Hallel

Ane LORD IS MY street aie Liry SOlte) LAe tics VEC Ey oes Sounds of song and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The LORD’s right hand has done mighty deeds. The LORD’s right hand is lifted high. The LORD’s right hand has done mighty deeds.” I will not die but live, and tell what the LORD has done. The LORD has chastened me severely, but He has not given me over to death.» Open for me the gates of righteousness that I may enter them and thank the LORD. This is the gateway to the LORD; through it, the righteous shall enter. ‘JTix I will thank You, for You answered me, and became my salvation. I will thank You, for You answered me, and became my salvation. The stone the builders rejected has become the main cornerstone. The stone the builders rejected has become the main cornerstone. This is the Lorv’s doing. It is wondrous in our eyes. This is the Lorv’s doing. It is wondrous in our eyes. This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. This is the day the LORD has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. On Sukkot, the lulav and etrog are waved while saying “LORD, please, save us,” three waves for each word of the verse (except God's name), in the following directions: right, left, ahead, up, down, back. Leader followed by congregation: X3X LORDD, please, save us. LORD, please, save us. LORD, please, grant us success. LORD, please, grant us success. ‘Trix I will thank You: This and the next eight verses, the last of Psalm 118, are repeated. Litany — a prayer in which the Leader says a verse or phrase and the | congregation responds — was an aspect of worship in the Temple, and is devel- | oped most fully in the hakafot, processions around the synagogue, on Sukkot. | DBT IDNA JIN The stone the builders rejected: This is a reference to the people | of Israel. Two of the first references to Israel in non-Jewish sources — the | Merneptah stele (Egypt, thirteenth century BCE) and the Mesha stele (Moab, | ninth century BCE) — both declare that Israel has been destroyed. Israel is the | people that outlives its obituaries.