Aravit / Mariv

Arvit / Mariv
The Evening Prayer
 Jewish Law / Halacha ↗️

On Rosh Chodesh (beginning of new Jewish month), start here:

My soul, bless Adonai; Adonai, my God, You are greatly exalted; with beauty and splendor are You clothed. Enwrapped in light, garment-like, He spreads out the heavens like a curtain. He Who covers His upper chambers with water, He Who makes clouds His chariot, He Who walks upon wings of wind. He Who makes winds His messengers, flaming fires His servants. He Who established the earth upon its foundations, [so] that it shall never be moved.  The deep, He covered as with a garment; the waters remain on mountains. At Your shout they retreated, at Your thunderous voice they hastened away. They go up mountains, down into valleys, to the specific place You founded for them. You set a boundary [which] they may not cross, lest they return to cover the earth. He Who sends springs into streams to flow between the mountains; to water all the beasts of the fields; the wild ones quench their thirst. Over them dwell the birds of the sky, from among the branches, they give voice. [You] Who waters the mountains from His upper chambers, from the fruit of Your works the earth is sated. [You] Who causes grass to sprout for cattle, and vegetation for the labor of man, to bring forth bread from the earth; wine to cheer the heart of man, to make [his] face shine from oil, and bread to sustain the heart of man. Adonai’s trees are sated, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted; where birds make their nests, the stork – the firs are her home. The high mountains [are] for the wild goats, the rocks a refuge for the rabbits. He made the moon to fix seasons the sun knows its place to set. You make darkness and night comes, in which all the beasts of the forest move about. The young lions roar for prey and seek their food from the Almighty. [When] the sun rises, they gather and come into their dens to lie. Man goes out to his work, to his labor until evening. How many are Your works, Adonai! You made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions! This sea, great and wide – therein are innumerable creeping things, animals small and great. There ships travel; this Leviathan You formed to frolic with. They all look to You expectantly, to provide their food in its time. [When] You give it to them, they gather it in; [when] You open Your hand, they are sated with goodness. When You hide Your face, they are panic-stricken; When You gather in their breath, they perish, and to their dust they return. When You send Your spirit, they will be created [anew]; and You will renew the face of the earth. The glory of Adonai will endure forever, Adonai will rejoice in His works – Who gazes upon the earth and it trembles; Who touches the mountains and they erupt. I will sing to Adonai with my life; I will offer hymns to my God as long as I am alive.  May my words be pleasant to Him; I will rejoice in Adonai. Sinners will be excised from the earth, and they wicked will be no more; My soul  bless Adonai, Praise God.

For the sake of the unification between the Holy Blessed One and His Shechinah with fear and love and with love and fear, in order to unify the Name Yood Hey and Wav Hey in perfect unity, and in the Name of all Israel. We hereby come to pray the Evening Prayer, which was established by our Patriarch Jacob, may peace be upon him, with all the commandments contained therein to perfect its source in a place on high, to give pleasure to the One Who formed us, and to fulfill the will of our Creator. And let the graciousness of the Lord our God be upon us; establish Thou also upon us the work of our hands; yea, the work of our hands establish Thou it.

Hashem of Hosts is with us, a stronghold for us is the Elohim of Jacob, forever. Hashem of Hosts, praiseworthy is the person who trusts in You. Hashem grant salvation, may the Sovereign answer us on the day we call.

The Leader recites «Hatzi (Half) Kaddish» 
Exalted and sanctified be His great Name.(Amen) In the world that He has created according to His will, and may He let His sovereignty have dominion, and cause His redemption to sprout and bring near the Mashiach.(Amen) In your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and at a time that comes soon, and say amen.(Amen) May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised and glorified and exalted and raised up and honored and elevated and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, Blessed is He.(Amen) Beyond more than any blessing and song praise and consolation that are uttered in the world, and say amen.(Amen)

And He the Merciful One forgives iniquities, and He does not destroy, and He frequently withdraws His anger, and does not arouse all His wrath. Hashem save us, the Sovereign shall answer us on the day we call.

Person reciting Kaddish says: Bless Adonai, the blessed One!
Everyone responds: Blessed is Adonai, the blessed One!
The Leader continues: Blessed is Adonai, the blessed One, forever and ever!

