Weekday Shacharit Service

(1) A psalm, a song for the dedication of the house; by David. I extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me, and have not let my foes rejoice over me. Lord my God, I cried to You, and You did heal me. O Lord, You have lifted me up from the grave; You have let me live, that I should not go down to the pit. Sing to the Lord, you who are godly, and give thanks to his holy name. For his anger only lasts a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may lodge with us at evening, but in the morning there are shouts of joy. I thought in my security I would never be shaken. O Lord, by Your favor You established my mountain as stronghold; but when Your favor was withdrawn, I was dismayed. To You, O Lord, I called; I appealed to my God: "What profit would my blood be, if I went down to the grave? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness? Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me; Lord, be my helper." You have changed my mourning into dancing; You have put off my sackcloth and girded me with joy; so that my soul may praise You, and not be silent. Lord my God, I will thank You forever.

(1) Blessed be He who spoke, and the world came into being; blessed be He. Blessed be He who created the universe. Blessed be He who says and performs. Blessed be He who decrees and fulfills. Blessed be He who has mercy on the world. Blessed be He who has mercy on all creatures. Blessed be He who grants a fair reward to those who revere him. Blessed be He who lives forever and exists eternally. Blessed be He who redeems and saves; blessed be His name. Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, O God, merciful Father, who are praised by the mouth of Your people, lauded and glorified by the tongue of Your faithful servants. With the songs of Your servant David will we praise You, Lord our God; with his hymns and psalms we exalt, extol, and glorify You. We will call upon Your name and proclaim You King, our King, our God. You who are One, the life of the universe, O King, praised and glorified be Your great name for all time. Blessed are You, Lord, King extolled with hymns of praise.

(1) (Psalms 145) A song of praise. Of David. I will extol You, my God and king, and bless Your name forever and ever. Every day will I bless You and praise Your name forever and ever. Great is the LORD and much acclaimed; His greatness cannot be fathomed. One generation shall laud Your works to another and declare Your mighty acts. The glorious majesty of Your splendor and Your wondrous acts will I recite. Men shall talk of the might of Your awesome deeds, and I will recount Your greatness. They shall celebrate Your abundant goodness, and sing joyously of Your beneficence. The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in kindness. The LORD is good to all, and His mercy is upon all His works. All Your works shall praise You, O LORD, and Your faithful ones shall bless You. They shall talk of the majesty of Your kingship, and speak of Your might, to make His mighty acts known among men and the majestic glory of His kingship. Your kingship is an eternal kingship; Your dominion is for all generations. The LORD supports all who stumble, and makes all who are bent stand straight. The eyes of all look to You expectantly, and You give them their food when it is due. You give it openhandedly, feeding every creature to its heart’s content. The LORD is beneficent in all His ways and faithful in all His works.

(2) The LORD is near to all who call Him, to all who call Him with sincerity. He fulfills the wishes of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and delivers them. The LORD watches over all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy. My mouth shall utter the praise of the LORD, and all creatures shall bless His holy name forever and ever.

(1) Praised be Your name forever, our King, great and holy God and King, in heaven and on earth; for to You, Lord our God and God of our fathers, pertain song and praise, hymn and psalm, power and dominion, victory, greatness and might, renown and glory, holiness and kingship, blessings and thanks, for all time. Blessed are You, Lord, most exalted God and King, Lord of wonders, who are pleased with hymns, God and King, life of the universe.

(1) Bless the Lord who is blessed.

(2) Blessed be the Lord who is blessed for all time.

(3) Blessed be the Lord who is blessed for all time.

(1) Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who forms light and creates darkness, who makes and creates all things.

(1) [With] a great love have You loved us, Lord, our God; [with] a great and superabundant compassion have You had compassion upon us. Our Father, our King - for the sake of our fathers who trusted in You and You taught them the laws of life; so [too] grace us and teach us. Our Father, the merciful Father, the merciful One - have mercy upon us, and put into our hearts to understand and to comprehend and to listen and to study and to teach and to keep and to do and to preserve all of the words of the study of Your Torah with love. And enlighten our eyes in Your Torah, and make our heart cling to Your commandments, and unite our hearts to love and fear Your name; and may we never be embarrassed ever. Since we have trusted in Your great and awesome holy Name, let us rejoice and be gladdened by Your salvation. And bring us in peace from the four corners of the Earth, and lead us erectly to our Land; as You are God who preforms salvations. And You have chosen us from among all nations and languages, and have brought us close to Your great name forever in truth, to praise You and unify You with love. Blessed are You, Lord, who chooses His people, Israel, with love.

