The following is a sample from our weekday liturgy; which is, then, followed by various examples of our humanistic blessings:<\/p>\r\n
Blessing Life<\/p>\r\n
le’\u00f2rech ha\u2019dor\u00f2t avot\u00e8inu he\u2019em\u00ecnu b\u2019\u00e8l yotz\u00e8r le’um\u00ec sh\u00e8l ha’um\u00e0 v’sagd\u00f9 lah\u00e8m. h\u00e8m hich\u2019r\u00eczu b’sif\u2019teih\u00e8m v\u2019lim\u2019d\u00f9 ot\u00e0nu b\u2019s\u2019far\u00ecm lom\u00e0r:<\/em><\/p>\r\n Throughout the ages, our ancestors believed in and worshiped the nation’s national creator god. They professed with their lips and taught us with books to say:<\/p>\r\n kad\u00f2sh kad\u00f2sh kad\u00f2sh, adon\u00e0i ts\u2019va\u2019\u00f2t m\u2019l\u00f2 kh\u00f2l ha\u2019\u00e0rets k\u2019vod\u00f2. bar\u00f9kh k\u2019v\u00f2d adon\u00e0i mim\u2019kom\u00f2. yim\u2019l\u00f2kh adon\u00e0i l\u2019ol\u00e0m. eloh\u00e0yikh tsiy\u00f2n lid\u00f2r vad\u00f2r hal\u2019luy\u00e0h. sh\u2019m\u00e0 yisra\u00e8l adon\u00e0i eloh\u00e8inu adon\u00e0i ekh\u00e0d.<\/em><\/p>\r\n \u201cHoly, holy, holy, the Lord of Hosts, the entire world is filled with his glory. Blessed is the glory of the Lord in its place. The Lord shall reign forever. Your God, Zion, from generation to generation, hallelujah. Hear, Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one!\u201d<\/p>\r\n achsh\u00e0v an\u00e0chnu yod’\u00ecm t\u00f2v yot\u00e8r! y\u00e8sh et ol\u00e0m ha’t\u00e8va, v’y\u00e8sh et ha’ol\u00e0m ha’enosh\u00ec. ka’\u00e8t \u00e0nu yod’\u00ecm she’ha’m\u00f2ach kay\u00e0m bizch\u00f9t ha’g\u00f9f, v’ha’g\u00f9f kay\u00e0m bizch\u00f9t ha’nesham\u00e0 she’betoch\u00f2.<\/em><\/p>\r\n We now know better! There is the world of the natural universe, and there is the world of the human mind. We now know that the mind exists thanks to the body, and the body exists thanks to the breath within it.<\/p>\r\n \u00e0z z\u2019h\u00f9, yehud\u00ec kay\u00e0m bizch\u00f9t ha\u2019 kehil\u00e0 ha\u2019yehud\u00ect! v\u2019ha\u2019kehil\u00e0 ha\u2019yehud\u00ect kay\u00e8met bizch\u00f9t ha’nesham\u00e0 sh\u00e8l ha\u2019t\u2019kas\u00ecm shel\u00e0nu. b’kav\u00f2d am\u00f2k l’emun\u00f2t kdum\u00f2t, al\u00e8inu lom\u00e0r l’m\u00e0h \u00e0nu mitkavn\u00ecm v’lehitkav\u00e8n l’m\u00e0h she’\u00e0nu omr\u00ecm. an\u00e0khnu ha\u2019khay\u00ecm ach\u2019sh\u00e0v om\u2019r\u00ecm:<\/em><\/p>\r\n So it is, a Jew exists thanks to the Jewish community! And the Jewish community exists thanks to the breath of our rituals. With deep respect to ancient beliefs, we must say what we mean and mean what we say. We who are living now say:<\/p>\r\n (kneel, waving half bows)<\/p>\r\n \u00e8ifoh at\u00e0h? \u00e8ifoh at\u00e0h? \u00f2r ha’e\u00ecn s\u00f2f, mak\u00f2r eloh\u00e8i, mad\u00f9a \u00e8in lech\u00e0 k\u00f2l ledab\u00e8r el\u00e8inu yeshir\u00f2t b’yem\u00e8i ha’ma’av\u00e0k?<\/em><\/p>\r\n Where are you? Where are you? Oh, Infinite Source, why have you no voice to speak directly with us in these days of struggle?<\/p>\r\n (bow)<\/p>\r\n nishp\u00f2ch et lib\u00e8nu. av\u00e0l l\u2019m\u00ec? l\u00e0mah at\u00e8m l\u00f2 kayam\u00ecm, el\u00ecm?<\/em><\/p>\r\n We will pour out our hearts. But to whom? Why do you not exist, gods?<\/p>\r\n (stand) Siddur of Doubts \u2013 A Modern Siddur for Skeptical Traditional Jews<\/p>\r\n \r\n<\/p> Traditional but non-theistic Jews say the following a lot:<\/p>\r\n Blessed is life!<\/p>\r\n With life’s help!<\/p>\r\n We also have a lot of non-theistic blessings. For examples:<\/p>\r\n In this community, we say the following blessing before performing and intentional mitzvah,<\/p>\r\n (The act of kavannah: Intending to Intend – a Sephardi Aramaic blessing chanted before performing a mitzvah; adapted for humanistic Jewish use by Joseph T Farkasdi)<\/p>\r\n l’sh\u00e8m yich\u00f9d \u00e0l men\u00e0t le’ach\u00e8d \u00e8t ha’\u00e0m ha’yehud\u00ec shel\u00e0nu b’ahav\u00e0 uv’achd\u00f9t an\u00ec mekab\u00e8l al\u00e0y \u00e8t am\u00e0l yad\u00e8inu b’yetzir\u00e0t havan\u00e0 v’shal\u00f2m.