Blessed are You Hashem, our Elohim, Sovereign of the universe, Who by His word brings on evenings, with wisdom opens the gates of dawn, and with understanding alters periods, and changes the seasons, and orders the stars in their constellations, in the heavens as He wills. He creates day and night, unfurling light before darkness, and darkness before light. He removes day and brings night, and separates between day and between night, Hashem, Ruler of Hosts, is His Name. Blessed are You Hashem, Who brings on evenings.

With an eternal love, the House of Israel, Your people You have loved. Torah and commandments, laws and precepts You have taught us. Therefore Hashem our Elohim, when we lie down and when we rise we will discuss Your laws, and we shall rejoice and exult in the words of the teachings of Your Torah, Your commandments and Your statutes, forever and ever; For they are our life and the length of our days, and we will reflect on them day and night, Your love do not remove from us forever. Blessed are You Hashem, Who loves His people Israel.

Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

(Say in an undertone) Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever.

And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be in your heart. And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. And you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.

And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. And it shall come to pass if you surely listen to the commandments that I command you today to love the Lord your God and to serve him with all your heart and all your soul, that I will give rain to your land, the early and the late rains,
that you may gather in your grain, your wine and your oil. And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle and you will eat and you will be satiated. (Continue in an underdone…) Beware, lest your heart be deceived and you turn and serve other gods and worship them. For then (pause) the wrath of the Lord will ignite against you, and he will close the heavens and there will not be rain, and the earth will not give you its fullness, and you will perish quickly from the good land that the Lord gives you. (Continue aloud…) So you shall put these, my words, on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them for signs on your hands, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. And you shall teach them to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit at home, and when you walk along the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. In order to prolong your days and the days of your children on the land that the Lord promised your fathers that he would give them, as long as the days that the heavens are over the earth.

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel and say to them they should make themselves tzitzit (fringes) on the corners of their clothing throughout their generations, and give the tzitzit of each corner a thread of blue. And they shall be tzitzit for you, and when you look at them you will remember all of the Lord’s commandments and do them and not follow after your heart and after your eyes which lead you astray. In order to remember and do all My commandments, and be holy for your God. I am the Lord, your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be a God to you. I am the Lord, your God. It is true.

The Leader repeats: Lord, your God. It is true.

And faithful is all this, and firmly held by us, that He is Hashem our Elohim and there is none but Him, and we are Israel, His people. He is the One Who delivers us from the power of sovereigns, our Sovereign Who delivers us from the hand of all the cruel tyrants. He is the Eternal One Who exacts retribution for us from our foes, and Who repays just retaliation upon all the enemies of our soul; He Who keeps us alive, and does not allow our feet to falter. Who led us upon the heights of our enemies, and raised our pride above all who hate us. God, Who has wrought for us retribution against Pharaoh with signs and wonders, in the land of the children of Ham; He, Who struck with anger all the firstborn of Egypt, and removed His people Israel from their midst to eternal freedom. Who brought His children through the split parts of the Sea of Reeds, those who pursued them and those that hated them He sank into the depths. The Children saw His might, they praised and gave thanks to His Name, and His sovereignty they accepted upon themselves, Moses and the children of Israel to You exclaimed in song with great gladness, and all of them said: Who is like You Hashem? Who is like You among the gods that are worshipped, extolled in praises, working wonders? Your kingdom, Lore, our God did Your children see upon the sea, all of them in unison gave thanks and accepted sovereignty, and they said: “Hashem will reign forever and ever.” Thus it is said: For Hashem redeemed Jacob, and from a hand stronger than his own.” Blessed are You Hashem,Who redeemed Israel.

Lay us down in peace, O Father, and may we arise, our Sovereign, to good life and peace, and spread over us the shelter of Your peace. Guide us with Your good counsel, and save us for the sake of Your Name. Protect us for our sake, and remove from us enemies, disease, war, illness, anguish, evil, famine, sorrow, ruin and plague. Destroy and remove the Satan from before us and from behind us, under the shadow of your wings hide us, and watch over us when we go out and when we return for good life and for peace, from now and forever, for You are God, our Guardian and Rescuer from all evil things and from the terror of the night. Blessed are You Hashem, Who safeguards His people Israel forever. Amen.

