{ "url": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-83-190-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah.json", "path": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-83-190-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah", "format": "json", "type": "siddur-page", "title": "The Amidah", "summary": "The Amidah, pages 190, 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": "The Amidah", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-83-190-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah.json" } ], "alternates": { "html": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-83-190-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah", "json": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-83-190-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah.json", "xml": "https://staging.thenewjew.org/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-83-190-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah.xml" }, "data": { "book": { "slug": "lev-shalem", "title": "Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)", "nusach": "Ashkenaz" }, "page": { "slug": "lev-83-190-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah", "section": "Shabbat - Musaf Service", "topic": "The Amidah", "printPages": "190", "pdfPages": "83", "header": { "section": { "hebrew": "מוסף לשבת", "transliteration": { "israeli": "mu|SAF le|sha|BAT", "orthographic": "mu|SAF le|shab|BATH", "sephardic": "mu|SAF le|shab|BAT", "chabad": "mu|SOF l'sha|BOS" }, "english": "Shabbat - Musaf Service" }, "topic": { "hebrew": "עמידה", "transliteration": { "israeli": "a|mi|DAH", "orthographic": "ʿa|mi|DHAH", "sephardic": "ʿa|mi|DAH", "chabad": "a|mi|DOH" }, "english": "The Amidah" }, "printPages": "190" }, "body": [ { "type": "heading", "hebrew": "", "transliteration": {}, "english": "Sixth B’rakhah: Gratitude for Life and Its Blessings" }, { "type": "Instructions", "text": "When the Amidah is recited silently, we read the following paragraph. When the Amidah is chanted aloud, the leader reads this paragraph as the congregation reads the next passage." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לָךְ, שָׁאַתָּה הוּא יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי\nאֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ] לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. צוּר חַיֵּינוּ, מָגֵן יִשְׁעֵנוּ\nאַתָּה הוּא לְדוֹר וָדוֹר. נוֹדֶה לְךָ וּנְסַפֵּר תְּהִלָּתֶךָ, עַל חַיֵּינוּ\nהַמְּסוּרִים בְּיָדֶךָ וְעַל נִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ הַפְּקוּדוֹת לָךְ, וְעַל נִסֶּיךָ\nשֶׁבְּכָל־יוֹם עִמָּנוּ, וְעַל נִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ וְטוֹבוֹתֶיךָ שֶׁבְּכָל־עֵת,\nעֶרֶב וָבֹקֶר וְצָהֳרָיִם. הַטּוֹב, כִּי לֹא כָלוּ רַחֲמֶיךָ,\nוְהַמְרַחֵם, כִּי לֹא תַמּוּ חֲסָדֶיךָ מֵעוֹלָם קִוִּינוּ לָךְ.