Through Joy, a Person Can Confess His Sins / Rectifying the Realm of Speech A person should confess his sins to God. He may experience a variety of obstacles as he does so. For example, he might have forgotten the sins that he committed, or he might find confession too upsetting. To engage in confession successfully, a person must experience joy — particularly the joy of performing a mitzvah, especially a mitzvah whose joyous aspect is paramount, such as getting married. Joy is a structure that possesses its own anatomy of 248 limbs and 365 sinews (corresponding to the anatomy of the person feeling that joy). Every mitzvah possesses a limb of that anatomy. If a person transgressed against a particular mitzvah, he damaged it. Later, as he rejoices and proceeds through the anatomy of joy, when he comes to a limb that corresponds to the damaged mitzvah, his joy ceases and, to the contrary, turns to its opposite, which is worry. To succeed in experiencing the entire structure of joy, a person must perform a great many mitzvot. The great joy of these mitzvot shines so brightly that it eradicates the obstacles that were created by his sins. This can even be experienced by a Jewish sinner — because, our sages state, even Jewish sinners are filled with mitzvot. The blemishes of this person’s sins had affected his soul, which is associated with speech. When the mitzvot that this person now performs eradicate those blemishes, he receives the power of speech and is able to confess his sins. Through his confession, the entire supernal realm of speech is rectified, and that causes a unification of God and His Divine Presence. The Sadness Caused by Sins “I will thank HaShem greatly with my mouth. In the midst of the multitudes, I will praise Him, for He stands at the right hand of the poor person to save him from those who judge his soul.”
Master of the world, teach me how to thank You and thus gladden my soul. Then, filled with that joy, may I confess to You all of the sins that I committed throughout my entire life, and thus may I return to You.
Out of Your love and compassion for us, You gave us a vast Torah with many commandments. There is no end to our joy for each commandment, which restores the soul and gladdens the heart. As the verse states, “The commandments of HaShem are upright, gladdening the heart.”
This sadness harms my service of You because it closes my heart and confuses my mind until I feel no inspiration to return to You. I even find that confessing my transgressions and speaking to You is hard for me to do.
You have taught us through Your holy Tzaddikim that no matter what a person has done and whatever level he may be on, he must reject sadness and force himself to be joyful.
First of all, he must recall that at the very least, he is a Jew. In addition, he must seek and find the good points within himself that result from all of the many mitzvot that he has performed throughout his life.
Gathering Particles of Joy Master of the universe, Lord of miracles, compassionate Father, Whose presence is marked by might and gladness, help me gather all of the particles of joy from all of the mitzvot that I have performed and all of the good points that I have attained from my earliest days until today.
Once they have been gathered together, may all of these particles of joy overcome the sadness caused by my many sins, until as a result I rejoice always and strengthen myself with gladness as I implement the advice that You gave us through Your holy Tzaddikim.
Help me always experience the joy of a mitzvah so intensely that I will dance a great deal. May I rejoice and dance so much that I will make my way through the entire spiritual structure of joy and dancing.
That structure is composed of the 248 limbs and 365 sinews. This is because joy is the root and core of all the 613 mitzvot in the Torah. As the verse states, “The commandments of HaShem are upright, gladdening the heart.”
The Light of a Person’s Good Points May the joy of the good points within me shine with a light so intense and wonderful that it overcomes the darkness, which consists of the impediments, worries and sadness that resulted from the multitude of sins that I committed from my youth until this day.
Please infuse so much light into the joy of my mitzvot and good points that it will overcome the darkness, worries and sadness of the multitude of my sins.
May the evil be nullified before the good. May the sadness of my sins be nullified before the joy of the mitzvot that I have performed. Then I will rejoice and dance in the joy of a mitzvah until I attain complete happiness and perfect the spiritual structure of joy and dancing.
Help me confess all of my transgressions to You. May nothing impede me or distract me from doing so. And in the course of my confession, may I not forget the slightest detail.
By means of this verbal confession, may I build and perfect my speech. As a result, may the supernal voice be aroused and unify with my speech until You rectify all of the sins that I committed from my youth until today, and You restore all of the Divine Names that I blemished.
