Birchot

1

My G-d (pause), the soul that You have within me is pure, You created it, You formed it, You breathed it into me, and You preserve it within me, and in the future You will take it away from me and You will return it to me in the Messianic times. While my soul is within me, I am thankful to You, Hashem my G-d, and the G-d of my forefathers, the Master of all creatures the Lord of all souls. Blessed are You Hashem, who restores souls to dead bodies.

2

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who gives a rooster understanding to distinguish between day and night.

3

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who gives sight to the blind.

4

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who releases the imprisoned.

5

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who straightens the bent.

6

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who clothes the naked.

7

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who gives energy to the weak and weary.

8

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who spreads (and withholds) the earth over waters.

9

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who adjusts a person’s footsteps.

10

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who has provided me with all my needs.

11

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who surrounds Israel with power.

12

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who crowns Israel with glory.

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Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who did not make me a gentile.

14

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who did not make me a slave.

15

Blessed (the One) who made me according to His will.

16

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids.

17

May it be Your Will, Hashem, our G-d, and the G-d of my forefathers, that You accustom me to Your Torah ways and make me cleave to Your commandments, and do not bring me to a state of mistakes and sins and do not bring me to a state of challenges and tests, and not to a state of disgrace, and distance me from evil inclinations, and make me cleave to good inclinations. And compel my bad inclination to be subordinated to You. Grant me today as well as every day, grace, compassion and mercy, in Your eyes, and the eyes of whoever sees me, and reward me with Your ultimate kindness to His nation, Israel.

18

May it be Your Will, Hashem, our G-d, and the G-d of our forefathers, to save me today and every day, from shameless people and from shamelessness, from evil people, from evil inclination, from a bad friend, from a bad neighbor, from any misfortune, from an evil eye, from evil speech, from a harsh trial, and from a harsh opponent, whether Jewish or non-Jewish.

19

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us regarding the words of Torah.

20

And sweeten please, Hashem, our G-d, the words of Your Torah in our mouth, and in the mouths of Your nation, the House of Israel. And may we and our offspring , and our offspring’s offspring, all of us, acknowledge Your Name, and study Your Torah for its own sake. Blessed are You, Hashem, who teaches the Torah to His nation, Israel.

21

Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the Universe, who chose us from among all the nations, and gave us His Torah.

22

Blessed are You, Hashem, who gives Torah.

23

Hashem spoke to Moshe, saying: Speak to Aharon and to his sons saying, so shall you bless the Children of Israel, say to them, May Hashem bless you and protect you. May Hashem shine His face upon you, and be gracious to you. May Hashem lift His face from you, and grant you peace. They shall place My Name upon the Children of Israel, and I bless them.”