{ "url": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-47-153-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings.json", "path": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-47-153-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings", "format": "json", "type": "siddur-page", "title": "Sh’ma and Its Blessings", "summary": "Sh’ma and Its Blessings, pages 153, with pointed Hebrew, English, and transliteration.", "breadcrumbs": [ { "title": "The New Jew", "href": "/index.json" }, { "title": "Siddurim", "href": "/siddur.json" }, { "title": "Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem.json" }, { "title": "Sh’ma and Its Blessings", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-47-153-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings.json" } ], "alternates": { "html": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-47-153-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings", "json": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-47-153-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings.json", "xml": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-47-153-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings.xml" }, "data": { "book": { "slug": "lev-shalem", "title": "Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)", "nusach": "Ashkenaz" }, "page": { "slug": "lev-47-153-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings", "section": "Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service", "topic": "Sh’ma and Its Blessings", "printPages": "153", "pdfPages": "47", "header": { "section": { "hebrew": "שחרית לשבת ויום טוב", "transliteration": { "israeli": "sha|cha|RIT le|sha|BAT ve|YOM tov", "orthographic": "sha|ḥa|RITH le|shab|BATH ve|YOM ṭov", "sephardic": "sha|ḥa|RIT le|shab|BAT ve|YOM tov", "chabad": "sha|cha|RIS l'sha|BOS v'YOYM toyv" }, "english": "Shabbat and Festivals - Morning Service" }, "topic": { "hebrew": "קריאת שמע וברכותיה", "transliteration": { "israeli": "k'ri-AT sh'MA u|vir|cho|te|HA", "orthographic": "qe|ri|ʾATH she|MAʿ u|vir|kho|the|HA", "sephardic": "qe|ri|AT she|MAʿ u|vir|kho|te|HA", "chabad": "k'ri-AS sh'MA u|vir|choy|se|HO" }, "english": "Sh’ma and Its Blessings" }, "printPages": "153" }, "body": [ { "type": "Instructions", "text": "All services continue here:" }, { "type": "heading", "hebrew": "", "transliteration": {}, "english": "KEDUSHAH D’YOTZER: THE ANGELIC PRAISE OF GOD" }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "תִּתְבָּרַךְ צוּרֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ וְגוֹאֲלֵנוּ בּוֹרֵא קְדוֹשִׁים.\nיִשְׁתַּבַּח שִׁמְךָ לָעַד מַלְכֵּנוּ, יוֹצֵר מְשָׁרְתִים,\nוַאֲשֶׁר מְשָׁרְתָיו כֻּלָּם עוֹמְדִים בְּרוּם עוֹלָם\nוּמַשְׁמִיעִים בְּיִרְאָה יַחַד בְּקוֹל\nדִּבְרֵי אֱלֹהִים חַיִּים וּמֶלֶךְ עוֹלָם.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "tit|ba|RACH tzu|RE|nu mal|ke|NU ve|go-a|LE|nu bo|REI k'do|SHIM.