When I proclaim the LORD’s name, give glory to our God. O LORD, open my lips, so that my mouth may declare Your praise.

PATRIARCHS

בָּרוּךְ Blessed are You, LORD our God and God of our fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob; the great, mighty and awesome God, God Most High, who bestows acts of loving-kindness and creates all, who remembers the loving-kindness of the fathers and will bring a Redeemer to their children’s children for the sake of His name, in love.

זָכְרֵֽנוּ לְחַיִּים Remember us for life, O King who desires life, and write us in the book of life – for Your sake, O God of life. King, Helper, Savior, Shield: Blessed are You, LORD, Shield of Abraham.

DIVINE MIGHT

אַתָּה גִּבּוֹר You are eternally mighty, LORD. You give life to the dead and have great power to save.

In Israel:

He causes the dew to fall.

He sustains the living with loving-kindness, and with great compassion revives the dead. He supports the fallen, heals the sick, sets captives free, and keeps His faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like You, Master of might, and who can compare to You, O King who brings death and gives life, and makes salvation grow?

מִי כָמֽוֹךָ Who is like You, compassionate Father, who remembers His creatures in compassion, for life? Faithful are You to revive the dead. Blessed are You, LORD, who revives the dead.

HOLINESS

אַתָּה קָדוֹשׁ You are holy and Your name is holy, and holy ones praise You daily, Selah!

וּבְכֵן תֵּן פַּחְדְּךָ And so place the fear of You, LORD our God, over all that You have made, and the terror of You over all You have created, and all who were made will stand in awe of You, and all of creation will worship You, and they will be bound all together as one to carry out Your will with an undivided heart; for we know, LORD our God, that all dominion is laid out before You, strength is in Your palm, and might in Your right hand, Your name spreading awe over all You have created.

וּבְכֵן תֵּן כָּבוֹד And so place honor, LORD, upon Your people, praise on those who fear You and hope into those who seek You, the confidence to speak into all who long for You, gladness to Your land and joy to Your city, the flourishing of pride to David Your servant, and a lamp laid out for his descendant, Your anointed, soon, in our days.

וּבְכֵן צַדִּיקִים And then righteous people will see and rejoice, and the upright will exult, and the pious revel in joy, and injustice will have nothing more to say, and all wickedness will fade away like smoke as You sweep the rule of arrogance from the earth.

וְתִמְלֹךְ אַתָּה And You, LORD, will rule alone over those You have made, in Mount Zion, the dwelling of Your glory, and in Jerusalem, Your holy city, as it is written in Your holy writings: “The LORD shall reign for ever. He is your God, Zion, from generation to generation, Halleluya!” Holiness of the day

קָדוֹשׁ אַתָּה You are holy, Your name is awesome, and there is no god but You, as it is written, “The LORD of hosts shall be raised up through His judgment, the holy God, made holy in righteousness.” Blessed are You, LORD, the holy King.

HOLINESS OF THE DAY AND KINGSHIP

אַתָּה בְחַרְתָּֽנוּ You have chosen us from among all peoples. You have loved and favored us. You have raised us above all tongues. You have made us holy through Your commandments. You have brought us near, our King, to Your service, and have called us by Your great and holy name.

וַתִּתֶּן לָֽנוּ And You, LORD our God, have given us in love this Day of Remembrance, a day of blowing the shofar, a holy assembly in memory of the exodus from Egypt.

וּמִפְּנֵי חֲטָאֵֽינוּ But because of our sins we were exiled from our land and driven far from our country. We cannot perform our duties in Your chosen House, the great and holy Temple that was called by Your name, because of the hand that was stretched out against Your Sanctuary. May it be Your will, LORD our God and God of our ancestors, merciful King, that You in Your abounding compassion may once more have mercy on us and on Your Sanctuary, rebuilding it swiftly and adding to its glory. Our Father, our King, reveal the glory of Your kingdom to us swiftly. Appear and be exalted over us in the sight of all that lives. Bring back our scattered ones from among the nations, and gather our dispersed people from the ends of the earth.

