הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֲבִי וְאֵם הָעַלְמָה וְיִזְכּוּ לְגַדְּלָהּ וּלְחָכְמָה ו וּלְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים וּלְקִידוּשֵׁי חֻפָּה וּלְלִמּוּד הַתּוֹרָה הַתְּמִימָה וְהַנֶּאֱמָנָה
הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֲחוֹתֵינוּ הַקְטָנָה בְּחָכְמָה בְּשַׁלְוָה וּבִגְבוּרָה דְּרָכָיו וְאוֹרְחוֹתָיו יִלְמַד אוֹתָהּ וַתְּהִי תּוֹרַת חֶסֶד עַל לְשׁוֹנָהּ
הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת אַתְּ כֹּל הַנְאַסְפִים הַמַּקְדִּימִים בְּשָׁלוֹם וּבְשִׂמְחָה נִקְהַלִים בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ בִּתִּי בְּיַחַד עוֹנִים אֵלֶּה פֹּה הַיּוֹם כֻּלָּנוּ חַיִּים
הָרַחֲמָן הָעֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו יָחוֹס עַל עַמּוֹ וָיִפְרֹשׁ כְּנָפָיו יָעִיר קִנּוֹ יִרְחֹף עַל בָּנָיו לְרַחֵם לְנַחֵם בִּבְרָכָה שְׁלוֹמָיו
אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ בָּרֵךְ אֶת הֲיָלְדָה הַזֹּאת וְיִקָרַא שְׁמָהּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל _______. יִשְׂמַח הָאָב בְּיוֹצֵא חֲלָצָיו וְתָגֵל אִמָּהּ בִּפְרִי בִטְנָה. כַּכָּתוּב: יִשְׂמַח אָבִיךָ וְאִמֶךָ וְתָגֵל יוֹלַדְתֶךָ. הַגֵּן עָלֶיהָ בְּרֹב חֲסְדֶיךָ כַּכָּתוּב: וְחֶסֶד הי מֵעוֹלָם וְעֵד עוֹלָם עַל יְרֵאָיו
וְצִדְקָתוֹ לִבְנֵי בָנִים. וְנֶאֱמַר וְעַתָּה יְהוָה אָבִינוּ אַתָּה אֲנַחְנוּ הַחֹמֶר וְאַתָּה יֹצְרֵנוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂה יָדְךָ כֻּלָּנוּ. וְנֶאֱמַר כִּי אַתָּה קָנִיתָ כִליֹתָי תְּסֻכֵּנִי בְּבֶטֶן אִמִּי. אוֹדְךָ עַל כִּי נוֹרָאוֹת נִפְלְאֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם. הוֹדוּ ליהוה כִּי טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ. הַקָּהָל עוֹנֶה: הוֹדוּ ליהוה כִּי טוֹב כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ
מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ אַבְרָהָם יִצְחַק וְיַעֲקֹב וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ שָׂרָה רִבְקָה רָחֵל וְלֵאָה הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֵת ______ בַּת ______ וְיִזְכּוּ אָבִיהָ וְאִמָּהּ לְגָדְלָהּ לְתוֹרָה וּלְחֻפָּה וּלְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן
Harakhaman hu y’varekh avi v’em ha’almah
v’yizku l’gadlah ul’khakmah
l’ma’asim tovimLit. Good deeds. The traditional prayer for a newborn infant at his or her brit milah or baby naming concludes, "May s/he grow to Torah, to Chuppah, and to ma'asim tovim." ul’kidushey hupah
ul’limud hatorah hatmimah v’hane’emanah
Harakhaman hu y’varekh akhoteynu haktanah
b’khakhmah b’shalvah u’vigvurah
drakhav v’orkhotav yilmad otah
vat’hi torat hesedLit. Kindness It is said in Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) that the world stands on three things: Torah (learning), Avodah (worship), and Gemilut Hasidim (acts of kindness). al l’shonah
Harakhaman hu y’varekh et kol han’aspim
hamakdimim b’shalom uv’simkhahA happy occasion. Usually describes a celebration for a life cycle event (birth, wedding, etc.). nikhalim
b’rukhah at biti b’yakhad onim
eleh poh hayom kulanu hayyim
Harakhaman ha’oseh shalom bimromav
yakhos al amo vaifrosh k’nafav
yair knu yirkhof al banav
l’rakhem l’nakhem bivrakhah shlomav
Eloheynu v’elohey avoteynu brekh et hayaldah hazot v’yikara shmah b’yisrael _______________. Yismakh ha’av b’yotze halatzav v’tagel imah bi’fri vitnah. Ka’ka’tuv: yismakh-avikha v’imekha v’tagel yolad’tekha. Hagen aleyha b’rov hasdeikha, ka’ka’tuv: v’hesed Adonay me’olam v’ad-olam al-y’reav
V’tzidkato livney vanim. V’ne’emar: v’atah Adonay avinu atah anakhnu hakhomer v’atah yotzrenu uma’aseh yadkha kulanu. V’ne’emar: ki-atah kanita khilyotay t’sukeni b’veten imi. Od’kha al ki nora’ot nifleti niflaim ma’aseikha v’nafshi yoda’at m’od. V’ne’emar: hodu la’Adonai khasdo v’niflotav livney adamAdam is the first human being created by God. Symbolizes: Creation, humankind.. Hodu la’Adonay ki-tov ki l’olam khasdo.
The Congregation answers: Hodu la’Adonay ki-tov ki l’olam khasdo.
Mi sheberakh avoteynu AvrahamAbraham is the first patriarch and the father of the Jewish people. He is the husband of Sarah and the father of Isaac and Ishmael. God's covenant - that we will be a great people and inherit the land of Israel - begins with Abraham and is marked by his circumcision, the first in Jewish history. His Hebrew name is Avraham. Yitzkhak v’Ya’akov v’imoteynu SarahThe first matriarch, wife of Abraham, and mother of Isaac, whom she birthed at the age of 90. Sarah, in Rabbinic tradition, is considered holy, beautiful, and hospitable. Many prayers, particularly the Amidah (the central silent prayer), refer to God as Magen Avraham – protector of Abraham. Many Jews now add: pokehd or ezrat Sarah – guardian or helper of Sarah. Rivkah 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. v’LeahThe third of the Jewish matriarchs, Lead is the eldest of Lavan's daughters and one of the wives of Jacob. She is the daughter whom Lavan tricks Jacob into marrying instead of his younger daughter Rachel, whom Jacob has requested to marry. Leah is mother to six of the the twelve tribes and to one daughter, Dinah. hu y’varekh et ___________ bat __________ v’yizku aviha v’imah l’gadlah l’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. ul’hupah ul’ma’asim tovim v’nomar amen
