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How great is Your faithfulness." }, { "type": "Instructions", "text": "Some recite the following prayers upon arising; others recite them upon arriving at the synagogue:" }, { "type": "heading", "hebrew": "", "transliteration": {}, "english": "THE SOUL" }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "אֱלֹהַי, נְשָׁמָה שֶׁנָּתַתָּ בִּי טְהוֹרָה הִיא.\nאַתָּה בְרָאתָהּ, אַתָּה יְצַרְתָּהּ, אַתָּה נְפַחְתָּהּ בִּי,\nוְאַתָּה מְשַׁמְּרָהּ בְּקִרְבִּי, וְאַתָּה עָתִיד לִטְּלָהּ מִמֶּנִּי,\nוּלְהַחֲזִירָהּ בִּי לֶעָתִיד לָבוֹא.\nכָּל־זְמַן שֶׁהַנְּשָׁמָה בְקִרְבִּי, מוֹדֶה/מוֹדָה אֲנִי לְפָנֶיךָ,\nיהוה אֱלֹהַי וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתַי [וְאִמּוֹתַי],\nרִבּוֹן כָּל־הַמַּעֲשִׂים, אֲדוֹן כָּל־הַנְּשָׁמוֹת.\nבָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, הַמַּחֲזִיר נְשָׁמוֹת לִפְגָרִים מֵתִים.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "e|lo|HAI, ne|sha|MAH she|na|TA|ta bi te|ho|RAH hi.\na|TAH v'ra|TAH, a|TAH ye|tzar|TAH, a|TAH ne|fach|TAH bi,\nve-a|TAH me|sha|me|RAH b'kir|BI, ve-a|TAH a|TID lit|LAH mi|ME|ni,\nu|le|ha|cha|zi|RAH bi le-a|TID la|VO.\nkol-z'MAN she|ha|ne|sha|MAH v'kir|BI, mo|DEH or mo|DAH a|NI le|fa|NE|cha,\na|do|NAI e|lo|HAI vei|lo|HEI a|vo|TAI [ve-i|mo|TAI],\nri|BON kol-ha|ma-a|SIM, a|DON kol-ha|ne|sha|MOT.\nba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, ha|ma|cha|ZIR ne|sha|MOT lif|ga|RIM me|TIM.", "orthographic": "ʾe|lo|HAI, ne|sha|MAH shen|na|THAT|ta bi ṭe|ho|RAH hiʾ.\nʾat|TAH ve|raʾ|THAH, ʾat|TAH ye|tzar|TAH, ʾat|TAH ne|faḥ|TAH bi,\nve|ʾat|TAH me|sham|me|RAH be|qir|BI, ve|ʾat|TAH ʿa|THIDH liṭ|ṭe|LAH mim|MEN|ni,\nu|le|ha|ḥa|zi|RAH bi le|ʿa|THIDH la|VOʾ.\nkol-ze|MAN she|han|ne|sha|MAH ve|qir|BI, mo|DHEH or mo|DHAH ʾa|NI le|fa|NE|kha,\na|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HAI veʾ|lo|HE ʾa|vo|THAI [ve|ʾim|mo|THAI],\nrib|BON kol-ham|ma|ʿa|śIM, ʾa|DHON kol-han|ne|sha|MOTH.\nba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, ham|ma|ḥa|ZIR ne|sha|MOTH lif|gha|RIM me|THIM.", "sephardic": "e|lo|HAI, ne|sha|MAH shen|na|TAT|ta bi te|ho|RAH hi.\nat|TAH ve|ra|TAH, at|TAH ye|tzar|TAH, at|TAH ne|faḥ|TAH bi,\nve|at|TAH me|sham|me|RAH be|qir|BI, ve|at|TAH ʿa|TID lit|te|LAH mim|MEN|ni,\nu|le|ha|ḥa|zi|RAH bi le|ʿa|TID la|VO.\nkol-ze|MAN she|han|ne|sha|MAH ve|qir|BI, mo|DEH or mo|DAH a|NI le|fa|NE|kha,\na|do|NAI e|lo|HAI ve|lo|HE a|vo|TAI [ve|im|mo|TAI],\nrib|BON kol-ham|ma|ʿa|SIM, a|DON kol-han|ne|sha|MOT.\nba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, ham|ma|ḥa|ZIR ne|sha|MOT lif|ga|RIM me|TIM.", "chabad": "e|loy|HAI, n'sho|MOH she|no|SA|to bi t'hoy|ROH hi.\na|TOH v'ro|SOH, a|TOH y'tzar|TOH, a|TOH n'fach|TOH bi,\nv'a|TOH m'sham'|ROH b'kir|BI, v'a|TOH o|SID lit'|LOH mi|ME|ni,\nul'|ha|cha|zi|ROH bi le-o|SID lo|VOY.\nkol-z'MAN she|han'|sho|MOH v'kir|BI, moy|DEH or moy|DOH a|NI l'fo|NE|cho,\na|do|NOY e|loy|HAI vei|loy|HEI a|voy|SAI [v'i|moy|SAI],\nri|BOYN kol-ha|ma-a|SIM, a|DOYN kol-han'|sho|MOYS.