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D’varim 26:1-29:8
The Blessing of the Torah
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Ba-rooch
ah-ta Adonai, Eh-lo-hay-noo
meh-lech ha oh-lahm,
ah-sher ba-char ba-noo me-kol ha-ahmeem,
v’na-tahn la-noo et torah-toe,
ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai, no-tane ha-torah.
Blessed are
You, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who has chosen us from all peoples
and given us His Torah.
Blessed are You, O Lord, Giver of the Torah. |
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Rishon [1st]: 26:1It shall be, when
you are come in to the land which Adonai your G-d gives you for an
inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein,
26:2that
you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall
bring in from your land that Adonai your G-d gives you; and you shall
put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Adonai your G-d
shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.
26:3You
shall come to the kohen who
shall be in those days, and tell him, I profess this day to Adonai
your G-d, that I am come to the land which Adonai swore to our
fathers to give us.
26:4The
kohen shall take the basket
out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Adonai your
G-d.
26:5You shall answer and say before Adonai your G-d, An Arammian
ready to perish was my father; and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned
there, few in number; and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and
populous. 26:6The Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid on us
hard bondage:
26:7and we cried to Adonai, the G-d
of our fathers, and Adonai heard our voice, and saw our affliction,
and our toil, and our oppression; 26:8and Adonai
brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched
arm, and with great terror, and with signs, and with wonders;
26:9and he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land,
a land flowing with milk and honey. 26:10Now, behold, I
have brought the first of the fruit of the ground, which you, Adonai,
have given me. You shall set it down before Adonai your G-d, and
worship before Adonai your G-d:
26:11and
you shall rejoice in all the good which Adonai your G-d has given to
you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the foreigner who is in the
midst of you.
Sheni
[2nd]:
26:12When you have made an end of tithing
all the tithe of your increase in the third year, which is the year of
tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the foreigner, to the
fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be
filled. 26:13You shall say before Adonai your G-d, I have put away the
holy things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to
the foreigner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your
mitzvah which you have
commanded me: I have not transgressed any of your
mitzvot, neither have I
forgotten them:
26:14I have not eaten of it in my
mourning, neither have I put away of it, being unclean, nor given of it for
the dead: I have listened to the voice of Adonai my G-d; I have done
according to all that you have commanded me.
26:15Look
down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Yisra'el,
and the ground which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land
flowing with milk and honey.
Shlishi [3rd]: 26:16This day Adonai
your G-d commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall
therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
26:17You have declared Adonai this day to be your G-d, and that
you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his
mitzvot, and his ordinances,
and listen to his voice: 26:18and Adonai
has declared you this day to be a people for his own possession, as he has
promised you, and that you should keep all his
mitzvot;
26:19and to make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise,
and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Adonai
your G-d, as he has spoken.
R'vi'i
[4th]:
27:1Moshe and the elders of Yisra'el
commanded the people, saying, Keep all the
mitzvah which I command you
this day. 27:2It shall be on the day when you shall pass over the Yarden to the
land which Adonai your G-d gives you, that you shall set yourself up
great stones, and plaster them with plaster:
27:3and
you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over;
that you may go in to the land which Adonai your G-d gives you, a
land flowing with milk and honey, as Adonai, the G-d of your fathers,
has promised you.
27:4It shall be, when you are passed
over the Yarden, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you
this day, in Mount `Eval, and you shall plaster them with plaster.
27:5There shall you build an altar to Adonai your G-d, an altar
of stones: you shall lift up no iron tool on them.
27:6You shall build the altar of Adonai your G-d of uncut
stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Adonai your
G-d: 27:7and you shall sacrifice peace-offerings, and shall eat there; and
you shall rejoice before Adonai your G-d.
27:8You
shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly.
27:9Moshe and the kohanim the
Levites spoke to all Yisra'el, saying, Keep silence, and listen, Yisra'el:
this day you are become the people of Adonai your G-d.
27:10You shall therefore obey the voice of Adonai your G-d, and
do his mitzvot and his
statutes, which I command you this day.
Chamishi [5th]: 27:11Moshe charged the
people the same day, saying, 27:12These shall stand
on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are passed over the Yarden:
Shim`on, and Levi, and Yehudah, and Yissakhar, and Yosef, and Binyamin.
27:13These shall stand on Mount `Eval for the curse: Re'uven, Gad, and
Asher, and Zevulun, Dan, and Naftali.
27:14The
Levites shall answer, and tell all the men of Yisra'el with a loud voice,
27:15Cursed be the man who makes an engraved
or molten image, an abomination to Adonai, the work of the hands of
the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer and
say, Amein.
27:16Cursed be he who sets light by his
father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amein.