The Leader recites «Hatzi (Half) Kaddish» 
Exalted and sanctified be His great Name.(Amen) In the world that He has created according to His will, and may He let His sovereignty have dominion, and cause His redemption to sprout and bring near the Mashiach.(Amen) In your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and at a time that comes soon, and say amen.(Amen) May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised and glorified and exalted and raised up and honored and elevated and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, Blessed is He.(Amen) Beyond more than any blessing and song praise and consolation that are uttered in the world, and say amen.(Amen)

“AMIDAH” PRAYER

(1)  “FOREFATHERS”
Adonai open up my lips, that my mouth may declare Your praise.

Blessed are You, Adonai, our God, God of our ancestors, God of Avraham, God of Yitzhak, God of Yaakov, God, great, powerful and awesome, supreme God, Who bestows beneficial kindnesses, possesses everything, and recalls the kindnesses of the Patriarchs, and brings a Redeemer to the children of their children, for the sake of His Name with love.

From Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur, add:
Remember us for life, O King Who desires life; inscribe us in the Book of life for Your sake, O living God.

O Sovereign, Who is a Helper, Savior, and Shield. Blessed are You, Adonai, the Shield of Avraham.

(2)  “MIGHT”
You are mighty eternally O Ruler; You are the One Who revives the dead and abundantly able to save;

In the summer: and cause the dew to fall;

In the winter: Who causes the wind to blow and the rain to fall.

Who sustains the living with kindness, reviving the dead with great mercy, supports those who have fallen, heals the sick, releases the imprisoned, and Who keeps His faith to those asleep in the dust. Who is like You, O Master of mighty deeds! And who can compare to You, Sovereign, Who brings death and gives life and makes sprout salvation.

From Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur, add:
Who is like You, merciful Father, Who recalls, with mercy, those He has created, fo life.

You are faithful to revive the dead. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who revives the dead.

(3)  “THE HOLY NAME OF GOD”
You are holy, and Your Name is holy, and each day the blessed ones sing praises to You, Selah! Blessed are You, Adonai, the holy God.

During the ten days of repentance (from Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur), end the blessing with «the holy King»

(4)  “KNOWLEDGE”
You graciously endow knowledge to man and teach mortals understanding. Graciously share with us Your wisdom, understanding and knowledge. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who graciously gives knowledge.

(5)  “REPENTANCE”
Return us, our Father, to your Torah; and draw us, our King, to Your service. And cause us to return with perfect repentance before You. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who desires repentance.

(6)  “FORGIVENESS”
Forgive us, our Father, for we have transgressed, pardon us, our King, for our misdeeds, for You are God Who is good and forgiving. Blessed are You, Adonai, the gracious One, Who abundantly forgives.

(7)  “SALVATION”
Please look upon our afflication and take up our fight, and redeem us speedily for the sake of Your Name, for You are God, powerful Redeemer. Blessed are You, Adonai, Redeemer of Israel.

(8)  “HEALING”
Heal us, Adonai, and let us be healed, save us, and let us be saved, for You are our pride. Bring cure and healing for all our illnesses, all our pains and all our wounds, for You are God, compassionate and faithful Healer. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who heals the sick of His people, Israel.

(9)  “BLESSED YEAR”

During summer, starting 2nd day of Pesach, say:
Bless us, Adonai, our God, in all our endeavors. Bless our year with dews of good will, blessing and benevolence, and may its end be life, contentment and peace like the years that were good for blessing, for You are Almighty One, good and beneficent, the One Who blesses the years. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who blesses the years.During winter, starting 4th of December (or 5th of December if next solar year is a leap year), say:
Bless on our behalf, Adonai, our God, this year, and its abundant crops for good. Give dew and rain for blessing over the face of the earch. Satisfy the thirst of the face of the earth and satiate the entire world from Your generosity. Fill our hands from Your blessings and from the wealth of Your gifts. Protect and save this year from all evil, from all types of destruction, and from all types of affliction. Create for it good hope and a peaceful ending. Take pity and have mercy upon it and upon all its grain and fruit, and bless it with rains of good will, blessing and benevolence. May its end be life, satisfaction and peace as other good years – for blessing, for You are God, good and beneficent, Who blesses the years. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who blesses the years.