\nyish|ta|BACH shim|CHA la-AD mal|ke|NU, yo|TZER me|sha|re|TIM,\nva-a|SHER me|sha|re|TAV ku|LAM o|me|DIM b'RUM o|LAM\nu|mash|mi-IM b'yir|AH ya|CHAD b'KOL\ndiv|REI e|lo|HIM cha|YIM u|ME|lech o|LAM.", "orthographic": "tith|ba|RAKH tzu|RE|nu mal|ke|NU ve|gho|ʾa|LE|nu bo|REʾ qe|dho|SHIM.\nyish|tab|BAḥ shim|KHA la|ʿADH mal|ke|NU, yo|TZER me|sha|re|THIM,\nva|ʾa|SHER me|sha|re|THAV kul|LAM ʿo|me|DHIM be|RUM ʿo|LAM\nu|mash|mi|ʿIM be|yir|ʾAH ya|ḥADH be|QOL\ndiv|RE ʾe|lo|HIM ḥay|YIM u|ME|lekh ʿo|LAM.", "sephardic": "tit|ba|RAKH tzu|RE|nu mal|ke|NU ve|go|a|LE|nu bo|RE qe|do|SHIM.\nyish|tab|BAḥ shim|KHA la|ʿAD mal|ke|NU, yo|TZER me|sha|re|TIM,\nva|a|SHER me|sha|re|TAV kul|LAM ʿo|me|DIM be|RUM ʿo|LAM\nu|mash|mi|ʿIM be|yir|AH ya|ḥAD be|QOL\ndiv|RE e|lo|HIM ḥay|YIM u|ME|lekh ʿo|LAM.", "chabad": "tis|bo|RACH tzu|REI|nu mal|kei|NU v'goy-a|LEI|nu boy|REI k'doy|SHIM.\nyish|ta|BACH shim|CHO lo-AD mal|kei|NU, yoy|TZEIR m'shor'|SIM,\nva-a|SHER m'shor'|SOV ku|LOM oym'|DIM b'RUM oy|LOM\nu|mash|mi-IM b'yir|OH ya|CHAD b'KOYL\ndiv|REI e|loy|HIM cha|YIM u|ME|lech oy|LOM." }, "english": "You are to be praised, our protector, our sovereign, our redeemer, creator of celestial beings. Our sovereign, Your name is to be acclaimed forever; You fashion beings that serve You, and Your servants all stand at the edges of the universe, proclaiming reverently with one voice the words of the living God, the sovereign of the universe." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "כֻּלָּם אֲהוּבִים, כֻּלָּם בְּרוּרִים, כֻּלָּם גִּבּוֹרִים,\nוְכֻלָּם עוֹשִׂים בְּאֵימָה וּבְיִרְאָה רְצוֹן קוֹנָם.\nוְכֻלָּם פּוֹתְחִים אֶת־פִּיהֶם בִּקְדֻשָּׁה וּבְטָהֳרָה,\nבְּשִׁירָה וּבְזִמְרָה, וּמְבָרְכִים וּמְשַׁבְּחִים,\nוּמְפָאֲרִים וּמַעֲרִיצִים, וּמַקְדִּישִׁים וּמַמְלִיכִים:\nאֶת־שֵׁם הָאֵל, הַמֶּלֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל, הַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא, קָדוֹשׁ הוּא.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ku|LAM a|hu|VIM, ku|LAM b'ru|RIM, ku|LAM gi|bo|RIM,\nve|chu|LAM o|SIM be-ei|MAH uv|yir|AH re|TZON ko|NAM.\nve|chu|LAM po|te|CHIM et-pi|HEM bik|du|SHAH uv|to|ho|RAH,\nb'shi|RAH uv|zim|RAH, u|me|va|re|CHIM u|me|sha|be|CHIM,\nu|me|fa-a|RIM u|ma-a|ri|TZIM, u|mak|di|SHIM u|mam|li|CHIM:\net-shem ha-EL, ha|ME|lech ha|ga|DOL, ha|gi|BOR ve|ha|no|RA, ka|DOSH hu.", "orthographic": "kul|LAM ʾa|hu|VIM, kul|LAM be|ru|RIM, kul|LAM gib|bo|RIM,\nve|khul|LAM ʿo|śIM be|ʾe|MAH u|ve|yir|ʾAH re|TZON qo|NAM.\nve|khul|LAM po|the|ḥIM ʾeth-pi|HEM biq|dhus|SHAH u|ve|ṭo|ho|RAH,\nbe|shi|RAH u|ve|zim|RAH, u|me|va|re|KHIM u|me|shab|be|ḥIM,\nu|me|fa|ʾa|RIM u|ma|ʿa|ri|TZIM, u|maq|di|SHIM u|mam|li|KHIM:\nʾeth-shem ha|ʾEL, ham|ME|lekh hag|ga|DHOL, hag|gib|BOR ve|han|no|RAʾ, qa|DHOSH huʾ.", "sephardic": "kul|LAM a|hu|VIM, kul|LAM be|ru|RIM, kul|LAM gib|bo|RIM,\nve|khul|LAM ʿo|SIM be|e|MAH u|ve|yir|AH re|TZON qo|NAM.