15 — Shabbat Shacharit: Yotzer Or and Shema

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Part 15 of 26

Creator of light — for Shabbat

Blessed are You, LORD our God, King of the universe, who forms light and creates darkness, makes peace and creates all things.

All shall thank You, all shall praise You, and all shall say: none is holy like the LORD. All shall exalt You for ever, Creator of all. God opens the gates of the east each day and pierces the windows of the firmament; He brings the sun from its place and the moon from its dwelling, illuminating the whole world and its inhabitants whom He created with compassion. With compassion He gives light to the earth and those who dwell upon it; in His goodness He continually renews the work of creation every day. How many are Your works, LORD; You made them all with wisdom, and the earth is full of Your possessions.

The King alone exalted from ancient times, praised, glorified and uplifted since the days of the world: eternal God, in Your abundant mercy have compassion upon us. Master of our strength, Rock of our stronghold, Shield of our salvation, be a refuge for us.

None can be compared with You; none exists apart from You; nothing is without You, and who is like You? None compares with You, LORD our God, in this world; none exists apart from You, our King, in the life of the world to come; nothing is without You, our Redeemer, in the days of the Messiah; none is like You, our Savior, in the resurrection of the dead.

God, Lord of all works, blessed and praised by every soul: His greatness and goodness fill the world; knowledge and understanding surround Him. Exalted above the holy living beings, adorned in glory above the chariot: merit and uprightness stand before His throne; kindness and mercy fill His glory. Good are the luminaries our God created, fashioned with knowledge, understanding and insight. He gave them strength and might to rule within the world. Full of radiance and shining brightness, beautiful is their light throughout the world. They rejoice in their rising and delight in their setting, performing in awe the will of their Maker. They give glory and honor to His Name, joy and song to the remembrance of His kingship. He called to the sun and it shone forth; He saw and fashioned the form of the moon. All the hosts on high praise Him; the seraphim, ophanim and holy living beings declare His glory and greatness.

To God who rested from all works: on the seventh day He was exalted and sat upon His throne of glory. He clothed the day of rest in splendor and called the Sabbath a delight. This is the praise of the seventh day, on which God rested from all His work; the seventh day itself praises and says: “A psalm, a song for the Sabbath day.” Therefore let all His creatures glorify God, offering praise, honor, greatness and glory to the King who created all, who grants His people Israel rest on the holy Sabbath.

May Your Name, LORD our God, be sanctified, and Your remembrance, our King, be glorified in heaven above and on earth below, beyond the praise of Your handiwork and the radiant lights You formed; they shall glorify You for ever.

Blessed God, great in knowledge, prepared and made the sun’s radiance. The Good One fashioned glory for His Name, setting luminaries around His might. The leaders of His hosts are holy, exalting the Almighty, continually recounting God’s glory and holiness. Blessed are You, LORD our God, for the praise of Your handiwork and for the radiant lights You made; they shall glorify You for ever.

All are beloved, all are pure, all are mighty, all are holy; all perform with awe and reverence the will of their Maker. All open their mouths in holiness and purity, with song and melody, blessing, praising, glorifying, revering, sanctifying and proclaiming the kingship of the great, mighty and awesome King’s Name. Holy is He. They all accept upon themselves the yoke of the kingdom of heaven, each from the other; they grant one another permission to sanctify their Maker with serenity, clear speech and holy melody. Together, in awe, they answer:

Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory. The ophanim and holy living beings rise with a great sound opposite the seraphim; facing them, they praise and say: Blessed is the glory of the LORD from His place.

To the blessed God they offer sweet praise; to the living and enduring King they sing songs and proclaim praises. He alone performs mighty deeds, makes new things, masters battles, sows righteousness, causes salvation to spring forth, creates healing, is awesome in praise and is the Master of wonders. In His goodness He continually renews the work of creation every day, as it is said: “To Him who makes great lights, for His kindness endures for ever.” Shine a new light upon Zion, and may we all speedily merit its light. Blessed are You, LORD, who forms the luminaries.

Everlasting love

[With] an Eternal Love, You loved us, Adonai, our God. With great and exceptional grace, did You grace upon us. Our Father, our King due to Your Name and due to our fathers that had faith in You and that You taught them the ordinances of life – to do your will with a complete heart, thus have grace upon us, Father of mercy, the Merciful One, please have mercy upon us. And place in our hearts understanding – to understand and enlighten, to listen and to learn and to teach, to observe and to do and to uphold all the words of the teachings of Your Torah with love.

Enlighten our eyes with your Torah and let our hearts cleave to your Mitzvot [commandments] And unify our hearts to love and to fear Your Name. Let us not be ashamed and not embarrassed and not stumble – forever and ever. For In Your Holy Name – the Great, the Mighty, and the Awesome – we have faith. We rejoice and are gladdened with Your salvation. And Your Mercy, Adonai, our God, and may Your abundant kindness never leave us, selah, forever

Speedily Bring upon us Blessing and Peace (Gather the Tzitzit in ones left hand and place them against heart) from the four corners of the earth. And break the yoke of the nations from upon our necks, and bring us quickly to independence to our land – for You are God – implementer of salvation – and You selected us from every people and language and You brought us close, our King, to Your Great Name with love – to acknowledge You and to Unify and to Fear and to Love Your Name. Blessed are You, Adonai, Who selects His people Israel with Love.

