasing aroma to the LORD: a young bullock, a ram, and seven yearling male lambs; they shall be without blemish. And their meal-offerings, fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths of an ephah for the ram, and one-tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs, one male goat for atonement. All this aside from the burnt-offering of the New Moon and its meal-offering, and the regular daily burnt-offering with its meal-offering, and their libations according to their ordinance, a burnt-offering of pleasing odor to the LORD.

HAGBAHA AND GELILA

וְזֹאת הַתּוֹרָה This is the Torah that Moses placed before the children of Israel, at the LORD’s commandment, by the hand of Moses.

It is a tree of life to those who grasp it, and those who uphold it are happy. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Long life is in its right hand; in its left, riches and honor. It pleased the LORD for the sake of [Israel’s] righteousness, to make the Torah great and glorious.

BLESSING BEFORE READING THE HAFTARA

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who chose good prophets and was pleased with their words, spoken in truth. Blessed are You, LORD, who chose the Torah, His servant Moses, His people Israel, and the prophets of truth and righteousness.

HAFTARA FOR THE FIRST DAY

Once there was a man from Ramatayim Tzofim, from Mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkana son of Yeroḥam son of Elihu son of Toḥu son of Tzuf, a resident of Ephraim. [The man] had two wives; the first was named Hannah and the second, Peninah; and while Peninah had children, Hannah had none. This man would go up from his city, year by year, to worship and to make offerings to the Lord of hosts in Shiloh, where Ḥofni and Pineḥas served as priests to the Lord. The day would come, and Elkanah would make his offering, and give portions of it to Peninah his wife and to all her sons and daughters. And to Hannah he would give the most generous portion, for it was Hannah that he loved, though the Lord had shut off her womb. And her rival would torment her, torment her to fill her with fury – because the Lord had shut off her womb. [Elkanah] did the same thing year after year, whenever [Hannah] went up to the Lord’s House; and so [Peninah] would torment her, until she wept, and would not eat. “Why are you crying, Hannah,” her husband, Elkanah, said, “why will you not eat, and why is your heart so pained? Am I not better to you than ten sons?” Hannah got up after they had eaten at Shiloh, and after they had drunk, and Eli the Priest was seated upon his chair at the doorway of the Lord’s Sanctuary. And she was bitter within, and prayed to the Lord and wept – wept. And she made a vow, saying, “Lord of hosts, if You see Your slave’s agony, and remember me and do not forget Your slave, and if You give Your slave a son – I shall give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever be lifted to his head.” And as she continued to pray there, for a long time, before the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth. And Hannah, she was speaking in her heart: her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard, and Eli thought her drunk. And Eli said to her, “When will you stop acting the drunkard? Clear yourself of that wine.” And Hannah said, “No, sir; I am a woman whose spirit has grown heavy, I have drunk neither new wine nor old; I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. Do not look at your slave as if I were the lowest of the low; it is from the great burden of words on my mind and my torment that I spoke all this time.” Then Eli said, “Go peacefully; and may the God of Israel grant you whatever it was you asked of Him.” She said, “May your humble servant but deserve the grace you have shown her,” and the woman went upon her way, and ate, and that expression she had worn, she wore no more. Early the next morning they got up and worshiped the Lord, and they went back, and came to their home at Ramah. And Elkana knew his wife Hannah – and the Lord remembered her. And in the fullness of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Samuel, “because I asked him of the Lord.” The man, Elkanah, and all his household, went up to make sacrifices to the Lord; the regular, yearly sacrifice and the offering he had vowed. But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the boy is weaned; then I shall bring him; he will appear before the Lord and he will stay there forever.” “Do as you see fit,” said Elkanah, her husband. “Stay until you have weaned him; and may the Lord but fulfill His own words.” So the woman stayed there and she nursed her son, until she had weaned him. And when she had weaned him she brought him up with her, with three bulls, an ephah of flour and a flask of wine, and took him to the Lord’s house in Shiloh; and the boy was yet young. They slaughtered a bull and brought the boy to Eli. And she said, “Please, sir – sir, as you live, I am that woman who stood here with you and prayed to the Lord. It was for this boy that I prayed, and the Lord gave me what I asked of Him. Now I too give him over, to the Lord, forever: he is given over to the Lord” – and there he worshiped the Lord. And Hannah prayed. She said: My heart glories in the Lord, / my horns raised in pride by the Lord, my mouth wide in scorn for my foes: / for my joy is in Your salvation. There is none so holy as the Lord, for there is none but You, / there is no Rock like our God. Stop speaking high and mighty, on and on, these swollen words that leave your mouths – for the Lord is the God of knowledge, / His acts precisely measured; the bows of strong heroes are broken, while those who once stumbled gird greatness. Those who were once full of bread go to hire, / while the hungry rest; while the childless woman births seven children, the mother of so many sons falls desolate. The Lord kills, and He brings life, He throws us down to hell and He lifts us. The Lord makes destitute, enriches, / debases; He raises – He lifts the poor out of the dust, and raises abject men from the dunghills, to seat them up there with princes, / to bequeath them chairs of honor, for the earth’s precipices are the Lord’s and upon them He balances all the world. He will guard the steps of His followers, while the evil are silenced in darkness, for it is not by strength that men master. The Lord – His opponents are broken, He thunders the skies above them, the Lord will judge to the ends of the earth, will grant His own king strength, He will raise proud the horns of His anointed.