(4) ...If, then, you obey the commandments that I enjoin upon you this day, loving your God YHVH and service [God]with all your heart and soul, I will grant the rain for your land in season, the early rain and the late. You shall gather in your new grain and wine and oil--I will also provide grass in the fields for your cattle--and thus you shall eat your fill. Take care not to be lured away to serve other gods and bow to them. For YHVH's anger will flare up against you, shutting up the skies so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its produce; and you will soon perish from the good land that YHVH is assigning to you. Therefore impress these My words upon your very heart: bind them as a sign on your hand and let them serve as a symbol on your forehead, and teach them to your children--reciting them when you stay at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you get up; and inscribe them on your gates--to the end that you and your chilrden may endure. in the land that YHVH swore to you fathers to assign to them, as long as there is a heaven over the earth.

(3) You were always the help of our ancestors, a shield for them and their children, our deliverer in every generation. Though You abide at the pinnacle of the universe, Your just decrees extend to the ends of the earth. Happy the one who obeys Your mitzvot, who takes to heart the words of Your Torah. You are, in truth, a mentor to Your people, their defender and mighty Ruler. You are first and You are last; we have no Sovereign or Redeemer but You. You rescued us from Egypt, and redeemed us from the house of bondage. The firstborn of the Egyptians were slain; Your firstborn were saved. You split the waters of the sea. The faithful You rescued; the wicked drowned. The waters engulfed Israel's enemies; not one of the arrogant remained alive. Then Your beloved sang hymns of acclamation, extolling you with psalms of adoration. They acclaimed G-d Sovereign, great and awesome Source of all blessing, the everliving G-d, exalted in all majesty. G-d humbles the proud and raises the lowly, frees the captive and redeems the meek. G-d helps the needy and answers G-d's people's call. Praises to G-d supreme, who is ever praised. Moses and the people Israel joyfully sang this song to you. "Who is like you, Adonai, among all that is worshipped! Who is, like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, working wonders!" The redeemed sang a new song for You. They sang in chorus at the shore of the sea, acclaiming Your sovereignty: "Adonai shall reign throughout all time." Rock of Israel, arise to Israel's defense. Fulfill Your promise to deliver Judah and Israel. Our Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Adonai Tz'va-ot. Praised are You, Adonai, Redeemer of the people Israel.

(1) O Lord, open my lips and my mouth will declare Your praise.

(2) Blessed are You, Lord our God and God of our fathers, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob; the great, mighty and awesome God, the most high God, Who bestows loving kindness and goodness and is master/creator of all, Who remembers the good deeds of the fathers, and brings a redeemer to their children, in love and for the sake of His name.

(3) (During the Days of Awe include: Remember us for life, King Who delights in life, and write us into the Book of Life for Your sake, O living God.)

(4) King, Helper, Savior, and Shield. Blessed are You, O Lord, Shield of Abraham.

(1) You are mighty forever, O Lord, You revive the dead, You are mighty to save.

(2) (During the days between Passover and the eighth day of Sukkot include: You bring down dew.)

(3) (During the days between the eighth day of Sukkot and Passover include: You cause the wind to blow and the rain to descend.)

(4) You sustain the living with loving kindness, You revive the dead to life with great mercy, You support the fallen and You heal the sick; You free the captives and preserve Your faith with those asleep in the dust. Who is like You, Master of mighty deeds? Who can be compared to You, O King Who causes death and restores life, and causes Your salvation to sprout.

(5) (During the Days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur include: Who is like You, Father of mercy, Who in mercifully remembers His creatures for life.)

(6) You are faithful to restore the dead to life. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who brings life to the dead.

