Shacharit For Shabbat And Festivals

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

How to read the transliterations

Hebrew

לְדֹר וָדֹר: אַשְׁרֵי הַגּוֹי אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה
אֱלֹהָיו, הָעָם | בָּחַר לְנַחֲלָה לוֹ:
מִשָּׁמַיִם הִבִּיט יְהֹוָה, רָאָה אֶת
כָּל בְּנֵי הָאָדָם: מִמְּכוֹן שִׁבְתּוֹ
הִשְׁגִּיחַ, אֶל כָּל יֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ:
הַיֹּצֵר יַחַד לִבָּם, הַמֵּבִין אֶל כָּל
מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם:

Chabad

l'doyr vodoyr: ashrei hagoy asher Adonoy
eloyhov, ho-om bochar l'nachaloh loy:
mishomayim hibit Adonoy, ro-oh es
kol b'nei ho-odom: mim'choyn shivtoy
hishgiach, El kol yoysh'vei ho-oretz:
hayoytzeir yachad libom, hameivin El kol
ma-aseihem:

One should trust only in God

Hebrew

אֵין הַמֶּלֶךְ נוֹשָׁע בְּרָב חָיִל,
גִּבּוֹר לֹא יִנָּצֵל בְּרָב כֹּחַ: שֶׁקֶר
הַסּוּס לִתְשׁוּעָה, וּבְרֹב חֵילוֹ לֹא
יְמַלֵּט: הִנֵּה עֵין יְהֹוָה אֶל יְרֵאָיו,
לַמְיַחֲלִים לְחַסְדּוֹ: לְהַצִּיל
מִמָּוֶת נַפְשָׁם, וּלְחַיּוֹתָם בָּרָעָב:¹
נַפְשֵׁנוּ חִכְּתָה לַיהוָה, עֶזְרֵנוּ וּמָגִנֵּנוּ
הוּא: כִּי בוֹ יִשְׂמַח לִבֵּנוּ, כִּי
בְּשֵׁם קָדְשׁוֹ בָטָחְנוּ: יְהִי חַסְדְּךָ
יְהֹוָה עָלֵינוּ, כַּאֲשֶׁר יִחַלְנוּ לָךְ:

Chabad

ein hamelech noysho b'rov choyil,
giboyr loy yinotzeil b'rov koyach: sheker
hasus lisshu-oh, uv'royv cheiloy loy
y'maleit: hineih ein Adonoy El y'rei-ov,
lamyachalim l'chasdoy: l'hatzil
mimoves nafshom, ul'chayoysom boro-ov:
nafsheinu chik'soh ladonoy, ezreinu umogineinu
hu: ki voy yismach libeinu, ki
b'sheim kodshoy votoch'nu: y'hi chasd'cho
Adonoy oleinu, ka-asher yichalnu loch:

God saves and protects those who fear Him

Hebrew

לְדָוִד בְּשַׁנּוֹתוֹ אֶת טַעְמוֹ
לִפְנֵי אֲבִימֶלֶךְ, וַיְגָרְשֵׁהוּ
וַיֵּלַךְ: אֲבָרֲכָה אֶת יְהֹוָה בְּכָל עֵת,
תָּמִיד תְּהִלָּתוֹ בְּפִי: בַּיהוָה
תִּתְהַלֵּל נַפְשִׁי, יִשְׁמְעוּ עֲנָוִים
וְיִשְׂמָחוּ: גַּדְּלוּ לַיהוָה אִתִּי,
וּנְרוֹמְמָה שְׁמוֹ יַחְדָּו: דָּרַשְׁתִּי
אֶת יְהֹוָה וְעָנָנִי, וּמִכָּל מְגוּרוֹתַי
הִצִּילָנִי:² הִבִּיטוּ אֵלָיו וְנָהָרוּ,
וּפְנֵיהֶם אַל יֶחְפָּרוּ:
זֶה עָנִי קָרָא וַיהוָה שָׁמֵעַ,
וּמִכָּל צָרוֹתָיו הוֹשִׁיעוֹ: חֹנֶה
מַלְאַךְ יְהֹוָה סָבִיב לִירֵאָיו,
וַיְחַלְּצֵם: טַעֲמוּ³ וּרְאוּ כִּי
טוֹב יְהֹוָה, אַשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר יֶחֱסֶה
בּוֹ:⁴ יְראוּ אֶת יְהֹוָה קְדֹשָׁיו, כִּי
אֵין מַחְסוֹר לִירֵאָיו: כְּפִירִים
רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵבוּ, וְדֹרְשֵׁי יְהֹוָה לֹא
יַחְסְרוּ כָל טוֹב:
לְכוּ בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ לִי,
יִרְאַת יְהֹוָה אֲלַמֶּדְכֶם: מִי הָאִישׁ
הֶחָפֵץ חַיִּים, אֹהֵב יָמִים
לִרְאוֹת טוֹב: נְצֹר לְשׁוֹנְךָ
מֵרָע, וּשְׂפָתֶיךָ מִדַּבֵּר
מִרְמָה: סוּר מֵרָע⁵ וַעֲשֵׂה
טוֹב, בַּקֵּשׁ שָׁלוֹם וְרָדְפֵהוּ:

Chabad

l'Dovid b'shanoysoy es tamoy
lifnei Avimelech, vay'gor'sheihu
vayeilach: avorachoh es Adonoy b'chol eis,
tomid t'hilosoy b'fi: badonoy
tishaleil nafshi, yishm'u anovim
v'yismochu: gad'lu ladonoy iti,
un'roym'moh sh'moy yachdov: dorashti
es Adonoy v'ononi, umikol m'guroysai
hitziloni: hibitu eilov v'nohoru,
uf'neihem al yechporu:
zeh oni koro vadonoy shomeia,
umikol tzoroysov hoyshi-oy: choyneh
malach Adonoy soviv lirei-ov,
vay'chal'tzeim: ta-amu ur'u ki
toyv Adonoy, ashrei hagever yecheseh
boy: y'ru es Adonoy k'doyshov, ki
ein machsoyr lirei-ov: k'firim
roshu v'ro-eivu, v'doyr'shei Adonoy loy
yachs'ru chol toyv:
l'chu vonim shimu li,
yiras Adonoy alamedchem: mi ho-ish
hechofeitz chayim, oyheiv yomim
liroys toyv: n'tzoyr l'shoyn'cho
meiro, us'fosecho midabeir
mirmoh: sur meiro va-aseih
toyv, bakeish sholoym v'rod'feihu:

Commentary

1 Thirst and hunger for God is itself a source of energy; it increases our enthusiasm for serving God.

2 Although it is not possible to look at God Himself, we can "look at Him" with the mind's "eye" by thinking about His glory and greatness.

3 If we "taste" God's goodness, by contemplating how He conducts every detail in the universe, we will begin to "see" His goodness—that He stands and watches over each and every one of us.

Rashi, the foremost commentator on the Written Law, translates this word as "speak." Just as we might speak about world events repeatedly, each time finding a new "taste" and insight into the story, so should we speak about God and His Torah with continued enthusiasm and excitement.

4 The verse uses the word גֶּבֶר, which comes from the word גְּבוּרָה (strength). In this context, the word refers to a person who has self-control and does only what God wants. Such a person is able to recognize that "God is good" and therefore he is happy.

5 Every physical object in the universe that is permissible to us contains good and bad within it. The physical object itself is the "bad," and the Godly energy that creates it is "good." We must "turn from bad" by not desiring the object merely for its physical pleasure, and we must "do good" by desiring the Godly energy within it. We should then try to "seek peace and pursue it" by making peace between the physical object and its Godly energy (by using the object for a holy purpose).