Candle Lighting
Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu l’hadlik ner shel (Shabbat v’shel) Yom Tov.
Blessed are You, our God, Ruler of the world, who sanctifies us with mitzvot and calls upon us to kindle the lights of (Shabbat and) the Festival day.
Blessings for children
Blessing for children
Y’simeich Elohim k’Sarah, k’Rivkah, k’Rachel, ooch’Leah.
May God make you like Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah.
Y’simcha Elohim k’Efrayim v’chi-Menasheh.
May God make you like Ephraim and Menasheh.
Y’varechecha Adonai v’yish’m’recha.
Ya-er Adonai panav eilecha vichuneka.
Yisa Adonai panav eilecha
v’yaseim l’cha shalom.
May God Bless you and keep you.
May God’s light shine upon you, and may God be gracious to you.
May you feel God’s Presence within you always, and may you find peace.
Kidush over wine
Hebrew text for the blessing over the wine for the Festival of Passover.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher bachar banu mikol am, v’rom’manu mikol lashon, v’kid’shanu b’mitzvotav. Vatiten lanu, Adonai Eloheinu, b’ahavah mo-adim l’simchah, chagim uz’manim l’sason, et yom Chag HaMatzot hazeh, z’man cheiruteinu, mikra kodesh, zeicher litziat Mitzrayim. Ki vanu vacharta v’otanu kidashta mikol haamim umo-adei kodsh’cha b’simchah uv’sason hinchaltanu.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the world, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
Blessed are You, Our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has chosen us from among the peoples, exalting us by hallowing us with mitzvot. In Your love, Adonai our God, You have given us feasts of gladness, and seasons of joy; this Festival of Pesach, season of our freedom, a sacred occasion, a remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt. For You have chosen us from all peoples and consecrated us to Your service, and given us the Festivals, a time of gladness and joy.
Blessed are You, Adonai, who sanctifies Israel and the Festivals.
Shehecheyanu
We recite the Shehecheyanu, thanking God for allowing us to reach this day.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu laz’man hazeh.
Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this season.
Hebrew text for the blessing over the wine for the Festival of Passover when the first seder falls on Friday night
Vay’hi erev vay’hi voker yom hashishi.
Vay’chulu hashamayim v’haaretz v’chol tz’vaam. Vay’chal Elohim bayom hash’vi-i m’lachto asher asah. Vayishbot bayom hash’vi-i mikol m’lachto asher asah.
Vay’varech Elohim et yom hash’vi-i vay’kadeish oto, ki vo shavat mikol m’lachto asher bara Elohim laasot.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen.
Baruch atah, Adonai, Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher bachar banu mikol am v’rom’manu mikol lashon v’kid’shanu b’mitzvotav.
Vatiten lanu, Adonai Eloheinu, b’ahavah Shabbatot lim’nuchah u mo-adim l’simchah, chagim uz’manim l’sason, et yom HaShabbat hazeh v’et yom Chag HaMatzot hazeh, z’man cheiruteinu, mikra kodesh, zeicher litziat Mitzrayim.
Ki vanu vacharta v’otanu kidashta mikol haamim v’Shabbat umo-adei kodsh’chah b’ahavah uv’ratzon b’simchah uv’sason hinchaltanu.
Baruch atah Adonai, m’kadeish HaShabbat v’Yisrael v’haz’manim.
And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
The heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God finished the work that God had been doing, and God ceased on the seventh day from all the work that God had done. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it God ceased from all the work of creation that God had done. (Genesis 1:31-2:3)
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has chosen us from among the peoples, exalting us by hallowing us with mitzvot. In Your love, Adonai our God, You have given us Shabbatot of rest, feasts of gladness and seasons of joy; this Shabbat day and this festival of Pesach, season of our freedom, a sacred occasion, a remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt. For You have chosen us from all the peoples and consecrated us to Your service, and given us Shabbat, a sign of love and favor, and the Festivals, a time of gladness and joy.
Blessed are You, Adonai, who sanctifies Shabbat, Israel, and the Festivals.