(1) During the prayer leader's repetition: We shall sanctify Your name in the world, in the same way as they sanctify it in the Heavens above. As it is written by the hand of Your prophets (Isaiah 6:3), "And they called, this one to that one, saying:

(2) The congregation and the leader: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts, the whole world is full of His glory."

(3) The leader: Across from them, they say, "Blessed":

(4) The congregation and the leader: "Blessed is the Glory of God from His place" (Ezekiel 3:12).

(5) The leader:And in Your holy words, it is written, saying:The congregation and the leader: "May the Lord reign forever - your God, O Zion - for each and every generation; praise the Lord" (Pslams 146:10).

(6) The leader: For each and every generation, we will tell Your greatness, and forever and ever, we will sanctify Your holiness. And Your praise, our God, will not depart from our mouths forever on; since You are God, great and holy King. Blessed are You, O Lord, the holy God. (During the Days of Awe say: Blessed are You, O Lord, the holy King.)

(1) You graciously favor man with knowledge and teach mortals understanding.

(2) Favor us with knowledge, understanding, and prudence. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who favors us with knowledge.

(1) Return us, our Father, to Your Torah, and draw us near, our King, to Your service. Cause us to return to You in perfect repentance before Your face. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who desires repentance.

(1) Forgive us our Father for we have sinned, pardon us our King for we have willfully transgressed, for You pardon and forgive. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who is gracious and ever willing to forgive.

(1) See our affliction and contend for our strife, and redeem us quickly for the sake of Your Name, for You are a strong redeemer. Blessed are You, O Lord, Redeemer of Israel.

(2) (On Fast Days include: (Answer us, O Lord, answer us, in the day of our fast, because we are in great distress. Do not regard our wickedness; do not hide Your face from us, and do not ignore our supplication. Please be near to our cry; please treat us kindly and comfort us; before we call to You, answer us, as it is said, 'And it will be that before they call, I will answer them, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.' For You, O Lord, answer in the time of distress; You redeem and deliver in every time of woe and distress. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who responds in the time of distress.)

(1) Heal us, O Lord, and we shall be healed, save us and we shall be saved, for You are our praise. Bring complete healing to all our wounds,

(2) (Prayer for a sick person: May it be Your will in front of You, O Lord, my God and the God of my forefathers, that You quickly send a complete recovery from the Heavens - a recovery of the soul and a recovery of the body - to the the sick person, insert name, the son/daughter of insert mother's name, among the other sick ones of Israel.)

(3) for You are God and King, the faithful and merciful healer. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who heals the sick of his people Israel.

(1) Bless us, O Lord our God, this year and all its kinds of produce for good (From Passover to December fourth/fifth say: And give a blessing) (From December fourth/fifth to Passover say: Give dew and rain for a blessing) upon the face of the land and satisfy us with Your goodness and bless our year as the good years. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who blesses the years.

(1) Sound upon the great shofar for our freedom and raise the banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together from the four corners of the earth. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who gathers together the dispersed of His people of Israel.

(1) Restore our judges as in the beginning, and our counsellors as in the beginning times, remove from us sorrow and groaning, and reign over us, You, O Lord alone, and in loving kindness and mercy, justify us in judgment. Blessed are You, O Lord, * the King Who loves righteousness and judgment. (From Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur replace the conclusion with the following: King of Justice.)

(1) And for slanderers may there be no hope; and may all wickedness be destroyed instantly and may all Your enemies be cut down quickly. Quickly uproot, smash, and cast down the arrogant sinners and humble them quickly in our days. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who breaks enemies and humbles arrogant sinners.

(1) Upon the righteous and upon the pious, on the elders of Your people of the house of Israel, and upon the remnant of their scholars, and upon the righteous sojourners/ converts, and upon us may Your compassion be, O Lord our God, and give a good reward to all who sincerely trust in Your name, May our part be with them forever and may we not be ashamed, for in You we trust. Blessed are You, O Lord, support and trust of the righteous.

(1) To Jerusalem Your city may You return with mercy and dwell in the midst of it as You have spoken, and build it soon and in our day as an eternal structure. The throne of David quickly establish. Blessed are You, O Lord, the Builder of Jerusalem.