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "mo|DIM a|nach|NU lach, sha-a|TAH hu a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu vei|lo|HEI\na|vo|TEI|nu [ve-i|mo|TEI|nu] le-o|LAM va-ED. tzur cha|yei|NU, ma|GEN yish|E|nu\na|TAH hu le|DOR va|DOR. no|DEH le|CHA u|ne|sa|PER te|hi|la|TE|cha, al cha|yei|NU\nha|me|su|RIM b'ya|DE|cha ve-AL nish|mo|TEI|nu hap|ku|DOT lach, ve-AL ni|SE|cha\nsheb|chol-yom i|ma|NU, ve-AL nif|le-o|TE|cha ve|to|vo|TE|cha sheb|chol-et,\nE|rev va|VO|ker ve|tzo|ho|RA|yim. ha|TOV, ki lo cha|LU ra|cha|ME|cha,\nve|ha|me|ra|CHEM, ki lo ta|MU cha|sa|DE|cha me-o|LAM ki|vi|NU lach.", "orthographic": "mo|DHIM ʾa|naḥ|NU lakh, sha|ʾat|TAH huʾ a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu veʾ|lo|HE\nʾa|vo|THE|nu [ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu] le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿEDH. tzur ḥay|ye|NU, ma|GHEN yish|ʿE|nu\nʾat|TAH huʾ le|DHOR va|DHOR. no|DHEH le|KHA u|ne|sap|PER te|hil|la|THE|kha, ʿal ḥay|ye|NU\nham|me|su|RIM be|ya|DHE|kha ve|ʿAL nish|mo|THE|nu hap|pe|qu|DHOTH lakh, ve|ʿAL nis|SE|kha\nsheb|be|khol-yom ʿim|ma|NU, ve|ʿAL nif|le|ʾo|THE|kha ve|ṭo|vo|THE|kha sheb|be|khol-ʿeth,\nʿE|rev va|VO|qer ve|tzo|ho|RA|yim. haṭ|ṭOV, ki loʾ kha|LU ra|ḥa|ME|kha,\nve|ha|me|ra|ḥEM, ki loʾ tham|MU ḥa|sa|DHE|kha me|ʿo|LAM qiv|vi|NU lakh.", "sephardic": "mo|DIM a|naḥ|NU lakh, sha|at|TAH hu a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu ve|lo|HE\na|vo|TE|nu [ve|im|mo|TE|nu] le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿED. tzur ḥay|ye|NU, ma|GEN yish|ʿE|nu\nat|TAH hu le|DOR va|DOR. no|DEH le|KHA u|ne|sap|PER te|hil|la|TE|kha, ʿal ḥay|ye|NU\nham|me|su|RIM be|ya|DE|kha ve|ʿAL nish|mo|TE|nu hap|pe|qu|DOT lakh, ve|ʿAL nis|SE|kha\nsheb|be|khol-yom ʿim|ma|NU, ve|ʿAL nif|le|o|TE|kha ve|to|vo|TE|kha sheb|be|khol-ʿet,\nʿE|rev va|VO|qer ve|tzo|ho|RA|yim. hat|TOV, ki lo kha|LU ra|ḥa|ME|kha,\nve|ha|me|ra|ḥEM, ki lo tam|MU ḥa|sa|DE|kha me|ʿo|LAM qiv|vi|NU lakh.", "chabad": "moy|DIM a|nach|NU loch, sho-a|TOH hu a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu vei|loy|HEI\na|voy|SEI|nu [v'i|moy|SEI|nu] l'oy|LOM vo-ED. tzur cha|yei|NU, mo|GEIN yish|EI|nu\na|TOH hu l'DOYR vo|DOYR. noy|DEH l'CHO un'|sa|PEIR t'hi|lo|SE|cho, al cha|yei|NU\nham'|su|RIM b'yo|DE|cho v'AL nish|moy|SEI|nu hap'|ku|DOYS loch, v'AL ni|SE|cho\nsheb'|chol-yoym i|mo|NU, v'AL nif|l'oy|SE|cho v'toy|voy|SE|cho sheb'|chol-eis,\nE|rev vo|VOY|ker v'tzo|ho|RO|yim. ha|TOYV, ki loy cho|LU ra|cha|ME|cho,\nv'ham'|ra|CHEIM, ki loy sa|MU cha|so|DE|cho mei-oy|LOM ki|vi|NU loch." }, "english": "We thank You, for You are ever our God and the God of our ancestors; You are the bedrock of our lives, the shield that protects us in every generation. We thank You and sing Your praises—for our lives that are in Your hands, for our souls that are under Your care, for Your miracles that accompany us each day, and for Your wonders and Your gifts that are with us each moment—evening, morning, and noon. You are the one who is good, whose mercy is never-ending; the one who is compassionate, whose love is unceasing. We have always placed our hope in You." }, { "type": "Instructions", "text": "This paragraph is recited by the congregation when the full Amidah is repeated by the service leader, by custom remaining seated and bowing slightly." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לָךְ, שָׁאַתָּה הוּא יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי\nאֲבוֹתֵינוּ [וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ], אֱלֹהֵי כָל־בָּשָׂר, יוֹצְרֵנוּ, יוֹצֵר\nבְּרֵאשִׁית. בְּרָכוֹת וְהוֹדָאוֹת לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ,\nעַל שֶׁהֶחֱיִיתָנוּ וְקִיַּמְתָּנוּ. כֵּן תְּחַיֵּנוּ וּתְקַיְּמֵנוּ, וְתֶאֱסוֹף\nגָּלֻיּוֹתֵינוּ לְחַצְרוֹת קָדְשֶׁךָ, לִשְׁמוֹר חֻקֶּיךָ וְלַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנֶךָ,\nוּלְעָבְדְּךָ בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם, עַל שֶׁאֲנַחְנוּ מוֹדִים לָךְ.\nבָּרוּךְ אֵל הַהוֹדָאוֹת.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "mo|DIM a|nach|NU lach, sha-a|TAH hu a|do|NAI e|lo|HEI|nu vei|lo|HEI\na|vo|TEI|nu [ve-i|mo|TEI|nu], e|lo|HEI chol-ba|SAR, yotz|RE|nu, yo|TZER\nbe|rei|SHIT. b'ra|CHOT ve|ho|da-OT le|shim|CHA ha|ga|DOL ve|ha|ka|DOSH,\nal she|he|che|yi|TA|nu ve|ki|yam|ta|NU. ken t'cha|ye|NU ut|kay|ME|nu, ve|te-e|SOF\nga|lu|yo|TEI|nu le|chatz|ROT kod|SHE|cha, lish|MOR chu|KE|cha ve|la-a|SOT re|tzo|NE|cha,\nu|le-avd|CHA b'le|VAV sha|LEM, al she-a|nach|NU mo|DIM lach.\nba|RUCH el ha|ho|da-OT.", "orthographic": "mo|DHIM ʾa|naḥ|NU lakh, sha|ʾat|TAH huʾ a|do|NAI ʾe|lo|HE|nu veʾ|lo|HE\nʾa|vo|THE|nu [ve|ʾim|mo|THE|nu], ʾe|lo|HE khol-ba|śAR, yo|tze|RE|nu, yo|TZER\nbe|reʾ|SHITH. be|ra|KHOTH ve|ho|dha|ʾOTH le|shim|KHA hag|ga|DHOL ve|haq|qa|DHOSH,\nʿal she|he|ḥe|yi|THA|nu ve|qiy|yam|ta|NU. ken te|ḥay|ye|NU u|the|qay|ye|ME|nu, ve|the|ʾe|SOF\nga|luy|yo|THE|nu le|ḥatz|ROTH qodh|SHE|kha, lish|MOR ḥuq|QE|kha ve|la|ʿa|śOTH re|tzo|NE|kha,\nu|le|ʿa|ved|de|KHA be|le|VAV sha|LEM, ʿal she|ʾa|naḥ|NU mo|DHIM lakh.\nba|RUKH ʾel ha|ho|dha|ʾOTH.", "sephardic": "mo|DIM a|naḥ|NU lakh, sha|at|TAH hu a|do|NAI e|lo|HE|nu ve|lo|HE\na|vo|TE|nu [ve|im|mo|TE|nu], e|lo|HE khol-ba|SAR, yo|tze|RE|nu, yo|TZER\nbe|re|SHIT. be|ra|KHOT ve|ho|da|OT le|shim|KHA hag|ga|DOL ve|haq|qa|DOSH,\nʿal she|he|ḥe|yi|TA|nu ve|qiy|yam|ta|NU. ken te|ḥay|ye|NU u|te|qay|ye|ME|nu, ve|te|e|SOF\nga|luy|yo|TE|nu le|ḥatz|ROT qod|SHE|kha, lish|MOR ḥuq|QE|kha ve|la|ʿa|SOT re|tzo|NE|kha,\nu|le|ʿa|ved|de|KHA be|le|VAV sha|LEM, ʿal she|a|naḥ|NU mo|DIM lakh.\nba|RUKH el ha|ho|da|OT.", "chabad": "moy|DIM a|nach|NU loch, sho-a|TOH hu a|do|NOY e|loy|HEI|nu vei|loy|HEI\na|voy|SEI|nu [v'i|moy|SEI|nu], e|loy|HEI chol-bo|SOR, yoytz'|REI|nu, yoy|TZEIR\nb'rei|SHIS. b'ro|CHOYS v'hoy|do-OYS l'shim|CHO ha|go|DOYL v'ha|ko|DOYSH,\nal she|he|che|yi|SO|nu v'ki|yam|to|NU. kein t'cha|yei|NU us'|kay'|MEI|nu, v'se-e|SOYF\ngo|lu|yoy|SEI|nu l'chatz|ROYS kod|SHE|cho, lish|MOYR chu|KE|cho v'la-a|SOYS r'tzoy|NE|cho,\nul'-ov'd'|CHO b'lei|VOV sho|LEIM, al she-a|nach|NU moy|DIM loch.\nbo|RUCH eil ha|hoy|do-OYS." }, "english": "We thank You for the ability to acknowledge You. You are our God and the God of our ancestors, the God of all flesh, our creator, and the creator of all. We offer praise and blessing to Your holy and great name, for granting us life and for sustaining us. May You continue to grant us life and sustenance. Gather our dispersed to Your holy courtyards, that we may fulfill Your mitzvot and serve You wholeheartedly, carrying out Your will. May God, the source of gratitude, be praised." }, { "type": "Instructions", "text": "On Ḥanukkah we add Al Hanissim on page 430." