The New Jew: A Field Guide

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Shacharit for Weekdays

shacharit lechol

שַׁחֲרִית לְחוֹל

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

How to read the transliterations

Hebrew

כַּאֲשֶׁר יִחַלְנוּ לָךְ:¹ הָרְאֵנוּ
יְהֹוָה חַסְדֶּךָ, וְיִשְׁעֲךָ תִּתֵּן לָנוּ:
קוּמָה עֶזְרָתָה לָּנוּ, וּפְדֵנוּ
לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ: אָנֹכִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ
הַמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם,
הַרְחֶב פִּיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵהוּ: אַשְׁרֵי
הָעָם שֶׁכָּכָה לּוֹ, אַשְׁרֵי הָעָם
שֶׁיְהֹוָה אֱלֹהָיו: וַאֲנִי בְּחַסְדְּךָ
בָּטַחְתִּי יָגֵל לִבִּי בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ,
אָשִׁירָה לַיהוָה כִּי גָמַל עָלָי:

Chabad

ka-asher yichalnu loch: hor'-einu
Adonoy chasdecho, v'yishacho titein lonu:
kumoh ezrosoh lonu, uf'deinu
l'ma-an chasdecho: onoychi Adonoy Eloyhecho
hama-alcho mei-eretz Mitzroyim,
harchev picho va-amaleihu: ashrei
ho-om shekochoh loy, ashrei ho-om
she-Adonoy eloyhov: va-ani b'chasd'cho
botachti yogeil libi bishu-osecho,
oshiroh ladonoy ki gomal oloy:

God always answers our prayers

Hebrew

מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר חֲנֻכַּת הַבַּיִת
לְדָוִד: אֲרוֹמִמְךָ יְהֹוָה
כִּי דִלִּיתָנִי,² וְלֹא שִׂמַּחְתָּ
אֹיְבַי לִי: יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהַי, שִׁוַּעְתִּי
אֵלֶיךָ וַתִּרְפָּאֵנִי: יְהֹוָה הֶעֱלִיתָ
מִן שְׁאוֹל נַפְשִׁי, חִיִּיתַנִי
מִיָּרְדִי בוֹר: זַמְּרוּ לַיהוָה
חֲסִידָיו, וְהוֹדוּ לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ:
כִּי רֶגַע בְּאַפּוֹ, חַיִּים בִּרְצוֹנוֹ,³
בָּעֶרֶב יָלִין בֶּכִי וְלַבֹּקֶר רִנָּה:

Chabad

mizmoyr shir chanukas habayis
l'Dovid: aroymimcho Adonoy
ki dilisoni, v'loy simachto
oyy'vai li: Adonoy Eloyhai, shivati
eilecho vatirpo-eini: Adonoy he-eliso
min sh'oyl nafshi, chiyisani
miyor'di voyr: zam'ru ladonoy
chasidov, v'hoydu l'zeicher kodshoy:
ki rega b'apoy, chayim birtzoynoy,
bo-erev yolin bechi v'laboyker rinoh:

Hebrew

וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְשַׁלְוִי, בַּל
אֶמּוֹט לְעוֹלָם: יְהֹוָה בִּרְצוֹנְךָ
הֶעֱמַדְתָּה לְהַרְרִי עֹז, הִסְתַּרְתָּ
פָנֶיךָ, הָיִיתִי נִבְהָל: אֵלֶיךָ
יְהֹוָה אֶקְרָא, וְאֶל יְהֹוָה אֶתְחַנָּן:
מַה בֶּצַע בְּדָמִי בְּרִדְתִּי אֶל
שָׁחַת, הֲיוֹדְךָ עָפָר הֲיַגִּיד
אֲמִתֶּךָ: שְׁמַע יְהֹוָה וְחָנֵּנִי, יְהֹוָה
הֱיֵה עֹזֵר לִי: הָפַכְתָּ מִסְפְּדִי
לְמָחוֹל לִי, פִּתַּחְתָּ שַׂקִּי
וַתְּאַזְּרֵנִי שִׂמְחָה: לְמַעַן
יְזַמֶּרְךָ כָבוֹד וְלֹא יִדֹּם, יְהֹוָה
אֱלֹהַי, לְעוֹלָם אוֹדֶךָּ:

Chabad

va-ani omarti v'shalvi, bal
emoyt l'oylom: Adonoy birtzoyn'cho
he-emadtoh l'harri oyz, histarto
fonecho, hoyisi nivhol: eilecho
Adonoy ekro, v'El Adonoy eschanon:
mah betza b'domi b'ridti El
shochas, hayoyd'cho ofor hayagid
amitecho: sh'ma Adonoy v'choneini, Adonoy
heyeih oyzeir li: hofachto misp'di
l'mochoyl li, pitachto saki
vat'-az'reini simchoh: l'ma-an
y'zamercho chovoyd v'loy yidoym, Adonoy
Eloyhai, l'oylom oydeko:

The following is said while standing.

God is King

Hebrew

יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ, יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ, יְהֹוָה יִמְלֹךְ
לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד: יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ, יְהֹוָה מָלָךְ,
יְהֹוָה יִמְלֹךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:⁴ וְהָיָה יְהֹוָה
לְמֶלֶךְ עַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ, בַּיּוֹם
הַהוּא יִהְיֶה יְהֹוָה אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד:

Chabad

Adonoy moloch, Adonoy moloch, Adonoy yimloych
l'oylom vo-ed: Adonoy moloch, Adonoy moloch,
Adonoy yimloych l'oylom vo-ed: v'hoyoh Adonoy
l'melech al kol ho-oretz, bayoym
hahu yihyeh Adonoy echod ush'moy echod:

Commentary

1 Alternatively, "because we have hope in You." Knowing that we may not be righteous enough to deserve God's kindness, we nevertheless ask that God give it to us because we have hoped for it. Having faith and hope in God's kindness is itself meritorious enough to bring His kindness upon us.

2 Alternatively, "because You made me poor." This is a reference to the Jewish soul. We thank God for creating the soul "poor" and physically lacking, which enables it to have an uninterrupted, spiritual connection to God.

3 A more literal translation: "In the moment of His anger, life is in His will." Whereas it is human nature to lose one's good will in a moment of anger, God has the unique ability to maintain these two seemingly incompatible "feelings" at the same time: Even in the very "moment of his anger," He has good "will" and continues to give life to the universe.

4 Only the existence of God's "kingship" may be described as being of the past, present, and future. The existence of God Himself—His essence—cannot be described in this way, because He is higher than time and has no relation to it.