מודה אני לפניך

Thank You, Living God

And Master,

For giving me

Another day of awareness.

I thank You

For this sacred trust.

תפילת העשיה / The Prayer of Assiyah

אשר יצר / Asher Yatzar

I worship You,

Yah, our God,

Cosmic Majesty.

You formed me,

A human being,

So wisely.

You created in me

All kinds of

Hollows and ducts,

Inner organs and intestines.

As I am all transparent to You,

It is apparent and clear,

That if any of these

That need to be open would clog,

Or any of these

Which need to be enclosed

Would seep,

I could not exist and live

In Your sight,

Not even for a moment.

So I am grateful

And bless You,

For healing me,

In amazing ways.

נשמה שנתת בי /

N’shamah She-natata Bi

My God,

The breath You have given me

Is fresh.

You create it.

You form it.

You breathe it into me.

And you keep me breathing.

At some time,

You will take it away from me,

And I will have breathed

my last breath in this body.

And You will resuscitate me,

To the life of the spirit.

For each breath still in me,

I thank You,

My own God,

Who is also my parents’ God,

Lord of all spirits,

Master of all that happens.

I offer You thanks,

Cosmic Majesty,

And worship You,

For keeping me breathing.

And in this way,

With each breath,

You give me Life anew.

ברכות התורה / Birchot Ha-Torah

You commanded us

To exercise our awareness

In Your Torah;

For this instruction

We offer You our appreciation,

Yah, our God.

We ask that we may find

Zest and delight

In the words of Your teaching.

May we and our children

(and their children, too )

Become intimate with You.

And, with pure intent--

Immerse ourselves in the Torah.

Barukh attah Yah,

You mentor Your people

In Torah.

Barukh attah Yah,

I offer You thanks,

Cosmic Majesty,

And worship You

For selecting us

Among all nations,

To reveal to us,

The Torah meant for us.

Barukh attah Yah,

You keep gifting us

With Your Torah.

{Now, study Torah

where your heart prompts you.}

ברכות השחר /Birchot Ha-Shachar

Barukh attah Yah,

I offer You thanks,

Cosmic Majesty

And worship You,

For giving me the gift

To discern the difference

Between day and night.

{Each time you see Barukh---,

you can repeat the formula:

Barukh attah Yah,

I offer You thanks,

Cosmic Majesty,

And worship You…}

Barukh---

For giving sight to my eyes.

Barukh --

For giving free movement

to my limbs.

Barukh ---

For helping me to stand upright.

Barukh --

For giving me clothes to wear.

Barukh---

For the firm ground

On which You place me.

Barukh---

For leading my steps

In the right direction.

Barukh---

For providing

for all my needs.

Barukh---

For imbuing me

Among other Jews,

With Strength.

Barukh---

For making my soul bright,

When I wrestle

And dance with You.

Barukh---

For taking my weariness

And giving me energy.

Barukh---

For shaping my life

in Your image.

Barukh---

For giving me options.

Barukh---

For giving me the privilege

To worship You, as a Jew.

Barukh---

For removing

The last trace of sleep

from my eyes.

יהי רצון / Y’hi Ratzon

And we ask Your blessed help

To find that our habits

Follow Your Torah,

To make our desire

Seek Your Mitzvot.

Keep us from sin and offense,

From shame and temptation.

Do not allow evil to attract us.

Keep us far from malicious people,

But draw us to seek goodness

And right action.

Induce our selfishness

To serve You.

And help us this day,

Yes, every day,

To be generous,

Friendly and cheerful.

As we face You

And all who we will meet,

Keep us in Your grace

And bless us.

Barukh attah Yah,

You are always generous to us,

Your people Israel.

Amen

ואהבת לרעך כמוך /

V’a’havta L-rey’acha Kamocha

I accept upon myself

the command

to love my neighbor as myself.

תפילת היצירה / The Prayer of Y’tzirah

Psalm 30

A Psalm for A Housewarming,

Composed by David

I acclaim You, my God.

You set me free

So that my foes

Could not gloat at my troubles.

Yah, my God, I pleaded with You.

You healed me.

Yah, you lifted me from the pit;

From the brink of the grave

You brought me back to Life.

Fellow devotees!

Join me in my song.

Remembering what is sacred,

Let’s give thanks.

For a moment, I felt You angry,

Then I felt Life and acceptance.

Though weeping as I fell asleep,

I woke up singing.

You, Yah, made my mountain firm,

I thought I was safe;

That I won’t ever stumble.

But when You hid

your Face from me,

I panicked.

I call to You, Yah!

I plead with You, Adonai!

What use is there in my death

To go down to ruin?

Can dust appreciate You?

Can it discern Your Truth?

Listen, Yah!

Be kind to me!

Yah, Please help me.

You turned my grieving

Into a dance of reconciliation.

You took off my rags

And wrapped me in joy.

Now, Your Glory is my song.

I won’t hold back.

Yah, my God,

I will ever be grateful!

Psalm 67

A Psalm for all the peoples

of the planet

God, bless us with grace!

Let Your loving Face shine on us!

We want to get to know Your way

Here on Earth,

Seeing how Your help is given

To every group of people.

Oh, how the various peoples

Will thank You,

All of them will sing

And be grateful.

Many people will be joyous

And sing

When You, Will set them right

With forthrightness.

And the peoples,

As You direct them,

Will cheer You.

Oh, how the various peoples

Will thank You.

All of them will sing, be grateful.

The Earth will give her harvest.

Such blessings come from God.

Yes, from our God!

Bless us God,

All the ends of the Earth

Will esteem You!

ברוּך שׁאמר / Baruch Sh’amar

Blessed One,

You talked the Worlds

Into being.

What a Blessing, You!

Blessed One,

Your Word

Makes for becoming.

What a blessing, Your Name.

Blessed One,

You decree and sustain.

Blessed One,

All beginnings are Yours!

Blessed One,

Your Compassion

Enwombs the Earth.

Blessed One,

Your Caring is kind

To all creatures.

Blessed One,

You are generous

In rewarding those

Who respect Your Creation.

Blessed One,

Ever Alive,

Ever confirming existence.

Blessed One,

You make us free,

You rescue us!

When we hear Your Name

We offer blessing.

Amen

Baruch attah Yah

Melech m’hullal batishbachot.

Psalm 100

This is how you sing to God

A Thank You song.

You join the symphony

Of the whole Earth.

In your gratefulness,

You meet Him.

Voices echo joy in God’s halls.

In giving thanks,

We engage Her blessings.

We meet His goodness,

Here and now;

Her encouragement

From generation to generation.

You are filled with joy

Serving God’s purpose.

You sound your own song

As you do it.

Certain that God is Be-ing,

We know that we are

Brought forth from Her,

--Both God’s companions

And His flock.

Enter into God’s Presence

Singing your own song,

In grateful appreciation.

Thank You God,

You are all Blessing.

In this world, You are goodness.

Yes, Grace, itself.

This is the trust we bequeath

The next generation.

