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קיבוץ גלויות

INGATHERING OF EXILES

Hebrew

תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל לְחֵרוּתֵנוּ, וְשָׂא נֵס לְקַבֵּץ גָּלֻיּוֹתֵינוּ, וְקַבְּצֵנוּ יַחַד מְהֵרָה מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ לְאַרְצֵנוּ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, מְקַבֵּץ נִדְחֵי עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל.

English

Sound the great shofar for our freedom, raise high the banner to gather our exiles, and gather us together speedily, from the four quarters of the earth back to our land. Blessed are You, LORD, who gathers the dispersed of His people Israel.

Sephardi

Teka b'shofar gadol l'cheruteinu, v'sa nes l'kabetz galuyoteinu, v'kabtzeinu yachad meherah me'arba kanfot ha'aretz l'artzeinu. Baruch Atah Adonai, mekabetz nidchei amo Yisrael.

השבת המשפט

JUSTICE

Hebrew

הָשִׁיבָה שׁוֹפְטֵינוּ כְּבָרִאשׁוֹנָה וְיוֹעֲצֵינוּ כְּבַתְּחִלָּה, וְהָסֵר מִמֶּנּוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה. וּמְלֹךְ עָלֵינוּ מְהֵרָה אַתָּה יְהוָה לְבַדְּךָ בְּחֶסֶד וּבְרַחֲמִים בְּצֶדֶק וּבְמִשְׁפָּט. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, מֶלֶךְ אוֹהֵב צְדָקָה וּמִשְׁפָּט. בְּעֲשֶׂרֶת יְמֵי תְשׁוּבָה: הַמֶּלֶךְ הַמִּשְׁפָּט.

English

Restore our judges as at first, and our counselors as at the beginning, and remove from us sorrow and sighing. May You alone, LORD, reign over us soon with loving-kindness and compassion, with righteousness and justice. Blessed are You, LORD, the King who loves righteousness and justice. Between Rosh HaShana and Yom Kippur, end the blessing: the King of justice.

Sephardi

Hashivah shofteinu kevarishonah v'yo'atzeinu kevatchilah, v'haser mimenu yagon va'anachah. U'mloch aleinu meherah Atah Adonai l'vadecha b'chesed u'v'rachamim b'tzedek u'v'mishpat. Baruch Atah Adonai, Melech ohev tzedakah u'mishpat. Ba'aseret y'mei teshuvah: HaMelech hamishpat.

ברכת המינים

AGAINST INFORMERS

Hebrew

וְלַמַּלְשִׁינִים אַל תְּהִי תִקְוָה, וְכָל הַמִּינִים כְּרֶגַע יֹאבֵדוּ, וְכָל אוֹיְבֵי עַמְּךָ מְהֵרָה יִכָּרֵתוּ. וְהַזֵּדִים מְהֵרָה תְעַקֵּר וּתְשַׁבֵּר וּתְמַגֵּר, וְתַכְלֵם וְתַשְׁפִּילֵם וְתַכְנִיעֵם בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, שׁוֹבֵר אוֹיְבִים וּמַכְנִיעַ זֵדִים.

English

For the slanderers let there be no hope, and may all heretics perish in an instant. May all Your people’s enemies swiftly be cut down. May You swiftly uproot, crush, cast down the arrogant, and obliterate and bring them low and humble them swiftly in our days. Blessed are You, LORD, who destroys enemies and humbles the arrogant.

Sephardi

V'lamalshinim al tehi tikvah, v'chol haminim k'rega yovedu, v'chol oyvei amcha meherah yikaretu. V'hazedim meherah te'aker u'teshaber u'temager, v'tachlem v'tashpilem v'tachni'em bimheirah v'yameinu. Baruch Atah Adonai, shover oyvim u'machnia zedim.

// Commentary

קִבּוּץ גָּלֻיּוֹת Blessing 10: Ingathering of Exiles. With this paragraph, the requests change from individual to collective hopes. They begin with three prayers for political-historical renewal: the return of exiles, the restoration of independence, and an end to the factionalism that caused great damage to the Israelites from the biblical era to the end of the Second Temple period. תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל Sound the great shofar: A reference to Isaiah 27:13, “On that day a great shofar will sound.” וְשָׂא נֵס Raise high the banner: Isaiah 11:12, “He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.”

הֲשָׁבַת הַמִּשְׁפָּט Blessing 11: Justice. A prayer for self-government. The “Judges” in the biblical book of that name were not merely judges in a legal sense; they were leaders of the people (Rabbi Abraham ben HaRambam). The prayer for the restoration of judges, following the ingathering of exiles, is thus a plea for the return of national sovereignty. וְהָסֵר מִמֶּנּוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה Remove from us sorrow and sighing: the plaint of a people who have known the full precariousness of being dependent on the goodwill of others.

בִּרְכַּת הַמִּינִים Blessing 12: Against Informers. The text of this paragraph underwent several changes during the centuries. Its original object was the sectarianism that split the Jewish world during the late Second Temple period. There were Jews in the Hellenistic age who turned against their own people. Faith (emuna) in Judaism involves the idea of loyalty — to a people and its heritage. This prayer is a protest against disloyalty.

The Talmud (Berakhot 28b) says that, to formulate this prayer, Rabban Gamliel turned to Shmuel HaKatan. Rabbi Kook pointed out that Shmuel HaKatan was known for his attachment to the principle, “Do not rejoice when your enemy falls” (Avot 4:24). Only a person who deeply loved his fellow human beings could be entrusted with the task of constructing this prayer, which must be free of animosity and schadenfreude.