From the Source of Joy Who will give me a mouth to speak, to express all of my speech before You? From where will I take the power to pour forth my heart like water before Your countenance, HaShem, Master of the world, You Who are filled with compassion? “My King and my God, I will pray to You.”
Teach me how to achieve victory over You so that You will bring me back in complete repentance before You, my Father, my Rock, my Redeemer, Who gazes forward to grant me a good end.
Always strengthen and encourage me to overcome sadness with joy. Gladden my soul with every means of attaining joy that our holy rabbis taught us, so that I will always be glad and never allow sadness to approach me. May depression have no power to close my heart or confuse my mind.
May I increase my happiness until I am able to confess before You fully and pour forth my heart like water before Your countenance, explicating all of my speech before You every day with a broken and crushed heart.
Draw joy upon all of us from the source of joy, from the joy that is destined to come upon us soon through our righteous Mashiach. As the verse states, “In joy shall you go forth and in peace shall you be led. The mountains and the hills will burst out in song before you, and all of the trees of the field will clap their hands.”
And may it soon come about that “HaShem will console Zion. He will console all of its ruins. He will make its desert like Eden and its lowland like the garden of HaShem. Gladness and joy shall be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of song.” Amen and amen.
[עַל־פִּי תּוֹרָה קע"ח - וִדּוּי דְּבָרִים]
אוֹדֶה יְהֹוָה מְאֹד בְּפִי וּבְתוֹךְ רַבִּים אַהַלְּלֶנּוּ. כִּי יַעֲמֹד לִימִין אֶבְיוֹן לְהוֹשִׁיעַ מִשּׁוֹפְטֵי נַפְשׁוֹ.
Through Joy, a Person Can Confess His Sins / Rectifying the Realm of Speech
A person should confess his sins to God.
He may experience a variety of obstacles as he does so. For example, he might have forgotten the sins that he committed, or he might find confession too upsetting. To engage in confession successfully, a person must experience joy — particularly the joy of performing a mitzvah, especially a mitzvah whose joyous aspect is paramount, such as getting married.
Joy is a structure that possesses its own anatomy of 248 limbs and 365 sinews (corresponding to the anatomy of the person feeling that joy). Every mitzvah possesses a limb of that anatomy. If a person transgressed against a particular mitzvah, he damaged it. Later, as he rejoices and proceeds through the anatomy of joy, when he comes to a limb that corresponds to the damaged mitzvah, his joy ceases and, to the contrary, turns to its opposite, which is worry.
To succeed in experiencing the entire structure of joy, a person must perform a great many mitzvot. The great joy of these mitzvot shines so brightly that it eradicates the obstacles that were created by his sins. This can even be experienced by a Jewish sinner — because, our sages state, even Jewish sinners are filled with mitzvot.
The blemishes of this person’s sins had affected his soul, which is associated with speech. When the mitzvot that this person now performs eradicate those blemishes, he receives the power of speech and is able to confess his sins. Through his confession, the entire supernal realm of speech is rectified, and that causes a unification of God and His Divine Presence.
The Sadness Caused by Sins
“I will thank HaShem greatly with my mouth. In the midst of the multitudes, I will praise Him, for He stands at the right hand of the poor person to save him from those who judge his soul.”
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, חַנּוּן הַמַּרְבֶּה לִסְלֹחַ, הָרוֹצֶה בִּתְשׁוּבָה, לַמְּדֵנִי אֵיךְ לְהוֹדוֹת לְךָ עַתָּה, וְאֵיךְ לְשַׂמֵּחַ נַפְשִׁי עַתָּה, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה עַל־יְדֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה לְהִתְוַדּוֹת לְפָנֶיךָ וּלְפָרֵט אֶת כָּל חֲטָאַי לְפָנֶיךָ, שֶׁעָשִׂיתִי מֵעוֹדִי עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת.
Master of the world, teach me how to thank You and thus gladden my soul. Then, filled with that joy, may I confess to You all of the sins that I committed throughout my entire life, and thus may I return to You.