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "וְעַל כֻּלָּם יִתְבָּרַךְ וְיִתְרוֹמַם שִׁמְךָ מַלְכֵּנוּ תָּמִיד לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ve-AL ku|LAM yit|ba|RACH ve|yit|ro|MAM shim|CHA mal|ke|NU ta|MID le-o|LAM va-ED.", "orthographic": "ve|ʿAL kul|LAM yith|ba|RAKH ve|yith|ro|MAM shim|KHA mal|ke|NU ta|MIDH le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿEDH.", "sephardic": "ve|ʿAL kul|LAM yit|ba|RAKH ve|yit|ro|MAM shim|KHA mal|ke|NU ta|MID le|ʿo|LAM va|ʿED.", "chabad": "v'AL ku|LOM yis|bo|RACH v'yis|roy|MAM shim|CHO mal|kei|NU to|MID l'oy|LOM vo-ED." }, "english": "For all these blessings may Your name be praised and exalted, our sovereign, always and forever." }, { "type": "Instructions", "text": "On Shabbat Shuvah we add:" }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "וּכְתוֹב לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים כָּל־בְּנֵי בְרִיתֶךָ.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "uch|TOV le|cha|YIM to|VIM kol-b'NEI v'ri|TE|cha.", "orthographic": "u|khe|THOV le|ḥay|YIM ṭo|VIM kol-be|NE ve|ri|THE|kha.", "sephardic": "u|khe|TOV le|ḥay|YIM to|VIM kol-be|NE ve|ri|TE|kha.", "chabad": "uch'|SOYV l'cha|YIM toy|VIM kol-b'NEI v'ri|SE|cho." }, "english": "And inscribe all the people of Your covenant for a good life." }, { "type": "Passage", "hebrew": "וְכֹל הַחַיִּים יוֹדוּךָ סֶלָה,\nוִיהַלְלוּ אֶת־שִׁמְךָ בֶּאֱמֶת,\nהָאֵל יְשׁוּעָתֵנוּ וְעֶזְרָתֵנוּ סֶלָה.\nבָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה, הַטּוֹב שִׁמְךָ וּלְךָ נָאֶה לְהוֹדוֹת.", "transliteration": { "israeli": "ve|CHOL ha|cha|YIM yo|du|CHA SE|lah,\nvi|ha|le|LU et-shim|CHA be-e|MET,\nha-EL ye|shu-a|TE|nu ve-ez|ra|TE|nu SE|lah.\nba|RUCH a|TAH a|do|NAI, ha|TOV shim|CHA u|le|CHA na-EH le|ho|DOT.", "orthographic": "ve|KHOL ha|ḥay|YIM yo|dhu|KHA SE|lah,\nvi|ha|le|LU ʾeth-shim|KHA be|ʾe|METH,\nha|ʾEL ye|shu|ʿa|THE|nu ve|ʿez|ra|THE|nu SE|lah.\nba|RUKH ʾat|TAH a|do|NAI, haṭ|ṭOV shim|KHA u|le|KHA na|ʾEH le|ho|DHOTH.", "sephardic": "ve|KHOL ha|ḥay|YIM yo|du|KHA SE|lah,\nvi|ha|le|LU et-shim|KHA be|e|MET,\nha|EL ye|shu|ʿa|TE|nu ve|ʿez|ra|TE|nu SE|lah.\nba|RUKH at|TAH a|do|NAI, hat|TOV shim|KHA u|le|KHA na|EH le|ho|DOT.", "chabad": "v'CHOYL ha|cha|YIM yoy|du|CHO SE|loh,\nvi|hal'|LU es-shim|CHO be-e|MES,\nho-EIL y'shu-o|SEI|nu v'ez|ro|SEI|nu SE|loh.\nbo|RUCH a|TOH a|do|NOY, ha|TOYV shim|CHO ul'|CHO no-EH l'hoy|DOYS." }, "english": "May all that lives thank You always, and faithfully praise Your name forever, God of our deliverance and help. Barukh atah Adonai, Your name is goodness and praise of You is fitting." } ], "footer": [ { "type": "Commentary", "text": "THE SIXTH B’RAKHAH. The penultimate b’rakhah of the Amidah has two versions. The first is recited during the silent Amidah, or by the leader when the Amidah is recited