VERSES OF SONG
z ¤x «¤C ©` ¨d Ha–aderet v’ha–emunah l’chai olamim. Ha–binah v’ha–b’rachah l’chai olamim. Ha–ga’avah v’ha–g’dullah l’chai olamim. Ha–dei’ah v’ha–dibbur l’chai olamim. Ha–hod v’he–hadar l’chai olamim. Ha–va’ad v’ha–vatikut l’chai olamim. Ha–zach v’ha–zohar l’chai olamim. Ha–chayil v’ha–chosen l’chai olamim. Ha–teches v’ha–tohar l’chai olamim. Ha–yichud v’ha–yir’ah l’chai olamim. Ha–keter v’ha–kavod l’chai olamim. Ha–lekach v’ha–libbuv l’chai olamim. Ha–m’luchah v’ha–memshalah l’chai olamim. Ha–noi v’ha–neitsach l’chai olamim. Ha–siggui v’ha–segev l’chai olamim. Ha–oz v’ha–anavah l’chai olamim. Ha–p’dut v’ha–p’eir l’chai olamim. Ha–ts’vi v’ha–tsedek l’chai olamim. Ha–k’ri’ah v’ha–k’dushah l’chai olamim. Ha–ron v’ha–romeimut l’chai olamim. Ha–shir v’ha–shevach l’chai olamim. Ha–t’hillah v’ha–tif’eret l’chai olamim.
listing two attributes of God to which the congregation responds l’chai olamim, ‘to the Living One of the universe’. From the Middle Ages it was referred to as ‘the song of the angels’, as the angels were believed to sing it in heaven in praise of God.
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The source of this hymn is Heichalot Rabbati , a sixth–century mystical text. It is a double alphabetical acrostic, each verse
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