Shema and its three paragraphs

(Concentrate on the Saying of this Shema to accomplish the Mitzvah of Oneness of God) [cover eyes when Shema is said & think of Oneness of God]

HEAR, O ISRAEL, Ado·nai Is Our G·D, Ado·nai Is ONE

(Silently) Blessed be His Name & glorious sovereignty forever.

And you shall love the Adonai, your God, with all your heart & with all your soul & with all your might. And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart. And you shall teach them diligently unto your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house & when you walk by the way, when your lie down & when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, & they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house & upon your gates. (Devarim / Deut. 6:4-9)

And it shall be that if you hearken diligently unto My commandments which I command you today, to love the Adonai your God & to serve Him with all your heart & all your soul, then I will send rain for your land in its proper time, the autumn rain & the spring rain, that you may gather in your grain, your wine & your oil. And I will give grass in your field for your cattle & you shall eat & be satisfied. Take heed to yourselves lest your heart be deceived, & you turn aside & serve other gods & bow to them. For then the Adonai's wrath will be kindled against you, & He will close up the heavens that there be no rain, & land shall not yield her produce, & you shall perish quickly from off the goodly land which the Adonai gives you. You shall lay My words, these upon your heart & upon your soul, & you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, & they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down & when you rise. And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house & upon your gates. So that the Adonai will lengthen your days & the days of your children upon the land which the Adonai promised to give to your fathers, as the days of the heavens above the earth (Devarim / Deuteronomy 11:13-21)

And the Adonai spoke unto Moses, saying, speak unto the children of Israel & say to them to make for themselves a fringe on the borders of their garments, throughout their generations. And they shall place upon the fringe of the border, a thread of blue wool. And it shall be to you a fringe that you may look upon, & remember all the commandments of the Adonai & to do them. Then shall you not stray after your heart & your eyes whereafter you are wont to stray. So may you remember & do all My commandments & be holy for your God. I am the Adonai your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the Adonai your God. (Bamidbar / Numbers 15:37-41)

(Repeat & Say) The Adonai, Your God is True.

True and steadfast

And this matter [the Torah] stands, and is correct, and remains, and is straight and trustworthy and beloved and dear and pleasant and beautiful and awesome and mighty and structured and accepted and good and nice for us forever and ever.

Truth – You are the God of the Universe, our King, the Rock of Yaakov, Shield of our salvation. Every Generation He stands and His Hame stands. And His Throne is Stable and His Kingship and His Faith always stands, And His words are alive and standing and trustworthy and beloved forever (when one says “forever” kiss the Tzitzit in his hands, pass them over his eyes and release them from hands) And forever and ever. Upon our forefathers, upon us and upon our children, and upon our generation and upon every generation of the seed of Israel, Your servants, upon the first ones and upon the last ones – is is a good thing and it stands with truth, and faith, as a as a decree and it will not pass. Truth – that You are the Adonai, our God and God of our fathers, our King, King of our fathers. Our redeemer, Redeemer of our fathers. Our creator, the Rock of our redemption, [You are] our redeemer and savior. From before [time] is Your Name, and we have no other God, besides You. Selah.

You are the Helper of our fathers – from ever before. A Shield and a Savior for them and their children after them – in every single generation. In the heights of the Universe is Your abode. And Your Justice and Righteousness arrives to the end of the earth. Truth – Happy is the man that listens to Your commandments and Your Torah [law] and Your Word he places upon his heart. Truth – that You are the Master of Your people and a Mighty King that fights their battles – for the fathers & the children. Truth – that You are the first and You are the last and apart from You we have no king, redeemer or savior. Truth – From Egypt You redeemed us – Adonai, our God. From the house of bondage you ransomed us. All their first born You killed and Your first born – Yisrael – you redeemed. The Sea of Reeds, You split for them. And the intentionally wicked [Egyptians] You drowned. And the Beloved – passed [through] the sea. And the water covered their tormentors – not one of them remained. Upon this – give praise beloved ones – exultations to God, blessings and thanks to the King, Living and Standing God, Exalted & Uplifted, Great & Awesome, Who causes the Haughty to fall to the earth and the Lifts up the fallen to the heights. He takes out the emprisoned and redeems the humble , helps the pneedy and answers His people Yisrael at the time they Him.

Praises to the lofty God – their Redeemer. Bless is He and [He is] the causer of blessing. Moses and the children of Israel – to You they answer in song with great exultation and they all say: Who is like You among the [false] gods [people worship] Adonai. Who is like You – Mighty in Holiness. Awesome. Praises that do wonders. A new song – those redeemed [by You] – to Your great name – on the banks of the sea. Together they acknowledged and acceped [Your] Kingship and said : The Adonai shall reign as King forever and ever. And it is said: Our Redeemer, Adonai of Hosts is His name – the Holy One of [the people of] Israel. Blessed are you Adonai who redeemed [the people of] Yisrael.