Amida

amidah

עמידה

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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.

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סליחה

FORGIVENESS

Strike the left side of the chest at °.

Hebrew

סְלַח לָנוּ אָבִינוּ כִּי °חָטָאנוּ
מְחַל לָנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ כִּי °פָשַׁעְנוּ
כִּי אֵל טוֹב וְסַלָּח אָתָּה.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, חַנּוּן הַמַּרְבֶּה לִסְלֹחַ.

Israeli

s'lach lanu avinu ki *chatanu
mechal lanu malkenu ki *fashanu
ki El tov vesalach atah.
baruch atah Adonai, chanun hamarbeh lisloach.

גאולה

REDEMPTION

Hebrew

רְאֵה נָא בְעָנְיֵנוּ, וְרִיבָה רִיבֵנוּ
וּגְאָלֵנוּ גְאֻלָּה שְׁלֵמָה מְהֵרָה לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ
כִּי אֵל גּוֹאֵל חָזָק אָתָּה.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, גּוֹאֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israeli

re-eh na ve-onyenu, verivah rivenu
uge-alenu ge-ulah sh'lemah meherah lema-an sh'mecha
ki El go-el chazak atah.
baruch atah Adonai, go-el Yisra-el.

On Fast Days the Leader adds:

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Hebrew

עֲנֵנוּ יְהֹוָה עֲנֵנוּ בְּיוֹם צוֹם תַּעֲנִיתֵנוּ, כִּי בְצָרָה גְדוֹלָה אֲנָחְנוּ. אַל תֵּפֶן אֶל
רִשְׁעֵנוּ, וְאַל תַּסְתֵּר פָּנֶיךָ מִמֶּנּוּ, וְאַל תִּתְעַלַּם מִתְּחִנָּתֵנוּ. הֱיֵה נָא קָרוֹב
לְשַׁוְעָתֵנוּ, יְהִי נָא חַסְדְּךָ לְנַחֲמֵנוּ, טֶרֶם נִקְרָא אֵלֶיךָ עֲנֵנוּ, כַּדָּבָר שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר:
וְהָיָה טֶרֶם יִקְרָאוּ וַאֲנִי אֶעֱנֶה, עוֹד הֵם מְדַבְּרִים וַאֲנִי אֶשְׁמָע: כִּי אַתָּה יְהֹוָה
הָעוֹנֶה בְּעֵת צָרָה, פּוֹדֶה וּמַצִּיל בְּכָל עֵת צָרָה וְצוּקָה. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה,
הָעוֹנֶה לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵת צָרָה.

Israeli

anenu Adonai anenu b'yom tzom ta-anitenu, ki v'tzarah g'dolah anachnu. al tefen El
rishenu, ve-al taster panecha mimenu, ve-al titalam mitechinatenu. heyeh na karov
leshavatenu, yehi na chasdecha lenachamenu, terem nikra elecha anenu, kadavar shene-emar:
vehayah terem yikrau va-ani e-eneh, od hem medabrim va-ani eshma: ki atah Adonai
ha-oneh be-et tzarah, podeh umatzil b'chol et tzarah vetzukah. baruch atah Adonai,
ha-oneh le-amo Yisra-el be-et tzarah.

Commentary

… affliction. Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch distinguishes between the first two phrases thus: "Look, please, on our affliction" refers to suffering not caused by others, while "Plead our cause" refers to those who seek our harm. Rational argument is often insufficient to cure hatred; therefore we place our fate in the hands of God, asking Him to heal hostility (Rabbi J.H. Hertz). לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ For Your name's sake: may we be spared suffering not for our own sake but so that we may be free to worship You without distraction (Rabbi Jacob Zvi Mecklenburg). גּוֹאֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל Redeemer of Israel: in the present, as opposed to the blessing immediately prior to the Amida, which refers to acts of divine redemption in the past.

עֲנֵנוּ Answer us: A special prayer to be said on public fasts (Ta'anit 11a). The Leader recites it at this point in the Repetition of the Amida.

סליחה Blessing 6: Forgiveness. Repentance involves asking God to forgive us. This applies to sins between us and God. Sins between us and our fellow human beings are only forgiven when we have apologized to, and tried to obtain the forgiveness of, those we have wronged. Knowledge, repentance and forgiveness are the three primary needs of the mind and soul.

גאולה Blessing 7: Redemption. The commentators explain that this request is not for national redemption, the subject of later blessings. Here the reference is to release from personal crises: captivity, persecution, misfortune or …