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Shaharit for Weekdays

Tahanunim

tachanunim

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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

Hebrew

שׁוֹמֵר גּוֹי קָדוֹשׁ, שְׁמֹר שְׁאֵרִית עַם קָדוֹשׁ, וְאַל יֹאבַד גּוֹי קָדוֹשׁ
הַמְשַׁלְּשִׁים בְּשַׁלֹּשׁ קְדֻשּׁוֹת לְקָדוֹשׁ.
מִתְרַצֶּה בְּרַחֲמִים וּמִתְפַּיֵּס בְּתַחֲנוּנִים, הִתְרַצֵּה וְהִתְפַּיֵּס לְדוֹר עָנִי
כִּי אֵין עוֹזֵר.
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ, חָנֵּנוּ וַעֲנֵנוּ, כִּי אֵין בָּנוּ מַעֲשִׂים
עֲשֵׂה עִמָּנוּ צְדָקָה וָחֶסֶד וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ.

Israeli

shomer goy kadosh, sh'mor she-erit am kadosh, ve-al yovad goy kadosh
hameshaleshim b'shalosh k'dushot lekadosh.
mitratzeh b'rachamim umitpayes b'tachanunim, hitratzeh vehitpayes ledor ani
ki ein ozer.
avinu malkenu, chanenu va-anenu, ki ein banu ma-asim
aseh imanu tz'dakah vachesed vehoshi-enu.

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II Chr. 12

Hebrew

וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נֵדַע מַה־נַּעֲשֶׂה, כִּי עָלֶיךָ עֵינֵינוּ׃

Israeli

va-anachnu lo neda mah-na-aseh, ki alecha eineinu.

Ps. 25

Hebrew

זְכָר־רַחֲמֶיךָ יהוה וַחֲסָדֶיךָ, כִּי מֵעוֹלָם הֵמָּה׃

Israeli

z'char-rachamecha Adonai vachasadecha, ki me-olam hemah.

Ps. 33

Hebrew

יְהִי־חַסְדְּךָ יהוה עָלֵינוּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר יִחַלְנוּ לָךְ׃

Israeli

yehi-chasdecha Adonai aleinu, ka-asher yichalnu lach.

Ps. 79

Hebrew

אַל־תִּזְכָּר־לָנוּ עֲוֹנֹת רִאשֹׁנִים
מַהֵר יְקַדְּמוּנוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ, כִּי דַלּוֹנוּ מְאֹד׃

Israeli

al-tizkar-lanu avonot rishonim
maher yekadmunu rachamecha, ki dalonu me-od.

Ps. 124

Hebrew

עֶזְרֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם יהוה, עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ׃

Israeli

ezrenu b'shem Adonai, oseh shamayim va-aretz.

Ps. 123

Hebrew

חָנֵּנוּ יהוה חָנֵּנוּ, כִּי־רַב שָׂבַעְנוּ בוּז׃

Israeli

chanenu Adonai chanenu, ki-rav savanu vuz.

Hab. 3

Hebrew

בְּרֹגֶז רַחֵם תִּזְכּוֹר׃
בְּרֹגֶז עֲקֵדָה תִּזְכּוֹר, בְּרֹגֶז תְּמִימוּת תִּזְכּוֹר.

Israeli

b'rogez rachem tizkor.
b'rogez akedah tizkor, b'rogez t'mimut tizkor.

Ps. 20

Hebrew

יהוה הוֹשִׁיעָה, הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם־קָרְאֵנוּ׃

Israeli

Adonai hoshi-ah, hamelech ya-anenu v'yom-korenu.

Commentary

Abudarham explains that this is because - like Moses pleading on behalf of the people - we have prayed in every posture, sitting (before the Amida), standing (during the Amida), and "falling on our faces" (during Tahanun). We have exhausted the repertoire of prayer and do not know what else to do. We stand at this point to signal that our private supplications have come to an end.

… example of early liturgical poetry, it has the same structure as the poem preceding the morning Amida, "Rock of Israel! Arise to the help of Israel..." and the prayer said on the Ten Days of Penitence, "Remember us for life, O King who desires life..." In each case every verse contains four phrases, all ending with the same word (Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen). The prayer was transferred from the penitential prayers known as Selihot to the Daily Service.

וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נֵדַע We do not know: A line taken from the prayer of King Jehoshaphat when the nation was confronted by a coalition of hostile powers intent on war (II Chr. 20:12). Our custom is to stand after these words.