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אָב הָרַחֲמִים, אַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ כִּי חֶדְוָה תְקוּעָה בְּלִבִּי מִסִּטְרָא חֲדָא וַעֲצִיבוּ מִסִּטְרָא חֲדָא,
Joy is planted in one side of my heart and sadness in the other.
וְגֹדֶל הַשִּׂמְחָה וְהַחֶדְוָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לִי לִשְׂמֹחַ עַל חֶלְקִי הוּא בְּלִי שִׁעוּר וָעֵרֶךְ וּמִסְפָּר, אֲשֶׁר זִכִּיתָנִי בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים לִהְיוֹת מִזֶּרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל, עַם הַנִּבְחָר מִכָּל הָעַמִּים, וּמְרֹמָמִים מִכָּל הַלְּשׁוֹנוֹת, אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה מְחַבֵּב אוֹתָנוּ בְּכָל לְשׁוֹנוֹת שֶׁל חִבָּה,
I possess infinite reason to rejoice, for You made me a Jew, a member of the Chosen People of Israel, which is elevated above all other nations.
וְאַתָּה אוֹהֵב עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל אַהֲבָה רַבָּה וְאַהֲבַת עוֹלָם לְעוֹלְמֵי עַד וּלְנֵצַח נְצָחִים.
You express affection for Your nation, the Jewish people, in many ways, because You love us profoundly and eternally.
וּמֵאַהֲבָתְךָ וּמֵחֶמְלָתְךָ אֶת עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל, הִרְבֵּיתָ לָנוּ תוֹרָה וּמִצְוֹת, אֲשֶׁר אֵין קֵץ לְהַשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁיֵּשׁ לָנוּ לִשְׂמֹחַ וְלָשִׂישׂ וְלָגִיל מְאֹד בְּכָל מִצְוָה וּמִצְוָה, הַמְּשִׁיבִין אֶת הַנֶּפֶשׁ וּמְשַׂמְּחִין אֶת הַלֵּב כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב, פִּקּוּדֵי יְהֹוָה יְשָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי לֵב.
Out of Your love and compassion for us, You gave us a vast Torah with many commandments. There is no end to our joy for each commandment, which restores the soul and gladdens the heart. As the verse states, “The commandments of HaShem are upright, gladdening the heart.”
אֲבָל מֵרִבּוּי עֲוֹנוֹתַי וּפְשָׁעַי הָעֲצוּמִים נוֹפְלִים עָלַי בְּכָל־עֵת עַצְבוּת וּדְאָגוֹת וּמָרָה שְׁחוֹרָה, כִּי עֲוֹנִי אַגִּיד אֶדְאַג מֵחַטָּאתִי.
But because of my many grievous sins, I constantly suffer from sadness and worry. “I tell my sin; I worry because of my transgression.”
וְאַתָּה יוֹדֵעַ, כִּי זֹאת הָעַצְבוּת וְהַמָּרָה שְׁחוֹרָה מַזִּיק מְאֹד לַעֲבוֹדָתֶךָ, כִּי מֵחֲמַת הָעַצְבוּת נִטַּמְטֵם לִבִּי וְנִתְבַּלְבֵּל דַּעְתִּי, עַד שֶׁאֵינִי יָכוֹל לְהִתְעוֹרֵר לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת. וַאֲפִלּוּ לְהִתְוַדּוֹת לְפָנֶיךָ וּלְפָרֵט חֲטָאַי וּלְפָרֵשׁ שִׂיחָתִי לְפָנֶיךָ, קָשֶׁה מְאֹד וְכָבֵד עָלַי, מֵחֲמַת שֶׁנִּטַּמְטֵם לִבִּי עַל־יְדֵי הָעַצְבוּת וְהַמָּרָה שְׁחוֹרָה:
This sadness harms my service of You because it closes my heart and confuses my mind until I feel no inspiration to return to You. I even find that confessing my transgressions and speaking to You is hard for me to do.
