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Evening Prayer

Barchu - Call To Prayer
all rise
Praise the One, To whom our praise is due!
Praised be the One, To whom our praise is due, now and forever!
 
please be seated
 
Ma-ariv Aravim - Creation

Praised are You Adonai, our God, Ruler of the universe, who word brings on the evening. God's Wisdom opens heaven's gates; God's understanding makes the ages pass and the seasons alternate; God's will controls the stars as they travel trough the skies.

Creator of day and night, You roll light away from the darkness and darkness from light; God causes day to pass and brings on the night; the Eternal sets the day and night apart; Adonai is the God of Hosts

May the living and eternal God rule us always, to the end of time! Blessed are You Adondai, Your word makes evening fall.

 
Ahavat Olam - Eternal Love

Great is your love for Your people, the House of Israel! You have taught us Torah and Mitzvot, laws and precepts. Therfore, Adonai, our God, when we lie down and when we rise up we will meditate on Your law.

We will think of them day and night for they are the life and the length of our days. Your love will never leave from our hearts. Prasied are You Adonai, Lover of Israel.

 
Sh'ema
all rise
Hear, O Israel: Adonai is our God, Adonai is One!
Blessed is God's Domain for ever and ever!
 
Please be seated
 
And thou shall love Adonai your God with all thy heart, with thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command you on this day shall be upon thy heart. And thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children; and thou shall speak of them when you sittest in thy house when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up. And thout shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes; And thou shalt write them on the doorposts of your house, and upon thy gates. That ye may remember and do all of My commandments, and be holy unto your God.
   
G'ulah - Freedom  

Who is like You, Eternal One, among the gods that are worshipped?
Who is like You, majestic in holiness,
awesome in splendor, doing wonders?

In their escape from the sea, Your children saw Your sovereign might displayed. This is my God!" they cried
"The Eternal will reign for ever and ever"
 
Hashikiveinu - Shelter

Let there be love and understanding among us; let peace and friendship be our shelter from life's storms. Eternal God, help us to walk with good companions, to live with hope in our hearts and eternity in our thoughts, that we may lie down in peace and rise up to find our hearts waiting to do Your will

Praised are you, the Eternal One, Guardian of Israel, whose love gives light to Jerusalem and to all the world.

 
Reader's Kaddish

Let the glory of God be extolled, let God's name be hallowed in the world whose creation is willed. May God's Majesty soon prevail, in our day, our own lives, and in the life of all Israel, and let us say: Amen.

Let God's great name be blessed for ever and ever.

Let the name of the Holy One, blessed is God, be glorified, exalted and honored, though God is beyond all the praises, songs, and adorations that we can utter, and let us say: Amen.

 
T'fillah
all rise
Eternal God, open my lips, that my mouth may declare Your glory.
 
Avot V'imahot - Fathers and Mothers
Praised be our God, the God of our fathers and our mothers: God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob; God of Sarah, God of Rebekah, God of Leah and God or Rachel; great, mighty, and awesome God, God supreme. Ruler of all the living, Your ways are ways of love. You remember the faithfulness of our ancestors, and in love bring redemption to their children's children for the sake of Your name. You are our Sovereign and our Help, our Redeemer, and our Shield. We praise You, Eternal One, Shield of Abraham, Protector of Sarah
 
G'vurot - God's Power
Eternal is your might, O God; all life is Your gift; great is Your power to save! With love You sustain the living, with great compassion give life to all. You send help to the falling and healing to the sick; You bring freedom to the captive and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust. Who is like you, Mighty One? Who is your equal, Author of life and death, Source of salvation? We praise You, Eternal God, the Source of life.

You are holy and Your name is holy, and tose who strive to be holy declare Your glory day by day. We praise You, Eternal One, the holy God.

 
All are seated
 
Shalom Rav - Peace
O Sovereign of peace, let Israel Your people know enduring peace, for it is good in Your sight continually to bless Israel with Your peace. Praised be You Adonai, You who bless Your people with peace.
 
Pause for Silent Prayer
 
May the words of my mouth, and the meditations of my heart, be acceptable to You, O God, my Rock and my Redeemer
May the One who causes peace to reign in the high heavens, let peace descend on us, on all Israel, and all the world
 
Aleinu
please rise
We must praise the God of all, the Maker of heaven and earth, who has set us apart from the other families of earth, giving us a destiny unique amoung the nations.
We therefore bow in awe and thanksgiving before the One who is Sovereign over all, the Holy One, Blessed be God
And it has been said: "The Eternal shall reign over all the earth; on that day Adonai shall be One, God's name shall be One.
 
Mourner's Kaddish
 
Let the glory of God be extolled, let God's name be hallowed in the world whose creation is willed. May God's Majesty soon prevail, in our day, our own lives, and in the life of all Israel, and let us say: Amen.
Let God's great name be blessed for ever and ever.
Let the name of the Holy One, blessed is God, be glorified, exalted and honored, though God is beyond all the praises, songs, and adorations that we can utter, and let us say: Amen.
For us and all Israel, may the blessing of peace and the promise of lofe come true and let us say: Amen.
May the One who causes peace to reign in the high heavens, let peace descend on us, on all Israel, and all the world.
 
 
 
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