MORNING BLESSINGS
THE GIFT OF TORAH
Before study the following blessing is said:
KEx ¨A Blessed are You, our Living God, Sovereign of the universe, whose commandments make us holy, and who commands us to devote ourselves to the study of Torah. 1
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KEx ¨A Baruch attah Adonai eloheinu melech ha–olam, asher kidd’shanu b’mitsvotav, v’tsivvanu la’asok b’divrei Torah. Instead of the following passage, a study passage (pages 489–597) or a responsive reading (pages 598–608) may be inserted here.
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EN«¥` These are the things whose interest we enjoy in this world, while the capital remains for us in the world to come – this is what they are: Respecting one’s father and mother, acts of generosity and love, coming early to the House of Study, morning and evening, giving hospitality to strangers, visiting the sick, engaging with prayer , making peace between people. And the study of Torah leads to them all. 2 assisting the bride, escorting the dead,
.zi ¦a §x©r §e zi ¦x£g ©W .mi ¦g §xF` z ©q¨p §k ©d §e
.mi ¦lFg xET ¦aE .d¨N ©M z ©q¨p §k ©d §e
.z ¥O ©d z©i ¨e §lE .d¨N ¦t §Y oEI ¦r §e .Fx ¥a£g©l m ¨c ¨` oi ¥A mFl ¨W z ©` ¨a£d ©e :m ¨N ªM c¤b«¤p §M d ¨xFY cEn §l ©z §e
EN ¥` Eillu d’varim she’adam ocheil peiruteihem ba–olam ha–zeh v’ha–keren kayyemet lo la–olam ha–ba, v’eillu hein. Kibbud av va’eim, ug’milut chasadim, v’hashkamat beit ha–midrash shacharit v’arvit, v’hachnasat or’chim, uvikkur cholim, v’hachnasat kallah, ul’vayat ha–meit, v’iyyun t’fillah , vahava’at shalom bein adam lachaveiro, v’talmud torah k’neged kullam.
1 Berachot 11b.
2 Mishnah Peah 1:1 and Shabbat 127a.
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