עַל־כֵּן בָּאתִי לְפָנֶיךָ מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, אֲדוֹן הַשִּׂמְחָה וְהַחֶדְוָה, שֶׁתְּרַחֵם עָלַי וּתְלַמְּדֵנִי אֵיךְ לְשַׂמֵּחַ נַפְשִׁי בְּכָל־עֵת,
Gladdening the Spirit
Teach me how to gladden my spirit at all times.
כִּי כְבָר לִמַּדְתָּנוּ בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים עַל־יְדֵי צַדִּיקִים הַקְּדוֹשִׁים, שֶׁאֲפִלּוּ אִם הָאָדָם הוּא כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא, אֲפִלּוּ אִם עָשָׂה מַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה, וְגַם עַתָּה הוּא כְּמוֹ שֶׁהוּא. אַף־עַל־פִּי־כֵן בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא שָׁם, הוּא מְחֻיָּב לְהַכְרִיחַ עַצְמוֹ בְּכָל הַכֹּחוֹת לְהַרְחִיק הָעַצְבוּת וּלְשַׂמֵּחַ אֶת נַפְשׁוֹ בְּכָל־עֵת,
You have taught us through Your holy Tzaddikim that no matter what a person has done and whatever level he may be on, he must reject sadness and force himself to be joyful.
עַל אֲשֶׁר זָכָה עַל כָּל פָּנִים לִהְיוֹת מִזֶּרַע יִשְׂרָאֵל. וְגַם צָרִיךְ לְחַפֵּשׂ וּלְבַקֵּשׁ וְלִמְצֹא בְּעַצְמוֹ נְקֻדּוֹת טוֹבוֹת מִכָּל הַמִּצְוֹת הָרַבּוֹת שֶׁזָּכָה לַעֲשׂוֹת מֵעוֹדוֹ.
First of all, he must recall that at the very least, he is a Jew. In addition, he must seek and find the good points within himself that result from all of the many mitzvot that he has performed throughout his life.
כִּי כָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל יֵשׁ לוֹ מִצְוֹת רַבּוֹת, כִּי אֲפִלּוּ פּוֹשְׁעֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מְלֵאִים מִצְוֹת כָּרִמּוֹן.
Every Jew has performed many mitzvot. Even Jewish sinners are as filled with mitzvot as a pomegranate is filled with seeds.
וּבָזֶה רָאוּי לִשְׂמֹחַ וְלָשׂוּשׂ הַרְבֵּה כָּל אֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל, אֲפִלּוּ הַפָּחוּת שֶׁבַּפְּחוּתִים וְהַגָּרוּעַ שֶׁבַּגְּרוּעִים:
And so every Jew, even the least of the least and the lowest of the low, has reason to rejoice.
מָרָא דְעַלְמָא כֹּלָּא, אֲדוֹן הַנִּפְלָאוֹת, אָבִי אָב הָרַחֲמָן, אֲשֶׁר עֹז וְחֶדְוָה בִּמְקוֹמֶךָ. הֱיֵה בְּעֶזְרִי וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנִי, שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לֶאֱסֹף וּלְקַבֵּץ כָּל חֶלְקֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה מִכָּל הַמִּצְוֹת וְהַנְּקֻדּוֹת טוֹבוֹת שֶׁזָּכִיתִי בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ מֵעוֹדִי עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה,
Gathering Particles of Joy
Master of the universe, Lord of miracles, compassionate Father, Whose presence is marked by might and gladness, help me gather all of the particles of joy from all of the mitzvot that I have performed and all of the good points that I have attained from my earliest days until today.
