Hayom Harat Olam
(Today the world is born!)
B’reishit barah Elohim et HaShamayim v’et HaAretz…
v’RuakhLit. Spirit. Some new versions of blessings call God "Spirit of the World" (Ruakh Ha’olam), rather than "King of the World" (Melekh Ha'olam). Elohim m’rakhefet al p’nei haMayyim.
(Bereshit 1:1.2)
“At the beginning of God’s creating of the heavens and the earth…
a Rushing-Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters.”
(adapted from Everett Fox’s translation, The Five Books of MosesThe quintessential Jewish leader who spoke face to face with God, unlike any other prophet, and who freed the people from Egypt, led them through the desert for forty years, and received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. His Hebrew name is Moshe.)
The new year begins. We remember the first day of creation, and the spirit of God is so close we can hear the rushing waters. All is possible. May we be blessed with possibility. May we be blessed with beginnings. May we be blessed to begin fresh and new—renewed and refreshed with the mayyim hayyim, the living waters of Miriam’s Well. May we all be inscribed in the Book of Life for peace, health, wholeness, joy, and prosperity.
(lift cup)
Reader:
Zot Kos MiryamMiriam is the sister of Moses and Aaron. As Moses' and Aaron's sister she, according to midrash, prophesies Moses' role and helps secure it by watching over the young baby, seeing to it that Pharaoh's daughter takes him and that the baby is returned to his mother for nursing. During the Israelites' trek through the desert, a magical well given on her behalf travels with the Israelites, providing water, healing, and sustenance., Kos Mayyim Hayyim.
Zakheir l’vri’at ha-Olam.
All:
Zakheir l’vri’at ha-Olam.
This is the Cup of Miriam, the Cup of Living Waters.
A reminder of the Creation of the World, when All was Possible.
N’varekh et Eyn ha-Hayyim she-natnah lanu Mayyim Hayyim.
Let us bless the Source of Life Who has given us living waters.
(blessing for drinking water)
Barukh Atah Adonay, Eloheynu Melekh ha-Olam, she-ha-kol nih’ye bi-d’varo.
Blessed are You YahA name for God, as in "halleluyah" – praise God. Some people prefer this name for God as a non-gendered option. our God, Majestic Spirit of the Universe, by Whose word everything is created.
(drink)
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