לצום גדליה 6

מט. מיוסד על פי א"ב. חתום בנימין.

This prayer was composed by Rabbi Benjamin ben Zorach.

אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ

Our God and God of our fathers!

אִמַּנְתָּ מֵאָז

You taught us of old,

אֲרֶשֶׁת נִיב שְֹפָתַיִם.

to entreat You with our lips;

בִּתְפִלָּה ובְתַחֲנוּן

[how] with prayer and supplication

דְּפֹק שַׁעֲרֵי־דְלָתָיִם.

to knock at [Your] door.

גִּשְׁתֵּנוּ עָדֶיךָ בִּזְרִיזוּת

We approach You with diligence

וְלֹא־בַעֲצַלְתַּיִם.

and not with laziness—

דְּחוֹת רֹעַ־פּוּרְעָנֻיּוֹת

avert calamities [from us]

הַמִּתְרַגְּשׁוֹת לְעִתּוֹתָיִם:

that come from time to time.

הִנְנוּ אָתָאנוּ לְךָ

Behold we come before You

בְּשִׁבְרוֹן רוּחַ וְדִכְּאוּת לֵב.

with broken spirit and humbled heart,

וַדּוֹת לְפָנֶיךָ

to confess before You

כָּל־פִּתּוּל וְעִקְשׁוּת־לֵב.

all our follies and stubborness of heart;

זֶה חוֹקֵר לְבָבוֹת,

You Who searches hearts,

הָרוֹפֵא לִשְׁבוּרֵי־לֵב.

and heals the broken in spirit,

חַדֵּשׁ רוּחַ נָכוֹן בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ,

renew a correct spirit within us,

וּבְרָא־לָנוּ טְהוֹר־לֵב:

and create for us a pure heart.

טִכַּסְתָּ מִקֶּדֶם

You appointed from of old

אֵלּוּ יָמִים עֲשָֹרָה.

these ten days,

יָחִיד בָּם לָשׁוּב

for each individual to return

וְלִמְצֹא כַפָּרָה.

and find atonement,

כָּל־הַשָּׁנָה כֻּלָּהּ

while the entire year

לָרַבִּים מְסוּרָה.

is available for communal repentance,

לְשַׁוֵּעַ וְלַעֲנוֹת

to cry and pray

בְּכָל־עֵת צוּקָה וְצָרָה:

in times of anguish and distress.

מִהֵר הַיָּחִיד

If the individual hastens

וְשָׁב בֵּנְתַּיִם,

and repents within [these ten days],

מוֹחְלִין־לוֹ.

he is pardoned;

נוֹאָשׁ

but if he despairs [of atonement]

וְלֹא־שָׁב,

and does not repent,

אֵין תַּקָּנָה לְעִוּוּלוֹ.

there is no hope for his iniquity.

סִדֵּר וְעָרַךְ

Even if he prepares and offers

כָּל־אֵילֵי־נְבָיוֹת לְהוֹעִילוֹ.

all the rams of Nevayos¹A place of the choicest rams. to help him,

עוֹתֵר וְצוֹעֵק

though he will plead and cry

וְאֵין־שׁוֹמֵעַ־לוֹ:

his prayer will not be heard.

פְּגִיעַת־הָרַבִּים

The prayers of the congregation

וְהַיָּחִיד

as well as those of the individual,

לְךָ־לְבַד עוֹלָה.

ascend to You alone;

צוּר, כִּי אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה.

for You, our Rock, hear prayer;

קַבְּלֵנוּ בְרָצוֹן

receive us with favor

וְהַמְצִיאֵנוּ מְחִילָה.

and grant us pardon,

רְצֵנוּ

favor us

כְקָרְבַּן כָּלִיל וְעוֹלָה:

as though we had brought burnt-offerings.