יהי כבוד / Yehi Kh’vod

Yah! Fill our world

To reflect Your nobility,

So You will find joy

In Your creation.

In all circumstances,

We adore Your name forever.

Those who come from East,

And those who come

From the West,

Celebrate Your Name

In their ways.

Yah transcends

All national bigotries.

Her glory is in what

Concerns Heaven.

Yah -- this is Your Name forever.

Yah -- is the watch word,

Each generation passes to the next.

Yah, You have established

Your Sh’chinnah in the Heavens.

Your domain encompasses

All there is.

So, Heaven is glad.

Earth is happy.

All nations agree

that You Are in charge.

Yah! You are now.

Yah! You were then.

Yah! You will be

Constant forever.

Yah! Your reign is eternal.

Earth is Yours alone.

No nation can claim her.

You, Yah, void

The designs of tyrants.

You, Yah, block their schemes.

People brood

Over so many desires.

It is Your design, Yah,

That prevails.

What You, Yah, design,

Lasts through all time.

What You propose,

Works for many generations.

You speak, and it becomes real.

You command,

And it comes to existence.

You, Yah, chose Zion.

You wish to make Your seat there.

You, Yah, have singled out Jacob.

Israel, is Your treasure.

You, Yah, will not desert

Your people.

You will not forsake

Your heritage.

Because You are caring,

You will forgive sin.

You will not destroy.

But time and again,

You will subdue Your wrath

And not let Your fury rise.

Yah! Please help,

Prince!

Answer us the same day,

When we cry out.

Ashrey אשרי

Psalm 145

Sitting in Your home is happiness.

And, offering appreciation of You,

Is even more so.

Selah!

There is contentment for a people

So at home with Yah.

There is serenity among the people

Who have You, as their God.

David’s Aleph Bet Praise

I hold You in the highest esteem,

My God, My King.

In all I do,

I will offer praise to You.

Every day,

I will offer You my appreciation

And I will cheer You,

In all that I do.

Magnificent are You, Yah,

And much appreciated.

But, Your true greatness

Is beyond knowing.

One generation

Transmits its excitement

To the next

Over Your amazing actions,

Telling them of Your might.

Splendid and glorious

Is Your fame.

In all that I do,

I delight to tell of Your marvels.

While others may speak

Of Your awesome power,

I stress Your great kindness.

Many will recall

Your great goodness,

And sing of Your fairness.

You, Yah, are gentle

And compassionate,

Most patient

And caring.

You, Yah, are good to all of us.

All that You have made,

You hold in Your tenderness.

We, who are fashioned by You,

Acclaim You.

In fervent devoutness,

We bless You.

We talk of the honor

Of Your realm,

And draw our energy

From Your power.

Thus, we announce to others

How powerful You are,

And how distinguished

Your Majesty is.

Your domain embraces universes.

Your authority is recognized

Throughout all generations.

You, Yah,

Keep us from faltering,

And help us up, when we stumble.

We all look up to You with hope.

And trust that You will provide us,

At the right moment,

With what we need.

You open Your hand,

And each one of us receives,

What we desire.

You are a Tzaddik,

In all Your ways;

A Chassid,

In all that You do.

You are close by

When we call on You;

Especially,when we fully mean it.

You shape the will of those

Who respect You;

You hear their pleading,

And, You help.

You, Yah, protect those

Who love You.

Those who do evil,

You eliminate.

I offer my mouth to God’s praise.

Let all who are

in bodies of flesh,

Bless Your holy Name at all times,

And we will bless You, Yah,

From now on, and for as long

As there is life, on this world.

Psalm 146

Halleluyah!

Spirit of mine, praise Yah!

I will indeed praise Yah,

With my life.

I will sing to God,

With all my being.

I will not put my reliance in big shots.

What can people do,

Who can’t even help themselves?

When their spirits leave them,

They return to their dust.

All their schemes have vanished.

Happy is one,

Who is helped by Jacob’s God;

Whose hope is entrusted in Yah, His God--The One,

Who makes heaven and earth,

The ocean and all that lives there.

He is also the One, who is forever.

The standard of truth and sincerity.

He seeks justice for the oppressed,

And gives food to the starved.

Yah, is the One,

Who frees the imprisoned.

Yah, gives sight to the blind.

Yah, upholds the stooping.

Yah, loves the Tzaddikim.

Yah, protects the converts,

consoles the orphaned

and the widowed,

Confounds the way

Of the malicious.

Please, Yah! Zion’s God!

Manifest Your rule in the world!

For us, and for our children.

Halleluyah!

Psalm 147

Halleluyah!

It is so good to sing to our God

Make good music

to accompany the words

Yah, Builds Jerusalem

by gathering

Her scattered Godwrestlers.

He makes the broken hearted well,

And soothes the hurt

Of their bruises.

Counting the stars

And naming them,

He creates them each to be.

Great, is our Master,

And powerful beyond measure.

No one can describe

His way of comprehension.

Yah, encourages the downtrodden,

But the insolent, He brings low.

Offer gratitude to Yah!

To the harp,

Sing songs of celebration

To our God

He covers the sky

With billowing clouds:

Thus arranging rain for the ground,

Making the hills sprout forth grass.

Giving the beasts the food

They need;

Even to the young ravens,

Who cry to be fed.

He is not impressed

By a stallion’s feistiness;

Nor, by the muscles

Of a man’s thighs.

Yah, welcomes those

Who respect Him;

Who long for His grace.

Jerusalem! Zion!

Give praise to Yah.

Celebrate that He is your God!

Because He strengthened

The bars of your gates,

And blessed your children

In your midst,

Your borders He set to hold peace

And satisfies you

With good nourishment.

When He decrees

Something for Earth,

His command is swiftly fulfilled.

Snow, like white wool,

He sends down.

Frost, He scatters like sand.

He sends hail, like crumbs.

No one can stand it when

He brings on the cold.

Sending His word, He melts them,

Blowing warm wind

And the waters flow.

He imparts His words to Jacob;

His statutes and judgments

To Israel.

Alas!

He did not do the same

For other nations.

His judgments,

He did not share with them.

Halleluyah!

Psalm 148

Halleluyah!

Applaud and cheer Yah,

From the heavens.

Praise Him, the most sublime!

Angel assembly, sing Hallel!

Heaven hosts, sing Hallel!

Hallel, too, sun and moon.

Hallel, also, stars of light!

Jubilation

From the heavens of heavens.

From the streams of endless space,

He has decreed your existence.

Praise God and be grateful for life.

He fortified you to last long;

Set a directive,

That cannot be disobeyed.

Hallel, too, from earth,

From dragons and deep canyons.

Fire, hail, snow and fog,

Tempests and storms

Obeying His word.

Mountains, Hallel!

And hills echo.

Fruit trees and cedars

Sway their praise.

Wild and tame creatures,

Creepers and winged birds.

Hallel, too, from you –

Rulers of lands and nations,

Officials and judges of the land.

Lads and also lasses, Hallel!

Elders together with youths.