(10)  “THE RETURN OF THE EXILES”
Sound a great shofar to proclaim our freedom, and raise a banner to gather our exiles. Gather us together from the four corners of the earth to our land. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who gathers the dispersed of His nation, Israel.

(11)  “REINSTANTIATION OF JUSTICE”
Restore our judges as they were in earliest times, and our mentors as in the beginning. Remove from us grief and groan, and reign over us speedily, You alone, Adonai, with kindness and compassion, with righteousness and justice. Blessed are You, Adonai, King Who loves righteousness and justice.

During the ten days of repentance end the blessing with «King of judgment».

(12)  “THE PUNISHMENT OF THE HERETICS”
For the heretics and the slanderers may there be no hope. Let all who sow evil perish in an instant, and may all Your foes and all enemies of Your people speedily be cut down – and as for any evil government, may You quickly uproot and smash it – destroy them and humble them speedily in our days. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who breaks the enemies and humbles the wicked.

(13)  “THE RIGHTEOUS”
Upon the righteous, and on the devout, and on the remnant of Your people, the House of Israel, and on the remnant of their academis, and on the righteous converts, and on us may Your compassion please be stirred, Adonai, our God. Grant good reward to all who truly trust in Your Name, and put our lot with them. May we never be embarrassed, for it is in You that we place our trust, and its is upon Your great compassion that we truly rely. Blessed are You, Adonai, the support and assurance of the righteous.

(14)  “REINSTANTIATION OF JERUSALEM”
May You rest within Jerusalem, Your city, as You promised, and the throne of David, Your servant, may You speedily establish within it. And rebuild it soon in our days as an eternal edifice. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who rebuilds Jerusalem.

(15)  “THE KINGDOM OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID”
The offspring of David, Your servant, may You cause to flourish speedily, and may You raise his power through Your salvation, because for Your salvation that we hope all day long. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who causes salvation to flourish.

(16)  “ACCEPTANCE OF PRAYER”
Hear our voice, Adonai, our God, merciful Father, take pity and have compassion on us, and accept our prayer with compassion and with favor – for You are God, Who hears prayers and supplications. From before You, our King, do not turn us away empty-handed. Be gracious to us and respond to us and hear our prayer, because You hear the prayer of every mouth. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who hears prayer.

(17)  “SERVICE IN THE TEMPLE”
Find favor, Adonai, our God, in Your people, Israel, and turn toward their prayer. Restore the service to the Holy of Holies of Your Temple. And the fire-offerings of Israel and their prayer accept with favor, speedily, with love. And may it always be to Your favor – the service of Israel, Your people.

Ya’aleh Veyavo is said on Rosh Hodesh (Festival of the New Moon) and on Hol Hammoed (the in-between days of the Festivals):
Our God, and God of our forefathers, may there rise and come, arrive and appear, and find favor and be heard, be considered and be remembered – remembrance of us and the remembrance of our forefathers; the remembrance of Jerusalem, Your city, and remembrance of the Messiah, descendant of David, Your servant, and the remembrance of Your entire nation, the House of Israel, before You – for deliverance, for good, for grace, kindness, and compassion, for good life and for peace, on this day of…On Rosh Hodesh: Rosh Hodesh…
On Hol Hammoed Pesah: the Festival of Massot, on this day of holy convocation…
On Hol Hammoed Sukkot: the Festival of Sukkot, on this day of holy convocation……to take pity on us on it and to save us. Remember us, Adonai, our God, on it for good, consider us on it for blessing, and deliver us on it for a good life. With the words of salvation and mercy, take pity and be gracious to us, have mercy on us and be compassionate with us, and save us, for our eyes look to You, for You are God, King, gracious and compassionate.

May You, in Your great compassion, take delights in us and be pleased with us, and may our eyes witness Your return to Zion with compassion. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who restores His Divine Presence to Zion.

