Odeh la–Eil d ¤cF` I shall give thanks to God who tests the heart, when the morning stars sing together. 1 Attend to the soul: she is turquoise, agate and jasper. Her light is like the light of the sun, sevenfold the morning’s light.
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2 She was hewn from the throne of Glory, sent to live in a desert land, to deliver it from fire, to shine upon it in the early morning.
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3 Rouse yourself, for every night your soul goes to heaven to account for its actions before the Maker of evening and morning. 4 The One who is faithful to the task will return her to you if God so wills. No one died through God’s error –
and there was evening and there was morning.
5 Gladden the afflicted one, the only one, perfect and pure. If we do not keep our soul alive,
how will we be worthy of the light of morning?
Attributed to Rabbi Shemayah edirny iax
that are not worn on Shabbat. It celebrates the rabbinic idea that at night the soul returns to God and it is restored to us in its glory as we awake. It is our task to preserve the soul within us, the source of light.
l ¥`¨l d ¤cF` I shall give thanks to God ... This mediaeval poem is recited by some in the morning and as a table hymn on Shabbat. According to custom we have omitted the fourth verse that refers to tefillin,
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