וַהֲבִיאֵֽנוּ לְצִיּוֹן Lead us to Zion, Your city, in jubilation, and to Jerusalem, home of Your Temple, with everlasting joy. There we will prepare for You our obligatory offerings: the regular daily offerings in their order and the additional offerings according to their law. And the additional offerings (of this Sabbath day and) of this Day of Remembrance we will prepare and offer before You in love, in accord with Your will’s commandment, as You wrote for us in Your Torah through Your servant Moses, by Your own word, as it is said:

וּבַחֹֽדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי On the first day of the seventh month you shall hold a sacred assembly. You shall do no laborious work, and you shall mark a Day of the Blowing of the Shofar. 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.

וּמִנְחָתָם וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם And their meal offerings and wine-libations as ordained: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths of an ephah for the ram, one-tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs, wine for the libations, two male goats for atonement, and two regular daily offerings according to their law.

מִלְּבַד 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.

עָלֵֽינוּ It is our duty to praise the Master of all, and ascribe greatness to the Author of creation, who has not made us like the nations of the lands, nor placed us like the families of the earth; who has not made our portion like theirs, nor our destiny like all their multitudes. (For they worship vanity and emptiness, and pray to a god who cannot save.) But we bow in worship and thank the Supreme King of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He, who extends the heavens and establishes the earth, whose throne of glory is in the heavens above, and whose power’s Presence is in the highest of heights. He is our God; there is no other. Truly He is our King; there is none else, as it is written in His Torah: “You shall know and take to heart this day that the LORD is God, in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is no other.”

Therefore, we place our hope in You, LORD our God, that we may soon see the glory of Your power, when You will remove abominations from the earth, and idols will be utterly destroyed, when the world will be perfected under the sovereignty of the Almighty, when all humanity will call on Your name, to turn all the earth’s wicked toward You. All the world’s inhabitants will realize and know that to You every knee must bow and every tongue swear loyalty. Before You, LORD our God, they will kneel and bow down and give honor to Your glorious name. They will all accept the yoke of Your kingdom, and You will reign over them soon and for ever. For the kingdom is Yours, and to all eternity You will reign in glory, as it is written in Your Torah: “The LORD will reign for ever and ever.”

And it is said: He saw no injustice in Jacob, no deceit did He witness in Israel, the Lord their God is with them, and a King’s adulation resounds among them.

And it is said: [The Lord] became King in Yeshurun, when the heads of the people gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.

And in Your holy Writings it is said, For kingship is the LORD’s and He rules over the nations.

And it is said: The LORD reigns. He is robed in majesty. The LORD is robed, girded with strength. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.

And it is said: Lift up your heads, O gates; be uplifted, eternal doors, so that the King of glory may enter. Who is the King of glory? It is the LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O gates; lift them up, eternal doors, so that the King of glory may enter. Who is He, the King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory, Selah!

And by Your servants the prophets it is written: This is what the Lord, King of Israel and its Savior, the Lord of hosts has said: “I am the first and I shall be the last, and there is no other god but Me.”

And it is said: Saviors shall go up to Mount Zion to judge Mount Esau, and the Lord’s shall be the kingdom.

And it is said: Then shall the Lord be King over all the earth. On that day the Lord shall be One and His name One.

And in Your Torah it is written: Listen, Israel: the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ Our God and God of our ancestors, rule over all the world in Your honor, and be raised above all the earth in Your glory, and appear, in the splendor of Your great might before all those who live in this world, Your domain. And all who were made will know that You made them, and all who were formed will know that You formed them, and all that have breath in their mouths will declare: The LORD, God of Israel is King, and His kingship has dominion over all. Make us holy through Your commandments and grant us our share in Your Torah. Satisfy us with Your goodness, grant us joy in Your salvation and purify our hearts to serve You in truth. For You, LORD, are truth, and Your word is truth and holds true forever. Blessed are You, LORD, King over all the earth, who sanctifies Israel and the Day of Remembrance.

REMEMBRANCES

אַתָּה זוֹכֵר You remember the making of the world; You come to all those formed long ago. Under Your gaze, all hidden things come to light, all the many secrets buried since the Beginning. For nothing is forgotten before the throne of Your glory, and nothing is hidden from Your eyes. You remember all of creation, and all things that were formed – none is shrouded from You. All is revealed and known before You, Lord our God, who gazes and looks on to the last of all the ages. For You bring a day decreed for remembrance to come to each spirit and soul; that Your many works be remembered, Your numerous, endless creations. From the very beginning You made it known, long before this time You revealed it, for this day is the opening of all Your works, a remembrance of the very first day. “For it is a decree for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.” And on it, it is said of every province, which will come to the sword and which to peace, which will succumb to hunger and which find plenty. And all creations are regarded on this day; remembered for life, or for death.

