Lag B'Omer May 6, 2007
(33th day of the counting and meditation
about how God's Holy Spirit expresses himself
inside of us from Passover to Shavuos)


Near The Iceland Trail, British Columbia Canada

Hallel ( the Hallel (Psalms 113-118) is chanted at this point. Since the Holy Spirit dwells within the hearts and minds of those who call upon him, it is acceptable to chant these Psalms in your own language. However, considering that Jesus Christ probably prayed and chanted these prayers on Palm Sunday during the days before he was crucified there is also merit in studying the original Hebrew. On Rosh Chodesh and the last six days of Pesach a half Hallel which has the lines of Psalm 115 1-155 and Psalm 116 1-11 omitted is chanted. During Hannukah/Christmas Christian hymns can and should be sung. For example: Joy to the World, Angels we have Heard on High, Hark the Herald Angels Sing go very well with the Hallel)
In the Seder the whole Hallel is divided into two parts and also with respect to the teaching and chanting portions by four cups of wine (which represent the salvation, redemption, sanctification, and justification of our souls). Psalms 113 and 114 come before the ratzah. the motzah, and the Matzah (see the grouping of the 15 Seder steps elsewhere in this blog). These psalms help us remember how God reaches out to the poor and helpless (psalm 113), how the created divine environmental nature is involved in our salvation (psalm 114), After these steps and the maror, the korech, the Shulchan Orech (the meal) and the Afikiman (the Tzafun) the rest of the Barech (the after meal grace with its three portions due to Moses, thanking God for the Exodus. Due to Joshua, thanking him for bringing us into the promised land (fulfilling the justification of our souls and spirits). And, the portion due to David and Solomon (thanking him for the Holy Temple of his presence inside of US) the rest of the Hallel is chanted. These psalms (115,116,117, and 118) come after a portion invoking the help of the prophet Elijah and the Messiah to come against our enemies where a fifth cup of wine is poured. This portion is called the Sh’phach. And, in my opinion, it is better to associate the coming of the Messiah as a blessing for us all together. Therefore we should pray and ask that he bring king love and forgiveness for everyone more than he brings it just for some and retribution and harsh justice for those who are a part of us. Has not Jesus Christ already taught us that our enemies are just the ones that it is most important for our salvation and redemption that we love and forgive?


An original transliteration and translation from the Hebrew of this last part of the Hallel by Andrew as it appears written in “A Passover Haggadah” by Elie Wiesel as the fourteenth step in the Jewish Seder

Selections from some of the prayers of praise in Psalm s 115 and 116

Lo lanu Adonai, lo lanu, kay l’sheem’ach tayn, kavod, ayl chas’d’ach, ayl ameetehach.

Not for us Lord, not for us, but for the sake of the glory and grace in your name, in your loving kindness, and in your truth.

Lamah amru hagoyim, esh na elohayhem bashamayem; kola aser chaphaytz aseh.

Why should the gentile nations say, “Where is our God?”. Our God is in the heavens, and he does what he desires (wills).

Atzbayhehm kehsehf v’zahav, masheeh y’day adom.

Their idols are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.

Peh lahem v’lo y’daybayru, aynayim lahem v’lo yayr’a.

They have mouths, but they cannot talk, eyes but they cannot see.

Az’naym lahem v’lo yaysh’maru af lahem v’lo y’dayhu.

Ears, but they cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.

Y’dayhem v’lo y’mayshon, rag’layhem v’lo y’halaychu;

They have hands but cannot feel with them, feet which cannot walk;

Lo yeh’gu bheg’ronah ch’mohem y’h’yu ashayhem, chol aser btach bahem.

They cannot make sounds with their throats, their makers, and all who trust in them, shall become like them.

Israel, bh’tach b’Adonai ehz’ram vmageenam hu.

Israel trust in Adonai (Our Lord), He is their help and shield!

Bayt Aharon, bheetachu b’Adonai az’ram v’mageernam Hu.

House of Aharon, trust in Adonai, He is their help and shield!

