Torah study at night helps refine and purify the voice, enabling us to raise up the Shekhinah with holy songs and melodies so as to reveal the kingship of God. HaShem our God and God of our fathers, Who chooses David His servant and his descendants after him, and who delights in songs of praise: In Your great love and kindness, remember Your powerful Presence, the Shekhinah, which has wandered from Her place like a bird wandering from its nest. “Rise up, take pity on Zion, for it is time to favor her, for the moment has come.” Lift up and raise the Assembly of Israel from where we have fallen and, in Your abundant love, help us and enable us to raise our voices in song. Give me the power to praise You joyously with songs and hymns. Let me sing melodies all my days, in a sweet, pleasant voice, the way You love.
And help me to study Your holy Torah for its own sake constantly, day and night. When You gave Your holy Torah to Your servant Moses, You studied the Written Torah with him by day and the Oral Torah by night. So, too, help me to study and think about Your holy Torah constantly, and help me to study the Written Torah and the Oral Torah day and night.
Master of the World, lovingly help me and give me the strength to win the battle against sleep. Let me banish sleep from my eyes in order to study Torah each night and learn the sixty tractates of the Mishnah together with the Holy Gemara — to learn, teach, observe, do and fulfil and practice them for their own sake. “Arise, exult in the night at the start of the watches!” Through this, let a thread of loving kindness be drawn down upon me. “By day HaShem will command His loving kindness to be revealed, and in the night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.”
And in this way, help me and protect me from the bad effects caused by hearing degenerate music — the songs and melodies of fallen souls, “birds caught in the snare.” Don't let them harm me or distract me from my spiritual devotions. Give me the power to elevate and refine them, to lift them up and restore them to the realm of the holy, and raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David.
In Your abundant love, arouse the Lily of Sharon — the Shekhinah — to sing in a voice of pleasantness, joy and exultation. And You alone, HaShem, speedily rule over all Your works, so as to fulfil the verse: “Make music for God, make music, make music for our King, make music. For God is King over all the earth. Make music, enlightened one!”
Remember Your people Israel, who are scattered among the nations, and Your Holy Temple, which is destroyed and uninhabited. “The bird too has found a house, and the sparrow has found a nest for herself to put her fledglings — on Your altar, HaShem of Legions, my King and my God.” Restore the priests to their service, and the Levites to their platform and their songs and hymns, and restore Israel to their dwelling place.
Grant me holy wisdom and enlightenment so that I will be able to draw the yoke of Your kingship upon myself constantly and reveal Your kingship and sovereignty to the world. Speedily establish the throne of David. Quickly, easily and speedily bring us Mashiach the son of David, the sweet singer of Israel.
“Then our mouths will be filled with laughter and our tongues with joy.” We will then sing, praise and rejoice before You all our days, and the verse will be fulfilled: “HaShem will come to save us, and we will sing our songs all the days of our lives for the House of HaShem.” Speedily in our days. Amen.
[עַל־פִּי תּוֹרָה ג' - אַקְרוּקְתָּא]
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, הַבּוֹחֵר בְּדָוִד עַבְדּוֹ וּבְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו, וְהַבּוֹחֵר בְּשִׁירֵי זִמְרָה, שֶׁתִּזְכּוֹר בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ וַחֲסָדֶיךָ הַגְּדוֹלִים אֶת שְׁכִינַת עֻזֶּךָ, אֲשֶׁר נָדְדָה מִמְּקוֹמָהּ כְּצִפּוֹר נוֹדֶדֶת מִן קִנָּהּ, אַתָּה תָקוּם תְּרַחֵם צִיּוֹן כִּי עֵת לְחֶנְנָהּ כִּי בָא מוֹעֵד. וְתָקִים וְתַגְבִּיהַּ אֶת כְּנֶסֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל מִנְּפִילָתָהּ. וְתַעֲזֹר אוֹתָנוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְהָרִים קוֹל זִמְרָה, לְמַעַן יִהְיֶה לָנוּ כֹחַ לְסַדֵּר לְפָנֶיךָ זְמִירוֹת שִׁירוֹת וְתִשְׁבָּחוֹת בְּקוֹל גִּילָה וְרַנֵּן, וּנְגִינוֹתֵינוּ נְנַגֵּן כָּל יְמֵי חַיֵּינוּ בְּקוֹל נָעִים וְעָרֵב כַּאֲשֶׁר אָהַבְתָּ.
