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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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קבוץ גלויות

INGATHERING OF EXILES

Hebrew

תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל לְחֵרוּתֵנוּ, וְשָׂא נֵס לְקַבֵּץ גָּלֻיּוֹתֵינוּ
וְקַבְּצֵנוּ יַחַד מְהֵרָה מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ לְאַרְצֵנוּ.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, מְקַבֵּץ נִדְחֵי עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל.

Israeli

t'ka b'shofar gadol lecherutenu, vesa nes lekabetz galuyoteinu
vekabtzenu yachad meherah me-arba kanfot ha-aretz le-artzenu.
baruch atah Adonai, mekabetz nidchei amo Yisra-el.

השבת המשפט

JUSTICE

Hebrew

הָשִׁיבָה שׁוֹפְטֵינוּ כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה וְיוֹעֲצֵינוּ כְּבַתְּחִלָּה
וְהָסֵר מִמֶּנּוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה
וּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ מְהֵרָה אַתָּה יהוה לְבַדְּךָ בְּחֶסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִים
בְּצֶדֶק וּבְמִשְׁפָּט.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה
מֶלֶךְ אוֹהֵב צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט. / בעשרת ימי תשובה: הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמִּשְׁפָּט./

Israeli

hashivah shofteinu k'varishonah veyo-atzeinu k'vatechilah
vehaser mimenu yagon va-anachah
umeloch aleinu meherah atah Adonai levadcha b'chesed uvrachamim
b'tzedek uvmishpat.
baruch atah Adonai
melech ohev tz'dakah umishpat. / בעשרת ימי t'shuvah: hamelech hamishpat./

Between Rosh HaShana & Yom Kippur, end the blessing: the King of justice.

ברכת המינים

AGAINST INFORMERS

Hebrew

וְלַמַּלְשִׁינִים אַל תְּהִי תִקְוָה, וְכָל הַמִּינִים כְּרֶגַע יֹאבֵדוּ
וְכָל אוֹיְבֵי עַמְּךָ מְהֵרָה יִכָּרֵתוּ
וְהַזֵּדִים מְהֵרָה תְעַקֵּר וּתְשַׁבֵּר וּתְמַגֵּר
וְתַכְלִים וְתַשְׁפִּילֵם וְתַכְנִיעֵם בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, שׁוֹבֵר אוֹיְבִים וּמַכְנִיעַ זֵדִים.

Israeli

velamalshinim al tehi tikvah, vechol haminim k'rega yovedu
vechol oyvei amecha meherah yikaretu
vehazedim meherah te-aker utshaber utmager
vetachlim vetashpilem vetachni-em bimherah v'yameinu.
baruch atah Adonai, shover oyvim umachnia zedim.

Commentary

… were leaders of the people (Rabbi Abraham ben HaRambam). The prayer for the restoration of judges, following the ingathering of exiles, is thus a plea for the return of national sovereignty. וְהָסֵר מִמֶּנּוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה Remove from us sorrow and sighing: the plaint of a people who have known the full precariousness of being dependent on the goodwill of others.

ברכת המינים Blessing 12: Against Informers. The text of this paragraph underwent several changes during the centuries. Its original object was the sec- …

קבוץ גלויות Blessing 10: Ingathering of Exiles. With this paragraph, the requests change from individual to collective hopes. They begin with three prayers for political-historical renewal: the return of exiles, the restoration of independence, and an end to the factionalism that caused great damage to the Israelites from the biblical era to the end of the Second Temple period. תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל Sound the great shofar: A reference to Isaiah 27:13, "On that day a great shofar will sound." וְשָׂא נֵס Raise high the banner: Isaiah 11:12, "He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth."

השבת המשפט Blessing 11: Justice. A prayer for self-government. The "Judges" in the biblical book of that name were not merely judges in a legal sense; they …