MORNING BLESSINGS
When reading this paragraph it may be helpful to pause after each of the questions (What are we? What is our life? etc.) to take time to consider our personal response:
.mi ¦Src£` ¨d i¥Src£` ©e mi ¦n¨lFr ¨d oFA ¦x mi ¦li ¦R ©n Ep §g«©p£` Epi«¥zFw §c ¦vÎl ©r `rl .Li«¤p ¨t §l Epi«¥pEp£g ©Y :mi ¦A ©x ¨d Li«¤n£g ©xÎl ©r i ¦M
oFA ¦x Source of existence and of all human strength, we do not rely on our own good deeds but on Your great mercy as we lay our needs before You. God, hear! God, pardon! God, listen and act! 1 What are we?
.d¨r«¨n §W i¨Src£` .d ¨g«¨l §q i¨Src£` :d ¥U£r ©e d ¨a «¦W §w ©d i¨Src£` .Ep«¨`Îd ¨n .Epi«¥I ©gÎd ¤n .Ep «¥C §q ©gÎd ¤n
What is our life? What is our love?
.Epi«¥zFw §c ¦SÎd ©n .Ep«¥z¨rEW§IÎd ©n .Ep«¥JrMÎd ©n .Ep«¥z ¨xEa §BÎd ©n Epi«¥Grl¡` dedi Li«¤p ¨t §l x ©n`rPÎd ©n :Epi«¥zFa£` i ¥Grl` ¥e
What is our justice? What is our success? What is our endurance? What is our power?
Our God, and God of our ancestors, what can we say before You? f 333
oFA ¦x Ribbon ha–olamim va’adonei ha–adonim, lo al tsidkoteinu anachnu mapilim tachanuneinu l’fanecha, ki al rachamecha ha–rabbim.
Adonai sh’ma’ah, Adonai s’lachah, Adonai hakshivah va’aseih. Mah anu,
meh chayyeinu, meh chasdeinu, mah tsidkoteinu, mah y’shu’ateinu, mah kocheinu, mah g’vurateinu, mah nomar l’fanecha Adonai eloheinu veilohei avoteinu.
The prayer quotes from Ecclesiastes with its powerful questioning of the significance of human existence, hevel , a mere breath. We follow the Sephardi tradition that ends the paragraph with the affirmation of the significance of each individual soul and the judgment it must one day face. 1 Dan 9:18–19.
mi ¦n¨lFr ¨d oFA ¦x Source of existence ... Freedom carries with it the responsibility to examine our behaviour and constantly review our values and actions. The first paragraph of ribbon ha–olamim contains a questionnaire that explores the nature of our life and how it relates to God.
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