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

עֵינֵי יְהֹוָה אֶל צַדִּיקִים,¹ וְאָזְנָיו
אֶל שַׁוְעָתָם: פְּנֵי יְהֹוָה בְּעֹשֵׂי
רָע, לְהַכְרִית מֵאֶרֶץ זִכְרָם:
צָעֲקוּ וַיהוָה שָׁמֵעַ, וּמִכָּל צָרוֹתָם
הִצִּילָם: קָרוֹב יְהֹוָה לְנִשְׁבְּרֵי לֵב,
וְאֶת דַּכְּאֵי רוּחַ יוֹשִׁיעַ: רַבּוֹת
רָעוֹת צַדִּיק, וּמִכֻּלָּם יַצִּילֶנּוּ
יְהֹוָה: שֹׁמֵר כָּל עַצְמוֹתָיו, אַחַת
מֵהֵנָּה לֹא נִשְׁבָּרָה: תְּמוֹתֵת
רָשָׁע רָעָה, וְשֹׂנְאֵי צַדִּיק
יֶאְשָׁמוּ: פּוֹדֶה יְהֹוָה נֶפֶשׁ עֲבָדָיו,
וְלֹא יֶאְשְׁמוּ כָּל הַחֹסִים בּוֹ:

Chabad

einei Adonoy El tzadikim, v'oznov
El shavosom: p'nei Adonoy b'oysei
ro, l'hachris mei-eretz zichrom:
tzo-aku vadonoy shomeia, umikol tzoroysom
hitzilom: koroyv Adonoy l'nishb'rei leiv,
v'es dak'-ei ruach yoyshia: raboys
ro-oys tzadik, umikulom yatzilenu
Adonoy: shoymeir kol atzmoysov, achas
meiheinoh loy nishboroh: t'moyseis
rosho ro-oh, v'soyn'-ei tzadik
yeshomu: poydeh Adonoy nefesh avodov,
v'loy yesh'mu kol hachoysim boy:

May God help us, because as humans we have many weaknesses

Hebrew

תְּפִלָּה² לְמֹשֶׁה אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים,
אֲדֹנָי מָעוֹן אַתָּה הָיִיתָ
לָּנוּ בְּדֹר וָדֹר: בְּטֶרֶם הָרִים
יֻלָּדוּ וַתְּחוֹלֵל אֶרֶץ וְתֵבֵל,
וּמֵעוֹלָם עַד עוֹלָם אַתָּה אֵל:
תָּשֵׁב אֱנוֹשׁ עַד דַּכָּא,³
וַתֹּאמֶר שׁוּבוּ בְנֵי אָדָם:
כִּי אֶלֶף שָׁנִים בְּעֵינֶיךָ
כְּיוֹם אֶתְמוֹל כִּי יַעֲבֹר,

Chabad

t'filoh l'Moysheh ish ho-eloyhim,
Adonoy mo-oyn atoh hoyiso
lonu b'doyr vodoyr: b'terem horim
yulodu vat'choyleil eretz v'seiveil,
umei-oylom ad oylom atoh Eil:
tosheiv enoysh ad dako,
vatoymer shuvu v'nei Odom:
ki elef shonim b'einecho
k'yoym esmoyl ki ya-avoyr,

Hebrew

וְאַשְׁמוּרָה בַלָּיְלָה: זְרַמְתָּם
שֵׁנָה יִהְיוּ, בַּבֹּקֶר כֶּחָצִיר
יַחֲלֹף: בַּבֹּקֶר יָצִיץ וְחָלָף,
לָעֶרֶב יְמוֹלֵל וְיָבֵשׁ:
כִּי כָלִינוּ בְאַפֶּךָ, וּבַחֲמָתְךָ
נִבְהָלְנוּ: שַׁתָּה עֲוֹנֹתֵינוּ
לְנֶגְדֶּךָ, עֲלֻמֵנוּ לִמְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ:⁴
כִּי כָל יָמֵינוּ פָּנוּ בְעֶבְרָתֶךָ,
כִּלִּינוּ שָׁנֵינוּ כְמוֹ הֶגֶה:
יְמֵי שְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בָהֶם שִׁבְעִים⁵
שָׁנָה, וְאִם בִּגְבוּרֹת שְׁמוֹנִים
שָׁנָה, וְרָהְבָּם עָמָל וָאָוֶן, כִּי
גָז חִישׁ וַנָּעֻפָה: מִי יוֹדֵעַ עֹז
אַפֶּךָ, וּכְיִרְאָתְךָ עֶבְרָתֶךָ:⁶
לִמְנוֹת יָמֵינוּ כֵּן הוֹדַע,
וְנָבִא לְבַב חָכְמָה:
שׁוּבָה יְהֹוָה עַד מָתַי, וְהִנָּחֵם
עַל עֲבָדֶיךָ: שַׂבְּעֵנוּ בַבֹּקֶר
חַסְדֶּךָ, וּנְרַנְּנָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה

Chabad

v'ashmuroh valoy'loh: z'ramtom
sheinoh yihyu, baboyker kechotzir
yachaloyf: baboyker yotzitz v'cholof,
lo-erev y'moyleil v'yoveish:
ki cholinu v'apecho, uvachamos'cho
nivhol'nu: shatoh avoynoyseinu
l'negdecho, alumeinu limoyr ponecho:
ki chol yomeinu ponu v'evrosecho,
kilinu shoneinu ch'moy hegeh:
y'mei sh'noyseinu vohem shivim
shonoh, v'im bigvuroys sh'moynim
shonoh, v'roh'bom omol vo-oven, ki
goz chish vano-ufoh: mi yoydeia oyz
apecho, uch'yiros'cho evrosecho:
limnoys yomeinu kein hoyda,
v'novi l'vav chochmoh:
shuvoh Adonoy ad mosai, v'hinocheim
al avodecho: sab'-einu vaboyker
chasdecho, un'ran'noh v'nism'choh

Commentary

1 In the previous paragraph we say, "The eye of the Lord is turned toward those who fear Him," but here we say "His eyes (plural) are turned toward the righteous." Righteous people are closer to God than those who serve Him merely out of fear; they therefore merit to be gazed upon by God with two eyes.

2 The Hebrew word for "prayer," תְּפִלָּה, can also be translated as "connection." This verse teaches us that Jews of every generation can "connect" to God by following the ways of their righteous leaders—those who represent the "spirit of Moses." By doing so, every person has the potential to be elevated to the level of "man of God"—the level of Moses himself.

3 The word תָּשֵׁב (return) has the same letters as the word שַׁבָּת. Enosh and his generation were the first to worship idols. This verse hints to that which the Gemara says, that even those who have committed the most severe sins, as Enosh and his generation did, can "return" to God and be forgiven if they keep "Shabbat" properly.

4 We ask that God help us transform any bad deeds into good—so they can be "before God," and all darkness caused by sins into positive "light."

5 The word בָהֶם (literally "in them") refers to the good inclination and the evil inclination. The number of years of life given to a person is based on how much time is required to conquer and transform the evil inclination.

6 An alternative translation: "Your distress corresponds to your fear." This is a subtle hint to remind us that we should not fear God only when we are experiencing times of "distress," when we need Him. We must fear him when we are comfortable and happy, too.