Torah study at night helps refine and purify the voice, enabling us to raise up the Shekhinah with holy songs and melodies so as to reveal the kingship of God.
HaShem our God and God of our fathers, Who chooses David His servant and his descendants after him, and who delights in songs of praise: In Your great love and kindness, remember Your powerful Presence, the Shekhinah, which has wandered from Her place like a bird wandering from its nest. “Rise up, take pity on Zion, for it is time to favor her, for the moment has come.” Lift up and raise the Assembly of Israel from where we have fallen and, in Your abundant love, help us and enable us to raise our voices in song. Give me the power to praise You joyously with songs and hymns. Let me sing melodies all my days, in a sweet, pleasant voice, the way You love.
וְתַעֲזֹר לָנוּ לַעֲסֹק בְּתוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה לִשְׁמָהּ תָּמִיד יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה. וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁמָּסַרְתָּ תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה לְמֹשֶׁה עַבְדֶּךָ, וּבַיּוֹם לָמַדְתָּ עִמּוֹ תוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב, וּבַלַּיְלָה תוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה, כֵּן תַּעַזְרֵנוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים לִלְמֹד וְלַהֲגוֹת בְּתוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה תָּמִיד. שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לִלְמֹד תּוֹרָה שֶׁבִּכְתָב וְתוֹרָה שֶׁבְּעַל־פֶּה יוֹמָם וָלָיְלָה:
And help me to study Your holy Torah for its own sake constantly, day and night. When You gave Your holy Torah to Your servant Moses, You studied the Written Torah with him by day and the Oral Torah by night. So, too, help me to study and think about Your holy Torah constantly, and help me to study the Written Torah and the Oral Torah day and night.
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, זַכֵּנוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים שֶׁיִּהְיֶה לָנוּ כֹחַ לְהִתְגַּבֵּר עַל הַשֵּׁנָה, שֶׁנּוּכַל לְנַדֵּד שֵׁנָה מֵעֵינֵינוּ לִלְמֹד בְּכָל לַיְלָה תָמִיד שִׁשִּׁים מַסֶּכְתּוֹת עִם הַגְּמָרָא הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, לִלְמֹד וּלְלַמֵּד לִשְׁמוֹר וְלַעֲשׂוֹת וּלְקַיֵּם לַעֲסֹק בָּהֶם לִשְׁמָהּ. קוּמִי רֹנִּי בַלַּיְלָה לְרֹאשׁ אַשְׁמֻרוֹת. וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה יֻמְשַׁךְ עָלֵינוּ חוּט שֶׁל חֶסֶד. יוֹמָם יְצַוֶּה יְהֹוָה חַסְדּוֹ וּבַלַּיְלָה שִׁירֹה עִמִּי תְּפִלָּה לְאֵל חַיָּי.
Master of the World, lovingly help me and give me the strength to win the battle against sleep. Let me banish sleep from my eyes in order to study Torah each night and learn the sixty tractates of the Mishnah together with the Holy Gemara — to learn, teach, observe, do and fulfil and practice them for their own sake. “Arise, exult in the night at the start of the watches!” Through this, let a thread of loving kindness be drawn down upon me. “By day HaShem will command His loving kindness to be revealed, and in the night His song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.”
וְתַעֲזֹר לָנוּ עַל יְדֵי זֶה שֶׁלֹּא יַזִּיק לָנוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתֵנוּ שְׁמִיעַת קוֹל זִמְרָה וְנִגּוּן מִשּׁוּם אָדָם שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם, וַאֲפִלּוּ הַקּוֹלוֹת הַפְּגוּמִים הַבָּאִים מִצִּפֳּרִים הָאֲחוּזוֹת בַּפָּח, אַל יְהֵא לָהֶם כֹּחַ לְהַזִּיק אוֹתָנוּ לְבַלְבֵּל אוֹתָנוּ מֵעֲבוֹדָתֵנוּ חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, רַק תִּתֶּן לָנוּ כֹּחַ לְהַעֲלוֹתָם וּלְבָרְרָם וּלְהָקִימָם לְהַחֲזִירָם אֶל הַקְּדֻשָּׁה, וְתָקִים אֶת סֻכַּת דָּוִד הַנֹּפֶלֶת.
