Reading note: pronounce יהוה as “Adonai” once. Seasonal alternatives apply only in their proper season and are not recited together. Headings and directions are explanatory and are not part of the recited text.
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For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, Blessed be He, & His Divine Presence & His Fear & His Mercy & His Mercy & His Fear, to unify of the Name of letter Yud, letter Hei with letter Vav letter Hei with a Complete Unity in the name of all Yisrael to lift the Divine Presence from the dust & to raise the Divine Presence – our Force. Behold I accept upon myself the Divinity of the Blessed One [Adonai] & His love & His fear. And behold I fear from him because he is the master & rules over all, & all is before Him entirely. And behold I accept His Sovereignty on each & every member & vein from the 248 members & 365 veins of my body & my soul – a total & complete sovereignty. And behold I am a servant to the Adonai May He Be Blessed. And He in His Mercy will aid us to Merit to serve Him with a complete heart & a willing soul. Amen – May it be His Will.
Master of the Universe, behold I forgive & pardon anyone who angered me, or antagonized me or who sinned against me, whether relating to my body, or my money, or my honor, or anything that belongs to me, whether done accidentally, or willingly, unintentionally or intentionally, or whether with words, whether with actions, whether in this present incarnation, whether in another incarnation – any person of Israel. And may no person be punished because of me. May it be Your will, My God, & God of my forefathers, that I will not sin again. And that that I did sin erase with Your abundant mercies, however, not through suffering or bad illnesses. May the expressions of my mouth & the thoughts of my heart find favor before You, God, my Rock & my Redeemer.
On Nights of Weekday we Say Lay us down, our Father, in peace, & raise us up, our King, for a good life & peace. And spread upon us the shelter of Your peace, & fix us, our King, with good advice before You. And deliver us speedily for the sake of Your name. And guard us, & refrain from us the striking of an enemy, pestilence, the sword, illness, suffering, evil, & pain & destruction & plague. Break & remove the bad force from before us & after us. And in the shadow of Your wings hide us. And guard our goings & comings for good life & peace from now & ever more. For You are God that guards us & saves us from all evil occurrence & from the terror of night. Blessed is the One that guards His people Israel for eternity. On Nights of Shabbat & Holy Days we Say Lay us down, our Father, in peace, & raise us up, our King, for a good life & peace. And spread upon us the shelter of Your peace, & fix us, our King, with good advice before You. And deliver us speedily for the sake of Your name. And guard us, and spread upon us and upon Jerusalem your city your shelter of peace. Blessed is the One spreads the shelter of peace upon us and upon His entire people Israel and upon Jerusalem.
Blessed [are You, Adonai, our God, King of the Universe] that casts the pangs of sleep upon my eyes, & slumber upon my eyelids, & that enlightens the pupil of the Eye. May it be Your will, Adonai, my God , & God of my forefathers, that You will lay me down in peace, & that You will raise me up for good life & peace. And place my portion in your Torah & accustom me in a matter of Mitzvah. And don't accustom me to a matter of sin. And do not bring me into the hands of sin, nor in the hands of trials, nor the hands of degradation. And let the Good Inclination rule over me & let not the Evil inclination rule over me. And save me from the Evil Inclination, & from bad illnesses. And let not bad dreams or bad thoughts disturb me. And may my bed be complete before you. And enlighten my eyes lest I die in sleep. Blessed [are you Adonai] that enlightens the world all with His glory.