Y’ray Adonai, bh’’hu Adonai az’ram v’mageenam Hu.

Those that fear the Lord…trust in the Lord (Adonai). He is their help and shield.

Adonai z’charanu y’barayach, y’barayach et bayt Israel, y’barayach et bayt Aharon.

May the Lord remember us and bless us, may He bless the house of Israel, may he bless the house of Aaron.

Y’barach yeer’ay Adonai, hak’tanaym am hag’doleem.

May all those who fear the Lord be blessed, the small and the great.

Y’sayf Adonai alaychehm, alaychehm v’al bh’naychehm.

May the Lord increase his blessings unto you, unto you and your children.

Bh’rochaym atem l’Adonai, asayh shamaym varehtz.

May you be blessed by the Lord who made with his hands heaven and earth.

Hashamaym shamaym l’Adonai, v’aretz natan leebh’nay adam.

The heaven of the heavens is the Lord’s, but the earth he gave to Adam (humankind).

Lo hamayteem y’hallellu Jah, v’lo kal yir’day domah.

The dead do not praise Jah, nor those that sink into silence.

Vaanch’nu n’barach Jah matah v’ad olam; Hallelujah.

But we will bless Jah, now and forever; Hallelujah.

Psalm 116

Ahab’tay kay yesh’ma Adonai et kolay, t’chanunay.

I love it when the Lord hears my call, receiving my appeal .

Kay heetah az’nu lay, vb’yamay ehk’ra.

For he has turned his ear to me, when I called.

Aphaph’unay chehv’lay moeht, vm’tzaray sh’aol m’tza’onay; zerah v‘yagon ehm’tz.

I have been surrounded by bonds of death, and caught in a narrow path of distress; faced by trouble and sorrow.

V’b’shaym Adonai ehk’ra, anah Adonai, mal’tah naph’shay.

I called on the name of the Lord, “Please Lord…save my my soul!”

Chanon Adonai v’tzarayq, v’Elohaynu m’racham.

Gracious is the Lord and righteous…In compassion, He is our God.;

Shamayr ph’taaym Adonay; dal’tay v’lay y’hoshay…

The Lord guards the simple; I was poor and ailing and he saved me.

Shobay nayph’shay leem’nochaychay, kay Adonai gamal alay’chay.

Rest my soul, again, for the Lord has been kind to you.

Chay cheelaytzata naph’shay meemaot, et anaynay meen deem’ah, et rag’lay meedehtay.

For he has delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.

Et’halach leeph’nay Adonai, bh’ar’tzot hachayeem.

I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

Haem’n’ay chay adaybayr, anay an’yatay m’od.

I kept faith with what had been spoken..I cried out even.

Anay emayr’tay, kal hadam kzav.

I cried out in my affliction, “All mankind is a liar.”

Mah ashayv l’Adonai kal tag’mol’otay alay. Chos y’shoaot asha, v’b’shaym Adonai ehk’ra.

How shall I repay the Lord for all his blessings? I shall raise the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.

N’deray l’Adonai ashalaym, nehg’dah-na l’chehl amu.

I will redeem my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.

Y’kar bh’aynay Adonai hamaotah lachasaydayy anah Adonai, chay anay eb’dehach, any eb’dehach ben amehtahach;pheet’h’ta l’mosaray.

The death of his faithfully beloved is difficult to the Lord’s eyes. Please, Lord, I am your servant, I am the child of your handmaiden, You have released my bonds.

L’ach ehz’bhach zehvah todah, vb’shaym Adonai ehk’ra.

I will sacrifice to you an offering of thanksgiving and call upon the name of the Lord

N’daray l’Adonai ashalam, nehg’dah-na l’cal amu.

In the presence of all his people I will redeem my vows to the Lord.

Bh’chatz’rot bhayt Adonai, bh’tocaycay Jerushalem: Hallelujah!
In the courts of the House of the Lord in Jerusalem..Halleluah!

