YESOD: SHACHARIT שַחֲרִית MORNING PRAYER
SHACHARIT שַחֲרִית MORNING PRAYER and The 10th Tefilat HaAmidah תפילת העמידה of Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה) The Prayer of Eighteen Sefirot.
LOVE THY FRIENDS AS THYSELF
This is what Hillel Hanasi assumed, that
“Love thy friend as thyself” is the ultimate
goal in the practice. That is because it is the
clearest form to mankind.
We should not be mistaken with deeds,
for they are set before ones eyes. We know
that if we place the needs of our friends before
our own, it is bestowal. For that reason
Hillel does not define the goal as “And you
shall love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your
might,” because they are indeed one and the
same thing. It is so because one should also
love one’s friend with all his heart and with
all his soul and with all his might, because
that is the meaning of the words “as thyself.”
After all one certainly loves oneself with all
one’s heart and soul and might, but with regards
to the Creator, one may deceive oneself;
and with one’s friend it is always spread out
before his eyes.
-Baal HaSulam, “The Love for the Creator & Love for the Created Beings” , Gems of Wisdom, published by Bnei Baruch.
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The 10th Tefilat HaAmidah תפילת העמידה of Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה) The Prayer of Eighteen Sefirot.
OPENING FOR THE STANDING PRAYER: In gratitude for 3 descents before the Amidah.
Blessed are you, Adonai ….
GALUYOT (DIASPORAS) GATHERING OF ALL PEOPLE BACK TO THE PROMISED LAND
תְּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל לְחֵרוּת בָּאֵי עוֹלָמֶךָ,
וְשָׂא נֵס לְקִבּוּץ פְּזוּרֵי עַמִּים,
לְקַבֵּץ נִדָּחִים אֶל מְקוֹם מִבְטָחִים
וְגוֹלִים אֶל אַדְמַת אֲחוּזָתָם.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה מְקַבֵּץ פְּזוּרֵי עַמּוֹ וְעוֹלָמוֹ.
Bring in a big trumpet to impress your world, And carry out a miracle to the scattered peoples, Collect faithfuls to a place of safety And exiles to the land of their estates. Blessed are you, Yahweh, who gather the scattered people to Your world.
FOR UNITY, PURIFICATION OF SOUL, AND ADHESION WITH THE CREATOR, OUR GOD.
CLOSING FOR THE STANDING PRAYER: Offering of 7 ascents after The Amidah
Blessed are you, Adonai ….
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CONCLUSION OF SHACHARIT שַחֲרִית MORNING PRAYER.
Psalms Chapter 50 תְּהִלִּים
יז וְאַתָּה, שָׂנֵאתָ מוּסָר; וַתַּשְׁלֵךְ דְּבָרַי אַחֲרֶיךָ.
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
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In The Map of Heaven,
~ Atop The Wings of God ~
Lights in darkness between,
our path partakes in wins.”
….. and so daylight begins –
L`chaim!
יבמ