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Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service

Morning Blessings

ברכות השחר

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
בִּרְכוֹת הַתּוֹרָה

B’rakhot Before Studying Torah

Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּנוּ לַעֲסוֹק בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה.
וְהַעֲרֶב־נָא יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי תוֹרָתְךָ בְּפִינוּ וּבְפִי
עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְנִהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵינוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי עַמְּךָ
בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל כֻּלָּנוּ יוֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ וְלוֹמְדֵי תוֹרָתְךָ לִשְׁמָהּ.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, הַמְלַמֵּד תּוֹרָה לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Israeli
baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam,
asher kidshanu b'mitzvotav vetzivanu la-asok b'divrei Torah.
veha-arev-na Adonai Eloheinu et-divrei Toratcha b'finu uvfi
amecha beit Yisra-el, venihyeh anachnu vetze-etza-einu vetze-etza-ei amecha
beit Yisra-el kulanu yode-ei sh'mecha velomedei Toratcha lishmah.
baruch atah Adonai, hamelamed Torah le-amo Yisra-el.
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 engage with the words of Torah. May You make the words of Your Torah sweet in our mouths and in the mouths of the house of Israel, Your people, so that we, our children, and all the children of the house of Israel may come to know Your name and study Torah for its own sake. Barukh atah Adonai, who teaches Torah to Your people Israel.
Hebrew
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
אֲשֶׁר בָּחַר בָּנוּ מִכָּל־הָעַמִּים, וְנָתַן לָנוּ אֶת־תּוֹרָתוֹ.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, נוֹתֵן הַתּוֹרָה.
Israeli
baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam,
asher bachar banu mikol-ha-amim, venatan lanu et-torato.
baruch atah Adonai, noten hatorah.
English
Barukh atah Adonai, our God, sovereign of time and space, who has chosen us from among all peoples, giving us the Torah. Barukh atah Adonai, who gives the Torah.

Passages of Study

TORAH:

Numbers 6:24–26
Hebrew
יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה וְיִשְׁמְרֶךָ.
יָאֵר יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶּךָּ.
יִשָּׂא יְהוָה פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם.
Israeli
yevarechcha Adonai veyishmerecha.
ya-er Adonai panav elecha vichuneka.
yisa Adonai panav elecha veyasem lecha shalom.
English
May Adonai bless and protect you. May Adonai’s countenance shine upon you and may Adonai bestow kindness upon you. May Adonai’s countenance be lifted toward you and may Adonai grant you peace.

MISHNAH:

Mishnah Peah 1:1
Hebrew
אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם שִׁעוּר: הַפֵּאָה וְהַבִּכּוּרִים וְהָרֵאָיוֹן
וּגְמִילוּת חֲסָדִים וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה.
Israeli
elu d'varim she-ein lahem shiur: hape-ah vehabikurim vehare-ayon
ugmilut chasadim vetalmud Torah.
English
These are the deeds for which there is no prescribed measure: leaving the produce at the corner of a field for the poor, offering the gift of first fruits to the Temple, pilgrimage offerings on the three festivals, deeds of kindness and love, and the study of Torah.

TALMUD:

based on Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin 39b
Hebrew
אֵלּוּ דְבָרִים שֶׁאָדָם אוֹכֵל פֵּרוֹתֵיהֶם בָּעוֹלָם הַזֶּה וְהַקֶּרֶן
קַיֶּמֶת לוֹ לָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן: כִּבּוּד אָב וָאֵם, וּגְמִילוּת
חֲסָדִים, וְהַשְׁכָּמַת בֵּית הַמִּדְרָשׁ שַׁחֲרִית וְעַרְבִית,
וְהַכְנָסַת אוֹרְחִים, וּבִקּוּר חוֹלִים, וְהַכְנָסַת כַּלָּה, וּלְוָיַת
הַמֵּת, וְעִיּוּן תְּפִלָּה, וַהֲבָאַת שָׁלוֹם בֵּין אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ וּבֵין
אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ; וְתַלְמוּד תּוֹרָה כְּנֶגֶד כֻּלָּם.
Israeli
elu d'varim she-Adam ochel peroteihem ba-olam hazeh vehakeren
kayemet lo la-olam haba, ve-elu hen: kibud av va-em, ugmilut
chasadim, vehashkamat beit hamidrash shacharit ve-arvit,
vehachnasat orechim, uvikur cholim, vehachnasat kalah, ulevayat
hamet, ve-iyun t'filah, vahava-at shalom bein Adam lachavero uvein
ish le-ishto; vetalmud Torah k'neged kulam.
English
These are the deeds that yield immediate fruit and continue to yield fruit in time to come: honoring parents; performing deeds of kindness and love; attending the house of study morning and evening; providing hospitality; visiting the sick; helping the needy bride; attending the dead; probing the meaning of prayer; making peace between one person and another, and between husband and wife. And the study of Torah is the most basic of them all.