AMIDAH
Epi«¥Grl¡` Our God and God of our ancestors, may our rest be pleasing to You. Make us holy by doing Your commands and let us share in the work of Your Torah. Make us content with Your goodness and let our souls know the joy of Your salvation. Purify our hearts to serve You in truth. In Your love and goodwill let us inherit Your holy Shabbat and may all Israel who seek holiness find in it their rest. Blessed are You God, who makes the Shabbat holy.
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Epi«¥Grl¡` Eloheinu veilohei avoteinu, r’tseih na vimnuchateinu, kadd’sheinu v’mitsvotecha, sim chelkeinu v’toratecha, sab’einu mittuvecha, sammach nafsheinu vishu’atecha, v’taheir libeinu l’ovd’cha be’emet. V’hanchileinu Adonai eloheinu b’ahavah u’v’ratson shabbat kodshecha. V’yanuchu vah kol yisra’el m’kadd’shei sh’mecha. Baruch ata Adonai m’kaddeish ha–shabbat.
THANKSGIVING AND PEACE d¥v §x Our Living God be pleased with Your people Israel and listen to their prayers. In Your great mercy delight in us so that Your presence may rest upon Zion.
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<<< d¥v §x R’tseih Adonai eloheinu b’amm’cha yisra’el, v’litfillatam sh’eih. Uv’rachamecha ha–rabbim tachpots banu, v’tashreh sh’chinat’cha al tsiyyon.
version asks that God accept the prayers we have just recited and find favour with the Jewish people. This hope is to be expressed by our return to the land of Israel, but the physical return should also be accompanied by the tangible presence of God. The passage speaks of ‘Zion’, the term the psalmists used to describe Jerusalem not just as a political centre but also as a spiritual home for all who wished to encounter God. On the New Moon and middle days of festivals, a blessing for the special occasion is inserted here.
Epi«¥Dol¡` Our God ... Just as God rested so we ask God’s blessing on our rest for this day. Let our outer world be secure and let our inner life be dedicated to God’s service. d ¥v §x Be pleased ... This blessing is the first of three closing blessings of the Amidah. Just as the opening three followed ‘court protocol’, on entering the presence of the Sovereign, so we take our leave also in a formal way. In its earlier forms this blessing called for the restoration of temple sacrifices. This
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