(1) Cause to sprout the branch/ offspring of Your servant David. Let his horn/ glory be raised up by Your salvation; for Your salvation we hope all day. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who causes the horn/ glory of salvation to flourish.

(1) Hear our voice, Lord our God, pity us and have mercy on us and receive in mercy and favor our prayer, for You are a God Who hears prayer and supplication. From Your Face, our King, do not turn us away empty handed,

(2) (Prayer for the dearth of rain in the blessing, "Who hears prayer": And answer us, Creator of the world with the trait of mercy. The One who chose His people Israel to make known His greatness and the splendor of His glory, hear prayer; give dew and rain on the face of the earth, and sate the whole world with Your good, and fill our hand from Your blessings and from the wealth of the gift of Your hand. Protect and save this year from all bad things, and from all types of destruction, and from all types of punishment; and make for it hope and a peaceful end. Pity and have mercy upon us and upon all of our grain and our fruit; and bless us with rains of blessing; and may we merit life and plenty and peace, like the good years. And remove from us pestilence, sword, famine, evil animals, captivity and despoliation, the evil impulse, evil and difficult sicknesses and evil and difficult events; and decree upon us good decrees in front of You. And may Your mercies be revealed over Your traits, and comport Yourself with mercy to Your children, and accept our prayer with mercy and desire.)

(3) for You hear the prayers of Your people Israel in mercy. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who hears prayer.

(1) Be pleased, Lord our God, with Your people Israel and with their prayer, and restore the service to Your Holy Temple / Holy of Holies; be pleased to receive the prayers and fire offerings of the people of Israel in love. May the service of Your people Israel always be acceptable to You.

(2) (On Rosh Chodesh/ New Month, Passover, or Sukkot include: Our God and God of our fathers, may these rise, come, reach, be seen, be favored, be heard, be visited, and be remembered, our remembrance and our consideration, the memorial of our fathers and the memorial of Messiah the son of David Your servant, the memorial of Jerusalem Your holy city, and in memorial of all the people of the house of Israel; before Your face for deliverance, for good, for grace, for loving kindness, for mercy, for life and for peace on the day of: Sukkot, Pesach, or Rosh Chodesh. Remember us today, Lord our God, for good, reckon us on this day for blessing and save us on this day for life. In the matter of salvation and mercy spare us and be gracious to us, have mercy on us and save us, for our eyes look to You, for You are the Kingly God of grace and mercy.)

(3) May our eyes behold Your return to Zion with compassion. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who returns Your presence (Shekhinah) to Zion.

(1) We gratefully thank You, for You, O Lord our God, are our fathers' God for all eternity, our Rock, our Shield of salvation generation to generation. We thank You and recount Your praise for our lives. We trust our lives into Your loving hand. Our souls are in Your custody and Your miracles are with us every day and Your wonders and goodness are with us at all times: evening, morning and noon. You are good, for Your mercies never fail us, and the Compassionate One, for Your loving kindness never ceases; forever we have placed our hope in You.

(2) (The rabbis thanks/modim de'rabbanan: We gratefully thank You, for You, O Lord our God, are our fathers' God, the God of all flesh, our Maker, the Maker of Creation. Blessings and thanksgivings to Your great and holy name for Your bringing us to life and preserving us. So [too], make us live and preserve us and gather our exiles to Your holy courtyards, to keep Your statutes and to do Your will and to serve You with a complete heart. About that which we thank You, blessed is the God of thanksgivings.)

(3) (During the season of Hanukkah add: And we praise You for the miracles and for the redemption and for the mighty deeds and for the victories and for the battles that You performed for our fathers in those days at this time:

(4) In the days of Mattisyahu, the son of Yochanan the High Priest, the Hasmonean, and his sons, when the wicked kingdom of Greece rose up against Your people Israel to make them forget Your Torah and to stray from the laws of Your will, You, with great mercy stood by them in the time of their distress. You fought their fight, judged their cause and avenged them with vengence. You delivered the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, the wicked into the hands of the righteous and the arrogant into the hands of those engaged with Your Torah. For Yourself you made a great and holy name in Your world, You performed a great deliverance for Your people Israel on this day. After these things, Your children entered into the Holy of Holies of Your House, cleansed Your Temple, purified the place of Your Holiness, kindled lights in Your holy courts and established these eight days of Hanukkah to express thanksgiving and praise to Your great name.)