27:17Cursed be he who removes his neighbor's
landmark. All the people shall say, Amein.
27:18Cursed be he who makes the blind to
wander out of the way. All the people shall say, Amein.
27:19Cursed be he who wrests the justice
due to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say,
Amein.
27:20Cursed be he who lies with his father's
wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say,
Amein.
27:21Cursed be he who lies with any manner
of animal. All the people shall say, Amein.
27:22Cursed be he who lies with his sister,
the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. All the people
shall say, Amein.
27:23Cursed be he who lies with his
mother-in-law. All the people shall say, Amein.
27:24Cursed be he who strikes his neighbor
in secret. All the people shall say, Amein.
27:25Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill
an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amein.
27:26Cursed be he who doesn't confirm the
words of this law to do them. All the people shall say, Amein.
28:1It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of
Adonai your G-d, to observe to do all his
mitzvot which I command you
this day, who Adonai your G-d will set you on high above all the
nations of the earth: 28:2and all these
blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the
voice of Adonai your G-d.
28:3Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the
field.
28:4Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your
ground, and the fruit of your animals, the increase of your cattle, and the
young of your flock.
28:5Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading-trough.
28:6Blessed shall you
be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
Shishi [6th]: 28:7Adonai will
cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you: they
shall come out against you one way, and shall flee before you seven ways.
28:8Adonai will command the blessing on you in your barns, and
in all that you put your hand to; and he will bless you in the land which
Adonai your G-d gives you.
28:9Adonai will establish you for a holy people to himself, as
he has sworn to you; if you shall keep the
mitzvot of Adonai your
G-d, and walk in his ways. 28:10All the peoples of
the earth shall see that you are called by the name of Adonai; and
they shall be afraid of you.
28:11Adonai will make you plenteous
for good, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in
the fruit of your ground, in the land which Adonai swore to your
fathers to give you. 28:12Adonai will
open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in
its season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to
many nations, and you shall not borrow.
28:13Adonai
will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and
you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the
mitzvot of Adonai your
G-d, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them,
28:14and shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you
this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve
them.
28:15But it shall come to pass, if you will
not listen to the voice of Adonai your G-d, to observe to do all his
mitzvot and his statutes
which I command you this day, that all these curses shall come on you, and
overtake you.
28:16Cursed shall you be in the city, and
cursed shall you be in the field.
28:17Cursed shall be your basket and your
kneading-trough.
28:18Cursed shall be the fruit of your body,
and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your cattle, and the young of
your flock.
28:19Cursed shall you be when you come in,
and cursed shall you be when you go out.
28:20Adonai will send on you cursing,
confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are
destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings,
by which you have forsaken me.
28:21Adonai will make the pestilence
cleave to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go in
to possess it.
28:22Adonai will strike you with
consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and
with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue
you until you perish.
28:23Your sky that is over your head shall
be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron.
28:24Adonai will make the rain of your land powder and dust: from
the sky shall it come down on you, until you are destroyed.
28:25Adonai will cause you to be
struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall
flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among
all the kingdoms of the earth. 28:26Your dead body
shall be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and
there shall be none to frighten them away.
28:27Adonai will strike you with the
boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch,
of which you can not be healed. 28:28Adonai will
strike you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;
28:29and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness,
and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and
robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.
28:30You shall betroth a wife, and another
man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell
therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use the fruit of it.
28:31Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat of
it: your donkey shall be violently taken away from before your face, and
shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and
you shall have none to save you. 28:32Your sons and your
daughters shall be given to another people; and your eyes shall look, and
fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nothing in the
power of your hand.
28:33The fruit of your ground, and all
your labors, shall a nation which you don't know eat up; and you shall be
only oppressed and crushed always; 28:34so that you shall
be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
28:35Adonai will strike you in the knees, and in the legs, with a
sore boil, of which you can not be healed, from the sole of your foot to the
crown of your head.
28:36Adonai will bring you, and
your king whom you shall set over you, to a nation that you have not known,
you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone.
28:37You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among
all the peoples where Adonai shall lead you away.
28:38You shall carry much seed out into the
field, and shall gather little in; for the
arbeh shall consume it.
28:39You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither
drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat
them. 28:40You shall have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you
shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast its
fruit.
28:41You shall father sons and daughters,
but they shall not be yours; for they shall go into captivity.
28:42All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the
arbeh possess.
28:43The foreigner who is in the midst of
you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down
lower and lower.
28:44He shall lend to you, and you
shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.
28:45All these curses shall come on you, and
shall pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; because you
didn't listen to the voice of Adonai your G-d, to keep his
mitzvot and his statutes
which he commanded you: 28:46and they shall be
on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed forever.