All of you, praise Yah’s Name.

His very Name, is so transcendent.

His glory is reflected

By Heaven and Earth.

Grand is the fate of His people.

His devout ones,

In constant adoration.

Halleluyah those

intimate and close to Him,

You Children of Israel, Halleluyah.

Psalm 149

Halleluyah!

Sing a brand new song to Yah.

This, is how He is celebrated

Among the Chassidim.

Yisrael, is happy

Knowing his Maker.

Zion’s children,

Delight in their King.

Dancing, they chant His Name,

Making rhythm,

With drums and strings.

Yah, loves His people.

The self-effacing,

Can count on Him for help.

Chassidim, savor

His awesome Presence.

Even on their bed,

They hum His praises.

They exalt God, in inner speech.

Such praise is a potent weapon,

Repelling antagonists,

Scolding bigots,

To immobilize their commanders,

And arrest their agitators.

Rebuke them, as they deserve!

All this, because God’s Chassidim

Gives honor to Him in splendor.

Halleluyah!

Psalm 150

{#10 of R’Nachman’s 10}

Halleluyah. Attune to God

in holiness:

be in awe of God who is mighty

in the heavens.

mark God for His potent acts:

praise God for Her generosity.

Salute God with trumpet sound:

hail God with the strings and harp.

Worship God with drum and dance:

Intone to God with organ and flute.

Make rhythm to God with crashing cymbals:

praise God with cymbals that ring out.

Let all who breathe chant Yah.

Halleluyah.

Barukh Yah always, Amen, Amen.

From Zion,

From Your dwelling

in Jerusalem,

We send our Halleluyah.

Barukh, too, to You, Yah,

Israel’s God,

Who alone, does amazing things.

May the glorious Presence,

Governing numberless worlds,

Manifest in this world

In all magnificence, Amen, Amen.

ויברך דוד

And David worshipped Yah

For all the crowd to see.

And David said,

I offer worship to You, Yah.

Blessed are You, Yah,

God of Israel, Our Father,

Ruling countless worlds.

All virtue is Yours:

Gedulah, Hesed, Largesse,

Gevurah, power and Law,

Tif’eret, balance and splendor,

Netzach, effectiveness,

And Hod, elegance.

For all that is in Heaven and Earth,

Is founded in Yesod.

The urge to live.

Yours, Yah, is majesty,

Malkhut, most sublime.

Abundance and honor

Are before You.

And You reign over the all.

In your hand, is force and might.

You can empower and raise up.

And, as of right now,

O, our God,

We thank you,

And sing to your glory,

To our utmost.

You, Yah,

You, alone have made the heavens,

The heavens beyond our heaven,

All those that serve You there.

Earth and all that is on her;

The oceans, and all

That they contain.

The host of heaven bow to You,

And you infuse them all with Life.

(here give Tzedakah)

You chose Abram.

You brought him out of Ur,

Of the Chaldees.

You named him Av-raham,

And found his heart

To be trustworthy enough,

To make a covenant with him.

On the day, when You saved us,

Abrahams children,

from Mitzrayim,

We saw how You dealt

With Mitzrayim,

With superior force.

We, the people, saw it,

And we put our faith in You, Yah,

And in Moshe, your servant.

We sang then the great song.

And placed our trust in You,

To bring us, plant us,

On the mountain sacred to You,

The Place You established,

To reside there, the sanctuary,

That Your hands had set up for us.

Yah, will reign there always.

On that day, Yah will be One.

And, His Name, will be One.

ישתבח שמך / Yishtabach Shimkha

Your Name be praised,

Always, Majestic One.

Powerful and gentle Source,

Making Heaven and Earth, sacred.

It is our pleasure

To dedicate to You,

Our God and Our parents’ God,

Time and again:

Music and Celebration,

Jubilation and Symphony,

Fortissimo, Anthem,

Victory March, Largo, Forte,

Paean and Hymn,

Sanctus and maestoso,

Laudo and Aria,

Celebrating

Your Divine reputation

In every realm.

We worship You, Yah,

Generous, Great, Regal One,

Who is the One,

to whom we offer all these.

God, whom we appreciate,

Source of all wonder,

Fountain of all souls,

Author of all that happens,

Who delights in music and chant,

Origin of Unity.

You are the Life

That flows

Through all the worlds.

Amen

{Reb Ahrele Roth, a"h, wrote a list of 32 mitzvot whose fulfillment is completed in the brain, the heart and the mouth.

A good preparation and a bridge for the next phase of prayer, as you enter into the world of B’riyah, is Reb Ahrele Roth’s list of Mitzvot one can do with consciousness alone.

The Hebrew alphabetical equivalent of 32 is ל"ב, the letters of which spell the Hebrew word, LEV, for Heart.}

O my Creator!

May Your Name be praised:

With my mouth, brain and heart prepared, I am ready to fulfill Your mitzvot. You who shape me.

1. Faith I place in You.

2. Oneness I affirm in You.

3. I am mindful of You.

4. I focus on Your vast Greatness,

5. and focus on my insignificance.

6. Thus do I turn back to You

in teshuvah,

7. and am bashful

in Your Presence.

8. I am awed by You,

9. and love You.

10. I accept the authority

of your mitzvot,

11. find my joy in You,

12. and place my trust in You.

13. I deny all false gods and those

in their service;

I reject unfit thoughts that rise

in my heart.

14. I give You my thanks,

15. and aim to hold You sacred.

16. I remember Jerusalem,

Your House of Prayer

for all peoples,

17. and look out to You,

to redeem us and free our souls.

18. Amalek, I will blot out,

19. by loving my neighbor as myself,

20. and adhering to You, in devekut,

21. walking in Your ways.

22. Thus, will I make in me a Holy Space

for You to be at home in.

23. I long for Your intimacy and love,

24. and am energized to find You

empowering my heart.

25. I affirm that Your actions are just,

26. and am mindful that

You redeem us from Mitzrayim.

27. Therefore,

I will not welcome

in my awareness,

thought that opposes faith

in Your/our service

and in Your Torah.

28. I will not yield to pride.

29. I will not hate any fellow

Godwrestler in my heart,

30. and I will give up

all vindictiveness,

not consider my self flawless,

31. but remember that I caused You

displeasure.

32. With all these,

I intend not to forget

Your presence in my life.

Amen!

Thus, may You be pleased,

O Supernal Parent,

That by the merit and the power

Of my making mention

of these Mitzvot

With my mouth,

There be stimulated

The energy of these Mitzvot

In their supernal root,

To draw down to me,

That High Holy flow

That will shield my thoughts,

My voice and my words,

From all damage,

All taint, all dross and dirt.

And there be drawn to me a flow

That will make pure

My thoughts and heart,

My voice and words.

May all of them be surrendered

To You, Praised One,

To the end that I may merit

To be connected to You,

In devekut and love.

And to attain the fulfillment

Of Your mitzvah

To cleave to You.

Thus will I be privileged

To be an instrument of Your will,

A vehicle for the

Blessed Shechinah of Your Glory.