שָׁפוֹט תִּשְׁפֹּט אוֹתָנוּ

Judge us

בְּרַחֲמִים וְחֶמְלָה.

with compassion and pity—

בָּנֶיךָ יְחוּסֶיךָ

Your distinguished children

לְקוּחִים־לְךָ לִסְגֻלָּה.

whom You took for Your treasure—

יֹקֶשׁ־מֶרְיָם

let their disobedience

יוּצְלַל בִּמְצוּלָה.

be drowned in the depths of the sea,

נֶצַח לְהַלֶּלְךָ

and let them praise You forever

בְּכָל־מִינֵי תְהִלָּה:

with every kind of praise.

אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ.

Almighty! King!

יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא רַחֲמִים.

Who sits on the throne of mercy,

מִתְנַהֵג בַּחֲסִידוּת.

governs with kindness

מוֹחֵל עֲו‍ֹנוֹת עַמּוֹ.

forgives the iniquities of His people.

מַעֲבִיר רִאשׁוֹן רִאשׁוֹן.

He removes their sins one by one,

מַרְבֶּה מְחִילָה לְחַטָּאִים

increasing forgiveness to sinners,

וּסְלִיחָה לְפוֹשְׁעִים.

and pardon to transgressors.

עוֹשֶׂה צְדָקוֹת

Acting righteously

עִם כָּל בָּשָׂר וָרֽוּחַ.

with all who are of flesh and spirit;

לֹא כְרָעָתָם

not according to their wickedness

תִּגְמוֹל:

does He repay them.

אֵל

Almighty!

הוֹרֵיתָ לָנוּ לוֹמַר

You instructed us to recite

שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה.

the thirteen Divine attributes;

וּזְכָר לָֽנוּ הַיּוֹם

remember unto us this day

בְּרִית שְׁלשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה.

the covenant of thirteen Divine attributes,

כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוֹדַֽעְתָּ

as You made them known

לֶעָנָו מִקֶּֽדֶם.

to the humble Moses of old,

כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב

as it is written,

וַיֵּרֶד יְהֹוָה בֶּֽעָנָן

“And Adonoy descended in the cloud,

וַיִּתְיַצֵּב עִמּוֹ שָׁם

and stood with him there,

וַיִּקְרָא בְשֵׁם יְהֹוָה:

and proclaimed the Name, Adonoy.

קהל וחזן:

Congregation and Chazzan:

וַיַּֽעֲבֹר יְהֹוָה עַל פָּנָיו

And Adonoy passed before him [Moses],

וַיִּקְרָא:

and proclaimed:

יְהֹוָה יְהֹוָה

Adonoy, Adonoy,

אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן

Almighty, Merciful, Gracious,

אֶֽרֶךְ אַפַּֽיִם

Slow to Anger,

וְרַב חֶֽסֶד וֶֽאֱמֶת:

and Abundant in Kindness, and Truth.

נֹצֵר חֶֽסֶד

Keeper of kindness

לָאֲלָפִים

for thousands of generations,

נֹשֵׂא עָו‍ֹן וָפֶֽשַׁע

Endurer of iniquity, and transgression,

וְחַטָּאָה

and sin;

וְנַקֵּה:

and Acquitter of those who repent.

וְסָלַחְתָּ לַעֲו‍ֹנֵֽנוּ וּלְחַטָּאתֵֽנוּ

“And pardon our iniquity and our sin,

וּנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ:

and take us for Your inheritance.”

סְלַח לָֽנוּ אָבִֽינוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ.

Pardon us our Father, for we have sinned,

מְחַל לָֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כִּי פָשָֽׁעְנוּ:

forgive us our King, for we have transgressed.

כִּי אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי

“For You, my Master,

טוֹב וְסַלָּח

are good and forgiving,

וְרַב חֶֽסֶד

and abounding in kindness

לְכָל קֹרְאֶֽיךָ:

to all who call upon You.”