<\/em><\/p>\r\n For the sake of distinctness, in order to unify our Jewish people in love and unity, I accept upon me the labor of our hands in creating understanding and peace.<\/p>\r\n Because we are traditional Jews, just non-theistic, we also wear traditional cultural garments by choice. We represent, with pride! Thus, we say the following blessing when putting on a tallit katan or gadol:<\/p>\r\n \u00e0nu lovsh\u00ecm tal\u00ect v’tzitz\u00ect lizk\u00f2r avot\u00e8inu. avoteinu v’imot\u00e8inu she’kidsh\u00f9 \u00e8t ha’chay\u00ecm b’mas\u00f2ret ha’yehud\u00ect shel\u00e0nu.<\/em><\/p>\r\n We wear tallit and tzitzit in memory of our ancestors. Our fathers and mothers, who sanctified life with our Jewish traditions.<\/p>\r\n When lighting candles, we chant the following blessing:<\/p>\r\n nevar\u00e8ch \u00e8t hitchadsh\u00f9t moch\u00e8nu b’mas\u00f2ret ha’yehud\u00ect be’emtza’\u00f9t hadlak\u00e0t ner\u00f2t (shab\u00e0t,…)<\/em><\/p>\r\n We will bless the renewal of our minds in Jewish tradition through lighting the candles of (Shabbat, other holiday\/occasion).<\/p>\r\n Or, as an alternative, the following Secular Humanistic Judaism candle lighting blessing:<\/p>\r\n bar\u00f9ch ha’\u00f2r b’ol\u00e0m, bar\u00f9ch ha’\u00f2r b’ad\u00e0m, bar\u00f9ch ha’\u00f2r b’….<\/em><\/p>\r\n Blessed is the light in the world, blessed is the light in humanity, blessed is the light in ….<\/p>\r\n When taking food or drink into our mouth:<\/p>\r\n an\u00ec mafn\u00e0 \u00e8t tsum\u00e0t lib\u00ec l’m\u00e0 she’an\u00ec och\u00e8le(t) v’shot\u00e8\\\u00e0.<\/em><\/p>\r\n I bring my heartfelt attention to what I am eating and drinking.<\/p>\r\n When making blessing after the meal, we chant the Sephardic blessing:<\/p>\r\n notz\u00ec \u00f2chel m\u00ecn ha’\u00e8retz ked\u00e8i she’nistap\u00e8k v’nitkalk\u00e8l kulan\u00f9.<\/em><\/p>\r\n We will bring forth food from the land, so that we will be satisfied and will survive all together.<\/p>\r\n (Aramaic blessing said while remembering the dead, adaptation by Rabbi Sherwin Wine)<\/p>\r\n Mourner: yitgadal v’yitkadash shlama b’alma. [Community: amein]<\/em> Wonderful is peace in the world. Let us create a peaceful world and let us establish its kingdom now and in the future, and let us say so be it. (chanted before ending community gatherings, adapted by Joseph T Farkasdi)<\/p>\r\n ha’\u00e8retz tevar\u00e8ch ot\u00e0nu v’nishm\u00f2r al\u00e8ha. The land will bless us and we will maintain her. Some songs we sing on Shabbat:<\/p>\r\n Vay’hi erev vay’hi voker <\/em>yom hashishi. Vay’chulu ha’oman\u00f9t v’p\u00e8rech v’chol hidavr\u00f9t.<\/em><\/p>\r\n And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. And will be finished, the artistry and hard labor, in all agreement.<\/p>\r\n Vay’chal ha’en\u00f2sh bayom hash’vi’i m’lachto asher asah.<\/em> And will finish, the human on the seventh day, work which did and will stop working, on the seventh day, from all work which did. And will bless, the human, the seventh day and will sanctify it – because on it (the human) ceased from all work which the human created to create.<\/p>\r\n Note: The focus of these myths, Bereshit\/Genesis 1-3, is on the *act* of working itself, hence the reason for a day of rest between these intended work day weeks. The Torah is meant to be read as one continuously progressing story! hin\u00e8 m\u00e0h t\u00f2v u’m\u00e0h na’\u00ecm sh\u00e8vet ach\u00ecm g\u00e0m y\u00e0chad! \u00e8ifo or\u00ec? or\u00ec b\u00ec. \u00e8ifo ahavat\u00ed? ahavat\u00ed b\u00ec. \u00e8ifo am\u00ec? am\u00ec b\u00ec v’\u00e8retz yisra’\u00e8l. hin\u00e8 m\u00e0h t\u00f2v u’m\u00e0h na’\u00ecm sh\u00e8vet yehud\u00e0h g\u00e0m y\u00e0chad!