And in this way, help me and protect me from the bad effects caused by hearing degenerate music — the songs and melodies of fallen souls, “birds caught in the snare.” Don't let them harm me or distract me from my spiritual devotions. Give me the power to elevate and refine them, to lift them up and restore them to the realm of the holy, and raise up the fallen Tabernacle of David.
וּבְרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים תְּעוֹרֵר חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן לָשִׁיר בְּקוֹל נָעִים גִּילָה וְרַנֵּן, וְתִמְלֹךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה מְהֵרָה לְבַדֶּךָ עַל כָּל מַעֲשֶׂיךָ. וִיקֻיַּם מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב, זַמְּרוּ אֱלֹהִים זַמֵּרוּ זַמְּרוּ לְמַלְכֵּנוּ זַמֵּרוּ. כִּי מֶלֶךְ כָּל הָאָרֶץ אֱלֹהִים זַמְּרוּ מַשְׂכִּיל.
In Your abundant love, arouse the Lily of Sharon — the Shekhinah — to sing in a voice of pleasantness, joy and exultation. And You alone, HaShem, speedily rule over all Your works, so as to fulfil the verse: “Make music for God, make music, make music for our King, make music. For God is King over all the earth. Make music, enlightened one!”
וְתִזְכֹּר אֶת עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר נָפוֹצוּ בַּגּוֹיִם, וְאֶת בֵּית מִקְדָּשְׁךָ הֶחָרֵב מֵאֵין יוֹשֵׁב. גַּם צִפּוֹר מָצְאָה בַיִת וּדְרוֹר קֵן לָהּ אֲשֶׁר שָׁתָה אֶפְרוֹחֶיהָ אֶת מִזְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ יְהֹוָה צְבָאוֹת מַלְכִּי וֵאלֹהָי. וְהָשֵׁב כֹּהֲנִים לַעֲבוֹדָתָם, וּלְוִיִּם בְּדוּכָנָם לְשִׁירָם וּלְזִמְרָם, וְהָשֵׁב יִשְׂרָאֵל לִנְוֵיהֶם.
Remember Your people Israel, who are scattered among the nations, and Your Holy Temple, which is destroyed and uninhabited. “The bird too has found a house, and the sparrow has found a nest for herself to put her fledglings — on Your altar, HaShem of Legions, my King and my God.” Restore the priests to their service, and the Levites to their platform and their songs and hymns, and restore Israel to their dwelling place.
וְתֵן לָנוּ שֵׂכֶל וְחָכְמָה דִקְדֻשָּׁה, שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה לְהַמְשִׁיךְ עָלֵינוּ עוֹל מַלְכוּתְךָ תָּמִיד, וּלְגַלּוֹת מַלְכוּתְךָ וַאֲדְנוּתְךָ לְכָל בָּאֵי עוֹלָם, וְכִסֵּא דָּוִד מְהֵרָה תָּכִין, חִישׁ קַל מְהֵרָה תָּבִיא לָנוּ אֶת מָשִׁיחַ בֶּן דָּוִד נְעִים זְמִירוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל.
Grant me holy wisdom and enlightenment so that I will be able to draw the yoke of Your kingship upon myself constantly and reveal Your kingship and sovereignty to the world. Speedily establish the throne of David. Quickly, easily and speedily bring us Mashiach the son of David, the sweet singer of Israel.
אָז יִמָּלֵא שְׂחוֹק פִּינוּ וּלְשׁוֹנֵנוּ רִנָּה. וְאָז נָשִׁיר וּנְזַמֵּר וּנְרַנֵּן לְפָנֶיךָ כָּל יָמֵינוּ. וִיקֻיַּם מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב, יְהֹוָה לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ וּנְגִינוֹתַי נְנַגֵּן כָּל יְמֵי חַיֵּינוּ עַל בֵּית יְהֹוָה בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ אָמֵן:
“Then our mouths will be filled with laughter and our tongues with joy.” We will then sing, praise and rejoice before You all our days, and the verse will be fulfilled: “HaShem will come to save us, and we will sing our songs all the days of our lives for the House of HaShem.” Speedily in our days. Amen.