מִי לֹא נִפְקַד Who may be overlooked on this day, when the memory of every being formed comes before You? – each person’s works, his purpose, the path that he chooses and follows, the thoughts and the plans of all mankind, and the impulses behind each person’s acts? Happy is the one who does not forget You, the child of man who takes courage in You. For one who seeks You will never stumble, they need never be ashamed, who seek shelter in You. For the memory of all that You have made passes before You, You examine what each one does. And Noah also, You remembered with love, and You came to him with words of salvation, compassion, when You brought on the waters of the great flood, to destroy all creatures of flesh because the practices they followed were corrupt. And so let [Noah’s] memory come to You, Lord our God, that You multiply His children like the dust of the earth, his descendants like sand of the sea.

As it is written in Your Torah: “God remembered Noah and all the animals, and all the cattle that were with him in the ark, and God made a wind blow across the earth, and the waters grew calm.”

And it is said: “God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.”

And it is said: “I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will remember, and the land I will remember.”

And in Your holy Writings it is written thus: “He has made remembrance for His wonders; gracious and compassionate is the Lord.”

And it is said: “He has given food to those who revere Him; He will remember His covenant forever.”

And it is said: “He remembered His covenant for their sake, and relented in His great love.”

And by Your servants the prophets it is written: “Go and call out to Jerusalem, this is what the Lord has said: ‘I remember of you the kindness of your youth, your love when you were a bride; how you walked after Me in the desert, through a land not sown.’”

And it is said: “I will remember the covenant I had with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant.”

And it is said: “Is Ephraim not a treasured son to Me, My child of delights? As I speak of him, always, I remember him again. And so it is that I long for him within, I will tender him compassion, says the Lord.”

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ Our God and God of our ancestors, remember us with a favorable memory, and recall us with a remembrance of salvation and compassion from the highest ancient heaven. Remember for our sake, Lord our God, the covenant, the loving-kindness, and the oath that You swore to Abraham our father on Mount Moriah. And let the image of that binding, when our father Abraham bound Isaac his son upon the altar, be present before You; when he suppressed his compassion, to do Your will wholeheartedly. So, too, let Your compassion wrest Your anger from us, and in Your great goodness may Your anger be turned away from Your people, Your city, Your land and Your inheritance. Fulfill for us, Lord our God, the promise You made in Your Torah, at the hand of Moses Your servant and by Your own word, as it is said:

“And I remembered, for their sake, the covenant of the early ones, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt before the eyes of all nations, to be God to them, I am the Lord.”

כִּי זוֹכֵר For it has always been You who remembered all forgotten things, and there is no forgetfulness before the throne of Your glory, and today in Your compassion, You remember the binding of Isaac, for his descendants’ sake. Blessed are You, Lord, who remembers the covenant.

SHOFAROT

אַתָּה נִגְלֵֽיתָ You were revealed in a cloud of Your glory, to Your holy nation, to speak with them. Out of the heavens Your voice was heard; You revealed Yourself in mists of purity. And all the wide world quaked before You, the works of creation shook in Your presence, as You revealed Yourself, our King, on Mount Sinai, to teach Your people Torah and the commandments, to have them hear the majesty of Your voice – Your sacred words amid flames of fire. In thunder and lightning You revealed Yourself to them, and amid the sound of the shofar You appeared.

As it is written in Your Torah: “Then on the third day, in the morning – thunder and lightning; heavy cloud covered the mountain, there was a very loud sound of the shofar, and all of the people in the camp quaked.”

And it is said: “And the sound of the shofar grew ever louder – Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.”

And it is said: “And all the people saw the thunder and the flames, and the sound of the shofar, and the mountain asmoke; the people saw and they staggered, and stood far back.”

And in Your holy Writings it is written thus: “God has been raised up in sound: raised, the Lord, in the voice of the shofar.”

And it is said: “With trumpets and the sound of the shofar, shout for joy before the Lord, the King.”

And it is said: “Sound the shofar on the new moon, on our feast day when the moon is hidden. For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.”