<\/em><\/p>\r\n Here’s what’s good and what’s nice, brothers and sisters also together. Where is my light? My light is in me. Where is my love? My love is in me. Where is my people? My people is in me and in the land of Israel. Here’s what’s good and what’s nice, tribe of Judah also together! – Based on Psalms 133.1<\/p>\r\n (Jewish Sephardi song of longing to return to Palestine after expulsion from Spain in 1492; sung in Ladino, a love song and a song of Zionism.)<\/p>\r\n Syen drahmes el dia tomo, I earn one hundred drachmas a day, I can look after you. I don’t want to hear from your mother. Ah, aman, aman, ah!, that I cannot support us. (A pre-Israel Palestinian Jewish song, based on Samuel 1; composers: Matityahu Shalem, Eliyahu Gamliel)<\/p>\r\n mizmor le’david ha’melech: ha’roeh ba’shoshanim, ha’poret al meitarim, be’shira ve’nigunim, ve’davdi yefe einayim, hu roeh ba’shoshanim, ve’davdi yefe einayim, hu roe ba’shoshanim, hika shaul b’alafav, ve’david berivevotav, ben yishai chai ve’kayam, ben yishai chai ve’kayam.<\/em><\/p>\r\n A chant to king David: He feasts in a field of lilies, who plays the strings, with singing and chanting, and David has a beautiful countenance, he feasts in a filed of lilies, and David has a beautiful countenance, he feasts in a filed of lilies. Shaul hath slain in thousands, and David in ten thousands, son of Yishai exist forever, son of Yishai exist forever!<\/p>\r\n You land in the heart of the desert, with no shadows of trees, with no rain, And David has a beautiful countenance, he feasts in a field of lilies, Peace to you, lovers of peace, keepers of peace, More Thoughts!<\/p>\r\n Here is the reason “why” the Jewish people continue to survive, despite the constant threat of religious and cultural assimilation, appropriation, discrimination, and attempted eliminations. Our ancient ancestors taught us to be mindful and to observe the following:<\/p>\r\n “Therefore put these – my words – upon your heartfelt-emotions and upon your body-mind, and tie them for a sign upon your hand and they will be for forehead-bands between your eyes, and repetitiously-teach them – your children – to speak them in your sitting, in your house, and in your walking on the path and with your lying-down and with your rising-up, and write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates, so that your days are-more and your children\u2019s days above the soil, which the-Name swore to your fathers for-the-time-of the sky above the earth.” – D’varim 11.18-21<\/p>\r\n “my words,” “your children,” “for the time of the sky above the earth.” We know of no better example of this ancestral push to remain authentically Jewish in an ever-changing world, than the following statement found in the Talmud:<\/p>\r\n The Holy One, Blessed be He, loves three people: One who does not get angry; one who does not get drunk; and one who is forgiving. The Holy One, Blessed be He, hates three people: One who says one statement with his mouth and means another in his heart (i.e., a hypocrite); one who knows testimony about another person and does not testify on his behalf; and one who observes a licentious matter performed by another person and testifies against him alone. His testimony is meaningless, as he is the only witness; consequently, he merely gives the individual a bad reputation.” – Pesachim 113b<\/p>\r\n We strive as a Secular Orthodox Jewish community to be one whose words from the mouth express the words in the heart, and we strive to be representative of traditional Judaism, even though we are non-theistic in our Jewish way of life. We believe that we are creating a path of survival for traditional Judaism through our community’s efforts.