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HALF KADDISH Leader: Sam 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. On weeknights continue with Psalm 121 (page 310), Mourner’s Kaddish and Aleinu. On Motza’ei Shabbat Psalm 91, “The Psalm of Blessing,” is said (below). This is introduced by the verse “May the pleasantness of the Lorp our God be upon us,” which is considered the opening of the blessing. The closing verse of the psalm, “With long life... ,” is recited twice. All this is said standing, and the section beginning “You are the Holy One’ is said sitting. ys") May the pleasantness of the Lorp our God be uponus. Establish Ps. 90 for us the work of our hands, O establish the work of our hands. aw He who lives in the shelter of the Most High dwells in the shadow Ps. 9 of the Almighty. I say of the Lorn, my Refuge and Stronghold, my God in whom I trust, that He will save you from the fowler’s snare and the deadly pestilence. With His pinions He will cover you, and beneath His wings you will find shelter; His faithfulness is an encircling shield. You need not fear terror by night, nor the arrow that flies by day; not the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor the plague that ravages at noon. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. You will only look with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked. Because you said, “The LoRD is my Refuge,” taking the Most High as your shelter, no harm will befall you, no plague come near your tent, for He will command His angels about you, to guard you in all your ways. They will lift you in their hands, lest your foot stumble on a stone. You will tread on lions