prayers.
I offer thanks to You, living and eternal King, for You have mercifully restored my soul within me; Your faithfulness is great.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who gives the rooster understanding to distinguish between day and night.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who opens the eyes of the blind.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who releases the bound.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who straightens the bowed.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who clothes the naked.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who gives the strength to the weary.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who spreads forth the earth above the waters.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who directs the steps of man.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has provided me with my every need.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who girds Israel with might.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who crowns Israel with glory.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has not made me a gentile.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, was has not made me a slave.
Men recite:
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has not made me a woman.
Women recite:
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has not made me a man.
Both continue:
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids.
Blessed are You, Lord our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the words of the Torah.
A man should forever be G-d-fearing in the innermost recesses of his heart, acknowledge the truth, and speak the truth in his heart. Let him rise early and say:
It is incumbent upon us to thank, praise, and glorify You, to bless, to sanctify, and to offer praise and thanksgiving to Your Name. Fortunate are we! How good is our portion. how pleasant our lot, and how beautiful our heritage! Fortunate are we who, early in the morning and in the evening, twice each day, declare:
Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One.
Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom for ever and ever.
You shall love the Lord your G-d with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might. And these words which I command you today, shall be upon your heart. You shall teach them thoroughly to your children, and you shall speak of them when you sit in your house and when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for a reminder between your eyes. And you shall write then upon the doorposts of your house and upon your gates.
May it be Your will, Lord our G-d and G-d of our fathers, that the Bet Hamikdash be speedily rebuilt in our days, and grant us our portion in Your Torah. Amen.
Excerpted from Siddur Tehillat Hashem with English Translation, Kehot Publications. See also Siddur Tehillat Hashem Nusach Ha-Ari Zal, and Siddur Tehillat Hashem Hebrew with English Annotations.
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