Thus will the light in my soul

Not darken,

Nor will Your Divine spark

Be extinguished in me,

From now on and forever.

Amen! May this be Your will.

תפילת הבריאה / The Prayer of Bri’ah

Barkhu

I bow before You,

Yah, our God,

Cosmic Majesty,

For shaping light

And creating darkness,

Promoting peace

And creating what is.

You bring on light

With compassion to the world

And to all who live in it.

In goodness,

You constantly renew each day

What You made happen

At the beginning,

You make numberless beings,

All different.

Each one, with its own wisdom.

All there is, is Yours.

Yah, our Master!

How mighty is Your fame

All over Earth.

Such glory,

You radiate from the Heavens.

I am awed

When I see Your skies,

Your handiwork and fingerprints,

The moon and stars

You have arranged.

And the angels;

Ophanim,

Turning orbits and the planets,

Hayot,

The constellations of the zodiac,

Seraphim,

Blazing ones, the galaxies.

All in concert,

Adore and venerate You,

And sanctify Your Name

Chanting:

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh

Holy, Holy, Holy are You

Yah of Diversity

The cosmos is filled

With Your radiance.

They plead also…

Bring this glory to radiate to us

Also on the level where we live.

They all offer to You, blessed God

All pleasure in worship.

Aware that You alone,

Are Sacred, beyond all limits.

Condensing and focusing,

Creating anew,

Overcoming all barriers,

Seeding virtue,

Growing liberations,

Making healing available,

Awesome in admiration,

Master of marvels.

In Your benevolence

You renew each day,

Each moment,

The work of Creation.

Please, focus, new light on Zion

And let us all receive its benefit.

Barukh attah Yah

You shape luminaries.

אהבת עולם / Ahavat Olam

From ever

You have loved us into life.

Yah—our God,

You nourished us with kindness

And abundance.

Holy One!

For the sake of Your plan,

For Your honor,

And because we know

That our parents trusted You,

And You, in turn, taught them

How to live life,

So as to be serving Your purpose,

We ask You to share with us

In the same way.

God, kind Parent,

We live in the embrace

Of Your caring.

Make ours an understanding heart,

To become aware

And be careful and effective

In this way, to make real

What You speak to us in Torah,

And with so much love.

When we study Torah,

May we see clearly

What is meant for us to know.

When we do Mitzvot,

May all our feelings

Sit harmonious in our heart.

Focus all our hearts’ longing

To that moment,

When we stand in Your Presence,

In both awe and adoration.

May we never have to be Apologetic for our love for You.

Trusting You,

We are happy to see

Your beneficent plan unfolding.

May Your

Kindness and compassion,

Be available to us.

Please hurry.

Bring blessing and peace to us.

Gather us, so we not be scattered

All over the world.

Lift the hold of estrangement

From us.

Lead us to live in this world,

So that we feel at home in it.

You can do this for us.

You have assigned us

To do our special work in life

You brought us close to You.

We are grateful.

We hold You special.

And are filled with love for You

Barukh attah Yah

Who relates to us in Love.

Amen

Sh’ma Yisrael שמע ישראל

י—ה א-להינו י—ה אחד

Listen, you, Yisrael person,

(say your own name here)

Yah who Is, is our God,

Yah who Is, Is One, Unique,

All there Is.

ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד

Through time and space,

Your glory shines, Majestic One.

Love Yah, who is your God,

In what your heart is,

In what you aspire to,

In what you have made your own.

May these values

Which I connect with your life,

Be implanted in your feelings.

May they become the norm

For your children:

Keep talking with them

In the privacy of your home,

And on the errands you run.

May they help you relax.

And activate you to be productive.

Display them visibly on your arm.

Let them focus your attention.

See them at all transitions at home,

And in your environment.

How good it will be

When you really listen,

And hear my directions,

Which I give to you today,

For loving Yah, who is your God,

And to act godly

With feeling and inspiration.

Your earthly needs will be met

At the right time,

Appropriate to the season.

You will reap what you planted

For your delight and health.

Also, your animals

Will have ample feed.

All of you will eat and be content.

Be careful -- watch out!

Don't let your cravings delude you;

Don’t become alienated;

Don’t let your cravings

Become your gods;

Don’t debase yourself to them,

Because the God-sense within you

Will become distorted.

Heaven will be shut to you,

Grace will not descend,

Earth will not yield her produce.

Your rushing will destroy you!

And Earth will not be able

To recover her good balance

In which God's gifts manifest.

May these values of Mine,

Reside in your

Feelings and aspirations:

Marking what you produce,

Guiding what you perceive.

Teach them to your children

So that they are instructed

How to make their homes sacred;

And how they deal with traffic.

Even when you are depressed,

And when you are elated.

Mark your entrances and exits

With them,

So you will be more aware.

Then, you and your children,

And their children,

Will live out on earth

That divine promise

Given to your ancestors

To live heavenly days

Right here on this earth.

ציצית / Tzitzit

Yah who Is, said to Moses,

“Speak, telling the Israel folks

To make tzitzit

On the corners of their garments,

So they will have generations

To follow them.

On each tzizit tassel,

Let them set a blue thread.

These tzitzit are for your benefit!

Glance at them.

And in your seeing,

Remember all the other directives

Of Yah, who Is,

And act on them!

This way,

You will not be led astray,

Craving to see and want,

And then prostitute yourself

For your cravings.

This way

You will be mindful

To actualize my directions

For becoming dedicated

to your God;

To be aware

That I Am Yah, Who is your God,

Who is the one who freed you

From oppression,

in order to God you.

I am Yah, who is your God.

That is the truth! אמת / Emet”

You, Yah,

Who saved our ancestors,

May You

Soon bring redemption

To us also.

Barukh attah Yah

Ga’al Yisrael.

,ukhmtv ,khp, / The Prayer of Atzilut

Weekday Affirmations

{Based on the Amidah.

You can add personal affirmations

to the following.}

I affirm…

The power of positive affirmations.

I affirm that the Shechinah

Surrounds me,

And blesses me.

I affirm the light beings

Of God's service,

Who support and guide me.

Avot

I affirm the blessings

Of Abraham and Sarah, in my life.

T'hiyah

I affirm the sacrifice of Isaac,

And God's power over my life,

And death.

K'dushah

I affirm God's holiness,

And my growth toward it.

הָ Shover oyvim

I place myself

Under the protection

of the S’phirah of Keter,

Which will shield me

From all harm and neutralize it.

הַ Atah honen

I invoke the inflow of Chochmah,

To align my intellect

With clarity and purpose,

To inspiration and realization.

הֵ Hashivenu

I invoke the care of Binah,

To lead me to God's heart.

הֶ S'lihah

I invoke the abundance of Chesed,

To bring me to atonement.

הְ Ge'ullah

I invoke the power of Gevurah,

To see me through trouble

And lead me to redemption.

הוֹRefu’ah

I place myself

In the compassionate heart

Of God's Tiferet,

And affirm the healing,

balancing, integrative,

Centering light within me.