BLESSINGS AFTER THE HAFTARA

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, Rock of all worlds, righteous for all generations, the faithful God who says and does, speaks and fulfills, all of whose words are truth and righteousness. You are faithful, LORD our God, and faithful are Your words, not one of which returns unfulfilled, for You, God, are a faithful (and compassionate) King. Blessed are You, LORD, faithful in all His words.

רַחֵם Have compassion on Zion for it is the source of our life, and save the one grieved in spirit swiftly in our days. Blessed are You, LORD, who makes Zion rejoice in her children.

שַׂמְּחֵֽנוּ Grant us joy, LORD our God, through Elijah the prophet Your servant, and through the kingdom of the house of David Your anointed – may he soon come and make our hearts glad. May no stranger sit on his throne, and may others not continue to inherit his glory, for You promised him by Your holy name that his light would never be extinguished. Blessed are You, LORD, Shield of David.

עַל הַתּוֹרָה For the Torah, for divine worship, for the prophets, (for this Sabbath day) and for this Day of Remembrance, which You, LORD our God, have given us (for holiness and rest), for honor and glory – for all these we thank and bless You, LORD our God, and may Your name be blessed by the mouth of all that lives, continually, for ever and all time, for Your word is true and endures for ever. Blessed are You, LORD, King over all the earth, who sanctifies (the Sabbath,) Israel and the Day of Remembrance.

יְקוּם פֻּרְקָן May deliverance arise from heaven, bringing grace, love and compassion, long life, ample sustenance and heavenly help, physical health and enlightenment of mind, living and thriving children who will neither interrupt nor cease from the words of the Torah – to our masters and teachers of the holy communities in the land of Israel and Babylon; to the leaders of assemblies and the leaders of communities in exile; to the heads of academies and to the judges in the gates; to all their disciples and their disciples’ disciples, and to all who occupy themselves in study of the Torah. May the King of the Universe bless them, prolonging their lives, increasing their days, and adding to their years. May they be redeemed and delivered from all distress and illness. May our Master in heaven be their help at all times and seasons; and let us say: Amen.

יְקוּם פֻּרְקָן May deliverance arise from heaven, bringing grace, love and compassion, long life, ample sustenance and heavenly help, physical health and enlightenment of mind, living and thriving children who will neither interrupt nor cease from the words of the Torah – to all this holy congregation, great and small, women and children. May the King of the Universe bless you, prolonging your lives, increasing your days, and adding to your years. May you be redeemed and delivered from all distress and illness. May our Master in heaven be your help at all times and seasons; and let us say: Amen.

מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ May He who blessed our fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, bless all this holy congregation, together with all other holy congregations: them, their wives, their sons and daughters, and all that is theirs. May He bless those who unite to form synagogues for prayer and those who come there to pray; those who provide lamps for light and wine for Kiddush and Havdala, food for visitors and charity for the poor, and all who faithfully occupy themselves with the needs of the community. May the Holy One, blessed be He, give them their reward; may He remove from them all illness, grant them complete healing, and forgive all their sins. May He send blessing and success to all the work of their hands, together with all Israel their brethren; and let us say: Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה May He who gives salvation to kings and dominion to princes, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, who delivers His servant David from the evil sword, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the mighty waters, bless and protect, guard and help, exalt, magnify and uplift the President, Vice President and all officials of this land. May the Supreme King of kings in His mercy put into their hearts and the hearts of all their counselors and officials, to deal kindly with us and all Israel. In their days and in ours, may Judah be saved and Israel dwell in safety, and may the Redeemer come to Zion. May this be His will, and let us say: Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE SAFETY OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES

אַדִּיר בַּמָּרוֹם God on high who dwells in might, the King to whom peace belongs, look down from Your holy habitation and bless the soldiers of the American military forces who risk their lives for the sake of peace on earth. Be their shelter and stronghold, and let them not falter. Give them the strength and courage to thwart the plans of the enemy and end the rule of evil. May their enemies be scattered and their foes flee before them, and may they rejoice in Your salvation. Bring them back safely to their homes, as is written: “The LORD will guard you from all harm, He will guard your life. The LORD will guard your going and coming, now and for evermore.” And may there be fulfilled for us the verse: “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more.” Let all the inhabitants on earth know that sovereignty is Yours and Your name inspires awe over all You have created – and let us say: Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE WELFARE OF THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT

הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה May He who gives salvation to kings and dominion to princes, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, who delivers His servant David from the evil sword, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the mighty waters, bless and protect, guard and help, exalt, magnify and uplift the Prime Minister and all the elected and appointed officials of Canada. May the Supreme King of kings in His mercy put into their hearts and the hearts of all their counselors and officials, to deal kindly with us and all Israel. In their days and in ours, may Judah be saved and Israel dwell in safety, and may the Redeemer come to Zion. May this be His will, and let us say: Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CANADIAN MILITARY FORCES

אַדִּיר בַּמָּרוֹם God on high who dwells in might, the King to whom peace belongs, look down from Your holy habitation and bless the soldiers of the Canadian Forces who risk their lives for the sake of peace on earth. Be their shelter and stronghold, and let them not falter. Give them the strength and courage to thwart the plans of the enemy and end the rule of evil. May their enemies be scattered and their foes flee before them, and may they rejoice in Your salvation. Bring them back safely to their homes, as is written: “The LORD will guard you from all harm, He will guard your life. The LORD will guard your going and coming, now and for evermore.” And may there be fulfilled for us the verse: “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war any more.” Let all the inhabitants on earth know that sovereignty is Yours and Your name inspires awe over all You have created – and let us say: Amen.

PRAYER FOR THE STATE OF ISRAEL

אָבִֽינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַֽיִם Heavenly Father, Israel’s Rock and Redeemer, bless the State of Israel, the first flowering of our redemption. Shield it under the wings of Your loving-kindness and spread over it the Tabernacle of Your peace. Send Your light and truth to its leaders, ministers and counselors, and direct them with good counsel before You.

Strengthen the hands of the defenders of our Holy Land; grant them deliverance, our God, and crown them with the crown of victory. Grant peace in the land and everlasting joy to its inhabitants.

As for our brothers, the whole house of Israel, remember them in all the lands of our (In Israel: their) dispersion, and swiftly lead us (In Israel: them) upright to Zion Your city, and Jerusalem Your dwelling place, as is written in the Torah of Moses Your servant: “Even if you are scattered to the furthermost lands under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and take you back. The LORD your God will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you will possess it; and He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. Then the LORD your God will open up your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.”

Unite our hearts to love and revere Your name and observe all the words of Your Torah, and swiftly send us Your righteous anointed one of the house of David, to redeem those who long for Your salvation.

Appear in Your glorious majesty over all the dwellers on earth, and let all who breathe declare: The LORD God of Israel is King and His kingship has dominion over all. Amen, Selah.

PRAYER FOR ISRAEL’S DEFENSE FORCES

מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ May He who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, bless the members of Israel’s Defense Forces and its security services who stand guard over our land and the cities of our God, from the Lebanese border to the Egyptian desert, from the Mediterranean sea to the approach of the Aravah, and wherever else they are, on land, in air and at sea. May the LORD make the enemies who rise against us be struck down before them. May the Holy One, blessed be He, protect and deliver them from all trouble and distress, affliction and illness, and send blessing and success to all the work of their hands. May He subdue our enemies under them and crown them with deliverance and victory. And may there be fulfilled in them the verse, “It is the LORD your God who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you.” And let us say: Amen.

PRAYER FOR THOSE BEING HELD IN CAPTIVITY

מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ May He who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joseph, Moses and Aaron, David and Solomon, bless, protect and guard the members of Israel’s Defense Forces missing in action or held captive, and other captives among our brethren, the whole house of Israel, who are in distress or captivity, as we, the members of this holy congregation, pray on their behalf. May the Holy One, blessed be He, have compassion on them and bring them out from darkness and the shadow of death; may He break their bonds, deliver them from their distress, and bring them swiftly back to their families’ embrace. Give thanks to the LORD for His loving-kindness and for the wonders He does for the children of men; and may there be fulfilled in them the verse: “Those redeemed by the LORD will return; they will enter Zion with singing, and everlasting joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.” And let us say: Amen.