(18)  “THANKSGIVING”
We give thanks to You, for it is You Who are Adonai, our God, God of our forefathers, forever and ever; Rock of our life, and the shield of our salvation are You. From generation to generation, we will thank You and relate Your praise – for our lives that are placed in Your hands, for our souls that are entrusted in Your care, for Your miracles that are with us every day, and for Your wonders and Your favors that are with us at all times – evening, morning and afternoon. The Good One, for Your mercies never cease; The Compassionate One, for Your kindness has never ended – for always have we placed our hope in You.

Al Hannissim is said on Hanukkah and Purim.
For the miracles, the deliverance, the mighty feats, the acts of rescue, the wonders, and the comforting deeds that You have performed for our forefathers in those days, at this time.On Hanukkah: In the days of Mattityah the son of Yohanan, the high priest, the Hasmonean, and his sons – when the evil kingdom of Greece rose up against Your people, Israel, to make them forget Your Torah,and to force them to stray from the statutes of Your Will – You, in Your great compassion, stood up for them in their time of trouble; You took up their fight, sought justice for them, meted out vengeance for them, and delivered the strong into the hands of the weak, the many into the hands of the few, the wicked into the hands of the righteous, the impure into the hands of the pure, and tyrants into the hands of those who are occupied with Your Torah. For Yourself You made a great and holy name in Your world; and for Your people, Israel, You carried out a great salvation and deliverance as it is to this day. Then, afterwards, Your children entered the Inner Sanctuary of Your House, cleansed and purified Your Temple, and kindled lights in the couryards of Your Sanctuary, and they established these eight days of Hanukkah for praise and thanksgiving. And You performed for them miracles and wonders for which we give thanks to Your great Name, Selah!On Purim: In the days of Mordechai and Ester in the palace of Shushan, when Haman the wicked rose up against them – he sought to destroy, slay and exterminate all the Jews, young and old, children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and he sought to take their spoils. But, You, in Your great compassion, ruined his plan, foiled his design and turned his due upon his own head – they hanged him and his sons at the gallows. And You performed for them miracles and wonders for which we give thanks to Your great Name, Selah!

And for all these things may Your Name, our King, continually forever and ever be blessed, exalted, and extolled. Everything alive shall give thanks to You, Selah!

From Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur, add: Inscribe for a good life all members of Your covenant.

And they shall praise and bless Your great Name sincerely, forever, for It is good – God, our salvation and help, Selah! – God, Who is good. Blessed are You, Adonai, the Benevolent One is Your Name, and to You it is fitting to give thanks.

(19)  “BLESSING THE WORLD”
Establish peace, goodness and blessing, life, grace and kindness, and compassion over us and upon all of Your people Israel. Bless us our Father all as one, with the Light of Your countenance, for with the Light of Your countenance that You, Adonai, our God, gave us Torah of life, love and kindness, righteousness and compassion, blessing and peace. And may it be good in Your eyes to bless us and to bless Your entire people, Israel, with overflowing power and peace.

From Rosh Hashanah until Yom Kippur, add:
And in the Book of life, blessing, peace, good sustenance, salvation, consolation, and good decrees, may we be remembered and inscribed before You – we, and Your entire people, Israel – for a good life and for peace.

Blessed are You, Adonai, Who blesses, His people, Israel, with peace, Amen.

May they find favor , the utterance of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart, before You, Adonai, my Rock and my Redeemer.

My God! Please protect my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceit. And let my soul remain silent to those who curse me, and let my soul be as dust to all. Open my heart in Your Torah and let my soul pursue Your commandments. All who plan against me to do me harm – speedily nullify their conspiracy and ruin their intention. Do it for the sake of Your Name; act for the sake of Your right hand; do it for the sake of Your Torah; act for the sake of Your holiness(**).

** It is a Segullah (spiritual benefit) – so as not to forget one’s name on the Final Day of Judgment – for one to say at this point a verse from Scripture that begins with the first letter of his name and ends with the last letter of his name.

So that Your loved ones may be saved, save with Your right hand and answer me.

He Who makes peace in His high places – may He, in His compassion, make peace for us and for His entire nation, Israel; and say: Amen.

May it be Your will, Adonai, our God, God of our ancestors, that You rebuild the holy Temple speedily in our days. And place our lot in Your Torah so that we may fulfill the statutes of Your will and serve You wholeheartedly.