הִ Brachah, Mashiach, Shechinah

I support myself

On the pillar of Netzach,

Channeling to me

All manner of

Blessing and prosperity,

And place it at the disposal

Of the redeeming Mashiach,

Unfolding to witness

The Shechinah's residing in Zion.

הֻ Kibbutz Galuyot,

Yerushalayim, Modim

I support myself

On the pillar of Hod,

Making order in my life,

Gathering all the forces

From dispersion,

And settling them

In the blessed Jerusalem,

Where I offer my thanks

To God's Glory.

הוּ Tzedakah Umishpat,

Tzaddikim, Shalom

I base myself

On the foundation

Of Yesod,

To act righteously and justly.

To assist

Every righteous effort

In the world,

And to become

Peaceful,

To work for peace.

ה Shome'a T'fillah

I affirm that Malchut,

The Shechinah, is the one

Offering these affirmations in me,

And is attracting

The flow of blessings,

To suffuse my life.

Amen...Amen.

{If you are pressed for time,

you can use this short version.}

Havinenu

Help us YaH,

To understand Your ways,

And sensitize our hearts,

With reverence all our days.

Forgive us, with compassion, each sin,

That redemption we may hope to win.

In Your caring,

take our pain and suffering away,

And satisfy us, with Your abundance,

we pray.

With Your all-powerful and tremendous hand,

Our scattered ones

Bring together to our own land.

May justice be effective,

And righteousness prevail.

May evil plots be razed and fail.

But righteous efforts

Be well regarded.

And those who serve goodness

Be rewarded

When Your sacred city,

With joy we rebuild.

And Your House of prayer

With all peoples be fill’d.

Then with a loud and exultant voice,

Will the righteous, O God of Israel, rejoice.

Let it be Thy divine will, to speedily found

A messianic life for all abound.

And, may the light of peace,

Brightly blaze,

As in reverence,

Your sacred Name we praise.

For You do hear

The voice of Prayer,

Are blessed!

This we declare. Amen (J. F. Stern)

vshngv / Another version of the Amidah

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

I bow before You, Yah,

Our indwelling God,

Our parents’ God,

Abraham and Sarah’s God,

Isaac and Rebeccah’s God,

Jacob and Leah and Rachel’s God,

Great, Powerful and Awesome God.

God transcendent.

You nurture us gently

And are kind to us.

You, who possesses it all.

You remember

How our parents loved You.

Yes, we trust that You

Will bring redemption

To us, their children’s children,

Who chant Your name

And love You...

Our Prince, Our Helper,

Our Protector.

wv v,t lUrc Barukh attah Yah

Magen Avraham U’fokeyd Sarah

You are powerful with worlds Adonay.

What is dead, you can make live.

You are really capable of helping.

You give dew (and rain)

To parched earth and souls.

You feed all life with gentleness.

You invigorate bodies

With mercy’s flow.

You support us in falling.

You heal us in sickness.

You free us from compulsion.

You keep faith

With those now dead.

In Your might,

No one can compare with You.

You deal out life and death.

Yet in all this,

You make salvation grow.

Barukh attahYah, M’chayeh Hametim.

You are Holy,

Your name is Sacred.

And those who daily aspire to be holy,

Sing your Halleluyah all day.

Indeed, You are

the Great and Holy God.

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Ha’el hakkadosh.

We pray for the right awareness

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Chonen Hada’at.

We pray for becoming harmonized

with God’s will

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Harotzheh Bit’shuvah.

We pray for forgiveness

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Channun Hammarbeh Lis’lo’ach.

We pray for support and redemption

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Go’el Yisrael.

We pray for healing

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Rofe’ Chol Bassar U’mafli’ La’assot.

We pray for

the ecology and economy

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

M’varech Hashanim.

We pray for

the ending of exile

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

M’kabbetz Nid’chey Ammo Yisrael.

We pray for a just society

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Melech Ohev Tzedakka U’mishpat.

We pray for release

from the struggle with negativity

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Shover Oyvim U’machni’a’ Zeydim.

We pray for

all righteous effort to succeed

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Mish’an U’mivtach latzaddikim

We pray for Jerusalem,

God’s city, The House of Prayer

for all Peoples.

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Boneh Y’rushalayim.

We pray for

the rule of Mashi’ach

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Matzmi’ach Keren Y’shu’ah.

You hear Our Prayer,

Compassionate parent.

Accept our pleading,

With kindness and grace.

Everyone praying to You, is heard.

So, I add the concerns I still have

Beyond what I have expressed before,

And I trust, that You, will respond.

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Shome’a’ T’fillah.

Take pleasure God,

In our way of praying.

Teach us

To encounter Your Presence.

May we merit

To pray in Your Temple in Zion.

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

Hammachazir Sh’chinnato L’tzion.

We are grateful God

and count our blessings

{here, in your words, detail your

gratitude for events in your life}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

HaTov Shimcha U’l’cha Na’eh L’hodot.

We pray for Peace

{in your own words}

wv v,t lUrc / Barukh attah Yah

HaM’varech Et ‘Amo Yisrael

Bashalom. Amen.

After the Amidah,

it is important

to find a moment

to search

your heart

and

conscience.

If you find something

that needs repair,

make your commitment

to do so,

and ask for the grace

to fulfill

that tikkun.

At this point,

You may wish to recite

Psalm 6 or Psalm 25 instead of Tachanun.

Tachanun

My God!

my soul is Yours

my body is Your servant

take pity on what You have created;

my soul is Yours

and my body is Yours

God help us for Your sake.

We come to You

because we want to honor

Your reputation.

Help us in our moral struggle

for the sake of Your reputation;

because You are kind and compassionate.

Forgive us,

for there is so much

we need to be forgiven for.

Pardon us our Father,

our errors are so great;

forgive us our Royal Master

many are our mistakes

Our God our parents God

pardon our sins

Erase our rebellions

Let our failures not appear before You.

Mold our drives to serve Your purposes;

let our stubbornness be in Your service.

Refresh our conscience

to guard Your instructions

Sensitize our hearts to love You

and to respect Your reputation

as Your Torah prescribes:

"and YaH Your God

will sensitize Your heart

and the hearts of Your children

so that Your love for Your God

will be wholehearted, inspired,

to make Your life meaningful”

Dear God.

I approach You

from the desire to serve You

and yet there is no Tzaddik

who can do only good

and not fail in it

Please help me with my moral Life

so that in every way

my attitude will be balanced

and right.

To begin with,

help me to forgive anyone

who is frustrated and upset me

if they have sinned against me,

my body my possessions

my reputation anything of mine

but unintentionally are intentionally

whether they scheme to do it

or were unaware

whether it was in word or action

whether is was and thought

and the imagination

Whether it was in this incarnation

or in any other

I completely forgive any God-wrestler;

let no one be punished on my account.

