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Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service

Sh'ma and Its Blessings

קריאת שמע וברכותיה

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
Hebrew
אֵל אָדוֹן עַל כָּל־הַמַּעֲשִׂים,
בָּרוּךְ וּמְבֹרָךְ בְּפִי כָּל־נְשָׁמָה.
גָּדְלוֹ וְטוּבוֹ מָלֵא עוֹלָם,
דַּעַת וּתְבוּנָה סוֹבְבִים אוֹתוֹ.
הַמִּתְגָּאֶה עַל חַיּוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ,
וְנֶהְדָּר בְּכָבוֹד עַל הַמֶּרְכָּבָה,
זְכוּת וּמִישׁוֹר לִפְנֵי כִסְאוֹ,
חֶסֶד וְרַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי כְבוֹדוֹ.
טוֹבִים מְאוֹרוֹת שֶׁבָּרָא אֱלֹהֵינוּ,
יְצָרָם בְּדַעַת בְּבִינָה וּבְהַשְׂכֵּל,
כֹּחַ וּגְבוּרָה נָתַן בָּהֶם,
לִהְיוֹת מוֹשְׁלִים בְּקֶרֶב תֵּבֵל.
מְלֵאִים זִיו וּמְפִיקִים נֹגַהּ,
נָאֶה זִיוָם בְּכָל־הָעוֹלָם,
שְׂמֵחִים בְּצֵאתָם וְשָׂשִׂים בְּבוֹאָם,
עוֹשִׂים בְּאֵימָה רְצוֹן קוֹנָם.
פְּאֵר וְכָבוֹד נוֹתְנִים לִשְׁמוֹ,
צָהֳלָה וְרִנָּה לְזֵכֶר מַלְכוּתוֹ.
קָרָא לַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וַיִּזְרַח אוֹר,
רָאָה וְהִתְקִין צוּרַת הַלְּבָנָה.
שֶׁבַח נוֹתְנִים לוֹ כָּל־צְבָא מָרוֹם,
תִּפְאֶרֶת וּגְדֻלָּה, שְׂרָפִים וְאוֹפַנִּים וְחַיּוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ.
Israeli
El adon al kol-hama-asim,
baruch umevorach b'fi kol-neshamah.
godlo vetuvo malei olam,
da-at utvunah sovevim oto.
hamitga-eh al chayot hakodesh,
venehdar b'chavod al hamerkavah,
z'chut umishor lifnei chiso,
chesed verachamim lifnei ch'vodo.
tovim me-orot shebara Eloheinu,
yetzaram b'da-at bevinah uvehaskel,
koach ugvurah Natan bahem,
lihyot moshlim b'kerev tevel.
mele-im ziv umefikim nogah,
na-eh zivam b'chol-ha-olam,
s'mechim b'tzeitam vesasim bevo-am,
osim be-eimah retzon konam.
pe-er vechavod notnim lishmo,
tzoholah verinah lezecher malchuto.
kara lashemesh vayizrach or,
ra-ah vehitkin tzurat halevanah.
shevach notnim lo kol-tz'va marom,
tiferet ugdulah, s'rafim ve-ofanim vechayot hakodesh.
English
God, master of all existence, praised by all that breathes, the world is filled with Your greatness and glory; knowledge and understanding surround You. Exalted above holy beings, resplendent in glory on Your chariot, integrity and mercy stand before Your throne, love and merit accompany Your presence. How good are the lights that our God created—fashioned with understanding, intelligence, and insight; endowed with the strength and power to have dominion over earthly realms. Fully luminous, they gleam brightly, radiating splendor throughout the world. Happy as they go forth, joyous on their return, they accomplish, with awe, the will of their creator. They give glory and honor to the name of God, invoking God’s sovereignty with joyful song. God called forth the sun, and light dawned, then considered and set the cycles of the moon. And so the array of heaven, s’rafim, ofanim, and holy beings, all the heavenly hosts, give praise, and glory, and honor to God—