Yom Kippur Song Sheet

למענך, אלוקינו, עשה ולא לנו. ראה עמידתנו, דלים וריקים
הנשמה לך והגוף פעלך חוסה על עמלך.

For your sake, our God, act and not for our sake. See us standing poor and empty handed. The soul is yours and the body is your handiwork. Have mercy on your creation.

כְּאַיָּל תַּעֲרֹג עַל אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם, כֵּן נַפְשִׁי תַעֲרֹג אֵלֶיךָ אֱלֹקִים. צָמְאָה נַפְשִׁי לֵאלֹקִים, לְאֵ-ל חָי: מָתַי אָבוֹא וְאֵרָאֶה פְּנֵי אֱלֹקִים.

Like a deer thirsts for a brook of water, so my soul thirsts for you. My soul thirsts for the living God, when will I appear before my God.

צָמְאָה לְךָ נַפְשִׁי כָּמַהּ לְךָ בְשָׂרִי בְּאֶרֶץ־צִיָּה וְעָיֵף בְּלִי־מָיִם׃ כֵּן בַּקֹּדֶשׁ חֲזִיתִיךָ לִרְאוֹת עֻזְּךָ וּכְבוֹדֶךָ׃

My soul thirsts for You. My flesh longs for You. In a dry and weary land without water. So may I look for You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory.

חֲמוֹל עַל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ, וְתִשְׂמַח בְּמַעֲשֶׂיךָ, וְיֹאמְרוּ לְךָ חוֹסֶיךָ, בְּצַדֶּקְךָ עֲמוּסֶיךָ.תֻּקְדַּשׁ אָדוֹן עַל כָּל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ, כִּי מַקְדִּישֶׁיךָ בִּקְדֻשָּׁתְךָ קִדַּשְׁתָּ. נָאֶהלְקָדוֹשׁ פְּאֵר מִקְּדוֹשִׁים.

Have compassion on Your handiwork and be glad with Your handiwork. May those who take refuge in You say - when You vindicated those borne by You - 'O Master, may You be sanctified upon all your handiwork.' For with Your own holiness You have sanctified those who sanctify You. It is fitting that the Holy One be glorified by holy ones.

אַנְעִים זְמִירוֹת וְשִׁירִים אֶאֱרֹג כִּי אֵלֶיךָ נַפְשִׁי תַּעֲרֹג. נַפְשִׁי חָמְּדָה בְּצֵל יָדֶךָ לָדַעַת כָּל רָז סוֹדֶךָ.

I will compose pleasant songs and weave poems because my soul longs for You.
My soul desired the shadow of Your hand, to know every one of Your secrets.

מגילה ח׳ א:ז׳

מנהני מילי דתנו רבנן (ויקרא א, ד) ונרצה לו לכפר עליו ר' שמעון אומר את שעליו חייב באחריותו ואת שאינו עליו אינו חייב באחריותו

Megillah 8a:7

The Gemara asks: From where are these matters derived? The Gemara answers: It is as the Sages taught in a baraita with regard to a burnt-offering, that the verse states: “And it shall be accepted for him to make atonement upon him” (Leviticus 1:4). Rabbi Shimon says: That which is incumbent upon him, i.e., which he accepted as a personal obligation, he bears responsibility to replace it if it died or was stolen; however, that which is not incumbent upon him, i.e., that which he did not accept as a personal obligation but which he designated as an offering, he does not bear responsibility to replace it.