וְיִתְקַבְּצוּ אֵלַי כָּל חֶלְקֵי הַשְּׂמָחוֹת הָאֵלּוּ יַחַד, וְיִתְגַּבְּרוּ בְּכָל עֹז עַל הָעַצְבוּת וְהַמָּרָה שְׁחוֹרָה שֶׁל עֲוֹנוֹתַי הָרַבִּים, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה לִשְׂמֹחַ בְּכָל עֹז תָּמִיד. וְאֶזְכֶּה לְהִתְגַּבֵּר וּלְהִתְחַזֵּק בְּשִׂמְחָה וְחֶדְוָה תָמִיד, בְּכָל מִינֵי דְרָכִים וְעֵצוֹת, אֲשֶׁר לִמַּדְתָּנוּ עַל־יְדֵי צַדִּיקֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים.
Once they have been gathered together, may all of these particles of joy overcome the sadness caused by my many sins, until as a result I rejoice always and strengthen myself with gladness as I implement the advice that You gave us through Your holy Tzaddikim.
וְתַעַזְרֵנִי לְהִתְגַּבֵּר בְּשִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה כָּל כָּךְ, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לִרְקֹד מֵחֲמַת שִׂמְחָה.
Help me become so joyful that I break out in dance.
וּתְזַכֵּנִי לְשִׂמְחָה שֶׁל מִצְוָה תָמִיד, הֵן לִשְׂמֹחַ בְּשִׂמְחַת חֲתֻנָּה שֶׁל מִצְוָה לְשַׂמֵּחַ חָתָן וְכַלָּה הַכְּשֵׁרִים, הֵן לִשְׂמֹחַ בִּשְׁאָר שְׂמָחוֹת שֶׁל מִצְוָה.
The Joy of a Mitzvah
Help me always rejoice in performing a mitzvah, such as gladdening a couple at their wedding.
וְתִהְיֶה בְּעֶזְרִי וְתוֹשִׁיעֵנִי תָמִיד לִהְיוֹת שָׂמֵחַ בְּכָל־עֵת בְּשִׂמְחָה שֶׁל מִצְוָה, בְּחֶדְוָה גְּדוֹלָה וּבְשִׂמְחָה רַבָּה כָּל כָּךְ, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לִרְקֹד הַרְבֵּה מֵחֲמַת שִׂמְחָה. וְאֶזְכֶּה לִשְׂמֹחַ וְלִרְקֹד כָּל כָּךְ, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לֵילֵךְ וְלַעֲבֹר בְּכָל קוֹמַת הַשִּׂמְחָה וְהָרִקּוּדִין,
Help me always experience the joy of a mitzvah so intensely that I will dance a great deal. May I rejoice and dance so much that I will make my way through the entire spiritual structure of joy and dancing.
שֶׁכְּלוּלָה מֵרְמַ"ח אֵבָרִים וּשְׁסָ"ה גִידִין, כִּי הַשִּׂמְחָה הִיא שֹׁרֶשׁ נְקֻדַּת כָּל הַתַרְיַ"ג מִצְוֹת שֶׁבַּתּוֹרָה כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב, פִּקּוּדֵי יְהֹוָה יְשָׁרִים מְשַׂמְּחֵי לֵב.
That structure is composed of the 248 limbs and 365 sinews. This is because joy is the root and core of all the 613 mitzvot in the Torah. As the verse states, “The commandments of HaShem are upright, gladdening the heart.”
זַכֵּנִי בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים, שֶׁיִּתְלַהֵב בִּי הַשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁל כָּל הַנְּקֻדּוֹת טוֹבוֹת הָאֲמִתִּיּוֹת שֶׁבִּי, מִכָּל הַמִּצְוֹת אֲשֶׁר זִכִּיתָנִי מֵעוֹדִי בַּחֲסָדֶיךָ הַגְּדוֹלִים עַד אֲשֶׁר תָּאִיר הַשִּׂמְחָה בְּאוֹר גָּדוֹל וְנִפְלָא, עַד אֲשֶׁר יִתְבַּטְּלוּ עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה הַחֹשֶׁךְ וְהַמְּנִיעָה וְהַדְּאָגָה וְהָעַצְבוּת שֶׁל רִבּוּי הַחֲטָאִים וְהָעֲוֹנוֹת וְהַפְּשָׁעִים הָעֲצוּמִים שֶׁחָטָאתִי וְשֶׁעָוִיתִי וְשֶׁפָּשַׁעְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ מִנְּעוּרַי עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה.