28:47Because you didn't serve Adonai your G-d with joyfulness,
and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
28:48therefore shall you serve your enemies whom Adonai shall
send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of
all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he have
destroyed you.
28:49Adonai will bring a nation
against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a
nation whose language you shall not understand;
28:50a
nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not regard the person of the
old, nor show favor to the young, 28:51and shall eat the
fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed;
that also shall not leave you grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of your
cattle, or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.
28:52They shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and
fortified walls come down, in which you trusted, throughout all your land;
and they shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which
Adonai your G-d has given you.
28:53You
shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your
daughters, whom Adonai your G-d has given you, in the siege and in
the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.
28:54The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall
be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the
remnant of his children whom he has remaining;
28:55so
that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he
shall eat, because he has nothing left him, in the siege and in the distress
with which your enemy shall distress you in all your gates.
28:56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to
set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her
eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and
toward her daughter, 28:57and toward her
young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom
she shall bear; for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly, in
the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in
your gates.
28:58If you will not observe to do all the
words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this
glorious and fearful name, Adonai YOUR G-d;
28:59then
Adonai will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your
seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and
of long continuance. 28:60He will bring on
you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they
shall cleave to you. 28:61Also every
sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law,
them will Adonai bring on you, until you are destroyed.
28:62You shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of
the sky for multitude; because you didn't listen to the voice of Adonai
your G-d.
28:63It shall happen that as Adonai
rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Adonai will
rejoice over you to cause you to perish, and to destroy you; and you shall
be plucked from off the land where you go in to possess it.
28:64Adonai will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end
of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve
other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and
stone. 28:65Among these nations shall you find no ease, and there shall be no
rest for the sole of your foot: but Adonai will give you there a
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;
28:66and your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear
night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life.
28:67In the morning you shall say, Would it were even! and at even you
shall say, Would it were morning! for the fear of your heart which you shall
fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.
28:68Adonai will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the
way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you
shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids,
and no man shall buy you.
29:1These are the words of the covenant which Adonai commanded
Moshe to make with the children of Yisra'el in the land of Mo'av, besides
the covenant which he made with them in Chorev.
Shvi'i
[7th]:
29:2Moshe called to all Yisra'el, and said
to them, You have seen all that Adonai did before your eyes in the
land of Egypt to Par`oh, and to all his servants, and to all his land;
29:3the great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great
wonders: 29:4but Adonai has not given you a heart to know, and eyes to
see, and ears to hear, to this day. 29:5I have led you
forty years in the wilderness: your clothes have not grown old on you, and
your shoe has not grown old on your foot.
29:6You
have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink; that you
may know that I am Adonai your G-d.
Maftir [concluding]: 29:7When you came to
this place, Sichon the king of Cheshbon, and `Og the king of Bashan, came
out against us to battle, and we struck them:
29:8and
we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Re'uveni, and to
the Gadi, and to the half-tribe of the Manashshi.
29:9Keep
therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in
all that you do.
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The Blessing of the Haftarah
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Ba-rooch, ah-ta Adonai,
eh-lo-hay-noo,
meh-lech ha-ohlahm,
ah-sher ba-char been-vee-eem toe-veem,
v’ra-tza b’deevray-hem,
ha-neh-eh-ma-reem, beh-eh-meht.Ba-rooch ah-ta, Adonai,
ha-bo-char ba-torah,
oo-v’Mo-sheh ahv-doe, oo-v'yeesra-ale ah-mo,
oo-veen-vee-aye ha-eh-met, va-tzeh-dek.
Blessed are you, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who selected good prophets,
and was pleased with their words
which were spoken truthfully.
Blessed are You, O Lord,
Who chooses the Torah,
Your servant Moses, Your people Israel,
and prophets of truth and righteousness. |
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Yesha‘yahu 60:1-22
60:1Arise, shine;
for your light is come,
and the glory of Adonai is risen on you.
60:2For, behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and gross darkness the peoples;
but Adonai will arise on you,
and his glory shall be seen on you.
60:3Nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
60:4Lift up your eyes round about, and see:
they all gather themselves together, they come to you;
your sons shall come from far,
and your daughters shall be carried in the arms.
60:5Then you shall see
and be radiant,
and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged;
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
60:6The multitude of camels shall cover you,
the dromedaries of Midyan and `Efah;
all they from Sheva shall come;
they shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall proclaim the praises of Adonai.
60:7All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you,
the rams of Nevayot shall minister to you;
they shall come up with acceptance on my altar;
and I will glorify the house of my glory.
60:8Who are these who fly as a cloud,
and as the doves to their windows?