<\/p>\r\n One more? Let’s address the reality of life. Everyone dies, eventually! And, life goes on, through the “nefesh chayah”* being born. Survival is in those blessed to be living breathing creatures above the soil of the land, to continue the survival.<\/p>\r\n (*- nefesh chayah, \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d4, lit., “living person\/animal,” and nefesh met, \u05e0\u05e4\u05e9 \u05de\u05ea, lit., “dead person\/animal,” see Torah; an animal, “nefesh,” is a physical human or any other land mammal, foul, fish, and\/or insect, or its life, which is in the blood itself; the word is used 754 times in the Hebrew Bible.)<\/p>\r\n It is Jewish tradition to offer praises when faced with the death of a loved one. Death is a reality smack to our conscious awareness, a reminder of the way things just are (absent our theological musings).<\/p>\r\n In religious Judaism, the theistic kind, it is customary to praise the “G-d” of the Jews during this time, to focus our mind on life and exalting divine wisdom in what is – life as it is.<\/p>\r\n But, how do you give praise, when you believe that the “G-d” of your ancestors – the forms, images, and behaviors provided – is nothing more than human imagination and wishful thinking?<\/p>\r\n In non-theistic religious Judaism, it is customary to praise life itself in some way – to fulfill the emunah, \u05d0\u05de\u05d5\u05e0\u05d4, (conviction, active intent) of the Kaddish. There are many ways to do this, depending on the community.<\/p>\r\n
From the pages of<\/p>\r\n
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\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc \u05d5\u05d0\u05d1\u05dc:<\/em> \u05d9\u05d4\u05d0 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05de\u05d1\u05e8\u05da \u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05dd \u05d5\u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9 \u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05d0.<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05d1\u05dc:<\/em> \u05d9\u05ea\u05d1\u05e8\u05da \u05d5\u05d9\u05e9\u05ea\u05d1\u05d7 \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05e4\u05d0\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05e8\u05d5\u05de\u05dd \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05e0\u05e9\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4\u05d3\u05e8 \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4\u05dc\u05dc \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0. [\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc:<\/em> \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05da \u05d4\u05d5\u05d0]<\/strong>
\u05dc\u05e2\u05dc\u05d4 \u05de\u05df \u05db\u05dc \u05d1\u05e8\u05db\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d5\u05e9\u05d9\u05e8\u05ea\u05d0 \u05ea\u05e9\u05d1\u05d7\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d5\u05e0\u05d7\u05de\u05ea\u05d0 \u05d3\u05d0\u05de\u05d9\u05e8\u05df \u05d1\u05e2\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d0\u05de\u05df. [\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc:<\/em> \u05d0\u05de\u05df]<\/strong>
\u05d9\u05d4\u05d0 \u05e9\u05dc\u05de\u05d0 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d5\u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05dc \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d0\u05de\u05df. [\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc:<\/em> \u05d0\u05de\u05df]<\/strong>