The Light of a Person’s Good Points
May the joy of the good points within me shine with a light so intense and wonderful that it overcomes the darkness, which consists of the impediments, worries and sadness that resulted from the multitude of sins that I committed from my youth until this day.
וְאִם הֵם רַבִּים וַעֲצוּמִים מְאֹד מְאֹד, עִם כָּל זֶה מִדָּה טוֹבָה מְרֻבָּה,
Even if these sins are many and terrible, the measure of good outweighs them.
וּבְכֹחֲךָ הַגָּדוֹל אַתָּה יָכוֹל לְהוֹסִיף אוֹר גָּדוֹל בְּהַשִּׂמְחָה שֶׁל הַמִּצְוֹת וְהַנְּקֻדּוֹת טוֹבוֹת שֶׁבִּי, עַד אֲשֶׁר יִתְגַּבְּרוּ עַל הַחֹשֶׁךְ וְהַדְּאָגוֹת וְהָעַצְבוּת שֶׁל רִבּוּי הָעֲוֹנוֹת שֶׁלִּי,
Please infuse so much light into the joy of my mitzvot and good points that it will overcome the darkness, worries and sadness of the multitude of my sins.
עַד שֶׁיִּתְבַּטֵּל הָרַע לְגַבֵּי הַטּוֹב, שֶׁיִּתְבַּטְּלוּ עַצְבוּת הָעֲוֹנוֹת כְּנֶגֶד שִׂמְחַת הַמִּצְוֹת. וְאֶזְכֶּה לִשְׂמֹחַ וְלִרְקֹד הַרְבֵּה בְּשִׂמְחָה שֶׁל מִצְוָה תָמִיד, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לְשִׂמְחָה שְׁלֵמָה בֶּאֱמֶת, וּלְהַשְׁלִים כָּל קוֹמַת הַשִּׂמְחָה וְהָרִקּוּדִין בִּשְׁלֵמוּת בֶּאֱמֶת.
May the evil be nullified before the good. May the sadness of my sins be nullified before the joy of the mitzvot that I have performed. Then I will rejoice and dance in the joy of a mitzvah until I attain complete happiness and perfect the spiritual structure of joy and dancing.
וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה תְּזַכֵּנִי בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים, לְהִתְוַדּוֹת לְפָנֶיךָ בְּכָל־עֵת וּלְפָרֵט אֶת כָּל חֲטָאַי בְּפֵרוּשׁ, בְּפֶה מָלֵא. וְאַל יִמְנָעֵנִי מִזֶּה שׁוּם מוֹנֵעַ וְעִכּוּב, וְאַל יַעֲבִירֵנִי הַשִּׁכְחָה לִשְׁכֹּחַ אֵיזֶה חֵטְא מִלְּפָרְטוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ, וְאַל יְבַלְבֵּל אוֹתִי מִזֶּה שׁוּם בִּלְבּוּל, רַק אֶזְכֶּה לְהִתְוַדּוֹת לְפָנֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת וּלְפָרֵט אֶת הַחֵטְא בְּפֵרוּשׁ.
Help me confess all of my transgressions to You. May nothing impede me or distract me from doing so. And in the course of my confession, may I not forget the slightest detail.
וְאַתָּה מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, תִּהְיֶה בְּעֶזְרִי, שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה עַל־יְדֵי וִדּוּי דְבָרִים לִבְנוֹת וּלְהַשְׁלִים אֶת הַדִּבּוּר בְּתַכְלִית הַשְּׁלֵמוּת. וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה יִתְעוֹרֵר הַקּוֹל הָעֶלְיוֹן וְיִתְיַחֵד עִם הַדִּבּוּר בְּיִחוּד שָׁלֵם, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁיִּתְתַּקְּנוּ עַל־יְדֵי־זֶה כָּל חֲטָאַי וַעֲוֹנַי וּפְשָׁעַי שֶׁחָטָאתִי וְשֶׁעָוִיתִי וְשֶׁפָּשַׁעְתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ מִיּוֹם הֱיוֹתִי עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה, וּתְמַלֵּא כָל הַשֵּׁמוֹת שֶׁפָּגַמְתִּי בְּשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל:
By means of this verbal confession, may I build and perfect my speech. As a result, may the supernal voice be aroused and unify with my speech until You rectify all of the sins that I committed from my youth until today, and You restore all of the Divine Names that I blemished.
רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מִי יָשׂוּם לִי פֶּה לְדַבֵּר עַתָּה, לְפָרֵשׁ עַתָּה כָּל שִׂיחָתִי לְפָנֶיךָ, אֵיךְ לוֹקְחִין כֹּחַ עַתָּה לִשְׁפֹּךְ לִבִּי כַּמַּיִם נוֹכַח פָּנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה. רִבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, מָלֵא רַחֲמִים, מַלְכִּי וֵאלֹהָי, אֵלֶיךָ אֶתְפַּלָּל.
From the Source of Joy
Who will give me a mouth to speak, to express all of my speech before You? From where will I take the power to pour forth my heart like water before Your countenance, HaShem, Master of the world, You Who are filled with compassion? “My King and my God, I will pray to You.”
לַמְּדֵנִי אֵיךְ לְנַצֵּחַ אוֹתְךָ, שֶׁתַּחֲזִירֵנִי בִּתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה לְפָנֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת. אָבִי צוּרִי גּוֹאֲלִי וּפוֹדִי, הַצּוֹפֶה לְהֵטִיב אַחֲרִיתִי,
Teach me how to achieve victory over You so that You will bring me back in complete repentance before You, my Father, my Rock, my Redeemer, Who gazes forward to grant me a good end.
עָזְרֵנִי בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָעֲצוּמִים וּבִישׁוּעָתְךָ הַגְּדוֹלָה וּבְדַרְכֵי עֵצוֹתֶיךָ הַנִּפְלָאוֹת, שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לִהְיוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה תָמִיד.
In Your mighty compassion, in Your great salvation and in the ways of Your wondrous counsel, help me be joyous always.
שַׂמֵּחַ נֶפֶשׁ עַבְדְּךָ כִּי אֵלֶיךָ יְהֹוָה נַפְשִׁי אֶשָּׂא. חַזְּקֵנִי וְאַמְּצֵנִי לְהִתְגַּבֵּר בְּכָל פַּעַם עַל הָעַצְבוּת, לְהַגְבִּיר הַשִּׂמְחָה עַל הָעַצְבוּת.
“Give joy to the soul of Your servant — because, HaShem, I lift my soul to You!”
וּתְחַזֵּק אוֹתִי בְּכָל מִינֵי שְׂמָחוֹת, וּתְשַׂמֵּחַ אֶת נַפְשִׁי בְּכָל דַּרְכֵי הַשִּׂמְחָה אֲשֶׁר לִמְּדוּ אוֹתָנוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לִהְיוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה תָמִיד, וְלֹא אַנִּיחַ אֶת הָעַצְבוּת לְהִתְקָרֵב אֵלַי בְּשׁוּם אֹפֶן, וְלֹא יִהְיֶה שׁוּם כֹּחַ לְהָעַצְבוּת וְהַמָּרָה שְׁחוֹרָה לְטַמְטֵם אֶת לִבִּי חַס וְשָׁלוֹם, וְלֹא לְבַלְבֵּל אֶת דַּעְתִּי.
Always strengthen and encourage me to overcome sadness with joy. Gladden my soul with every means of attaining joy that our holy rabbis taught us, so that I will always be glad and never allow sadness to approach me. May depression have no power to close my heart or confuse my mind.
