Selichot

SELJCHOT
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Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................IX
Selichot for Day One ......................................................... 1
Selichot for Day Two ...................................................... 19
Selichot for Day Three .................................................... 35
Selichot for Day Four ...................................................... 51
Selichot for Day Five ....................................................... 68
Selichot for Day Six ......................................................... 85
Selichot for Day Seven .................................................. 102
Selichot for Erev Rosh Hashanah ............................... 119
Letter by the Lubavitcher Rebbe
Regardmg Selichot for Tzom Gedalyah ......................... 151
Selichot for Tzom Gedalyah ........................................ 153

Likkut Taarnim u'Mekorot ...........................................175
Introduction
The principle of teshuvah is indispensable - "for it is

impossible for man not to sin and err, either by erroneously
adopting an opinion or moral quality which in truth is not
commendable, or else by being overcome by passion and
anger. If man were to believe that t h s fracture could never
be remedied, he would persist in his error and perhaps even
add to his dtsobedience. The belief in teshuvah, however,
leads him to improvement, to come to a state that is better,
nearer to perfection, than that which obtained before he
sinned. That is why the Torah prescribes many actions that
are meant to establish this correct and very useful principle
of teshu~ah."~
The power of teshuvah is unlimited. Nothng stands in
the way of teshuvah.' It mends and remedies everything. It
removes a burdensome past and opens the door to a new
future. It signifies renewal, rebirth, becoming a different a new - person.' Moreover, it is immediate: a single
thought or meditation of teshuvah instantaneously moves one
from the depths and despair of sin to the heights of
reunification with G-d."
A single thought or meditation, indeed, for the essence
of teshuvah is in the heart, in man's mind:' sincere regret of
the sins committed (be they sins of omission or
commission) and a firm undertaking not to repeat those
errors." Proper teshuvah, however, seeks not only
forgiveness but also atonement, i.e., at-one-ment, to be
reunified with G-d. This requires more than simply leaving
the past and starting afresh. It requires verbal confession of
sin before G-d and articulating one's pursuit of forgiveness
5. Rambam, Moreh Nevuchim III:36. 6. Zohar II:206a; Zohar Chahsh, Bereishit, 20a;
Yemshalmi, Pehh 1:l. See Tanya, ch. 25, and ibid., 1geret Hateshuvah, ch. 4. 7 . See Rambam,
Hilchot Teshuvah 2 4 . 8. Zohar I:129a-b; Pessikta Rabatj 459. Cf. Kidusbin 49b; Shnlchan
Aruch, Even Ha'erer 38:31. 9 . Hilchot Teshwuah 22-3, and see there also 6:2; T a q a , Igcret
Hateshuvah, ch. 1. Cf. Joel 213, and Yerurhalmi, Ta'anit 2:l. 10. Hilchot Teshuvah 2 2 , and
see also ibid. 1:l; R. Jonah, Sha brei Teshuvah I:10-11.
Introduction
The principle of teshuvah is indispensable - "for it is

impossible for man not to sin and err, either by erroneously
adopting an opinion or moral quality which in truth is not
commendable, or else by being overcome by passion and
anger. If man were to believe that this fracture could never
be remeled, he would persist in hls error and perhaps even
add to his dsobedience. The belief in tesh~vah,however,
leads him to improvement, to come to a state that is better,
nearer to perfection, than that which obtained before he
sinned. That is why the Torah prescribes many actions that
are meant to establish this correct and very useful principle
of tesb~vab."~
The power of tesbzrvab is unlimited. Nothng stands in
the way of teshuvah.' It mends and remedies everything. It
removes a burdensome past and opens the door to a new
future. It signifies renewal, rebirth, becoming a different a new - person.' Moreover, it is immediate: a single
thought or meditation of teshuvah instantaneously moves one
from the depths and despair of sin to the heights of
reunification with G-d.*
A single thought or mechtation, indeed, for the essence
of teshuvah is in the heart, in man's mind:9 sincere regret of
the sins committed (be they sins of omission or
commission) and a firm undertalung not to repeat those
errors." Proper tesh~vab, however, seeks not only
forgiveness but also atonement, i.e., at-one-ment, to be
reunified with G-d. This requires more than simply leaving
the past and starting afresh. It requires verbal confession of
sin before G-d and articulating one's pursuit of forgiveness
5 . Rambam, Moreh Nevuchim I11:36. 6. Zohar II:206a; Zohar Cha&sh, Bereishit, 20a;
Ykushaimi, Pe'ah 2:I. See Tanya, ch. 25, and ibid., lgeret Hateshuuah, ch. 4. 7 . See Rambam,
Hiichot Teshuvah 2 4 . 8. Zohar I:t29a-b; I'esrikta Rabaty 459. Cf. Kidushin 49b; Shn/chan
Awch, Even Ha'erer 38:31. 9. Hilchot Teshuvah 2:2-3, and see there also 6:2;Tanya, lgeret
Hateshuvuh, ch. 1. Cf. Joel 2:13, and YcrnshaImi, Tahnit 2:l. 10. Hiichochot Teshnvah 2 2 , and
see also ibid. 1 :I; R. Jonah, Shahrei Teshuvah I:10-11.
Introduction
xii
they "increase charity and good deeds, and engage in mit~ot,

more than the rest of the year. All rise at night during these
ten days and pray in the synagogues with words of
supplications and admonition until dawn.""
The first reference to, and text for, an order of selichot
during those days is found in the early medieval era of the
Geonirn, in the writings of Rav Amram G a ~ nDuring
.~
that
same era developed also a custom to recite selicbotprior to Rosh
Hashanah, every day of the precedmg month of Elul.2' The
whole period of the forty days from the first of Elul to Yom
Kippur is an auspicious time, recopzed as such since the days
of Moses, as these were the forty days Moses spent in heaven
to receive the second tablets and effected Divine forgiveness for
Israel." Sefardl communities observe this practice to this day.Z3
111: The Days of Selichot

Ashkenazi communities adopted a custom to start the
recitation of seljcbot [at least] four days prior to Rosh
Ha~hanah.'~
One reason for "four days" is from an analogy
to sacrifices in the Holy Temple which had to be examined
for disqualifying flaws for four days prior to their ~ffering.'~
In the Ashkenazi tradition the custom is to start selichot
Teshwah 2:6 19. Ibid. 3:4 20. Seder RLZVAmram Gaon, ed. Jerusalem 1971, sect. 117 @.
145). R. Asher ben R. Yechiel, end of Rorh on Rosh Hashanah; T NOrach
~ Cbqim, beg.
of sect. 581. 21. Rosh and Tur, ad loc cit. 22. Pirkei deR Elieqer, ch. 46. Tur, ad loc. cit.
See also Tanchuma, Ki Teiqc30, cited by Rashi on Deuteronomy 9:18. 23. The special
nature of the whole month of Elul is marked in the Ashkenazi rite as well, by the d d y
blowing of the shofn, the daily recital of Psalm 27, additional recital of Psalms, and so
forth. See Match Ephroyim, sect. 581:lff., and Elcph Lomateh ad loc. See also kkkutei
Sichot, vol. 11, pp. 378ff. and 622ff. (in English translation, Likkulctci Sichot, vol. VDcvarim,
pp. 45ft and 55ff.). 24. When the first day of Rosh Hashanah is on a Thursday, selichot
are started the preceding motxa'ei Shabbat (night following the Shabbat). Thus there are
four days of selichot. When it is on Shabbat, there would be six days of selichot. When it
is on a Monday or Tuesday, relichot are started on moqa'eishabbat of the preceding week,
thus seven or eight days of selichot. (According to our established calendar, the first day
of Rosh Hashanah can never occur on a Sunday, Wednesday or Friday; Midrash hkach
Tov on Genesis 17:13; Tur, Oracb Chvim. sect. 428.) Thus there are never less than four
days. 25. R. Eliyahu Schapiro, E4ahu Rabba 582:8
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Introduction
always in the night following Shabbat.26One source explains

this custom as follows: Just as the receiving of the Torah
required three days of preparation: so, too, with Rosh
Hashanah, the Day of Judgment, the day on which we
proclaim and reaffirm the sovereignty of G-dZ8as King of
the universe. The association with the Torah goes further.
The Shabbat is a holy day on which all forms of labor and
mundane involvements are prohibited. It is a day
consecrated unto G-d, to be spent in the service of G-d and
he
however, is also a day of
the study of T ~ r a h . ~ T Shabbat,
delight, a day that we must appreciate and enjoy even on the
level of, our physical reality by partaking in delightful food
a sense of true and
and drink.30The Shabbat thus generates
complete joy and happiness, spiritually and physically. T h s
joy is quite important, for "the Shechinah abides neither amid
sadness, nor sloth . . . but only amid the joy in connection
Thus it is good to begin the selichot in that
with a rnit~ah."~'
frame of mind, as it is generated by the joy of the Shabbat.j2
Though the recital of selichot appears to have started
orignally in the aseretyemei teshuvah, some have the custom to
do so only in the days precedng Rosh Hashanah and not
thereafter, except for the day of Qom Gedabah (the 3rd of
Tishrei, and when thls happens to be on a Shabbat it is
postponed to the 4th of Tishrei) when seliGhot are said as on
the other fast-days. This is the custom of Chabad.33
26. R. Nissim (Ran) on Rosh Hashanah I6a relates the beginning of the selichot to the 25th
of ELul,which traditionally is regarded as the f ~ sday
t of creation. This would offer a set
date but varying days in the week. R David Halevi (Turei Zahav on Orach Cbqim 581, note
2) thus notes that a set time was established to begin always on moqa'ei Shabbat preceding
Rosh Hashanah. See also R. Mosheh ben R. Abraham, Match Mozbeh V:sect. 779. 27. See
Exodus 19:15, and Rashj ad loc. citing Shabbat 87a. 28. Rosh Harhanah 16a and 34b 29.
Ymrhdmi, Shabbat 15:3; Shubhan Amcb Harav, Orarb Cbqim 290:5. 30. Shabbat 118b;
Ymshdlmi, ibid.; Rarnbam, HiJcho: Shabbat, ch. 30. See R. Joseph Karo, Bet Yorslfon Tur,
beg. of sect. 288. 31. Shabbot 30b 32. R. Joseph ben R. Mosheh, Leht Yorbn; Oracb
Chqim, ed. Freimann, p. 117f. The emphasis there is on three days, but just three days
before Rosh Hashanah is impossible (if we start on moqa'eiShabbat) because the first day
Rosh Hashanah cannot occur on a Wednesday (see above, note 24). 33. See Sefer Hasicbot
5750, p. 351, note 132. Cf. OfZar Minbagei Cbabad, ed. Y.Mundshein, Elul-Tishrei, p. 16lf.
Introduction
IV: The Contents of the SeZichot

The text of the selichot divides into three sections: a) the
"introductory part" which is the same every day; b) the
"concluding part" which is also the same every day; and c)
the "middle part" which has selections of various prayers
(p&~tirn)for every day mixed in special order with common
supplications such as the repeated appeals to the Divine
attributes of mercy. The "middle part" also has a special
pi~rnon(hymn with refrain)14for each day. The introductory
and concluding parts consist essentially of Biblical
passages (psalms and combinations of Biblical verses) and
ancient prayers.
The p+tim are of later origin, composed in the
Gaonic period and shortly thereafter (approximately
between the 9th and 12th centuries of the common era).
Their authors include some of the greatest authorities of
~
Mebr
that time,15such as Rav Saadiah G a ~ nR., ~Gershom
Hag01ah," R. Shelomoh Yitzchaki (Rashz)," and members of
the group of Ba'alei Tossafot."' Most of them inserted their
names by way of acronyms or acrostic^.^" Their
compositions invariably use explicit Biblical phrases or
paraphrases, and oftentimes references to, or paraphrases
of, Rabbinic passage^.^' Another common feature is their
34. For the vanous interpretations of the t e r m p i ~ ~ osee
n , the Rebbe's comments on the
sdichot, below p. 176, and note 5 there. 35. This implies that the pbufim are not simply
arbitrary compositions. They are not only inspiring but also inspired, containing mystical
devotions and allusions. See at length, R. Aharon Shemuel Kaidanover, Kau Hayasbar, ch.
86. This led many later authorities to write detailed commentaries on thepjun'm which are
often necessary to understand the texts. 36. E.g.,yebi raqon (below, p. 141; the original
version - see Sidur Rau Saadiah Goon, Jerusalem 1941, pp. 77-79 - was adapted to the
context of Rosh Hashanah, and there are also other textual changes); and avlah najbi,
(below, p. 160). 37. E.g., ayeih (below, p. 57). 38. E.g., Ha& E l o h j (below, p. 122) and
a x terem (below, p. 156). 39. E.g., Yisrael amcha (below, p. 72), composed by R. Yitzchak
ben Meir (Ribam, grandson of Rash). 40. See the Rebbe's comments on the sehcbot, below
p. 176ff., indicating these acrostics. 41. The critical edition of the relithot by Daniel
Goldschmidt, Jerusalem 1965, traces the sources o f all these quotations and
paraphrases. I am very much indebted to this edition as it eased my work tremendously.
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Introduction
poetic structures and rhyming, and most of them follow

one or another order of the Hebrew alphabet.42The latter
is also found in several prayers of the concluding part.43
The greater parts of the begnning and concluchng
sections appear already in the oldest texts of selichot. Nearly
all pjutim were composed later, and there are many more
than appear in our version. Different communities made
their own selections of these to be recited, and thus evolved
a variety of customs or versions for the selichot. The various
texts were originally local choices, but once adopted one is
bound to follow the local customs and cannot change them
by omitting, adding, or exchanging pEy~tirn.~~
It should be noted, though, that a good number of
p&tim were subjected to internal or external censorship:
references to other rehgons, and their persecutions of Jews
and J ~ d a i s m , "were
~
omitted or changed to avoid negative
repercussions. Also, some authorities objected to passages
that do not address G-d hrectly but appeal to angels or the
Divine Attributes of Mercy to act as intercessors on our
behalf."'There is an extensive Halacluc discussion of this
matter, and the preponderant view is that the original
42. Some pfyutim have double alphabets (see below, pp. 8, 57, 109, 122), or even a triple
alphabet @. 162). Some double nvo consecutive letters w ~ t hthe next letter appearing but
once (p. 125 and tts contlnuatlon on p. 127). or double every odd-numbered letter and the
even-numbered letters appear but once @. 128). Others have the alphabet in reverse order
(pp. 8 and 163), and one ppf has the first half of each verse with the first half of the
aleph-bet in regular order and the second half of each verse with the second half of the
aleph-bet in reverse order @. 135). Note that thc concept of startlng the verses in
alphabetical order is found already in 7ihilLni (Psalms 25, 34, 111, 112, 119 - with eight
verses for each letter, and 145). I.ikewise, thc first four chapters of Eichab (Lamentauc~ns)
have the verses follow the aleph-bet (though in ch. 2-4 the order of ayin-peh is reversecl,
as is explained in .Sanhedrin 104b; Eirhuh Kabl~a220, and ibid. 3peb, and see there also the
commentary Yfeh A n d note also .S~/eei C.%larhun~itn
on lzchah 2:16), with ch. 3 hav~nga
triple aleph-bet (see Eicbah Kal)i)u 51). 43. ,4shamnu i)ugudnu @. 13); asbamnu m i h l @ . 13);
Keil rucbum and aneinu (p. 14-15) 44. R. Yaakov Moclin, .SeferMaharil, HHbot Yam Krppur,
par. 11 (ed. Jerusalem 1989, p. 339f.1, cited in .Sbulchan A d ,Orach Chqim 619:l. See also
R. Yair Bachrach, Cba~otYajr, responsurn 238; and R. Yitzchak I.ampronti, Pucbad
ZFttchuk, S.V.pjyutzm. 45, ILg, in the p~vutimon pp. 4, 72f, 74, 128 and 162. 46. E.g.,
muchnissei rachanlim @. 16); mulacb~zrachamim (p. 42); sblosb pssrei midof @. 136ff).
Introduction
xvi
versions are not ob~ectionable.~'

Their defense emerges not
only from the Halachc arguments on their behalf, but no less
so from the fact that they were composed by great authorities.
V: This Edition
For this edition we corrected not only a number of
printing errors but also restored the original texts where
these had been changed.48We took the liberty to do so, as
many of these corrections were noted already in the Rebbe's
comments on the selichot, appended to this volume.
Needless to say, it is important that we understand our
utterances when praying4' The language of the selichot is
mostly quite complex and difficult. Even those familiar with
Hebrew and Aramaic will find a need for the various
commentaries to grasp the text. Thus it is hoped that this
translation will prove helpful to make the recitation of the
selichot more meaningful.
May all of us, together with all of Israel, merit that our
prayers will be accepted favorably, to be granted forgveness
and atonement, and to be inscribed and sealed for a truly
good and sweet year. Above all, we must note that, not
surprisingly, a consistent theme throughout the selichot is not
only the pursuit of these personal goals, but also the
profound supplication that the Almighty put an end to our
galtlt (exile) by sending us Mashiach to usher in the Messianic
age. May this happen speedly in our very own days!
J. Immanuel Schochet
Toronto, Ont., Tamuz 3, 5760
47. See the sources cited in the Rebbe's comments, p. 176, note 6. 48. The (;oldschmdt
edtion of the se(ichot, Jerusalem 1965, based o n manuscripts and orignal prints, and
citing all variant versions, served as my principal source for these corrections. 49. See
'fur& Zabau on .Sh~IcbanArucb, Orach Cbuyim, sect. 100; .ShuIchan . A d Harav, Orach
Cbqim, sect. 100. Cf. R. Sheftel Horowitz, I'iizar tfahmudim (appended to his father's
Sbenei I-ttcbot Haberif),ch. 10 ( ~ ncurrent editions p. 124, and especially his quote from
.refer Cbossidim, par. 785 (and see there also par. 588).
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Selichot
Note about the rendition of Divine Names

in the translation:
God is referred to by a variety of names. A number of
these appear in the xeiichot. We chose to render their
translations as follows:
Havayah (Shem Hameforash, the distinct four-lettered
name that is not to be pronounced; the Tetragrammaton) is
rendered as GOD (in capitals and italics).
E-lohim is rendered as God.

E-iis rendered as God, and sometimes as Almighty.
Ado-nai is rendered as Lord.
e
Shad-ai is rendered as Almighty.
Txeua-ot is rendered in transliteration. Wheli it appears

in construct state as E-lohei Txeva-ot, the two joined names are
then rendered as God of Hosts.
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Selichot - Day One
Fortunate are those who dwell in Your

House; they will yet praise You, Selah. Fortunate is
the people for whom this is so, fortunate is the people whose God is GOD. A Psalm by David: I will
exalt You, my God, the King, and I will bless Your
Name forever and ever. Every day I will bless You,
and I will extol Your Name forever and ever. GOD
is great and exceedingly exalted, and His greatness is
unfathomable. One generation to another will laud
Your works, and tell of Your mighty acts. I will speak
of the splendor of Your glorious majesty and of
Your wondrous deeds. They will proclaim the might
of Your awesome acts, and I will recount Your greatness. They will utter the remembrance of Your
abundant goodness, and sing exultantly of Your
righteousness. GOD is gracious and merciful, slow to
anger and great in hndness. GOD is good to all, and
His mercy is on all His works. GOD, all Your works
will give thanks to You, and Your pious ones will
bless You. They will declare the glory of Your kingdom, and tell of Your might. To make known to
humans His mighty acts, and the glorious splendor
of His langdom. Your kingshp is a kingship over all
worlds, and Your dominion is throughout every generation. GOD supports all the fallen, and straightens
all the bent. The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
and You give them their food in its time. You open
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- Day One
Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

GOD is righteous in all Hts ways, and benevolent in
all HIS deeds. GOD is close to all who call upon Him,
to all who call upon Him in truth. H e fulfills the will
of those who fear Him, and H e hears their cry and
delivers them. GOD watches over all who love Him,
and He will destroy all the wicked. My mouth shall
declare the praise of GOD, and all flesh shall bless
His holy Name forever and ever. And we shall bless
God from now to eternity; Halleluyah.
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hxn?Exalted and sanctified be His great Name (Cong.: Amen) in

the world that he created according to His Wdl, and may He establish
His Kingshp, and cause His redemption to sprout and bring near His
Mashach (Cong.: Amen), in your lifetimes and in your days, and in the
lifetimes of the entire House of Israel, speedily and soon, and say
"Amen." (Cong.: Amen. May ffis great Name be bles~edforeverandfor all eternig; Blessed) May His great Name be blessed forever and for all etemty. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored,
upraised and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, blessed is He
(Cong.: Amen) beyond all blessings and songs, praises and consolations,
that are uttered in the world, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen)
15 Yours, GOD, is the righteousness, and ours is the

shamefacedness. What can we complain about? What
can we say? What can we speak, and how can we justify
ourselves? Let us search and examine our ways, and
return to You, for Your right hand is extended to
receive those who repent. We do not come before You
with lundness, nor with kood] deeds. We knock at Your
doors like paupers and like beggars. We knock at Your
doors, Merciful and Gracious One, please do not turn
us away empty-handed from Your Presence. Please do
not turn us away empty-handed from Your Presence,
our Gng, for You are the One who hears prayer.
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yaw You who hears prayer, to You all flesh will come. All flesh will
come to prostrate themselves before You, GOD. They will come and prostrate themselves before You, Lord, and will honor Your Name. Come, let
us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before GOD, our Maker. Enter
His gates with thanksgiving, His courtyards with praise; give thanks to
Him, bless His Name. Behold, bless GOD all servants of GOD who stand
in the house of GOD in the nights. Raise your hands in sanctity and bless
COD. Let us come to His dwehngs, let us prostrate ourselves at His footstool. Exalt GOD, our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool, He
is holy. Exalt GOD, our God, and prostrate yourselves toward His holy
mountain, for GOD, our God, is holy. Prostrate yourselves before GOD in
the splendor of holiness; tremble before Him all the earth. And we,
through Your abundant kindness, we shall come into Your house, we will
prostrate ourselves toward Your holy Sanctuary in awe of You. We will
prostrate ourselves toward Your holy Sanctuary, and we will thank Your
Name for Your kindness and for Your truth, for You have exalted Your
word above all Your Name. GOD, God of Hosts, who is like You, the
Mighty God, and Your faithfulness surrounds You. For who in the sky can
be compared to GOD, who among. the mighty [celestial] beings can be
likened to GOD? For You are great and perform wonders, You alone, 0
God. For great above the heavens is Your kindness, and Your truth reaches to the skies. GOD is great and exceedingly exalted, ard His greatness is
unfathomable. For GOD is great and exceedingly exalted; He is awesome
above all celestial powers. For GOD is a great God and a great King over
all celestial powers. For what power is there in heaven or on earth that can
do like Your deeds and like Your mighty acts? Who would not fear You,
King of nations, for this befits You; for among all the wise of the nations
and in all their dominions, there is none like You. There is none like You,
GOD, You are great and Your Name is great in might. Yours is the arm
with might; Your hand will be strengthened, Your right hand will be exalted. Yours is the day, the night is also Yours; You established the luminary
[the moon] and the sun. For in His hands are the depths of the earth, and
the heights of the mountains are His. Who can recount the mighty acts of
GOD, proclaim all His praises. Yours, GOD, is the greatness and the might,
the glory, the victory, and the majesty; even all in heaven and on earth.
Yours, GOD, is the kingship, and You are exalted, supreme over all. Yours
are the heavens, the earth is also Yours; the world and all its fullness -You
founded them. You set all the boundaries of the earth; summer and winter
- You fashioned them. You crushed the heads of the Leviathan, You gave
him as food for the nation [wandering] in the wilderness. You split open a
fountain and brook; You dried up mighty streams. You divided the sea with
Your might; You shattered the heads of sea-monsters on the waters. You
rule the pride of the sea; when its waves surge, You calm them.
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GOD is great and exceedingly exdted in the city of our God, His holy
mountain. GOD, God of Israel, enthroned upon the cherubim, You alone
are God. The Almighty is revered in the great council of the holy ones, and
awe-inspiring over all who surround Him. And the heavens will praise Your
wonders, GOD, Your faithfulness, too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
Come, let us sing to GOD; let us raise sounds to the Rock of our deliverance. Let us approach His Presence with thanksgiving; let us raise sounds
to Him with hymns. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of Your
throne; kindness and truth precede Your countenance. Let us take sweet
counsel together; let us walk with the throng to the House of God. For His
is the sea, as He made it; and His hands formed the dry land. For in His
hand is the soul of every living being and the spirit of all human flesh. The
soul is Yours, and the body is Your handiwork; have pity on Your labor.
The soul is Yours and the body is Yours, GOD, act for the sake of Your
Name. We have come [relying] on Your Name, GOD, act for the sake of
Your Name; for the sake of the glory of Your Name, for Gracious and
Merciful God is Your Name. For the sake of Your Name, GOD, forgive
our iniquity, for it is great.
n5u Forgive us, our Father, for in our great foolishness we
have erred. Pardon us, our King, for our iniquities are many.
7 3 7 3 5 ~Our G o d and G o d of our fathers:
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the stretched-out heavens]? In what way can we pour out prayers? We
loathed Your upright and honest paths; we clung to abominations and
despicable deeds. We went after vain and misleading oracles; we were
stubborn and acted with insolence. Because of us You raged against
the secure Dwelling Place [the Holy Temple]: it was destroyed, and
the pleasing scent [of the offerings] ceased; driven aw7ayand made to
wander about were the anointed priests - they who lillc\~haw to
arrange burnt-offerings and sacrifices. You chastised us oftentimes
through the envoys that were sent, but we were not attentive to listen
to those who rebuked. From then until now we have been dispersed,
slain, slaughtered and butchered. We are left mere few, among cutdown thorns, our eyes pining without finding relief. The oppressors
of Your people who bow to Bell, why do they succeed in the morning and the evening? They rise up against You, uttering blasphemies:
"Crushed ones, in whom do you trust?' Foul Who dwells eternally
and are holy, observe the humiliation of those who groan; they rely
on You and bond with You. May we be delivered forever by Your
right hand's awesome deeds, for we trust in Your abundant mercy.
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3 3 For we trust in Your abundant mercy, and we rely on Your righteousness, and we hope for Your forgveness, and we yearn for Your
deliverance. You are a !Stng who loves righteousness from of old, who
makes the iniquities of His people pass away and removes the sins of
those that fear Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the first
[generations] and keeps the oath with the latter [generations]. You are the
One who descended on Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory and
showed the ways of Your benevolence to Moses, Your servant. You
revealed to b m the ~ a t h of
s Your kindnesses. and made known to h m
that You are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and abundant
In kindness, abounding in beneficence, and guidmg the entire world with
the attribute of mercy. And so it is written: "And He said: I will make all
My benevolence pass before you, and I will call out with the Name of
GOD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I wdl be gracious and
I wdl be merciful with whom I will be merciful."
5~ Almighty One, You are slow to anger, You are called the Master
of Mercy, and You have taught the way of repentance. Remember this
day, and every day, the greatness of Your mercy and kindness to the
descendants of Your beloved. Turn to us with mercy, for You are the
Master of Mercy. We approach Your Presence with supplication and
prayer, as You have made known aforetimes to [Moses] the humble.
Turn from Your fierce anger, as it is written in Your Torah. May we shelter and lodge in the shadow of Your wings, as on the day when "GOD
descended in a cloud." Pass over rebellious sin and erase guilt, as on the
day when "And He stood there with him ~foses]."Give ear to our cry
and be attentive to our speech, as on the day when "he invoked the
Name of C O P ; and there it is said:
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;11;r? GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to
Anger and Abundant in IOndness and Truth; Preserver of Iundness
fix Thousands [of generations], 1:orgiver of iniquity, rebellious
transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses." Forgive our iniquity
and our sin, and take us for Your heritage.
n5u Forgive us, our Father, for wc have sinned; pardon us, our
King, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
and forgiving, ant1 abundant in kindness t o all who call upon You.
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~ h e pious have disappcarcd from the earth, and of the
upright anlong man therc is none. N o onc calls on Your Name in
righteousness,bestirring himself to takc hidd of You. Save, GOD,
for the pious have ceased, for the faithful have vanished from among
the children of man. T b r with \ii)u IS the source o f life, in Your light
we shall see light. For with GOL) there is loving-kindness, and with
I I l m there is abundant redemption; :lnd I-lc will redcem Israel from
all its iniquities.
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As a father has mercy on h s children, so, GOD, have mercy

o n us. Deliverance is GOD5; Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the G o d of Jacob is a stronghold for us,
Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. GOD,
help; may the King answer us o n the day we call.
n5u Please forgve the iniquity of thls people in accord with the
greatness of Your kindness, and as You have forgiven this people from
Egypt until now; and there it is said:
Y n K v "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
nun My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see
the desolation of ourselves and of the city upon whlch Your Name is
proclaimed. For it is not on account of our own righteousness that we
offer our supplications before You, but because of Your abundant
mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, be attentive, and act and d o not
delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your Name is proclaimed over Your
city and Your people.
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is no one who calls out in righteousness; a good man is
like a briar. To ask for mercy for those thoroughly crushed, no one at all
can be found. The faultless and poor is vanished, the pious has ceased,
and the righteous has been trampled. An impoverished generation is held
to account for its iniquity, who can be found to direct its ways? With our
sins we added to inflame wrath [even against] those who, like members of
pour] household, offered themselves to intercede in prayer; how then
can strength be mustered by old or young to confess and pray to the One
who is holy and ever-awake? I tremble and am afraid on behalf of the
Camp [of Israel] to voice a cry to the One who searches [the heart] with
probing; deficient in kindness and replete with the stench [of sin] - how
can I find favor with supplication? You who are good to those who call
upon You with emboldened soul, bearing their burden and provilng
[their] sustenance, expand Your precious kindness upon me, respond to
my voice by listening with love! Consider my crushed spirit before You
like one of worthy character and skilled in prayer, like an elder and one
who is fluent, and not like a boor, that it be not shamed. For the sake of
my relief remember Your mercy that it be not concealed. Our needs are
numerous, they cannot be expressed because of scant knowledge and
abundant bitterness; it is all before You, 0 Molder of clay, [our] Guide
and Shepherd, Shelter and Guard. We are left like a pole upon a mountain in our solitude, our glory has become loathsome and despicable;
answer us, give us sustenance in our servitude, seek out our lost ones to
add them to Your counted ones. Those stricken with plagues by the rods
of Your chastisements, scattered, separated and pawned among the
nations - shelter them in Your Abode from strife and judgments, for
they long to behold Your glory. The sound of Your might hews flames,
allotting a good portion or its opposite. Your beloved ones are knocking,
with a sorrowful voice - be pleased with their offering [of prayer]
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and stand in their midst. They persevere in fasting to subdue their heart;
hide their multitude from wrath in Your chambers. They plead in an undertone, moving the lips, please do not withhold their desire. Your Name, 0
Living God, is glorified; may we remain with the good life [that comes]
from You, with whom the fount of life wells up. Look and answer us, and
enlighten our eyes!
5~ Almighty, King, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts

with kindness, pardoning the iniquities of His people, removing
every first [sin],' increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all
who are flesh and spirit; You who does not requite them accordng
to their evil, Almighty One, You who taught us to recite the Thirteen
[Attributes of Mercy], this day remember unto us the covenant of
these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to poses] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud and stood
there with hlm, and he invoked the Name of GOD.
Thefo//omng two verses are recited on4 with a quorum of ten.
7 3 Y V And GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
m;r>GOD, GOD, Almighty, Mercihl and Gracious, Slow to

Anger and Abundant in Kindness and Truth; Preserver of
IOndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity and
rebelltous transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive
our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your heritage.
n5w Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
King, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, Lord, are good
and forgiving, and abundant in hndness to all who call upon You.
'YK DO not enter into judgment with us, for no living being will be
justified before You. Let our prayer come before You, and do not h d e
Yourself from our supplication. Let the groan of the prisoner come
before You; as befits the greatness of Your might, release those condemned to die. Lord, hear our voice; may Your ears be attentive to the
sound of? our supplications. Please, let Your ear be attentive and let Your
eyes be open to Your people Israel.
nnm As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have mercy
on us. Deliverance is GOD$ Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us,
Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man who trusts in You. GOD,
save; may the C n g answer us on the day we call.
nY
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greatness of Your hndness, and as You have forgiven this people from
Egypt until now; and there it was said:
1. For this phrase see Rorh Ha~hanah17a, and commentaries there; Rambam, H i h o t
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Selichot -Day One
"And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."

the desolation of ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name is
proclaimed. For it is not on account of our righteousness that we offer
our supplications before You, but because of Your abundant mercies.
Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, be attentive, and act and d o not delay;
for Your sake, my God, for Your Name is proclaimed upon Your city
and upon Your people.
I Y ; ~ ~OKu r God and God of our fathers:
Kiln Let the cry for graciousness come before You; please let Your
ear be attentive to pleading. GOD, hear justification, be attentive to
chanting, You who looks at uprightness and disregards slander. We are
embarrassed, we are ashamed to raise our head, for we caused the scent
of our fragrance to become odious; we made crooked the straight paths,
and perverted'the [written and oral) Torahs; thus we hide our faces in
the ground. There is distress and anguish from every side, [we are] sheep
adrift without a stronghold. Turning to the right, the axe strikes; from
the left there is dread and the preying hunter. Let Your all-seeing eyes be
open to the privation and affliction from extended troubles; with Your
straight ways turn and change lamenting to exultatior., reproofs to favor.
We have been delivered to captivity and plunder because of our iniquities; we, our kings, and our priests were put to shame. From the height
of glory and mighty love, You hurled [us] down to the ground, to desolation and scorn. We did not entreat Your Presence, to offer supplication, to become wise with Your truth, [to avert] the stench [of sin) from
rising. As the sound of the grinding [of Torah-study] abated, we would
have been destroyed like Sodom, in just one brief moment, were it not
for [Your] grace. You took pity to retain the remaining residue, You provided a stake and a fence and gathered [them] in. You cast us away
[again] because of [our offense] equivalent to the three [cardinal sins]
that You loathe, and because of us You trampled the longed-for Palace
[the Holy Temple]. We acted corruptly, behaving treacherously; we were
made to suffer from yoke to yoke. please] remember - You promised
never to despise [us, but] to gather the scattered and to rule over them.
But after all that has happened, You are true and righteous, and the fault
is ours. Today, as of old, we are here before You with great sin because
there is no change. The poor nation is held in shame and contempt,
pushed about, swept aside, given over to plunder, exile and servitude,
with trial and cleansing; O turn in luridness to pardon and healing. In
Your mercy of so many times may we be saved in You; fulfill [the promise] of "And I will save them": some will come from afar in droves, and
some from the north, from the wilderness and Kittim. They are Yours,
Your servants and Your people; hearten Your sweet ones as in the days
of old. Draw us after You, place us among Your inscribed ones, all
desire to revere Your Name. O our Beloved One, increase the smallest
into a thousand, and the tiny one into a nation to be strong withn our
borders. In all Your righteousness have compassion upon all of us
together, please turn back Your anger, and comfort us.
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5~ Almighty, King, who sits on the throne of mercy and

acts with kindness, pardoning the iniquities o f His people,
removing every first [sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors; who does
righteous deeds with all who are flesh and spirit; You who
does not requite them a c c o r F g to their evil; Almighty One,
You who taught us to reclte the Thirteen [Attributes of
Mercy], this day remember unto us the covenant of these
Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to [Moses] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud and
stood there with him, and he invoked the Name o f GOD.
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;rl;r-GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to
Anger and Abundant in kindness and Truth; Preserver of