\u05e0\u05e2\u05e9\u05d4 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd \u05d1\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05dc \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d0\u05de\u05df. [\u05e7\u05d4\u05dc:<\/em> \u05d0\u05de\u05df]<\/strong><\/div>\r\n
nivra shlama chir’utana v’namlich malchutei b’chayechon uv’yomeichon uv’chayei d’chol beit yisrael b’agalah uv’zman kariv v’imru amein. [Community: amein]<\/em>
Community and Mourner: y’hei shlama raba mevarech l’alam ul’almei almaya.<\/em>
Mourner: yitbarach v’yishtabach v’yitpa’ar v’yitromam v’yitnasei v’yithadar v’yit’aleh v’yithalal shlama b’alma brich hu. [Community: brich hu]<\/em>
l’elah min kol bir’chata v’shirata tush’b’chata v’nechemata da’amiran b’alma v’imru amein. [Community: amein]<\/em>
y’hei shlama raba v’chayim aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein. [Community: amein]<\/em>
na’aseh shalom ba’olam aleinu v’al kol yisrael v’imru amein. [Community: amein]<\/em><\/p>\r\n
May peace come upon us to bless our lives. May we always continue to honor peace in the world even though no praise can equal the importance of its reality, and let us say so be it.
May peace and life prevail for us and for all Israel, and let us say so be it. Let us work to create peace here on earth for all people, and let us say so be it.<\/p>\r\n
\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05e9 \u05d9\u05d6\u05e8\u05d7\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e0\u05d9\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05d5\u05e8.
\u05e4\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d4\u05d9\u05e8\u05d7 \u05d9\u05e4\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d0\u05dc\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d5\u05e0\u05d6\u05db\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d1\u05d7\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd.<\/strong><\/div>\r\n
pn\u00e8i ha’sh\u00e8mesh yizrech\u00f9 al\u00e8inu v’nitz\u00f2r \u00f2r.
pn\u00e8i ha’yar\u00e8ach yifn\u00f9 el\u00e8inu v’nizk\u00f2r livch\u00f2r ba’shal\u00f2m.
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The sun’s face will shine upon us and we will create light.
The moon’s face will turn towards us and we will remember to choose peace.
(Inspired by Numbers 6:23-27)<\/p>\r\n
Vayishbot bayom hash’vi’i mikol m’lachto asher asah.<\/em>
Vay’varech ha’en\u00f2sh et yom hash’vi’i vay’kadesh oto,<\/em>
ki vo shavat mikol m’lachto asher bara ha’en\u00f2sh la’asot.<\/em><\/p>\r\n
Which means that the first myth about the creation of the flat earth and firmament around it, and all life in general, is separated by a shabat – listen closely(!) – before the second creation story begins to unfold, the creation of the non-gendered human to tend the garden that the Landowner deity created on “his” portion of the created continent. And, the rest from there is sensible mythical history.
By humanizing the story, we place ourselves into the position of our imagined ancestral god – with all the responsibility that comes with this(!) – rather than remaining in a mindset of being subjected and vulnerable vassals to the whim of the mythic gods.<\/p>\r\n
Ya te puedo mantener.
De tu madre no la komo,
Ah Aman, Aman, ah!
Ke me kyero detener.
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Fuyiremos dela pena,
Porke yo ya se ganar.
Vamos a la Palestina,
Ah, aman, aman, ah!
Para no mos rovinar.
—
Va koryendo ande mama,
Azele la propozisy\u00f3n.
Kyero solo una kama,
Ah, aman, aman, ah!
Ke es la konsolasi\u00f3n!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
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Let’s escape from our troubles. I know how to make money. Let’s go to Palestine. Ah, aman, aman, ah!, so that we won’t suffer too much.