May the Name of Adonai be blessed from now and until eternity. From the sun’s rising until its setting Adonai’s Name is praised. Adonai is high above all nations’ His glory is above the heavens. Adonai, our Master, how mighty is Your Name throughout the entire world!

The Leader recites «Kaddish Titkabbal»Exalted and sanctified be His great Name.(Amen) In the world that He has created according to His will, and may He let His sovereignty have dominion, and cause His redemption to sprout and bring near the Mashiach.(Amen) In your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and at a time that comes soon, and say amen.(Amen) May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised and glorified and exalted and raised up and honored and elevated and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, Blessed is He.(Amen) Beyond more than any blessing and song praise and consolation that are uttered in the world, and say amen.(Amen)

May our prayers and pleas be accepted, together with the praysers and pleas of the entire House of Israel, before our Father in heaven and earth, and say amen.(Amen)

May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, contentment, salvation, consolation, deliverance, healing, redemption, pardon, atonement, comfort and relief for us and for His entire nation, Israel; and say amen.(Amen)
May the One Who makes peace in the heavens, may He make peace upon us, and for His entire nation, Israel, and say amen.(Amen)

[Psalm 121]

A song to the ascents. I raise my eyes to the mountains, from whence will come my help? My help is from Hashem, Maker of heaven and earth. He will not allow the faltering of your foot; not slumber will your Guardian. Behold, [He] neither slumbers nor sleeps, the Guardian of Israel. Hashem is your Guardian; Hashem is your protective Shade at your right hand. By day the sun will not harm you, nor the moon by night. Hashem will protect your from every evil; He will guard your soul. Hashem will guard your departure and your arrival, from this time until eternity.

Arvit, kaddish «Yehe Shelama»Exalted and sanctified be His great Name.(Amen) In the world that He has created according to His will, and may He let His sovereignty have dominion, and cause His redemption to sprout and bring near the Mashiach.(Amen) In your lifetime and in your days and in the lifetime of the entire House of Israel, speedily and at a time that comes soon, and say amen.(Amen) May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised and glorified and exalted and raised up and honored and elevated and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, Blessed is He.(Amen) Beyond more than any blessing and song praise and consolation that are uttered in the world, and say amen.(Amen)
May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, contentment, salvation, consolation, deliverance, healing, redemption, pardon, atonement, comfort and relief for us and for His entire nation, Israel; and say amen.(Amen)
May the One Who makes peace in the heavens, may He make peace upon us, and for His entire nation, Israel, and say amen.(Amen)

Person reciting Kaddish says: Bless Adonai, the blessed One!
Everyone responds: Blessed is Adonai, the blessed One!
The Leader continues: Blessed is Adonai, the blessed One, forever and ever!

ALENU

It is our duty praise the Ruler of all, to recognize the greatness of the Creator of first things, for He has not made us like the nations of the lands, and He did not make us the same as other families of the earth, He did not allocate our portion like theirs, nor our lot like all their multitudes, for they prostrate themselves to futility and emptiness and pray to a god that cannot help. (quick pause) But we prostrate ourselves before He Who is King over kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed is He. He stretches out the heavens and establishes the earth’s, the seat of His homage is in the heavens above, and Whose powerful Presence is in the highest heights. He is our Elohim and there is no other. True is our Sovereign, nothing exists apart from Him, as it is written in Your Torah: And you shall know today and take to heart, that Hashem is the Elohim in the heavens above, and on earth below and there is no other.

Therefore we put our hope in You Hashem our Elohim, let us witness the glory of Your power, to remove idols from the earth, and false gods will utterly be cut off, to perfect the universe through the reign of the Almighty. And all humanity will call upon Your Name, and all the wicked of the earth shall turn to You. May all the inhabitants of the world know and recognize You, that to You every knee should bend, and every tongue pledge. Before You, Hashem our Elohim, they will bend their knees and bow down, and they will give honor to the glory of Your Name, and all will accept the yoke of Your Sovereignty, that You may reign over them. Thus it has been said, Hashem will be Sovereign over all the earth, on that day, Hashem will be One, and His Name will be One.

And in Your Torah, Adonai, our God, it is written as follows:

Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

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