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/ וַאֲנַחְנּו ּכֹורְ עִ ים ּומִ ׁשְ ּתַ חֲ וִים ּומֹודִ ים<br />
לִפְנֵי<br />
IT IS OFTEN CUSTOMARY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO STAND TOGETHER WHILE RECITING THE ALEINU, BOWING FORWARD FOR<br />
VA’ANAKHNU KOR`IM UMISHTAKHAVIM UMODIM / AND WE BEND OUR KNEES AND BOW DOWN AND GIVE THANKS. THEN, STAND UP STRAIGHT FOR מֶ לְֶך / LIFNEI MELEKH / BEFORE THE KING.<br />
It is our duty to praise <strong>the</strong> Master of all,<br />
to acclaim <strong>the</strong> greatness of <strong>the</strong> One who forms<br />
all creati<strong>on</strong>,<br />
For God did not make us like<br />
<strong>the</strong> nati<strong>on</strong>s of o<strong>the</strong>r lands,<br />
and did not make us <strong>the</strong> same as<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r families of <strong>the</strong> Earth.<br />
God did not grant our inheritances as o<strong>the</strong>rs,<br />
and our destiny is not <strong>the</strong> same as any<strong>on</strong>e else’s.<br />
And we bend our knees and bow down and give<br />
thanks<br />
before <strong>the</strong> King, <strong>the</strong> King of Kings,<br />
<strong>the</strong> Holy One, Blessed is God.<br />
<strong>The</strong> One who spread out <strong>the</strong> heavens, and made<br />
<strong>the</strong> foundati<strong>on</strong>s of <strong>the</strong> Earth,<br />
and whose precious dwelling<br />
is in <strong>the</strong> heavens above,<br />
and whose powerful Presence<br />
is in <strong>the</strong> highest heights.<br />
He is our God, <strong>the</strong>re is n<strong>on</strong>e else.<br />
Our Ruler is truth, and nothing else compares.<br />
As it is written in Your Torah:<br />
"And you shall know today<br />
and take to heart<br />
that Ad<strong>on</strong>ai is <strong>the</strong> <strong>on</strong>ly God<br />
in <strong>the</strong> heavens above<br />
and <strong>on</strong> Earth below. <strong>The</strong>re is no o<strong>the</strong>r."<br />
Aleinu leshabe’akh la’Ad<strong>on</strong> hakol<br />
latet gedulah l’yotzer bereishit,<br />
shelo asanu kegoyei ha’aratzot,<br />
velo samanu kemishpekhot ha’adamah,<br />
shelo sam khel’kenu kahem,<br />
vegoralenu kekhol ham<strong>on</strong>am.<br />
Va’anakhnu kor’im umishtakhavim umodim<br />
lifnei melekh, malkhei hamlakhim,<br />
hakadosh barukh hu.<br />
Shehu noteh shamayim, ve’yosed aretz,<br />
umoshav yekaro bashamayim mima’al,<br />
U’Shkhinat uzo begav’hei meromim,<br />
Hu Eloheynu ein od,<br />
emet malkenu, efes zulato,<br />
kakatuv be’torato:<br />
veyada’ta hayom<br />
vahashevota el levavekha.<br />
Ki Ad<strong>on</strong>ai, hu ha’Elohim,<br />
bashamayim mi ma’al,<br />
v’al ha’aretz mitakhat. Ein od.<br />
ִ ית .<br />
עָ לֵ ינוּ לְ שַׁ בֵּ ַח לַ אֲ דוֹ ן הַ כּ ֹל.<br />
לָ תֵ ת ְגּ דֻ לָּ ה לְ יוֹ צֵ ר ְ בּ רֵ אשׁ<br />
שֶׁ לּ ֹא עָ שָׂ נ ּו<br />
וְ לֹא שָׂ מָ נ ּו<br />
ְ כּ גוֹ יֵי<br />
ְ כּ מִ ְ שׁ פְּ חוֹ ת<br />
הָ אֲ רָ צוֹ ת.<br />
שֶׁ לּ א שָׂ ם חֶ לְ קֵ נ ּו כָּ הֶ ם<br />
וְ גוֹ רָ לֵ נוּ ְ כּ כָ ל הֲמוֹ נָם:<br />
הָ אֲ דָ מָ ה.<br />
וַאֲ נַחְ נוּ כּ וֹ רְ עִ ים וּמִ ְ שׁ תַּ חֲוִ ים<br />
לִ פְ נֵי מֶ לֶ ך מַ לְ כֵ י הַ מְּ לָ כִ ים<br />
הַ ָ קּ דוֹ שׁ בָּ רוּך הוּא:<br />
וּמוֹ דִ ים<br />
שֶׁ הוּא נוֹ טֶ ה שָׁ מַ יִם וְ יוֹ סֵ ד אָ רֶ ץ.<br />
וּמוֹ שַׁ ב יְקָ רֹו בַּ ּ שָׁ מַ יִם<br />
ְ בּ גָבְ הֵ י עֻ זֹּו ְ וּשׁ כִ ינַת<br />
מִ מַּ עַ ל.<br />
מְ רוֹ מִ ים:<br />
הוּא אֱלֹהֵ ינ ּו אֵ ין עוֹ ד.<br />
אֱמֶ ת מַ לְ כֵּ נ ּו. אֶ פֶ ס זוּלָ תֹו.<br />
כַּ כָּ תוּב ְ בּ תוֹ רָ תֹו<br />
וְ יָדַ עְ תָּ הַ יּוֹ ם<br />
וַהֲשֵׁ בֹתָ אֶ ל לְ בָ בֶ ך.<br />
כּ יהוה הוּא הָ אֱלֹהִ ים<br />
בַּ שׁ מִ מַּ עַ ל<br />
וְ עַ ל הָ אָ רֶ ץ מִ תָּ חַ ת. אֵ ין עוֹ ד:<br />
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ִ י<br />
ּ ָ מַ יִם<br />
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