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סידור ספרד, סדר הדלקת נרות שבת ג׳

בְּרוּכָ֨ה אַ֤תְּ יָהּ, אֱלֹהׁיתֵּנוּ רוּחַ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדַּשְׁתָּנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶיהָ, וְצִוַּתָּנוּ, לְהַדְלִיק נֵר שֶׁל שַׁבָּת:

Siddur Sefard, Shabbat Candle Lighting 3

Blessed are You, Yah Our Divine, Spirit of the World, who made us holy through Her commandments, and commanded us to light the shabbat candles.

Barucha at Yah, Elohteinu Ruach Ha’olam, asher kidshatnu b’mitzvoteha, v’tzivatnu, l’hadlik ner shel shabbat.

נְבָרֵךְ אֶת הָאוֹר בָּחַיִּים אֲשֶׁר מְחָדְשֵׁינוּ בְּמָסוֹרְתֵינוּ בּהַדלָקָת נֵר שֶׁל שַׁבָּת.

We bless the light of life that renews us with our traditions as we kindle the shabbat lights.

Nevarekh et haor baḥayim asher meḥadsheinu b’masorteinu b’hadlakat ner shel shabbat

We Are Twilight People

By Rabbi Reuben Zellman

As the sun sinks and the colors of the day turn, we offer a blessing for the twilight, for twilight is neither day nor night, but in-between.

We are all twilight people.

We can never be fully labeled or defined.

We are many identities and loves, many genders and none.

We are in between roles, at the intersection of histories, or between place and place.

We are crisscrossed paths of memory and destination, streaks of light and swirled together.

We are neither day nor night.

We are both, neither, and all.

May the sacred in-between of this evening suspend our certainties, soften our judgments, and widen our vision.

May this in-between light illuminate our way to the Divine who transcends all categories and definitions.

May the in-between people who have come to pray be lifted up into this twilight.

We cannot always define; we can always say a blessing. Blessed are You, Source of all, who brings on the twilight.

סידור ספרד לשבת, קבלת שבת, לכה דודי

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה:

הִתְעוֹרְרִי. הִתְעוֹרְרִי. כִּי בָא אוֹרֵךְ קֽוּמִי אֽוֹרִי. עֽוּרִי עֽוּרִי שִׁיר דַּבֵּֽרִי. כְּבוֹד יְהֹוָה עָלַֽיִךְ נִגְלָה:

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה:

לֹא תֵבֽוֹשִׁי וְלֹא תִכָּלְמִי. מַה תִּשְׁתּוֹחֲחִי וּמַה תֶּהֱמִי. בָּךְ יֶחֱסוּ עֲנִיֵּי עַמִּי. וְנִבְנְתָה עִיר עַל תִּלָּהּ:

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה:

וְהָיוּ לִמְשִׁסָּה שֹׁסָֽיִךְ. וְרָחֲקוּ כָּל מְבַלְּעָֽיִךְ. יָשִׂישׂ עָלַֽיִךְ אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ. כִּמְשׂוֹשׂ חָתָן עַל כַּלָּה:

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה:

יָמִין וּשְׂמֹאל תִּפְרֽוֹצִי. וְאֶת יְהֹוָה תַּעֲרִֽיצִי. עַל יַד אִישׁ בֶּן פַּרְצִי. וְנִשְׂמְחָה וְנָגִֽילָה:

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה:

בּֽוֹאִי בְשָׁלוֹם עֲטֶֽרֶת בַּעְלָהּ. גַּם בְּרִנָּה וּבְצָהֳלָה. תּוֹךְ אֱמוּנֵי עַם סְגֻלָּה.

בֹּֽאִי כַלָּה, בֹּֽאִי כַלָּה, בֹּֽאִי כַלָּה, שַׁבָּת מַלְכְּתָא:

לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה. פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה:

Shabbat Siddur Sefard Linear, Kabbalas Shabbos, Lecha Dodi

Wake, my beloved,

Awake and arise.

You cause me to breathe deeply,

My pulse quickens when you are near.

You are a bridge across the ages,

Extending beyond all time.

A stirring of emotion overwhelms.

From the secrets of your soul,

To the scars your heart hides,

You are a part of me which cannot be disguised.

In the land of our forebears,

You arrived as a beacon.

Without you, I am lost,

Without me, your purpose fades.

You are love,

As I am love,

We are two of a kind.

You are loved,

As I am loved,

Each a gift, the other will find.

As one, we endure,

And as one we survive.

As one, we awaken,

And as one we arise.

As one, we are God Wrestlers,

And as one we are alive.

L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'lah!
Hit’oreri, hit’oreri,
Ki va orech, kumi ohri.
Uri, uri, shir daberi;
K’vod Adonai alai’yich nigla.

L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'lah!