\nbo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, ha|ma|cha|ZIR n'sho|MOYS lif|go|RIM mei|SIM." }, "printed_transliteration": "Elohai, n’shamah she-natata bi t’horah hi.", "english": "My God, the soul that You have given me is pure. You created it, You formed it, You breathed it into me; You watch over it when it is in me. In the future You will take it from me but then restore it to me in the world that is coming. As long as this soul is within me, I thank You, Adonai my God, God of my ancestors, ruler of all creation, master of all souls. Barukh atah Adonai, who restores the soul to the lifeless form." }, { "type": "heading", "hebrew": "", "transliteration": {}, "english": "HAND WASHING" }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,\nאֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ עַל נְטִילַת יָדָיִם.", "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 al ne|ti|LAT ya|DA|yim.", "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 ʿal ne|ṭi|LATH ya|DHA|yim.", "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 ʿal ne|ti|LAT ya|DA|yim.", "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 al n'ti|LAS yo|DO|yim." }, "printed_transliteration": "Barukh atah Adonai, eloheinu melekh ha-olam,\nasher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al n’tilat yadayim.", "english": "Barukh atah Adonai, our God, sovereign of time and space, who has provided us with a path to holiness through the observance of mitzvot and has instructed us to wash our hands." }, { "type": "heading", "hebrew": "", "transliteration": {}, "english": "THE BODY" }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,\nאֲשֶׁר יָצַר אֶת־הָאָדָם בְּחָכְמָה\nוּבָרָא בוֹ נְקָבִים נְקָבִים חֲלוּלִים חֲלוּלִים.\nגָּלוּי וְיָדוּעַ לִפְנֵי כִסֵּא כְבוֹדֶךָ\nשֶׁאִם יִפָּתֵחַ אֶחָד מֵהֶם אוֹ יִסָּתֵם אֶחָד מֵהֶם,\nאִי אֶפְשָׁר לְהִתְקַיֵּם וְלַעֲמוֹד לְפָנֶיךָ.\nבָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה, רוֹפֵא כָל־בָּשָׂר וּמַפְלִיא לַעֲשׂוֹת.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu ME|lech ha-o|LAM,\na|SHER ya|TZAR et-ha-a|DAM b'choch|MAH\nu|va|RA vo ne|ka|VIM ne|ka|VIM cha|lu|LIM cha|lu|LIM.\nga|LUI ve|ya|DUA lif|NEI chi|SEI ch'vo|DE|cha\nshe-IM yi|pa|TEACH e|CHAD me|HEM o yi|sa|TEM e|CHAD me|HEM,\ni ef|SHAR le|hit|ka|YEM ve|la-a|MOD le|fa|NE|cha.\nba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, ro|FEI chol-ba|SAR u|maf|LI la-a|SOT.", "orthographic": "ba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM,\nʾa|SHER ya|TZAR ʾeth-ha|ʾa|DHAM be|ḥokh|MAH\nu|va|RAʾ vo ne|qa|VIM ne|qa|VIM ḥa|lu|LIM ḥa|lu|LIM.\nga|LUI ve|ya|DHUAʿ lif|NE khis|SEʾ khe|vo|DHE|kha\nshe|ʾIM yip|pa|THEAḥ ʾe|ḥADH me|HEM ʾo yis|sa|THEM ʾe|ḥADH me|HEM,\nʾi ʾef|SHAR le|hith|qay|YEM ve|la|ʿa|MODH le|fa|NE|kha.\nba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, ro|FEʾ khol-ba|śAR u|maf|LIʾ la|ʿa|śOTH.", "sephardic": "ba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu ME|lekh ha|ʿo|LAM,\na|SHER ya|TZAR et-ha|a|DAM be|ḥokh|MAH\nu|va|RA vo ne|qa|VIM ne|qa|VIM ḥa|lu|LIM ḥa|lu|LIM.\nga|LUI ve|ya|DUAʿ lif|NE khis|SE khe|vo|DE|kha\nshe|IM yip|pa|TEAḥ e|ḥAD me|HEM o yis|sa|TEM e|ḥAD me|HEM,\ni ef|SHAR le|hit|qay|YEM ve|la|ʿa|MOD le|fa|NE|kha.\nba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, ro|FE khol-ba|SAR u|maf|LI la|ʿa|SOT.", "chabad": "bo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu ME|lech ho-oy|LOM,\na|SHER yo|TZAR es-ho-o|DOM b'choch|MOH\nu|vo|RO voy n'ko|VIM n'ko|VIM cha|lu|LIM cha|lu|LIM.\ngo|LUI v'yo|DUA lif|NEI chi|SEI ch'voy|DE|cho\nshe-IM yi|po|SEIACH e|CHOD mei|HEM oy yi|so|SEIM e|CHOD mei|HEM,\ni ef|SHOR l'his|ka|YEIM v'la-a|MOYD l'fo|NE|cho.