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 (On Shabbat: though on Shabbat it is forbidden to cry out, 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 (On Shabbat: though on Shabbat it is forbidden to cry out, may healing be quick to come) now, swiftly and soon, and let us say: Amen.

SHAḤARIT

TORAH READING

After the deaths of Aaron’s two sons, when they had drawn close to the LORD and died, the LORD spoke to Moses. And the LORD said to Moses: speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at any time to the holiest place – behind the curtain, to the presence of the kaporet that covers the Ark – so that he does not die; for I shall be revealed in the cloud above the kaporet. This is how Aaron shall come to the holiest place: he shall bring a young bull for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

He shall wear a consecrated linen tunic, and breeches of linen shall cover his skin; he shall tie a linen sash about him and bind a linen miter on his head. These are the consecrated garments; he shall wash his skin in water and then put them on. From the congregation of Israel he shall take two young goats as a sin-offering, and a ram as a burnt offering. And Aaron shall offer up the sin-offering bullock that is his, as atonement for him and for his family.

He shall take the two goats and stand them before the LORD at the opening of the Tent of Meeting. And for these two goats, Aaron shall draw lots – one lot to the LORD and one lot to Azazel. And Aaron shall offer up the goat whose lot falls to the LORD, and make it a sin-offering. And the goat whose lot falls to Azazel shall be left to stand alive before the LORD, to be an atonement – to be sent away to Azazel, into the wastelands. Aaron shall offer up the sin-offering bullock that is his, as atonement for him and for his family; he shall slaughter the sin-offering bullock that is his.

Then he shall take a pan full of burning coals from the altar, from the presence of the LORD, and with his cupped handsful of finest incense, bring them within the curtain. He shall place the incense into the fire in the presence of the LORD, and a cloud of incense will engulf the kaporet over the [Ark of] Testimony – then he shall not die. He shall take of the bullock’s blood and sprinkle with his finger onto the kaporet before him – and in front of the kaporet, he shall sprinkle seven times from the blood with his finger. And he shall slaughter the sin-offering goat that is the people’s, and bring its blood behind the curtain, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bullock: he shall sprinkle it onto the kaporet and in front of the kaporet. So shall he bring atonement to the holiest place, for the impurities of Israel, for their rebellions and for all their sins. And so shall he do also for the Tent of Meeting, which abides with them, in the midst of their impurities. No man shall be in the Tent of Meeting when [Aaron] comes to make atonement in the holiest place, until he leaves; and he shall atone himself and his family and all the community of Israel.

Then he shall go out to the altar, which stands in the presence of the LORD, and bring atonement on it, taking of the blood of the bullock and of the goat and applying it to the horns around the altar. And he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger onto the altar seven times, and purify and sanctify it from the impurities of Israel. When he finishes bringing atonement for the holiest place and the Tent of Meeting and the altar, he shall offer up the living goat. Aaron shall press his hands onto the head of the living goat and confess all the guilt of Israel, and all of their rebellions, all of their sins, and he shall place them onto the head of the goat and send it away at the hand of an appointed man, into the wastelands. That goat shall bear all their guilt upon itself, into a desolate land – he shall send the goat out into the wastelands. And then Aaron shall come to the Tent of Meeting, take off the linen clothes he put on when he entered the holiest place and set them down there. And he shall wash his skin in water in a holy place and put on his clothes, and go out and perform his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people, in atonement for himself and for the people.

And he shall burn the fat of the sin-offering like incense on the altar. The one who sends the goat away to Azazel shall clean his clothes and wash his skin in water, and then he may come back into the camp. And the sin-offering bullock and sin-offering goat, the blood of which was brought as atonement to the holiest place, shall be taken out of the camp – their skins and flesh and dung shall be burnt in fire. And the one who burns them shall clean his clothes and wash his skin in water, and then he may come back into the camp. This shall be an everlasting law to you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day, you shall afflict yourselves and perform no kind of work – neither the citizen nor the stranger in your midst. For you will be atoned on this day and made pure; of all your sins before the LORD you shall be purified.