Iandness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity
and rebellious transgression and sin, and He who cleanses."
Forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your heritage.
n5o Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us,
our King, for we have rebeLously transgressed. For You, Lord,
are good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to all who call
upon You.
oms, As a father has mercy on h a children, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is GODS; Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man who trusts
in You. GOD save; may the King answer us on the day we call.
7Knn2 At the outgoing of [the day of] rest, we first approach
You; incline Your ear from on high, You Who are enthroned upon
praise - [Accede] to hear the raised voice and the prayer!
nK Bestir Your mighty right hand to act valiantly, because of
the righteousness of the one who was bound and a ram was
slaughtered in his place; please shield his descendants as they cry
while it is still night uinw5 [Accede,' to hear tbe raised t~oiceand the pruyer!
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Presence, be accessible to them from Your heavenly abode and do
not avert Your ear from the cry of their supplication vmw5 [Accede? to bear the raised zlozce and theprqer!
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n.5nir They tremble and quake at the day of Your coming, shaking from the fury You carry as one giving birth for
the first time; please wipe away their filth, and they will praise
Your wonders urn& [Arced] to hear the raised voice and theprqer!
in-You are the Creator of every creature formed, You prepared from of old a remedy to deliver them from distress by gratuitously granting them grace from the guarded treasury vinw5 [Accede] to bear the raised voice and the prayed
niin Sublime One, if the rebellious transgressions of Your

congregation have become immense, please strengthen them
from the treasure stored in Your celestial abode; they come to You
to be granted gratuitous grace yinw5 [Accedej to bear the raised voice and the prqer!
339 Please turn to the sufferings, and not to the sins; justify
those who cry to You, Doer of wonders, please be attentive to

their supplication, 0 God, GOD Tzeva'ot Y in WS
[Accedej to hear the raised voice and tbe prayer!
8x7 Look with favor at their entreaty as they stand in the night,
please regard it with favor, like a fully consumed offering and burntofferings; show them Your miracles, Doer of great things ~ i n w f[Accedd to hear the raised voice and theprqer!
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approach You; incline Your ear from o n high, YO; who dwells on
praise - [Accede] to hear the raised voice and the prayer!
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acts with kindness, pardoning the iniquities of His people,
righteous deeds with all who are flesh and spirit; You who
does not requite them according to their evil; Almighty One,
You who taught us to recite the Thirteen [Attributes of
Mercy], this day remember unto us the covenant of these
Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to [Moses] the
humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud
and stood there with him, and he invoked the Name of GOD.
Thefoliowing two oerses are recited on4 with a quornm of ten.
i>y,l And God passed before him and proclaimed:
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mnv GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

Kindness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity
and willful transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses." Forgive
n'7~Foqgve us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our e n g , for
we have d f u l l y transgressed. For You, Lord, are good and forgiving, and
abundant in kindness to all who call upon You.
o m > As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have mercy on
us. Deliverance is GOD?;Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD,
Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD,
Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man who trusts in You. GOD help; may the King
answer us o n the day we call.
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~ not recall against us former iniquities; let Your mercies come
swiftly towards us, for we have been brought very low. D o not remember
the sins of our youth and our rebellious transgressions; may You remember us in accordance with Your kindness, because of Your goodness, GOD.
131 GOD, remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses, for they are
from the beginning of the world. Remember us, GOD, with favor for
Your people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation
which You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage which You
redeemed, this Mount Zion where You dwelt. GOD, remember the affection for Jerusalem, do not forget the love of Zion until eternity. Arise,
and have mercy for Zion, or it is the time to be gracious to her, for the
appointed time has come. GOD, remember the day of Jerusalem against
the Edomites who said "Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!"
Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel Your servants, to whom You swore
by Your very Self and You said to them: "I will increase your offspring
like the stars of heaven, and this entire Land of which I spoke I will g v e
to Your offspring and they will inherit [it] forever." Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; do not turn to the obstinacy of this
people, to its wickedness and to its sin. Please do not reckon for us a sin
that which we did foolishly and that which we have sinned. We have
sinned, our Rock; forgive us, our Creator.
ll>r Remember to us the covenant with the Patriarchs, as You said:
"And I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant
with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will remember; and I
will remember the Land." Remember to us the covenant with the first
[generations], as You said: "And I will remember for them the covenant
with the first [generations] whom I took out from the land of Egypt
before the eyes of the nations, to be their God; I am GOD." D o unto us
as You promised us: "Yet despite all that, when they will be in the land
of their enemies, I will not despise them nor loathe them so as to destroy
them, to annul My covenant with them; for I am GOD, their God." Bring
back our captivity and have mercy o n us, as it is written: "GOD, your
God, will return
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your captivity and have mercy o n you, and He will again gather you from
all the peoples where GOD,your God, has scattered you." Gather our
dispersed, as it is written: "If your dispersed will be at the furthermost
part of heaven, from there GOD,your God, will gather you, and from
there H e will take you." Wipe away our rebellious transgressions like a
thick cloud and like a mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud, your sins like a mist; return to Me,
for I have redeemed you." Wipe away our rebellious transgressions for
Your sake, as You have said: "I, I am He who wipes away your rebellious
transgressions for My sake, and I will not recall your sins." Whiten our
sins as snow and as wool, as it is written: "Come now, let us reason
together, says GOD, though your sins will be like scarlet, they will
become white as snow; though they be red as crimson, they will become
as [white] wool." Sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is wrirten: "And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I
will purify you from all your defilement and from all your idols." Have
mercy on us and do not destroy us, as it is written: "For GOD,your God,
is a merciful God; H e will not abandon you, and He will not destroy you,
and He will not forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to
them." Circumcise our hearts to love your Name, as it is written: "And
GOD,your God, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to love GOD,your God, with all your heart and with all your soul,
that you may live." Be accessible to us when we seek You, as it is written:
"And from there you will seek GOD,your God, and you will find, when
you search for Him with all your heart and with all your soul." Bring us
to Your holy mountain and gladden us in Your House of Prayer, as it is
written: "I will bring them to My holy mountain and I will gladden them
in My House of Prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will find
favor upon My altar, for My House shall be called a House of Prayer for
all peoples."
The A r k is opened. Thefollotvingfourpassages are recited uerse verse ly the charxan
and the congregation, up to (but not includingJthe uerse beginning 'Do notforsake us. "
Ynw Hear our voice, GOD, our God, have pity and
mercy upon us, and accept our prayer with mercy and favor.
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renew our days as of old.
L ~ K Do not cast us awav from Your Presence.' and do
not take Your Spirit of ~ o l & e s away
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5~ Do not cast us away in old age;
- do not forsake us
when our strength fails.
5~ DOnot forsake us, GOD, our God; do not be far from us.
Show us a sign for good, that our foes may see and be shamed, for
You, GOD, have helped us and consoled us. Give ear to our words,
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GOD, consider o u r thoughts. May t h e w o r d s o f o u r m o u t h a n d

t h e meditation o f o u r heart find favor before You, GOD, o u r
Rock a n d o u r Redeemer. F o r i t is for You, GOD, that w e h o p e d ;
Y o u will respond, Lord, o u r G o d .
The Ark is closed.
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~ uKr G o d and G o d o f o u r fathers: may o u r prayer come
before You, and d o n o t hide Yourself from o u r supplication, for we
are n o t s o brazen-faced and obstinate as t o say before You, GOD,
o u r God and God o f o u r fathers, that we are righteous and have n o t
sinned. Indeed, w e and o u r fathers have sinned.
u n W K We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed; we
have spoken slander. We have committed iniquity, and we have acted
wickedly; we have willfully sinned; we have done violence; we have framed
ties. We have given evil counsel; we have deceived; we have scoffed; we have
rebelled, we have provoked; we have turned away; we have committed iniquity; we have rebelliously transgressed; we have oppressed; we have been
obstinate. We have been w~cked;we have corrupted; we have acted abominably; we have strayed; we have led others astray.
i n o We have turned away [tom Your commandments and from Your
good laws, and it has not profited us. But You are the Righteous One in all
that has come upon us, for You have acted truthfully, and it is we who
acted wickedly.
1 m w K We have become more guilty than all peop:e; we are more
shameful than all generations; joy has departed from us; our heart is sickened by our sins; our desirous place has been ruined, and our splendor has
been disturbed; the abode of our Holy Temple was destroyed because of
our iniquities; our Palace has become desolate; the beauty of our Land is
gone to aliens, our strength to strangers.
7 - 1 ~ Yet
1 still we have not returned from our error. How can we be so
brazen-faced and obstinate as to say before You, GOD,our God and God
of our fathers, 'We are righteous and we have not sinned"; but, indeed, we
and our fathers have sinned.
r~try5Our toil has been plundered before our eyes, pulled and torn
from us. They placed thelr yoke upon us, we are bearing it on our shoulders.
Slaves rule over us, there is none to free us from their hand. Many troubles
have encompassed us. We called unto You, GOD,our God, but because of
our iniquities You have distanced Yourself from us. We turned away from
following after You, we have gone astray, and we have become lost.
nlwn Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern errors? Cleanse me from hidden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD, our God,
from all our rebellious sins, and purify us from all our defilement; and
sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written by Your prophet:
"And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I will purify you from all your defilement and from all your idols."
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Daniel, the delightful person, cried out before You: "My God,
incline Your ear and hear, open Your eyes and see the desolations of ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name is proclaimed; for it is
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not for our righteousness that we offer our supplications before You,
but because of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord,
be attentive, and act and do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your
Name is proclaimed upon Your city and upon Your people."
K V Y Ezra the Scribe said before You: "My God, I am ashamed and
confounded to lift my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have
increased to above the head, and our guilt has grown to the heavens. But
You are the God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and
abundant in kindness, and You did not forsake them." Do not forsake us,
our Father, and do not cast us off, our Creator; do not abandon us, our
Molder, and do not make an end to us, as for our sins. GOD, our God, fulfill for us the word You promised us in the tradition through Jeremiah, Your
seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that time, says GOD, the iniquity of
Israel wdl be sought for and it shall not be there, and the sins of Judah and they shall not be found, for I will forgive those whom I leave to
remain." Your people and Your heritage hunger for Your goodness, thirst
for Your kindness, long for Your deliverance; may they r e c o p z e and know
that mercy and forgiveness belong to GOD, our God.
5~ "Compassionate God" is Your Name. "Gracious God" is
Your Name. Your Name is called upon us; GOD, act for the sake of
Your Name. Act for the sake of Your truth. Act for the sake of Your
covenant. Act for the sake o f Your greatness and glory. Act for the
sake of Your Law. Act for the sake of Your majesty. Act for the sake
o f Your Meeting House. Act for the sake o f Your remembrance. Act
for the sake of Your luridness. Act for the sake o f Your goodness.
Act for the sake of Your Oneness. Act for the sake of Your honor.
Act for the sake o f Your teaching. Act for the sake of Your kingship.
Act for the sake of Your eternity. Act for the sake of Your secret
counsel. Act for the sake of Your might. Act for the sake o f Your
magnificence. Act for the sake of Your righteousness. Act for the
sake of Your holiness. Act for the sdke of Your abundant mercies.
Act for the sake of Your Shechinah. Act for the sake of Your praise.
Act for the sake of Your beloved who rest in the dust. Act for the
sake of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Act for the sake of Moses and
Aaron. Act for the sake of David and Solomon. Act for the sake of
Jerusalem, Your holy city. Act for the sake o f Zion, the abode of
Your glory. Act for the sake of the desolation o f Your Sanctuary. Act
for the sake o f the destruction of Your altar. Act for the sake of
those who were slain for Your holy Name. Act for the sake o f those
who where slaughtered for Your Oneness. Act for the sake o f those
who went through fire and water for the sanctification of Your
Name. Act for the sake of the nursing infants who have not sinned.
Act for the sake o f the weaned children who have not transgressed.
Act for the sake o f the school-children. Act for Your sake, if not for
ours. Act for Your own sake and deliver us.
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~ I I YAnswer us, GOD, answer us. Answer us, our God, answer
us. Answer us, our Father, answer us. Answer us, our Creator, answer
us. Answer us, our Redeemer, answer us. Answer us, You who seeks
us, answer us. Answer us, faithful God, answer us. Answer us, You
who are steadfast and kind, answer us. Answer us, You who are pure
and upright, answer us. Answer us, living and enduring One, answer
us. Answer us, good and beneficent One, answer us. Answer us, You
who knows our nature, answer us. Answer us, You who suppresses
anger, answer us. Answer us, You who dons righteousness, answer
us. Answer us, Supreme King of kings, answer us. Answer us, You
who are awesome and exalted, answer us. Answer us, You who forgives and pardons, answer us. Answer us, You who responds in time
of distress, answer us. Answer us, You who redeems and rescues,
answer us. Answer us, righteous and upright One, answer us. Answer
us, You who are close to those who call upon Him, answer us.
Answer us, You who are hard [to be provoked] to anger, answer us.
Answer us, You who are easy to be pacified, answer us. Answer us,
You who are merciful and gracious, answer us. Answer us, You who
listens to the destitute, answer us. Answer us, You who supports the
wholesome, answer us. Answer us, God of our fathers, answer us.
Answer us, God of Abraham, answer us. Answer us, Dread of Isaac,
answer us. Answer us, Mghty One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us,
Helper of the Tribes, answer us. Answer us, Stronghold of the
Matriarchs, answer us. Answer us, You who responds in a time of
favor, answer us. Answer us, Father of orphans, answer us. Answer
us, Judge of widows, answer us.
.InHe who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
may He answer us. He who answered his son Isaac, when he was
bound on the altar, may He answer us. He who answered Jacob in
Beth-El, may He answer us. He who answered Joseph in prison, may
He answer us. He who answered our fathers at the Sea of Reeds, may
He answer us. He who answered Moses at Horeb, may He answer us.
He who answered Aaron with the censer, may He answer us. He who
answered Pinchas when he rose from amid the congregation, may
He answer us. He who answered Joshua in Gjlgal, may He answer us.
He who answered Samuel in Mitzpah, may He answer us. He who
answered David and his son Solomon in Jerusalem, may he answer
us. He who answered Elijah on Mount Carmel, may He answer us.
He who answered Elisha in Jericho, may He answer us. He who
answered Jonah in the bowels of the fish, may He answer us. He who
answered Hezekiah, I n g of Judah, in his illness, may He answer us.
H e who answered Chananyah, Mishael and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He answer us. He who answered Daniel in the lion's den,
may He answer us. He who answered Mordechai and Esther in
Shushan the capital, map He answer us.
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H e who answered Ezra in the exile, may H e answer us. H e w h o

answered all the righteous, and the pious, and the wholesome, and
the upright, may He answer us.
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r David said to Gad: "1 am exceedingly distressed. Let us fall
into the hand of GOD,for His mercies are abundant, and let me not fall
into human hands."
ulm Merciful and gracious One, I have sinned before You. GOD,full
of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD,do not
rebuke me in Your anger, and do not chastise me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, GOD,for I am feeble; heal me GOD,for my bones are terrified. My soul, too, is very much terrified, and You, GOD:until when!
Return, GOD,rescue my soul, save me for the sake of Your kindness. For
in death there is no mention of You; in the grave who will give thanks to
You? I am wearied with my sighing; every mght I drench my bed, I melt my
couch, with my tears. My eye is dmmed because of anger, aged because of
all my tormentors. Depart from me all workers of evil, for GOD has heard
the sound o f my weeping. GOD has heard my supplication, GOD will
accept my prayer. All my foes shall be shamed and exceedingly terrified;
thev will turn back, they will be shamed in an instant.
inn He wounds and He heals; He causes death and.He restores Life;
He raises from the grave to eternal life. When a son sins, his father strikes
him; but a compassionate father heals his pain. A slave who rebels is led out
in chains; but if his master so desires, he breaks his chains. We are Your
firstborn son and we have sinned against You; our souls are sated with bitter wormwood. We are Your servants and we rebelled against You, [thus we
suffer] - some with plunder, some with captivity, some with the whip. We
beg of You, in Your abundant mercies, heal the pains that overwhelm us,
before we be annihilated in captivity.
iD1nn You [angels] who bring in [pleas for] mercy, bring in our [plea
for] mercy before the Presence of the Master of mercy. You [angels] who
cause prayer to be heard, cause our prayer to be heard before the Hearer of
prayer. You [angels] who cause outcry to be heard, cause our outcry to be
heard before the Hearer of outcry. You [angels]who bring in tears, bring in
our tears before the King who is appeased by tears. Intercede and increase
supplication and entreaty before the King, the high and exalted God.
Mention before Him, cause to be heard before Him, the Torah and the
good deeds of those who repose in the dust. May He remember their love,
and give life to their offspring, so that the remnant of Jacob not be lost. For
the flock of the faithful shepherd has become a disgrace; Israel, the unique
nation, an example and a taunt. Hasten, answer us, God of our salvation,
and redeem us from all harsh decrees; and in Your abundant mercies save
Your righteous anointed and Your people.
pn Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a captive who
pleads to his captors. All captives are redeemed with money, but Your people with mercy and pleacbng. Grant us [our] requests and petitions, so that
we be not turned back from You empty-handed.
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p n Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a slave

pleads to his master. We are oppressed and abide in darkness,
souls embittered from troubles that are aboundng. We have no
strength to appease You, our Master. Act for the sake of the
covenant that You made with our forefathers.
iniw Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and let
not perish Israel, those who say "Hear O Israel."
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the unique people, and let not perish the unique nation, those
who proclaim the Oneness of Your Name, "GOD is our God,
GOD is One."
iniw Guardian of the holy nation, guard the remnant of the
holy people, and let not perish the holy nation, those who repeat
three times the three-fold sanctification to the Holy One.
n n n n You who becomes favorable through [pleas for] mercy
and are appeased by supplications, become favorable and appeased
to an afflicted generation, for there is no helper.
1 1 3 2 ~Our Father, our JQng, You are our Father. Our Father,
our I n g , we have no lung but You. Our Father, our Ktng, have
mercy on us. Our Father, our IGng, be gracious with us and
answer us, for we have no [good] deeds; deal with us with charity
and kindness for the sake of Your great Name, and save us.
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eyes are upon You. GOD, remember Your mercies and
Your hndnesses, for they are from the beginning of the
world. GOD, may Your hndness be upon us as we have
put our hope in You. D o not recall against us former
iniquities; let compassion come swiftly towards us, for
we have been brought very low. Be gracious to us, GOD,
be gracious to us, for we are abundantly sated with
humiliation. When in anger, remember to be compassionate! When in anger, remember the binding [of
Isaac]! When in anger, remember uprightness! When in
anger, remember the love! GOD, save; may the King
answer us on the day we call. For He knows our nature,
He is mindful that we are dust. Help us, God of our
deliverance, for the sake of Your Name's glory, and save
us, and atone our sins for the sake of Your Name.
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entire House of Israel, swiftly and soon, and say "Amen."
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life, upon us and upon all Israel, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen)
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all His deeds. G O D is close to all who call upon Him,
of those who fear Him, and He hears their cry and
delivers them. G O D watches over all who love Him,
and H e will destroy all the wicked. My mouth shall
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the world that he created according to His WIU, and may He establish
His Kingshp, and cause His redemption to sprout and bring near His
Mashiach (Cong.: Amen), in your lifetimes and in your days, and in the
lifetimes of the entire House of Israel, speeddy and soon, and say
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return to You, for 'i'our right hand is extended to
with hndness, nor with kood] deeds. We knock at Your
doors, Merciful and <;racious One, please do not turn
our King, for You are the One who hears prayer.
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ynw You who hears prayer, to You all flesh will come. All flesh .viU
GOD. Let us come to His dwellings, let us prostrate ourselves at His footstool. Exalt GOD, our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool, He
mountain, for GOD, our God, is holy Prostrate yourselves before GOD in
word above aU Your Name. GOD, God of Hosts, who is like You, the
be compared to GOD, who among the mighty [celestial] beings can be
Cod. For great above the heavens is Your kindness, and Your truth reaches to the skies. GOD is great and exceedingly exalted, and His greatness is
above all celestial powers. For GOD is a great God and a great Iting over
Icing of nations, for this befits You; for among all the wise of the nations
and m all their dominions, there is none llke You. There is none hke You,
G O Q You are great and Your Name is great in might. Yours is the arm
wlth might; Your hand will be strengthened, Your right hand will be exalted. Yours is the day, the night is also b u r s ; You established the luminary
[the moon] and the sun. For in His hands :ire the depths of the earth, and
thc heights of the mountains are His. Who can recount the mighty acts of
GOD, proclaim all His praises. Yours, GOO, is the greatness and the might,
the glory, the victor); and the majesty; even all in heaven and on earth.
Yours, COD, is the lungshlp, and You are exalted, supreme over all. Yours
are the heavens, the earth is also Yours; the world and all its fullness --You
founded them. You set all the boundaries vF the earth; summer and winter
h ~ r nas food for the nation [wandering] In the wilderness. You split open a
fountain and brook; You dried up mighty sitcams. You divided the sea with
Your might; You shattered the heads of sen-monsters on the waters. You
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GOD is great and exceedingly exalted in the city of our God, His holy
wonders, GOD; Your faithfulness, too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
Come. let us sine to GOD: let us raise sounds to the Rock of our deliverance. Let us approach His Presence with thanksgiving; let us raise sounds
n h Forgive us, our Father, for In our great foolishness we
have erred. Pardon us, our Ktng, for our iniquities are many.
13 For we trust in Your abundant mercy, andwe rely on YOU; righteousness, and we hope for Your forgiveness, and we yearn for Your
deliverance. You are a Iting who loves righteousness from of old, who
those that fear Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the
first kenerations] and keeps the oath with the latter [generations]. You
are the One who descended o n Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory
and showed the ways of Your benevolence to Moses, Your servant. You
revealed to him the paths of Your kindnesses, and made known to him
in kindness, abounding in beneficence, and guiding the entire world
with the attribute of mercy. And so it is written: "And He said: I will
make all My benevolence pass before you, and I will call out with the
Name of GOD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merc~fulwith whom I will be merciful."
5~ Almighty One, You are slow to anger, You are called the
Master of Mercy, and You have taught the way of repentance.
Remember t h s day, and every day, the greatness of Your mercy and
kindness to the descendants of Your beloved. Turn to us with mercy,
for You are the Master of Mercy. We approach Your Presence with
supplication and prayer, as Tliju have made known aforetimes to
[Moses] the humble. Turn from Your fierce anger, as it is written in
Your Torah. May we shelter and lodge in the shadow of Your wings, as
on the day when "GOD descended in a cloud." Pass over rebehous sin
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-Day Two
and erase guilt, as o n the day when "And He stood there with him
Noses]." Give ear to our cry and be attentive to our speech, as on
the day when "he invoked the Name of GOD"; and there it is said:
Thefollowing two verses are recited on4 whenprqing with a qrrorum of ten.
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r n v GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to
Anger and Abundant in l n d n e s s and Truth; Preserver of
Kindness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity,
rebeltious transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses." Forgive
1-150Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
IOng, for we have rebehously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
and forgrving, and abundant in kindness to all who call upon You.
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he pious have disappeared from the earth, and of the
upright among man there is none. No one calls on Your Name in
righteousness, bestirring hmself to take hold of You. Save, GOD,
the children of man. For with You is the source of life, in Your light
we shall see light. For with GOD there is loving-hdness, and with
Him there is abundant redemption; and He wdi redeem Israel from
all its iniquities.
om:, As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is GOD$ Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts
in You. GOD, help; may the I n g answer us on the day we call.
n'7w Please forgve the iniquity of this people in accord with the
greatness of Your kindness, and as You have forgiven this people
from Egypt until now; and there it is said:
TnK'l "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see
the desolation of ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name
is proclaimed. For it is not on account of our own righteousness that
we offer our supplications before You, but because of Your abundant mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, be attentive, and act and
do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your Name is proclaimed
over Your city and Your people.
1l7n5rt O u r God and God of our fathers:
DK If our iniquities increased to grow, testifying against us , thick
like a plaited rope, causing us to create a separation between us, do not
withhold the ways of Your mercies. You undertook to act with the
attribute of kindness, and You are the One who has been from of old;
remember Your community that You have acquired, be gracious to
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- Day Two
the remnants of the one You called [Your] firstborn. You carried us, the
ones placed on top of the city's heights; You settled us on the protruding rock of the mighty ones; [yet] suddenly You crushed us in a place of
serpents; bring forth to relief the ones awaiting it for so long. From the
many occurrences and the distressing panic, my soul is cut to the dust it
abhors; support the one whose belly is dragged to the ground, awaken
-why do You [seem to] sleep, You who are [our] hope? May it be Your
desire to proclaim the opening of the confinement of Your imprisoned
ones; shorten their term of pressure of the times; gather Your dispersed
ones, the scattered flock, shut the mouth of those who see its iniquity.
Preserve the vow of luridness and the stipulation made with the perfect
one uacob], and with the one [whose ashes] are piled up psaac] and with
the builder [of altars; Abraham], my mighty ones; may He ordain His
peace so that there be no shame; turn about and change the times to
good. Though Jacob is small and poor, acquainted with dsease,
despised and farsaken, [be to him for] life and kmdness, a stronghold
and tower, as even now Your strength will be mapfied.
5~ Almighty, Kng, who sits o n the throne of mercy and acts
every first [sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all
who are flesh and spirit; You who does not requite them according
to their evil; Almighty One, You who taught us to recite the Thirteen
these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to p o s e s ] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud and stood
there with him, and he invoked the Name of GOD.
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ma- GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

IQndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity
and rebellious transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses."
Forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us as for Your heritage.
IGng, for we have rebeUlously transgressed. For You, Lord, are good
and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to all who call upon You.
am3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD,have mercy
Selah. GOD,Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man who trusts in You. GOD
save; may the Kmg answer us on the day we call.
n5u Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with the
greatness of Your kindness, and as You have forgiven t h s people from
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;rt~;rMy God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and
see the desolations of ourselves and of the city upon which Your
Name is proclaimed. For it is not on account of our own righteousness that we offer our supplications before You, but because
of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, be
attentive, and act and do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for
Your Name is proclaimed upon Your city and upon Your people.
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K God and God of our fathers:
l Y n 7 l K I longed for You, I hoped for You, from a distant land;
I beseeched You from withn me, I called to You from the depths.
I am broken with longing for You, as a hart [longs] for brooks of
water; I have sought You and searched for You in the streets and
in the market-places. Behold, it is time that You relieve the distressed, and that You execute judgment and justice for the exploited. Their vine- branches have been destroyed, and plunderers have
plundered them; they have been robbed and oppressed by the
crushers' hand. Those who cling to You, in whom You delighted
as with tender children, have been oppressed and battered for
many days. They lack everything, they are devoid of [all] good,
lions gnash their teeth at them. You despised, You forsook and
cast off those who cleave [unto You]; You nullified the covenant
with the beloved three patriarchs]. You rendered us into something loathsome, stricken and beaten, broken by gazam-locust,
eaten by yelek-locust. Bruised by wounds and limbs dsjointed, we
have no balm and we are deprived of ointments. Arise, help those
who sigh and groan; lift [them] from the dunghills and raise them
from the dust. The power is in Your hand to raise Your downtrodden, Your might is in the heavens and Your dominion is on the
earth. Only the righteous will gve thanks to Your Name when You
exalt the head of those purified seven-fold. Now will say those
who are near and far: "The Strong and the Mighty One has kept
His word to the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys!"
5 ~ 1 Israel
~ 1 is saved by COD with everlasting salvation,
may they be saved also this day by Your decree, You who dwells
in the heights -for You are abundantly forgiving and the Master
of mercies.
1 ' 1 y W They knock at Your gates hke the poor and destitute;
God, who dwells in the summits, be attentive to the outpouring
of their spoken prayers 73
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-Day Two
n7tin9 They are frightened by all their tormentors, by those

