Sunday, October 1, 2023

ALEINU

Aleinu le'shabeiach la'adon hakol, 
lateit gedulah leyotzeir bereshit
she'lo asanu ke'goyei ha'aratzot, 
ve'lo samanu ke'mishpechot ha'adamah, 
she'lo sam chelkeinu kahem, 
ve'goraleinu ke'chol hamonam. 
Va'anachnu korim, u'mishtachavim, u'modim, 
lifnei melech, malchei ham'lachim, 
hakadosh baruch Hu. 
She'hu noteh shamayim, ve'yoseid aretz, 
u'moshav yikaro bashamayim mi-ma'al, 
u'sh'chinat u-zo be'gavhei me'romim. 
Hu Eloheinu, ein od. Emet malkeinu, efes zulato. 
Kakatuv be'torato, ve'yadata hayom, ve'hashevota Eil le'vavecha. 
Ki Adonai, Hu ha-Elohim, bashamayim mi-ma'al, 
ve'al ha'aretz mi-tachat. Ein od. 
Kakatuv be'toratecha: "Adonai yimloch le'olam va'ed." 
Ve'ne'emar: "Ve'haya Adonai le'melech al kol ha'aretz, 
bayom hahu yihiyeh Adonai echad, u'shemo echad." 

It is our duty to praise the Master of all, to acclaim the 
greatness of the One 
who forms all creation. For God did not make us 
like the nations of other 
lands, and did not make us the same as other 
families of the Earth. God did 
not place us in the same situations as others, and 
our destiny is not the same 
as anyone else's. 
And we bend our knees, and bow down, and give 
thanks, before the Ruler, 
the Ruler of Rulers, the Holy One, Blessed is God. 
The One who spread out the heavens, and made the 
foundations of the Earth, 
and whose precious dwelling is in the heavens 
above, and whose powerful 
Presence is in the highest heights. Adonai is our 
God, there is none else. 
Our God is truth, and nothing else compares. As 
it 
is written in Your 
Torah: "And you shall know today, and take to 
heart, that Adonai is the only 
God, in the heavens above and on Earth below. 
There is no other." 
Therefore we put our hope in You, Adonai our God, 
to soon see the glory of 
Your strength, to remove all idols from the Earth, 
and to completely cut off 
all false gods; to repair the world, Your holy 
empire. And for all living flesh 
to call Your name, and for all the wicked of the 
Earth to turn to You. May all 
the world's inhabitants recognize and know that to 
You every knee must 
bend and every tongue must swear loyalty. Before 
You, Adonai, our God, 
may all bow down, and give honor to Your precious 
name, and may all take 
upon themselves the yoke of Your rule. And may 
You 
reign over them soon 
and forever and always. Because all rule is Yours 
alone, and You will rule 
in honor forever and ever. 
As it is written in Your Torah: 
"Adonai will reign forever and ever." 
And it is said: "Adonai will be Ruler over the 
whole Earth, and on that day, 
God will be One, and God's name will be One.


Sources:Eisenberg, Ronald L. The JPS Guide to Jewish Traditions. PA: Jewish Publication Society, 2004; “What is in the SiddurShabbat and Holiday Liturgy“Aleinu"; Wigoder, Geoffrey , Ed. The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia. NY: Facts on File, 1992; “Aleinu-It’s Our Job”“History: Who wrote the Aleinu?”

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