Friday Night Kiddush
shabbat5 paragraphs · Hebrew with nikud, English alongside · tap 🔊 to hear audio
וַיְהִי עֶֽרֶב וַיְהִי בֹֽקֶר
vayehi erev vayehi voqer
Recite quietly:
יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי: וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַֽיִם וְהָאָֽרֶץ וְכָל־צְבָאָם: וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה. וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי מִכָּל־מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה: וַיְבָֽרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת־יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ. כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכָּל מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר־בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשׂוֹת:
yom hashishi: vayekhullu hashamayim veha'arets vekhol-tseva'am: vayekhal elohim bayyom hashevi'i melakhto asher asah. vayyishbot bayyom hashevi'i mikkol-melakhto asher asah: vayevarekh elohim et-yom hashevi'i vayeqaddesh oto. ki vo shavat mikkol melakhto asher-bara elohim la'asot:
And evening came, then morning came:
סַבְרִי מָרָנָן וְרַבּוֹתַי:
savri maranan verabbotay:
Recite aloud:
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּֽפֶן:
barukh attah Adonai elohenu melekh ha'olam bore peri haggafen:
the sixth day. The heavens and the earth were completed and [so were] all their hosts. And God completed, by the seventh day, His work which He had done; and He abstained on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, for on it He abstained from all His work which God had created to do.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְרָֽצָה בָֽנוּ, וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשׁוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצוֹן הִנְחִילָֽנוּ, זִכָּרוֹן לְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית. (כִּי הוּא יוֹם) תְּחִלָּה לְמִקְרָאֵי קֹֽדֶשׁ, זֵֽכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָֽיִם. (כִּי בָֽנוּ בָחַֽרְתָּ וְאוֹתָֽנוּ קִדַּֽשְׁתָּ מִכָּל הָעַמִּים) וְשַׁבַּת קָדְשְׁךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצוֹן הִנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָה, מְקַדֵּשׁ הַשַּׁבָּת:
barukh attah Adonai elohenu melekh ha'olam, asher qiddeshanu bemitsvotayw veratsah vanu, veshabbat qodsho be'ahavah uveratson hinkhilanu, zikkaron lema'aseh vereshit. (ki hu yom) tekhillah lemiqra'e qodesh, zekher litsi'at mitsrayim. (ki vanu vakharta ve'otanu qiddashta mikkol ha'ammim) veshabbat qodshekha be'ahavah uveratson hinkhaltanu. barukh attah Adonai, meqaddesh hashabbat:
Attention! our masters and our teachers:
Hebrew text and English translation from Sefaria, used under Creative Commons.
Yaacov, native Jerusalemite
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