who disgrace them and revile them; please do not forsake them,
GOD, God of their fathers o f o r You are abundantb@rgivng and the Master o f mercies.
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chastisement, and from amid the &stress provide them redemption
and relief 72for You are abundantly@rgiving and the Master o f mercies.
1 Y w l ~May they be delivered in the sight of all, and let not the
wicked dominate them; annihilate Seir [Esau] and his father-in-law
Fshmael], and let saviours go up to Zion 7 3 for You are abundantbfirgivzng and the Master of mercies.
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their prayer ascend to the place of' Your abode, to the Heavens 73for You are abundantlyfo~iuingand the Master o f mercies.
' 7 ~ 1 ~Israel
7 is saved by GOD with everlasting salvation,
may they be saved also this day by Your decree, You who dwells
in the heights - for You are abundantly forgiving and the Master
of mercies.
riehteous deeds with all who are flesh and s~irit:You who does
not requite them according to their evil; Almighty One, You
who taught us to recite the Thirteen [Attributes of Mercy], this
day remember unto us the covenant of these Thirteen, as You
made known aforetimes to ploses] the humble one, as it is
written: "And GOD descended in a cloud and stood there with
him, and he invoked the Name of GOD.
Thefollowing hno uerses are recited onb with a q u o m of ten
l > ~ v lAnd God passed before him and proclaimed:
;rt;r7 GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious,
Slow to Anger and Abundant in kindness and Truth;
Preserver of Kindness for Thousands [of generations],
Forgiver of iniquity and rebellious transgression and sin, and
H e who cleanses." Forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take
us as for Your heritage.
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n'7o Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
I n g , for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, Lord, are good
am3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD,have mercy
o n us. Deliverance is GODlr;Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
GOD,Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us,
save; may the King answer us on the day we call.
' 7 ~D O not recall against us former iniquities; let Your mercies
come swiftly towards u s for we have been brought very low D o not
remember the sins of our youth and our rebellious transgressions; may
You remember us in accordance with Your kindness, because of Your
goodness, GOD.
131 GOD,remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses, for they
are from the beginning of the world. Remember us, GOD,with favor
for Your people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation which You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage whch You
redeemed, this Mount Zion where You dwelt. GOD,remember the
affection for Jerusalem, d o not forget the love of Zion until eternity.
Arise, and have mercy for Zion, for it is the time to be gracious to her,
for the appointed time has come. GOD,remember the day of Jerusalem
against the Edornites who said "Raze it, raze it to it5 very foundation!"
Remember Abraham, Isaac and Israel Your servants, to whom You
swore by Your very Self and You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of heaven, and this entire Land of which I spoke I
will give to Your offspring and they will inherit [it] forever." Remember
Your servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; d o not turn to the obstinacy
of this people, to its wickedness and to its sin. Please d o not reckon for
us a sin that w h c h we did foolishly and that which we have sinned. We
have sinned, our Rock; f o r p e us, our Creator.
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Remember to us the covenant with the Patriarchs, as You said:
"And I will remember My covenant w t h Jacob, and also My covenant
before the eyes of the nations, to be their God; I am GOD."D o unto
us as You promised us: 'Yet despite all that, when they will be in the
land of their enemies, I will not despise them nor loathe them so as to
destroy them, to annul My covenant with them; for I am GOD, their
God." Bring back our captivity and have mercy on us, as it is written:
"GOD,your God, will return your captivity and have mercy on you, and
He will again gather you from all the peoples where GOD,your God,
has scattered you." Gather our dispersed, as it is written: " I f your dispersed will be at the furthermost part of heaven, from there GOD,your
God, will gather you, and from there He will take you." Wipe away our
rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud
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and like a mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud, your sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have
redeemed you." Wipe away our rebelhous transgressions for Your sake,
as You have said: "I, I am He who wipes away your rebellious transgressions for My sake, and I will not recall your sins." Whiten our sins
as snow and as wool, as it is written: "Come now, let us reason together, says GOD;though your sins will be like scarlet, they will become
whte as snow; though they be red as crimson, they will become as
[white] wool." Sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written: '!And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; 1
will purify you from all your defilement and from all your idols." Have
mercy on us and do not destroy us, as it is written: "For GOD,your
God, is a merciful God; He will not abandon you, and He will not
destroy you, and He will not forget the covenant with your fathers
which He swore to them." Circumcise our hearts to love your Name, as
it is written: "And GOD,your God, will circumcise your heart and the
heart of your offspring, to love COD,your God, with all your heart and
with all your soul, that you may live." Be accessible to us when we seek
You, as it is written: "And from there you will seek GOD,your God, and
you will find, when you search for Him with all your heart and with all
your soul." Bring us to Your holy mountain and gladden us in Your
House of Prayer, as it is written: "I will bring them to My holy mountain and I will gladden them in My House of Prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will find favor upon My altar, for My House
shall be called a House of Prayer for all peoples."
The A r k is opened. Thefo1~'owingfourparsagesare recited vcrse by uerse by the c b u ~ ~ a n
and the congregation, up to (but not incluiljngl the verse beginning 'Do notforsake us. "
ynw Hear our voice, GOD, our God, have pity and
I I S W ~ Return us to You, GOD, and we shall return;
5K D o not cast us away from Your presence, and do
not take Your Spirit of Holiness away from us.
5~ Do not cast us away in old age; do not forsake us
when our strength fads.
5~ D o not forsake us, GOD, our God; d o not be far from us.
GOD, consider our thoughts. May the words o f our mouth and
the meditation o f our heart find favor before You, GOD, our
Rock and o u r Redeemer. For it is for You, GOD, that we hoped;
You will respond, Lord, our God.
The A r k 1s closed.
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llrrr!Jx Our God and God of our fathers: may our prayer come before
You, and do not hide Yourself frorn our supplication, for we are not so
brazen-faced and obstinate as to say before You, GOD, our God and God
of our fathers, that we are righteous and have not sinned. Indeed, we and
our fathers have sinned.
1 1 n w K We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed; we
lies. We have given evil counsel; we have deceived; we have scoffed; we have
rebelled; we have provoked; we have turned away; we have committed iniquity; we have rebelliously transgressed; we have oppressed; we have been
obstinate. We have been wicked; we have corrupted; we have acted abominably; we have strayed; we have led others astray.
1110 We have turned away from Your commandments and from
Your good laws, and it has not profited us. But You are the Righteous
One in all that has come upon us, for You have acted truthfully, and it is
we who acted wickedly.
l I n W K We have become more guilty than all people; we are more
shameful than all generations; joy has departed from us; our heart is sickened by our sins; our des~rousplace has been ruined, and our splendor has
our ~niquities;our Palace has become desolate; the beauty of our Land is
gone to d e n s , our strength to strangers.
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sull we have not returned from our error. How can we be so
of our fathers, "We are righteous and we have not sinned"; but, indeed, we
l I r 1 3 ~ 5Our toll has been plundered before our eyes, pulled and torn
from us. They placed their yoke upon us, we are bearing it o n our shoulders.
have encompassed us. We called unto You, GOD, our God, but because of
following after You, we have gone astray, : ~ n dwe have become lost.
n r w n Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern errors? Cleanse me frorn hidden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD, our God,
from all our rebellious sins, and pun@ us from all our defilement; and
"And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; 1 will purify you from all your defilement and from all your idols."
5 ~ Daniel,
~ 1the delightful person, cried out before You: "My God,
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for our righteousness that we offer our supplications before You, but
because of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, be
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KTTY Ezra the Scribe said before You: "My God, I am ashamed and
increased to above the head, and our p l t has grown to the heavens. But
abundant in kindness, and You did not forsake them." D o not forsake us,
Molder, and do not make an end to us, as for our sins. GOD, our God,
fulfill for us the word You promised us in the tradition through Jeremiah,
Your seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that time, says GOD, the
iniquity of Israel will be sought for and it shall not be there, and the sins
of Judah - and they shall not be found, for I unll forgive those whom I
leave to remain." Your people and Your heritage hunger for Your goodness, thirst for Your kindness, long for Your deliverance; may they recognize and know that mercy and forgrveness belong to GOD, our God.
5~ "Compassionate God" is Your Name. "Gracious God" is Your
Name. Your Name is called upon us; GOD, act for the sake of Your
Name. Act for the sake of Your truth. Act for the sake of Your covenant.
Act for the sake of Your greatness and glory. Act for the sake of Your
Law. Act for the sake of Your majesty. Act for the sake of Your Meeting
House. Act for the sake of Your remembrance. Act for the sake of Your
kindness. Act for the sake of Your goodness. Act for the sake of Your
Oneness. Act for the sake of Your honor. Act for the sake of Your teaching. Act for the sake of Your kingship. Act for the sake of Your eternity.
Act for the sake of Your secret counsel. Act for the sake of Your mght.
Act for the sake of Your magnificence. Act for the sake of Your righteousness. Act for the sake of Your holiness. Act for the sake of Your
abundant mercies. Act for the sake of Your Shechinah. Act for the sake
of Your praise. Act for the sake of Your beloved who rest in the dust.
Act for the sake of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Act for the sake of Moses
and Aaron. Act for the sake of David and Solomon. Act for the sake of
Jerusalem, Your holy city. Act for the sake of Zion, the abode of Your
glory. Act for the sake of the desolation of Your Sanctuary. Act for the
sake of the destruction of Your altar. Act for the sake of those who were
slain for Your holy Name. Act for the sake of those who where slaughtered for Your Oneness. Act for the sake of those who went through fire
and water for the sanctification of Your Name. Act for the sake of the
nursing infants who have not sinned. Act for the sake of the weaned children who have not transgressed. Act for the sake of the school-children.
Act for Your sake, if not for ours. Act for Your own sake and deliver us.
~ I J YAnswer us, COD, answer us. Answer us, our God, answer us.
Answer us, our Father, answer us. Answer us, our Creator, answer us.
Answer us, our Redeemer, answer us. Answer us, You who seeks us,
answer us. Answer us, faithful God, answer us. Answer us, You who
are steadfast and kind, answer us. Answer us, You who are pure and
upright, answer us. Answer us, living and enduring One, answer us.
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Answer us, good and beneficent One, answer us. Answer us, You
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answer us. Answer us, a g h t y One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us,
rn-He who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
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He who answered Elisha in Jericho, may He answer us. He who
answered Jonah in the bowels of the fish, may He answer us. He who
answered Hezekiah, IGng of Judah, in his illness, may He answer us.
He who answered Chananyah, Mishael and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He answer us. He who answered Daniel in the lion's den,
may He answer us. He who answered Mordechai and Esther in
Shushan the capital, may He answer us. He who answered Ezra in
the exile, may He answer us. He who answered all the righteous, and
the pious, and the wholesome, and the upright, may He answer us.
inx-i And David said to Gad: "I am exceedingly distressed. Let
us fall into the hand of GOD, for His mercies are abundant, and let
me not fall into human hands."
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njm Merciful and gracious One, I have sinned before You. COD,
full of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD,do
not rebuke me in Your anger, and d o not chastise me in Your wrath. Be
gracious to me, GOD,for I am feeble; heal me GOD,for my bones are
terrified. My soul, too, is very much terrified, and You, GOD:until when?
You? I am wearied with my sighing; every night I drench my bed, I melt
my couch, with my tears. My eye is dimmed because of anger, aged
because of all my tormentors. Depart from me all workers of evil, for
GOD has heard the sound of my weeping. GOD has heard my supplication, GOD will accept my prayer. All my foes shall be shamed and exceedingly terrified; they will turn back, they ulll be shamed in an instant.
7nn He wounds and He heals; He causes death and He restores life;
He raises from the grave to eternal life. When a son sins, h s father strikes
him; but a compassionate father heals his pain. A slave who rebels is led
out in chains; but if h s master so desires, he breaks h s chains. We are
Your firstborn son and we have sinned against You; our souls are sated
with bitter wormwood. We are Your servants and we rebelled against
You, [thus we suffer] - some with plunder, some with captivity, some
with the whp. We beg of You, in Your abundant mercies, heal the pains
that overwhelm us, before we be annihilated in captivity.
w n n You [angels] who bring in [pleas for] mercy, bring in our
lplea for] mercy before the Presence of the Master of mercy. You
[angels] who cause prayer to be heard, cause our prayer to be heard
before the Hearer of prayer. You [angels] who cause outcry to be heard,
cause our outcry to be heard before the Hearer of outcry. You [angels]
who bring in tears, bring in our tears before the King who is appeased
by tears. Intercede and increase supplication and entreaty before the
k g , the high and exalted God. Mention before Him, cause to be heard
before Him, the Torah and the good deeds of those who repose in the
dust. May He remember their love, and give life to their offspring, so
that the remnant of Jacob not be lost. For the flock of the faithful shepherd has become a disgrace; Israel, the unique nation, an example and a
taunt. Hasten, answer us, God of our salvation, and redeem us from all
harsh decrees; and in Your abundant mercies save Your righteous
anointed and Your people.
11n Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a captive
who pleads to his captors. All captives are redeemed with money, but
Your people with mercy and pleading. Grant us [our] requests and petitions, so that we be not turned back from You empty-handed.
pn Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a slave
pleads to his master. We are oppressed and abide in darkness, souls
embittered from troubles that are abounding. We have n o strength to
appease You, our Master. Act for the sake of the covenant that You
made with our forefathers.
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not perish Israel, those who say "Hear 0 Israel."
i n w Guardian of the unique nation, guard the remnant of
GOD is One."
inlw Guardian of the holy nation, guard the remnant of the
n n n n You who becomes favorable through [pleas for]
mercy and are appeased by supplications, become favorable and
appeased to an afflicted generation, for there is no helper.
13'3K Our Father, our I n g , You are our Father. Our Father,
our Kmg, we have no lung but You. Our Father, our I n g , have
mercy on us. Our Father, our I n g , be gracious with us and
and hndness for the sake of Your great Name, and save us.
13ll3K1 As for us, we know not what to do, but our eyes
are upon You. GOD, remember Your mercies and Your
kindnesses, for they are from the beginning of the world.
GOD, may Your kindness be upon us as we nave put our
hope in You. D o not recall against us former iniquities; let
compassion come swiftly towards us, for we have been
brought very low. Be gracious to us, GOD, be gracious to us,
for we are abundantly sated with humiliation. When in anger,
remember to be compassionate! When in anger, remember
the b i n l n g [of Isaac]! When in anger, remember uprightness! When in anger, remember the love! GOD, save; may the
King answer us o n the day we call. For H e knows our nature,
H e is mindful that we are dust. Help us, G o d of our deliverance, for the sake of Your Name's glory, and save us, and
atone our sins for the sake of Your Name.
The Chaqan renter the CoqIete Kadish.
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swiftly and soon, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen. May Hir great
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GOD. Let us come to His dwellings, let us prostrate ourselves at His Eootstool. Exalt GOD, our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool, He
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word above all Your Name. GOD, God of Hosts, who is hke You, the
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fountam and brook; You dncd up mighty streams. You divided the sea with
Your might; You shattered the heads o f sea-monsters on the waters. You
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to Him with $&ns. Righteousness and justice are the foundations of Your
throne; kindness and tiuth precede Your countenance. Let us take sweet
IS the sea, as He made ~ t and
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our iniquity, for ~tis great

have erred. Pardon us, our f i n g , for our iniquities are many.
71 For we trust in Your abundant mercy, and we rely o n Your righteousness, and we hope for Your forgiveness, and we yearn for Your deliverance. You are a King who loves righteousness from of old, who makes the
iniquities of His people pass away and removes the sins of those that fear
Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the first [generations] and
keeps the oath with the latter [generations]. You are the One who descended on Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory and showed the ways of Your
benevolence to Moses, Your servant. You revealed to him the paths of Your
kindnesses, and made known to him that You are a merciful and graclnus
God, slow to anger and abundant in kir,dness, abounding in beneficence,
and guiding the entire world with the attr~buteof mercy. And so it is written: "And He said: I will make all My benevolence pass before you, and I will
call out with the Name o f GOD before you; and I will be gracious to whom
I wll be gracious and 1 will be merciful with whom I will be merciful."
5~ Almighty One, You are slow to anger, You are calletf the

Remember this day, and every day, the greatness of Your mercy
and hndness to the descendants of Your beloved. Turn to us with
mercy, for You are the Master of Mercy. We approach Your
I'resence with supplication and prayer, as You have made known
aforetimes to mosesl the humblc. 'Turn from Your fierce anger,
as it is written in Your Torah. May we shelter and lodge in the
shadow of Your wlngs, as o n the day when "GOD descended in
a cloud." Pass over rcbcllious sin
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and erase g d t , as o n the day when "And H e stood there with him
[Moses]." Give ear to our cry and be attentive to our speech, as o n
Thefollowing hvo uerses are recited on4 whenprying with a guonrm o/ ten.
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GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

l n d n e s s for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity,
rebellious transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive
n 5 Forgive
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IQng, for we have rebelhously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
~ I KThe pious have disappeared from the earth, and of the
upright among man there is none. No one calls on Your Name in
righteousness, bestirring himself to take hold of You. Save, GOD,
the children o f man. For with You is the source of life, in Your light
we shall see light. For with GOD there is loving-landness, and with
Him there is abundant redemption; and He will redeem Israel from
all its iniquities.
nnm As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is GOD$ Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. COD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts
in You. GOD, help; may the King answer us on the day we call.
n5a Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with the
l n K 3 1 "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
;run My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see
we offer our suppljcations before You, but because of Your abundant mercy. Lord, hear; l a r d , forgive; Lord, be attentive, and act and
do 11ot delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your Name is proclaimed
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Our God and God of our fathers:
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s Your ways arc not 11ke the ways of humans; where, then, 1s Your
zeal [for us] and Your everlasung counsel?The daughter You chose for Your
cherished house 1s ravished hy [alien]masters, and is unable to cling to You.
She hqoans: "I am betrothed to my Beloved; but a loathsome one rules over
me, how 1 am trampled!" Shc decrees upon herself a sentence of death,
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she is pushed aside though she was coerced. The mother was sent off without a document [of divorce]; the son is like a lost orphan, without dismissal.
And the garden that was locked is abandoned like wild weeds, and the
sealed fountain is trodden, befouled. [Your] anger lasts like a mere moment,
but now this has changed: the holy crowns are cast out; the one beloved to
the Friend, like the sparkle of an emerald, is now disregarded, forsaken like
[a harlot] painted with mascara. The beautiful one is blackened by hard
labor, wounds festering without heahng; the way to the day of vengeance is
closed off, the lattice to the day o f reckoning is sealed. The strength of the
bearer has failed because of the burden; he who is left from the slaughter
is crippled and lame, straving and wandering without rest, toiling and working hard -and another takes it away. The plantation of the fertile and rich
area - why is it trampled like thistles for the furnace? Guardian o n H ~ g h
who does not sleep, Your planting has become something flung to the cows
of Bashan! What gain is there when the choice vine is plucked off? What
profit is there in the spreading vine being seized? She who is engraved on
[God's] arm and'frontlet - why is the love for her swept away? The reward
of the young [nations] requires little work, and the payment of [their] wages
is great and increasing; but she who looks for [Your] attention - its realization is drawn out, she is visited by one trouble followed closely by another. The holy , the first of [k'our] priced heap, are scattered like barley-grams
to the ends of the earth; from the wind blowing the leaves of the Forests,
they flee and are storm-tossed as one pursued by a drawn sword. Those
nmety-eight curses' - these have been fulfilled, with others and similar
ones. Have mercy, gather us in from these corners [of the world]; then they
will say among the nations: "GOD has done great things with these!"
'7x Almighty, IGng, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts with
kindness, pardoning the iniquities of His people, removing every first [sin],
increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all who are flesh and spirit; You
who does not requite thern according to their evil; Almighty One, You who
taught us to recite the Thtrteen [Attributes of Mercy], this day remember
unto us the covenant o f these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to
[Moses] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a doud
Thefollowing huo uerses are recited on4 with a quomtn of ten.
1 1 Y v l And GOD passed before lurn and proclaimed:
mnv GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

Anger and Abundant in Ktndness and Truth; Preserver of
rebelttous transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive
our iniquity and our sin, and take us fix Your heritage.
n5o Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
IOng, for we have rebelliously uansgressed. For You, COD, are good
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on13 As a father has mercy o n his children, so, GOD, have

mercy o n us. Deliverance is COD$ Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the G o d of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. G'Ol), Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts
in You. GOD, help; may the King answer us o n the day we call.
n5o Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with the
from Egypt until now; and there,it is said:
lnK31 "And GO11 said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
mercy. Lord, hear; I,ord, forgive; I,ord, be attentive, and act and d o not
l l l i l 5 K Our God and God of our fathers:
~ I KO n the day 1 am afraid, I call upon You: let not the insolent who
forsake the precious [Torah] despoil me. Dwell to scrutinize [them], to
pay them their due; may the judgment of the wicked and wrongdoer
befall [them] in full. They are the ones who intend to make the holy,
revered Name to be forgotten, and to cause an impure name that is disgraceful and idolized to become accustomed. This practice of theirs
ru~nedthe best of [our\ people; spare the remnant from going also [to
be crushed] in the oil-press. They taught to tear humans pke] prey, as it
mas said;' they cast lots [over us] as if for ownerless things in the wilderncss. They almost consumed [us] without leaving anything, were ~t not
for Your mercy, Lord, who rules with kindness. Who can t h n k disparagingly of Your standards, to stand in judgment over them, girding
his loins to dispute You? We turned aside, and we were driven away as by
a storm, and the oppresswe sword was unsheathed. Justice is with You,
and You have the upper hand. Lest the master of the yoke says "I have
overcome!," and the tormentors of Judah rejoice when I falter, proclaim
a year of release for those who were sold for naught; and the plundering
wicked will draw back and wither. Your bond has precedence, yet exactors of payment seek it, harsh masters abound to defer Your lien. They
seek to uproot the boundary-markers of Your domain, that the procluce
You sanctified be swallou~edup, the ears along with the chaff. h judging
of evil come upon them and find them guilty; do unto them, and act
severely to devastate them with vehemence. Rain down upon them ignited coals according to the measure of their cup; requite them sevenfold
the covenant's vengeance, and lay them waste. Lcad us to the city, the
town of the palace that is Your dwelling; may the sea be a path for the
redeemed, for our assembly to pass through. Our hope is in You, and You
are our mighty LMaker;please comfort us, may Your kindness be upon us.
1. "As ~t was sad" In L:zck~rl I():?.
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7 3 ~ 5 Angels
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of mercy, servants of the Most High, please
entreat the Presence of God with eloquent wording - perhaps He will pity the poor and needy people, perhaps He will
have mercy.
" 7 1 ~Perhaps He will have mercy on the remnant of Joseph,
who are lowly and disgraced, torn to pieces, taken captive for
naught, sold without money; they cry out in prayer and seek permission -
Perhaps He willpig thepoor and needypeopl,perhaps He willhave mercy.
7 5 1 ~
Perhaps He will have mercy on those tortured by chains,

accustomed to blows in enduring oppression, the object of a
shalung of the head by all the inhabitants of the world, a byword
among the peoples with wrath and contempt 7 5 1 ~
Perhaps He wzllpig the poor and needypeople,perhapsI-le wiII have mery.
1 5 1 ~
Perhaps He will have mercy and see the affiction of His

people, and be attentive and hear those standmg before Him,
gathered in silent prayer when chastisement is upon them, with
their eyes raised to find favor 7 5 1 ~
Perhaps He wzlIpt~thepoor and nerdypeoph,perhapsHe will have merCy.
7 5 1 ~
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1 ~ He will have mercy on those who say "Please
forgive," who intensify His praise at all times and occasions, banding together in distress to pour out supplication, pouring out an
anguished heart before their God 7~ Perhaps He wz1Ipig the poor and needypeople, perhaps Me w11Ihaue mery.
7 5
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gulped by lions as in the mouth of lions, beaten and requited for
conspicuous iniquity, but despite all this did not forget the writ of
[His] concealed might [the Torah] 7 5 1 ~
Perhap5 Hr wil/pzg fhepoor and nee4people, perhaps He willhave mery.
7 5 1 ~
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faces,who hear their revilement and do not respond and answer,
who hope for His triumph and trust in His salvation, for His
mercy has not ceased altogether 7 5 1 ~
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7 5 1 ~
Perhaps He will have mercy and rescue the affhcted

from his affliction, release His bound one from the land of his
captivity, cure his wound and heal his disease, hear his outcry and
hasten the time of redemption 1 5 1 ~
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of mercy, servants of the Most High, please
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5~ Alrmghty, King, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts
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Thefollowing two wrxs are recited on4 with a quorum of ten.
GOD passed before him and proclaimed:

m;r- GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to
my71 And

IOndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgver of iniquity and
our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your heritqe.
fing, for we have rebell~ouslytransgressed. For You, Lord, are good
and forgving, and abundant in kindness to all who call upon You.
om3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have mercy
save; may the King answer us on the day we call.
5~ Do not recall against us former iniquities; let Your mercies
come swiftly towards us, for we have been brought very low Do not
goodness, GOD.
137 GOD, remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses, for they
are from the begnning of the world. Remember us, GOD, with favor
for Your people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation which You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage which You
redeemed, this Mount Zion where You dwelt. GOD, remember the
affection for Jerusalem, do not forget the love of Zion until eternity.
for the appointed time has come. GOD, remember the day of Jerusalem
against the Edomites who said "Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!"
swore by Your very Self
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and You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of
heaven, and this entire Land of which I spoke I will give to Your offspring and they will inherit [it] forever." Remember Your servants,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; do not turn to the obstinacy of this people,
to its wickedness and to its sin. Please d o not reckon for us a sin that
which we did foolishly and that which we have sinned. We have sinned,
our Rock; forgive us, our Creator.
~ 1 Remember
3 ~
to us the covenant with the Patriarchs, as You said:
"And I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with
Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will remember; and I wiU
remember the Land." Remember to us the covenant with the first [generations], as You said: "And I wdl remember for them the covenant with the
first [generations] whom I took out from the land of Egypt before the
eyes of the nations, to be their God; I am GOD." D o unto us as You
promised us: "Yet despite all that, when they will be in the land of their
enemies, I will not despise them nor loathe them so as to destroy them, to
annul My covenant with them; for I am GOD, their God." Bring back our
captivity and have mercy on us, as it is written: "GOD, your God, will
return your captivity and have mercy on you, and He will again gather you
from all the peoples where GOD, your God, has scattered you." Gather
our dispersed, as it is written: "If your dispersed wdl be at the furthermost
part of heaven, from there GOD, your God, will gather you, and from
there He will take you." Wipe away our rebellious transgressions like a
thick cloud and like a mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like a thck cloud, your sins like a mist; return to Me,
for I have redeemed you." Wipe away our rebellious transgressions for
Your sake, as You have said: "I, I am He who wipes away your rebellious
transgressions for My sake, and I will not recall your sins." Whiten our sins
as snow and as wool, as it is written: "Come now, let us reason together,
says GOD; though your sins will be like scarlet, they will become whlte as
snow; though they be red as crimson, they vnll become as [white] wool."
Sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written: "And I wiil
sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I will purify you
from all your defilement and from all your idols." Have mercy on us and
do not destroy us, as it is written: "For GOD, your God, is a merciful God;
He will not abandon you, and He will not destroy you, and He will not forget rhe covenant with your fathers which He swore to them." Circumcise
our hearts to love your Name, as it is written: "And GOD, your God, will
circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to love GOD, your
God, with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live." Be
accessible to us when we seek You, as it is written: "And from there you
will seek GOD, your God, and you will find, when you search for Him
with all your heart and with all your soul." Bring us to Your holy mountain and gladden us in Your House of Prayer, as it is written: "I will bring
them to My holy mountain and I will gladden them in My House of
Prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will find favor upon My
altar, for My House shall be called a House of Prayer for all peoples."
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7he A r k rs opened. Thefollowingfourpassages are recited verse fy uerse the chax?an

and the rongregotion, up to (but not including) the terse beginning ' D o notforsake us. "
SUIT^ Return us to You, GOD, and we shall return;
5~ Do not cast us away from Your Presence, and do
not take Your Spirit of Holtness away from us.
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~ o not cast us away in old age; do not forsake us
5~ D o n o t forsake us, GOD, o u r G o d ; d o n o t b e far from us.
Show us a sign for good, that o u r foes may see and b e shamed, for
You, COD, have helped us and consoled us. Give ear t o o u r words,
COD, consider o u r thoughts. May the words o f o u r m o u t h and the
meditation o f o u r heart find favor before You, COD, o u r Rock and
o u r Redeemer. For it is for You, GOD, that w e hoped; You will
respond, Lord, o u r G o d .
The A r k is closed.
i17n5x Our God and God of our fathers: may our prayer come before
You, and do not hide Yourself from our supplication, for we are not so
i l n w x We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed; we
have spoken slander. We have committecl iniquity, and we have acted
i n o We have turned away from Your commandments and from Your
acted wickedly.
i l n w x We have become more guilty than all people; we are more
out iniquities; our Palace has become desolate; the beauty of our Land is
1 ~ 1Yet
~ 1sull we have not returned from our error. How can we be so
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13137~L)Our toil has been plundered before our eyes, pulled and torn
from us. They placed their yoke upon us, we are bearing it on our shoulders.
have encompassed us. \Ve catled unto You, GOD,our God, but because of
our iniquities You have dstanced Yourself from us. We turned away from
nswn Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern errors? Cleanse me from hidden (faults]." Cleanse us, GOD,our
God, from all our rebellious sins, and purify us from all our defilement;
and sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written by Your
prophet: "And I d sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be
pure; I d purify you from all your defilement and from all your idols."
5x717 Daniel, the delightful person, cried out before You: "My God,
incline Your ear and hear, open Your eyes and see the desolations of ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name is proclaimed; for it is not
because of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord,
be attentive, and act and d o not delay; for Your sake, my God, for
Your Name is proclaimed upon Your city and upon Your people."
K ~ I Y
Ezra the Scribe said before You: "My God, I am ashamed and
abundant in kindness, and You did not forsake them." D o not forsake us,
Molder, and do not make an end to us, as for our sins. GOD,our God,
Your seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that time, says GOD,the
iniquity of Israel will be sought for and it shall not be there, and the sins
of Judah - and they shall not be found, for I will forgive those whom 1
leave to remain." Your people and Your heritage hunger for Your goodness, thirst for Your luridness, long for Your deliverance; may they reco g ~ z and
e know that mercy and forgiveness belong to GOD,our God.
L)K "Compassionate God" is Your Name. "Gracious God" is Your
Name. Your Name is called upon us; GOD,act for the sake of Your
Act for the sake of Your secret counsel. Act for the sake of Your might.
abundant mercies. Act for the sake of
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Your Shechinah. Act for the sake of Yout praise. Act for the sake of
Your beloved who rest in the dust. Act for the sake of Abraham, Isaac
and Jacob. Act for the sake of Moses and Aaron. Act for the sake of
David and Solomon. Act for the sake of Jerusalem, Your holy city. Act
for the sake of Zion, the abode of Your glory. Act for the sake of the
desolation of Your Sanctuary. Act for the sake of the destruction of
Your altar. Act for the sake of those who were slain for Your holy
Name. Act for the sake of those who where slaughtered for Your
Oneness. Act for the sake of those who went through fire and water for
the sanctification of Your Name. Act for the sake of the nursinginfants
who have not sinned. Act for the sake of the weaned children who have
not transgressed. Act for the sake of the school-children. Act for Your
sake, if not for ours. Act for Your own sake and deliver us.
1 3 1 ~Answer us, GOD, answer us. Answer us, our God, answer
who are steadfast and lund, answer us. Answer us, You who are pure
anger, answer us. Answer us, You who dolls righteousness, answer
Answer us, You who arc easy to be pacified, answer us. Answer us,
answer us. Answer us, Mighty One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us,
'n He who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
bound o n the altar, may He answer us. He who answered Jacob in
Beth-El, may He answer us. He who answered Joseph in prison,
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may H e answer us. H e who answercd our fathers at the Sea o f Reeds,
may H e answer us. l i e who answered Moses at Horeb, may H e
answer us. H e who answered Aaron with the censer, may H e answer
us. H e who answered Pinchas when he rose from amid the congregation, may H e answer us. H e who answered Joshua in Gilgal, may
He answer us. H e w h o answered Samuel in Mitzpah, may H e answer
us. H e who answered David and his son Solomon in Jerusalem, may
he answer us. H e who answered Elijah o n Mount Carmel, may H c
answer us. H e who answered Elisha in Jericho, may H e answer us. H e
who answered Jonah in the bowels o f the fish, may H e answer us. H e
who answered Hezekiah, King of Judah, in his illness, may H e answer
us. H e who answered Chananyah, Mishael and Azariah in the fiery
furnace, may H e answer us. H e who answered Daniel in the lion's den,
may H e answer us. H e who answered Mordechai and Esther in
Shushan the capital, may H e answer us. H e who answered Ezra in the
exile, may H e answer us. H e who answered all the righteous, and the
pious, and the wvholesome, and the upright, may H e answer us.
lnK91 And David said to Gad: "I am exceedingly distressed. Let us fall
into the hand of GOL), for His mercles are abundant, and let me not fall
into human hands."
n1n-1Merciful and gracious One, 1 have sinned before You. GO11, full
of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD, do not
rebuke me in Your anger, and do not chastise me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, GOD, for I am feeble; heal me GOD, for my bones are terrified. My soul, too, is very much terrified, and You, GOD: until when?
Return, GOD, rescue my soul, save me for the sake of Your lundness. For
You? I am wearied with my sighing; every night I drench my bed, I melt my
couch, with my tears. hly eye is dimmed because of anger, aged because of
the sound of my weeplng. GOD has heard my supplication, GOD will
they will turn back, they will be shamed in an instant.
rnn He wounds and I-Ie heals; He causes death and He restores life;
hsm; but a compassionate father heals his pain. A dave who rebels is led out
In chains; but if his master so desires, he breaks his chains. We are Your
firstborn son and we have sinned against. You; our souls are sated with bitter wormwood. We are Your servants anti we rebelled against You, [thus we
suffer] - some with plunder, some with captivity, some with the whsp. We
'Dmn You [angels] who bring in [pleas for] mercy, bring in our
[plea for] mercy before the Presence of the Master of mercy. You [angels]
who cause prayer to be heard, cause our prayer to be heard before the
Hearer of prayer. You [angels] who cause outcry to be heard,
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who bring in tears, bring in our tears before the EOng who is appeased
EOng, the high and exalted God. Mention before Him, cause to be heard
dust. May He remember their love, and gve life to their offspring, so
that the remnant of Jacob not be lost. For the flock of the faithful shepherd has become a disgrace; Israel, the unique nation, an example and a
taunt. Hasten, answer us, God of our salvation, and redeem us from all
harsh decrees; and in Your abundant mercies save Your righteous
anointed and Your people.
1in Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a captive
Your people with mercy and pleading. Grant us [our] requests and
petitions, so that we be not turned back from You empty-handed.
lin Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a slave
emb~tteredfrom troubles that are abounding. We have no strength to
made w ~ t hour forefathers.
1n1w Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and let
not perish Israel, those who say "Hear O Israel."
iniw Guardian of the unique nation, guard the remnant of
GOD is One."
iniw Guardian of the holy nation, guard the remnant of the
n r i n n You who becomes favorable through bleas for] mercy
to an afficted generation, for there is no helper.
1173K Our Father, our King, You are our Father. Our Father, our
King, we have no lung but You. Our Father, our King, have mercy
on us. Our Father, our IOng, be gracious with us and answer us, for
we have no [good] deeds; deal with us with charity and kindness for
the sake of Your great Name, and save us.
11nIKl As for us, we know not what to do, but our eyes are
upon You. GOD, remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses,
for they are from the beginning of the world. GOD, may Your
kindness be upon us as we have put our hope in You. D o not
recall against us former iniquities; let compassion come swiftly
towards us, for we have been brought very low. Be gracious to us,
GOD, be gracious to us,
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for we are abundantly sated with humihation. When in anger,

remember to be compassionate! When in anger, remember the
bindmg [of Isaac]! Whcn in anger, remember uprightness! When in
anger, remember the love! GOD, save; may the King answer us on
the day we call. For He knows our nature, He is mindful that we are
dust. Help us, God of our deliverance, for the sake of Your Name's
glory, and save us, and atone our sins for the sake of Your Name.
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h x n ? Exalted and sanctified be His great Name (Cong.:

i4men) in the world that He created according to His Will, and
may He establish His Kingship and cause His redemption to
sprout, and bring near His Mashiach (Cong.:Amen), in your lifetimes and in your days, and in the lifetimes of the entire House
of Israel, swiftly and soon, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen. M y
Hir great Name be blessedforever and ever. Blessed) May His great
Name be blessed forever and ever. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored, upraised and lauded be the
Name of the Holy One, blessed is He (Cong.: Amen), beyond all
blessings and songs, praises and consolations, that are uttered
in the world, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen)
Israel be accepted before their Father in Heaven, and say
"Amen." (Conf.:
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He who makes peace in His heights, may H e make peace
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House; they w d yet praise You, Selah. Fortunate is
exalt You, my God, the Gng, and I will bless Your
is great and exceehngly exalted, and His greatness is
bless You. They will declare the glory of Your hngdom, and tell of Your might. To make known to
of His hngdom. Your kingship is a kingship over all
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Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thng.

t o all who call upon Him in truth. H e fulfills the will
and Me will destroy all the wicked. My mouth shall
declare the praise of GOD,and all flesh shall bless
The chaxzpn rrclter ffu(f-kjddish.
5-iln3 Exalted and sanctified be His great Name (Cbng.: Amen) in

the world that he created according to His Will, and may He establish
His IOngship, and cause His redemption to sprout and bring near His
Mashach (Cong.: Amen), in your lifetimes and in your days, and in the
I-lisgreat Ndme be bh~sed~forever
andfor all eter'Amen." (Cong.:Amen.
nity; Blessed) May His great Name be hlessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored,
upraised and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, blessed is Clc
(Cbng.: Amen) beyond all blessings and songs, praises and consolations,
that are uttered In the world, and say ':%men." (Cbng.: An~en)

ourselves? Let us search and cxamine our ways, and
doors, Merciful and Gracious o n e , please do not turn
our IGng, for You are the One who hears prayer.
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Ynw You who hears prayer, to You all flesh will come. All flesh will
come to prostrate themselves before You, GOD.They will come and prostrate themselves before You, Lord, and will honor Your Name. Come, let
us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before GOD,our Maker. Enter
in the house of GOD 1n the nights. Raise your hands in sanctity and bless
GOD.Let us come to His dwellings, let us prostrate ourselves at His footstool. Exalt GOD,our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool, He
is holy. Exalt GOD,our God, and prostrate yourselves toward His holy
mountain, for GOD,our God, is holy Prostrate yourselves before GOD in
word above all Your Name. GOD,God of Hosts, who is like You, the
be compared to GOD,who among the mighty [celestial] beings can be
God. For great above the heavens is Your kindness, and Y ~ u truth
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reaches to the skies. GOD is great and exceedingly exalted, and His greatness is
GOD;You are great and Your Name is great in might. Yours is the arm
with m~ght;Your hand will be strengthened, Your right hand will be esalted. Yours is the day, the night is also Yours; You established the luminary
GOD, proclaim all His praises. Yours, CiOL), is the greatness and the might,
Yours, GOD,is the kingship, and You are exalted, supreme over all. Yours
are the heavens, the earth is also Yours; the world and all its fullness - You
founded them. You set all the boundaries o f the earth; summer and winter
- You fashioned them. You crushed the heads of the Leviathan, You p V e
fountain and brook; You drled up mighty streams. You divided the sea wlth
Your might; You shattered the heads of sea-monsters o n the waters. You
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counsel together; let us walkwith the throng to the House of God. For His
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1 3 For we trust in Your abundant mercy, and we rely on Your righteousness, and we hope for Your forgiveness, and we yearn for Your
deliverance. You are a Kjng who loves righteousness from of old, who
those that fear f i m . You are the One who made a covenant with the
first [generations] and keeps the oath with the latter [generations]. You
are the One who descended o n Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory
with the attribute of mercy And so it is written: "And H e said: I will
Name of GOD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful with whom I will be merciful."
5~ ALrmghty One, You are slow to anger, You are called the
Remember this day, and every day, the greatness of Your mercy and
luridness to the descendants of Your beloved. Turn to us with mercy,
supplication and prayer, as You have made known aforetimes to
woses] the humble. Turn from Your fierce anger, as it is written in
Your Torah. May we shelter and lodge in the shadow of Your wings, as
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and erase guilt, as on the day when "And He stood there with him
poses]." Give ear to our cry and be attentive to our speech, as on
the day when "he invoked the Name of G O D ; and there it is said:
Thefollowing two verses are recited on4 when pruying with a quornm of ten.
VYT "And GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
nln? GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow t o

rebelhous transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." ~ o & e
nju Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
K n g , for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to aU who call upon You.
7 1 ~he pious have disappeared from the earth, and of the
upright among man there is none. N o one calls on Your Name in
we shall see Light. For with GOD there is loving-lundness, and with
all its iniquities.
om3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is GOD j; Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts
in You. GOD, help; may the I n g answer us on the day we call.
nju Please forgve the iniquity of this people in accord with the
YnKql "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
nun h l y God, inchne Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see
IS proclatmed. For it is not on account of our own righteousness that
we offer our supplications before You, but because of Your abundant mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; I,ord, be attentive, and act and
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1 called out to You, because You, God, will answer me; 1 asked fotmercy like a pauper b e g g ~ n gat the door. (:onsent to respond in [Yourj
rightrousness with the greatness of 'four awesome works, s o that all may
know that there 1s a G o d in Israel. Arc You not my God, my Holy One,
from o f old? Why, then, shoultl we d ~ of
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and hardship? Remember and awaken kindness to renew me as before,

restore my ruins and establish the place of my Sanctuary. You are good to
those who hope in You, to the soul that seeks You; we hoped for You, seeklng You, in a time of trouble. All day long we are killed for Your sake, for
the sake of Your holy Name, but our heart did not Nrn away from blessing You and sanctieing You. We were devastated by the strife of Your
hand, in anger and wrath; we are like an empty vessel, and disgrace has covered us. We were delivered into the hands of harsh oppressors, to confoundment, until GOD will look down from Heaven and take notice.
Release us and rescue us from the hand of strangers; they cut off our life,
splUlng our blood in order to destroy. Proclaim the strangers' retribution,
requital and recompense, that it may be seen that He who avenges blood
remembered them. Br~ngus back to You, and nullify Your fierce anger; suppress our iniquities and atone our sins. Raise the humility of our lowliness,
that we be not shamed; with the marking of those covered by Your glory,
engrave us in [Your] book. Strengthen and fortify weakened hands and
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the Holy One, are enthroned upon praises.