\nve|khul|LAM po|te|ḥIM et-pi|HEM biq|dus|SHAH u|ve|to|ho|RAH,\nbe|shi|RAH u|ve|zim|RAH, u|me|va|re|KHIM u|me|shab|be|ḥIM,\nu|me|fa|a|RIM u|ma|ʿa|ri|TZIM, u|maq|di|SHIM u|mam|li|KHIM:\net-shem ha|EL, ham|ME|lekh hag|ga|DOL, hag|gib|BOR ve|han|no|RA, qa|DOSH hu.", "chabad": "ku|LOM a|hu|VIM, ku|LOM b'ru|RIM, ku|LOM gi|boy|RIM,\nv'chu|LOM oy|SIM b'ei|MOH uv'|yir|OH r'TZOYN koy|NOM.\nv'chu|LOM poys'|CHIM es-pi|HEM bik|du|SHOH uv'|to|ho|ROH,\nb'shi|ROH uv'|zim|ROH, um'|vor'|CHIM um'|shab'|CHIM,\num'|fo-a|RIM u|ma-a|ri|TZIM, u|mak|di|SHIM u|mam|li|CHIM:\nes-sheim ho-EIL, ha|ME|lech ha|go|DOYL, ha|gi|BOYR v'ha|noy|RO, ko|DOYSH hu." }, "printed_transliteration": "et shem ha-El, ha-melekh ha-gadol, ha-gibor v’hanora kadosh hu.", "english": "All of them loved, all of them pure, all of them mighty, and all of them in reverence and awe carry out the will of the one who has dominion over them. In purity and in holiness, all of them raise their voices, in song and chant, to praise, bless, glorify, extol, hallow, and celebrate the name of God, the great, mighty, awe-inspiring sovereign, the Holy One." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "וְכֻלָּם מְקַבְּלִים עֲלֵיהֶם עֹל מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם זֶה מִזֶּה,\nוְנוֹתְנִים רְשׁוּת זֶה לָזֶה, לְהַקְדִּישׁ לְיוֹצְרָם בְּנַחַת רוּחַ,\nבְּשָׂפָה בְרוּרָה וּבִנְעִימָה קְדוֹשָׁה, כֻּלָּם כְּאֶחָד\nעוֹנִים וְאוֹמְרִים בְּיִרְאָה:", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ve|chu|LAM me|kab|LIM a|lei|HEM ol mal|CHUT sha|MA|yim zeh mi|ZEH,\nve|not|NIM re|SHUT zeh la|ZEH, le|hak|DISH le|yotz|RAM b'na|CHAT ruach,\nb'sa|FAH v'ru|RAH u|vin|i|MAH k'do|SHAH, ku|LAM ke-e|CHAD\no|NIM ve-o|me|RIM b'yir|AH:", "orthographic": "ve|khul|LAM me|qab|be|LIM ʿa|le|HEM ʿol mal|KHUTH sha|MA|yim zeh miz|ZEH,\nve|no|the|NIM re|SHUTH zeh la|ZEH, le|haq|DISH le|yo|tze|RAM be|na|ḥATH ruaḥ,\nbe|śa|FAH ve|ru|RAH u|vin|ʿi|MAH qe|dho|SHAH, kul|LAM ke|ʾe|ḥADH\nʿo|NIM ve|ʾo|me|RIM be|yir|ʾAH:", "sephardic": "ve|khul|LAM me|qab|be|LIM ʿa|le|HEM ʿol mal|KHUT sha|MA|yim zeh miz|ZEH,\nve|no|te|NIM re|SHUT zeh la|ZEH, le|haq|DISH le|yo|tze|RAM be|na|ḥAT ruaḥ,\nbe|sa|FAH ve|ru|RAH u|vin|ʿi|MAH qe|do|SHAH, kul|LAM ke|e|ḥAD\nʿo|NIM ve|o|me|RIM be|yir|AH:", "chabad": "v'chu|LOM m'kab'|LIM a|lei|HEM oyl mal|CHUS sho|MA|yim zeh mi|ZEH,\nv'noys'|NIM r'SHUS zeh lo|ZEH, l'hak|DISH l'yoytz'|ROM b'na|CHAS ruach,\nb'so|FOH v'ru|ROH u|vin|i|MOH k'doy|SHOH, ku|LOM k'e|CHOD\noy|NIM v'oym'|RIM b'yir|OH:" }, "english": "Each turns to another as they proclaim their loyalty to God, and each gives permission to the other to hallow their creator; in a clear voice and with sacred speech, together as one, they respond with awe, saying:" }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת,\nמְלֹא