Counting the Omer
April 2

Seven Thoughts About Loving Kindness
(Chesed)**
1st day
Chesed of Chesed
Loving kindness is compassionate
and forgiving
(it does not keep a record of wrong)

2nd day
Gevurah of Chesed
Loving kindness is stronger than death
(Song of Songs)

3rd day
Tiferet of Chesed
Loving kindness seeks more to give
than receive. (It is beautiful)

4th day
Netzach of Chesed
Loving kindness is patient
(while having integrity and supporting the rights of others)

5th day
Hod of Chesed
Loving kindness is obedient and submissive
to God’s will (it therefore shares in his glory)

6th day
Yesod of Chesed
Loving kindness rejoices not in wrong
intentions, but in the truth (2 Corinthians)

7th day
Malkuth of Chesed
Loving kindness fears God and does not consider what will happen to itself.
(This is its royalty)

**note: For those who believe we are at many moments of our lives living right now, in the fullness of time in God's heavenly present moment we will return to this topic considering passages from the Book of Romans, Chapter 12, during week seven of our Pentecost/Shavuos this year.

April 9

Seven Thoughts About Goodness and Justice
(Along with Gevurah…strength)

1st day of the weekly count, 8th day of the omer count
Chesed of Gevurah
“The quality of mercy(justice) is not strained.”
(its definition is not tightly controlled)
William Shakespeare
“Let justice roll like water and righteousness
Like a mighty stream.” Jewish Prayer Service

2nd day of the weekly count, 9th day of the omer count
Gevurah of Gevurah
“Justice is freedom combined with equality.”
Mortimer Adler, Six Great Ideas *

3rd day of the weekly count, 10th day of the omer count
Tiferet of Gevurah
Justice is everyone and everything
participating in its virtue (its good according to its kind or its concept) Plato, The Republic

4th day of the weekly count, 11th day of the omer count
Netzach of Gevurah
No good fruit (end) can come from a bad tree
(bad means). No bad fruit (end) can come from a good
Tree(good means).” Jesus Christ according to the
Gospel of Matthew
Good defines evil, evil defines good, good comes
From good, evil from evil.”
Sefirah Yetzirah, Book V.

5th day of the weekly count, 12th day of the omer count
Hod of Gevurah
Good – What is desirable for its own sake

6th day of the weekly count, 13th day of the omer count
Yesod of Gevurah
divine order—a rightful (according to a sound
everlasting principle)** procession of truth from Beginning as good faith to its correspondence And completion as a realization in one of us or
All of us or the World around us.

7th day of the weekly count, 14th day of the omer count
Malkuth of Gevurah

'You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.”
Joseph to his brother, story in the Torah

*An idea is a representation in our minds of a thought. A concept can be distinguished from a perception in that it has a likeness class (that is likeness or non-visual intellectual thought as opposed to an image or perception). Concepts themselves have likeness classes. Therefore a great idea is a synonym for a likeness class of a concept.
** Being divine, this correspondence can only take place inside of a field of being which has its existence as a part of God’s name. Furthermore, in order for God to have a name he must be a unique individual, that is, a one.
April 16

Seven Thoughts About Beauty
(Tiferet)

1st day of the weekly count,15th day of the omer count
Chesed of Tiferet
“Beauty is controlled grace.”
Leonardo da Vince
Renaissance Christian Definition

2nd day of the weekly count, 16th day of the omer count
Gevurah of Tiferet
“Awareness is a mirror reflecting the four
elements. Beauty is a heart that generates
Love and a mind that is open.”
Thich Nhat Hanh,- Buddhist Gatha ***

3rd day of the weekly count, 17th day of the omer count
Tiferet of Tiferet
“Beauty is understanding that which is
desirable for its own sake. Love is aspiring
Upward toward eternal beauty.”
Saint Augustine, Confessions.

4th day of the weekly count, 18th day of the omer count
Netzach of Tiferet
“And, why do you worry about clothes? See
how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor
Or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in
All his splendor was dressed like one of these.
If that is how God clothes the grass of the field,
Which is here today and gone tomorrow and is
Thrown into the fire, will he not much more
Clothe you. O you of little faith?”—Jesus Christ
Gospel of Matthew



5th day of the weekly count, 19th day of the omer count “
Hod of Tiferet

"As long as we have bodies, we must inhabit the dwellings prepared for us by our good sister the Soul in her vast powers of labourless creation."