אַל תִּזְכָּר לָֽנוּ עֲוֹנוֹת רִאשׁוֹנִים

Remember not the sins of our ancestors,

מַהֵר יְקַדְּמֽוּנוּ רַחֲמֶֽיךָ

let Your mercy come swiftly toward us,

כִּי דַלּֽוֹנוּ מְאֹד:

for we have been brought very low.

כִּי־שֹׁמֵעַ אֶל־אֶבְיוֹנִים יְהוָה

For Adonoy hears the [cry] of the needy,

וְאֶת־אֲסִירָיו לֹא בָזָה׃

and His bound ones, He does not shame.

כִּי כָלוּ בְיָגוֹן חַיֵּינוּ

For our lives are spent in sorrow,

וּשְׁנוֹתֵינוּ בַּאֲנָחָה:

and our years in sighing.

כִּי־עָלֶיךָ

For because of [our faith in] You

הֹרַגְנוּ כָל־הַיּוֹם

we are murdered each day;

נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כְּצֹאן

we are considered as sheep

טִבְחָה׃

to be slaughtered.

כִּי לֹא יִזְנַח לְעוֹלָם אֲדֹנָי:

For You will not forsake us forever, O God.

כְּרַחֵם אָב עַל בָּנִים

As a father has compassion on his children

כֵּן תְּרַחֵם יְהֹוָה עָלֵֽינוּ:

so do You have compassion on us, Adonoy.

לַיהֹוָה הַיְשׁוּעָה,

Deliverance is Adonoy’s;

עַל עַמְּךָ בִרְכָתֶֽךָ סֶּֽלָה:

upon Your people is Your blessing. Selah!

יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת עִמָּֽנוּ

Adonoy of Hosts is with us,

מִשְׂגָּב לָֽנוּ, אֱלֹהֵי יַעֲקֹב סֶֽלָה:

a stronghold for us is the God of Jacob. Selah!

יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת,

Adonoy of Hosts!

אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם בֹּֽטֵֽחַ בָּךְ:

fortunate is the man who trusts in You.

יְהֹוָה הוֹשִֽׁיעָה,

Adonoy, deliver us;

הַמֶּֽלֶךְ יַעֲנֵֽנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ:

the King will answer us on the day we call.

סְלַח נָא לַעֲו‍ֹן הָעָם הַזֶּה,

“Please pardon the sins of this nation

כְּגֹֽדֶל

in accordance with the greatness

חַסְדֶּֽךָ.

of Your lovingkindness;

וְכַאֲשֶׁר נָשָֽׂאתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה.

and as You forgave this people

מִמִּצְרַֽיִם וְעַד הֵֽנָּה.

from when it left Egypt until now.”

וְשָׁם נֶאֱמַר:

And there it is said:

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה

“And Adonoy said,

סָלַֽחְתִּי כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ:

I have pardoned [them] as you have asked.”

הַטֵּה אֱלֹהַי אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע,

Incline Your ear, my God, and hear,

פְּקַח עֵינֶֽיךָ וּרְאֵה שֹׁמְמֹתֵֽינוּ,

open Your eyes and behold our desolate places,

וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שִׁמְךָ עָלֶֽיהָ

and the city which is called by Your Name;

כִּי לֹא עַל צִדְקֹתֵֽינוּ,

for it is not on account of our righteousness

אֲנַֽחְנוּ מַפִּילִים תַּחֲנוּנֵֽינוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ,

that we let fall our supplication before You,

כִּי עַל רַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים:

but because of Your great mercy.

אֲדֹנָי שְׁמָֽעָה, אֲדֹנָי סְלָֽחָה,

My Master, hear! My Master, pardon!

אֲדֹנָי הַקְשִֽׁיבָה וַעֲשֵׂה,

My Master, listen and take action,

אַל תְּאַחַר.

do not delay!

לְמַעַנְךָ אֱלֹהַי,

For Your sake, my God,

כִּי שִׁמְךָ נִקְרָא

because Your Name is proclaimed

עַל עִירְךָ וְעַל עַמֶּֽךָ:

over Your city and over Your people.