Preparation for Prayer

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מעריב לחול

MA’ARIV FOR WEEKDAYS

It is customary to preface Ma’ariv with the following psalm and collection of verses. On Motza’ei Shabbat some communities omit them.

Ps. 134

Hebrew

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, הִנֵּה בָּרֲכוּ אֶת־יְהוָה כָּל־עַבְדֵי יְהוָה, הָעֹמְדִים בְּבֵית־יְהוָה בַּלֵּילוֹת: שְׂאוּ־יְדֵיכֶם קֹדֶשׁ, וּבָרֲכוּ אֶת־יְהוָה: יְבָרֶכְךָ יְהוָה מִצִּיּוֹן, עֹשֵׂה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ:

English

A song of ascents. Come, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, who stand every night in the House of the LORD. Lift up your hands toward the Sanctuary and bless the LORD. May the LORD bless you from Zion – the Maker of heaven and earth.

Sephardi

Shir hama’alot, hineh barechu et Adonai kol avdei Adonai, ha’omdim b’veit Adonai balleilot. Se’u y’deichem kodesh, u’varechu et Adonai. Yevarechecha Adonai miTziyon, oseh shamayim va’aretz.

Repeat each verse three times:

Ps. 46; Ps. 84; Ps. 20

Hebrew

יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּנוּ, מִשְׂגָּב לָנוּ אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶלָה: יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּטֵחַ בָּךְ: יְהוָה הוֹשִׁיעָה, הַמֶּלֶךְ יַעֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ:

English

The LORD of hosts is with us, the God of Jacob is our stronghold, Selah. LORD of hosts: happy is the one who trusts in You. LORD, save! May the King answer us on the day we call.

Sephardi

Adonai Tzeva’ot imanu, misgav lanu Elohei Yaakov selah. Adonai Tzeva’ot, ashrei adam boteach bach. Adonai hoshiah, hamelech ya’aneinu v’yom koreinu.

Ps. 28; Ps. 14; Ps. 4; Ps. 42; Ps. 37

Hebrew

הוֹשִׁיעָה אֶת־עַמֶּךָ וּבָרֵךְ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֶךָ, וּרְעֵם וְנַשְּׂאֵם עַד־הָעוֹלָם: מִי יִתֵּן מִצִּיּוֹן יְשׁוּעַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּשׁוּב יְהוָה שְׁבוּת עַמּוֹ, יָגֵל יַעֲקֹב יִשְׂמַח יִשְׂרָאֵל: בְּשָׁלוֹם יַחְדָּו אֶשְׁכְּבָה וְאִישָׁן, כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה לְבָדָד לָבֶטַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵנִי: יוֹמָם יְצַוֶּה יְהוָה חַסְדּוֹ, וּבַלַּיְלָה שִׁירֹה עִמִּי, תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּי: וּתְשׁוּעַת צַדִּיקִים מֵיְהוָה, מָעוּזָּם בְּעֵת צָרָה: וַיַּעְזְרֵם יְהוָה וַיְפַלְּטֵם, יְפַלְּטֵם מֵרְשָׁעִים וְיוֹשִׁיעֵם כִּי־חָסוּ בוֹ:

English

Save Your people and bless Your heritage; tend them and carry them for ever. Would that we would receive the salvation of Israel from Zion, the LORD restoring Israel’s fortunes, as Jacob celebrates, as Israel rejoices. In peace I shall lie down and I shall sleep, for You, LORD, alone, house me in safety. By day the LORD commands His kindness, and by night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life. The salvation of the righteous is with the LORD; their stronghold in time of distress. The LORD will help them and rescue them, rescue them from the wicked and save them, for in Him they seek their refuge.

Sephardi

Hoshiah et amecha u’varech et nachalatecha, u’re’em v’nasse’em ad ha’olam. Mi yiten miTziyon yeshuat Yisrael, b’shuv Adonai shvut amo, yagel Yaakov yismach Yisrael. B’shalom yachdav eshk’vah v’ishan, ki Atah Adonai l’vadad lavetach toshivieni. Yomam y’tzaveh Adonai chasdo, uvalailah shiro imi, tefilah l’El chayai. U’teshuat tzaddikim mei’Adonai, ma’uzam b’et tzarah. Vaya’azrem Adonai vay’faltem, y’faltem mer’sha’im v’yoshi’em ki chasu vo.

חצי קדיש

HALF KADDISH

Hebrew

יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא. [אָמֵן] בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא, כִּרְעוּתֵה, וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵה, וְיַצְמַח פֻּרְקָנֵה, וִיקָרֵב מְשִׁיחֵהּ. [אָמֵן] בְּחַיֵּיכוֹן וּבְיוֹמֵיכוֹן וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל, בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן. [אָמֵן] יְהֵא שְׁמֵיהּ רַבָּא מְבָרַךְ לְעָלַם וּלְעָלְמֵי עָלְמַיָּא יִתְבָּרַךְ. וְיִשְׁתַּבַּח. וְיִתְפָּאַר. וְיִתְרוֹמַם. וְיִתְנַשֵּׂא. וְיִתְהַדָּר. וְיִתְעַלֶּה. וְיִתְהַלָּל שְׁמֵהּ דְּקֻדְשָׁא, בְּרִיךְ הוּא. [אָמֵן] לְעֵלָּא מִן כָּל בִּרְכָתָא שִׁירָתָא, תֻּשְׁבְּחָתָא וְנֶחֱמָתָא, דַּאֲמִירָן בְּעָלְמָא, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן. [אָמֵן]

English

Leader: Magnified and sanctified may His great name be, in the world He created by His will. May He establish His kingdom, make His salvation flourish, and hasten His messiah, in your lifetime and in your days, and in the lifetime of all the house of Israel, swiftly and soon - and say: Amen. All: May His great name be blessed for ever and all time. Leader: Blessed and praised, glorified and exalted, raised and honored, uplifted and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, beyond any blessing, song, praise and consolation uttered in the world - and say: Amen.

Sephardi

Yitgaddal veyitkaddash shemeh rabba. [amen] bealema di bera, kiruteh, veyamlik malkuteh, veyatzmach purkaneh, vikareb meshicheh. [amen] bechayyekon ubeyomekon ubechayye dekal bet yisrael, baagala ubizman karib, veimru amen. [amen] yehe shemeh rabba mebarak lealam ulealeme alemayya yitbarak. veyishtabbach. veyitpaar. veyitromam. veyitnasse. veyithaddar. veyitalleh. veyithallal shemeh dekudsha, berik hu. [amen] leella min kol birkata shirata, tushbechata venechemata, daamiran bealema, veimru amen. [amen]

// Commentary

EVENING SERVICE The saying of Shema at night (“when you lie down”) is a biblical imperative. In early post-Temple times there were some who held that the evening Amida was non-obligatory since – unlike the morning and afternoon services – there was no daily sacrifice to which it corresponded (Berakhot 27b–28a). So widespread was its observance, however, that it was eventually deemed obligatory. Notwithstanding, since the Amida at night does not correspond to a sacrifice, it is not repeated by the Leader. Tradition identifies the evening prayer with Jacob, who had his most intense religious experiences at night, especially the vision most associated with prayer: the ladder stretching from earth to heaven on which angels ascended and descended. During that vision, God promised Jacob that “I will protect you wherever you go” (Gen. 28:15). The evening service represents our trust in God during the dark and dangers of night.