{ "url": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/koren-shalem/848-849-776-777-three-festivals-hallel.json", "path": "/siddur/koren-shalem/848-849-776-777-three-festivals-hallel", "format": "json", "type": "siddur-page", "title": "Hallel", "summary": "Hallel, pages 776-777, with pointed Hebrew, English, and transliteration.", "breadcrumbs": [ { "title": "The New Jew", "href": "/index.json" }, { "title": "Siddurim", "href": "/siddur.json" }, { "title": "Koren Shalem Siddur", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem.json" }, { "title": "Hallel", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem/848-849-776-777-three-festivals-hallel.json" } ], "alternates": { "html": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/koren-shalem/848-849-776-777-three-festivals-hallel", "json": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/koren-shalem/848-849-776-777-three-festivals-hallel.json", "xml": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/koren-shalem/848-849-776-777-three-festivals-hallel.xml" }, "data": { "book": { "slug": "koren-shalem", "title": "Koren Shalem Siddur", "nusach": "Sepharad" }, "page": { "slug": "848-849-776-777-three-festivals-hallel", "section": "Three Festivals", "topic": "Hallel", "printPages": "776-777", "pdfPages": "848-849", "header": { "section": { "hebrew": "שלוש רגלים", "transliteration": { "israeli": "sha|LOSH re|ga|LIM", "orthographic": "sha|LOSH re|gha|LIM", "sephardic": "sha|LOSH re|ga|LIM", "chabad": "sho|LOYSH r'go|LIM" }, "english": "Three Festivals" }, "topic": { "hebrew": "הלל", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ha|LEL", "orthographic": "hal|LEL", "sephardic": "hal|LEL", "chabad": "ha|LEIL" }, "english": "Hallel" }, "printPages": "776-777" }, "body": [ { "type": "heading", "hebrew": "סדר הלל", "transliteration": { "israeli": "SE|der ha|LEL", "orthographic": "SE|dher hal|LEL", "sephardic": "SE|der hal|LEL", "chabad": "SEI|der ha|LEIL" }, "english": "Hallel" }, { "type": "Instructions", "text": "On the first two days of Pesaḥ (in Israel on the first evening and day); Shavuot; the entire festival of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret and Simḥat Torah, Ḥanukka, Yom HaAtzma’ut and Yom Yerushalayim, Full Hallel is said. On Rosh Ḥodesh and the last six days of Pesaḥ, Half Hallel is said. See laws 439–440." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם\nאֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּנוּ לִקְרֹא אֶת הַהַלֵּל.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu ME|lech ha-o|LAM\na|SHER kid|SHA|nu b'mitz|vo|TAV, ve|tzi|va|NU lik|RO et ha|ha|LEL.", "orthographic": "ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM\nʾa|SHER qid|de|SHA|nu be|mitz|vo|THAV, ve|tziv|va|NU liq|ROʾ ʾeth ha|hal|LEL.", "sephardic": "ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM\na|SHER qid|de|SHA|nu be|mitz|vo|TAV, ve|tziv|va|NU liq|RO et ha|hal|LEL.", "chabad": "bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu ME|lech ho-oy|LOM\na|SHER kid'|SHO|nu b'mitz|voy|SOV, v'tzi|vo|NU lik|ROY es ha|ha|LEIL." }, "english": "Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the Universe, who has made us holy through His commandments and has commanded us to recite the Hallel." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "הַלְלוּיָהּ, הַלְלוּ עַבְדֵי יְהֹוָה, הַלְלוּ אֶת־שֵׁם יְהֹוָה׃ יְהִי שֵׁם יְהֹוָה\nמְבֹרָךְ, מֵעַתָּה וְעַד־עוֹלָם׃ מִמִּזְרַח־שֶׁמֶשׁ עַד־מְבוֹאוֹ, מְהֻלָּל שֵׁם\nיְהֹוָה׃ רָם עַל־כָּל־גּוֹיִם יְהֹוָה, עַל הַשָּׁמַיִם כְּבוֹדוֹ׃ מִי כַיהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ,\nהַמַּגְבִּיהִי לָשָׁבֶת׃ הַמַּשְׁפִּילִי לִרְאוֹת, בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ׃ מְקִימִי\nמֵעָפָר דָּל, מֵאַשְׁפֹּת יָרִים אֶבְיוֹן׃ לְהוֹשִׁיבִי עִם־נְדִיבִים, עִם נְדִיבֵי\nעַמּוֹ׃ מוֹשִׁיבִי עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת, אֵם־הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה, הַלְלוּיָהּ׃", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ha|le|lu|YAH, ha|le|LU av|DEI a|do|NAI, ha|le|LU et-shem a|do|NAI. ye|HI shem a|do|NAI\nme|vo|RACH, me-a|TAH ve-ad-o|LAM. mi|miz|rach-SHE|mesh ad-me|vo-O, me|hu|LAL shem\na|do|NAI. ram al-kol-go|YIM a|do|NAI, al ha|sha|MA|yim k'vo|DO. mi ka|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu,\nha|mag|bi|HI la|sha|VET. ha|mash|pi|LI lir|OT, ba|sha|MA|yim u|va-a|RETZ. me|ki|MI\nme-a|FAR dal, me-ash|POT ya|RIM ev|YON. le|ho|shi|VI im-ne|di|VIM, im ne|di|VEI\na|MO. mo|shi|VI a|KE|ret ha|ba|YIT, em-ha|ba|NIM s'me|CHAH, ha|le|lu|YAH.", "orthographic": "ha|le|lu|YAH, ha|le|LU ʿav|DHE a|do|NAI, ha|le|LU ʾeth-shem a|do|NAI. ye|HI shem a|do|NAI\nme|vo|RAKH, me|ʿat|TAH ve|ʿadh-ʿo|LAM. mim|miz|raḥ-SHE|mesh ʿadh-me|vo|ʾO, me|hul|LAL shem\na|do|NAI. ram ʿal-kol-go|YIM a|do|NAI, ʿal has|sha|MA|yim ke|vo|DHO. mi ka|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu,\nham|magh|bi|HI la|sha|VETH. ham|mash|pi|LI lir|ʾOTH, bas|sha|MA|yim u|va|ʾa|RETZ. me|qi|MI\nme|ʿa|FAR dal, me|ʾash|POTH ya|RIM ʾev|YON. le|ho|shi|VI ʿim-ne|dhi|VIM, ʿim ne|dhi|VE\nʿam|MO. mo|shi|VI ʿa|QE|reth hab|ba|YITH, ʾem-hab|ba|NIM śe|me|ḥAH, ha|le|lu|YAH.", "sephardic": "ha|le|lu|YAH, ha|le|LU ʿav|DE a|do|NAI, ha|le|LU et-shem a|do|NAI. ye|HI shem a|do|NAI\nme|vo|RAKH, me|ʿat|TAH ve|ʿad-ʿo|LAM. mim|miz|raḥ-SHE|mesh ʿad-me|vo|O, me|hul|LAL shem\na|do|NAI. ram ʿal-kol-go|YIM a|do|NAI, ʿal has|sha|MA|yim ke|vo|DO. mi ka|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu,\nham|mag|bi|HI la|sha|VET. ham|mash|pi|LI lir|OT, bas|sha|MA|yim u|va|a|RETZ. me|qi|MI\nme|ʿa|FAR dal, me|ash|POT ya|RIM ev|YON. le|ho|shi|VI ʿim-ne|di|VIM, ʿim ne|di|VE\nʿam|MO. mo|shi|VI ʿa|QE|ret hab|ba|YIT, em-hab|ba|NIM se|me|ḥAH, ha|le|lu|YAH.", "chabad": "hal'|lu|YOH, hal'|LU av|DEI a|do|NOY, hal'|LU es-sheim a|do|NOY. y'HI sheim a|do|NOY\nm'voy|ROCH, mei-a|TOH v'ad-oy|LOM. mi|miz|rach-SHE|mesh ad-m'voy-OY, m'hu|LOL sheim\na|do|NOY. rom al-kol-goy|YIM a|do|NOY, al ha|sho|MA|yim k'voy|DOY. mi ka|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu,\nha|mag|bi|HI lo|sho|VES. ha|mash|pi|LI lir|OYS, ba|sho|MA|yim u|vo-o|RETZ. m'ki|MI\nmei-o|FOR dol, mei-ash|POYS yo|RIM ev|YOYN. l'hoy|shi|VI im-n'di|VIM, im n'di|VEI\na|MOY. moy|shi|VI a|KE|res ha|ba|YIS, eim-ha|bo|NIM s'mei|CHOH, hal'|lu|YOH." }, "english": "Halleluya! Servants of the LORD, give praise; praise the name of the LORD. Blessed be the name of the LORD now and for evermore. From the rising of the sun to its setting, may the LORD’s name be praised. High is the LORD above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. Who is like the LORD our God, who sits enthroned so