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Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service

Morning Blessings

birchot hashachar
בִּרְכוֹת הַשַּׁחַר

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
קַדִּישׁ יָתוֹם

Mourner’s Kaddish

Many congregations recite Mourner’s Kaddish after completing Birkhot Ha-shaḥar, the Morning Blessings.
Mourners and those observing Yahrzeit:
Hebrew
יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא,
בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ,
וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ בְּחַיֵּיכוֹן וּבְיוֹמֵיכוֹן
וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל־בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל,
בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב,
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.
Israeli
yitgadal veyitkadash sh'meh raba,
be-alma di v'ra chiruteh,
veyamlich malchuteh b'chayeichon uvyomeichon
uvechayei d'chol-beit Yisra-el,
ba-agala uvizman kariv,
ve-imru Amen.
English
May God’s great name be exalted and hallowed throughout the created world, as is God’s wish. May God’s sovereignty soon be established, in your lifetime and in your days, and in the days of all the house of Israel. And we say: Amen.
Congregation and mourners:
Hebrew
יְהֵא שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא.
Israeli
yehei sh'meh raba mevarach le-alam ule-almei almaya.
English
May God’s great name be acknowledged forever and ever!
Mourners:
Hebrew
יִתְבָּרַךְ וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח וְיִתְפָּאַר וְיִתְרוֹמַם וְיִתְנַשֵּׂא
וְיִתְהַדָּר וְיִתְעַלֶּה וְיִתְהַלָּל שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא, בְּרִיךְ הוּא,
לְעֵלָּא מִן כָּל־ [לְעֵלָּא לְעֵלָּא מִכָּל־]
בִּרְכָתָא וְשִׁירָתָא תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא וְנֶחֱמָתָא דַּאֲמִירָן בְּעָלְמָא,
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.
Israeli
yitbarach veyishtabach veyitpa-ar veyitromam veyitnasei
veyithadar veyitaleh veyithalal sh'meh d'kudsha, b'rich hu,
le-ela min kol- [le-ela le-ela mikol-]
birchata veshirata tushbechata venechemata da-amiran be-alma,
ve-imru Amen.
English
May the name of the Holy One be acknowledged and celebrated, lauded and worshipped, exalted and honored, extolled and acclaimed—though God, who is blessed, b’rikh hu, is truly [on Shabbat Shuvah we add: far] beyond all acknowledgment and praise, or any expressions of gratitude or consolation ever spoken in the world. And we say: Amen.
Hebrew
יְהֵא שְׁלָמָא רַבָּא מִן שְׁמַיָּא וְחַיִּים
עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל.
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.
Israeli
yehei sh'lama raba min sh'maya vechayim
aleinu ve-al kol-yisra-el.
ve-imru Amen.
English
May heaven bestow on us, and on all Israel, life and abundant and lasting peace. And we say: Amen.
Hebrew
עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם
עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל [וְעַל כָּל־יוֹשְׁבֵי תֵבֵל],
וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן.
Israeli
oseh shalom bimromav hu ya-aseh shalom
aleinu ve-al kol-yisra-el [ve-al kol-yoshvei tevel],
ve-imru Amen.
English
May the one who creates peace on high bring peace to us and to all Israel [and to all who dwell on earth]. And we say: Amen.