Plotinus, Second Ennead, Chapter 9, verse 18. The Great Books, Edited by Mortimer Adler, U. of Chicago Press.

The beautiful is that which pleases us on being seen.”
Saint Thomas Aquinas
“The beautiful is that which pleases us upon being contemplated.”
Immanuel Kant

6th day of the weekly count, 20th day of the omer count
Yesod of Tiferet
“Truth is beauty and beauty truth, that
is all you know and all you need to know.”
Keats---viewpoint of a poet
“Your love, O YHWH, reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness
Is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the
Great deep…For with you is the fountain of life,
In your light we see light.” View of King David
About why God is beautiful


7th day of the weekly count, 21 day of the omer count
Malkuth of Tiferet

"We must always remember that beauty is a partial thing,
that cannot be identified with what pervades the whole;
nor can several objects be stated as everything."
Plotinus ibid, verse 17.

"Pretty is as pretty does.” Protestant
Christian saying passed down in the Calohan
Family (from Alma May Calohan) to her
Daughter Virginia Calohan Harrell

*** Quoted from “Present Moment, Wondelful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living.”( 1990) by Thich Nhat Hanh with permission of Parallax Press, Berkeley California.

April 23
Seven Thoughts About Patience and Integrity
(Netzach)

1st day of the weekly count,22th day of the omer count
Chesed of Netzach

"Let not mercy and kindness forsake you."
Sanctify the name of God
with our love
"Withold not good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it."[Romans 13:7; Gal. 6:10]*

2nd day of the weekly count, 23 day of the omer count
Gevurah of Netzach
Exalt and lift up the name of God*
"Keep sound and godly wisdom and discretion."
"Be not afraid of sudden terror and panic."
"For the Lord shall be your confidence, firm and strong, and shall keep your foot from being caught."


3rd day of the weekly count, 24th day of the omer count
Tiferet of Netzach
Bless the name of God
bring it into our consciousness
"Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord."*

4th day of the weekly count,25th day of the omer count
Netzach of Netzach

"Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all you heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding." *
Rest in the name of God
(with patience)

5th day of the weekly count, 26th day of the omer count
Hod of Netzach
Give glory to the name of God
"Happy is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it better than fine gold...more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her. [Job 28:12 -18] Length of days are in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are highways of pleasantness, and all her paths are of peace "* #

6th day of the weekly count,27th day of the omer count
Yesod of Netzach
Praise the name of God
(in eternal life)
"Do not despise or shrink from the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary or impatient about or loathe or abhor his reproof. For whom the Lord loves, he corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights." *

7th day of the weekly count, 28th day of the omer count
Malkuth of Netzach
Honor the name of God
"Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labours] and with the firstfruits of all your income; so shall your storage places be filled with plenty." *

* Most of these thoughts are contained in the 3rd chapter of the Book of the Proverbs of King Solomon
# For those who gain wisdom, will eventually learn to have peace of mind, and, as my Buddhist prayer partners teach, peace of mind is, dear friends, our most precious attainment and highest happiness. For if we have this, God can supply us with the rest of the riches of the glories in Christ he has prepared for us through the divine order of his providence and the hidden protections that the small, but important, parts of each of us play in his great plans for all of us (the contributions of each of us being tied together in a huge and complex network of salvation, the stronger for the fact that the temporary loss or transformation of any part of it can be made up by the reserve forces contained in the rest).

