Maariv

Maariv for Yom HaAtzma'ut In Israel and many communities outside Israel, the following is said before Maariv: yt Thank the Lorp for He is good; His loving-kindness is for ever. Ps.107 Let those the Lorp redeemed say this — those He redeemed from the enemy’s hand, those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south. Some lost their way in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could live. They were hungry and thirsty, and their spirit grew faint. Then they cried out to the Lorp in their trouble, and He rescued them from their distress. He led them by a straight path to a city where they could live. Let them thank the Lorp for His loving-kindness and His wondrous deeds for humankind, for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good. Some sat in darkness and the shadow of death, cruelly bound in iron chains, for they had rebelled against God’s words and despised the counsel of the Most High. He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was none to help. Then they cried to the Lorp in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He brought them out from darkness and the shadow of death and broke open their chains. Let them thank the Lorn for His loving-kindness and His wondrous deeds for humankind, for He shattered gates of bronze and broke their iron bars. Some were fools with sinful ways, and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. They found all food repulsive, and came close to the gates of death. Then they cried to the Lorp in their trouble, and He saved them from their distress. He sent His word and healed them; He rescued them from their destruction. Let them thank the Lorp for His loving-kindness and His wondrous