to their evll; Almighty One, You who taught us to recite the Thirteen
there with hlm, and he invoked the Name of GOD.
Thefollowing two uerses are reEited on4 with a quorum of ten
And God passed before him and proclaimed:

Kindness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity and
our iniquity and our a n , and take us as for Your heritage.
11Y-1
n h Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
IGng, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, Lord, are good
and forgiving, and abundant in lundness t o all who call upon You.
am3 As a father has mercy o n his children, so, GOD,have mercy
o n us. Deliverance is GOD$ Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
GOD,Tzeva'ot, is with us; the G o d o f Jacob is a stxonghold for us,
save; may the Kmg answer us o n the day we call.
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n5o Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with the
the desolations of ourselves and of the city upon whch Your Name is
proclaimed. For it is not o n account of our own righteousness that we
offer our supplications before You, but because of Your abundant mercies. I,ord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, be attentive, and act and d o not
delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your Name is proclaimed upon Your
city and upon Your people.
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God and God of our fathers:
;[?K Where are all Your great and awesome wonders of which
our fathers told us of, GOD, Tzeva'ot? When Israel went down to
Egypt, to servitude and hardships, You drew them [there] with
humane cords and not with chains. Also, those who enslaved them
with hard labor, who decreed to make their sons perish in the river You judged them in kind, measure for measure, and You brought out
the bannered [tribes of Israel] with the wealth of everything desirable.
The sea and its waves were split by Your might, You dried up the
Jordan, and they passed over o n foot; You nourished them in the
wilderness, and they did not lack anything, and lungdoms and peoples
were delivered into their hand. They spurned the Benevolent One,
and suppressors pursued them, but then they cried unto You and You
listened and appornted saviours for them. They encamped in their
land, sated with all good things, then they sinned and were exiled, but
You remembered them after seventy years. They attached themselves
to falsehood and were left to be trampled, men of violence banished
them to destruction; they left their land, and the end-time for their
return is hidden, dwelled among the nations and became tributary.
Invigorate the strength of the remnant that was left, they who are
with failed strength because of the heaviness of the affictive evil:
while the first visitation yet remains, a second one presses and hurries
tu come. From day to day my distress increases, the coming day worse
than the one before. I am weary of bearing the yoke o f the taxing
oppression that saps "Measure and bring a great tribute!" The distressing enemy presses Your treasure [Israel], to make it exchange its
Hope and to betray the Creator. How long, GOD, shall I call out from
the straits? Answer me, God, with expansive relief, for Your hand is
not limited. If the rebellious sins are so immense as to make a separation between us and h u , if the curtain is drawn shut before the
prayer - 0 Rock, dig a cavity in Your Throne of Glory that our cry
may come before \'ou to be accepted before Your glory. Proclaim a
year of favor to gi\.e me relief from grief, gather my scattered ones
and go before me. G01), contend
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those who strive with my soul - my God, my Holy One, agree to rescue me! Break the teeth of the wicked with gravel-stones, destroy
them with bereavement and widowhood. May their blood be spilled
to the ground to moisten it; release those condemned to die, and
become betrothed to the faithful one. Repair the breach in the fallen
tabernacle, raise the city that is lowered to the dust; comfort the captive one with twofold consolation, kindle her light so that the darkened one w d shine. Build Your city as in days of old, repair Your altar,
the Sanctuary of the Temple and the Antechamber, [and] there Judah
and Israel, all of them, shall serve You, and Your Name will be magnified forever and ever.
ii)ln You who examines all, and probes and understands my
actions: if I wrought falsehood and there is deceit in my toil, d o
not examine my iniquity and d o not search my deeds - {;OD,
hear my voice in the morning!
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My Creator, who measures the heights of the [celestial] city with a span, I prepare for You a crown in the third
watch [at the end of the night ] when You give ear to entreav
and to the one who hopes for Your salvation, and You send
forth rebuke against the tumultuous and rebellious one who
speaks with arrogance, and says that there is no one but her, and
turned into a thoroughfare the place where incense was burned,
the Holy of Holies and the atonlng altar, where [the priests] performed the service - may curse adhere to her like the liver to
the lobe, with an occurrence of the wrath of mishaps, every
kind of wound and disease 717717 [;OD, hear my mice in the morning!
iir 0 Rock, Your name is "Jealous God": why d o You now

[seem] asleep? Your right hand planted a shoot, and year after
year ~t is exceedingly persecuted and affhcted, sold by one and
bought
.~, by. another; (Your] nation is nicknamed with lowliness,
though it is not lowly. Your judgments are correct, there is nc
sentence without justice; but be zealous for the trustworthy [the
Torah] given by Your right hand, and in it is written "Who can
count [the dust of Jacob]"' - but now he is counted like sheep!
My Rock, please contest [the adversary], ruin her from her base
and uproot her hngdom, O God, my I,ord, my Strength uozce m the morning!
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yun Mighty One, close to those who call upon Him and listening to the destitute: judge the case of the poor and the destitute, the cause of the crushed and violated, and those above and
below - by Your hand, Lord of lords! G o d of the faithful, may
my judgment issue from You like a bright light. G o d is not a man
that H e would lie, that H e would change matters: and you
decreed a term of six years for those bought as slaves', yet many
times six years have gone by me and I did not love the master^!^
And if I was sold to a follower of idolatry, so that I will not be
redeemed by a term of years, 'the law [of redemption] from the
and You are my IOnsman5 and
idolater is upon the kinsmen"
my Redeemer!
m l t r GOD,hear my voice in the mornina!
i p i n You who examines all and probes, and understands my
actions: if I wrought falsehood and there is deceit in my toil, d o

not examine my iniquity and d o not search my deeds - GOD,
hear my voice in the morn~ng!
L/K Almighty, IOng, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts with
luridness, pardoning the iniquities of HISpeople, removing every first
[sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors;who does righteous deeds with all who are flesh and
spirit; You who does not requite them accordtng to their evil; Almighty
One, You who taught us to recite the Thirteen [Attributes of Mercy],
this day remember unto us the covenant of these Thrteen, as You
made known aforetimes to [Moses] the humble one, as it is written:
'And GOD descended in a cloud and stood there with him, and he
invoked the Name of GOD.
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l>jr?lAnd GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
;n;l?GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to
Anger and Abundant in Kindness and Truth; Preserver o f
IGndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity
and rebelhous transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses."
Forgive
- our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your heritage.
n 5 Forgive
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1. See Exodus 21:2 2. If the slave declares "I love my master... I do not want to go
free," he may reman m servitude unul the upcomlng jubilee-year; Exodus 2156.
3. When selling oneself to a gentile, the law of Exodus 21:2 does not apply; Leviticus
25:47. 4. As G-d does not want a Jew to be enslaved to a gentile, it 1s incumbent upon
the slave's lansmen to redeem him; Leviticus 25:48ff. 5. Psalms 148:14 as interpreted
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urn3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD,have mercy on

us. Deliverance is GODt Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD,
Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD,
Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man who trusts in You. GOD,save; may the IOng
answer us on the day we call.
5~ D o not recall against us former iniquities; let Your mercies come
137 GOD,remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses, for they are
from the beginning of the world. Remember us, GOD,with favor for Your
people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation which
You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage which You redeemed, this
Mount Zion where You dwelt. GOD, remember the affection for
Jerusalem, do not forget the love of Zion until eternity. Arise, and have
mercy for Zion, for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the appointed
time has come. GOD,remember the day of Jerusalem against the Edomites
who said "Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!" Remember Abraham,
Isaac and Israel Your servants, to whom You swore by Your very Self and
You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of heaven,
and this entire Land of which I spoke I will give to Your offspring and they
will inherit [it] forever." Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob; do not turn to the obstinacy of this people, t o its wickedness and to
its sin. Please do not reckon for us a sin that which we did foolishly and that
which we have sinned. We have sinned, our Rock; forgive us, our Creator.
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Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will remember; and I will
remember the Land." Remember to us the covenant with the first [generations], as You said: "And I will remember for them the covenant with the
first [generations] whom I took out from the land of Egypt before the eyes
of the nations, to be their God; I am GOD." D o unto us as You promised
us: "Yet despite all that, when they will be in the land of their enemies, I
will not despise them nor loathe them so as to destroy them, to annul My
covenant with them; for I am GOD,their God." Bring back our captivity
and have mercy on us, as it is written: "GOD,your God, will return your
captivity and have mercy on you, and He will again gather you from all the
peoples where GOD,your God, has scattered you." Gather our dispersed,
as it is written: "If your dispersed will be at the furthermost part of heaven, from there GOD,your God, will gather you, and from there He will take
you." Wipe away our rebellious transgressiot~slike a thick cloud and like a
mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like
a thick cloud, your sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you."
Wipe away our rebellious transgressions for Your sake, as You have said: "I,
I am He who wipes away your rebellious transgressions for My sake, and I
wdl not recall your sins." Wh~tenour sins as snow and as wool, as
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it is written: "Come now, let us reason together, says GOD,though your sins
will be like scarlet, they will become white as snow; though they be red as
cnmson, they will become as [white] wool." Sprinkle pure waters upon us
and purify us, as it is written: "And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and
you shall be pure; I will purify you from all your defilement and from all your
idols." Have mercy on us and do not destroy us, as it is written: "For GOD,
your God, is a merciful God; He will not abandon you, and H e will not
destroy you, and He will not forget the covenant with your fathers which He
swore to them." Circumcise our hearts to love your Name, as it is written:
"And GOD,your God, wtll ctrcumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to love GOD,your God, with all your heart and with all your soul,
that you may hve." Be accessible to us when we seek You, as it is written:
"And from there you will seek GOD,your God, and you will find, when you
search for Him with all your heart and with all your soul." Bring us to Your
holy mountain and gladden us In Your House of Prayer, as it is written: "I
wlll bring them to My holy mountain and 1 will gladden them in My House
o f I'rayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will find favor upon My
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shamed, for You, GOD, have helped us and consoled us. Give
car to our words, COD; consider our thoughts. May the words
o f our mouth and the meditation of our heart find favor
before You, GOD, our Rock and our Redeemer. For it is for
You, COD, that we hoped; You will respond, Lord, our G o d .
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ilnwx We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed; we
hes. We have given evil counsel; we have deceived; we have scoffed; we have
rebelled; we have provoked; we have turned away; we have committed ~niquity; we have rebelliously transgressed; we have oppressed; we have been
obstinate. We have been wicked; we have corrupted; we have acted abomlnablp; we have strayed; we have led others astray.
l31D We have turned away from Your commandments and from Your
that has come upon us, for You have acted truthfully, and jt is we who
acted wickedly.
1jnwx We have become more guilty than all people; we are more
1'1~1Yet still we have not returned from our error. How can we be so
of our fathers, "We are righteous and we have not sinned"; but, indeed. we
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niwn Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern
errors? Cleanse me from hidden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD, our God, from
all our rebellious sins, and pur~fyus from all our defilement; and sprinkle
pure waters upon us and purtfy us, as it is written by Your prophet: "And I
will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; 1 will purify you
from all your defilement and from all your idols."
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Daniel, the delightful person, cned out before You: "My God,
Incline Your ear and hear, open 'four eyes and see the desolations of ourselves and of the city upon whlch Your Name is proclaimed; for it is not
because of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, bc
attentive, and act and do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your
K T I Y Ezra the Scribe said before You: "My G o d , 1 am ashamed
and confounded t o lift my face to You, my God; for our iniquities
have increased to above the head, and our guilt has grown to thc
heavens. But You are the G o d of forgiveness, gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and abundant In kindness, and You did not forsake
them." D o not forsake us, o u r Father, and d o n o t cast u s off, our
Creator; d o not abandon us, our i2foltler,
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and d o not make an end to us, as for our sins. GOD, our God, fulfill for us the word You promised us in the tradition through
Jeremiah, Your seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that time,
says GOD, the iniquity of Israel will be sought for and it shall not
be there, and the sins of Judah - and they shall not be found, for
I will forgive those whom I leave to remain." Your people and Your
heritage hunger for Your goodness, thirst for Your kindness, long
for Your deliverance; may they recognize and know that mercy and
forgiveness belong t o GOD, our God.
covenant. Act for the sake of Your greatness and glory. Act for the
sake of Your Law Act for the sake of Your majesty. Act for the sake
of Your Meeting House. Act for the sake of Your remembrance. Act
for the sake of Your kindness. Act for the sake of Your goodness. Act
for the sake of Your Oneness. Act for the sake of Your honor. Act for
the sake of Your teaching. Act for the sake of Your kingship. Act for
the sake of Your eternity. Act for the sake of Your secret counsel. Act
for the sake of Your might. Act for the sake of Your magnificence.
Act for the sake of Your righteousness. Act for the sake of Your holiness. Act for the sake of Your abundant mercies. Act for the sake of
Your Shechinah. Act for the sake of Your praise. Act for the sake of
Oneness. Act for the sake of those who went through fire and water
for the sanctification of Your Name. Act for the sake of the nursing
infants who have not sinned. Act for the sake of the weaned children
who have not transgressed. Act for the sake of the school-children. Act
for Your sake, if not for ours. Act for Your own sake and deliver us.
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who are steadfast and lund, answer us. Answer us, You who are pure
and upright. answer us. Answer us, living and enduring One, answer
us. Answer us, good and beneficent Onr:, answer us. Answer us, You
us. Answer us, Supreme IGng of lungs, answer us.
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Answer us, You who are awesome and exalted, answer us. Answer
us, You who forgives and pardons, answer us. Answer us, You who
responds in time of distress, answer us. Answer us, You who
redeems and rescues, answer us. Answer us, righteous and upright
One, answer us. Answer us, You who are close to those who call
upon Him, answer us. Answer us, You who are hard [to be provoked] to anger, answer us. Answer us, You who are easy to be
pacified, answer us. Answer us, You who are merciful and gracious,
answer us. Answer us, You who listens to the destitute, answer us.
Answer us, You who supports the wholesome, answer us. Answer
us, God of our fathers, answer us. Answer us, God of Abraham,
answer us. Answer us, Dread of Isaac, answer us. Answer us,
Mighty One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us, Helper of the Tribes,
answer us. Answer us, Stronghold of the Matriarchs, answer us.
Answer us, You who responds in a time of favor, answer us.
Answer us, Father of orphans, answer us. Answer us, Judge of
widows, answer us.
.n He who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
may He answer us. H e who answered our fathers at the Sea of
Reeds, may H e answer us. H e who answered Moses at Horeb, may
H e answer us. He who answered Aaron with the censer, may He
answer us. He who answered Pinchas when he rose from amid the
congregation, may H e answer us. He who answered Joshua in
Gilgal, may He answer us. H e who answered Samuel in Mitzpah,
may H e answer us. H e who answered David and his son Solomon
in Jerusalem, may he answer us. He who answered Elijah on
Mount Carmel, may He answer us. He who answered Elisha in
Jericho, may He answer us. H e who answered Jonah in the bowels of the fish, may He answer us. He who answered Hezeklah,
IGng of Judah, in his illness, may He answer us. He who answered
Chananyah, Wshael and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He
answer us. He who answered Daniel in the lion's den, may He
answer us. H e who answered Mordechai and Esther in Shushan
the capital, may He answer us. He who answered Ezra in the exile,
may H e answer us. He who answered all the righteous, and the
pious, and the wholesome, and the upright, may H e answer us.
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And David said to Gad: "I am exceedingly distressed.
Let us fall into the hand of GOD, for His mercies are abundant,
and let me not fall into human hands."
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Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and let
iniw Guardian of the unique nation, guard the remnant of
GOD is One."
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Guardian of the holy nation, guard the remnant of the
n n n n You who becomes favorable through [pleas fir] mercy and are
appeased by supplications, become favorable and appeased to an afficted
generation, for there is no helper.
IY>K Our Father, our King, You are our Father. Our Father, our
Iting, we have no king but You. Our Father, our King, have mercy on us.
Our Father, our King, be gracious with us and answer us, for we have no
kood] deeds; deal with us with charity and kindness for the sake of Your
great Name, and save us.
llnlK1 As for us, we know not what to do, but our eyes are
ktndness be upon us as we have put our hope in You. D o not
GOD, be gracious to us, for we are abundantly sated with humiliation. When in anger, remember to be compassionate! When in
anger, remember the binding [of Isaac]! When in anger, remember uprightness! When in anger, remember the love! GOD, save;
may the King answer us on the day we call. For He knows our
nature, He is mindful that we are dust. Help us, God of our deliverance, for the sake of Your Name's glory,-and save us, and atone
our sins for the sake of Your Name.
Thr C h n z a n recites rhe Coqlete Kaddsh.
5 - 1 1 ~ 7 7Exalted and sanctified be His great Name (Cong.:
Amen) in the world that H e created accordng to His Will,

and may H e establish His I n g s h p and cause His redemption t o sprout, and bring near His Mashiach (Cong.:Amen), in
your lifetimes and in your days, and in the lifetimes of the
entire House of Israel, swiftly and soon, and say "Amen."
(Cong.: Amen. May Hzs great Name be blessed forever and ever.
Blessed) May His great Name be blessed forever and ever.
Blessed and praised,
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all His deeds. COD is close to all w h o call upon Him,
to all w h o call upon H i m in truth. H e fulfills the will
of those w h o fear Him, and H e hears their cry and
delivers them. GOD watches over all w h o love Him,
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the world that he created according to [His Will, and may He establish
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ourselves? T,et us search and examine our ways, and
return to \u.ou, for \li)ur right hand is extended to
receive those who repent. LYk do not come before You
with kindness, nor with [goodl dccds. We knock at Your
doors like paupers and like beggars. \We knock at Your
doors, Merciful and (;racious One, please do not turn
us away empty-handed from Your Presence. Please cto
our Icing, for You are the One who hears prayer.
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y e w You who hears prayer, to You all flesh will come. All flesh will
come to prostrate themselves before You, GOD.They will come and
prostrate themselves before You, Lord, and will honor Your Name.
Come, let us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before GOD,our
Maker. Enter His gates with thanksgiving, His courtyards with praise;
give thanks to Him, bless His Name. Behold, bless GOD all servants of
GOD who stand in the house of GOD in the nights. Raise your hands in
sanctity and bless GOD.Let us come to His dwellings, let us prostrate
ourselves at His footstool. Exalt GOD,our God, and prostrate yourselves
at His footstool, He is holy. Exalt GOL),our God, and prostrate yourselves toward His holy mountain, for GOD,our God, is holy. Prostrate
yourselves before GOD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before Him
all the earth. And we, through Your abundant kindness, we s h d come
Into Your house, we will prostrate ourselves toward Your holy Sanctuary
In awe of You. We will prostrate ourselves toward Your holy Sanctuary,
and we will thank Your Name for Your kindness and for Your truth, for
You have exalted Your word above all Your Name. GOD,God of Hosts,
who is like You, the Nghty God, and Your faithfulness surrounds You.
For who in the sky can be compared to GOD,who among the mighty
[celestial] beings can be likened to GOD? For You are great and perform
wonders, You alone, 0 God. For great above the heavens is Your kindness, and Your truth reaches to the skies. GOD is great and exceedingly
exalted, and His greatness is unfathomable. For GOD is great and exceedingly exalted; He is awesome above all celestial powers. For GOD is a
great God and a great King over all celestial powers. For what power is
there in heaven or on earth that can do like Your deeds and like Your
mighty acts? Who would not fear You, King of nations, for this befits
You; for among all the wise of the nations and in all their dominions,
there is none like You. There is none like You, GOD;You are great and
Your Name is great in might. Yours is the arm with might; Your hand will
be strengthened, Your right hand will be exalted. Yours is the day, the
night is also Yours; You established the luminary [the moon] and the sun.
For in His hands are the depths of the earth, and the heights of the
mountains are His. Who can recount the mighty acts of GOD,proclaim
all His praises. Yours, GOD, is the greatness and the might, the glory, the
victor); and the majesty; even all in heaven and on earth. Yours, GOD,is
the kingship, and You are exalted, supreme over all. Yours are the heavens, the earth is also Yours; the world and all its fullness - You founded them. You set all the boundaries of the earth; summer and winter You fashioned them. You crushed the heads of the Leviathan, You gave
him as food for the nation [wandering] in the wilderness. You split open
a fountain and brook; You dried up mighty streams. You divided the sea
w ~ t hYour might; You shattered the heads of sea-monsters on the waters.
You rule the pride of the sea; when its waves surge, You calm them.
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GOD is great and exceedmgly exalted in the city of our God, His holy
are God. The Almighty is revered in the great council of the holy ones,
and awe-inspiring over all who surround Him. And the heavens will praise
Your wonders, GOD; Your faithfulness, too, in the assembly of the holy
ones. Come, let us sing to GOD; let us raise sounds to the Rock of our
deliverance. Let us approach His Presence with thanksgiving; let us raise
sounds to Him with hymns. Righteousness and justice are the foundations
of Your throne; kindness and truth precede Your countenance. Let us
take sweet counsel together; let us walk with the throng to the House of
God. For His is the sea, as He made it; and His hands formed the dry
land. For in His hand is the soul of every tivlng being and the spirit of all
human flesh. The soul is Yours, and the body is Your handiwork; have pity
on Your labor. The soul is Yours and the body is Yours, GOD, act for the
sake of Your Name. We have come [relying] on Your Name, GOD, act for
the sake of Your Name; for the sake of the glory of Your Name, for
Gracious and Merciful God is Your Name. For the sake of Your Name,
GOD, forgve our iniquity, for it is great.
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have erred. Pardon us, o u r IOng, for o u r iniquities are many.
7 3 For we trust in Your abundant mercy, and we rely on Your dghteousness, and we hope for Your forgiveness, and we yearn for Your deliverance. You are a King who loves righteousness from of old, who makes
the Iniquities of His people pass away and removes the sins of those that
fear Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the first [generations] and keeps the oath w~ththe latter Lgenerations]. You are the One
who descended on Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory and showed the
ways of Your benevolence to &loses,Your servant. You revealed to him
the paths of Your kindnesses, and made known to him that You are a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger and abundant in kindness, abounding in beneficence, and guiding the entire world with the attribute of
mercy. And so it is written: "And He said: I will make all My benevolence
pass before you, and I w~llcall out with the Name of GOD before you;
and 1 will be gracious to whom I will be graclous and I will be merciful
with whom I will be merciful."
5~ Almighty One, You are slow t o anger, You are called the
blaster o f Mercy, and You have taught the way o f repentance.
Remember this day, and every day, the greatness o f Your mercy
and h n d n e s s t o the descendants o f Your beloved. T u r n t o us with
mercy, for You are the Master o f Mercy. We approach Your
Presence with supphcation and prayer, :as You have made known
aforetimes t o w o s e s ] the humble. Turn from Your fierce anger,
shadow o f Your wings, as o n the day when "GOD descended in
a cloud." Pass over rebelllous sln
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and erase g d t , as o n the day when "And He stood there with him
the day when "he invoked the Name of GOD'; and there it is said:
Thefollowing two uerse.r are recited only whtn prying with a qworum of ten.
13Y71 "And GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
mn? GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

IGndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity,
rebehous transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses." Forgve
nL/o Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
73K The pious have disappeared from the earth, and of the
upright among man there is none. No one calls o n Your Name in
the cluldren of man. For with You is the source of life, in Your light
we shall see light. For with COD there is loving-kmdness, and with
all its iniquities.
am> As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is CODk Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts
in You. GOD, help, lilny the IGng answer us on the day we call.
nL/o Please forgve the iniquity of this people in accord with the
3nKv "And COD said: I have forgven in accord with your word."
nv;r My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see
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from them. Holy One, it is in Your hand to open the fetters, according to
Your pure craft, and not like the craft of man. Foul, the One who dons
righteousness, and it is to Him like a covering cloak, and He prepares the
remedy from the wound itself: raise Your congregation from its downing
fall, with Your great strength and Your outstretched arm. The impure
speak of destroying Your heritage, to exchange Your glory and to
become naught with vainness by accepting a despised sapling as a god,
and abandoning and reviling Youc holy awesomeness. v h u s You] who
with Your love and compassion raises and uplifts, blot out the schemes
of the evil and nullify their plans. Cast among them great confusion and
a cruel angel who repulses and causes wandering. For the sake of Your
own honor, and Your holy Name that is praised, perform awesome wonders so that it be not desecrated among the nations. Lead their advisors
and mighty into senselessness, and deal with them severely like they had
dealt with me. You who raises the poor from the dust and the needy from
the dung-heap, do not deliver Your congregation to destruction and disgrace. If it was slothful and lax with Your precepts, let Your love cover
up all its rebellious sins. Lord of lords, their belovedness before You is
abundant; no matter what, they are called children unto You. God of all
that are above and all that are below, may Your mercies come to meet us
before the treacherous waters sweep us away. Those who desire Your
nearness despite all happenings -hasten for them the prophesied salvations. Holy One, perform for them a sign of benevole~ce;strong and
mighty is their Redeemer, GOD, Tzeva'ot.
5~ Almighty, IGng, who sits o n the throne o f mercy and acts
with hndness, pardoning the iniquities o f His people, removing
every first [sin], increasingly granting pardon t o sinners and forgiveness t o rebellious transgressors; w h o does righteous deeds
with all w h o are flesh and spirit; You w h o does n o t requite them
according t o their evil; Almighty One, You w h o taught us to
recite the Thirteen [Attributes o f Mercy], this day remember unto
us the covenant o f these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes t o p o s e s ] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD
descended in a cloud and stood there with him, and he invoked
the Name o f GOD.
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Un13 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD,have

mercy on us. Deliverance is GOD$ Your blessing is upon Your
people, Selah. GOD,Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a
stronghold for us, Selah. GOD,Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person
who trusts in You. GOD, help; may the Ktng answer us on the
day we call.
n5w Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with
the greatness of Your kindness, and as You have forgiven thls
people from Egypt until now; and there it is said:
TnK71 "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
;run My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and
see the desolation of ourselves and of the city upon which Your
of Your abundant mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgtve; Lord, be
attentive, and act and do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for
Your Name is proclaimed over Your city and Your people.
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our father. Draw us close whenever we call upon You; You are exalted and
sublime in our midst. You have dealt with us with acts of beneficence even
in our indebtedness, not because of our righteousness and the uprightness
of our heart. Our Beloved, though we have been cast off, redeem us, for
we are slaves. Because of our iniquities we are now crushed, and the one
that awaits You has become impatient: Where, then, are Your earlier kindnesses towards us, which could be relied upon for all eternity? We bear fury
and our strength is weakened; GOD, do not rebuke us in Your anger. Many
woes have worn away our flesh; please do not chastise us in Your rage. The
trouble of our distress is beyond counting -where is the one to weigh [it]?
Where is the one to count [it]? We know our wickedness, for we have rebelliously transgressed; indeed, You have done what is true, while we have
acted wickedlv.
lacob is small and
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needy; may oppression be removed and the yoke be broken from us, for the
strength for endurance is weakened. D o not exact payment to the extent of
our character, for we remain but a few out of many. Relent from the evil
against Your nation, for it is Your craft to incline toward kindness. If our
iniquities bear witness against us, forgive; help us, for we rely on You. Bend
our neck to be subservient to You, to serve and honor You with love and
awe. Those mindful of You have consecrated fast-days to be established;
their mind is too scant to request their needs. May their whispered prayer
come to You, swaddle each person's affiction and pain. The voice of Jacob
moans from Your depths - listen in Heaven, the abode of Your dwelling.
Destroy with anger the pursuing tyrant, reveal a year of retribution for the
cause of Zion. You saw and descended [to Egypt] to acquire us from the
ume of [our] youth, do not cast us off in the time of our old age!
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- Day Five
We strayed to the left, but let Your right hand draw us close; do not forsake
us as our strength fails. Behold and look, and watch over Your beloved; gird
Yourself with Your graces, garb Yourself with Your righteousnesses, cover
Yourself with Your mercy and wrap Yourself in Your loving-kindness; and
may the attribute of Your benevolence and Your humility come before You.
UYYIW' May He who abides in sublime mystery let us hear "I
have forgiven." May the poor and needy people be saved by v o u r ]
right hand's salvation. When we cry out to You, answer us in righteousness with awesome deeds - GOD, be our Helper!
7nvw I have set [reliance for] my succor on the One who is
mighty and exalted, I pour out my prayer before the One who
drew me [from the womb], perhaps He will be favorable to me. I
made my manner correspond to the order He set out'; thus surely
the precious one psrael] breaks down the the wall [of separation],
and You shall yet remember us 2 1 2 7 GOD, be our Helper!
K33 When the wheel [of misfortune] comes like a wave to
change the way of thinking, behold Your beloved, Your dove,
turning to You; with her soul's longing she approaches to find a
way of repentance - the right hand stretched out from below, as
we await our expectation n l n ? GOD, be our Helper!
5 ~ Say1 to ~the one gathered to ask for kindness - "Here I
am!" The characteristics of the [evil] inclination are entrenched,
fixed as with a nail, and placed o n the neck like a pile of beams to
imprison; and who is girded to disperse that stranger, and who is
so fierce that he destroy him , 7 1 2 7 GOD, be our Helper!
njr3i-15God, open a door for the lily from on high; understand
my thought to place me within the locked gate. Have mercy on us,
come to meet us with balm and heal the wound. Purify my palate to
make me righteous; let iniquity be searched for and no longer be i11;r' GOD, be our Helper!
nji- May a goodly portion come to the silenced dove from
the Perfect One, a sign of righteousness as she becomes righteous.
She calls out to You, in awe of You, to save her. It is the time to
free her, Lord, in this very hour. Draw away the sheath from the
case, bring forth our judgment like a light 2 7 2 7 GOD, be our Helper!
1. I.e., I have arranged my prayers with the recitation of the Thirteen Atmbutes o f
Mercy m the order set out by God (Exodus 34:6-7), o f which God said: "Whenever the
Israelites sm, they shaU follow this order before Me and I WIIIforgive them." A covenant
was made with the T h t e e n Attributes that their recitation will always be effective (see
Exodus 3410): whenever Israel recites them tn their prayers, "they will not be turnsd
back cmpry-handed." (Rorh Harhanah 17b)
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word to those who sent me. You strengthened the statute which You
decreed, that the Thirteen [Attributes]-as was spokenZ-will sustain them and not be for naught. I was sent to prevail, and You, who
bears iniquity, do likewise. Now be merciful to us again , 1 1 ; r 7 GOD, be our Helper!
13Yrnt1' May He who abides in sublime mystery let us hear "I
have forgven!" May the poor and needy people be saved by [Your]
right hand's salvation. When we cry out to You, answer us in righteousness with awesome deeds - GOD, be our Helper!
5 ~Almighty, King, who sits on the throne of mercy and
righteous deeds with all who are flesh and spirit; You who does
made known aforetimes to [Moses] the humble one, as it is
Thefolowin~two uerres are recited only with a quorum of' hn.
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m;r- GOD, COD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious,

Slow to Anger and Abundant in Kindness and Truth;
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and forgiving, and abundant in kmdness to all who call upon You.
As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a
stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man
who trusts in You. GOD, save; may the King answer us on the
day we call.
1. 'The m~ssionof praying in behalf of the community. Thls may relate t o the c h a ~ a n ,
the reader in behalf of the community. 2. See page 75, note 1.
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5~ D o not recall against us former iniquities; let Your mercies

come swiftly towards us, for we have been brought very low. Do not
goodness, GOD.
131 GOD, remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses, for they
are from the begnning of the world. Remember us, GOD, with favor
for Your people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation which You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage which You
against the Edornites who said "Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!"
swore by Your very Self and You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of heaven, and this entire Land of whch I spoke 1
Your servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; d o not turn to the obstinacy
of this people, to its wickedness and to its sin. Please do not reckon for
us a sin that which we did foolishly and that which we have sinned. We
have sinned, our Rock; forgve us, our Creator.
3131Remember to us the covenant with the Patriarchs, as You said:
with the first [generations) whom I took out from the land of Egypt
before the eyes of the natlons, to be their God; I am GOD." D o unto
us as You promised us: "Yet despite all that, when they will be in the
God." Bring back our captiv~tyand have mercy on us, as it is written:
"COD, your God, will return your captivity and have mercy on you, and
He will again gather you from all the peoples where GOD, your God,
his scattered you." Gather our dispersed, as it is written: "If your dispersed will be at the furthermost part of heaven, from there GOD, your
rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud and like a mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud,
pour sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you." Wipe away
our rebellious transgressions for Your sake, as You have said: "I, I am
He who wipes away your rebellious transgressions for My sake, and I
will not recall your sins." LVh~tenour sins as snow and as wool, as it is
written: "Come now, let us reason together, says GOD, though your sins
will be like scarlet, they will become white as snow;
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though they be red as crimson, they will become as [white] wool."

Sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written: "And I will
do not destroy us, as it is written: "For GOD, your God, is a merclful
God; He will not abandon you, and He will not destroy you, and He will
not forget the covenant with your fathers whch He swore to them."
Circumcise our hearts to love your Name, as it is written: "And GOD,
your God, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to
love GOD, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul, that you
may live." Be accessible to us when we seek You, as it is written: "And
from there you will seek GOD, your God, and you will find, when you
search for Him with all your heart and with all your soul." Bring us to
Your holy mountain and gladden us in Your House of Prayer, as it is
in My House of Prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will
find favor upon My altar, for My House shall be called a House of
Prayer for all peoples."
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GOD, consider our thoughts. May the words of our mouth and the
meditation o f our heart find favor before You, GOD, our Rock and
our Redeemer. For it is for You, GOD, that we hoped; You will
respond, Lord, our God.
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before You, and d o not hide Yourself from our supplication, for we are
not so brazen-faced and obst~nateas to say before You, GOD, our God
and God of our fathers, that we are righteous and have not sinned.
Indeed, we and our fathers have sinned.
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1 1 1 We
~ have turned away from Your commandments and from Your
acted wickedly.
u n V K We have become more guilty than all people; we are more
1'7Y1 Yet still we have not returned from our error. How can we be so
brazen-faced and obstinate as t o say before You, GOD, our God and God
1 1 7 1 9 ~ 5Our toil has been plundered before our eyes, pulled and torn
from us. They placed the~ryoke upon us, we are bearing it o n our shoulders.
have encompassed us. We called unto You. GOD, our God, but because of
our llxquities You have distanced Yourself from us. We turned away from
nwn Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can dlscern errors? Cleanse me from hidden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD, our God,
sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it 1s written by Your prophet:
"And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I will purify you from all your defilement and from all your idols."
5 ~ 7 2 1Daniel, the delightful person, cried out before You: "My God,
because of Your abundant mercies. I,ord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, be
attentwe, and act and d o not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your
Name is proclaimed upnn Your c ~ t yand upon Your people."
KlTY Ezra the Scribe s a d before You: "My God, I am ashamed and
confounded to Lift my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have increased
t grown to the heavens. But You are the
to above the head, and our p ~ l has
God of forgiveness, gracloirs and merciful, slow to anger and abundant in
kindness, and You did not forsake them." Do not forsake us, our Father, and
do not cast us off, our Creator; do not abandon us, our Molder,
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and do not make an end to us, as for our sins. GOD, our God, fulfill for us
the v.rord You promlsed us in the tradition through Jeremiah, Your seer, as
it is said: "In those days, and at that time, says GOD, the iniquity of Israel
wtll be sought for and it shall not be there, and the sins of Judah - and
they shall not be found, for I will forgive those whom I leave to remain."
Your people and Your heritage hunger for Your goodness, thirst for Your
kindness, long for Your deliverance; may they recognize and know that
mercy and forgiveness belong to GOD, our God.
covenant. Act for the sake of Your greatness and glory. Act for the
sake of Your Law. Act for the sake of Your majesty. Act for the sake
of Your Meeting House. Act for the sake of Your remembrance. Act
for the sake of Your kindness. Act for the sake of Your goodness. Act
for the sake of Your Oneness. Act for the sake of Your honor. Act for
the sake of Your teachng. Act for the sake of Your kingship. Act for
the sake of Your eternity. Act for the sake of Your secret counsel. Act
for the sake of Your might. Act for the sake of Your magnificence.
Act for the sake of Your righteousness. Act for the sake of Your holiness. Act for the sake of Your abundant mercies. Act for the sake of
Your Shechinah. Act for the sake of Your praise. Act for the sake of
Oneness. Act for the sake of those who went through fire and water
for the sanctification of Your Name. Act for the sake of the nursing
infants who have not sinned. Act for the sake of the weaned children
who have not transgressed. Act for the sake of the school-children.Act
for Your sake, if not for ours. Act for Your own sake and deliver us.
~ U YAnswer us, GOD, answer us. Answer us, our God, answer
who are steadfast and kmd, answer us. Answer us, You who are pure
who knows our n a m e , answer us. Answer us, You who suppresses
us. Answer us, Supreme IGng of kings, answer us.
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us, You who forgives and pardons, answer us. Answer us, You who
responds in time of &stress, answer us. Answer us, You who
upon Him, answer us. Answer us, You who are hard [to be provoked] to anger, answer us. Answer us, You who are easy to be pacified, answer us. Answer us, You who are merciful and gracious,
answer us. Answer us, You who listens to the destitute, answer us.
Answer us, You who supports the wholesome, answer us. Answer
us, God of our fathers, answer us. Answer us, God of Abraham,
answer us. Answer us, Dread of Isaac, answer us. Answer us, Mighty
One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us, Helper of the Tribes, answer
us. Answer us, Stronghold of the Matriarchs, answer us. Answer us,
You who responds in a time of favor, answer us. Answer us, Father
of orphans, answer us. Answer us, Judge of widows, answer us.
-a He who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
may He answer us. He who answered our fathers at the Sea of
Reeds, may He answer us. He who answered Moses at Horeb, may
He answer us. He who answered Aaron with the censer, may He
answer us. He who answered Pinchas when he rose from amid the
congregation, may He answer us. He who answered Joshua in
Gilgal, may He answer us. He who answered Samuel in Mitzpah,
may He answer us. He who answered David and his son Solomon
Mount Carmel, may He answer us. He who answered Elisha in
lericho, may He answer us. He who answered Jonah in the bowels of the fish, may He answer us. He who answered Hezeluah,
Krng of Judah, in his illness, may He answer us. He who answered
Chananyah, Mtshael and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He
answer us. He who answered Mordechai and Esther in Shushan
may He answer us. He who answered all the righteous, and the
pious, and the wholesome, and the upright, may He answer us.
>)3K21And David said to Gad: "I am exceedingly distressed.
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DTIT Merciful and gracious One, I have sinned before You. GOD,
full of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD, d o
not rebuke me in Your anger, and do not chastise me in Your wrath. Be
gracious to me, GOD, for I am feeble; heal me GOD, for my bones are
terrified. My soul, too, is very much terrified, and You, GOD: until
when? Return, GOD, rescue my soul, save me for the sake of Your lundness. For in death there is no mention of You; in the grave who will gve
thanks to You? I am wearied with my sighing; every night I drench my
bed, 1 melt my couch, with my tears. My eye is dimmed because of
anger, aged because of all my tormentors. Depart from me all workers
of evil, for GOD has heard the sound of my weeping. GOD has heard
my supplication, GOD will accept my prayer. All my foes shall be
shamed and exceed~ngly terrified; they will turn back, they will be
shamed in an instant.
Vnn He wounds and He heals; He causes death and He restores life;
him; but a compassionate father heals h s pain. A slave who rebels is led
o u t in chains; but if h s master so desires, he breaks his chains. We are
with bitter wormwood. We are Your servants and we rebelled against You,
['thus we suffer] -some with plunder, some with captivity, some with the
whip. We beg of You, in Your abundant mercies, heal the pains that overwhelm us, before we be annihilated in captivity.
- D u n You [angels] who bring in [pleas for] mercy, bring in our [plea
cause prayer to be heard, cause our prayer to be heard before the Hearer
of prayer. You [angels] who cause outcry to be heard, cause our outcry t o
be heard before the Hearer of outcry. You [angels] who bring in tears,
bring in our tears before the Kmg who is appeased by tears. Intercede and
increase supplication and entreaty before the King, the high and exalted
God. Mention before Him, cause to be heard before Him, the Torah and
the good deeds of those who repose in the dust. May He remember their
love, and give life to their offspring, so that the remnant of Jacob not be
lost. For the flock of the faithful shepherd has become a dsgrace; Israel,
the unique nation, an example and a taunt. Hasten, answer us, God of our
salvation, and redeem us from all harsh decrees; and in Your abundant
mercies save Your righteous anointed and Your people.
11" Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a captive who
pleads to his captors. All captives are redeemed with money, but Your
people with mercy and pleading. Grant us [our] requests and petitions, so
that we be not turned back from You empty-handed.
]in Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a slave
embittered from troubles that are abounding. We have no strength to
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GOD is One."
T n l W Guardian of the holy nation, guard the remnant of the
1 1 - 3 ~Our Father, our EOng, You are our Father. Our Father,
our I n g , we have no lung but You. Our Father, our King, have
mercy o n us. Our Father, our h g , be gracious with us and
answer us, for we have no kood] deeds; deal with us with charity
l J n 2 K l As for us, we know not what to do, but our eyes are
hndness be upon us as we have put our hope in You. D o not
GOD, be gracious to us, for we are abundantly sated with humiliation. When in anger, remember to be compassionate! When in
anger, remember the binding [of Isaac]! When in anger, remember uprightness! When in anger, remember the love! GOD, save;
may the I n g answer us o n the day we call. For He knows our
nature, He is mindful that we are dust. Help us, God of our deliverance, for the sake of Your Name's glory, and save us, and atone
our sins for the sake of Your Name.
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h l n ? Exalted and sanctified b e His great N a m e (Cong.:

Amen) in the world that H e created according t o His Will,
and may H e establish His Kingship and cause His redemption t o sprout, and bring near His Mashiach (Cong.: Amen), i n
your lifetimes and in your days, and in the lifetimes o f the
entire H o u s e of Israel, swiftly and soon, a n d say "Amen."
(Cong.: Amen. M q His great Name be blessed forever and ever.

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glorified, exalted and extolled, honored, upraised and lauded

be the Name of the Holy One, blessed is He (Cong.: Amen),
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are uttered in the world, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen)
Selichot - Day S i x
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the people for whom t h s is so, fortunate is the people whose God is GOD. A Psalm by David: I will
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to all who call upon Him in truth. He fulfills the will
The chanan reciter HaJ=Ka&fish.
'nxn- Exalted and sanctified be His great Name (Cong.: Amen) in

the world that he created according to His Wi, and may He establish
His Kingship, and cause HISredemption to sprout and bring near His
Mashiach (Cong.: Amen), in your lifetimes and in your days, and in the
'Amen."(Cong.: Amen. Ma),Hirgreat Name be b/essedfoever andfor all eternig;Bfe~~ed)
May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored,

with ktndness, nor with [good] deeds. We knock at Your
our King, for You are the One who hears prayer.
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Ynw YOUwho hears prayer, to You all flesh will come. All flesh will
come to prostrate themselves before You, GOD.They will come and prostrate themselves before You, Lord, and will honor Your Name. Come, let
us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before GOD,our Maker. Enter
is gates with tha~~ksgvlng,
His courtyards with praise; give thanks to
in the house of GOD in the nights. Raise your hands in sancdty and bless
GOD.Let us come to His dwellings, let us prostrate ourselves at His footstool. Exalt GOD,our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool, He
is holy. Exalt GOD,our God, and prostrate yourselves toward His holy
mountain, for GOD,our God, is holy. Prostrate yourselves before GOD in
through Your abundant ktndness, we shaU come into Your house, we will
word above all Your Name. GOD,God of Hosts, who is like You, the
be compared to GOD,who among the mighty [celestial] beings can be
l~kenedto GOD? For You are great and perform wonders, You alone, 0
God. For great above the heavens is Your kindness, and Your truth reaches to the skies. GOD is great and exceedingly exalted, and His greatness is
all celest~alpowers. For what power is there in heaven or o n earth that can
King of nations, for this befits You; [or among all the wise of the nations
GOD,You are great and b u r Name is great in might. Yours IS the arm
with might; Your hand will be strengthened, Your right hand will be exalted. Yours is the day, the n~ghtIS also Yours; You established the luminary
the heights of the mountains are HIS.Who can recount the mighty acts of
G011, proclaim all HISprams. Yours, GOD,is the greatness and the might,
I'ours, GOD,is the kingship, and You are exalted, supreme over all. Yours
are the heavens, the earth is also Yours; the world and all its fullness - You
You fashioned them. You crushed the heads of the Leviathan, You gave
h ~ mas food for the nation [aandenngl in the wilderness. You split open a
fountaln and brook; You tlrled up mighty streams. You divided the sea with
Your m~ght;You shattered the heads of sea-monsters on the waters. You
rule the pr~deof the sea; when ~ t waves
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to Him with hymns. hghteousness and justice are the foundations of Your
n5u Forgive us, our Father, for In our great foolishness we have erred.
Pardon us, our King, for our iniquities are many.
1 1 For we trust in Your abundant mercy, and we rely on Your righteousness, and we hope for Your forgiveness, and we yearn for Your deliverance. You are a King who loves righteousness from of old, who makes
the iniquities of His people pass away and removes the sins of those that
fear Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the first kenerations] and keeps the oath with the latter Ijienerations]. You are the One
who descended o n hlount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory and showed the
ways of Your benevolence to Moses, Your servant. You revealed to him
pass before you, and I will call out with the Name of GOD before you;
and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful
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and kindness to the descendants of Your beloved. Turn to us with
mercy, for You are the Master of Mercy. We approach Your
Presence with supplication and prayer, as You have made known
aforetimes to poses] the humble. Turn from Your fierce anger,
shadow of Your wings, as on the day when "GOD descended in
a cloud." Pass over rebellious sin
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and erase guilt, as o n the day when "And H e stood there with h m
[Moses]." Give ear to our cry and be attentive to o u r speech, as o n
the day when "he invoked the Name of GOLY'; and there it is said:
Thefollowing hvo verses art recited on& whtn praying with a quorum of ten.
T>YT "And GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
;rlV GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

Ktndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver o f iniquity,
rebelhous transgression and sin, and H e w h o cleanses." Forgive
our iniquity and o u r sin, and take us for Your heritage.
nbu Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
and f o r p i n g- , and abundant in kindness to all who call upon You.
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upright among man there is none. N o one calls on Your Name in righteousness, bestirring himself to take hold of You. Save, GOD, for the
pious have ceased, for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. For with You is the source of life, in Your light we shall
see light. For with COD there is loving-luridness, and with Him there is
abundant redemption; and He will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
am> As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have mercy
o n us. Deliverance is GOD&Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
help; may the I n g answer us on the day we call.
n5u Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with the
Egypt until now; and there it is said:
l n K 1 1 "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
;rv;r My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see
mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, be attentive, and act and do not
1 1 7 ; r 5 ~Our God and God of our fathers:
K l i 7 K I cab upon Your Name, 1 bestir myself to hold fast to You.
1 take heed to come early with prayer, I awaken the dawn. I approached
before the Ark to offer clear speech; I was meticulous in moving the
orders of my lips' door. Behold, my desire is for the Almighty giving ear
to me, answering me. Where is one who is
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a fit petitioner? And where is one worthy - who can say, "I have
cleansed my heart and my acts are truthful; they are clean of willful
transgression, my hands' deeds are pure"? Bestow unto the culpable
beneficence, and not destruction. May prayer be considered like an
offering, and supplication as pleasing savor. Straighten Your bent ones
so that they be with uplifted head; let no sins be found, whether these
be concealed or revealed. Be a stronghold in distress for the one who
seek refuge in You; do not exile the wandering, the one straying like a
sheep. Place into Your flask the tears that drench the bed, in You I have
strength, a fortress and shelter. Release and bring forth to overflowing
abundance Your bound ones that You free; they cried unto You, they
knocked at Your door, they called upon You, to beseech in distress.
Robbers have robbed them, and the wicked surrounds the righteous; 0
Master and Judge, why do You h d e Your face? Crush and destroy the
din of Your opponents that rises against you. Make your kindnesses
wonderful, continuously, for those who know Your hidden lore. Please,
bring back the banished and gather in the exiled; lift up the lowly to the
heights and raise the downtrodden. Then they will say among the
nations: "GOD has done great things with these; the desolate has
become an Eden, and the ruins a fortress." Save those who trust in You,
who fled to be sheltered in Your shade. Seek out their pursued ones, it
is up to You to do this matter. Hear the crushed, behold the exhaustion
of h ~ sspirit; may his utterances and the outpouring of his talk find
favor. Strengthen @is] feebleness, and fortify pim as he] stumbles, to
bring him relief, for, behold, [You are] the Former of mountains and the
Creator of wind, and relates to man all he has done.
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King, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts with
kindness, pardoning the inlqulues of His people, removing every first [sin],
who does not requit them according to their evil; Almighty One, You who
taught us to recite the Thirteen [Attributes of Mercy], this day remember
unto us the covenant of these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to
[Moses] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud
The/o//omng two uerses are renled on4 with a quorum of ten.

rnn? GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to
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G n g , for we have rebeLously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
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urn> As a father has mercy o n h s children, so, GOD,have mercy

o n us. Deliverance is GOD5;Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
GOD,Tzeva'ot, is with us; the G o d of Jacob is a stronghold for us,
Selah. GOD,Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. GOD,
help; may the Kmg answer us o n the day we call.
n4a Please forgive t h e iniquity o f this people i n accord with
t h e greatness o f Your kindness, a n d as You have forgiven this
people f r o m E g y p t until now; a n d there it is said:
7 n K T "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; I,ord, be attentive, and act and d o not
1 2 ~ 1 Our
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covenant? We are driven away and cast out from Your heritage; GOD, our
God, lords other than You have mastered us. Exceedingly great is become
the anxiety of Your poor ones, who bear the yoke of the fear of You with
heart and soul and might, and they are exceedingly bowed and humbled;
let Your mercy come to meet us speed~ly,for we have become exceedingly impovenshed. Our appearance has changed because of the daily revilers; they gnash their teeth and say, "Indeed, this is the [fatal] day."
Awesome One, reveal the scheme of Your rulership, because we are killed
fot Your sake, all day long. W'e hope for the end-time of the redemption
and consolation, for shame has covered us and humiliation has enwrapped
us; oppressed and enslaved under the hand of every nation, and there is
no one among us who knows for how long. King of kings, remember Your
mercies of old: save those who guard Your unity from the smoking firebrands; whiten the filth of their offensiveness which is colored like scarlet
red, do not recall against us former iniquities. Because of Mount Zion
which is desolate, my face is concealed and my heart is appalled; condemn
the foes who laid it waste, and make Your countenance shine upon Your
desolated Sanctuary. O n the possession [You] acquired of old for the sake
of Your glory - have mercy and do not destroy it, for that is Your praise.
For thus did the faithful of Your house [Moses] promise us: "For GOD,
your God, is a merciful God; He will not let go of you nor destroy you."
May You remember the likeness of the wholesome [Tacob] which is graven
on Your throne; Lustrous One, give his children to drink from the stream
of Your delights. Furnish them with salvation, cleanse them - [You] who
bears iniquity, and passes over willful transgressions, and cleanses.
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- Day Six
[You] who abides in sublime mystery, my shield and my

armor: be attentive to my cry and give ear to my raised voice.
Cleanse my sin, Holy One, grant my hope -my request is for my
life, and my petition is for my people.
;rpr Act charitably with Your people, Holy One, for Your
Name's sake, for vanished are Your wholesome ones who caused
Your anger to pass and the [priests] who presented Your bread offerings; therefore I have come now 7 ~ 4 My
3 request isfor my ye, and tny pektion isfor my people.
nKun Drown the sins of my youth, and let them be overturned in the sea to become like something pure. Exalt the righteousness of the elders, and crown Yourself with the. prayer of the
downtrodden; then, when You cleanse me as if in a crucible, my
denouncer will wail, for my heart is altogether Yours. Behold, now
I have come to You 7 WDJ My request isfar my l$, and ~y petition 1sfor my peop/e.
liln Gracious One, Living One, be gracious to me; answer
me when You hear the sound of my shout in my throat, increase
for me Your forgiveness, inscribe me for life,and may my righteousness bear witness for me 7 W ~ My
J request zs for my ltjG, and my petition isfor my people.
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Foul, this one who is my God, save, and make the merits
outweigh. Appear from Your celestial dwelling, grace the storm tossed and driven about, and swallow up the one who slanders me
so he will no longer bring guilt upon Your flock, lest I see the evil
of my kindred's doom 7w91 My request isfor my life,and my petition isfor my people.
WT? Sanctify Your Holy Name, which they desecrated in
Your Sanctuary, and the descendants of Aaron, Your holy ones
who presented Your fire-offerings. What can Your holy ones do
now that Your holy sacrifices have ceased? Please pay heed to
those who sanctif$ You, as if I had compensated with bulls ~wD.,My request isfor my /fee,and my petition isfor my people.
in?May Your servants find favor, for the sake of Your glorious Name, those who proclaim Your oneness and bear witness
for You that there is none besides You. Please seek Your lost ones;
behold, they have come unto You, for Your love is good. I have
sought Your Presence r W 4 l My request isfor my lye, and my petition isfor my people.
SeLichot - Day Six
93
7 ' 7 1 Please
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Please turn to me for good, to provide me with graciousness; for,
pray, to whom can I turn when there is no prop and support? Please
forgve those who hope in You, let them hear "I have forpen" 7w91 My request isf i r my lfc, and m_y petition ufor my people.
ZWV [You] who abides in sublime mystery, my shield and my
armor: be attentive to my cry and give ear to my raised voice.
Cleanse my sin, Holy Onc, grant my hope - my request is for my
life, and my petition is for my people.
> K Almighty, King, who sits o n the throne of mercy
and acts with kindness, pardoning the iniquities of His people, removing every first [sin], increasingly granting pardon
to sinners and forgiveness t o rebellious transgressors; w h o
does righteous deeds with all who are flesh and spirit; You
w h o does n o t requite them according to their evil;
Almighty One, You w h o taught us to recite the Thirteen
[Attributes of Mercy], this day remember unto us the
covenant of these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to [Moses] the humble one, as it is written: "And
GO13 descended in a cloud and stood there with him, and
he invoked the Name of GOD.
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And GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
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H e who cleanses." Forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take
us for Your heritage.
n5o Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us,
our King, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, Lord,
are good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to all who call
upon You.
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mercy on us. Deliverance is G O D t Your blessing is upon Your
stronghold for us, Sclah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man
who trusts in You. GOD, save; may the IGng answer us on the
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come swiftly towards us, for we have been brought very low. Do not
You remember us in accordance with Your hndness, because of Your
goodness, GOD.
731 GOD, remember Your mercies and Your kmdnesses, for they
are from the beginning of the world. Remember us, GOD, with favor
for Your people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation which You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage wluch You
against the Edomites who said "Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!"
swore by Your very Self and You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of heaven, and this entire Land of which I spoke I
Your servants, Abraham, lsaac and Jacob; d o not turn to the obstinacy
of this people, to its wickedness and to its sin. Please do not reckon for
us a sin that which we did foolishly and that which we have sinned. We
have sinned, our Rock; forgive us, our Creator.
liar Remember to us the covenant with the Patriarchs, as You sald:
"And I will remember M y covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant
with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will remember; and 1
will remember the Idand." Remember to us the covenant with the first
kenerations], as You sad: "And I will remember for them the covenant
before the eyes of the nations, to be their God; I am GOD." D o unto
us as You promised us: "Yet despite all that, when they will be in the
God." Bring back our capt~vityand have mercy on us, as it is written:
"GOD, your God, will return your captivity and have mercy on you, and
has scattered you." Gather our dispersed, as it is written: "If your dispersed will be at the furthermost part of heaven, from there GOD, your
rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud and like a mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud,
your sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you." Wipe away
our rebellious transgressions for Your sake, as You have said: "I, 1 am
He who wipes away your rebellious transgressions for My sake, and I
will not recall your sins." Wluten our sins as snow and as wool, as it is
written: "Come now, let us reason together, says GOD; though your sins
will be like scarlet, they will become white as snow;
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though they be red as crimson, they will become as [white] wool."

Sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written: "And I will
do not destroy us, as it is written: "For GOD, your God, is a merciful
God; He will not abandon you, and He will not destroy you, and He will
not forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them."
Circumcise our hearts to love your Name, as it is written: "And GOD,
your God, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to
love GOD, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul, that you
may live." Be accessible to us when we seek You, as it is written: "And
from there you will seek GOD, your God, and you will find, when you
search for Him with all your heart and with all your soul." Bring us to
Your holy mountain and gladden us in Your I-Iouse of Prayer, as it is
in Puly House of Prayer; thelr burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will
find favor upon My altar, for My House shall be called a House of
Prayer for all peoples."
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5~ Do not cast us away from Your Presence, and do
5~ D o not forsake us, GOD, our G o d ; d o not be far from us.
Show us a sign for good, that our foes may see and b e shamed,
for You, GOD, have helped us and consoled us. Give ear to o u r
words, GOD, consider our thoughts. May the words o f our mouth
and the meditation of our heart find favor before You, GOD, our
Rock and our Redeemer. For it is for You, GOD, that we hoped;
You will respond, Lord, our God.
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before You, and d o not hide Yourself from our supplication, for we
are not so brazen-faced and obstinate as to say before You, GOD,
our God and G o d of our fathers, that wc are righteous and have not
sinned. Indeed, we and our fathers have sinned.
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l 1 n w K We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed; we

have spoken slander. We have comm~ttediniquity, and we have acted
1110 We have turned away from Your commandments and from
Your good laws, and it has not profited us. But You are the Righteous One
in all that has come upon us, for You have acted truthfully, and it is we
who acted wickedly.
l l n w K We have become more guilty than all people; we are more
Ir'TYl Yet sull we have not returned from our error. How can we be so
1 1 7 1 3 ~ 5O u r toil has been plundered before our eyes, pulled and torn
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our iniquities You have mstanced Yrourself from us. We ~ r n e away
nwn Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern
errors? Cleanse me from hdden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD, our God, from
all our rebellious sins, and purify us from all our defilements; and sprinkle
pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written by Your prophet: "And I
will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I will purify you
from all your defilements and from all your idols."
5 ~ 7 3 ' 1Daniel, the delightful person, cried out before You: "My God,
incline Your ear and hear, open Your eyes and see the desolations of ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name is proclaimed; for it is not for
our righteousness that we offer our supplications before You, but because
of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgve! Lord, be attentive, and
act and do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your Name is proclaimed
upon Your city and upon Your people."
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the Scribe said before You: "My God, I am ashamed
and confounded to lift my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have
increased t o above the head, and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
But You are the God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to
anger and abundant in kindness, and You did not forsake them." D o
not forsake us, our Father, and d o not cast us off, our Creator; d o not
abandon us, our Molder,
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and do not make an end to us, as for our sins. GOD, our God, fulfill for
us the word You promised us in the tradition through Jeremiah, Your
seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that time, says GOD, the iniquity of Israel will be sought for and it shall not be there, and the sins of
Judah - and they shall not be found, for I will forgve those whom I
leave to remain." Your people and Your heritage hunger for Your goodness, thirst for Your luridness, long for Your deliverance; may they recognize and know that mercy and forgiveness belong to GOD, our God.
abundant mercies. Act for the sake of Your Shechnah. . k t for the sake
of Your praise. Act for the sake of Your beloved who rest in the dust. Act
for the sake of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Act for the sake of Moses and
Aaron. Act for the sake of David and Solomon. Act for the sake of
Jerusalem, Your holy city. Act for the sake of Zion, the abode of Your
glory. Act for the sake of the desolation of Your Sanctuary. Act for the
sake of the destruction of Your altar. Act for the sake of those who were
slain for Your holy Name. Act for the sake of those who where slaughtered for Your Oneness. Act for the sake of those who went through tire
and water for the sanctification of Your Name. Act for the sake of the
nursing infants who have not sinned. Act for the sake of the weaned cMdren who have not transgressed. Act for the sake of the school-chddren.
Act for Your sake, if not for ours. Act for Your own sake and deliver us.
131Y Answer us, GOD, answer us. Answer us, our God,
answer us. Answer us, our Father, answer us. Answer us, our
Creator, answer us. Answer us, our Redeemer, answer us. Answer
us, You who seeks us, answer us. Answer us, faithful God, answer
us. Answer us, You who are steadfast and klnd, answer us. Answer
us, You who are pure and upright, answer us. Answer us, living
and enduring One, answer us. Answer us, good and beneficent
One, answer us. Answer us, You who knows our nature, answer
us. Answer us, You who suppresses anger, answer us. Answer us,
You who dons righteousness, answer us. Answer us, Supreme
King o f hngs, answer us.
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us, You who forgves and pardons, answer us. Answer us, You
who responds in time of distress, answer us. Answer us, You who
upon Him, answer us. Answer us, You who are hard [to be provoked] to anger, answer us. Answer us, You who are easy to be
pacified, answer us. Answer us, You who are merciful and gracious, answer us. Answer us, You who listens to the destitute,
answer us. Answer us, You who supports the wholesome, answer
us. Answer us, God of our fathers, answer us. Answer us, God of
Abraham, answer us. Answer us, Dread of Isaac, answer us.
Answer us, Mighty One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us, Helper
of the Tribes, answer us. Answer us, Stronghold of the
favor, answer us. Answer us, Father of orphans, answer us.
Answer us, Judge of widows, answer us.
'InHe who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
may He answer us. He who answered our fathers at the Sea of
Reeds, may H e answer us. He who answered Moses at Horeb, may
He answer us. He who answered Aaron with the censer, may He
answer us. H e who answered Pinchas when he rose from amid the
congregation, may He answer us. H e who answered Joshua in
Gilgal, may H e answer us. He who answered Samuel in Mitzpah,
may H e answer us. He who answered David and his son Solomon
Mount Carmel, may He answer us. H e who answered Elisha in
jericho, may He answer us. He who answered Jonah in the bowels of the fish, may He answer us. He who answered Hezekiah,
IOng of Judah, in his illness, may He answer us. He who answered
Chananyah, Mshael and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He
answer us. H e who answered Mordechai and Esther in Shushan
may He answer us. He who answered all the righteous, and the
pious, and the wholesome, and the upright, may He answer us.
T ~ K - 1And David said to Gad: "I am exceedingly distressed.
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Merciful and graclous One, I have sinned before You. GOD,full

of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD,do not
rebuke me in Your anger, and do not chastise me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, GOD,for 1 am feeble; heal me GOD,for my bones are terrified. My soul, too, is very much terrified, and You, GOD:until when?
In death there is no mention of You; In the grave who will give thanks to
You? 1 am wearied with my sighing; every night I drench my bed, I melt my
couch, with my tears. hfy eye 1s dimmed because of anger, aged because of
the sound of my weeping. GOD has heard my supplication, GOD will
inn He wounds and He heals; He causes death and He restores life;
hlm; but a compassionate father heals hls pain. A slave who rebels is led out
suffer] - some with plunder, some wlth captivity, some with the whip. We
beg of You, in Your abundant mercles, heal the pains that overwhelm us,
w-13n You [angels] who bring in Lpleas for] mercy, bring in our [plea
prayer. You [angels] who cause outcry to be heard, cause our outcry to be
heard before the Hearer of outcry. You [angels] who bring in tears, bring m
our tears before the King who is appeased by tears. Intercede and increase
supphcation and entreaty before the King, the high and exalted God.
Mention before Him, cause to be heard before Him, the Torah and the
good deeds of those who repose in the dust. May He remember their love,
and give life to their offspring, so that the remnant of Jacob not be lost. For
the flock of the faithful shepherd has become a disgrace; Israel, the unique
nauon, an example and a taunt. Hasten, answer us, God of our salvation,
pn O u r Master w h o is in heaven, w e plead t o You as a captive
w h o pleads t o his captors. All captives are redeemed with money, but
petittons, s o that w e be not turned back from You empty-handed.
O u r Master w h o is in heaven, we plead t o You as a slave
pleads t o his master. We are oppressed and abide i n darkness, souls
embittered from troubles that are abounding. We have n o strength t o
appease You, o u r Master. Act for the sake o f the covenant that You
made with o u r forefathers.
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i n i w Guardan of the holy nation, guard the remnant of the
n n n n You who becomes favorable through [pleas for] mercy and are
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generation, for there is no helper.
l j l > K Our Father, our Kin& You are our Father. Our Father, our
IGng, we have no king but You. Our Father, our G n g , have mercy o n us.
Our Father, our Gng, be gracious with us and answer us, for we have no
[good] deeds; deal with us with charity and kindness for the sake of Your
great Name, and save us.
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lundnesses, for they are from the beginning of the world.
GOD, may Your kindness be upon us as we have put our
the bindng [of Isaac]! When in anger, remember uprightness! When in anger, remember the love! GOD, save; may the
Kjng answer us on the day we call. For H e knows our nature,
H e IS mindful that we are dust. Help us, G o d of our deliverance, for the sake of Your Name's glory, and save us, and
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Anlen) in the world that He created according to His Will, and may
Mc establish His Kingship and cause His redemption to sprout,
swiftly and soon, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen. May His great
Name be bfessedforever and ever. Bfessed) May His great Name be
blessed forever and ever. Blessed and praised,
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the Name of the Holy One, blessed is He (Cong.: Amen), beyond
aU blessings and songs, praises and consolations, that are uttered
in the world, and say 'amen." ((Tong.:Amen)
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GOD is great and exceedingly exalted In the city of our God, His holy
mountan. GOD, God of Israel, enthroned upon the cherubim, You alone
are God. The Almight~is revered in the great council of the holy ones, and
Come, let us sing to GOD, let us raise sounds to the Rock of our deliverance. Let us approach His Presence with thanksgiving; let us raise sounds
Name. We have come [rely~ng]on Your Name, GOD, act for the sake of

have erred. Pardon us, our I n g , f o r our iniquities are many.
31 For we trust ~n Your abundant mercy, and we rely on Your righteousness, and we hope for Your forgveness, and we yearn for Your deliverance. You are a King who loves righteousness from of old, who makes the
iniquities of HIS people pass away and removes the sins of those that fear
Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the first [generations] and
keeps the oath with the latter [generations]. You are the One who descended on Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory and showed the ways of Your
benevolence to Moses, Your servant. You revealed to him the paths of Your
kindnesses, and made known to him that You are a merciful and gracious
God, slow to anger and abundant in kindness, abounding in beneficence,
and guiding the entire world with the attribute of mercy And so it is written: "And He said: I will make all hfy benevolence pass before you, and I will
call out with the Name of GO13 before you; and 1 will be gracious to whom
I will be gracious and I will be merciful with whom 1 will be merciful."

and hndness to the descendants of Your beloved. Turn to us with
mercy, for You are thc Master of Mercy. We approach Your
Presence with supplication and prayer, as You have made known
aforetimes to woses] the humble. Turn from Your fierce anger,
as it is written in Your Torah. Map we shelter and lodge in the
shadow of Your wings, as on the day when "GOD descended in
a cloud." Pass over rebellious sin
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T>Y,I "And GOD passed before him and proclaimed:

rn;r? GOD,GOD,Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

rebekous transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses." Forgve
our iniquity
. .
n'7u Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
fing, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
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The pious have disappeared from the earth, and of the
upright among man there is none. No one calls on Your Name in righteousness, bestirring himself to take hold of You. Save, GOD, for the
pious have ceased, for the faithful have vanished from among the children of man. For with You is the source of life, in Your light we shall
see light. For with GOD there is loving-kindness, and.with Him there is
abundant redemption; and He will redeem Israel from all its iniquities.
As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have mercy
on us. Deliverance is GODS;Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
COD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us,
Selah. COD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. GOD,
help; may the King answer us on the day we call.
n5w Please forgive the iniquity of t h s people in accord with the
Egypt
until now; and there it is said:
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lnK71 "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
13~1'7
Our
~ God and God of our fathers:
n'7inl The virgn daughter of Judah, full of grief and sorrow,
bewails herself, spreading her hands from the depths of her captivity:
"'From the straits I called upon You, God, answer me with abounding
relief!' Bring her out from fire and water to abundance." She lifts an eye
for help, and looks here
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and there, trembling as one in pain while gving birth for the first time,
because of the decrees of the pampered [foe]. She claps hand on hand
and is perturbed in her musing, "Where, then, is my hope, who is there
to discern it?" The love of her soul, and her Tabernacles, and the glory
of her pride, they are as gven over into the hand of her revilers her and
into the hand of her oppressor. She shouts amidst her assemblies, and
raises her voice against herselk 'Where is GOD? word? Please let it
come!" Your awesome one is scattered from captivity to exile and broken, because of the fury of Your anger and the dread of Your wrath.
Impatient in speaking to You, she shouts out towards You: "Where are
Your zealousness and Your mighty deeds?'You abandoned Your people, the House of Israel, in their land of their captivity, they are circling
and wandering in the enemy's land like a ship in the heart of the sea.
Infants ask their fathers: "Where are the wonders of the Shepherd?
Where is He who brought them up out of the sea?Degenerate people
and people without names have trampled our heritage, have removed us
far from our country and from the borders of our land. We said: 'We
are cut off; our hope is lost! Where are all Your wonders of which our
fathers told us?'GOD, remember unto the descendants of Edom the
ruins of Your Palace; he crushed my mighty ones and dashed the infants
of Your congregation. Reveal Your arm, claim from them the pasture
of Your lot: "Where is the flock that was given to you?"
5~ Almighty, Kng, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts
every first [sin];increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all
who are flesh and spirit; You who does not requit them according to
their evil; Almighty One, You who taught us t o recite the Thlrteen
[Attributes of Mercy]; this day remember unto us the covenant of
Thefollowing two uerses are recited on4 tvitb a q u o m $ ten.
73y-l And GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
r n r GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow t o
Anger and Abundant in Kindness and Truth; Preserver o f
e n d n e s s for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver o f iniquity,
rebellious transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses." Forgive
n 5 Forgive
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ffing, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
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nrn3 As a father has mercy on h s children, so, GOD, have mercy

on us. Deliverance is GODk Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of lacob is a stronghold for us,
help; may the King answer us on the day we call.
n5w Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with the
Egypt unul now; and there it is said:
i n K 3 1 "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord, be attentive, and act and d o not
1 2 7 7 ' 7 ~Our God and God of our fathers:
DDK Gone is the splendour of her glory, the one who would speak
is silenced. The mistress [now] sits in lowliness, she sits low, weakened,
feeble. She who was fenced in is in mourning, she has been turned back.
The Levite, the A a r o ~ t eand the alert are made sparse and languid. The
lauded one is despised, profaned, and like an uncovered wayward wife,
set aside like a menstruant, and judged impure like a leper. Her crown
- her wreath - is profaned and rulership cut off, she is again dispersed in an unsown land. An impure one swallowed Your sheep with
commotion and anger -gnashing his teeth, gnawing, eager, ahungered
and athirst. Where and how will the power of Your might become
known to those who send foul odors into their own nose, time and time
again? Why was great dominion determined for the rebellious? The
degenerate rules the noble, the deceitful rules the eminent. May he
whose hope is in You, he who is called by Your name, be saved; You will
surely be [to him] a Helper, a Stronghold and Refuge. Turn to the prayer
of the devastated, and be responsive to him; overlook that which is
offensive, clean the stain as with scouring sand. Open the prison, preserve those close to death; raise, restore their name, to remain for good.
Beat with a rod the troubler, cut down and break the one that smites;
arouse jealousy, trumpet, shout like a warrior! Long for, assemble and
bring together the lost that are cut off, to gather, to cause to rest, to
exalt, to raise from the pit. Proclaim salvation, fix the rampart and walls;
humble the tall, lower those of lofty height. Return those who trust in
You to the place of Your repose, with an ordinance of consolations;
and the boasting tyrants will be clothed in shame and disgraces.
Almighty, rescue Your servants, cause Your beloved to succeed; hurry
the time, bring near their redemption that You will send. Pardon us, our
Father, and forgive our sins, for You, Lord, are good and forgving.
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D K If our iniquities testify against us, we come to You, and

we come in Your Name: have mercy on us as a father has mercy
on his children, as a man is comforted by his mother -be not in
Your anger, lest You diminish us.
; r n K You, Lord, are good and forgiving. The evil of our inclination has corrupted us; lest Your children be delivered into the
hand of their transgression, into the hand of foul matters, steer
our heart 5K Be nol in lour onger, lest %u dimintsh us.
h - r x You who are great in luridness, preserving it for thousands of generations, bring around Your mercy and Your hndnesses, and not the opposite.Your word is not empty and twisted;
we hoped for Your kindness as those who are weary and faint 5K Be not in Ybur anger, lest %u diminish us.
n3un The messenger p o s e s ] listened attentively and pondered, whether to shield the profaners of Your word. You
strengthened him in Your ways with keen teaching of graciousness; thus be gracious to us with that very same attribute !JKBe not in Your anger, lest You diminish us.
113t Remember forgotten things, praise is Yours; diminish
pour] wrath to [no longer than] saying rega [moment]. Apportion

life as the sentence of judgment; grant gratuitous grace as You
examine the crushed -
f~ Be not in Lbur nnger, lest You diminish us.

uru Into the very midst of the stirred up mud sink errors and
wanton sins, the hidden and visible ones. You who knows what
the [evil] inclination causes, unfold upon us a hand for good -
5~ Be not in Your anger, lest You dimnish us.

n1.153You probe thoughts and the ways of the heart, the
propriety, uprightness and the whims of the heart, the heart that
is humiliated with the one that humiliates, the bitter, the sweet, the
one who repents and the doglike 5K Be not in Ybur anger, lest You diminish us.
5 7 ~ nYou who saves those subject to a sentence of death,

from the very root [we] call longingly to You. Lighten the weight
of iniquity, lest it entangle; let it surely be forgiven when the
denouncer comes 5K Be not in Lbur anger, le.rt You diminish us.
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document false, that the claim be silenced. The iniquity that is visible like a stain, may it be n o more because of Your mercy !YKBe not in Your anger, lest You diminish us.
;r]a Clear the stone from Your way, that it be mended; turn
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D ~ > WThe old return in contrition, [a mode] praiseworthy in
younger years -in those planted in uprightness in childhood and

youth. Shield the free from the aspect of strife; be gracious with
the one engraved with the sign of life -
!YK Be not in Your anger, lest You diminirh us.