(5) (On Purim add: And we praise You for the miracles and for the redemption and for the mighty deeds and for the victories and for the battles that You performed for our fathers in those days at this time: In the days of Mordecai and Esther, in Shushan the capital, when the evil Haman rose up against them, when he sought to destroy, murder, and to eliminate all the Jews, from the young to the old, infants and women, in one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month of Adar, and plunder their wealth. In great mercy You frustrated his counsel and ruined his plan, and You returned his plan upon his own head and they hanged him and his sons upon the tree.)

(6) And for all these, may Your name be blessed and exalted, our King, always and forever and ever.

(7) (Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur add: Inscribe for a good life all the children of Your covenant.)

(8) All the living shall gratefully acknowledge You, Selah; and praise Your name in truth, the God of our salvation and our help, Selah. Blessed are You, O Lord, Whose name is good and to Whom it is fitting to give thanks.

(1) Our God and God of our fathers, bless us with the threefold blessing, found in Your Torah, written by the hand of Moses you servant, and said to Aaron and his priestly sons, Your holy people:

(2) May the Lord bless you and keep you.
May the Lord shine His face upon you and treat you graciously.
May the Lord lift His face towards you and grant you peace.

(1) Establish peace, goodness, blessing, grace, loving kindness and mercy upon us and upon all Israel Your people. Bless us our Father, all of us as one, with the light of Your face. For in the light of Your face You gave to us, O Lord our God, the Torah of life and love of kindness and righteousness and blessing and compassion and life and peace. It is good in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel during all times and in all hours with Your peace.

(2) Blessed are You, O Lord, Who blesses Your people Israel with peace.

(3) Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur add: (In the book of life, blessing, peace and good prosperity may we be remembered and inscribed before You, ourselves and all the house of Israel, for a life of goodness and peace. Blessed are You, O Lord, Who makes peace.)

(1) May the words of my mouth and the rumination of my heart be acceptable in front of You, O lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. My God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceit. To those who curse me, let my life remain silent and my life be like dust to all, open my heart to Your Torah, then I will pursue Your commandments. As for those who design evil against me, quickly nullify their counsel and disrupt their design. Act for Your Name's sake; act for Your right hand's sake; act for Your sanctity's sake; act for Your Torah's sake. Then Your beloved ones may be given rest; may Your right hand save and respond to me. May the words of my mouth and the musings of my heart be acceptable before You, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. He Who makes peace in His heights, may he make peace upon us and to all Israel. And we say Amen.

(2) May it be Your will, O Lord our God and God of our fathers, that the Holy Temple be speedily rebuilt in our days and grant us our portion in Your Torah, and may we serve You there with reverence as in the days of old and the earliest of years. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to You O Lord, as in the days of old and the earliest years.

(1) We rise to our duty to praise the Master of all, to acclaim the Creator. G-d made our lot unlike that of other people, assigning to us a unique destiny. (For they worship vanity and emptiness, and pray to a god who cannot save.) We bend the knee and bow, acknowledging the Supreme Sovereign, the Holy One, exalted, who spread out the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, whose glorious abode is in the loftiest heights. This is our G-d; there is no other. In truth, G-d alone is our Ruler, as it is written in the Torah: "Know this day and take it to heart that Adonai is G-d in heaven above and on earth below; there is no other."

(2) And so we hope in You, Adonai our G-d, soon to see Your splendor: that You will sweep idolatry away so that false gods will be utterly destroyed, and that You will perfect the world by Your sovereignty so that all humanity will invoke Your name, and all the earth's wicked will return to You, repentant. Then all who live will know that to You every knee must bend, every tongue pledge loyalty. To You, Adonai, may all bow in worship. May they give honor to Your glory; may everyone accept Your dominion. Reign over all, soon and for all time. Sovereignty is Yours in glory, now and forever. Thus it is written in Your Torah: "Adonai reigns for ever and ever." Such is the prophetic assurance: "Adonai shall be acknowledged Ruler of all the earth. On that day Adonai shall be One and G-d's name One."