Morning Prayers

t'filot hashachar

תפילות השחר

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Israeli: ' marks a reduced vowel that Israeli speech drops (b'rachah); when the vowel is pronounced it is written e (lefanecha). - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

Stand until after "May the Lord's glory" on page 74.

Hebrew

יְהוָה מֶלֶךְ, יְהוָה מָלָךְ, יְהוָה יִמְלֹךְ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד.
יְהוָה מֶלֶךְ, יְהוָה מָלָךְ, יְהוָה יִמְלֹךְ לְעֹלָם וָעֶד.

Israeli

Adonai melech, Adonai malach, Adonai yimloch le-olam va-ed.
Adonai melech, Adonai malach, Adonai yimloch le-olam va-ed.

Zech. 14

Hebrew

וְהָיָה יְהוָה לְמֶלֶךְ עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ
בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְהוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד:

Israeli

vehayah Adonai lemelech al-kol-ha-aretz
bayom hahu yihyeh Adonai echad ushmo echad:

Ps. 106Ps. 150

Hebrew

הוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ, וְקַבְּצֵנוּ מִן־הַגּוֹיִם, לְהֹדוֹת לְשֵׁם קָדְשֶׁךָ,
לְהִשְׁתַּבֵּחַ בִּתְהִלָּתֶךָ: בָּרוּךְ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִן־הָעוֹלָם וְעַד
הָעוֹלָם, וְאָמַר כָּל־הָעָם אָמֵן, הַלְלוּיָהּ: כֹּל הַנְּשָׁמָה תְּהַלֵּל יָהּ,
הַלְלוּיָהּ:

Israeli

hoshi-enu Adonai Eloheinu, vekabtzenu min-hagoyim, lehodot leshem kodshecha,
lehishtabeach bithilatecha: baruch Adonai Elohei Yisra-el min-ha-olam ve-ad
ha-olam, ve-amar kol-ha-am Amen, haleluyah: kol haneshamah tehalel Yah,
haleluyah:

Ps. 67

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינֹת, מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר:
אֱלֹהִים יְחָנֵּנוּ וִיבָרְכֵנוּ, יָאֵר פָּנָיו אִתָּנוּ סֶלָה:
לָדַעַת בָּאָרֶץ דַּרְכֶּךָ, בְּכָל־גּוֹיִם יְשׁוּעָתֶךָ:
יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים אֱלֹהִים, יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים כֻּלָּם:
יִשְׂמְחוּ וִירַנְּנוּ לְאֻמִּים
כִּי־תִשְׁפֹּט עַמִּים מִישֹׁר, וּלְאֻמִּים בָּאָרֶץ תַּנְחֵם סֶלָה:
יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים אֱלֹהִים, יוֹדוּךָ עַמִּים כֻּלָּם:
אֶרֶץ נָתְנָה יְבוּלָהּ, יְבָרְכֵנוּ אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵינוּ:
יְבָרְכֵנוּ אֱלֹהִים, וְיִירְאוּ אוֹתוֹ כָּל־אַפְסֵי־אָרֶץ:

Israeli

lamnatzeach binginot, mizmor shir:
Elohim yechanenu vivarechenu, ya-er panav itanu selah:
lada-at ba-aretz darkecha, b'chol-goyim yeshu-atecha:
yoducha amim Elohim, yoducha amim kulam:
yismechu viranenu le-umim
ki-tishpot amim mishor, ule-umim ba-aretz tanchem selah:
yoducha amim Elohim, yoducha amim kulam:
eretz natnah yevulah, yevarechenu Elohim Eloheinu:
yevarechenu Elohim, veyireu oto kol-afsei-aretz:

Commentary

For the conductor of music: This psalm is known as "the Song of the Menorah," because its seven verses and forty-nine words recall the seven branches and forty-nine bowls, bulbs, flowers and candles that made up the eternal light in the Temple. Abudarham suggests that "one who reads this every day is considered as if he had lit the pure Menorah in the Temple, and received the Presence of God"; the custom to say it at this point in the service follows Rabbi Isaac Luria (the Ari z"l).

The LORD is King: The midrash has it that an angel emerges from the firmament every day and proclaims these words (quoted in Shibolei HaLeket), and the Sepharad tradition is to follow his example. The proclamation is followed by verses that speak of redemption, and of God's praises being uttered by all Israel and "all that breathes."