Siddur on the Hill - The Vilna Shul

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Creator of day and night,
You roll light from before darkness
and darkness from before light.
COMMUNITY AND LEADER TOGETHER: And You
cause the day to pass and bring the night;
differentiating between day and night. The
Eternal of Hosts is the Divine name.
God of life and sustenance, constantly
will You rule over us forever and ever.
Praised are You, the Eternal,
who causes the evening time.
borei yom valaylah
golel or mipnei khoshekh
vekhoshekh mipnei or
COMMUNITY AND LEADER TOGETHER:
Uma’avir yom umevi laylah
Umavdil bein yom u’vein laylah,
Adonai tzva’ot shemo.
El khai vekayam tamid yimlokh
aleinu le’olam va’ed.
Barukh ata Adonai hama’ariv aravim.
ְ מֹו :
בּ‏ וֹ‏ רֵ‏ א יוֹ‏ ם וָלָ‏ יְלָ‏ ה.‏
ך מִ‏ פְּ‏ נֵי אוֹ‏ ר.‏
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גּולֵ‏ ל אוֹ‏ ר מִ‏ פְּ‏ נֵי חשֶׁ‏ ך וְ‏ חשֶׁ‏
קהל וחזן:‏
וּמַ‏ עֲ‏ בִ‏ יר יוֹ‏ ם וּמֵ‏ בִ‏ יא לָ‏ יְלָ‏ ה.‏
וּמַ‏ בְ‏ ִ דּ‏ יל בֵּ‏ ין יוֹ‏ ם וּבֵ‏ ין לָ‏ יְלָ‏ ה.‏
תָּ‏ מִ‏ יד וְ‏ קַ‏ יּ‏ ‏ָם אֵ‏ ל חַ‏ י
יהוה צְ‏ בָ‏ אוֹ‏ ת שׁ‏
ך עָ‏ לֵ‏ ינ ‏ּו לְ‏ עוֹ‏ לָ‏ ם וָעֶ‏ ד:‏
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יִמְ‏ לוֹ‏
רוּך אַ‏ תָּ‏ ה יהוה הַ‏ מַּ‏ עֲ‏ רִ‏ יב עֲ‏ רָ‏ בִ‏ ים:‏
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בָּ‏
Each night, I marvel: The fading light! The deepening darkness! Each morning, I exclaim: The dawn gates open
wisely, understanding marks the day’s divisions. Season follows season, and the sky is patterned with orbiting stars.
Order amid the greater chaos, and the greater chaos amid an even Greater Order -- this world rests on the shores of
mystery. What mind orders the wildness, fashions the void? You, my Source and my Essence, You create day and
night. You roll away light before dark and dark before light. In You is the shadow play of all being and becoming. In
You, I rest and struggle, seeking to do as You do: order the chaos and set wisdom and understanding firm. Praise the
One who makes for evening’s dusk. Barukh ata Adonai ha-ma’ariv aravim.
- Rabbi Rami Shapiro
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