Rabbis Darby J Leigh and Roni Handler demonstrate the traditional blessing before the TorahThe Five Books of Moses, and the foundation of all of Jewish life and lore. The Torah is considered the heart and soul of the Jewish people, and study of the Torah is a high mitzvah. The Torah itself a scroll that is hand lettered on parchment, elaborately dressed and decorated, and stored in a decorative ark. It is chanted aloud on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat, according to a yearly cycle. Sometimes "Torah" is used as a colloquial term for Jewish learning and narrative in general. reading in ASL and Hebrew singing.
בָּרְכוּ אֶת אֲדֹנָי הַמְּבֹרָךְ.
Transliteration:
Barukhu et Adonai hamvorakh.
בָּרוּךְ אֲדֹנָי הַמְּבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד.
Transliteration:
Barukh Adonai hamvorakh l’olam va’ed.
בָּרוּךְ אֲדֹנָי הַמְּבֹרָךְ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר בָּחַר בָּנוּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים וְנָתַן לָנוּ אֶת תּוֹרָתוֹ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה אֲדֹנָי נוֹתֵן הַתּוֹרָה.
Transliteration:
Barukh Adonai hamvorakh l’olam va’ed. Barukh atah Adonai eloheynu melekh ha’olam asher bakhar banu mikol ha’amim v’natan lanu Torahto. Barukh atah Adonai noten haTorah.
English:
Bless Adonai who is blessed.
Blessed is Adonai who is blessed now and forever.
Blessed is Adonai who is blessed now and forever.
Blessed are you Adonai, our G-d, Sovereign of the universe, who has chosen us from among the peoples, and given us the Torah. Blessed are you Adonai, who gives the Torah.
