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Shabbat - Morning Service

The Amidah

t'filat ha-amidah
תפילת העמידה

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
The silent recitation of the Amidah concludes with a personal prayer or one of the following:
Hebrew
אֱלֹהַי, נְצוֹר לְשׁוֹנִי מֵרָע, וּשְׂפָתַי מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָה, וְלִמְקַלְלַי
נַפְשִׁי תִדּוֹם, וְנַפְשִׁי כֶּעָפָר לַכֹּל תִּהְיֶה. פְּתַח לִבִּי בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ,
וּבְמִצְוֹתֶיךָ תִּרְדּוֹף נַפְשִׁי. וְכָל־הַחוֹשְׁבִים עָלַי רָעָה,
מְהֵרָה הָפֵר עֲצָתָם וְקַלְקֵל מַחֲשַׁבְתָּם. עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ,
עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן יְמִינֶךָ, עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן קְדֻשָּׁתֶךָ, עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַן
תּוֹרָתֶךָ. לְמַעַן יֵחָלְצוּן יְדִידֶיךָ, הוֹשִׁיעָה יְמִינְךָ וַעֲנֵנִי.
Israeli
Elohai, netzor leshoni mera, usfatai midaber mirmah, velimkallai
nafshi tidom, venafshi ke-afar lakol tihyeh. p'tach libi b'Toratecha,
uvmitzvotecha tirdof nafshi. vechol-hachoshvim alai ra-ah,
meherah hafer atzatam vekalkel machashavtam. aseh lema-an sh'mecha,
aseh lema-an yeminecha, aseh lema-an k'dushatecha, aseh lema-an
Toratecha. lema-an yechaletzun yedidecha, hoshi-ah yeminecha va-aneni.
English
My God, keep my tongue from evil, my lips from deceit. Help me ignore those who would slander me. Let me be humble before all. Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may pursue Your mitzvot. Frustrate the designs of those who plot evil against me; nullify their schemes. Act for the sake of Your name, act for the sake of Your triumph, act for the sake of Your holiness, act for the sake of Your Torah. Answer my prayer for the deliverance of Your people.
Hebrew
יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ, יְהֹוָה צוּרִי וְגֹאֲלִי.
Israeli
yihyu leratzon imrei fi vehegyon libi lefanecha, Adonai tzuri vego-ali.
English
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, Adonai, my rock and my redeemer.
Some have the custom of taking three steps backward and bowing at the conclusion of the Amidah, as if exiting the court of a sovereign.
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.
Hebrew
זַכֵּנִי לְשִׂמְחָה וְחֵרוּת שֶׁל שַׁבָּת, לִטְעֹם טַעַם עֹנֶג שַׁבָּת
בֶּאֱמֶת. זַכֵּנִי שֶׁלֹּא יַעֲלֶה עַל לִבִּי עַצְבוּת בְּיוֹם שַׁבָּת
קֹדֶשׁ. שַׂמַּח נֶפֶשׁ מְשָׁרֶתְךָ, כִּי אֵלֶיךָ אֲדֹנָי נַפְשִׁי אֶשָּׂא.
עָזְרֵנִי לְהַרְבּוֹת בְּתַעֲנוּגֵי שַׁבָּת, וּלְהַמְשִׁיךְ הַשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁל
שַׁבָּת לְשֵׁשֶׁת יְמֵי הַחוֹל. הוֹדִיעֵנִי אֹרַח חַיִּים, שֹׂבַע
שְׂמָחוֹת אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ, נְעִמוֹת בִּימִינְךָ נֶצַח.
Israeli
zakeni lesimchah vecherut shel Shabat, litom ta-am oneg Shabat
be-emet. zakeni shelo ya-aleh al libi atzvut b'yom Shabat
kodesh. samach nefesh mesharetcha, ki elecha Adonai nafshi esa.
azreni leharbot b'ta-anugei Shabat, ulehameshich hasimchah shel
Shabat lesheshet yemei hachol. hodi-eni orach chayim, sova
s'machot et-panecha, ne-imot biminecha netzach.
English
Grant me the liberating joy of Shabbat, the ability to truly taste its delights. May my heart not be weighed down by sorrow on this holy Shabbat. Fill the soul of Your servant with gladness—for to You, Adonai, I offer my entire being. Help me to increase the joys of Shabbat and to extend its joyful spirit to the other six days of the week. Show me the path of life, that I may be filled with the joy of being in Your presence, the delight of being close to You forever.
Hebrew
יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ, יְהֹוָה צוּרִי וְגֹאֲלִי.
Israeli
yihyu leratzon imrei fi vehegyon libi lefanecha, Adonai tzuri vego-ali.
English
May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, Adonai, my rock and my redeemer.
Some have the custom of taking three steps backward and bowing at the conclusion of the Amidah, as if exiting the court of a sovereign.
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.
When the Amidah is to be repeated aloud, we turn back to page 159. On Shabbat Ḥol Ha-mo-ed, Shabbat Rosh Ḥodesh, and Ḥanukkah, we continue with Hallel on page 316.