April 30th


Seven Thoughts About Obedience and Glory
(Hod)

Some twofold thoughts from the Birkat H’shir, Blessing of Song
Which is part of the 15 expressions of praise of God in the Yishtabach prayer

1st day of the weekly count, 29th day of the omer count
Chesed of Hod
b’arachot v’hodaot
blessings and thanks


2nd day of the weekly count, 30th day of the omer count
Gevurah of Hod
k’dehshah v’malchot
holiness and dominion

3rd day of the weekly count, 31st day of the omer count
Tiferet of Hod
t’ehllah v’tiferet
psalm singing and beauty

4th day of the weekly count, 32nd day of the omer count
Netzach of Hod
Rest,eternally, in the name of God
(with patience)

5th day of the weekly count, 33rd day of the omer count

Hod of Hod
az v’mem’shalah strong help and power

6th day of the weekly count, 34th day of the omer count
Yesod of Hod
hallayl v’zim’rah
(praise or veneration and melodies)

7th day of the weekly count, 35th day of the omer count
Malkuth of Hod
song and praise

Northern route up to summit of Mt. Athabasca, Canada

Some Christian and Jewish Passover/Easter Prayers for 2007

What follows below is a translation of some passages in the Jewish prayer service containing requests and intentions that Christians who practice Judaism can pray. It includes a 10-Fold list of Biblical Words of Creation of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit in US…along with (in the next Lag B’Omer posting and the one after that) a new transliteration and translation of some parts of the Hallel and some Torah teachings on how to understand The Ten Commandments These teachings benefit from an understanding of truth which involves both mindfulness and faith. Finally, there is included the reading of a full Kaddish written for Christians who practice Judaism and study the Torah.




Y'Shetabach ( a prayer of ascents… using fifteen expressions to God of song and praise…to be said while standing)


Y'Shetabach sheem'ach laad mal'kay..nu, ha ayl hameh..lech hagadol v'hakadosh,
basham..aym vba…retz.

May your name be praised forever, our King, high God,
our great and Holy King, in the heavens and on the earth.

L'ach…naeh Adonai E'lohaynu vAylohay a'botaynu,
For thanks befit thee, Adonay our God and God of our fathers,

Shayr vchabachah, halayl v'zeem'rah,
song and praise, uplifted praise and melody,

az vmehm'shalah neht…zach g'eduhlah vg'borah, t'heelah v'teeph'…ehreet,
strength and power, eternity, greatness and might, worship and beauty,

k'duhchah vmeel'chot, b'rachot, v'hodot maytah v'od olam.
holiness and dominion, blessings and praise, forever are in you.

Barch atah Adonah, ayl meh..lech gadol bateesh'bahot, ayl hahodaot,
Blessed are you Lord, high God, greatly lauded King, God of thankfulness,

Adon haneeph'laot, habochayr b'sheeray zeem'rah, meeh..lech ayl chay holamaym.
Lord of wonders, Our God, our God of eternal life, who chooses melodious songs.





Blessed is the One*


The joy that is in this song proceeds from my mouth to thank, to praise, to glorify my creator.

Haray…nay m'zamen et pay l'hodot ul'halayl ul'shabe..ach et bor'ee.

Baruch shamar v'hayah holam. Baruch Hu.

Blessed is the One by whose speech the world came to be. Blessed is he.

Baruch oseh b'raysheet.

Blessed is the One who creates everything.


Baruch omayr v'oseh.

Blessed is the One who creates by speaking.


Baruch gozayr vm'kayaym.

Blessed is the One who sustains by decreeing.


Baruch m'rachaym al ha…retz.

Blessed is the One who has mercy on the earth.


Baruch m'racharm al hb'rayyot.
.
Blessed is the One who has mercy on all creatures


Baruch m'shalaym shachar tov leerayav

Blessed is the One who rewards those who fear him.


Baruch chay lad v'kyam l'ne…tzach.

Blessed is the One who lives forever and endures for all eternity.


Baruch phodeh vmatzeel. Baruch sh'mu.

Blessed is the One who saves by redeeming. Blessed is his name.