D I ~ WHerald "Peace! Peace!" to the one that approaches;
help the one who does a little to sanctify him greatly. Be sweet
unto the first ripened [the righteous] and their opposites as one,
be sweet to the truthful and the mired together -
!YK Be not in Your anger, lest You diminish us.

If our iniquities testify against us, we come to you, and
we come in Your Name: have mercy on us as a father has mercy
o n his children, as a man is comforted by his mother - be not in
Your anger, lest You diminish us.
5~ Almighty, IOng, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts
these Thirteen, as l'ou made known aforetimes to [Moses] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud and stood
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-Day Seven
ma- GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

Anger and Abundant in Kindness and Truth; Preserver of Kindness
for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity and rebellious
transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive our iniquity
nju Forgve us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
Kmg, for we have rebelhously transgressed. For You, Lord, are good
Dn13 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is GODS; Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the man who trusts
in You. GOD, save; may the King answer us on the day we call.
come swiftly towards us, for we have been brought very low D o not
remember the sins of our youth and our rebellious transgressions;
may You remember us in accordance with Your kindness, because of
Your goodness, GOD.
121 GOD, remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses, for
they are from the beginning of the world. Remember us, GOD, with
favor for Your people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your
congregation which You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage
which You redeemed, this Mount Zion where You dwelt. GOD,
remember the affection for Jerusalem, do not forget the love of
Zion until eternity. Arise, and have mercy for Zion, for it is the time
to be gracious to her, for the appointed time has come. GOD,
remember the day of Jerusalem against the Edomites who said
"Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!" Remember Abraham, Isaac
and Israel Your servants, to whom You swore by Your very Self and
You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of
heaven, and this entire Land of which I spoke I will give to Your offspring and they wili inherit [it] forever." Remember Your servants,
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; do not turn to the obstinacy of this people, to its wickedness and to its sin. Please do not reckon for us a sin
that which we did foolishly and that which we have sinned. We have
sinned, our Rock; forgive us, our Creator.
3 1 Remember
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said: "And I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My
covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I will
remember; and I will remember the Land." Remember to us the
covenant with the first kenerations], as You said: "And I wdl remember for them the covenant with the first [generations] whom I took out
from the land of Egypt before the eyes of the nations, to be their God;
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I am GOD."D o unto us as You promised us: "Yet despite all that, when
they will be in the land of their enemies, I will not despise them nor
loathe them so as to destroy them, to annul My covenant with them; for
I am GOD,their God." Bring back our captivity and have mercy on us,
as it is written: "GOD,your God, will return your captivity and have
lnercy on you, and f i e will again gather you from all the peoples where
GOD,your God, has scattered you." Gather our dispersed, as it is written: "If your dispersed will be at the furthermost part of heaven, from
there GOD,your God, will gather you, and from there He will take you."
Wipe away our rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud and like a mist,
as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like a
thick cloud, your sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you."
Wipe away our rebellious transgressions for Your sake, as You have said:
"I, I am He who wipes away your rebellious transgressions for My sake,
and 1 will not recall your sins." Whiten our sins as snow and as wool, as
it is written: "Come now, let us reason together, says GOD, though your
sins wdl be like scarlet, they will become white as snow; though they be
red as crimson, they will become as [white] wool." Sprinkle pure waters
upon us and purify us, as it is written: "And I will sprinkle pure waters
upon you, and you shall be pure; I will purify you from all your defilements and from all your idols." Have metcy on us and do not destroy us,
as it is written: "For GOD,your God, is a merciful God; He will not
abandon you, and He will not destroy you, and He will not forget the
covenant with your fathers which He swore to them." Circumcise our
hearts to love your Name, as it is wntten: "'And GOD,your God, will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, to love GOD,your
God, with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live." Be
accessible to us when we seek You, as it is written: "And from there you
will seek GOD,your God, and you will find, when you search for Him
with all your heart and with all your soul." Bring us to Your holy mountain and gladden us in Your House of Prayer, as it is written: "I will bring
them to My holy mountain and I will gladden them in My House of
Prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will find favor upon My
The Ark is opened. Thefollowingfourparrages are recited verse b uerse Ly the cbaxran
und the congregation, up to (but not includingJthe verse beginning ''Do notforsake us. "
ll39Wi7 Return us to You, GOD, and we shall return;
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~ n o t forsake us, GOD, o u r G o d ; do n o t b e far f r o m us.
S h o w u s a sign f o r good, that o u r foes m a y see a n d b e shamed,
for You, GOD, have helped u s a n d consoled us. Give ear t o o u r
words, GOD, consider o u r thoughts. May t h e w o r d s o f o u r m o u t h
a n d t h e meditation o f o u r heart find favor before You, GOD, o u r
Rock a n d o u r Redeemer. F o r it is for You, GOD, that w e hoped;
Y o u will respond, Lord, o u r G o d .
The Ark IS clo~ed.
i l r n ' 7 ~Our God and God of our fathers: may our prayer come before
You, and d o not hide Yourself from our supplication, for we are not so
1 l n w K We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed; we
rebelled; we have provoked; we have turned away; we have committed ~niquity; we have rebelliously transgressed; we have oppressed; we have been
1110 We have turned away from Your commandments and from Your
acted wickedly.
1 1 n W K We have become more guilty than all people; we are more
shameful than all generations; joy has departed from us; our heart 1s sickened by our sins; our desirous place has been ruined, and our splendor has
137Y1 Yet still we have not returned from our error. How can we be so
I I - I ~ Y 'Our
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toil has been plundered before our eyes, pulled and torn
have encompassed us. We called unto You, GOD,our God, but because of
n r w n Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern errors? Cleanse me from hidden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD,our God,
from all our rebellious sins, and purify us from all our defilements; and
"And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I will purify you from all your defilements and from all your idols."
114
5x711 Daniel, the delightful person, cried out before You: "My
God, incline Your ear and hear, open Your eyes and see the desolations
of ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name is proclaimed; for
it is not for our righteousness that we offer our supplications before
You, but because of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgve!
Lord, be attentive, and act and d o not delay; for Your sake, my God, for
Your Name is proclaimed upon Your city and upon Your people."
K l r Y Ezra the Scribe said before You: "My God, I am ashamed
and confounded to lift my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have
increased to above the head, and our guilt has grown to the heavens.
anger and abundant in kindness, and You did not forsake them." D o
not forsake us, our Father, and do not cast us off, our Creator; do not
abandon us, our Molder, and do not make an end to us, as for our sins.
COD, our God, fulfill for us the word You promised us in the tradition
through Jeremiah, Your seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that
time, says GOD, the iniquity of Israel will be sought for and it shall not
be there, and the sins of Judah - and they shall not be found, for 1will
forgive those whom I leave to remain." Your people and Your heritage
hunger for Your goodness, thirst for Your kindness, long for Your deliverance; may they recognize and know that mercy and forgiveness belong
to GOD, our God.
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Name. Act for the sake of Your truth. Act for the sake of Your
covenant. Act for the sake of Your greatness and glory. Act for the sake
of Your Law Act for the sake of Your majesty. Act for the sake of Your
Meeting House. Act for the sake of Your remembrance. Act for the
sake of Your kindness. Act for the sake of Your goodness. Act for the
sake of Your Oneness. Act for the sake of Your honor. Act for the sake
of Your teaching. Act for the sake of Your kingship. Act for the sake of
Your eternity Act for the sake of Your secret counsel. Act for the sake
of Your might. Act for the sake of Your magnificence. Act for the sake
of Your righteousness. Act for the sake of Your holiness. Act for the
sake of Your abundant mercies. Act for the sake of Your Shechinah.
Act for the sake of Your praise. Act for the sake of Your beloved who
rest in the dust. Act for the sake of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Act for
the sake of Moses and Aaron. Act for the sake of David and Solomon.
Act for the sake of Jerusalem, Your holy city. Act for the sake of Zion,
the abode of Your glory. Act for the sake of the desolation of Your
Sanctuary. Act for the sake of the destruction of Your altar. Act for the
sake of those who were slain for Your holy Name. Act for the sake of
those who where slaughtered for Your Oneness. Act for the sake of
those who went through fire and water for the sanctification of Your
Name. Act for the sake of the nursing infants
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who have not sinned. Act for the sake of the weaned children who have
not transgressed. Act for the sake of the school-children. Act for Your
sake, if not for ours. Act for Your own sake and deliver us.
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who are awesome and exalted, answer us. Answer us, You who forgves and pardons, answer us. Answer us, You who responds in time
Answer us, You who are easy t o be pacified, answer us. Answer us,
answer us. Answer us, Mghty One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us,
us, Judge of widows; answer us.
3n H e who answered our father Abraham o n Mount Moriah,
may He answer us. H e who answered his son Isaac, when he was
Beth-El, may H e answer us. He who answered Joseph in prison, may
He answer us. H e who answered our fathers at the Sea of Reeds, may
He answer us. H e who answered Moses at Horeb, may He answer us.
He who answered Aaron with the censer, may H e answer us. H e who
He answer us. He who answered Joshua in Gilgal, may H e answer us.
I-le who answered Samuel in Mitzpah, may He answer us. He who
He who answered Elisha in Jericho, may He answer us. H e who
answered Jonah in the bowels of the fish, may H e answer us. He who
answered Hezeluah.
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King of Judah, in his illness, may H e answer us. He who answered

Chananyah, Mishael and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He answer
us. H e who answered Daniel in the lion's den, may H e answer us. H e
who answered Mordechai and Esther in Shushan the capital, may H e
answer us. H e who answered Ezra in the exile, may H e answer us. H e
who answered all the righteous, and the pious, and the wholesome,
and the upright, may He answer us.
inxii And David said to Gad: "I am exceedingly distressed. Let us
fall into the hand of COD, for His mercies are abundant, and let me not
fall into human hands."
nlm Merciful and gracious One, I have sinned before You. GOD,
full of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD, do
gracious to me, GOD, for I am feeble; heal me COD, for my bones are
when? Return, GOD, rescue my soul, save me for the sake of Your kindness. For in death there is no mention of You; in the grave who will give
bed, 1 melt my couch, with my tears. My eye is dimmed because of
my supplication, GOD will accept my prayer. AU my foes shall be
shamed and exceedingly terrified; they will turn back, they will be
inn He wounds and He heals; He causes death and He restores
life; He raises from the grave to eternal life. When a son sins, his
father strikes him; but a compassionate father heals his pain. A slave
who rebels is led out in chains; but if his master so desires, he breaks
his chains. We are Your firstborn son and we have sinned against You;
our souls are sated with bitter wormwood. We are Your servants and
we rebelled against You, [thus we suffer] - some with plunder, some
with captivity, some with the whip. We beg of You, in Your abundant
mercies, heal the pains that overwhelm us, before we be annihilated
in captivity.
7urnn You [angels] who bring in [pleas for] mercy. bring in our
[plea for] mercy before the Presence of the Master of mercy. You
[angels] who cause prayer to be heard, cause our prayer to be heard
who bring in teats, bring in our tears before the King who is appeased
IOng, the hgh and exalted God. Mention before Him, cause to be heard
dust. May He remember their love, and give life to their offspring, so that
the remnant of Jacob not be lost. For the flock of the faithful shepherd
has become a disgrace; Israel, the unique nation, an example and a taunt.
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- Day Seven
Hasten, answer us, God of our salvation, and redeem us from all harsh
decrees; and in Your abundant mercies save Your righteous anointed
and Your people.
Iin Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a captive
petitions, so that we be not turned back from You empty-handed.
Tin Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a slave
inlw Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and let not
perish Israel, those who say "Hear O Israel."
7nlw Guardian of the unique nation, guard the remnant of the
unique people, and let not perish the unique natioy those who proclaim the Oneness of Your Name, "GOD is our God, GOD is One."
iniw Guardian of the holy nation, guard tbe remnant of the
n n n n You who becomes favorable through [pleas for] mercy
to an afficted generation, for there is no helper.
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IOng, we have no lung but You. Our Father, our IOng, have mercy
on us. Our Father, our IGng, be gracious with us and answer us, for
we have no [good] deeds; deal with us with charity and luridness for
the sake of Your great Name, and save us.
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the binding [of Isaac]! When in anger, remember uprightness! When in anger, remember the love! GOD, save; may the
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andfor all eternzg; Blessed) May His great Name be blessed forever and for all eternity. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted and extolled, honored,
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our IOng, for YOUare-the One who hears prayer.
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ynv You who hears prayer, to You all flesh will come. All flesh wdl
come to prostrate themselves before You, GOD. They will come and
prostrate themselves before You, Lord, and d honor Your Name.
Come, let us prostrate ourselves and bow, let us kneel before GOD,our
Maker. Enter His gates with thanksgving, His courtyards with praise;
give thanks to Him, bless His Name. Behold, bless GOD d servants of
GOD who stand in the house of GOD in the nights. Raise your hands in
sanctity and bless GOLI.Let us come to His dwellings, let us prostrate
ourselves at His footstool. Exalt GOD,our God, and prostrate yourselves
at His footstool, He is holy. Exalt GOD,our God, and prostrate yourselves toward His holy mountain, for GOD,our God, is holy. Prostrate
yourselves before GOD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before Him
all the earth. And we, through Your abundant kindness, we shall come
into Your house, we will prostrate ourselves toward Your holy Sanctuary
in awe of You. We will prostrate ourselves toward Your holy Sanctuary,
and we will thank Your Name for Your kindness and for Your truth, for
You have exalted Your word above all Your Name. GOD,God of Hosts,
who is like You, the Mighty God, and Your faithfulness surrounds You.
For who in the sky can be compared to GOD,who among the mighty
[celestial] beings can be hkened to GOD?For You are great and perform
wonders, You alone, 0 God. For great above the heavens is Your kindness, and Your truth reaches to the skies. GOD is great and exceedingly
exalted, and His greatness is unfathomable. For GOD is great and exceedingly exalted; He is awesome above all celestial powers. For GOD is a
great God and a great G n g over all celestial powers. For what power is
there in heaven or on earth that can do like Your deeds and like Your
mighty acts? Who would not fear You, IOng of nations, for this befits
You; for among all the wise of the nations and in all their dominions,
there is none like You. There is none like You, GOD,You are great and
Your Name is great in might. Yours is the arm with might; Your hand will
be strengthened, Your right hand will be exalted. Yours is the day, the
night is also Yours; You established the luminary [the moon] and the sun.
For in His hands are the depths of the earth, and the heights of the
mountains are His. Who can recount the mighty acts of GOD,proclaim
ail HISpraises. Yours, GOD, is the greatness and the might, the glory, the
victory, and the majesty; even all in heaven and on earth. Yours, GOD,is
the kingship, and You are exalted, supreme over all. Yours are the heavens, the earth is also Yours; the world and all its fullness -You founded them. You set all the boundaries of the earth; summer and winter You fashioned them. You crushed the heads of the Leviathan, You gave
him as food for the nation [wandering] in the wilderness. You split open
a fountain and brook; You dried up mighty streams. You divided the sea
with Your might; You shattered the heads of sea-monsters on the waters.
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mountain. GOD, God of Israel, enthroned upon the cherubim, You
alone are God. The Almighty is revered in the great council of the holy
ones, and awe-inspiring over all who surround Him. And the heavens
will praise Your wonders, GOD, Your faithfulness, too, in the assembly
of the holy ones. Come, let us sing to GOD, let us raise sounds to the
Rock of our deliverance. Let us approach His Presence with thanksgiving; let us raise sounds to Him with hymns. Fortunate is the people who
know the teruah [the temulous sounding of the shofar] GOD, they walk
in the light of Your countenance. With trumpets and the sound of the
shofar, raise sounds before the IOng, GOD. Righteousness and justice
are the foundations of Your throne; luridness and truth precede Your
countenance. Let us take sweet counsel together; let us walk with the
throng to the House of God. For His is the sea, as He made it; and His
hands formed the dry land. For in His hand is the soul of every living
being and the spirit of all human flesh. The soul is Yours, and the body
is Your handiwork; have pity on Your labor. The soul is Yours and the
body is Yours, GOD, act for the sake of Your Name. We have come
[relying] on Your Name, GOD, act for the sake of Your Name; for the
sake of the glory of Your Name, for Gracious and Merciful God is Your
Name. For the sake of Your Name, GOD, forgive our iniquity, for it is
great.
n'70 Forgive us, our Father, for in our great foolishness we have
erred. Pardon us, our King, for our iniquities are many.
;n;r?Lord, God of Hosts, feared on
You said, 'Renun, rebellious
cMdren! Come unto Me with thanksl7vlrq: and exultations; seek My Presence
with weeplng and supplication." Though thoughtful prayer is blocked, the doors
for those who renun are k e open windows Your word stands firm for everlastmg time, the ways of Your benevolence are forever unchangeable Here we are,
we have come to You like the needy and destitute; Yours is the righteousness,and
ours are the iniquities We have returned to You with shameful faces and moan at
Your doors like doves Remember us for proper life; cleanse our stains to be dear
and whitened.Wipe away the sins of our youth k e clouds, renew our days as the
days of old Rernow irnpudty and make an end to wilful sins,spdnkle fad punt):
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We know our wickedness, the bbria and t h q the hardness of
our neck - as smng as oaks The vlneyatd of our implanting is a mmghg of
i m p h g sprouaog~its surface c o d by nestles and hm.
people accustomed
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and the Aaronites [the priests]. See our status: needy and empty,
aggrieved in spirit, bitter as wormwood. We remembered You in distress
with outpourings of whispered prayer, in dread of Your judgment, worrying and moaning. Spring forth a sprout of righteousness for the faithful, command that former sins be removed. Let the voice of the one
who calls out do away w ~ t hthe contenders; let it hush the accuser and
silcncc the intriguer. A submissive spirit, the crushedness of broken
hearts - may they ascend in favor like the fats of the sacrifices. Fulfill
unto the children the oath to the Patriarchs, hear from [Your] habitation
the outcry of those who call You. Prepare their heart to be disposed to
fear You; let Your ear be attcntive to pleading prayers. Return to raise
Your people from the turbulences; let Your first mercies come swiftly
towards us. May Your favored ones come forth vindicated from their
dispute; they hope for Your kindness and rely on Your mercies.
7 3 For we trust In Your abundant mercy, and we rely o n Your righteousness, and we hope for Your forgiveness, and we yearn for Your
deliverance. You are a ffing who loves righteousness from of old, who
those that fear Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the
first [generations] and keeps the oath with the latter [generations]. You
are the One who descended on Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory
with the attribute of mercy. And so it is written: "And He said: I will
Name of GOD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful with whom I will be merciful."
Ffoses] the humble. Turn from Your fierce anger, as it is written in
Your Torah. May we shelter and lodge in the shadow of Your wings,
as o n the day when "GOD descended in a cloud." Pass over our rebellious sin and erase guilt as o n the day when "And H e stood there with
him [Moses]." Give ear to our cry and listen to our utterance, as on the
day when "he invoked the Name of GOD," and there it is said:
Thefollouing hvo uerses are recited on4 when prqmng with a quorum of ten.
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rnn- GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow t o

Anger and Abundant in IGndness and Truth; Preserver of
rebellious transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses." Forgive
n'7u Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
IOng, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
T>K The pious have disappeared from the earth, and of the
upright among man there is none. N o one calls o n Your Name in
we shall see light. For with GOD there is loving-kindness, and with
all its iniquities.
nil73 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
in You. GOD, help; may the King answer us o n the day we call.
17'70Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with
the greatness o f Your kindness, and as You have forgiven this
lnxll " h d GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
lllnb'~Our God and God of our fathers:
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recesses, and his guilt is bound up inside of him; he is a sinner, and full
of rebelliousness, delivered into the power of the despicable one [the
evil inclination]. The heart of this despised one, who comes to petition,
is troubled -he perverted what is right, he loathed rebukes, he is twisted and warped. His guilt causes
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his knees to stumble, and his stench is become his snare; his heart devises wickedness, he is ensnared by his own handiwork. When opening [the
mouth], what answer can 1 find to rebut criticism? I have become
abhorred and tainted because I am filled with ignominy and disgrace.
The supply of my tears is not reliable, their spring is like a deceiver; my
assemblies are of falsehood and deceit, and my fasts for strife and contention. Wipe away rebellious sin and bear iniquity, and atone guilt! I cry
from pain of heart, humiliated, ashamed, abashed. Be appeased of
wrath, ease the rage, and annul anger. Be favorable to the one who seeks
to reconcile and to make [us] beloved, and confound [the denouncer]
who digs a pit. Tribes of the rescued of Israel: prepare yourselves with
pure hearts! Hold fast to integrity and bring forth supplication; bestir
yourselves with purity! Let strength be increased to seek GOD when He
may be found, for He does not despise nor loath the prayers of the poor
and the crushed. Let me find before You a day of salvation and a time
o f favor; let me be considered in Your eyes fit and worthy, and complete.
As I stand to pray and to seek mercy for Your children, let us hear "I
accept You in favor," let us receive from Your abode the tiding "I have
forgiven." Please be watchful for the Presence of the Most High, and
excise [the heart's] hardness; lift up the stumbling block, clear the way
and straighten the crooked places. Abandon sin, confess, and do not
continue to harden yourselves. He who knows [that he sinned], let him
return and regret, and let him take words of reproof and supplications.
Lord, be attentive! Merciful One, give ear to the order of my imploring!
Be pleased with my cry, be favorable and appeased, and accept my
imploring. I call unto You out of distress; draw close to me and come to
my deliverance, hasten to my assistance, my Lord, my Deliverer.
l F n 5 ~Our God and God of our fathers:
117K 0 Lord, when You appoint a time to judge with equity in
Your might, I stand in trepidation, to entreat Your Presence, to exalt
You. I d o not rely o n my deeds, but o n Your mercies, GOD, act for
the sake of Your Name! Gone are the faithful, the rnixhty with vigor
in expeditiousness; so, too, those who erect a fence [fo; the ora ah]
and stand in the breach, those who forcefully seek their desire from
thc O n e w h o dwells in the awesome heavens; the pious one is lost
from the earth. Behold, I am unworthy; what can I answer with my
mouth? Here I am, young, without deeds in my hand; how, then, can
I hope, when I am full of fault, that the words of my mouth will find
favor? I am afraid and fear to make known my mind; I am in trepidation because of my willful sin and the rebellion of my wickedness.
Gracious One, have mercy o n me, as I confess and abandon my
rebellious transgression. Hear the sound of my supplication as I cry
o u t to You. I have erred, and now I repent and confess, to d o Your
will. Pure of Eye, consider me as if perfect before You. God, go
bevond the line of Your law for me,
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so that I may know You, in order that I may find favor in Your eyes.
Please let Your power be magnified, and be adorned with my prayer
as with the prayer of one who is an elder, conversant [with prayer]
and h s youthful behavior was becoming. Look down from Heaven
and see mv broken, humbled. and crushed heart!
these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to moses] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud and stood
Thefollowing two wrses are recited on4 with a q w o m of ten.
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mns GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

Gndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity,
rebelhous transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive
n'7u Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us,
our IOng, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD,
are good and forgiving, and abundant in hndness to all who call
upon You.
on73 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
mercy o n us. Deliverance is GOD?; Your blessing is upon Your
stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person
who trusts in You. GOD, help; may the King answer us o n the
day we call.
n5u Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with
the greatness of Your hndness, and as You have forgven this
>nK71'And GOD said: I have forgiven In accord with your word."
;run My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and
see the desolation of ourselves and of the city upon which Your
of Your abundant mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgive; Lord,
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be attentive, and act and d o not delay; for Your sake, my God, for
Your Name is proclaimed over Your city and Your people.
I I T I ~ K Our God and God of our fathers:
n m n The needs of Your people are numerous and their
knowledge is scant; they are unable to recount their lacks and their
desires. Please understand our thoughts before we call, O great,
mighty, and awesome God.
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express the order of the prayers with eloquent tongue. We are left
bare [of good deeds], and evil has increased; that is why we have not
attained deliverance.
n m \Ve have no courage to beseech Your Presence; we have
rebelliously transgressed, we have rebelled, and we have perverted
the paths. The charitable righteousness that is Yours is all we request
through the arrangements of [Your] praises, [we] who stand in
GOD? House in the nights.
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i , One, see how the fit advocate is gone. Accept m y
utterance as like an abundant gift. May my raised voice this day be
bound to Your crown, 0 God, who is girded with strength.
rnyiw Regard my cry, and let my prayer be pleasing; hear my
entreaty as if it were the entreaty of one who is perfect. Inscribe us
for life, and make good for us the sealing, You who suspends the
earth in a void.
1 1 7 Stretch out Your hand and accept my repentance as I stand
[before You]; please forg~veand pardon the evll of my deeds. My
Beloved, and My Support, please turn and occupy Yourself with the
welfare of those who seek You; for You, GOD, are a shield for me.
X TD~o not despise the praise of my words; I have exalted Your
glory according to my scant rcason. Fulfill for goodness my desire
and my request; God, the Lord, is my strength.
1 ~ May
3 my words be sweet,and be entreated by prayer; add
every single word to [my] account. Holy One, consider my standing
[before You] like a flour-offering m~xed[with oil]. Give ear, God o f
lacob; Selah.
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with kindness, pardoning the iniquities of His people, removtng
every first [sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgivcness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all
to their evil; Almighty One, You who taught us to recite the
Thlrtcen [Attributes of Mercy], this day remember unto us the
covenant of thesc Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to
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GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to Anger
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and take us for Your heritage.
njw Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
IGng, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
am3 As a father has mercy o n his children, so, GOD, have mercy
o n us. Deliverance is GOD$ Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah.
GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the G o d of Jacob is a stronghold for us,
help; may the G n g answer us o n the day we call.
l Y i I 5 ~O u r G o d and G o d of our fathers:
K I K Please, awaken Your ancient love, with which You loved the
uncountable congregation which is surnamed with all terms of love, brotherhood and friendship; please let me speak for the sake of my brothers and
friends. Even when You stepped forth o n the mountain of my summit,
with rejoicing to delight [us] with the primordial treasure',You likened
psrael] to "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation," and "My child;" and
she [Israel], she too, said - "He is my Brother, my King, my Lord!" You
bequeathed [Israel] a desirable legacy, a pleasing portion, and caused Your
glory to be sheltered in the "entwined children."' But now - strangers,
evildoing wicked, have made her wander; in that land which is not theirs
- are they not Your brothers who are grazing [there]? Remember! D o not
forget! God, do not be deaf and do not be still! Amalek and Ishmael have
been planning to destroy me; "Gracious One, You know all these travails"
- thus is said by Your brother, Israel. Despoilers have attached themselves to me and despoiled me, and oppressors pressure me to exchange
the pure for the impure. Behold, Your servants are beaten and stricken day
after day - the voice of Your brother's blood cries out! They dug pits for
me, to ensnare. My soul pines and yearns, seeking help: to knock on my
door with deliverance for me, [proclaiming] - "I seek My brothers!". As
of the day of the appointed time,' when You sit on the Throne of Your
Glory looking down to probe the hearts of those who rebel against You
and of those who serve You, together, exact payment from all those who
in debt those that betrayed You; and as for what isdue to You from Your
brother, Your hand shall remit it. When the Books are read for the creatures of Your world, bearing [the verd~ctsof] life and the reverse for the
1. The Torah. 2. The cherubun on the Holy Ark, upon wluch dwelled the D i m e Glory (the
SkcbliMh)).See &a 54a-b; Su&h 5b; Bmidbm Rabbo 4:13. 3. Alternatively, "the day of concealment [of the moon]." Either way, the day of Rosh Hashanah.
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rich and the poor - Sublime One, let grace and kindness be in Your hall,
be sweet to Your servant for benevolence, that Your brother may live with
You. Turn to me and be gracious to me, and set me uppermost; destroy
those who spurn You with poverty and desutution. As for [our] needs for
the allotted portion for eating, when You apportion provisions, do not
close Your hand to Your needy brother. I arose before dawn and I cried
out to You, my Maker; forward Your kindness and bear my rebellious sin
and my unfaithfulness. Let Your mercy be brought over me as if comforting my mourning; would that You'were hke a brother to me. Consider the
outcry of Your poor ones and their call, their souls and vitality are surfeitcd with troubles. Cast all their sins into the depths of the sea; please bear
the rebellious transgressions of Your brothers and their sin. I rejoice at the
word of Your promises, You have drawn my heart through the envoys,
Your messengers.When will You bare Your arm with Your strength? Please
go and see to the welfare of Your brothers! You have been from of old
the Hope of Israel and the Sword of their pride; Living One, now, too,
straighten their stature and strengthen their arm; and dwell among them and note how Your brothers are faring and the assurance of their welfare.
5~ Faithful God, bring help! Be benevolent to all of Your people; together we approach for judgment. H e Who examines the hearts
of all o f them, who rules the world with His might, He will come into
judgment for every forgotten thing. God is lofty in judgment, H e is
sanctified by His righteousnesses, which are like mighty mountains,
and His judgments with Israel. Raise from punishment those You
havc borne, who exalt You with luridness and truth; righteousness
and justice are the foundation of Your Throne. Straighten before You
the crooked heart; Your law perforates the mountain - it is the judgment of the God of Jacob. And Your lovable attributes are upright;
the inhabitants of the earth learned righteousness as they stand for
Your judgments. T h e seal [of Your justice] is clear and pure, it is
sealed by man's deed; the judgments of GOD are true. Everyone is
fearful of the judgment of the Examiner, who grinds and pulverizes
finely - a true and righteous judgment. H e is benevolent, H e is a
shelter, as H e has said;' this day H e will forget His wrath to perform
judgment on His people. Those who cling to You implore with outpouring, they exalt the perfection of Your ordinances because of
Your righteous judgments. Bring staining sin to an end, and let those
who wait for You not be shamed in their expectation, and d o effect
their judgment. We were established for Your Name and Your
remembrance; we were ordained for an eternal covenant; d o not enter
into judgment with us. He who is Icing over the holy ones in heaven,
may H e mend the breach with His mercy, and with judgment establ ~ s hthe earth. My songs all day long
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praise Him, for we have not found Him [judging us] with great
might, even though judgment belongs to God. Make Your kindness
strong for Your people, open Your heavens to their outcry, as is the
judgment for those who love Your Name.We cast upon You all burdens; may You, with love, let the scale of vindication outweigh, for
Your judgments are good. Let Your countenance shine to forgiveness for me; do not extinguish my ember for my wrong, because I
hope for Your judgments. Vindicate me like a unique entity; spare
me from the flame of the day that is coming; Your judgments extend
to the vast deep. Bring near the deliverance of Your tribes; they are
seized by the travails of Your punishments and the rightness of
Your judgments. The song from heart and flesh and soul, may it rise
to You, to heaven, there where is the place of Your judgment. Our
Judge, You who engraved us on Your palms, teach unto those who
await You Your ways and all the judgments of Your mouth. Bestow
Your lndness in abundance, until it is enough for us, and a prevailing of Your mercy for our desires; preserve us with life according to
Your judgment. The Canopy [the Holy Temple] has become a heap
of the field, hasten to complete my foundation; and Zion will be
redeemed through judgment. May I be avenged of my enemies who
scattered me: lop off the horns of those who scattered me, and let
Your judgments help me.
W;I~X Our God and God of our fathers:
n m Inscribe us for long life, planted, with none to uproot. As You
sit on the Throne to probe deeds, look at the good and do not examine
the bad; for with you is the source of life. There is life when He is
pleased, and His anger appears but for a moment; You will not contend
forever with the wearied heritage [Israel]. Please let us hear: "I forgive, to
bear iniquity; see, thls day I have set before you life." Redeem from the
grave for life; crown me with the hndness of the Ezrachite [Abraham],
and let the truth that Jacob caused to take root flourish and blossom.
Distance our rebellious sins as far as west is from east, make known to
us the path of life. Your word is life; M~ghtyGod and Counselor make
it known to us, to become attached to Your Torah, that we be counselled
well. Cause the good [inclination] to overpower my hdden [evil inclination], to crush it, to guard the way to the Tree of Life. p h e Torah] is life
for those who hold fast to it, and heahng and a salve; those who support
it are fortunate, with the shining light that was sown. Every one who
clings to it will be expansive, all flesh that has in it the spirit of life.
Support us with life and peace, to serve You in awe, and we will exult and
rejoice in You, whlle the wicked are destroyed; thus endowing us with
three hundred and ten worlds' - fear of GOD [brings] wealth,
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cleave unto GOD, your God, have life!'" Life is from You, God; support
Your dove, who is drawn to cleave unto You according to the Law and the
regulation. Bring us to Mount Zion and restore the kingdom - for there did
GOD command the blessing, life. We await life from Him, as we hope for His
deliveranie. May GOD now grant us expansiveness that we may increase.
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the third' - we who are here today, aU of us in life.
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1. I.e., Mashiach; Psalms 21:s as interpreted in W a h S2a. 2. I.e., the days of the
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4. Job 33:24 5. Ezekiel 4327 6. Deuteronomy 4:4 7. I.e., the bluldng of the third
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I say: "My works are for the King." The King will make His people Israel to
stand in judgment, thus I hastened to flee to the presence of God. I and my
lads will fast also, whereas I submit prayers for grace, and thus I will come
unto the King. A King great above all the mighty, possessor of heaven and
earth, the angel of GOD encamps about those that fear Him. Angels of
mercy, please beseech the Presence of the One who dwelled in the thornbush, you chamberlains who serve in the presence of the King. 0 King, do
not leave out anything of all that You have said, to strengthen the mendrng
of the House [of Israel], and to clear Your vineyard of stones and to fence
it in. Strengthen the advocate, and hush the accuser so that he do n o damage, for the adversary does not consider the loss to the King. 0 King, see
that which is good in Your eyes - to bear iniquity. Rebuke the accuser,
bringing upon him shattering and devastation, so that he leave shamed from
great fear and fright - for evil was determined for him from the King. The
King and His law approach for the inscription, accordrng to the statute o f
the day [of Rosh Hashanah], to judge the nations - the righteous, the sinner, and the guilty. Now let be summoned the scribes of the King who
brings drought and rain: "Write concerning the Jews as it may be good in
your eyes, in the name of the King." 0 King, put to shame the brightness of
the sun, so that the worshippers of Nebo' will be disgraced. Let each man
despise his idols of silver and his idols of gold, for eye to eye they will see
when He returns to Zion - be lifted up, eternal gates, so the King may
enter. The wise Kmg winnows the wicked, and also the boor; He turns over
the wheel [of their fortune] and berates them. Cast out the scorner, and let
strife depart and not open its mouth - for it is not to come to the gate of
the King. The King is benevolent, may a royal ed~ctgo forth from Him,
orda~ning."I will guard My children's feet, and not put them in fetters, o n the
day set for judging who will prosper and who will fail - for thus ordalned
the King." The king sits on the Throne of Judgment, taking together the
small and the great, and seeing who repents wholeheartedly, and who returns
like a dog [returns to his vomit]. Take vengeance for the humiliated on the
humiliater, on the day of the seventhhhen the heart of the King is benevolent. The King of all the earth, God who answers me in the day of my distress, who is with me in every encampment, may He forever surround me
with songs of deliverance - if I have found favor in the eyes of the king.
0 King, consent to give greater honor to Your servants; please let their souls
be precious in Your eves, hke kings before God, to see when all Israel come
- every man and woman who comes to the King. The King's servants seek
His countenance w ~ t hfasung and abstinence, they of whom it was forewarned, "Whoever touches them 1s as if touching the pupil of the eye.'" But
behold, Esau afflicts them; say to him: "You son of perversion, why do you
transgress the commanti of the IGng!" Awesome King, how long will You
detain In prison the ch~ldrenof Zerach and Peretz, Tamar's twins? Restore
the~rhngdom, and uproot the fastidious [adversary] as it was said: because
she has not obeyed the word of the fing. 'The King, whose officers
1. A Babylonlm ~dul. 2. O n Kosh Hashanah, the "13ay of Judgment:' whlch 1s o n the
first of the seventh month. 3. Zpri~onah2 1 2 4. Isaiah 47-8-15
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honor, and life. The One Great in Counsel endowed me with life, a goodly
portion, He is a shelter for us, a help accessible in distress; He said with a pronouncement: "Return to Me and I will return [unto you],' for He who finds
Me has found life.'" Grant me life gratuitously, God, Lord of the spirits,' forgive the iniquity carved upon tablets; and may Your enemies be clothed in
shame with the suffering of chastisements, they will not return nor reach the
paths of life. Bestow good life to Your servants to redeem their souls from
seeing destruction4,as said by the one who "ask, he did ask."5 Not so for the
wicked who cast off [Your] yoke: incite death unto them, let them descend
to the grave alive. Those alive d thank You like we do, but not those who
have been cut off [from life]. A father w d expeditiously teach his children
Your praise, and we will bless God to exalt Your praise - to see the goodness of GOD in the land of the living. Proclaim "Allof you are alive today"
[and] their allotment of sustenance; purify them from their sin, and do not
turn them away empty-handed. Those destined to die by Your hand, GOD,
fulfill their need; those who dle of old age - their portion is in life. Life is a
virtue for the prudent, in order to turn aside from destruction; may God
redeem my soul from brittle that it may live on for eternity, for length of days
- for a mitzvah is a lamp, and the Torah is a light and the way of life. May
the life of the haughty Geval and Moab be erased from the book, they who
bow to a piece of wood, kneeling and deifying it. D o not let the oppressing
wicked find grace; let him be judged to extermination, for he reviled the
arrays of the people of the Living God. You swore life to him [to Abraham]
t wdl inherit
for "your son, your only one;"%th Your hand You gave t h ~ he
the gates of his enemies.' You were wroth, but You will return, and therefore
I thank You - for Your kindness is better than life. In Your Presence, life is
with fullness of joys, awesome things; renew our days with shoutings about
graciousness. May GOD, the God of Hosts, again have mercy on us - for
from Him are the springs of life. May life on earth for Your people be proclaimed from the celestial abode, and cast out sin and iniquities into the
depths of the sea. Create for us a new heart, and grant us grace - length of
days and years of life. The mouth of the righteous is for life, and the mouth
of the wicked is ruin. As You apportion wars and peace, fright and panic,
plentitude and famine, and trembling, life and death, blessing and curse may You choose life. Increase life, righteousness and honor, you who are
beautiful when you are pleasing [to God], who sows kindness and reaps without disgrace. GOD, establish the righteous, and close up the breach - he
who pursues righteousness and kindness will find life. Grant us a legacy of
enduring life, and wisdom and knowledge in counsels; make joy and happiness be heard from the streets of the [Holy] City. Remove iniquity from me,
and clothe me in robes - 1 shall walk before GOD in the lands of the living.
Living One, look to the people that is Your treasure as of old, so thar they
will return; You do not desire the death of the one who deserves to die
1. Mahcbi 3:7 2. Proverbs 8 3 5 3. I.e., who knows the spirits, the innermost thoughts,
of man; see Rash on Numbers 16:22. 4. The abyss, of Gehinnom, Psalms 16:lO.
5. 1.e.. G n g David to whom this expression is attributed in I Samuel 20:28.
6. I.e., Isaac; Genesis 2216. 7. Ibid.. verse 17.
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life. He asked for life from you and You gave it to him,' revive him from the
"two [fateful] days;"' his glory is great in Your deliverance, like the beauty of
the steppings [of the pilgrimages]. Look down from Your holy abode, from
Heaven - on that day will g o forth the waters of life. Proclaim: "Life, the
desired, has come, forgiveness for your sins! I will put My spirit in your
midst!"' Say: "I have found expiation; I accept you in favo?! And you who
cleave unto GOD, your God, have life!"' Life is from You, God; support
Your dove, who is drawn to cleave unto You according to the Law and the
regulation. Bring us to Mount Zion and restore the kingdom - for there &d
GOD command the blessing, life. We await lite from Him, as we hope for His
deliveranie. May GOD now grant us expansiveness that we may increase.
May He revive from the "two [fateful] days" and establish us on the day of
the third7- we who are here today, all of us in life.
' 7 Almighty,
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hndness, pardoning the iniquities of His people, removing every first [sin],
who does not requite them according to their evil; Almighty One, You who
Thefoilowing two verses arc recited on4 1t8ith a quorum o/ ten.
1 1 And
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3 1 GOD,
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GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to Anger
and Abundant in h n d n e s s and Truth; Preserver of IGndness for
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n'7w Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our King,
for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to all who call upon You.
1x173As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have mercy on
us. Deliverance is GOD$ b u r blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD,
Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD,
'Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts in You. GOD, help; may the
King answer us on the day we call.
7
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7% There will be One King, who will raise my banners to the nations. He
wd set those that govern me to be peacefd, and my oppressors to righteousness. I WLU make myself' known to Him as I say ' m e r e is God who made me?"
1. I.e., Mashiach; Psalms 21:5 as interpreted in Sukah 52a. 2. I.e., the days o f the
destruction of the two Iloly Temples; see Rashi on Hosea 6:2. 3. Ezekiel 36:17
4. Job 33:24 5. &ekiel 43:27 6. Deuteronomy 4:4 7. I.e., the building o f the third
Holy Temple by Mashiach; see above, note 2.
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stand in judgment, thus I hastened to flee to the presence of God. I and my
lads vnll fast also, whereas I submit prayers for grace, and thus I will come
unto the King. A King great above all the mighty, possessor of heaven and
earth, the angel of GOD encamps about those that fear Him. Angels of
mercy, please beseech the Presence of the One who dwelled in the thornbush, you chamberlains who serve in the presence of the King. 0 King, do
not leave out anything of all that You have said, to strengthen the mending
of the House [of Israel], and to clear Your vineyard of stones and to fence
it in. Strengthen the advocate, and hush the accuser so that he do no damage, for the adversary does not consider the loss to the King. 0 King, see
that which is good in Your eyes - to bear iniquity. Rebuke the accuser,
bringing upon him shattering and devastation, so that he leave shamed from
great fear and fright - for evil was determined for him from the King. The
IGng and His law approach for the inscription, according to the statute of
the day [of Rosh Hashanah], to judge the nations - the righteous, the sinner, and the guilty. Now let be summoned the scribes of the King who
brings drought and rain: "Write concerning the Jews as it may be good in
your eyes, in the name of the I n g . " 0 King, put to shame the brightness of
the sun, so that the worshippers of Nebo' will be disgraced. Let each man
despise his idols of silver and his idols of gold, for eye to eye they will see
when He returns to Zion - be lifted up, eternal gates, so the King may
enter. The wise f i n g winnows the wicked, and also the boor; He turns over
the wheel [of their fortune] and berates them. Cast out the scorner, and let
strife depart and not open its mouth - for it is not to come to the gate of
the Kng. The IGng is benevolent, may a royal edict go forth from Him,
ordaining: "I will guard My children's feet, and not put them in fetters, on the
day set for judging who will prosper and who will fail - for thus ordained
the King." The King sits on the Throne of Judgment, taking together the
small and the great, and seeing who repents wholeheartedly, and who returns
like a dog [returns to his vomit]. Take vengeance for the humiliated on the
humiliater, on the day of the seventh2when the heart of the King is benevolent. The King of all the earth, God who answers me in the day of my distress, who is with me in every encampment, may He forever surround me
with songs of deliverance - if I have found favor in the eyes of the Kng.
0 IGng, consent to gve greater honor to Your servants; please let their souls
be precious in Your eyes, like lungs before God, to see when all Israel come
- every man and woman who comes to the Icing. The King's servants seek
His countenance with fasting and abstinence, they of whom it was forewarned, "Whoever touches them is as if touching the pupil of the eye."' But
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transgress the command of the lung!" Awesome liing, how long will You
detain in prison the children of Zerach and Peretz, Tamar's twins? Restore
their lungdom, and uproot the fastidious [adversary] as it was said,' because
she has not obeyed the word of the IOng. 'The rang, whose officers
1. \i Babylonian ~dol. 2. O n Kosh t-lashanah, the "rlap of Judgment," which 1s on the
first of the seventh month. 3. Zcchl,nriah 2:12 4. Isaiah 47:8-15
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and servants surround Him in my Palace [the Holy Temple], may they
pasture in Bashan and Gilead, dwelling on their own. Shepherd Your
people with Your staff, take me out into abundance - You, my Master,
the King. 0 King, the eyes of all Israel are upon You to gather my multitudes, to make my elderly women and men yet sit in the gates of
Jerusalem; and, then, my priests and my deputy-priests will serve You
together - and GOD d be King. 0 King, my eyes look expectantly for
the glory of GOD? house, and the whole people together glorifying Your
Name. Then will our mouths be filled with laughter, and all will sing:
"And in Jeshurun there is a King." 0 King, our oppressors rejoice; for
how long, 0 God? They have grown and prospered, destroyed the Ariel
[the Holy Temple]. Behold, they say "our hands are mighty" -and as for
me, I have not been called to come to the King. May the King rise in His
wrath as was said, to destroy the eaters of detestable things and the
mouse.' Let Him trumpet and shout, strengthen Himself against His enemies - for thus is the word of the Kmg. Great King, remove from us
the heart of stone; whiten our sins like snow and wool, and attach us to
You like the red to the white - give Your judgments to the king
mashiach], and Your righteousness to the offspring of Pavid] the king
[to Mashiach]. 0 King who judges the poor with truth,You see that we
have broken the haughtiness of our spirit as at this very day. God, do not
disdain a broken and contrite heart - to bring our labor to the treasury
of the King. 0 King, grant Your righteousness to Israel, for he is a lad;2
let it cling to him as the joining of a man and his wife. Do not despise,
but turn to the prayer of the one who cries out - and of all the King's
servants who are at the gate of the King. The King - I have come to
beseech Him to mark me down for a good life, to sate me with the best
from His house. Let all the nations gather to the name of GOD, and
ascend each year to bow to the King.
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1 1 Lord,
~ ~when You consider manlund each morning, do not
extend exact judgment. If You should contend against the body and
soul, they would be thrust down, unable to rise. Can man be acquitted in judgment? Does he have deeds to justify himself? The seed of
his conception is of fetid secretion; the one who lurks for him [the
evil inclination] is hidden within h m from the time of his birth.
Concealed in his recesses, like a snare to his feet, it entices him d d y
to make him fall to destruction [Gehinnom]. There is no strength
nor might in the body to stand against it and to endure. From the day
he attains sensibility, [man] puts his life in his hands to gain his bread.
AH his days he is sated with irritation and pains; until he returns to
the dust, he is not at rest. Lord, regard the sorrowful spirit, look at
the broken heart. You are near to those who are afar,
1. Isaiah 66:17 2. "For Israel is a lad and I love him" (Hosea 11:l).
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You desire the repentance of the wicked. Almighty, be accessible to

those who search for You; say, "Here I am" to those who seek You.
Let those who call out in Your name hear the tiding of "I have forgiven;" vindicate in judgment the people who proclaim Your unity.
Muzzle the despicable one [the evil inclination] from causing
wickedness; be wroth with the accuser that he will not accuse. Raise
for us an advocate for [our] uprightness; let the backsliding hear "I
have found expiation." We have cast our burden upon You; please,
You be the One to sustain us. Be entreated by our prayers; fulfill
our desire and our request with mercy. We have placed our trust in
You, let Your mercy come swiftly towards us. Strong and Wghty
One, we have not forgotten Your name; please do not forget us for
all eternity.
137n5~Our God and God of our fathers:
117K Lord, as You judge man, the worm, when in anger remember graciousness and mercy. As You arrange trial to reprove the
guilty, clear and justify the erring and the simpleminded. Render
kindness and benevolence unto the culpable; do not extend the contention to the extreme. Poor ones in deeds and devoid of skill are
calling upon You; be accessible to them. Here we are before You
with great guilt, we are embarrassed to open a twitter of response.
Can then man be justified before God? Can man be found pure in
the presence of his Maker? There is willful wrong in his recesses,
wickedness within him; he is full of iniquity and gross transgressions.
Ultimately, with the coming of his passing, he will have to give
accounting and reckoning to the supreme IOng of hngs. The seal's
impress was engraved by his own hand; his wickedness bears witness
in his presence. The beam of the woodwork [of his house] will point
[to him] and testify, the stone will cry out and announce from the
wall. The judged one will hide his face and be ashamed, he is considered as naught as he stands before You. Please be favorable to the
work of Your hands; see the breakage, and guard against repulsion.
May Your servants find compassion this day; desire to endow them
with Your nearness, as in former times. And whiten as snow and
wool the sins of the Rose psrael]; save them from all evil in this year!
5~ Almighty, IQng, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts with
kindness, pardoning the iniquities o f His people, removing every first
[sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all who are flesh
and spirit; You who does not requite them according to their evil;
Almighty One, You who taught us to recite the Thirteen [Attributes of
Mercy], t h s day remember unto us the covenant of these Thirteen, as
You made known aforetimes to [Moses] the humble one, as it
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;rl;r, GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow
to Anger and Abundant in Kindness and Truth; Preserver of
Kmdness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity, rebellious transgression and sin, and He who cleanses."
n'7o Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us,
our Ktng, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You,
GOD, are good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to all
who call upon You.
am3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD,
have mercy on us. Deliverance is GOD$ Your blessing is upon
Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of
Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate
is the person who trusts in You. GOD, help; may the King
answer us on the day we call.
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W ~ VFou,] the Thirteen Attributes [of Mercy] proclaimed
with compassion; every appropriate attribute please implore
the Presence of my King with supplication seeking merit for
the ones surnamed and called 'Rose': "Save them from all evil
during this year."
O K If their guilt has grown to the high heavens and their
stars, every appropriate attribute please request mercy for
them: "Annul for them that which is written, 'I said, I will
scatter them ... ;"
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~ iniquities have become overwhelming and too
numerous to recount, every appropriate attribute please
push them aside to concealment, [use] powerful words in
supplication to annul for them that which is written, 'I shall
hide My face'3:
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DK If they bewildered their IOng's countenance with impu-
dence and brazenness, every appropriate attribute please supplicate Him with outbursts, and pour out your heart like water
before Him who is red [in judgment] and white [in compassion]:
an5 'Why, God, have You qurnedforeuer?"
U K If wanton sins have led the heart of the fool and the
arrogant to ruin, every appropriate attribute please deliver them
from wounds, hasten and come, and raise an urgent voice:
an5 'Why must Igo about in gloom, under oppression?"
DK If they attached falsehood to utterances and thoughts
towards You [God], every appropriate attribute please [intercede],
smoothen the love of those who proclaim Your pleasantness:
"May Your mercies be moved upon the remnant of Your people.
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DK If they dulled the ear to deviate from the way, every
appropriate attribute please pray silently for my people in ordered
prayers, pour out your heart before your Maker and Rock:
;m5 WLy have You breached jlsraefi]fences, so that ail d o pass b_y the
wa_ypluck her?"
DK If they rebelled with their many transgressions against
the Rock, my IGng and Holy One, every appropriate attribute
please request pleasantness for them, seek out the Awesome,
Lofty and Holy One with entreaty to Him:
;m5 'Wb, GOD, do You cast off my soulfrompeace?"
U K If they deviated like a cow because of many periods and
years [in exile], every appropriate attribute please lift an eye to
the heavens, open the mouth in behalf of my people, the smallest of nations:
,7n5 'Why do Youforget usforeuer,forsake usfor length of d q ? "
DK If our rebellious sins abounded, and grew mighty like
a hill, every appropriate attribute please whisper with a voice
that makes clear; your speech is pure to beseech o n behalf of
these people.
nn!7 'W/ydo You withdraw Yotrr hand? Take Your night hand outjom
within Your bosom!"
D K If they corrupted deeds to act presumptuously and
wickedly, every appropriate attribute please bestir your heart to
save; arise in the night, cry out to God who saves:
;rn5 'WLy wiilyou act like a man astounded, Like a m i g h ~one unable
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with them for Your pardon, [saying]: "Lord, act for Your sake,
pardon and forgive Your congregation; return for the sake of
Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage."
5~ Almighty, %ng, who sits on the throne of mercy and
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rebelllous transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive
n5u Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
urn3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is GODj; Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a suonghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts
in You. GOD, help; may the King answer us on the day we call.
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would be justified before You.
And He will judge the world with righteousness and nations
with uprightness.
Righteousness and justice are Your Throne's foundation;
kindness and truth precede Your countenance.
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For Your judgment they stand this day, for all are Your servants.
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Judge of the earth, arise; render recompense to the haughty.
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from the beginning of the world, Remember us, GOD, with favor for Your
people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation which
You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage which You redeemed, this
Mount Zion where You dwelt. GOD, remember the affection for
Jerusalem, d o not forget the love of Zion until eternity. Arise, and have
mercy for Zion, for it is the time to be gracious to her, for the appointed
time has come. GOD, remember the day of Jerusalem against the Edomites
who said "Raze it, raze it to its very oundation!" Remember Abraham,
Isaac and Israel Your servants, to whom You swore by Your very Self and
You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of heaven,
and this entire Land of which I spoke 1will give to Your offspring and they
will inherit [it] forever." Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob; d o not turn to the obstinacy of this people, to its wickedness and to
its sin. Please do not reckon for us a sin that which we did foolishly and that
which we have sinned. We have sinned, our Rock; forgive us, our Creator.
1131 Remember to us the covenant with the Patriarchs, as You said:
Isaac, and' also My covenant with Abraham I will remember; and 1 will
remember the Land." Remember to us the covenant with the first [generations], as You said: 'And I will remember for them the covenant with the
first [generations] whom 1 took out from the land of Egypt before the eyes
of the nations, to be their God; I am GOD." D o unto us as You promised
us: "Yet despite all that, when they will be in the land of their enemies, 1
will not despise them nor loathe them so as to destroy them, to annul My
covenant with them; for 1 am GOD, their God." Bring back our captivity
and have mercy on us, as it is written: "GOD, your God, will return your
captivity and have mercy on you, and He will again gather you from all the
peoples where GOD, your God, has scattered you." Gather our dispersed,
as it is written: "If your dispersed will be at the furthermost part of heaven, from there GOD, your God, will gather you, and from there He will take
you." Wipe away our rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud and like a
mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like
a thick cloud, your sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you."
Wipe away our rebellious transgressions for Your sake, as You have said: "I,
I am He who wipes away your rebellious transgressions for My sake, and I
will not recall your sins." Whiten our sins as snow and as wool, as it is written: "Come now, let us reason together, says GOD, though your sins will be
like scarlet, they will become white as snow; though they be red as crimson,
they will become as [white] wool." Sprinkle pure waters upon us and purify us, as it is written: "And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you
shall be pure; I will purify you from all your defilement and from all your
idols." Have mercy on us and do not destroy us, as it is written:
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"For GOD, your God, is a merciful God; He will not abandon you, and He
will not destroy you, and He will not forget the covenant with your fathers
which He swore to them." Circumcise our hearts to love your Name, as it
is written: "And GOD, your God, will circumcise your heart and the heart
of your offspring, to love GOD, your God, with all your heart and with all
your soul, that you may live." Be accessible to us when we seek You, as it
is written: "And from there you will seek GOD, your God, and you will
find, when you search for Him with all your heart and with all your soul."
Bring us to Your holy mountain and gladden us in Your House of Prayer,
as it is written: "I will bring them to My holy mountain and I will gladden
them in My House of Prayer; their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will
find favor upon My altar, for My House shall be called a House of Prayer
for all peoples."
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' 7 D~ o not cast us away from Your Presence, and do
not take Your Spirit of Holtness away from us.
+K Do not forsake us, GOD, our God; d o not be far from us.
GOQ consider our thoughts. May the words of our mouth and the
meditation o f our heart find favor before You, GOD, our Rock and
our Redeemer. For it is for You, GOD, that we hoped; You will
respond, Lord, our God.
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l3m And so, may it be Your will, GO[), our God and the God of
our fathers, that this year coming upon us and upon all Your people, the
House of Israel, be the conclusion and termination of the captivity of
Your people, the House of Israel; the time of finish for our exile and
for our mourning; and a happy ending to the days of our affiction and
our misery. For the servitude extended over us, and the exiles were prolonged over us; and here we are growing weaker each day. As the years
increase, we dwindle; as time abounds, we become diminished; and we
have no leader nor anyone to take us by the hand - as You said: "For
who will have pity on you, Jerusalem? And who will commiserate with
you? And who will go aside to inquirc after your welfare?" O r who will
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mend the fence, or who will stand in the breach? There is no longer a
prophet and seer, and there is none who calls upon Your Name in truth,
bestirring hmself to hold on unto You. For all of us have strayed like
sheep; each one to his own evil way did we turn, every man after his
unjust gain, every person after the desires of his evil heart. The former
iniquities were not enough for us, but we added to them new ones. We
were not cautious with all the warnings that You forewarned us, and we
were not chastened by all the chastisements with which You rebuked us.
And what other righteousness do we have to cry out before the brig.
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before You, and do not hide Yourself from our supplication, for we are
not so brazen-faced and obstinate as to say before You, GOD, our God
and God of our fathers, that we are righteous and have not sinned.
Indeed, we and our fathers have sinned.
l>nwK We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed;
we have spoken slander. We have committed iniquity, and we have acted
lies. We have given evil counsel; we have deceived; we have scoffed; we
have rebelled; we have provoked; we have turned away; we have cornmitted iniquity; we have rebelliously transgressed; we have oppressed; we
have been obstinate. We have been wicked; we have corrupted; we have
acted abominably; we have strayed; we have led others astray.
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Your good laws, and it has not profited us. But You are the Righteous
One in all that has come upon us, for You have acted truthfully, and it is
we who acted wickedly.
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so brazen-faced and obstinate as to say before You, GOD, our God and
God of our fathers, "We are righteous and we have not sinned"; but,
indeed, \.ve and our fathers have sinned.
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have encompassed us. \TJe called unto You, GOD, our God, but because of
n w n Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern errors? Cleanse me from hidden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD, our
God, from all our rebellious sins, and purify us from all our defilement;
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upon us and purify us, as it is written by Your prophet: "And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I u d purify you from all
your defilement and from all your idols."
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the delightful person, cried out before You: "My
God, incline Your ear and hear, open Your eyes and see the desolations
of ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name is proclaimed; for
it is not for our righteousness that we offer our supplications before You,
but because of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord,
be attentive, and act and do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your
K T Y Ezra the Scribe said before You: "My God, I am ashamed and
You are the God of forgveness, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and
abundant in lundness, and You dld not forsake them." D o not forsake us,
Molder, and do not make an end to us, as for our sins. GOD,our God,
Your seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that time, says GOD,the
iniquity of Israel d be sought for and it shall not be there, and the sins
of Judah - and they shall not be found, for I will forgive those whom
1leave to remain." Your people and Your heritage hunger for Your goodness, thrst for Your kindness, long for Your deliverance; may they recognize and know that mercy and forgiveness belong to GOD,our God.
Name. Act for the sake of Your truth. Act for the sake of Your
covenant. Act for the sake of Your greatness and glory. Act for the sake
of Your Law. Act for the sake of Your majesty. Act for the sake of Your
Meeting House. Act for the sake of Your remembrance. Act for the sake
of Your kindness. Act for the sake of Your goodness. Act for the sake
of Your Oneness. Art for the sake of Your honor. Act for the sake of
Your teaching. Act for the sake of Your kingship. Act for the sake of
Your eternity. Act for the sake of Your secret counsel. Act for the sake
of Your might. Act for the sake of Your magnificence. Act for the sake
of Your righteousness. Act for the sake of Your holiness. Act for the
sake of Your abundant mercies. Act for the sake of Your Shechinah. Act
for the sake of Your praise. Act for the sake of Your beloved who rest
in the dust. Act for the sake of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Act for the
sake of Moses and Aaron. Act for the sake of David and Solomon. Act
for the sake of Jerusalem, Your holy city. Act for the sake of Zion, the
abode of Your glory. Act for the sake of the desolation of Your
Sanctuary. Act for the sake of the destruction of Your altar. Act for the
sake of those who were slain for
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Your holy Name. Act for the sake of those who where slaughtered for
Your Oneness. Act for the sake of those who went through fire and
water for the sanctification of Your Name. Act for the sake of the
nursing infants who have not sinned. Act for the sake of the weaned
children who have not transgressed. Act for the sake of the schoolchildren. Act for Your sake, if not for ours. Act for Your own sake and
deliver us.
133Y Answer us, GOD, answer us. Answer us, our God, answer us.
Answer us, our Father, answer us. Answer us, our Creator, answer us.
Answer us, our Redeemer, answer us. Answer us, You who seeks us,
answer us. Answer us, faithful God, answer us. Answer us, You who
are steadfast and kind, answer us. Answer us, You who are pure and
upright, answer us. Answer us, living and enduring One, answer us.
Answer us, good and beneficent One, answer us. Answer us, You who
knows our nature, answer us. Answer us, You who suppresses anger,
answer us. Answer us, You who dons righteousness, answer us.
Answer us, Supreme IOng of kings, answer us. Answer us, You who
are awesome and exalted, answer us. Answer us, You who forgives and
pardons, answer us. Answer us, You who responds in time of distress,
answer us. Answer us, You who redeems and rescues, answer us.
Answer us, righteous and upright One, answer us. ' ~ n s w e rus, You
who are close to those who call upon Him, answer us. Answer us, You
who are hard [to be provoked] to anger, answer us. Answer us, You
who are easy to be pacified, answer us. Answer us, You who are merciful and gracious, answer us. Answer us, You who listens to the desutute, answer ua ? nrwer us, You who supports the wholesome,
answer us. Answer il<,, God of our fathers, answer us. Answer us, God
of Abraham, answer us. Answer us, Dread of Isaac, answer us. Answer
us, M~ghtyOne of Jacob, answer us. Answer us, Helper of the Tribes,
answer us. Answer us, Stronghold of the Matriarchs, answer us. Answer
us, You who responds in a time of favor, answer us. Answer us, Father
of orphans, answer us. Answer us, Judge of widows, answer us.
7n He who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
He answer us. He who answered Joshua in Gilgal, may He answer us.
us. He who answered
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Elijah on Mount Carmel, may He answer us. He who answered

Elisha in Jericho, may He answer us. He who answered Jonah in the
bowels of the fish, may H e answer us. He who answered Hezeluah,
King of Judah, in his illness, may He answer us. H e who answered
Chananyah, Mishaei and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He answer
us. He who answered Daniel in the lion's den, may H e answer us. He
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1nKvl And David said t o Gad: "I a m exceedingly distressed.
and let me n o t fall into human hands."
a i m Merciful and gracious One, I have sinned before You. GOD,
full of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD, do
gracious to me, GOD, for I am feeble; heal me GOD, for my bones are
when? Return, GOD, rescue my soul, save me for the sake of Your kindness. For in death there is no mention of You; in the grave who will gve
bed, I melt my couch, with my tears. My eye is dimmed because of
my supplication, GOD will accept my prayer. All my foes shall be
shamed and exceedingly terrified; they will turn back, they will be
snn He wounds and He heals; He causes death and He restores life:
He raises.frorn the grave to eternallife. When a son sins, his father strikes
him; but a compassionate father heals his pain. A slave who rebels is led
out in chains; but if h s master so desires, he breaks h s chains. We are
with bitter wormwood. We are Your servants and we rebelled against You,
[thus we suffer) - some with plunder, some with captivity, some with the
whp. We beg of You, in Your abundant mercies, heal the pains that overwhelm us, before we be annilulated in captivity.
3 u 3 3 3 n You [angels] who bring in [pleas for] mercy, bring in our
[plea for] mercy before the Presence of the Master of mercy. You
[angels) who cause prayer to be heard, cause our prayer to be heard
who bring in tears, bring in our tears before the I b g who is appeased
Gng, the h g h and exalted God. Mention before Him, cause to be heard
before Him, the Torah and the good deeds
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of those who repose in the dust. May He remember their love, and gve
life to their offspring, so that the remnant of Jacob not be lost. For the
flock of the faithful shepherd has become a Asgrace; Israel, the unique
nation, an example and a taunt. Hasten, answer us, God of our salvation,
lln Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a captive who
pleads to his captors. All captives are redeemed with money, but Your
people with mercy and pleadng. Grant us [our] requests and petitions, so
that we be not turned back from You empty-handed.
lin Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a slave
i n i w Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and let
i n i w Guardian of the unique nation, guard the remnant of
GOD is One."
i n l w Guardian of the holy nation, guard the remnant of the
z x i n n You who becomes favorable through [pleas for]
appeased to an affbcted generation, for there is no helper.
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are upon You. GOD, remember Your mercies and Your kindnesses, for they are from the beginning of the world. GOD,
may Your kindness be upon us as we have put our hope in
You. D o not recall against us former iniquities; let compassion come swiftly towards us, for we have been brought very
low. Be gracious to us, GOD, be gracious to us, for we are
abundantly sated with humiliation. When in anger, remember
t o be compassionate!
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anger, remember uprightness! When in anger, remember the
love! GOD, save; may the King answer us on the day we call.
For He knows our nature, He is mindful that we are dust. Help
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and save us, and atone our sins for the sake of Your Name.
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ban' Exalted and sanctified be His great Name (Cong.:

Amen) in the world that He created according to His Mill, and
may He establish His fingship and cause His redemption to
sprout, and bring near His Mashiach (Cong.: Amen), in your lifetimes and in your days, and in the lifetimes of the entire House
of Israel, swiftly and soon, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen. May
His great Name be blessed@rever and ever. Ble~~ed)
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Name of the Holy One, blessed is He (Cong.: Amen), beyond all
blessings and songs, praises and consolations, that are uttered
in the world, and say "Amen." (Cong.: Amen)
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GOD; You are great and Your Name is great in might. Yours is the arm
with might; Your hand will be strengthened, Your right hand will be exalted. Yours is the day, the night is also Yours; You established the luminary
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Mercihl God is Your Name. For the sake of Your Name, GOD, forgive
n5b Forgve us, our Father, for in our great foolishness we
have erred. Pardon us, our King, for our iniquities are many.
TK Then, before the emitting bottles [the clouds] were spread
out, before soil-clods adhered on the earth, seven things were
gathered before You: the Law [the Torah], the Throne [of Glory],
and the healing for backsliding chldren veshuvah; Repentance];
the Splendor of Eden [Garden of Eden] and the leech of the
confounded [Gehinnom]; and the place of atonement through
those who bring offerings [the Holy Temple]; [and] the brightness
of the name Yinon [Mashiach; the anointed redeemer of Israel]
which became profaned by sins. These were gathered two thousand years before the creation of the inhabited world. They are
arrayed over the firmament, loohng like sparks of fire, implanted
and well-rooted before Him who dwells over the cherubim. The
Throne was placed in the firmament, standing firmly as a seat for
one who is King and awesome upon all those that surround Him.
The Law, coming from His right hand, engraved in writing by fire,
is placed on His knee, fondled with love. The succulent Garden is
settled set to the south; arranged to the north is the blazing
Tophet [Gehinnom]. Facing Him, to the east, is Jerusalem, built
of hewn stones, and hdden within it is God's Sanctuary, [corresponding to the Holy Temple] on the inhabited earth; in its tenter is established the altar of atonement for sins, overlaid by the
stone that is the foundation of the hewn [the world].
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The name Yinon pashiach] is engraved upon it in letters, [and

also] the Distinct Name [the Tetragrammaton] in carved mark.ings. There in the middle, before Him who listens from the lattices is the joint of Teshuvah [repentance], the remedy for the ill
and painful. It is prepared to wash the filthy [garmentsland to
clothe clean ones, to pour beneficial oil on the heads of those
who repent. Thus we have come to You, young and old: wash off
the stench [of sin], and cast away the record of defilement. Your
backsliding children approach You with prayer, to seek You each
day with fluent utterance. Let our words be considered as the
bloods and fats burning [on the Altar]; may He accept our chirps
like the pieces of bulls and sheep [on the Altar]. Sink our sins in
soil where gutters drip; bring us near to You with the hovering of
Your abundant mercies.
3 3 For we trust in Your abundant mercy, and we rely o n Your righteousness, and we hope for Your forgiveness, and we yearn for Your deliverance. You are a King who loves righteousness from of old, who makes
the iniquities of His people pass away and removes the sins of those that
feat Him. You are the One who made a covenant with the first [generations] and keeps the oath with the latter [generations]. You are the O n e
who descended on Mount Sinai in the cloud of Your glory and showed the
ways of Your benevolence to Moses, Your servant. You revealed to him
pass before you, and I will call out with the Name of GOD before you;
and 1 will be gracious to whom I will be gracious and I will be merciful
+K Almighty One, You are slow to anger, You are called the

[Moses] the humble. Turn from Your fierce anger, as it is written in
Your Torah. May we shelter and lodge in the shadow of Your wings,
as on the day when "GOD descended in a cloud." Pass over rebellious sin and erase g d t , as on the day when "And He stood there with
him [Moses]." Give ear to our cry and be attentive to our speech, as
on the day when "he invoked the Name of GOD'; and there it is said:
Thefollowing two perm are recited on4 d e n prqing with a quorum of ten.
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rn;v GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

Anger and Abundant in Kmdness and Truth; Preserver of Kindness
for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity, rebellious
transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive our iniquity
n5d Forgve us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
Kmg, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
l W 1 3 Seek GOD when He may be found, call upon Him when
He is near. Return to Me and I will return to You, says GOD,
Tzeva'ot. Let the one who knows return, and GOD will relent and
turn from His fierce anger, and we shall not be lost. Let the one who
knows return, and he will be shown mercy and leave a blessing in his
wake. And rend your hearts, and not your garments, and return unto
GOD, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and
abundant in kindness, and He revokes the evil [decree].
urn3 As a father has mercy on his cluldren, so, GOD, have
mercy on us. Deliverance is GOD 's, Your blessing is upon Your people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the God of Jacob is a stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person who trusts
in You. GOD, help; may the Ktng answer us on the day we call.
n ' 7 ~Please forgive the iniquity of this people in accord with the
YnK'l "And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."
My God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see
we offer our supplications before You, but because of Your abundant mercy. Lord, hear; Lord, forgve; Lord, be attentive, and act and
nK I have come early to seek GOD when He is to be found, for
the sake of atoning iniquities, for I became reddened like scarlet. The
heart is overturned and stultified, and I slumber like one asleep. I have
almost become like Sodom, and I am likened to Amorah. I am likened
to a suspected wife disarrayed, , an adulteress and dishonored one. I
have been like a soiled garment, I am made like a mantle rolled in blood.
Now I lack an intercessor, and there is none who knows how to pray.
See, GOD, and consider, for I have become vile. The honored one has
turned into a vile one by the hand of the defiler. She has been sold forever, for naught, and there is none
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-Tzom Gedalyah
to redeem her. The firmly established and lofty [the Temple-Mount] is

sunk, and the Ariel [the Holy Temple]' is destroyed; the glory of Israel
is cast down from Heaven to earth. For how long is Israel given over
to pillagers and spoil? My pursuers are as numerous as locusts, my
destroyers are powerful. When I take to heart my destructions, my
ruins, and my desolations, my soul prefers strangulation, death rather
than [dwelling in] my bones. Because of my bones that are crushed
and split by those who provoke You and enrage You, I said: "I am
weary of bearing Your fury and Your rage. Take to heart to redeem
the life of Your delightful ones, for Your Name is proclaimed upon
Your city and upon Your people. Your people, strewn and scattered
among alI-settlements, remember You in their distress, fear You in
deed and thoughts. Submerge insolence; remove and heal backsliding.
Lord, hear our voice, let Your ears be attentive. Let Your ears be attentive to the outpouring of our pleading, accept the chant of our lips
like our offerings' pleasing odors. Our Shield, we seek You eagerly and
our trust is placed in You, for Your Name is called upon us - do not
abandon us. Master, why have You abandoned us these many years to be an astonishment, an example and a byword for mockery and
humiliation? Let be verified and hastened the promise You assured to
the desolate one: "I, GOD, have rebuilt the destroyed places, I have
planted the des~late."~
Rebuild the desolate with great mercies and
establish it.'God, hear her supplication, for the time has come to be
gracious to her. Strengthen those who distinguish You, to shield them
in the shadow of Your hand; and the redeemed of GOD shall
return,and come to Zion with jubilation.
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hndness, pardoning the iniquities of His people, removing every first
[sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all who are flesh and
spirit; You who does not requite them according to their evil; Almighty
One, You who taught us to recite the Thirteen [Attributes of Mercy],
this day remember unto us the covenant of these Thirteen, as You made
known aforetimes to !Jvloses] the humble one, as it is written: "And
GOD descended in a cloud and stood there with him, and he invoked
the Name of COD.
Thefollomiriryfwo verses are recited only with a q u o m of ten.
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r n v GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to Anger

and Abundant in Kindness and Truth; Preserver of Kindness for
Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity, rebellious transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgive our iniquity and our sin,
1. Alternauvely, the reference is to the Holy Temple and the Altar. 2. Ezekiel 36:36
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n5u Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
Ktng, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
l ~ l tSeek G O D and His might, search for His Presence continuously. Seek G O D when H e may be found, call upon Him when
H e is near. Let the wicked abandon his way, and the man of iniquity
b s thoughts; let him return to GOD - and H e will have mercy o n
h m , and to our God - for He forgives abundantly. Return, Israel,
unto COD, your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
urn3 As a father has mercy o n his children, so, COD, have
mercy o n us. Deliverance is GOD?; Your blessing is upon Your
people, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, is with us; the G o d o f Jacob is a
stronghold for us, Selah. GOD, Tzeva'ot, fortunate is the person
who trusts in You. GOD, help; may the King answer us o n the
day we call.
n5u Please forgve the iniquity of this people in accord with the
greatness of Your hndness, and as You have forgiven this people
YnK'l "And GOD said: I have forgven in accord with your word."
the desolation o f ourselves and of the city upon which Your Name
is proclaimed. For it is not o n account of our own righteousness that
d o not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your Name is proclaimed
1 3 - ; I ~ K Our
n h My
~ soul mourned and my visage was darkened when the lion
[Nebuchadnezzar] blew against the House of my Glory [the Holy
Temple]. Even my refugees whom they left , and my remnant,were
crushed on this day, on the third of Tishrei. The fire and the surging
waters deluged us in their pursuit; they shattered the Sanctuary ant1
plundered their part. 'l'hc elders of the remnant, who escaped from the
day of vengeance, were ruined now, on the day of the Fast of Gedaliah
ben Achikam. The poorest of the people of the land were torn asunder; that which was left by the gazam-locust was quickly consumed by
the arbeh-locust. Those who tended the vineyards and dug the ground,
by order of the one who made the earth quake,were burned, and there
was none among them to erect a fence and to stand in the breach. What
can 1 relate, when my groanings are so profound? My soul is weary, my
communities are in sorrow. Our vine-branches that were left from the
burning of the fire for strong reasons, they had not yet been established
when they were madc to wander with fury. How long will You hide Your
face from us? Hear our cry and rclcasc our prisoners! Holy One,
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note that there is no one to entreat in our behalf; see our destruction,
and with the mouth we shall encompass Your praise. We have been
despoiled from generation to generation, from one end of time to
another; the darting [serpent] rooted in the viper bites us. Wghty One,
be bestirred and awakened for our judgment! Atone our iniquities and
declare the end-date [to our exile].
?K A h g h t y , Ktng, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts
with hndness, pardoqing the iniquities of His people, removing
every first [sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgveness to rebellious transgressors; who does righteous deeds with all
who are flesh and spirit; You who does not requite them accordtng
to their evil; Alrmghty One, You who taught us to recite the Thirteen
[Attributes of Mercy], t_ls day remember unto us the covenant of
these Thirteen, as You made known aforetimes to poses] the humble one, as it is written: "And GOD descended in a cloud and stood
Thefollowing two verses are recited on4 with a q # o w of ten
~ And
5 1 GOD passed before him and proclaimed:
IOndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity,
rebelhous transgression and sin, and He who cleanses." Forgve
nju Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
Icing, for we have rebekously transgressed. For You, GOD, are good
and forgiving, and abundant in kindness to aU who call upon You.
1 t w l f Seek GOD when He may be found, call upon Him when He
is near. Return, backsliding children, I will heal your backslidings. Here
we are, we have come unto You, for You are GOD, our God. Return,
Israel, unto GOD, your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have
in You. GOD, help; may the IOng answer us on the day we call.
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1 3 9 7 5 ~Our
n 3 n K You trained from of old the utterance of the lips' wording, to
knock at the portals' gates with prayer and supplication. Our approach
towards You is with alacrity and not with sloth, to ward off the evil of the
calamit~esthat amass turbulently from time to time. Here we are, we have
come to You with broken spirit and crushed heart, confessing before You
every folly and perverseness of heart: "This is the Searcher of Hearts

who heals the broken-hearted! Renew a steadfast spirit within us, and create
for us a pure heart." You fastened from of old these Ten Days [of
Repentance], when an individual can return and find atonement - [while] the
entire year is given to the community to cry out and to pray in any time of
constraint and distress.' If the individual hurries and reDentS in the interval he
is pardoned. If he despairs and does not repent, there is n o remedy for his
iniquity: though he prepare and arrange all the rams of Nebayot to benefit
him, prays and shouts, there is none to listen to him. 0 Rock, the prayer of
the many and of the individual ascends to You alone, for You are the one who
hears prayer. Accept us with favor and cause us to find pardon; favor us as
like a wholly consumed offering and burnt-offering. Judge, d o judge, us with
mercy and compassion -Your children who are distinguished by You, taken
unto You as a treasure!.Mav the snare of their rebelliousness be sunk in the
depths, that they may eternally praise You with every kind of praise.
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Send Your light and Your truth; cause Your faithful ones to prosper
with goodness, "for You, Lord, are benevolent and f~rgiving."~
Look at the
affliction of soul. in Your benevolence take us out to freedom. "for the waters
have reached unto the soul." Let our lowing be heard, restore our exiles to [their]
dwellings, "for we are aliens and sojourners." We knock on Your doors continuously, we cling to You to become joined, "for we are greatly impoverished."
The insolent scorned us in our straits; save us and we will thank You, our Rock,
"for You have delivered us from our distressors." Your scattered children await
that they be encouraged; purify them to support them in the fear of You, "for
that is the whole Ipurpose of] man." The statutes of the nations are for naught;
Your desired ones are drawn after You, "for You are gracious and merciful."
Your Palace [the Holy Temple] was turned to heaps; mend it with built-up walls,
"for Your kindness is better than life itself." I converse with my prayer, 'Let my
oppressor be shamed and humiliated,' "for I know that GOD will take up the
cause of the poor." Heavily weigh the lips of those who rise against me, those
who agitate me all day long, "for-my days are consumed in smoke." He will recompense them according to their deeds; He will teach His people to benefit
them, "for He will not cast off forever." He who has mercy on him [Israel] will
grant h ~ desire,
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He will remove his disgrace from him, "for of how (great] is
HISgoodness and how [great] is His beauty." My cities were laid waste, foreigners entered my gates, "for I bear the shame of my youth." 1 will greatly rejoice
in You with the prayer of Your redeemed ones being answered, "for You, G011,
have gladdened me with Your deeds." Miehtv.
', * . Awesome and Fearsome One.
furnish us with redemption now, "because f o r Your sake we are killed all day
long." Clear the crooked road, so that the glory of Your praise may be proclaimed: "For GOD has redeemed Jacob." Look down from the mighty heavens
to destroy the adversaries by decree, "for our days on earth are b u t like] a shatlow." Bring near the end of my eras, to cause a voice to be heard by those who
eye me - "that the Day of GOD is near." Exalted One, show Your arm! Let
Your countenance appear to Your beloved, "for
1.One can return unto G o d any time, but the ten days from Rosh Hashanah t o Yom Kippur
are especially auspicious to find favor and atonement. The rest of the year is regarded as
auspicious for communal (as opposed to individual) prayer and feshuvah. (Rosh Hasbanah 18a)
2.3'he passages In quotation-marks are quotes or paraphrases of Scripural verses.

GOD is exalted, yet sees the lowly." Hear the sound of my supplications, let my
outcry rise to my Abode, "for COD listens to the destitute." May You favor our
supplication like a thanksgiving-offering; say to Your people 'I s h d be
appeased,' "for Torah will go forth from Me!" May He press down the weight
on the scales [in our favor], may He enwrap and garb Himself with prevailing
strength, "for He makes sore and binds up [the wound]."
1 3 ~ 1Our
5 ~ God and d o d of our fathers:
3iwn D o return, do have mercy on us: return our captives as You have
said.' Return as of old, renew the love for Your nation. Remove anger far away,
and draw near the allaying of Your fury, "turn back from Your blazing anger,
and refrain from [bringing] evil upon Your pe~ple."~
Gather and seek the lost
ones, and strengthen Your heritage - the flock destined for slaughter, Your
ewes subjected to being cut ofc if the willful transgression abounds among those
disposed to Your forgiveness, "turn back for the sake of Your servants, the tribes
of Your heritage." The iniquity of our fathers has burdened us, and caused us to
taste sour grapes; it caused us to drink a bowl of poison, it embittered us and
enraged us. Please, as of old -when dwelling united caused us pleasantness "return us. God of our deliverance. and annul Your aneer
with us." You have not
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entirely rejected those who take refuge in You, who bear witness for You; they
are punished like an offensive person, but their hope is directed to You to
become smoothed, to appease [Your] anger in accordance with the uprightness
of Your works. "Return, COD!How long yet? And relent with regards to Your
servants." Day after day we look forward to the manifestation of Your secret,' it
is hidden and covered up while Your pious ones' flesh is consumed. Humiliation
has broken our hearts, we hope for Ybur graces. "Return, COD,release our soul
and deliver us for the sake of Your kindness." We are abandoned, and we are
reckoned with those who descend to the grave; and the harp, and songs, and the
flute turned to mourning. Gloomy ones will walk stoutly, with a song of joy and
thanksgiving [when] "GOD returns our exiles like springs in arid land." Tears are
the bread of those who take shelter in You, my Rock, God, as God's adversaries
blaspheme "Where is the Redeemer?" As You spoke then in a vision to the
upright of God - "Return, GOD, the myriads of Israel's thousands."'. Hear,
GOD!Incline Your ear and be attentive to those who plead 'Please forgive!'
Respond 'I have forgiven!' Our backsliding increased, but You opened an
opportunity - 'Israel, return!' "Return us to You, GOD,and we will return!"
1 3 ~ 1Our
5 ~ God and God of our fathers:
DK Though the bird-offering of a quarter shekel5 has ceased, though the
Tent [the Holy Temple] in which He dwelled is emptied, we shall not be lost on
that account: we have [the merit ofJ an old father [Abraham].6Show him favor, as
we mention his righteousness before You. You commanded him: "Please take
your dear son, and let his blood be pressed out on the [altar's] wall." He ran to the
lad and consecrated him, [though] his soul was bound up with his [son's] soul. He
wreathed him with wood and his tire, and the diadem of his God on his head. The
tender only [son] became swift as a deer; he responded and said: "My father,
behold, we are bringing the fire and the wood, but there is no offering to bring!"
1. Jeremiah 30:3 2. The passages in quotation-marksare quotes or paraphrases o f Scriptural
verses. 3. The secret of the Day of Messianic Redemption, known to God alone. 4. See
Hosea 14:2 5. A quarter shekel is the price for the minimal sacrifice of a pair o f pigeons
(Rosb Hasbanah 31 b). 6 . This prayer is based on, and refers to, the Aku'Lb, Abraham's offering of Isaac (Genesis, ch. 22)
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Replying with words that would not frighten him, his father answered and
said to him: "God will see for Himself, and GOD will make known the one
that is His." Both were heedful with Your commandments. and dld not
question Your [words]. They hurried, going with great haste, on one of the
mountains. They saw a lofty fire [and] hastened with the wood for the
burnt-offering. Together, in perfect love, they made a straight path in the
desert-plain. The only [son] perceived that he is to be the sheep; he said to
his parent who was being tested: "Deal with me as with a lamb! D o not pity
and do not protect! [God] desires and longs for me, I will bare my heart to
Him. Would you withhold me? Ultimately He will gather my spirit and my
soul unto Himself!" He bound his [son's] hands and feet, and assigned his
knife for him; he was alert in placing him on the wood, and the fire was
burning on the altar. On his own he stretched out his throat, and his father
drew near to him to slaughter him in the Name of his Master, and behold,
GOD was standing over him.[God] scruunized what was being done: the
father had not spared his son, and had lifted his heart with his hands; and
God saw all he had done. He called out to the one sought out yet from the
womb [Abraham]: "Choose a substitute for your son; behold, behind there
is a ram. thus act and do not delav. The burning.
of the Droxv for the one
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mentioned psaac] is appropriate, its smoke will ascend, and he and his substitution shall be [holy offerings]." Let [its] recollection be before You in
Heaven, forever engraved in the Book -an eternal, non-erasable covenant
with Abraham and with Isaac. Those who call upon You are coming to
bow; be alert to the righteousness of the Akeidah [the Binding of Isaac].
Remember Your flock with mercy, for the face of the flock is to [the merit
ofl the bound one.
niTm You have taught the manner of teshuvah to the back1
slidtng daughter [the c o b u n i t y of Israel], to return unto You

between the appointed day p o s h Hashanah] and the Tenth [of
Tishrei; Yom IOppur]. Return us unto You, GOD, and we will return!
TK Then, since afore-time, You first made teshuvah, before
You spread out the sky and the foundations of that which was
made of clods of soil [the earth]. It is also a balm and healing for
all who return, so that those who knock on Your doors will not
be turned back empty-handed.
n'7f;l You have taught the manner of teshuvah to the backsliding daughter, to return unto You between the appointedtime and the Tenth. Return us unto
kbu, GOD, and we will return!
l;r Behold, the first from the world's soil, who was the first to
be formed [Adam], whom You tried with a light commandment
and he did not keep it: You were indignant and angry with him so
as to shorten his years; he returned with teshuvah and was preserved like the pupil of the eye.
n v m K u have taught the manner of tesht/vah to the backsliding duzghter, to return unto You between the appointed time and the Tenth. Return us unto
You, COD, and ~vewill return!
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offspring [Cain] strayed when he spilled his brother's blood. You punished him to be a wanderer and fugitive, to
move here and there. When he returned to You and abandoned
the evil of his way, You granted him a continuation for seven generations - that anyone who would find him will not slay him.
nl77n You have taught the manner of teshuvah to the backsliding daughter, to return unto You between the appointed time and the Tenth. Return us unto
You, GOD, and we my/return!
'7'7nn The one who dishonored his begetter's bed, who was
unbridled like water [Reuben], his feet almost led him away had he
not poured out his heart like water. The lion's cub [Judah] offended with a harlot at a crossroad; he confessed his iniquity, and You
inclined for him the dish of the scales to righteousness.
n~77ltYou have taught the manner of teshuvah to the backslidzng daughter, to return unto You between the appointed time and the Tenth. Return us unto
You, GOD, and we will return!
~ 7 [Ahab]
3
the son of Omri breached the world's fences with
wickedness, lusting after Asheirah-idols, and adding rebelhous
transgression to his sin. When he returned from rebellious sinning, You tore up the decree of his sentence and he received
mercy as one who confesses and forsakes [sin], and he found
deliverance in You.
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You have tatrght the manner of teshuvah to the backsliding daughter, to return unto You between the appointed time and the Tenth. Return us unto
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The people of the great city [Nineveh] sharpened their
tongues like arrows [with blasphemy], their errors and wanton evil
grew to on high. When You afforded a vision of their overthrow,
they were seized by terror and trembling; they did teshuvah properly, and it was accepted before Your Throne of Glory
n7771tYou have taught the manner of teshuvah to the backsliding daughter, to return unto You between the appointed time and the Tenth. Return us unto
Inla Searcher of thoughts and hearts, girded with might,
inform us with the knowledge of walhng in the right path. If our
backslidings increased with rebellious sins and waywardness, for
Your sake, please, return us, to do proper teshuvah.
n*7?ltYou have taught the manner of teshuvah to the backsliding daughter, to return unto You between the appointed time and the Tenth. Return us unto
You, GOD, and we wi'1i' return!
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every first [sin], increasingly granting pardon to sinners and forgiveness t o rebelhous transgressors; who does righteous deeds
with all who are flesh and spirit; You who does not requite them
according t o their evil; Almighty One, You who taught us t o
recite the Thirteen [Attributes of Mercy], this day remember
uilto us the covenant of these Thirteen, as You made known
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G O D passed before him and proclaimed:
;rl;rl GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to
IOndness for Thousands [of generations], Forgiver of iniquity
and rebellious transgression and sin, and H e who cleanses."
17% Forgive us, our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, our
Gng, for we have rebelliously transgressed. For You, Lord, are good
om3 As a father has mercy on his children, so, GOD, have mercy
save; may the Kmg
- answer us on the day we call.
5~ DO not recall against us former iniquities; let Your mercies
come swiftly towards us, for we have been brought very low Do not
remember the sins of our youth and our rebehous transgressions; may
goodness, GOD.
i 3 r GOD, remember Your mercies and Your lundnesses, for they
are from the beginning of the world. Remember us, GOD, with favor
for Your people; recall us with Your salvation. Remember Your congregation which You acquired of old, the tribe of Your heritage whch You
against the Edornites who said "Raze it, raze it to its very foundation!"
swore by Your very Self and You said to them: "I will increase your offspring like the stars of heaven, and t h s entire Land
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of which I spoke 1 vvlll gve to Your offspring and they wdl inherit [it]
forever." Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob; do not
turn to the obstinacy of h s people, to its wickedness and to its sin.
Please do not reckon for us a sin that whch we did foolishlv and that
which we have sinned. We have sinned, our Rock; forgive us, o;r Creator.
V ~ Remember
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to us the covenant with the Patriarchs, as You said:
before the eyes of the nations, to be their God; I am GOD." Do unto
us as You promised us: "Yet despite all that, when they will be in the land
of their enemies, I will not despise them nor loathe them so as to
God." Bring back our captivity and have mercy on us, as it is written:
"GOD, your God, will return your captivity and have mercy on you, and
has scattered you." Gather our dspersed, as it is written: "If your dispersed will be at the furthermost part of heaven, from there GOD, your
rebelhous transgressions like a thick cloud and like a mist, as it is written: "I have wiped away your rebellious transgressions like a thick cloud,
your sins like a mist; return to Me, for I have redeemed you." Wipe away
bur rebellious transgressions for Your sake, as You hake said: ;'I, I a&
He who wipes awayyour rebelhous transgressions for My sake, and I will
not recall vour sins." Whiten our sins as snow and as wool. as it is written: "Come now, let us reason together, says GOD, though your sins will
be like scarlet, they will become whte as snow; though they be red as
crimson, they will become as [whte] wool.'' Sprinkle pure waters upon
us and purify us, as it is written: "And I will sprinkle pure waters upon
you, and you shall be pure; I wdl purify you from all your defilement and
from all your idols." Have mercy on us and do not destroy us, as it is
written: "For GOD, your God, is a merciful God; He will not abandon
you, and He will not destroy you, and He will not forget the covenant
with your fathers which He swore to them." Circumcise our hearts to
love your Name, as it is written: "And GOD, your God, will circumcise
your heart and the heart of your offspring, to love GOD, your God, with
all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live." Be accessible to
us when we seek You, as it is written: "And from there you will seek
GOD, your God, and you will find, when you search for Him with all
your heart and with afyour soul." Bring ui to Your holy mountain and
gladden us in Your House of Prayer, as it is written: "I will bring them
to My holy mountain and I will gladden them in My House of Prayer;
their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices will find favor upon My altar,
for My House shall be called a House of Prayer for all peoples."

The A r k is opened. Thefallowzngfourpassages are recited uerse Ly uerse Cly the chaxxan
and the congregation, up to (but not including)the uerse beginning "Do notforsake us."
U Y W ; ~ Return us to You, GOD, and we shall return;
when our strength fails.
L/K D o not forsake us, GOD, our God; d o not be far from us. Show
us a sign for good, that our foes may see and b e shamed, for You, GOD,
have helped us and consoled us. Give ear to our words, GOD, consider
our thoughts. May the words of our mouth and the meditation of our
heart find favor before You, GOD, our Rock and our Redeemer. For it is
for You, GOD, that we hoped; You will respond, Lord, our God.
The A r k is closed.
1 ~ 7 Our
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~ and God of our fathers: may our prayer come before
You, and do not hide Yourself from our supplication, for we are not so
iJnwK We have become guilty; we have betrayed; we have robbed; we
1 1 1We
~ have turned away from Your commandments and from Your
good laws, and it has not profited us. But You are the Righteous O n e in all
acted wickedly.
u n w K We have become more guilty than all people; we are more
shameful than all generauons; joy has departed from us; our heart is sickened by our sins; our desirous place has been ruined, and our splendor has
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1 3 1 3 * ~ 5Our toil has been plundered before our eyes, pulled and torn
our iniquities You have hstanced Yourself from us. We turned away from
n l w n Your righteous anointed declared before You: "Who can discern errors? Cleanse me from hidden [faults]." Cleanse us, GOD, our God,
"And I will sprinkle pure waters upon you, and you shall be pure; I wdl purify. you
from all your defilement and from all your idols."
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7 a i e l the
, delightful person, cried out before You: "My God,
because of Your abundant mercies. Lord, hear! Lord, forgive! Lord, be
attentive, and act and do not delay; for Your sake, my God, for Your Name
is proclaimed upon Your city and upon Your people."
KTTY Ezra the Scribe said before You: "My God, I am ashamed
and confounded t o Lift my face to You, my God; for our iniquities have
increased to above the head, and our guilt has grown. to the heavens.
anger and abundant in kindness, and You did not forsake them." Do
not forsake us, our Father, and d o not cast us off, our Creator; d o not
abandon us, our Molder, and d o not make an end to us, as for our sins.
GOD, our God, fulfill for us the word You promised us in the tradition
through Jeremiah, Your seer, as it is said: "In those days, and at that
time, says GOD, the iniquity of Israel will be sought for and it shall not
be there, and the sins of Judah - and they shall not be found, for I will
forgve those whom I leave to remain." Your people and Your heritage
hunger for Your goodness, h r s t for Your kindness, long for Your deliverance; may they recognize and know that mercy and forgiveness belong
to GOD, our God.
5~ "C~mpas~ionate
God" is Your Name. "Gracious God" is Your
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Selichot
-Tzom Gedalyah
Your Shechinah. Act for the sake of Your praise. Act for the sake of Your
beloved who rest in the dust. Act for the sake of Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob. Act for the sake of Moses and Aaron. Act for the sake of David
and Solomon. Act for the sake of Jerusalem, Your holy city. Act for the
sake of Zion, the abode of Your glory. Act for the sake of the desolation
of Your Sanctuary. Act for the sake of the destruction of Your altar. Act
for the sake of those who were slain for Your holy Name. Act for the sake
of those who where slaughtered for Your Oneness. Act for the sake of
those who went through fire and water for the sanctification of Your
Name. Act for the sake of the nursing infants who have not sinned. Act
for the sake of the weaned chddren who have not transgressed. Act for the
sake of the school-chddren. Act for Your sake, if not for ours. Act for
Your own sake and deliver us.
1 1 Answer
~ ~ us, GOD, answer us. Answer us, our God, answer
us. Answer us, Supreme King of lungs, answer us. Answer us, You
who are awesome and exalted, answer us. Answer us, You who forgves and pardons, answer us. Answer us, You who responds in time
answer us. Answer us, Mighty One of Jacob, answer us. Answer us,
'n He who answered our father Abraham on Mount Moriah,
He answer us. He who answered
171
Moses at Horeb, may He answer us. He who answered Aaron with

the censer, may He answer us. He who answered Pinchas when he
rose from amid the congregation, may He answer us. He who
answered Joshua in Gilgal, may He answer us. He who answered
Samuel in Wtzpah, may He answer us. He who answered David and
his son Solomon in Jerusalem, may he answer us. He who answered
Elijah on Mount Carmel, may He answer us. He who answered
Elisha in Jericho, may He answer us. He who answered Jonah in the
bowels of the fish, may He answer us. He who answered Hezehah,
King of Judah, in his illness, may He answer us. He who answered
Chananyah, Mishael and Azariah in the fiery furnace, may He answer
us. He who answered Daniel in the lion's den, may He answer us. He
who answered Mordechai and Esther in Shushan the capital, may He
answer us. He who answered Ezra in the exile, may He answer us. He
TnK-1 And David said to Gad: "I am exceedingly distressed.
m m Merciful and gracious One, I have sinned before You. GOD, full
of mercy, have mercy on me and accept my supplications. GOD, do not
rebuke me in Your anger, and do not chastise me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, GOD, for I am feeble; heal me GOD, for my bones are terrified. My soul, too, is very much terrified, and You, GOD: until when?
Return, GOD, rescue my soul, save me for the sake of Your kindness. For
You? I am wearied with my sighing; every night I drench my bed, I melt my
couch, with my tears. My eye is dimmed because of anger, aged because of
the sound of my weeping. GOD has heard my supplication, GOD will
'Inn He wounds and He heals; He causes death and He restores life;
him; but a compassionate father heals his pain. A slave who rebels is led out
suffer] - some with plunder, some with captivity, some with the whip. We
7w333nYou [angels] who bring in lpleas for] mercy, bring in our [plea
for] mercy before the Presence of the Master of mercy. You iangels] who
prayer. You [angels] who cause outcry to be heard,
172
cause our outcry to be heard before the Hearer of outcry. You [angels] who
bring in tears, bring in our tears before the King who is appeased by tears.
Intercede and increase supplication and entreaty before the King, the high
and exalted God. Mention before Him, cause to be heard before Him, the
Torah and the good deeds of those who repose in the dust. May He
remember their love, and gve life to their offspring, so that the remnant of
Jacob not be lost. For the flock of the faithful shepherd has become a disgrace; Israel, the unique nation, an example and a taunt. Hasten, answer us,
God of our salvation, and redeem us from all harsh decrees; and in Your
abundant mercies save Your righteous anointed and Your people.
p n Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a captive who pleads to h s captors. All captives are redeemed with
money, but Your people with mercy and pleadng. Grant us [our]
requests and petitions, so that we be not turned back from You
empty-handed.
pn Our Master who is in heaven, we plead to You as a slave
pleads to his master. We are oppressed and abide in darkness,
souls embittered from troubles that are abounding. We have no
strength to appease You, our Master. Act for the sake of the
covenant that You made with our forefathers.
Tn1w Guardian of Israel, guard the remnant of Israel, and let
Taw Guardian of the unique nation, guard the remnant of
GOD is One."
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1 3 7 1 Our
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Father, our King, You are our Father. Our Father,
our IQng, we have no hng but You. Our Father, our King, have
mercy on us. Our Father, our Kmg, be gracious with us and
and hndness for the sake of Your great Name, and save us.
1 3 1 ~ 3As
~ 1for us, we know not what to do, but our eyes
lundnesses, for they are from the begnning of the world.
hope in You. D o not recall against us former iniquities;
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let compassion come swiftly towards us, for we have been

the binQng [of Isaac]! When in anger, remember uprightness! When in anger, remember the love! GOD, save; may the
K n g answer us on the day we call. For He knows our nature,
He is mindful that we are dust. Help us, God of our deliverance, for the sake of Your Name's glory, and save us, and
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Name be blessed)rever and ever. Blessed) May His great Name be
blessed forever and ever. Blessed and praised, glorified, exalted
and extolled, honored, upraised and lauded be the Name of the
Holy One, blessed is He (Cong.: Amen), beyond all blessings and
songs, praises and cansolations, that are uttered in the world, and
say "Amen." (Gong.: Amen)
"Amen." (Cong.:Amen)
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SELJCHOT

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Selichot for Tzom Gedalyah ........................................ 153

The principle of teshuvah is indispensable - "for it is

The principle of teshuvah is indispensable - "for it is

they "increase charity and good deeds, and engage in mit~ot,

111: The Days of Selichot

always in the night following Shabbat.26One source explains

IV: The Contents of the SeZichot

poetic structures and rhyming, and most of them follow

versions are not ob~ectionable.~'

Note about the rendition of Divine Names

E-lohim is rendered as God.

Shad-ai is rendered as Almighty.

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Selichot - Day One

Fortunate are those who dwell in Your

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Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.

hxn?Exalted and sanctified be His great Name (Cong.: Amen) in

15 Yours, GOD, is the righteousness, and ours is the

Selichot - Day One

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Selichot - Day One

Selichot - Day One

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Selichot - Day One

As a father has mercy on h s children, so, GOD, have mercy

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5~ Almighty, King, who sits on the throne of mercy and acts

m;r>GOD, GOD, Almighty, Mercihl and Gracious, Slow to

Selichot -Day One

"And GOD said: I have forgiven in accord with your word."

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5~ Almighty, King, who sits on the throne of mercy and

verses are recited on4 with a quorum of fen.

XY>I And God passed before him and proclaimed:

Anger and Abundant in kindness and Truth; Preserver of

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niin Sublime One, if the rebellious transgressions of Your

those who cry to You, Doer of wonders, please be attentive to

[Accedej to hear the raised voice and tbe prayer!

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Selichot - Day One

mnv GOD, GOD, Almighty, Merciful and Gracious, Slow to

Selichot - Day One

GOD, consider o u r thoughts. May t h e w o r d s o f o u r m o u t h a n d

Selichot - Day One

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Selichot - Day One

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Selichot - Day One

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