My God and my parents God

may our prayer come before You

do not turn Your attention

from our pleading

we don't want to be impudent

we don't want to be stubborn

and claim that we are righteous

and have- not sinned

Indeed our parents have sinned

and we have sinned

Help us with God not to fail You again

and what I hereby confess to You

------

I beg You,

that in Your great mercy

You erase my sins

but not by means

of suffering and illness.

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart

be acceptable for You yah my rock and my Redeemer

I place my faith in You

I place my trust in You

I place my hope and You

Continue with the Siddur Shomer Yisrael

On days

when Tachanun

is not recited,

joyful and celebrative days,

recite

Psalm 15

instead.

Psalm 6

A David Song

[Note to the Conductor- -

play this melody on the eight stringer]

Yah! Please don't chide me

in Your anger.

Don't scold me in Your wrath.

I need You to show me kindness.

I am so miserable. Heal me, Yah!

My bones ache so.

My inner self is very troubled.

I ask You, Yah!

How long must I still endure?

Relent, Yah,

And for mercy's sake

Pull me out and spare me.

How can I remember You

If I am dead in the pits?

Who will thank You?

I groan and am all worn out.

I sob on my bed;

My tears drench my mattress.

My eyes are stinging

From frustration,

As if all my troubles

Wept them out.

Away with you,

All you traffickers of sin!

Yah has heard my wailing.

Yah has listened to my pleading.

Yah will fulfill my prayer.

Confusion and embarrassment

On you, you fiends!

This very moment,

Let shame

Bring you to your senses.

Psalm 25

(an Aleph-Bet song) Of David

t. Yah! To You I raise my soul.

c. My God, I trust You.

Let me not be shamed.

Let not my detractors mock me.

d. All who place their hope in You

Will not be disgraced,

But shame will cling to those

who riot without cause.

s. Get me to know your ways.

Teach me your way.

v. Guide me in Your Truth.

Teach me to know

That You are the God of my salvation.

All day long I set my trust on You.

u. ---

z. Recall Your compassion, Yah

And Your kindness,

They precede all Creation.

j. To the failings of my youth

And my rebellions, don't pay heed.

Remember Your good will for me, Yah! for Your goodness' sake.

y. Because You are good and fair,

You can gently show the way

to the neglectful.

h. You guide the modest

in their judgments,

Teaching the unassuming Your way.

f. Those who respect Your covenant

And witness You,

Find that Your ways, Yah,

Are kind and real.

k. For Your sake, Yah,

Pardon my flaw – though it is great.

n. When a person so minds You, Yah,

You will teach him the path to choose.

b. Such one can sleep easy at night,

Knowing that her children

will inherit the Earth.

x. You, Yah, impart Your secrets

To Your awakened ones.

Your mysteries You share with them.

g. My eyes are focused on You, Yah.

You untangle my feet from the trap.

P. Turn to me with kindness,

For I am lonely and wretched.

m. My troubles have opened my heart

And made space in it for others.

Do extricate me from my despair.

e. See my struggle, my heavy burden.

Forgive then all my failings.

r. See how much I suffer,

How I am hated for no reason.

a. Keep my soul safe and free me.

Let me not be reviled

for my trust in You.

,. Because I trust You--

Let simple directness protect me.

God! Free all of Israel

from all their distress.

Psalm 15

David’s song:

Yah!

Who may be at home in Your tent?

Who may find sanctuary

On Your Sacred mountain?

One who strides with wholeness,

Acts with fairness,

Whose heart and words

Speak with honesty,

Not given to gossip,

Not hurting others,

Not shifting blame on others.

Wary of his own motives,

He honors those

Who are respectful of God.

She will not stoop to lie

When she swears,

Even if it causes her loss.

He lends his money, interest free,

Won’t accept a bribe,

To convict the innocent.

One who acts in this way,

Will never waver.

Dear God,

We take delight in the privilege

To be created for Your glory--

· Not to walk about in confusion;

· To feel in us Your implant

of eternal life.

Open our hearts to Your Torah.

Secure in our hearts,

Love and Awe for You.

May we not waste our lives

Or cause discord.

We plead with You, Yah,

Our God,

Support of our Parents,

That in this life

We may be faithful to Your intent.

And that we may live,

To experience

The days of Mashiach,

And the life of the world to come.

To trust in You, Yah,

Is our blessing.

I will keep chanting in Your honor,

And offer my gratefulness,

And not be silent.

Yah will prove trustworthy.

Yah shaped the worlds,

We can stake our trust on this.

Knowing how to call on You,

We can depend on You.

You never abandoned those

Who sought You, Yah.

This is true because—

You, Yah,

desire this.

In order that Your justice prevail,

You extend the Torah,

To be ever more

Compelling and strong.

Here are Psalms

for each day of the week

Psalm 24

This psalm was the Sunday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.

David’s song [for opening himself to Spirit].

Earth and her fullness

Are Yours, Yah,

The cosmos and its beings.

You founded Earth

On the endless seas of space.

You set her by the streams

Of the great Flow.

Who can rise

To Your summit, Yah?

Who can stand

In Your place of holiness?

One who has hands

that are clean,

A heart that is pure,

Who has no false oath

On her conscience,

Who swore not to larceny.

Such a one

Will raise a blessing

from You, Yah,

Kind generosity from You,

Her helpful God.

Such people are of a generation

That seeks You.

Like Jacob seeking to face You,

Selah!

Open your minds’ imagination!

Let the Gates to eternity

Come into view!

Then the King of Glory

Will appear.

Who is this,

the King of Glory?

Yah – Tzebaot,

She is the Queen of Glory.

Yah! Powerful and strong.

Yah, the ever victorious!

Open your minds’ imagination!

Let the Gates to eternity

Come into view,

And then the King of Glory

Will appear.

Who is this, the King of Glory?

Yah – Tzebaot,

She is the Queen of Glory.

Selah!

Psalm 48

This psalm was the Monday song

of the Levites in the Holy Temple.

Song and music from the Korachites

Here in God’s city,

On this holy mountain,

God is vast and His fame is glorious.

This beautiful landscape,

The joy place of Earth,

Mount Zion

at Jerusalem’s North side,

The great royal capital.

In her palaces,

God is known in exaltation.

Here, kings gathered.

They came together.

(If they came as enemies…)

They saw and were overwhelmed

With awe.

They were shaken and took flight.

Trembling, they shook,

Shaking like a woman in labor.

A storm You raised from the East,

Shattering Tarshish cruisers.

All this we heard.

We even saw it all,

In God’s city,

The Seat of Yah—Tzebaot.

May God keep it flourishing forever. Selah!

In the midst of Your Temple,

We looked for Your Grace,

O God.

Your reputation is well deserved.

So, we praise You

To the ends of the Earth.

Fairness and kindness

Issue from Your right hand.

Zion’s mountain rejoices.

Judah daughters are gleeful.

All because of how You act justly.

Go round Zion, enfold her.

Take note of her towers.

Set your heart on her strengths.

Raise her mansions high.

Then, you will tell about it

To generations yet to come:

This is God, our God!

Forever and ever.

