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Shabbat - Musaf Service

The Amidah

עמידה

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

FORGET NOT SHABBAT

Hebrew
יוֹם שַׁבָּתוֹן אֵין לִשְׁכֹּחַ,
זִכְרוֹ כְּרֵיחַ הַנִּיחוֹחַ,
יוֹנָה מָצְאָה בוֹ מָנוֹחַ,
וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ.
הַיּוֹם נִכְבָּד לִבְנֵי אֱמוּנִים,
זְהִירִים לְשָׁמְרוֹ אָבוֹת וּבָנִים,
חָקוּק בִּשְׁנֵי לֻחוֹת אֲבָנִים,
מֵרֹב אוֹנִים וְאַמִּיץ כֹּחַ.
יוֹנָה מָצְאָה בוֹ מָנוֹחַ,
וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ.
וּבָאוּ כֻלָּם בִּבְרִית יַחַד,
נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמַע אָמְרוּ כְּאֶחָד,
וּפָתְחוּ וְעָנוּ יְהֹוָה אֶחָד,
בָּרוּךְ הַנּוֹתֵן לַיָּעֵף כֹּחַ.
יוֹנָה מָצְאָה בוֹ מָנוֹחַ,
וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ.
דִּבֵּר בְּקָדְשׁוֹ בְּהַר הַמּוֹר,
יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי זָכוֹר וְשָׁמוֹר,
וְכָל פִּקּוּדָיו יַחַד לִגְמֹר,
חֲזַק מָתְנַיִם וֶאֱמַץ כֹּחַ.
יוֹנָה מָצְאָה בוֹ מָנוֹחַ,
וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ.
הָעָם אֲשֶׁר נָע כַּצֹּאן תָּעָה,
יִזְכֹּר לְפָקְדוֹ בְּרִית וּשְׁבוּעָה,
לְבַל יַעֲבֹר בָּם מִקְרֶה רָעָה,
כַּאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ עַל מֵי נֹחַ.
יוֹנָה מָצְאָה בוֹ מָנוֹחַ,
וְשָׁם יָנוּחוּ יְגִיעֵי כֹחַ.
Israeli
yom shabaton ein lishkoach,
zichro k'reiach hanichoach,
yonah matze-ah vo manoach,
vesham yanuchu yegi-ei choach.
hayom nichbad livnei emunim,
zehirim leshamero avot uvanim,
chakuk bishnei luchot avanim,
merov onim ve-amitz koach.
yonah matze-ah vo manoach,
vesham yanuchu yegi-ei choach.
uvau chulam bivrit yachad,
na-aseh venishma ameru ke-echad,
ufatechu ve-anu Adonai echad,
baruch hanoten laya-ef koach.
yonah matze-ah vo manoach,
vesham yanuchu yegi-ei choach.
diber b'kodsho behar hamor,
yom hashvi-i zachor veshamor,
vechol pikudav yachad ligmor,
chazak motnayim ve-ematz koach.
yonah matze-ah vo manoach,
vesham yanuchu yegi-ei choach.
ha-am asher na katzon ta-ah,
yizkor lefakdo b'rit ushvu-ah,
leval ya-avor bam mikreh ra-ah,
ka-asher nishbata al mei Noach.
yonah matze-ah vo manoach,
vesham yanuchu yegi-ei choach.
English
Forget not Shabbat; inhale it like sweet-smelling incense. The dove found rest on Shabbat, as can anyone who is tired. This day is honored by those faithful to the covenant, a day of which parents and children are carefully observant. It was engraved as law on the two tablets of stone by the great, mighty, and powerful Holy One. The dove . . . As they entered the covenant, Israel stood together as one. “We will do and we will obey,” they then said as one. “God is one,” they answered clearly; blessed is God who gives strength to the weary. The dove . . . In holiness, on the Mount of Myrrh, God did say: “Remember and keep the seventh day.” So gather together, study its precepts at length: gird up your loins and apply all your strength. The dove . . . The people who like lost sheep wander shall God’s covenant and their own promise remember. May no evil circumstance obstruct their way, as You swore upon the retreating waters in Noah’s day. The dove . . .