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Morning Prayers
Blessings Over the Torah 8-9 64-65
שַׁחֲרִית sha|cha|RIT sha|ḥa|RITH sha|ḥa|RIT sha|cha|RIS SHAHARIT
בִּרְכוֹת הַתּוֹרָה bir|CHOT ha|to|RAH bir|KHOTH hat|to|RAH bir|KHOT hat|to|RAH bir|CHOYS ha|toy|ROH BLESSINGS OVER THE TORAH 8-9
heading בִּרְכוֹת הַתּוֹרָה bir|CHOT ha|to|RAH bir|KHOTH hat|to|RAH bir|KHOT hat|to|RAH bir|CHOYS ha|toy|ROH BLESSINGS OVER THE TORAH Instructions In Judaism, study is greater even than prayer. So, before beginning to pray, we engage in a miniature act of study, preceded by the appropriate blessings. The blessings are followed by brief selections from Scripture, Mishna and Gemara, the three foundational texts of Judaism. Passage בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לַעֲסֹק בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה. וְהַעֲרֵב נָא יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָתְךָ בְּפִינוּ וּבְפִיּוֹת עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְנִהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵינוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי צֶאֱצָאֵינוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלָּנוּ יוֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ וְלוֹמְדֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ לִשְׁמָהּ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, הַמְלַמֵּד תּוֹרָה לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל. ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu ME|lech ha-o|LAM a|SHER kid|SHA|nu b'mitz|vo|TAV ve|tzi|va|NU la-a|SOK b'div|REI to|RAH. ve|ha-a|REV na a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu et-div|REI to|rat|CHA b'fi|NU uv|fi|YOT a|me|CHA beit yis|ra-EL ve|nih|YEH a|nach|NU ve|tze-e|tza-EI|nu ve|tze-e|tza-EI tze-e|tza-EI|nu ve|tze-e|tza-EI a|me|CHA beit yis|ra-EL ku|la|NU yo|de-EI sh'ME|cha ve|lo|me|DEI to|ra|TE|cha lish|MAH. ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, ha|me|la|MED to|RAH le-a|MO yis|ra-EL. ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM ʾa|SHER qid|de|SHA|nu be|mitz|vo|THAV ve|tziv|va|NU la|ʿa|SOQ be|dhiv|RE tho|RAH. ve|ha|ʿa|REV naʾ a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu ʾeth-div|RE tho|ra|the|KHA be|fi|NU u|ve|fiy|YOTH ʿam|me|KHA beth yiś|ra|ʾEL ve|nih|YEH ʾa|naḥ|NU ve|tze|ʾe|tza|ʾE|nu ve|tze|ʾe|tza|ʾE tze|ʾe|tza|ʾE|nu ve|tze|ʾe|tza|ʾE ʿam|me|KHA beth yiś|ra|ʾEL kul|la|NU yo|dhe|ʿE she|ME|kha ve|lo|me|DHE tho|ra|THE|kha lish|MAH. ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, ha|me|lam|MEDH to|RAH le|ʿam|MO yiś|ra|ʾEL. ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM a|SHER qid|de|SHA|nu be|mitz|vo|TAV ve|tziv|va|NU la|ʿa|SOQ be|div|RE to|RAH. ve|ha|ʿa|REV na a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu et-div|RE to|ra|te|KHA be|fi|NU u|ve|fiy|YOT ʿam|me|KHA bet yis|ra|EL ve|nih|YEH a|naḥ|NU ve|tze|e|tza|E|nu ve|tze|e|tza|E tze|e|tza|E|nu ve|tze|e|tza|E ʿam|me|KHA bet yis|ra|EL kul|la|NU yo|de|ʿE she|ME|kha ve|lo|me|DE to|ra|TE|kha lish|MAH. ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, ha|me|lam|MED to|RAH le|ʿam|MO yis|ra|EL. bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu ME|lech ho-oy|LOM a|SHER kid'|SHO|nu b'mitz|voy|SOV v'tzi|vo|NU la-a|SOYK b'div|REI soy|ROH. v'ha-a|REIV no a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu es-div|REI soy|ros'|CHO b'fi|NU uv'|fi|YOYS am'|CHO beis yis|ro-EIL v'nih|YEH a|nach|NU v'tze-e|tzo-EI|nu v'tze-e|tzo-EI tze-e|tzo-EI|nu v'tze-e|tzo-EI am'|CHO beis yis|ro-EIL ku|lo|NU yoyd'-EI sh'ME|cho v'loym'|DEI soy|ro|SE|cho lish|MOH. bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, ham'|la|MEID toy|ROH l'a|MOY yis|ro-EIL. Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has made us holy through His commandments, and has commanded us to engage in study of the words of Torah. Please, LORD our God, make the words of Your Torah sweet in our mouths and in the mouths of Your people, the house of Israel, so that we, our descendants and their descendants and the descendants of Your people, the house of Israel, may all know Your name and study Your Torah for its own sake. Blessed are You, LORD, who teaches Torah to His people Israel. Passage בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר בָּחַר בָּנוּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים וְנָתַן לָנוּ אֶת־תּוֹרָתוֹ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, נוֹתֵן הַתּוֹרָה. ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu ME|lech ha-o|LAM a|SHER ba|CHAR ba|NU mi|KOL ha-a|MIM ve|na|TAN LA|nu et-to|ra|TO. ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, no|TEN ha|to|RAH. ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM ʾa|SHER ba|ḥAR ba|NU mik|KOL ha|ʿam|MIM ve|na|THAN LA|nu ʾeth-to|ra|THO. ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, no|THEN hat|to|RAH. ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM a|SHER ba|ḥAR ba|NU mik|KOL ha|ʿam|MIM ve|na|TAN LA|nu et-to|ra|TO. ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, no|TEN hat|to|RAH. bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu ME|lech ho-oy|LOM a|SHER bo|CHAR bo|NU mi|KOL ho-a|MIM v'no|SAN LO|nu es-toy|ro|SOY. bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, noy|SEIN ha|toy|ROH. Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has chosen us from all the peoples and given us His Torah. Blessed are You, LORD, Giver of the Torah.
Commentary The history of Judaism is a story of the love of a people for the Book of Books, the Torah. As a preliminary to study, we pronounce two blessings and a prayer. The first, "who has made us holy through His commandments," is a blessing over the commandment to engage in study of the Torah, a declaration that we do not simply study as an intellectual or cultural exercise but as the fulfillment of a divine commandment. This is followed by a prayer that God make Torah study sweet, and help us to hand it on to our children. The final blessing, "who has chosen us," is a blessing of acknowledgment that chosenness means responsibility, and is inseparably linked to the study and practice of Torah.
Commentary So as to follow the blessings immediately with an act that fulfills the commandment, we read three texts whose recitation forms an act of study. The Talmud (Kiddushin 30a) rules that Torah study must be divided into three: study of (1) Torah, (2) Mishna, and (3) Gemara. Hence we read: (1) a biblical text – the priestly blessings, (2) a passage from the Mishna about commandments that have no fixed measure, and (3) a passage from the Gemara about the reward of good deeds in this world and the next.
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