He will guide us past death.

Psalm 82

This psalm was the Tuesday song

of the Levites in the Holy Temple.

Assaph sings:

God is present

to the godly gathering.

He presides among those

Who administer judgment,

(and warns them),

“How much longer will you twist

Your verdicts

and favor the wicked? Selah!

In your judging,

Consider the modest, the orphan.

Find justice for the destitute

And the oppressed.

Assist the poor, the down and out.

Save them from the bullies’ hands.

Not knowing, unawares you are,

You walk in the dark,

While the foundations of earth

Are toppling.

I set you to be judges,

To be like angels

of the Most High.

But you will die like anyone else,

Topple like demoted princes.

Arise, O God!

Bring justice to the world!

You can bring order

to all the nations.

Psalm 94

This psalm was the Wednesday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple.

God who settles scores!

Appear in Divine vengeance!

Make Yourself known,

As The Judge of the World.

Let the arrogant suffer

Your retribution.

How long yet YHVH

will the wicked --

How long yet

will the evil ones prosper?

Boasting their malice,

They talk each other

into greater evil.

YHVH!

They oppress Your people.

They demean Your legacy.

They murder widows

and strangers.

They kill orphans!

Deluded are they,

Thinking that Yah cannot see,

The God of Jacob is not aware.

Boorish trash!

Try to make sense!

Fools, will you ever get wise?

The One who plants ears --

Can He not hear?

Who shapes eyes --

Can She not see?

He who reproaches nations --

Does She not call them to task?

He, Who goads people

to become aware

Is He not aware?

YHVH,

Knows our human thoughts.

They are all worthless.

Blissful is the one

whom You, Yah,

Take to task and teach him

Of Your Torah,

To keep him secure

during evil days,

Tiding him over until ruin

Overtakes the wicked.

Because YHVH,

Will not forsake His people.

She will not abandon Her heritage.

Justice will return to the courts,

Vindicating those of upright heart.

Will anyone

Stand with me against the wicked?

Who will stand up for me

Against the bullies?

Had YHVH not helped me,

I would not have escaped

The silent tomb.

When my knees buckled,

Your Grace, YHVH,

Held me up.

When overwhelmed

By disturbing thoughts—like…

‘How could You assist malice?’

I found comfort

As You delighted my soul.

Those who scoff

all laws and justice,

Who band together

Against righteous souls,

And shed pure blood in meanness,

You paid them back

for their crimes.

YHVH, God,

You suppressed them for their evil.

YHVH, Is at all times

my tower of strength,

My God,

The rock of my safe place.

Psalm 81

This psalm was the Thursday song of the Levites in the Holy Temple

(Accompany this Assaph song with the guitar)

Make music to God,

The Source of our strength.

Trumpet a fanfare to Jacob’s God:

Louder, Drum rolls,

Sweet sounding violins

And pipes.

Greet the New Moon

With the Shofar,

The time

When the moon is hidden,

And still we celebrate.

This is the imperative for Israel.

To become prepared,

For being judged by Jacob’s God.

[Like that day when…]

Joseph was empowered

To go out and rule Egypt,

Able to understand a language

He never learned.

[This caused that, in the end.]

The heavy load

was taken from his back

No longer

having to knead the clay.

You called when oppressed,

And I (said God) freed you.

In the thunder

You heard my secret message.

Later, I tested you

at Meribah’s springs.

Selah!

Listen my people!

I witness this to you!

Israel, if only

you would listen to Me.

Don’t cling to a strange god.

Don’t worship an alien deity.

It is I, Yah,

Who took you up from Egypt.

I fed you

and you were sated to fullness.

But My people did not obey me.

Israel did not desire Me close.

I let them have their hearts’ way,

To pursue their own devices.

Oy!

If only my people would obey Me,

Israel would walk in My ways.

In a moment,

I would subdue their foes.

I would, with My own hands,

repay them.

Those who loathe Yah, but deny it,

Will have their rebuke forever.

[But you who obey…]

I will feed with the fat of grain.

And satisfy

With honey from the rock.

Psalm 93

This psalm was the Friday song

of the Levites in the Holy Temple

Yah, You ruled, robed in dignity.

Donning intensity,

Girded with strength,

Even the cosmos you arrayed

That it not falter.

Your Throne

Is prepared from the farthest past.

You have been before

There was a world.

The currents raise their roar,

The rivers raise the spumes,

The mighty torrents' thunder.

The thunder of the ocean’s breakers: All exclaim,

‘Most powerful are You, Yah!’

Oh, Yah! Your creation

witnesses You well.

Of sacred beauty is Your house--

Through all of time.

On Rosh Chodesh / New Moon Day, or any other in which you appreciate God’s hand in nature insert

Psalm 104

Barchi Nafshi / ברכי נפּשׁי

Bless YAH, breath of mine.

YAH, my God, You are so vast and great,

All veiled in pride and glory!

You are wrapped in Light.

The sky, You spread like a sheet.

Your upper chambers are water roofed,

As You bestride clouds.

You waft on the wings of wind.

The breezes, You send are Your aides,

Your helpers, blazing flames.

You founded Earth, so sound,

To outlast time itself.

The abyss, You covered like a mantle

Water! On mountains rests.

You sound a roar and they flee.

Your thunder makes them shake.

Mountains high and valleys low…

Their places they assume.

You set them limits they cannot pass. Never again to flood the land.

Springs flow into brooks

And snake between the mountains.

All the wild of field drink there.

The beasts slake there their thirst.

By their shores,

dwell birds that soar,

Sounding calls

through leaves and reeds.

You drench the hills

From Your Upper Chambers.

From your hands' produce

The Earth is filled.

You grow fodder

for the tamed beasts,

And herbs with human labor,

To bring forth bread from Earth.

And wine to delight the sad ones,

And oil… that softens skin,

And bread… that sustains the weak.

Even the trees you sate with sap.

The cedars You planted

on the Lebanon.

There, birds find their nesting.

There, storks find homes to rest.

Antelopes bound on the heights.

Marmots hide behind rocks.

The Moon pulls tides and seasons.

The sun knows where to set.

You darken dusk to night.

The forest's night life stirs.

The big cats cry for prey,

Praying God for their food.

They return

at the rising of the sun,

To crouch once more in lairs.

While humans go out to work,

To their toil, up to night.

How many things You do!

So wisely are they made.

All Earth, at your command.

This vast sea beyond all grasp.

Countless are the creatures in her,

Tiny ones and giant whales.

There go stately ships.

This Leviathan You shaped

To play and romp therein.

They all rely on Your care,

To feed them well each time.

You give to them and they take it.

Your hand's gifts sate them well.

You hide your face, they panic.

You recall their breaths, they die.

They return to their dust.

You send your spirit,

And they are re-created.

So too, You renew life on Earth.

Let Your glory, Yah,

fill time and space.

Take Joy, O Yah, in what You do!

You look at Earth and she trembles,

Hills You touch, and they smoke.

I live Your song, my Yah,

My Yah, I am Your tune.