כָל־הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ka|DOSH ka|DOSH ka|DOSH a|do|NAI tz'va-OT,\nme|LO chol-ha-a|RETZ k'vo|DO.", "orthographic": "qa|DHOSH qa|DHOSH qa|DHOSH a|do|NAI tze|va|ʾOTH,\nme|LOʾ khol-ha|ʾa|RETZ ke|vo|DHO.", "sephardic": "qa|DOSH qa|DOSH qa|DOSH a|do|NAI tze|va|OT,\nme|LO khol-ha|a|RETZ ke|vo|DO.", "chabad": "ko|DOYSH ko|DOYSH ko|DOYSH a|do|NOY tz'vo-OYS,\nm'LOY chol-ho-o|RETZ k'voy|DOY." }, "printed_transliteration": "Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai Tz’va·ot,\nm’lo khol ha-aretz k’vodo.", "english": "Holy, holy, holy is Adonai Tz’va·ot, the whole world is filled with God’s glory." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "וְהָאוֹפַנִּים וְחַיּוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ בְּרַעַשׁ גָּדוֹל מִתְנַשְּׂאִים\nלְעֻמַּת שְׂרָפִים, לְעֻמָּתָם מְשַׁבְּחִים וְאוֹמְרִים:\nבָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד־יְהוָה מִמְּקוֹמוֹ.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ve|ha-o|fa|NIM ve|cha|YOT ha|KO|desh b'ra-ASH ga|DOL mit|na|se-IM\nle-u|MAT s'ra|FIM, le-u|ma|TAM me|sha|be|CHIM ve-o|me|RIM:\nba|RUCH k'vod-a|do|NAI mi|me|ko|MO.", "orthographic": "ve|ha|ʾo|fan|NIM ve|ḥay|YOTH haq|QO|dhesh be|ra|ʿASH ga|DHOL mith|naś|śe|ʾIM\nle|ʿum|MATH śe|ra|FIM, le|ʿum|ma|THAM me|shab|be|ḥIM ve|ʾo|me|RIM:\nba|RUKH ke|vodh-a|do|NAI mim|me|qo|MO.", "sephardic": "ve|ha|o|fan|NIM ve|ḥay|YOT haq|QO|desh be|ra|ʿASH ga|DOL mit|nas|se|IM\nle|ʿum|MAT se|ra|FIM, le|ʿum|ma|TAM me|shab|be|ḥIM ve|o|me|RIM:\nba|RUKH ke|vod-a|do|NAI mim|me|qo|MO.", "chabad": "v'ho-oy|fa|NIM v'cha|YOYS ha|KOY|desh b'ra-ASH go|DOYL mis|nas'-IM\nl'u|MAS s'ro|FIM, l'u|mo|SOM m'shab'|CHIM v'oym'|RIM:\nbo|RUCH k'voyd-a|do|NOY mim'|koy|MOY." }, "printed_transliteration": "Barukh k’vod Adonai mimkomo.", "english": "With a deafening sound, the ofanim and other holy beings rise up opposite the s’rafim and proclaim their praise: Praised is Adonai’s glory wherever God dwells." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "לָאֵל בָּרוּךְ, נְעִימוֹת יִתֵּנוּ. לַמֶּלֶךְ אֵל חַי וְקַיָּם,\nזְמִירוֹת יֹאמֵרוּ, וְתִשְׁבָּחוֹת יַשְׁמִיעוּ. כִּי הוּא לְבַדּוֹ\nפּוֹעֵל גְּבוּרוֹת, עוֹשֶׂה חֲדָשׁוֹת,\nבַּעַל מִלְחָמוֹת, זוֹרֵעַ צְדָקוֹת,\nמַצְמִיחַ יְשׁוּעוֹת, בּוֹרֵא רְפוּאוֹת,\nנוֹרָא תְהִלּוֹת, אֲדוֹן הַנִּפְלָאוֹת,\nהַמְחַדֵּשׁ בְּטוּבוֹ בְּכָל־יוֹם תָּמִיד מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית.\nכָּאָמוּר: לְעֹשֵׂה אוֹרִים גְּדֹלִים, כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ.\nאוֹר חָדָשׁ עַל צִיּוֹן תָּאִיר וְנִזְכֶּה כֻלָּנוּ מְהֵרָה לְאוֹרוֹ.\nבָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, יוֹצֵר הַמְּאוֹרוֹת.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "la-EL ba|RUCH, ne-i|MOT yi|te|NU. la|ME|lech el chai ve|ka|YAM,\nz'mi|ROT yo|me|RU, ve|tish|ba|CHOT yash|mi|U. ki hu le|va|DO\npo-EL g'vu|ROT, o|SEH cha|da|SHOT,\nba-AL mil|cha|MOT, zo|REA tz'da|KOT,\nmatz|MIACH ye|shu-OT, bo|REI re|fu-OT,\nno|RA te|hi|LOT, a|DON ha|nif|la-OT,\nha|me|cha|DESH b'tu|VO b'chol-yom ta|MID ma-a|SEH v'rei|SHIT.