רַק אֶזְכֶּה לְהִתְגַּבֵּר בְּכָל־עֵת בְּשִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה וְחֶדְוָה רַבָּה, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה מִתּוֹךְ הַשִּׂמְחָה לְהִתְוַדּוֹת לְפָנֶיךָ בְּפֶה מָלֵא, וְלִשְׁפֹּךְ לִבִּי כַמַּיִם נוֹכַח פָּנֶיךָ יְהֹוָה, וּלְפָרֵשׁ כָּל שִׂיחָתִי לְפָנֶיךָ בְּכָל יוֹם בְּלֵב נִשְׁבָּר וְנִדְכֶּה כָּרָאוּי לִי,
May I increase my happiness until I am able to confess before You fully and pour forth my heart like water before Your countenance, explicating all of my speech before You every day with a broken and crushed heart.
וְאַחַר כָּךְ תֵּכֶף אֶחֱזֹר אֶל הַשִּׂמְחָה בְּיֶתֶר שְׂאֵת וְיֶתֶר עֹז,
And after that, may I immediately return to an even greater joy.
וּלְהַרְבּוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה יְתֵרָה בְּכָל פַּעַם בְּכָל עֹז וְתַעֲצוּמוֹת, עַד שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לָשׁוּב אֵלֶיךָ בֶּאֱמֶת וְלַעֲבֹד אוֹתְךָ תָמִיד בְּשִׂמְחָה וּבְטוּב לֵבָב מֵרֹב כֹּל,
Multiply my happiness constantly until I serve You always “with joy and a good heart because of a multitude of everything.”
כִּי בְשֵׁם קָדְשְׁךָ הַגָּדוֹל הַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא בָּטָחְתִּי, שֶׁאַתָּה יָכוֹל לַעֲזֹר לִי גַּם עַתָּה לְהִתְגַּבֵּר בְּשִׂמְחָה תָמִיד,
I have trusted in Your holy, great and awesome Name to always help me grow stronger with joy.
אָגִילָה וְאֶשְׂמְחָה בִּישׁוּעָתֶךָ. אֶשְׂמְחָה וְאֶעֶלְצָה בָךְ אֲזַמְּרָה שִׁמְךָ עֶלְיוֹן.
May I rejoice in Your salvation. “I will rejoice and be delighted in You; I will sing to Your supernal Name.”
וְתַמְשִׁיךְ עָלֵינוּ הַשִּׂמְחָה מִמְּקוֹר הַשִּׂמְחָה, מֵהַשִּׂמְחָה הָעֲתִידָה וְהַמּוּכֶנֶת לָבוֹא עָלֵינוּ בְּקָרוֹב עַל־יְדֵי מְשִׁיחַ צִדְקֵנוּ כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב, כִּי בְשִׂמְחָה תֵצֵאוּ וּבְשָׁלוֹם תּוּבָלוּן, הֶהָרִים וְהַגְּבָעוֹת יִפְצְחוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם רִנָּה, וְכָל עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יִמְחֲאוּ כָף.
Draw joy upon all of us from the source of joy, from the joy that is destined to come upon us soon through our righteous Mashiach. As the verse states, “In joy shall you go forth and in peace shall you be led. The mountains and the hills will burst out in song before you, and all of the trees of the field will clap their hands.”
וּתְמַהֵר וְתָחִישׁ לְגָאֳלֵנוּ, וּתְנַחֵם וּתְשַׂמַּח אוֹתָנוּ וְאֶת כָּל עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל בִּמְהֵרָה בְּיָמֵינוּ.
Quickly redeem us. Console us and give us joy, quickly and in our time.
וִיקֻיַּם מְהֵרָה מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב, כִּי נִחַם יְהֹוָה צִיּוֹן נִחַם כָּל חָרְבוֹתֶיהָ, וַיָּשֶׂם מִדְבָּרָהּ כְּעֵדֶן וְעַרְבָתָהּ כְּגַן יְהֹוָה, שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה יִמָּצֵא בָהּ תּוֹדָה וְקוֹל זִמְרָה. אָמֵן וְאָמֵן:
And may it soon come about that “HaShem will console Zion. He will console all of its ruins. He will make its desert like Eden and its lowland like the garden of HaShem. Gladness and joy shall be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of song.” Amen and amen.