Welcoming The Shabbat

Chabad: ' is a reduced vowel — every vocal shva, always pronounced. - separates syllables that would otherwise run together.

How to read the transliterations

Hebrew

לַצַּדִּיק, וּלְיִשְׁרֵי לֵב שִׂמְחָה:
שִׂמְחוּ צַדִּיקִים בַּיהוָה, וְהוֹדוּ
לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ:

Chabad

latzadik, ul'yishrei leiv simchoh:
simchu tzadikim badonoy, v'hoydu
l'zeicher kodshoy:

When the Redemption arrives, everything in the world will praise God

Hebrew

מִזְמוֹר, שִׁירוּ לַיהוָה שִׁיר
חָדָשׁ, כִּי נִפְלָאוֹת
עָשָׂה, הוֹשִׁיעָה לּוֹ יְמִינוֹ
וּזְרוֹעַ קָדְשׁוֹ: הוֹדִיעַ יְהֹוָה
יְשׁוּעָתוֹ, לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם גִּלָּה
צִדְקָתוֹ: זָכַר חַסְדּוֹ וֶאֱמוּנָתוֹ
לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל, רָאוּ כָל אַפְסֵי
אָרֶץ, אֵת יְשׁוּעַת אֱלֹהֵינוּ:¹
הָרִיעוּ לַיהוָה כָּל הָאָרֶץ, פִּצְחוּ
וְרַנְּנוּ וְזַמֵּרוּ: זַמְּרוּ לַיהוָה בְּכִנּוֹר,
בְּכִנּוֹר וְקוֹל זִמְרָה: בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת
וְקוֹל שׁוֹפָר, הָרִיעוּ לִפְנֵי
הַמֶּלֶךְ יְהֹוָה:² יִרְעַם הַיָּם וּמְלֹאוֹ,
תֵּבֵל וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ: נְהָרוֹת
יִמְחֲאוּ כָף, יַחַד הָרִים יְרַנֵּנוּ:
לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה כִּי בָא לִשְׁפֹּט הָאָרֶץ,
יִשְׁפֹּט תֵּבֵל בְּצֶדֶק, וְעַמִּים
בְּמֵישָׁרִים:

Chabad

mizmoyr, shiru ladonoy shir
chodosh, ki niflo-oys
osoh, hoyshi-oh loy y'minoy
uz'roya kodshoy: hoydia Adonoy
y'shu-osoy, l'einei hagoyyim giloh
tzidkosoy: zochar chasdoy ve-emunosoy
l'veis Yisro-eil, rou chol afsei
oretz, eis y'shu-as Eloyheinu:
horiu ladonoy kol ho-oretz, pitzchu
v'ran'nu v'zameiru: zam'ru ladonoy b'chinoyr,
b'chinoyr v'koyl zimroh: bachatzoytz'roys
v'koyl shoyfor, horiu lifnei
hamelech Adonoy: yiram hayom um'loy-oy,
teiveil v'yoysh'vei voh: n'horoys
yimchau chof, yachad horim y'raneinu:
lifnei Adonoy ki vo lishpoyt ho-oretz,
yishpoyt teiveil b'tzedek, v'amim
b'meishorim:

When the Redemption arrives, all nations will praise God

Hebrew

יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ יִרְגְּזוּ עַמִּים, יֹשֵׁב
כְּרוּבִים תָּנוּט הָאָרֶץ:
בְּצִיּוֹן גָּדוֹל, וְרָם הוּא עַל
כָּל הָעַמִּים: יוֹדוּ שִׁמְךָ גָּדוֹל
וְנוֹרָא, קָדוֹשׁ הוּא: וְעֹז
מֶלֶךְ מִשְׁפָּט אָהֵב,³ אַתָּה
כּוֹנַנְתָּ מֵישָׁרִים, מִשְׁפָּט
וּצְדָקָה בְּיַעֲקֹב אַתָּה
עָשִׂיתָ: רוֹמְמוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ
וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹם רַגְלָיו,
קָדוֹשׁ הוּא: מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן
בְּכֹהֲנָיו וּשְׁמוּאֵל בְּקֹרְאֵי
שְׁמוֹ,⁴ קֹרְאִים אֶל יְהֹוָה וְהוּא
יַעֲנֵם: בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן יְדַבֵּר
אֲלֵיהֶם, שָׁמְרוּ עֵדֹתָיו וְחֹק
נָתַן לָמוֹ: יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ אַתָּה
עֲנִיתָם, אֵל נֹשֵׂא הָיִיתָ לָהֶם,
וְנֹקֵם עַל עֲלִילוֹתָם: רוֹמְמוּ
יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַר
קָדְשׁוֹ, כִּי קָדוֹשׁ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ:

Chabad

Adonoy moloch yirg'zu amim, yoysheiv
k'ruvim tonut ho-oretz:
b'Tziyoyn godoyl, v'rom hu al
kol ho-amim: yoydu shimcho godoyl
v'noyro, kodoysh hu: v'oyz
melech mishpot oheiv, atoh
koynanto meishorim, mishpot
utz'dokoh b'Ya-akoyv atoh
osiso: roym'mu Adonoy Eloyheinu
v'hishtachavu lahadoym raglov,
kodoysh hu: Moysheh v'Aharoyn
b'choyhanov ush'mu-eil b'koyr'-ei
sh'moy, koyr'-im El Adonoy v'hu
ya-aneim: b'amud onon y'dabeir
aleihem, shom'ru eidoysov v'choyk
nosan lomoy: Adonoy Eloyheinu atoh
anisom, Eil noysei hoyiso lohem,
v'noykeim al aliloysom: roym'mu
Adonoy Eloyheinu v'hishtachavu l'har
kodshoy, ki kodoysh Adonoy Eloyheinu:

Commentary

1 This verse alludes to the story of Purim, when God miraculously saved the Jewish Nation from destruction. The greatness of this miracle was that it was not overtly supernatural—it was "disguised" in nature. Nevertheless, people all across the earth recognized that the events that led to the Jewish Nation's salvation had not been random, natural occurrences, but rather part of a greater Divine plan a miracle ordained by God.

2 Alternatively, "become friends [with] the face of the Lord." This verse describes the "sound of the shofar," which stirs the soul and arouses us to repent. When we do so, God turns His "face" toward us in a gesture of friendship.

3 These words can be interpreted in two opposite ways: 1. God's "love for justice" is derived from His "strength." His strength as a king enables Him to exercise justice without being concerned about what people will say. 2. God's "strength" is derived from His "justice," which causes His kingdom to be respected and strengthened, in the same way that King Solomon gained respect from the Jewish Nation because of his wise judgments.

4 We "call" people when we want them to be close to us. Samuel "called" God's name because he wanted God to be in this world. For this reason, he dedicated his life to spreading Godliness wherever he went, journeying from city to city to teach people about God's ways.