\nka-a|MUR: le-o|SEH o|RIM g'do|LIM, ki le-o|LAM chas|DO.\nor cha|DASH al tzi|YON ta-IR ve|niz|KEH chu|la|NU me|he|RAH le-o|RO.\nba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, yo|TZER ha|me-o|ROT.", "orthographic": "la|ʾEL ba|RUKH, ne|ʿi|MOTH yit|te|NU. lam|ME|lekh ʾel ḥai ve|qay|YAM,\nze|mi|ROTH yoʾ|me|RU, ve|thish|ba|ḥOTH yash|mi|ʿU. ki huʾ le|vad|DO\npo|ʿEL ge|vu|ROTH, ʿo|śEH ḥa|dha|SHOTH,\nba|ʿAL mil|ḥa|MOTH, zo|REAʿ tze|dha|QOTH,\nmatz|MIAḥ ye|shu|ʿOTH, bo|REʾ re|fu|ʾOTH,\nno|RAʾ the|hil|LOTH, ʾa|DHON han|nif|la|ʾOTH,\nha|me|ḥad|DESH be|ṭu|VO be|khol-yom ta|MIDH ma|ʿa|śEH ve|reʾ|SHITH.\nka|ʾa|MUR: le|ʿo|śEH ʾo|RIM ge|dho|LIM, ki le|ʿo|LAM ḥas|DO.\nʾor ḥa|DHASH ʿal tziy|YON ta|ʾIR ve|niz|KEH khul|la|NU me|he|RAH le|ʾo|RO.\nba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, yo|TZER ham|me|ʾo|ROTH.", "sephardic": "la|EL ba|RUKH, ne|ʿi|MOT yit|te|NU. lam|ME|lekh el ḥai ve|qay|YAM,\nze|mi|ROT yo|me|RU, ve|tish|ba|ḥOT yash|mi|ʿU. ki hu le|vad|DO\npo|ʿEL ge|vu|ROT, ʿo|SEH ḥa|da|SHOT,\nba|ʿAL mil|ḥa|MOT, zo|REAʿ tze|da|QOT,\nmatz|MIAḥ ye|shu|ʿOT, bo|RE re|fu|OT,\nno|RA te|hil|LOT, a|DON han|nif|la|OT,\nha|me|ḥad|DESH be|tu|VO be|khol-yom ta|MID ma|ʿa|SEH ve|re|SHIT.\nka|a|MUR: le|ʿo|SEH o|RIM ge|do|LIM, ki le|ʿo|LAM ḥas|DO.\nor ḥa|DASH ʿal tziy|YON ta|IR ve|niz|KEH khul|la|NU me|he|RAH le|o|RO.\nba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, yo|TZER ham|me|o|ROT.", "chabad": "lo-EIL bo|RUCH, n'i|MOYS yi|tei|NU. la|ME|lech eil chai v'ka|YOM,\nz'mi|ROYS yoy|mei|RU, v'sish|bo|CHOYS yash|mi|U. ki hu l'va|DOY\npoy-EIL g'vu|ROYS, oy|SEH cha|do|SHOYS,\nba-AL mil|cho|MOYS, zoy|REIA tz'do|KOYS,\nmatz|MIACH y'shu-OYS, boy|REI r'fu-OYS,\nnoy|RO s'hi|LOYS, a|DOYN ha|nif|lo-OYS,\nham'|cha|DEISH b'tu|VOY b'chol-yoym to|MID ma-a|SEIH v'rei|SHIS.\nko-o|MUR: l'oy|SEIH oy|RIM g'doy|LIM, ki l'oy|LOM chas|DOY.\noyr cho|DOSH al tzi|YOYN to-IR v'niz|KEH chu|lo|NU m'hei|ROH l'oy|ROY.\nbo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, yoy|TZEIR ham'-oy|ROYS." }, "printed_transliteration": "Or ḥadash al tziyon ta·ir v’nizkeh khulanu m’heirah l’oro.", "english": "They offer adulation to God, whom they bless. They chant songs and voice their praise to the sovereign, the living and enduring God. For God alone achieves victory, creates anew, masters war, sows righteousness, cultivates deliverance, effects healing, is praised with reverence, and is the author of wonders. In God’s goodness, the work of creation is renewed each day, as the psalmist declared: “Thank the creator of the great lights, for God’s love is everlasting.” Cause a new light to shine on Zion, and may we all soon be worthy of its illumination. Barukh atah Adonai, creator of