high, yet turns so low to see the heavens and the earth? He raises the poor from the dust and the needy from the refuse heap, giving them a place alongside princes, the princes of His people. He makes the woman in a childless house a happy mother of children. Halleluya!", "citations": [ { "type": "Citation", "text": "Ps. 113" } ] } ], "footer": [ { "type": "Commentary", "text": "at every epoch and at every trouble – may it not come to them! – and when they are redeemed, they recite it in thanks for their delivery” (Pesaḥim 117a). That is why we say it on Yom HaAtzma’ut and Yom Yerushalayim, the two most transformative events of modern Jewish history, in the faith that it is not human beings alone who shape the destiny of our people, but God working in and through His children." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "Because of its association with history, Hallel is not said on Rosh HaShana or Yom Kippur, days dedicated less to national remembrance than to judgment, repentance and forgiveness." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "מְקִימִי מֵעָפָר דָּל He raises the poor from the dust: A verse reminiscent of Hannah’s prayer after the birth of her child (1 Sam. 2:8). The religions of the ancient world were deeply conservative, designed to vindicate and perpetuate hierarchies of power. Judaism, believing that human dignity is the prerogative of everyone, was an ongoing protest against such inequalities. God’s greatness is evident in the fact that He can lift the poor and the needy to a place of honor alongside princes." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "HALLEL Psalms 113–118 – known as the Egyptian Hallel because of the reference in the second paragraph to the exodus from Egypt – are among the earliest prayers written to be recited in the Temple on days of national celebration. They were sung as accompaniment to the Pesaḥ sacrifice, and early rabbinic sources suggest that they were said on the pilgrimage festivals: Pesaḥ, Shavuot and Sukkot." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "By the Talmudic era, a shortened form (known as “Half Hallel”) was in use for Rosh Ḥodesh and the last six days of Pesaḥ. The Full Hallel was not said on Rosh Ḥodesh, because it is not a full festival, and on the last days of Pesaḥ because (a) the main event of the exodus took place on the first day, and (b) the miracle of the seventh day, the division of the Reed Sea, involved suffering for the Egyptians. According to the Talmud (Megilla 10b, Sanhedrin 39b), when the angels wished to sing the Song at the Sea, God refused, saying: “Shall you sing a song while My creatures are drowning in the sea?”" }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "Hallel is a choral symphony of faith in the presence of God in history. The sages said that the prophets “enacted that the Israelites should recite it" } ] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Koren Shalem Siddur", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "Blessing on Taking the Lulav", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem/846-847-774-775-three-festivals-blessing-on-taking-the-lulav.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "Hallel", "href": "/siddur/koren-shalem/850-851-778-779-three-festivals-hallel.json" } ] }