Some congregations begin the service here: ACROSS THE THRESHOLD
DIRECTING THE HEART TO GOD Ea «rHÎd ©n How good are your tents, O Jacob, and your homes, O Israel! Through the greatness of Your love I enter Your house. In awe of You I worship before the ark of Your holiness. God, as I loved the courts of Your temple, and the place where Your glory dwelt, so I still worship and bend low, humble before the Eternal my Maker. As for me, let my prayer come before You at the proper time. Answer me God, in the greatness of Your love, for Your deliverance is sure. 1
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Ea «rHÎd ©n Mah tovu ohalecha ya’akov, mishk’notecha yisra’el. Va’ani b’rov chasd’cha avo veitecha, eshtachaveh el heichal kodsh’cha b’yir’atecha.
Adonai ahavti m’on beitecha, um’kom mishkan k’vodecha. Va’ani eshtachaveh v’echra’ah, evr’chah lifnei Adonai osi. Va’ani t’fillati l’cha Adonai eit ratson. Elohim b’rov chasdecha, aneini be’emet yish’echa.
outer world of the everyday to the inner world of the ‘house of prayer’. Three times the Hebrew emphasises va’ani , ‘I’, because with these words we make our own personal journey across time and space in search of ‘the greatness of God’s love’. An alternative shorter version evokes the shared role played by patriarchs and matriarchs alike as the founders of the Jewish people. 1 Num 24:5, Ps 5:8, Ps 26:8, Ps 95:6, Ps 69:14.
Ea «oHÎd ©n How good ... This compilation of Biblical verses takes us on a journey through the different homes we have created in which to meet God: the Tent of Meeting in the wilderness, the holy temple in Jerusalem, the synagogues, houses of God, modest or magnificent, throughout the centuries, where prayers have replaced sacrifices, and nothing and no one is to stand between us and God. This is a prayer we are invited to recite each time we cross the threshold from the
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