Shehecheyanu
We recite the Shehecheyanu, thanking God for allowing us to reach this day.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu laz’man hazeh.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this season.
First, the Kiddush is recited.
Hebrew Text of Passover Kiddush for the Seder
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher bachar banu mikol am, v’rom’manu mikol lashon, v’kid’shanu b’mitzvotav. Vatiten lanu, Adonai Eloheinu, b’ahavah mo-adim l’simchah, chagim uz’manim l’sason, et yom Chag HaMatzot hazeh, z’man cheiruteinu, mikra kodesh, zeicher litziat Mitzrayim. Ki vanu vacharta v’otanu kidashta mikol haamim umo-adei kodsh’cha b’simchah uv’sason hinchaltanu.
Baruch atah, Adonai m’kadeish Yisrael v’hazmanim.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Ruler of the world, Creator of the fruit of the vine.
Blessed are You, Our God, Sovereign of the universe, who has chosen us from among the peoples, exalting us by hallowing us with mitzvot. In Your love, Adonai our God, You have given us feasts of gladness, and seasons of joy; this Festival of Pesach, season of our freedom, a sacred occasion, a remembrance of the Exodus from Egypt. For You have chosen us from all peoples and consecrated us to Your service, and given us the Festivals, a time of gladness and joy.
Blessed are You, Adonai, who sanctifies Israel and the Festivals.
Special Havdalah
When the seder falls on a Saturday evening, we continue with this special version of Havdalah before the Shehecheyanu is recited
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei m’orei ha-eish.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, hamavdil bein kodesh l’chol, bein or l’choshech, bein Yisrael laamim, bein yom hash’vi-i l’sheishet y’mei hamaaseh. Bein k’dushat Shabbat lik’dushat yom tov hivdalta. V’et yom hash’vi-i misheishet y’mei hamaaseh kidashta. Hivdalta v’kidashta et amcha Yisrael bik’dushatecha. Baruch atah Adonai, hamavdil bein kodesh l’kodesh.
Blessed are You, Adonai Our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fire’s light.
Blessed are You, Adonai Our God, Sovereign of the universe. You distinguish between holiness and dailiness, between light and darkness, between Israel and the nations, between the seventh day and the six days of creation, between the holiness of the Sabbath and the holiness of the Festival Days. You sanctify the seventh day from the six days of Creation. You distinguish and make holy your people Israel. Blessed are You, Our God, who distinguishes between holiness and holiness.
Shehecheyanu
We recite the Shehecheyanu, thanking God for allowing us to reach this day.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, shehecheyanu v’kiy’manu v’higianu laz’man hazeh
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this season.
Blessings over matzah
HaMotzi – Blessing over bread in Hebrew
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, haMotzi lechem min haaretz.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who brings forth bread from the earth.
At a Passover seder we say an additional blessing before eating the matzah.
Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav, v’tzivanu al achilat matzah.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us regarding the eating of Matzah.
The Coronavirus Is Divine Warning To All Humanity From HaShem Our G-d
If you read the story of Bereishis (Genesis) you will see that the account concerning the Tower of Bavel (BABYLON) where the WORLD population unites to build an edifice against Hashem, (Genesis ch.11) is somewhat before the verse of Abram being “very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold” (Genesis 13:2)
This may have a connection with the world pandemic and the world’s countries uniting in the form of World Health Organization, United Nations which is in New York, and some other world organizations. I am not truly familiar with these organizations and cannot comment on them, except they seem to come up along with the subject of this corona pandemic. A time will show these organizations including politicians were wrong in this fight against G-ds plague.You simple can’t fight G-d HaShem.
The verse about Abram being “very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold” , may also imply that the pandemic hit hardest in the Western countries (US and Western Europe) as opposed to just meaning the Jewish people.
[For some mystical reason a high percentage of Jews were hit in Britain, France, Morocco, and Sweden, as compared to the the host populations. In New York a huge number of Jewish people died but the relative casualty rate of the general New York population was not high in percentage terms.
[Sadly so many of our Black and Hispanic people also lost loved ones].
May Hashem have mercy on the Jewish people and all those of mankind who are here to make the world a better place.Shalom.