Let my talking give You joy.

I am so happy, my Yah!

I wish no sin exist on Earth.

All wickedness were gone.

Bless that Yah, my soul,

my breath.- HALLELU-YAH!

From the beginning of Ellul until after Yom Kippur we include

Psalm 27

David’s

Yah, you are my Light, my Savior,

Whom need I dread?

Yah, With You as my strong Protector

Who can make me panic?

When hateful bullies gang up on me,

Wanting to harass me,

To oppress and terrorize me,

They are the ones who stumble and fall.

Even if a gang surrounds me

My heart is not weakened.

If a battle is joined around me

My trust in You is firm.

Only one thing do I ask of You, Yah,

Just this alone do I seek: I want to be at home with You, Yah,

All the days of my life.

I want to delight in seeing You,

When I come to visit You

in Your Temple.

You hide me in Your Succah

on an foul day.

You conceal me unseen

in Your tent

And also raise me beyond

anyone’s reach.

And now, as You have held

my head high,

Despite the presence

of my powerful foes,

I prepare to celebrate and thrill,

Singing and making music

to You, Yah!

Listen, Yah,

to the sound of my cry

And, being kind, answer me.

My heart has said:

I turn to seek You,

Your Presence is what I beg for.

Don’t hide Your Face from me.

Don’t just put me down,

You, who have been my helper

Don’t abandon me,

don’t forsake me,

God, my support.

Though father and mother have left me

You, Yah, will hold me securely.

Please teach me Your way

And guide me on the straight path.

Discourage those who defame me.

False witnesses

stood up against me,

Belching out violence.

Don’t let me become

the victim of my foes.

[I would not have survived]

If I had not hoped that I would yet see

Yah’s goodness fully alive on Earth.

So friend, you too, hope to Yah.

Be sturdy!

And make strong your heart!

And most of all ---keep hoping to Yah.

Then close with the Aleynu

og ubag eka - jcak ubkg

We rise to praise You,

Source of All,

Your generous work,

As Creator of All.

You made us One

With all of Life.

You inspired us to share

with all mankind.

You linked our fate

With all that lives.

And made our portion

With all in the world.

Some of us like to worship You,

As emptiness and void.

Some of us want to worship You,

As King of Kings.

We all consider You

sacred and blessed.

We stand amazed

At the vault of the sky,

At the firmness of Earth.

And deem You,

Enthroned in the Highest realms,

Dwelling also in and with us.

You are our God.

There is nothing else.

Your Truth is supreme.

Existence is nothing but You.

So Your Torah guides us;

Yah’s kingdom

Extends throughout the Cosmos.

Further it is stated:

Yah will indeed govern

Over all there is.

On that Day, Yah will be One.

And Her Name, Will be ONE.

In a minyan

you can recite the Kaddish here.

Yit_gaddal v’yit_qaddash

Sh’mey rabbah

B’alma di_v’ra chir’utey

V’yamlich malchu_tey

B’cha_yey_chon uv’yo_mey_chon

Uv’cha_yey d’chol beyt yis_rael

Ba’a_gallah u’viz’man ka_riv

V’im’ru AMEN.

Y’hey sh’mey rabbah m’va_rach

L’alam u’l’almey al_maya.

Yit_ba_rach, v’yish_tab_bach

V’yitpa’ar v’yit_romam v’yitnassey

V’yit_had_dar v’it’aleh v’yit’hallal

Sh’mey d’Kud_sha B’rich Hu.

L’eyla min kol bir_cha-ta v’shirah_ta

Tush’b’chah_ta v’neche’mah_ta

Di_ami_ran b’alma v’imm’ru AMEN

Y’hey shla_ma rab_ba min sh’ma_ya

V’chayim aleinu v’al kol yisra’el

V’imm_ru AMEN

Osseh shalom bim’romav

Hu ya’asseh shalom

Aleynu v’al kol yisra’el

V’al kol yosh’vey tey_vel

V’im’ru AMEN

And if you are in mourning,

you can always say:

א-ל מלא רחמים / Eyl Maley Rachamim

Compassionate, Highest God!

In the company of saints and pure ones who radiate light like the bright sky, grant among them, gentle rest

under Your Sh’khinnah’s wings

to the soul of ____________

who has gone to other realms.

I will offer as Mitzvah,

alms to honor his/her memory.

May his/her soul find itself

in the garden of delight

and may his/her remains be undisturbed and may his/her soul be bound up

in the chain of life.

To this I say, Amen.

Here you say some of these blessings to those you davvened with and to your own day.

El Shaddai bless you,

Make you fruitful, give you the increase,

that will become a

source of harmony for people.

From El, your parents God, help for you!

From Shaddai, all the blessings;

Sky blessings from above,

Blessings from the deepest strata below,

Blessings of fertility and nurture.

May G-d fulfill the blessing

to Abraham in you,

and in your loved ones, along with you.

Wherever, like Abraham,

you once were a stranger there,

in that place, may you be at home.

Blessings of your parents (Jacob),

to add more force

to those of their parents,

(Isaac and Abraham),

to cap the desires of the ancient hills,

be they upon your head (Joseph),

and surround the heads of your siblings.

God loves You.

God blesses and increases you.

God blesses your family and your land,

your income and your holdings,

right here on Earth,

as God promised your parents.

All peoples will bless you.

You and your possessions,

will all prosper.

May God remove all illness and pain,

all tensions and pressures

you have known...

The angel who redeemed me,

from all that was corrupt,

may that one bless these children.

May my name,

that of Abraham and Isaac,

be associated with theirs.

Be blessed in the city.

Be blessed in the country.

Blessed as you arrive,

Blessed as you are leaving.

God decree for you blessing

in what you have stored up

for yourself from before,

through your hands' work now,

right here on Earth.

This be your gift from God.

May God open for you,

treasures of heavenly goodness,

of earthly timeliness,

to succeed in what you do.

May you have good credit,

and not need it.

God be with you and help you

at all times.

May you not ever

have to feel shame or blame.

Go in joy, arrive in peace.

Mountains and hills sing you on your way.

Trees in the meadows applaud your trip.

Draw waters of Joy

from the source of help.

May you live to the day

that God be so present,

the way we hoped, Yah,

to be present to us all along,

a real help in our lives!

How we will then celebrate

God's helpfulness!

So you say to each other, L’chayim!

To you, Shalom, to your home, Shalom.

All of yours, Shalom!

בס"ד

ברוּך שׁאמר / Baruch Sh’amar

Psalm 147

Ophanim,

Hayot,

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh

אהבת עולם / Ahavat Olam

Yah who Is, said to Moses,

Confusion and embarrassment

c. My God, I trust You.

x. You, Yah, impart Your secrets

This is true because—

On Rosh Chodesh / New Moon Day, or any other in which you appreciate God’s hand in nature insert

Psalm 104

Barchi Nafshi / ברכי נפּשׁי

for the tamed beasts,

Some of us like to worship You,

As emptiness and void.

We praise You, Yah.