* here are some thoughts and comments on this wondelful prayer, gained after many years of praying it: Among many of the purposes and benefits of this prayer
it helps us better understand how our faith is "The light of the One increasing".
The One God in this prayer is undivided, but he is also an individual inside
of multiplicity. He speaks as well as acts. That is he does what he says, acting by speaking (decreeing). He has created all of us...and, he is compassionate to us all as different types of beings. Thus, when we dedicate
the merits of our own actions to the glorification and sanctification of his name, we are at the same time dedicating them for the benefit of "all sentient beings." We have preserved in him the name of a responsible person that we can dedicate the merit of our work to... not just an absolute consciousness inside of us all. Our God is both the "Totum Bonum" (total good) and the "Summum Bonum" (highest good). This prayer affirms that, for us, he cannot have one of these titles and purposes without the other; and not the other without this one.
He or she who has God's love in their heart and knows the total good that God has placed in our souls and spirits...they are themselves a source and blessing of his or her hope and this Good unto others.
He or she who has God's love in their heart and knows the highest good that God has placed in our souls and spirits...they are themselves a source and blessing of his or her faith and this Good unto others.


SOME PRAYERS THAT COME FROM BEFORE THE HOLY COMMUNION*

“Let this holy communion be to me, O God, a beginning of better things, as if only now I began to know Thee. Let me now and henceforth forsake that which has tempted me. Let me now and henceforth do those things that I have perceived to be of Thy will for me; by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and the intercession of Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen”
“Take away from us, we beseech Thee, O Lord, all our iniquities, and the spirit of pride and arrogance, which Thou resisteth, and fill us with the spirit of fear, and give us a contrite and humble heart, which Thou dost not despise; that we may be enabled with pure minds to enter into the Holy of Holies: through Jesus Christ, our Lord, Amen”

INVOCATION
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be world without end. Amen

PRAYER FOR PURITY

Almighty God, unto whom all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid, cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen



THE INVITATION

Ye that do truly and earnestly repent of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking henceforth in his Holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort (standing while you are forgiven by the Almighty God ).

THE GENERAL CONFESSION

We believe in One God, maker of all things seen and unseen, and in his only Son Jesus Christ…eternal light and life to and from eternal light and life...loving and true God to and from a loving and true God...born of the Virgin Mary and Our Father in Heaven, Son of Humankind, suffered under Pontius Pilate, crucified dead and buried. On the third day he rose from the dead and ascended into heaven where he sits at the right hand of the throne of God. We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord the giver of life, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, and the resurrection of the body. Almighty God, we acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, which from time to time we have most grievously committed, by thought, word, by deed and by omission of act against thy Divine majesty in heaven and that of you inside of our brothers and sisters, your creations, here on this earth. We do earnestly repent and are heartily sorry for these our misdoings. Have mercy upon us, have mercy upon us most merciful Father; for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ’s in us sake, forgive us all that is past; and grant that we may hereafter serve and please Thee in newness of life, to the honor and glory of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen

* From a Pocket Prayer Book, Complied by Bishop Ralph Spaulding Cushman and published by the General Board of Evangelism, United Methodist Church, The Upper Room, Nashville, TN, 1941. Note there are some slight changes in the text of the general confession.


The 15 steps of the Passover Seder
(forming a Jacob’s ladder from heaven to earth)
First three
1)hakadesh
Santification

3)karpas 2) urachatz
(vegetables, wash hands)

Second three

6)rachtzah 5)maggid 4) yachatz
(wash hands,tell story, break middle matzoh)

Third three
8)maror 9) matzah 7)motzyaa matzah
(bitter herb, bread of life, grace before meal)

Fourth three
12)tzaphun 11)shulchan arayrech 10)koraych
(eat middle matzah, eat meal, bitter herb sandwich)

Fifth three
14)hallayl 15) nirtzah 13) baraych
(praise to God, prayer for acceptance, grace after meal)





A 10-Fold list of Biblical Words of Creation of Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit in US