aloud by the leader. This version reflects on the miracles of daily life. When the Amidah is recited out loud, the congregation accompanies the leader with a different version of the blessing, one that remarks on the very ability to give thanks. The central idea it expresses is modim anaḥnu lakh . . . al she-anaḥnu modim lakh, “we thank You for the ability to thank You.” The prayer may be understood as an expression of appreciation for being part of a religious tradition that values gratitude. More radically, this prayer may be understood as expressing the thought that our prayers may be addressed to God, but God is the Source of All—even the prayers we speak. The very ability to thank is thus a manifestation of the presence of God within us." }, { "type": "Commentary", "text": "WE THANK YOU מוֹדִים. Our gratitude is expressed in universal terms, without reference to Jewish particularity. Here we reflect on the very basis of life itself. God’s wonders are found in the cycles of the planets, the rhythm of the seasons, the resurgence of life. We may come to realize that gratitude is a self-creating blessing: the more we cultivate gratitude, the more we are aware of all that we receive for which we may be grateful, the more we blossom as human beings. (Bradley Shavit Artson)" }, { "type": "MarginNote", "text": "Thanksgiving How great my joy that I dwell with You—and thinking of You, my troubles flee. For Your love and kindness I owe so much, but all I can offer are prayers recited thankfully. Heavens cannot contain You; how could my ideas? Teach me what may please You, that I may do what to You is dear. Take my praise as a rightful offering, consider it as sacrifices of old. Pure of Vision, open Your eyes to my suffering, let Your light illumine what I fail to see. Let Your kindness and love favor me. Let them cover my sins, that they not be seen. And as Your name is held in my heart, may my spirit in Your hands be. —SOLOMON IBN GABIROL" }, { "type": "MarginNote", "text": "Thanksgiving The older we get, the greater becomes our inclination to give thanks, especially heavenwards. We feel more strongly than we could possibly have ever felt before that life is a gift. . . . But we also feel, again and again, an urge to thank our fellow, even if he or she has not done anything special for us. For what, then? For being truly present when we are together; for opening his eyes, and not mistaking me for someone else; for opening her ears, and listening carefully to what I had to say to her; indeed, for opening up to me what I really wanted to address—a securely locked heart. —MARTIN BUBER (adapted)" } ] } }, "links": [ { "rel": "parent", "title": "Siddur Lev Shalem (Excerpts)", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem.json" }, { "rel": "prev", "title": "The Amidah", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-82-189-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah.json" }, { "rel": "next", "title": "The Amidah", "href": "/siddur/lev-shalem/lev-84-191-shabbat-musaf-service-the-amidah.json" } ] }