And it is said: “Halleluya! Praise God in His holy place; praise Him in the heavens of His power. Praise Him for His mighty deeds; praise Him for His surpassing greatness. Praise Him with blasts of the shofar; praise Him with the harp and lyre. Praise Him with timbrel and dance; praise Him with strings and flute. Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals. Let all that breathes praise the LORD. Halleluya!”

And by Your servants the prophets it is written: “All the inhabitants of the world, all the dwellers on this earth, when He lifts up a banner on the mountains, you will see it, and when He sounds the shofar you shall hear.”

And it is said: “On that day a great shofar will be sounded, and those who are lost will come from the land of Assyria, and those who were banished, from the land of Egypt, and they will worship the Lord at the holy mountain in Jerusalem.”

And it is said: “The Lord will appear to them, His arrow will come out like lightning, and the Lord God will sound the shofar, and will move in stormwinds of the south. The Lord of hosts will protect them –” so, protect Your people Israel with Your peace.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ Our God and God of our ancestors, sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise high the banner to gather our exiles, bring close our scattered ones from among the nations, and gather our exiles from the very ends of the earth. Bring us to Zion, Your city, in joy, and to Jerusalem, Your Temple, in everlasting happiness. There we will prepare for You our obligatory offerings, as we were commanded in Your Torah, at the hand of Your servant Moses and by Your own word, as it is said:

On the days of your celebration, and at your times of gathering and at your New Moons, sound the trumpets over your offerings and over your peace-offerings, and those days will be remembrance for you before your God, I am the Lord your God.

כִּי אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵֽעַ For You hear the call of the shofar, and listen to its sounding, and there is none to be compared to You. Blessed are You, Lord, who listens to the sound of Your people Israel’s trumpet-blasts in compassion.

TEMPLE SERVICE

רְצֵה Find favor, LORD our God, in Your people Israel and their prayer. Restore the service to Your most holy House, and accept in love and favor the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayer. May the service of Your people Israel always find favor with You. And may our eyes witness Your return to Zion in compassion. Blessed are You, LORD, who restores His Presence to Zion.

THANKSGIVING

מוֹדִים We give thanks to You, for You are the LORD our God and God of our ancestors for ever and all time. You are the Rock of our lives, Shield of our salvation from generation to generation. We will thank You and declare Your praise for our lives, which are entrusted into Your hand; for our souls, which are placed in Your charge; for Your miracles which are with us every day; and for Your wonders and favors at all times, evening, morning and midday. You are good – for Your compassion never fails. You are compassionate – for Your loving-kindnesses never cease. We have always placed our hope in You. For all these things may Your name be blessed and exalted, our King, continually, for ever and all time.

וּכְתֹב And write, for a good life, all the children of Your covenant. Let all that lives thank You, Selah! and praise Your name in truth, God, our Savior and Help, Selah! Blessed are You, LORD, whose name is “the Good” and to whom thanks are due.

PEACE

שִׂים שָׁלוֹם Grant peace, goodness and blessing, grace, loving-kindness and compassion to us and all Israel Your people. Bless us, our Father, all as one, with the light of Your face, for by the light of Your face You have given us, LORD our God, the Torah of life and love of kindness, righteousness, blessing, compassion, life and peace. May it be good in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel at every time, in every hour, with Your peace.

בְּסֵֽפֶר חַיִּים In the book of life, blessing, peace and prosperity, may we and all Your people the house of Israel be remembered and written before You for a good life, and for peace.*

Blessed are You, LORD, who blesses His people Israel with peace.

Blessed are You, LORD, who makes peace.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart find favor before You, LORD, my Rock and Redeemer.

אֱלֹהַי My God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from deceitful speech. To those who curse me, let my soul be silent; may my soul be to all like the dust. Open my heart to Your Torah and let my soul pursue Your commandments. As for all who plan evil against me, swiftly thwart their counsel and frustrate their plans. Act for the sake of Your name; act for the sake of Your right hand; act for the sake of Your holiness; act for the sake of Your Torah. That Your beloved ones may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer me. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart find favor before You, LORD, my Rock and Redeemer.

May He who makes peace in His high places, make peace for us and all Israel – and say: Amen.

יְהִי רָצוֹן May it be Your will, LORD our God and God of our ancestors, that the Temple be rebuilt speedily in our days, and grant us a share in Your Torah. And there we will serve You with reverence, as in the days of old and as in former years. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years.