1) YHWH Shammah (Ezekiel 48:35) The Lord is present
2) Elohim Yireh (Genesis 22 8-14) The Lord will provide for us
3) YHWH Rohi (Psalm 23) The Lord will guide us
4) YHWH Raphael (Exodus 15:26) The Lord God heals
5) YHWH Nissi (Exodus 17:15) The Lord is our banner
6) YHWH Mekadishkem (Exodus 33:13;22, 34:6-9, Leviticus 20:8;21:8;22:9,16) The Lord our Sanctifier
7) YHWH Tzidkeenu (Jeremiah 23:6,33:16) The Lord is our righteousness
Seven of these names of God manifest themselves as God inside of different spiritual places in our individual spiritual bodies…They are very similar to the seven I am meditations that Jesus Christ speaks about himself in the Gospel of John.
The other three invoke God, as being greater than each of us, but, inside of all of us..
We can meditate on the first seven, then the last three...then the first seven as the last, the first three after that and then the first three twice as the first again (which makes a total of 26 the numerical value of the Hebrew letters in God's name the Tetragrammaton. This name is the most sacred name of our creator, the father of Jesus Christ, the Word or concept, of God. His only Son or concept of himself inside of us being the most sacred person or the most sacred lifting up him upon us. He is an image and likeness, the face of our God in us that is with us in the present moment now and which we can worship as God among us on this earth today...If we have faith we can, with his help, do this in order for our souls to go forwards and backwards in time

8) Yah YHWH Saboath (1 Samuel 1:3) The Lord God of Hosts
9) Yah YHWH Elohim (Genesis 2:4-25) God as the Lord God
10) Yah YHWH Shalom El Chai (Judges 6:24) The Lord God of Peace and Eternal Life

Also, it is possible to translate the first five of these Hebrew Juhuda prayers into some thanksgiving, affirmative, petitionary words of Greek, European, English, and American Christianity:

1) YHWH Shammah iff God and their/our Son Jesus Christ are present in us.

2) YHWH Yireh iff God and Christ Jesus are our providence.

3) YHWH Rohi iff God and Jesus Christ enlighten us and are the head of us (our leaders).

4) YHWH Nissi iff God and his/her/our Son Christ Jesus hold the whole world in their hands.

5) YHWH Rapha iff God and our Son Jesus Christ are our healers.


Some remembrances and praise to the teacher of Saint Andrew (Jesus Christ, the greatest and most exalted man on earth) from his apostle

Jesus Christ, you are the door to Heaven for us…
This becomes true once we remember you are our light and the knowledge of that which nourishes and sustains us eternally.
Jesus Christ, you are the way the truth and the life for us…
Once we go through the doors you open for us on this earth
You are the joy and jubilation for us…
This becomes true once we remember that you are our resurrection and our life.



HaEl

O God, in the omnipotence of your strength, great in the glory of your Name, mighty eternally
and awesome through your awesomeness, O King enthroned upon a high and uplifted throne.


Hael b'tatzoomot oozeh…ach, hagadol beech'vod sh'meh…ach, hagabod laneh…tzach
v'hanora b'nor'oteh…yach, hameh…lech hyoshev al Keesay ram v'neesha.

(on Sabbath morning, start with

Shoken Ad

He who abides forever, exalted and Holy is his name. And, it is written: Sing joyfully, O
righteous, before the Lord;
for the upright, praise is fitting.
By the mouth of the upright shall you be lauded;
By the words of the righteous, shall you be blessed;
By the tongue of the devout, shall you be exalted;
and amid the Holy shall you be sanctified.


Shoken Ad,marom v'kadosh sh'mu. V'katov ran'nu tzadekem bayay, lay'sharem navah t'heelah. B'pe y'sharem teet'halal,uv'deb'rey tzadekem teet'barach,
uveel'shon chasedem teet'romah, ub'kehrehb k'doshem teet'kadash.

Et Shem

The name of God , the great, mighty, and awesome King; holy is He. (congregation)

Et Shem hael hameh.lech hagadol hgeebod v'hanora kadosh hu.

Then they all accept upon themselves the yoke of heavenly sovereighty from one another, and
grant permission to one another to sanctify the One who formed them, with tranquility, with clear
articulation, and with sweetness. All of them as one proclaim His holiness and say with awe: (cantor)


V'kulam m'kav'lem aleyhem al mal'cot shama…yeem zeh meezeh, v'not'nem r'shot zeh lzeh,
l'hak'desh l'yotz'ram, b'na…chat r'oach b'shaphach b'rorah uveeen'emah. K'doooshah coolam
c'echad onem v'om'rem b'yeer'ah.

