בָּרְ֒כוּ אֶת ה׳ הַמְּ֒בֹרָךְ:
בָּרוּךְ ה׳ הַמְּ֒בֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד:
Bless Adonoy Who is blessed.
Blessed is Adonoy, Who is blessed forever and ever.
Through speech suggests Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhyn People can "call forth the Divine flow of the blessing". We can evoke what would otherwise have remained only latent, unrealized, unfulfilled. We cannot to be sure put something there that was not already there but we can bring something into reality that was only hitherto a possibility. (L. Kushner and N. Polen, Filling Words with Light, Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer, 2004, p. 48)
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳ אֱלֹקֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם יוֹצֵר אוֹר וּבוֹרֵא חֽשֶׁךְ עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא אֶת־הַכֹּל: הַמֵּאִיר לָאָֽרֶץ וְלַדָּרִים עָלֶֽיהָ בְּרַחֲמִים וּבְטוּבוֹ מְחַדֵּשׁ בְּכָל־יוֹם תָּמִיד מַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית:
Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe, Former of light, Creator of darkness, Maker of peace, Creator of all things. He illuminates the earth [and provides light] for those who dwell on it, with compassion; and in His goodness renews every day, continually, the work of creation.
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹקִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃ וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹקִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃ וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹקִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃ וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹקִ֛ים אֶת־הָא֖וֹר כִּי־ט֑וֹב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹקִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃ וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹקִ֤ים ׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃ {פ}
When God began to create heaven and earth— the earth being unformed and void, with darkness over the surface of the deep and a wind from God sweeping over the water— God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, a first day.
יוֹצֵ֥ר אוֹר֙ וּבוֹרֵ֣א חֹ֔שֶׁךְ עֹשֶׂ֥ה שָׁל֖וֹם וּב֣וֹרֵא רָ֑ע אֲנִ֥י ה׳ עֹשֶׂ֥ה כׇל־אֵֽלֶּה׃ {פ}
I form light and create darkness,
I make peace and create woe—
I the LORD do all these things.
I make peace and create woe—
I the LORD do all these things.
ובורא חשך. מגזרת בריאה כטעם גזירה, כי החשך איננו כלום רק העדר האור:
ובורא חשךAnd causethdarkness.ברא has here the same meaning as גזר to decree; for darkness is nothing by itself, it is but the absence of light.
ובורא רע. ואמר על אור ושלום יוצר ועשה כי הם מעשה ועל חשך ורע אמר בורא כי אינה דבר כי הסרת האור היא החשך, והסרת הטוב והשלום הוא רע:
And it he said regarding light and peace - to form and to do and regarding darkness and woe he said בורא (creates) because the removal of light is the darkness and the removal of goodness and peace is woe.