This is a Sabbath of utter rest for you, and you shall afflict yourselves – this is an everlasting law. And the priest who is anointed, into whose hands it is given to serve as [High] Priest after his father, he shall wear the linen garments, the consecrated garments. He shall make atonement for the holiest Sanctuary and for the Tent of Meeting; and for the altar shall he make atonement, and he shall make atonement for the priests and for all the community of the people. This shall be an everlasting law for you, to make atonement for Israel, for all their sins, once a year. And just as the LORD commanded Moses, so it was done.

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 tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy assembly, and you shall afflict your souls; you shall perform no kind of work. And you shall bring a burnt-offering of pleasing aroma to the LORD, one young bullock, one ram, and seven yearling male lambs – they shall be without blemish. And their meal-offerings of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for the bullock and two tenths for the ram, and a tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs. One male goat should be offered as a sin-offering, in addition to the sin-offering of the Day of Atonement, and the regular daily burnt-offering with its meal-offering and their libations.

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

He says: Lay a road, lay a road here; clear a way. Lift out of My people’s way all that could make them fall. Thus says the high exalted One, who abides forever, whose name is holy: High and holy I abide – yet I am with the crushed and humbled, giving life to the humbled, giving life to the hearts of the crushed. I will not forever contend with you, will not rage to the bitter end; when the spirit faints before Me – I created these souls. I have raged at the sin behind their profits, have struck them, have hidden My face and raged, as they went wayward on the path their hearts beat out. I have seen their ways and will heal them. I will lead them, will reward them in comfort, them and their mourners; I form the words – Peace, peace, to those far away and near – so the Lord speaks, and heals them. And the wicked are like the ocean surging, unable to be still; its waters fling up mud and filth: There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked. Shout out loud, do not hold back; raise up your voice like a ram’s horn. Tell My people of their rebellion, tell the house of Jacob their sins. Day after day they search for Me; they make it their interest to know My ways, like a nation that always does right, and never neglects their God’s justice. They ask for a righteous ruling. They say that being close to God is all that interests them. “Why do we fast and You do not see it; oppress ourselves when You do not acknowledge?” But even on your fast day you press your interests, oppress all your laborers. Contending and fighting each other you fast, while you beat with the fist of evil. The fast you perform today will not make your voice heard on high. Is this the fast I have chosen – a day when a man will oppress himself? When he bows his head like a rush in the wind, when he lays his bed with sackcloth and ashes? Is this what you call a fast, “a day for the Lord’s favor”? No; this is the fast I choose: Loosen the bindings of evil, and break the slavery chain. Those who were crushed, release to freedom; shatter every yoke of slavery. Break your bread for the starving, and bring dispossessed wanderers home. When you see a person naked, clothe him: do not avert your eyes from your own flesh. And then your light will break out like the sunrise, and healing will grow fast over your wound. Your righteousness will go before you, with the presence of the Lord following behind, to gather up what falls. Then you will call and the Lord will answer; when you cry out, He will say, “I am here”; if you cast the chains of slavery from your midst, the raised fist and ruthless words; if you give of your soul to the starving, and answer the hunger of souls oppressed – then your light will shine out in darkness, and your night itself will shine like noontide. The Lord will ever guide you, and answer your thirst in arid places; He will fortify your bones. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that flows with never-failing waters. Places ruined long ago will be rebuilt in you; you will raise up houses from age-old foundations. You will be known as mender of the ruptured wall, as the one who restored the paths for living. If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath, from pursuing your affairs on My holy day; if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the Lord’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way or attending to your own affairs, or speaking idle words – then you will find joy in the Lord, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the earth and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

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 Atonement, which You, LORD our God, have given us (for holiness and rest), for pardon, forgiveness and atonement, to pardon all our iniquities, 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 who pardons and forgives our iniquities and those of all His people the house of Israel, and makes our guilt pass away, every single year, King over all the earth, who sanctifies (the Sabbath,) Israel and the Day of Atonement.