Aninu ShekhinahThe feminine name of God, expounded upon in the rabbinic era and then by the Kabbalists in extensive literature on the feminine attributes of the divine., aninu.
Aninu shoma’at kolenu, aninu.
Aninu kalat l’vavenu, aninu.
Aninu yoda’at yameinu, aninu.
Aninu notenet hayyeinu, aninu.
Aninu homah k’nafshenu, aninu.
Aninu Immeinu. aninu.
Aninu em ha’banot, aninu.
Aninu misgav imahotLit. Mothers The foremothers, or matriarchs: Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah., aninu.
Aninu nefesh akhot, aninu.
Aninu v’yadanu emet, aninu.
Respond Shekhinah to us, please answer.
Respond to our voices, please answer.
Respond Bride of Our Hearts, please answer.
Respond Crone of Our Days, please answer.
Respond Giver of Life, please answer.
Respond Sounder of Souls, please answer.
Respond, oh Mother, please answer.
Respond Mother of Daughters, please answer.
Respond Refuge of Mothers, please answer.
Respond Sister of Souls, please answer.
Respond and enlighten our lives, please answer.
From the SelikhotServices held early in the morning throughout the month of Elul, leading up to Rosh Hashanah, during which Jews begin the process of asking forgiveness for our sins. service of the L.A. Jewish Feminist Center, compiled by RachelLavan's younger daughter and Jacob's beloved wife second wife (after he is initially tricked into marrying her older sister, Leah). Rachel grieves throughout her life that she is barren while Leah is so fertile. Ultimately, Rachel gives birth to Joseph and dies in childbirth with Benjamin. Rachel is remembered as compassionate (she is said to still weep for her children), and infertile women often invoke Rachel as a kind of intercessor and visit her tomb on the road to Bethlehem. Adler and Yaffa Weisman, Aug. 31, 1991. Used with the permission of Rachel Adler.