60:9Surely the isles shall wait for me,
and the ships of Tarshish first,
to bring your sons from far,
their silver and their gold with them,
for the name of Adonai your G-d,
and for the Holy One of Yisra'el,
because he has glorified you.
60:10Foreigners shall build up your walls,
and their kings shall minister to you:
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor have I had mercy on you.
60:11Your gates also shall be open continually;
they shall not be shut day nor night;
that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
and their kings led captive.
60:12For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish;
yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.
60:13The glory of Levanon shall come to
you,
the fir tree, the pine, and the box tree together,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary;
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
60:14The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending to you;
and all those who despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of
your feet;
and they shall call you The city of Adonai,
The Tziyon of the Holy One of Yisra'el.
60:15Whereas you have been forsaken and
hated,
so that no man passed through you,
I will make you an eternal excellency,
a joy of many generations.
60:16You shall also suck the milk of
the nations,
and shall suck the breast of kings;
and you shall know that I, Adonai,
am your Savior, and your Redeemer,
the Mighty One of Ya`akov.
60:17For brass I will bring gold,
and for iron I will bring silver,
and for wood brass, and for stones iron.
I will also make your officers shalom,
and righteousness your ruler.
60:18Violence shall no more be heard in
your land,
desolation nor destruction within your borders;
but you shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
60:19The sun shall be no more your
light by day;
neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you:
but Adonai will be to you an everlasting light,
and your G-d your glory.
60:20Your sun shall no more go down,
neither shall your moon withdraw itself;
for Adonai will be your everlasting light,
and the days of your mourning shall be ended.
60:21Your people also shall be all righteous;
they shall inherit the land forever,
the branch of my planting,
the work of my hands,
that I may be glorified.
60:22The little one shall become a
thousand,
and the small one a strong nation;
I, Adonai, will hasten it in its time.
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The Blessing of the B'rit Chadasha
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Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai,
Eh-lo-hay-noo
meh-lech ha-ohlahm,
ah-shehr na-tahn la-noo ma-she-ahch Yeshua,
v’ha-deebrote shell Ha-breet Ha-cha-da-sha,
ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai,
notain Ha-breet Ha-cha-da-shah.
Blessed are You, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who has given us Messiah Yeshua
and the commandments of the New Covenant.
Blessed are You, O Lord,
Giver of the New Covenant. |
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Romans
3:27-31
3:27Where then is the
boasting? It is excluded. By what manner of law? Of works? No, but by a law
of faith. 3:28We maintain therefore that a man is justified by faith apart from
the works of the law. 3:29Or is G-d the G-d
of Yehudim only? Isn't he the G-d of Goyim also? Yes, of Goyim also,
3:30since indeed there is one G-d who will justify the circumcised by
faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
3:31Do
we then nullify the law through faith? May it never be! No, we establish the
law.
Ephesians 2:4-10
2:4But G-d, being rich in mercy, for
his great love with which he loved us,
2:5even
when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with
Messiah (by grace you have been saved),
2:6and
raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in
Messiah Yeshua,
2:7that in the ages to come he might show
the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Messiah Yeshua;
2:8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of G-d, 2:9not of works, that
no one would boast.
2:10For we are his workmanship, created
in Messiah Yeshua for good works, which G-d prepared before that we would
walk in them.
Ya'akov 2:14-26
2:14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has
no works? Can faith save him? 2:15And if a brother or
sister is naked and in lack of daily food,
2:16and
one of you tells them, “Go in shalom, be warmed and filled;” and yet you
didn’t give them the things the body needs, what good is it?
2:17Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
2:18Yes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me
your faith from your works, and I by my works will show you my faith.
2:19You believe that
G-d is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.
2:20But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from works is
dead? 2:21Wasn’t Avraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up
Yitzchak his son on the altar? 2:22You see that faith
worked with his works, and by works faith was perfected;
2:23and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Avraham believed G-d,
and it was accounted to him as righteousness;” and he was called the friend
of G-d. 2:24You see then that by works, a man is justified, and not only by
faith. 2:25In like manner wasn’t Rachav the prostitute also justified by
works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?
2:26For as the body apart from the spirit is dead, even so faith apart
from works is dead.
The Blessing After Torah
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Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai,
eh-lo-hay-noo
meh-lech ha-ohlahm,
ah-sher na-tahn la-noo toe-raht eh-met,
v’cha-yaye oh-lahm na-ta b’toe-chay-noo.
Ba-rooch ah-ta Adonai, no-tain ha-torah.
Blessed are you, O Lord our G-d,
King of the Universe,
Who has given us a Torah of truth,
and has planted eternal life in our midst.
Blessed are You, O Lord, Giver of the Torah. |
Click here to listen to this sung by
Cantor Kenneth B. Cohen of
Temple Sholom, Greenwich, CT |
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