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord, the Lord God of Hosts. The whole World is filled with Your glory (congregation)
Kodesh, kodesh, kodesh, YHWH Saboath, m'la kal haretz k'vodu.



Prayers from the Amidah** (normally said while standing)

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, shield of Abraham.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, Our King who helps, saves, and protects.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, who resurrects the dead.

You are forever mighty, Adonai: giving life to the dead. You are a mighty Savior.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, the Holy god.

Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Hosts, the whole earth is full of his glory.
Early in the morning, our song shall rise to thee;
Merciful and mighty;
God in three Persons,
The whole earth is full of Your glory

From across a distant way
(ie across the ocean or from other mountain tops)
we offer blessing and adorations to the trinity of your presence
The glory of Adonai is blessed from his place.

Blessed art Thou, Adonai, Our God, who graces us with knowledge.

…who favors those who repent.

…who is gracious and forgives abundantly.

…who redeems Israel.

…who brings complete healing to all our wounds.

…who blesses our years.

…who ingathers the scattered from among his people Israel.

…who loves righteousness and just lawfulness.

…who destroys his enemies and humbles the arrogant.

…who is the staff and support (trust) of the righteous.

…who rebuilds Jerusalem.

…who hears our prayers.

…who causes the light of your Son, the Christ, to blossom in us.

…who blesses in Peace the people who have struggled with him and won.

Blessed are You, Adonai, who hears and answers our prayers.

We gratefully acknowledge, by rendering you praises (for our lives, which are in your hands, and for our souls, which are entrusted to You, and for your miracles that are with us each day, and for the wonders and goodness at every time) that You are Our God and Our ancestors God
Forever. You are the rock of our lives and the shield of our salvation from generation to generation. You are good, for your good never ceases. You are merciful, for your kindness never ends. You have always been our hope

Blessed are You, Adonai, who redeems Israel,
Whose Spirit heals both our bodies and our souls,
Whose Words encourages both our souls and our spirits,
Whose Light reveals that Truth inside of us which is eternal.

Blessed be Our Holy and Compassionate God
Who abundantly blesses in Peace those who have struggled with him and won.
Merciful and Mighty…
High and lifted up…yet nearer than a brother or sister or mother or father..
Always there to run the race along with us…
Yet never having to be himself or herself the winner..
May we repay your service to us by serving those who serve you.
Trusting and believing in those who trust and believe in you…
honoring and praising those who honor and praise you.

** These prayers are especially effective said at the conclusion of the eight days of Passover at evening prayer service which closes the Holiday.

May the words and expressions of my mouth,
the thoughts and meditations of my heart,
be acceptable to your ears and find favor in thy sight.
Before you, the Lord Adonai, my rock and my strength
my salvation and my redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)



May Shehbayrach (traditional Jewish prayer for health, normally said while facing the Torah and with a minyan of 10 Jews)

He who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Issac and Jacob—may he bless this entire holy congregation along with all the holy congregations; them, their wives, sons, and daughters and all that is theirs; May the Holy One, blessed is He, pay their reward and remove from them every affliction, heal their entire body and forgive their every iniquity, and send blessing and success to all their handiwork, along with all Israel, their brethren. And, let us say Amen.


May shebayrech aboteynu, Abraham, Issac, v'Yaqov, Hu y'barech et kal hakahal hakadosh hazeh, eem kal q'heelot hak'odesh. Haym, un'shayhem, ub'nayhem, ub'notayhem, v'kal asher lahem. Hakodosh baruch Hu y'shalaym sh'charam, v'yasayr mayhaym kal mach'lah, v'yeer'pha lchal gofam, v'yees'lach lachal onam, v'yeesh'lach baruch b'hatz'lachah b'chal mashaych y'dayhehm, eem kal Israel achayhehm b'namar amen.