Lo tevoshi ve'lo tikal'mi
mah tishtochachi umah tehemi,
bach yechesu ani'ei ami,
venivnetah ir al tilah.
L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'lah!
Vehayu lim'shisah shos'ayich,
verachaku kol miv'alayich,
yasis alaich Elohaich,
kimesos chatan al kalah.
L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'lah!
Yamin usmol tif'rotzi,
ve'et Adonai ta'aritzi,
al yad ish bein partzi,
venis'mechah venagilah.
L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'lah!
Bo’ee v’shalom, ateret ba’ala,
Gam b'simcha uv’ tzhala.
Toch emunei am segula; Bo’ee chala, bo’ee chala, bo’ee chala. Shabbat Ha'malka!
L'cha dodi likrat kala, p'nei Shabbat n'kab'lah!

סידור אשכנז, שבת, ליל שבת, קידוש

לְשֵׁם יִחוּד קוּדְשָׁא בְּרִיךְ הוּא וּשְׁכִינְתֵּיהּ, בִּדְחִילוּ וּרְחִימוּ, הֲרֵינִי מוּכָן וּמְזוּמָן לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה לְקַדֵּשׁ עַל הַיַּיִן, כִּדְכִתִיב, זָכור וְשָׁמור, זָכְרֵהוּ עַל הַיַּיִן:

וַיְהִי עֶרֶב וַיְהִי בקֶר:

יום הַשִּׁשִּׁי!

וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ וְכָל צְבָאָם: וַיְכַל אֱלהִים בַּיּום הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּו אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה. וַיִּשְׁבּת בַּיּום הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּו אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה: וַיְבָרֶךְ אֱלהִים אֶת יום הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אתו. כִּי בו שָׁבַת מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּו אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא אֱלהִים לַעֲשׂות:

סַבְרִי! לחיים!!!

בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ שְׁכִינָה אֱלֹתֵינוּ רוּחַ הָעוֹלָם בוֹּרֵאת פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעולָם. אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצְותָיו וְרָצָה בָנוּ. וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשׁו בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצון הִנְחִילָנוּ. זִכָּרון לְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית. כִּי הוּא יום תְּחִלָּה לְמִקְרָאֵי קדֶשׁ זֵכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָיִם. כִּי בָנוּ בָחַרְתָּ וְאותָנוּ קִדַּשְׁתָּ עִם כָּל הָעַמִּים וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשְׁךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצון הִנְחַלְתָּנוּ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה'. מְקַדֵּשׁ הַשַּׁבָּת:

Siddur Ashkenaz, Shabbat, Shabbat Evening, Kiddush

For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, blessed be He, and Their divine Feminine presence, with fear and love, behold I am prepared and ready to fulfill the positive commandment to sanctify [Shabbat] over wine, as it is written, "Remember and guard — remember it over wine."

And evening came, then morning came:

The sixth day!

And the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. And Hashem completed, by the seventh day, Their work which He had done; and They abstained on the seventh day from all Their work which They had done. And Hashem blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for on it They abstained from all Their work which Hashem had created to do.

Attention! Lchaim!!!

Blessed are you Shekinah our Divine, Spirit of the universe who creates the fruit of the vine.

Blessed are You, our Divine, Spirit of the universe, Who sanctified us with Their commandments and was pleased with us. And They gave us Their holy Sabbath, with love and pleasure, as a heritage, a commemoration of the work of creation. (For this day is) the first of the days of holy convocations commemorating the exodus from Egypt. (For You have chosen us, and You have sanctified us amongst all the peoples.) And You gave us Your holy Sabbath, with love and pleasure, as a heritage. Blessed are You, Divine, Sanctifier of the Sabbath.

Va-y’hi erev va-y’hi voker:

Yom hashishi!

Vay’chulu hashamayim v’ha-aretz V’chol-tzva-am: Vay’chal Elohim bayom hash’vi-i M’lachto asher asah Va’yishbot bayom hash’vi-i Mikol-m’lachto asher asah: Vay’varech Elohim et-yom hash’vi-i Vay’kadeish oto Ki vo Shavat mikol-m’lachto Asher-bara Elohim la-asot:

Savri! L’Chayim!!!

Beruchah at Shekhinah, Eloteinu ruach ha'olam, boreit peri hagafen.

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav V’ratza vanu, V’shabbat kodsho B’ahavah uvratzon hinchilanu, Zikaron l’ma’asei v’reishit. Ki hu yom t’chilah L’mikra-ei kodesh, Zeicher litziat mitzrayim. Ki vanu vacharta V’otanu kiddashta Im kol-ha-ammim, V’shabbat kodsh’cha B’ahavah uvratzon hinchaltanu. Baruch Atah Adonai m’kadeish haShabbat.

בְּרוּךֶ אָתֶה ײַ, אֱלֹהִימוֹתֵינוּ מַלְכֶּת הָעוֹלָם, הַמּוֹצִיאֶה לֶחֶם מִן הָאָרֶץ.

Blessed are you Adonai our God, Ruler of the universe, who causes bread to come forth from the earth.

Bruche ateh Adonai, Elohimoteinu Malket ha’Olam, Hamotziye lechem min ha’aretz.

Source Sheet with all the texts mentioned in the play!