\nbo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, roy|FEI chol-bo|SOR u|maf|LI la-a|SOYS." }, "english": "Barukh atah Adonai, our God, sovereign of time and space, who crafted the human body with wisdom, creating within it many openings and passageways. It is known and revealed to You that should even a single passageway rupture, or a single opening close up, it would no longer be possible to exist and stand before You. Barukh atah Adonai, healer of all flesh, who creates wondrously." } ], "footer": [ { "type": "Commentary", "text": "MODEH ANI (“I thank You”) is an Ashkenazic prayer composed in the late Middle Ages specifically to be recited upon opening one’s eyes in the morning. Since it was to be said before getting out of bed and washing one’s hands, it does not include the name of God. Eliezer Schweid, a contemporary Jewish philosopher, notes that this and other prayers in this section are phrased in the first-person singular, although most blessings are phrased in the first-person plural. At this initial moment of prayer we have not yet entered a community, but our prayers express our own personal feelings of waking to a new day." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "SOUL נְשָׁמָה. Jewish mystics view the soul as an actual “part of God above”; that which God blows into Adam is the presence of God’s own self. Nothing humans can do will eradicate this Divine Presence from the deepest recesses of each person’s heart. (Arthur Green)" }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "WHO RESTORES THE SOUL TO THE LIFELESS FORM הַמַּחֲזִיר נְשָׁמוֹת לִפְגָרִים מֵתִים. According to the rabbis, sleep is a taste of death; thus, when we arise in the morning we recognize the gift of a new day. Eliezer Schweid remarks: “How does God appear to a person in this hour? As the source of all existent and eternal life, flowing now into all creation. . . .” The last b’rakhah recited before going to sleep is “who lights up the entire world with Your glory.” Waking in the morning, the b’rakhah is fulfilled." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "WHO CRAFTED THE HUMAN BODY WITH WISDOM אֲשֶׁר יָצַר אֶת־הָאָדָם בְּחָכְמָה. This b’rakhah is to be recited after taking care of one’s bodily functions (Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 60b). Upon waking in the morning, we are conscious, first of all, of the proper functioning of our bodies." }, { "type": "MarginNote", "text": "My Soul On the day that I searched for God—for I could not see the Divine—I turned to my heart and my mind and found Your throne within, a witness to You in me. —YEHUDAH HALEVI" }, { "type": "MarginNote", "text": "A Prayer to Be in God’s Presence יְהִי רָצוֹן שֶׁתִּשְׁרֶה שְׁכִינָתְךָ עָלֵינוּ וּבְזֶה הַיּוֹם תְּעַנְּגֵנוּ בְּאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ. Spread Your wings over us that we may delight in Your Presence this day." }, { "type": "MarginNote", "text": "Intentions for the New Day Master of all worlds, may it be Your will that the light of Your face be reflected in mine. May my mouth speak only what is true, may my eyes see the good in all that I meet, and may my ears be attentive to the troubles of those who address me. May I breathe the awe of You, so that I lovingly face all I meet. May the words I utter be acceptable to You, my rescuer and protector. —based on a prayer of NAHMAN OF BRATZLAV" } ] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "Front Matter", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-03-98-shabbat-daytime-front-matter.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "Morning Blessings", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-05-101-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-morning-blessings.json" } ] }