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Go, run to your mother. Let her know of my proposal. Just one bed is enough. Ah, aman, aman, ah!, this is my solace!<\/p>\r\n
\r\n\u05de\u05d6\u05de\u05d5\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d4\u05de\u05dc\u05da<\/strong> – An Ode to King David<\/em><\/div>\r\n
\u05d4\u05e8\u05d5\u05e2\u05d4 \u05d1\u05e9\u05d5\u05e9\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd
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\u05d5\u05b0\u05d3\u05b8\u05d5\u05b4\u05d3 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5
\u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05dd
\u05d1\u05b5\u05bc\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05d9 \u05d7\u05b7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05b0\u05e7\u05b7\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05dd<\/strong><\/div>\r\n
\u05d1\u05d0\u05d3\u05de\u05ea\u05e8 \u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d7\u05d9\u05d9\u05dd \u05ea\u05d4\u05d9 \u05d6\u05e2\u05ea\u05e0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05de\u05d8\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd,<\/strong>
\u05d1\u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d2\u05d1 \u05e0\u05e9\u05e7\u05d4 \u05e0\u05e8\u05d5\u05d4 \u05db\u05dc \u05e8\u05d2\u05d1,<\/strong>
\u05d0\u05dc \u05de\u05e8\u05d7\u05d1\u05da \u05e0\u05d3\u05e8\u05d9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d0\u05de\u05e8\u05e0\u05d5 \u05db\u05d9 \u05e0\u05e9\u05d9\u05de\u05d4 \u05e4\u05e0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d4\u05e0\u05d2\u05d1\u05d4.<\/strong><\/div>\r\n
In your land is the source of life, our sweat will be a light rain,
Through the river channels of the Negev, we will let every clump of earth drink its fill,
We will go south to your expanses, we said we will set our faces toward the Negev.<\/p>\r\n
\u05d4\u05db\u05d4 \u05e9\u05d0\u05d5\u05dc \u05d1\u05d0\u05dc\u05e4\u05d9\u05d5, \u05d5\u05d3\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05e8\u05d1\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9\u05d5, \u05d1\u05df \u05d9\u05e9\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d9 \u05d5\u05e7\u05d9\u05dd!<\/strong><\/div>\r\n
Shaul hath slain in thousands, and David in ten thousands, son of Yishai lives and exists!<\/p>\r\n
\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05db\u05dd, \u05e8\u05d5\u05d3\u05e4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd, \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05db\u05dd,<\/strong>
\u05d1\u05d5\u05d0\u05db\u05dd \u05dc\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd, \u05d0\u05d5\u05d4\u05d1\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd, \u05e6\u05d0\u05ea\u05db\u05dd \u05dc\u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd<\/strong>
\u05de\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d6\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d1\u05d0\u05d9\u05dd, \u05e9\u05dc\u05d5\u05dd \u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05db\u05dd.<\/strong><\/div>\r\n
Peace to you, pursuers of peace, peace to you,
Come in peace, lovers of peace, leave in peace,
From this day to the days to come, peace to you.<\/p>\r\n
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\u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05ea\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b8\u059b\u05dd \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05de\u05b0\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05d6\u05a5\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d9\u05ea\u05b6\u0596\u05da\u05b8 \u05d5\u05bc\u05d1\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05e2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05bd\u05d9\u05da\u05b8:<\/strong>
\u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05a8\u05e2\u05b7\u05df \u05d9\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05a4\u05d5\u05bc \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u05dd\u0599 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b5\u05a3\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u0594\u05dd \u05e2\u05b7\u059a\u05dc \u05d4\u05b8\u05bd\u05d0\u05b2\u05d3\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u0594\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05a8\u05e8 \u05e0\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05a7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u059b\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b7\u05bd\u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05bd\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05db\u05b6\u0596\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05ea\u05b5\u05a3\u05ea \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05b6\u0591\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05de\u05b5\u05a5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05bc\u05c1\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u0596\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc\u05be\u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05bd\u05e8\u05b6\u05e5:<\/strong><\/div>\r\n
Every generation, in every place on the planet that Jews are found, we repeat this self-fulfilling promise – no matter how religious or how secular we’ve become! We talk of the words and beliefs and visions of our people, we speak the language of our people, we remember our past and we embrace our future – and, most of all, we adapt for our survival, while keeping continuity with our many and varied traditions.<\/p>\r\n