KETER: MA’ARIV/ARVIT מַעֲרִיב/עַרְבִית (EVENING/NIGHT PRAYER)
Ma’ariv/Arvit מַעֲרִיב/עַרְבִית ( EVENING/NIGHT PRAYER) and The 3rd Tefilat HaAmidah תפילת העמידה of Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה) The Prayer of Eighteen Sefirot.
THE CIRCLE OF LIFE
With The power of “Have pity on my disease”.
Exodus Chapter 16 שְׁמוֹת
כג וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם, הוּא אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהוָה–שַׁבָּתוֹן שַׁבַּת-קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה, מָחָר: אֵת אֲשֶׁר-תֹּאפוּ אֵפוּ, וְאֵת אֲשֶׁר-תְּבַשְּׁלוּ בַּשֵּׁלוּ, וְאֵת כָּל-הָעֹדֵף, הַנִּיחוּ לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד-הַבֹּקֶר.
23 And he said unto them: ‘This is that which the LORD hath spoken: To-morrow is a solemn rest, a holy sabbath unto the LORD. Bake that which ye will bake, and seethe that which ye will seethe; and all that remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.’
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The 3rd Tefilat HaAmidah תפילת העמידה of Shemoneh Esreh (שמנה עשרה) The Prayer of Eighteen Sefirot.
OPENING OF THE STANDING PRAYER: offering of 3 descents before the Amidah.
Blessed are you, Adonai …
Kedushat ha-Shem PRAISE THE HOLINESS OF GOD.
SANTIFICATION:
Isaiah 6:3
קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ ה’ צְבָאוֹת מְלֹא כָל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ
Kadosh Kadosh Kadosh Adonai Tz’vaot M’lo Khol Ha’aretz K’vodo
“Holy, Holy, Holy, The Lord of Hosts, The entire world is filled with His Glory.”
Ezekiel 3:12
בָּרוּךְ כְּבוֹד ה’ מִמְּקוֹמוֹ
Baruch K’vod Adonai Mim’komo
“Blessed is the Glory of the Lord in Its Place”
Psalms 146:10
יִמְלֹךְ ה’ לְעוֹלָם. אֱלֹהַיִךְ צִיּוֹן לְדֹר וָדֹר. הַלְלוּיָהּ
Yimloch Adonai L’Olam, Elohayich Tziyon L’dor Vador Hall’luyah
“The Lord shall reign forever, Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation, Hallelujah”
FOR UNITY, PURIFICATION OF SOUL, AND ADHESION WITH THE CREATOR, OUR GOD.
CLOSING OF THE STANDING PRAYER: In gratitude for 7 ascents after The Amidah
Blessed are you, Adonai ….
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“In The Map of Heaven,
~ under The Wings of God ~
darkness in Lights between,
our path retreats to den”
….. and so night begins.
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In The Name of ADONAI, God of Israel; The Archangels surround us, Archangel Michael, The Force of God at our right, Archangel Gabriel, The Force of God, at our left, Archangel Raphael, The Force of God at our back, and Archangel Uriel, The Force of God at our front; Sh`khinah, The Divine Presence, above us ~ in The Mightiest “Have pity on my disease”. חעמ
Shalom through the night. Till tomorrow, the PEACE & LOVE of God upon us. Amen.