lights." } ], "footer": [ { "type": "Commentary", "text": "KEDUSHAH D’YOTZER קְדֻשָּׁה דְּיוֹצֵר. This version of the Kedushah, recited in the first b’rakhah before the Sh’ma, blesses God for the creation of the morning light. Every Kedushah is based on the mystical visions of Isaiah and Ezekiel. Each prophet described an angelic chorus. Isaiah saw them singing kadosh, kadosh, kadosh (“holy, holy, holy,” 6:3); Ezekiel heard them reciting barukh k’vod Adonai (“praised is Adonai’s glory,” 3:12). The Kedushah is placed here, in the blessing of creation, as if to say that both heaven and earth offer praise to God. In the mind of the mystics, all of creation constitutes a praise of God; every created being, animate and inanimate, sings to God." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "BEINGS THAT SERVE . . . SERVANTS מְשָׁרְתִים . . . מְשָׁרְתָיו. Rabbinic lore tells of two kinds of angelic creations: those who are part of God’s permanent court, like the angels Michael and Gabriel, and those who are created each day to be conveyers of that day’s message, and so the liturgist talks of both of them as “proclaiming . . . the words of the living sovereign” (Babylonian Talmud, Ḥagigah 14a)." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "THANK THE CREATOR OF THE GREAT LIGHTS לְעֹשֵׂה אוֹרִים גְּדֹלִים. Psalm 136:7." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "ZION צִיּוֹן. The prayer takes the motif of the light of creation and of the dawn, and ties it to an image of the Temple in Jerusalem as a source of ultimate illumination." }, { "type": "MarginNote", "text": "In the Beginning In the beginning God created the heavens that actually are not and the earth that wants to touch them. In the beginning God created threads stretching between them—between the heavens that actually are not and the earth that cries out for help. And God created humans, for each person is a prayer and a thread touching what is not with a tender and delicate touch. —RIVKA MIRIAM (translated by David C. Jacobson)" }, { "type": "MarginNote", "text": "Angels The Hebrew word for angel is malakh, which also means “messenger,” one who is sent. . . . Unsuspecting and unaware. Consumed by their own plans and itineraries. Busy at work on their own schemes. . . . people chosen to be messengers of the Most High rarely even know that they are God’s messengers. . . . I do not know how many times in one’s life one is also a messenger. But for everyone it is at least once. —LAWRENCE KUSHNER" } ] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "Sh'ma and Its Blessings", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-46-152-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "Sh’ma and Its Blessings", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-48-154-shabbat-and-festivals-morning-service-sh-ma-and-its-blessings.json" } ] }