Episode 21: Return (Amidah- Middle Blessings 2+3)
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Return
We return to our Amidah series for what seems like a mini High Holidays: talk (or not) of g?d as father and king, longing for return, repentance, and forgiveness. Ellen, Eliana, and Josh dive deep into the text and talk g?d names, meditation, rowboats, and more. Plus a prayer-song exploder for Eliana’s song “Lead Me Back.”
What are you returning to?
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(2:34) Find After the Ecstasy, the Laundry by Jack Kornfield here.
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הֲשִׁיבֵֽנוּ אָבִֽינוּ לְתוֹרָתֶֽךָ וְקָרְ֒בֵֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתֶֽךָ וְהַחֲזִירֵֽנוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה לְפָנֶֽיךָ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה הָרוֹצֶה בִּתְשׁוּבָה:
Hashiveinu avinu betoratecha v’karvenu malkenu la’avodatecha v’hachazireinu b’tshuva shlema lefanecha. Baruch atah adonai harotzeh bitshuva.
Bring us back to your Torah our Father, draw us near to your service our King, and turn us back in perfect repentance before you. Blessed are You Adonai, who takes pleasure in repentance.
(Translation from My People’s Prayer Book)
(8:12) Learn more about the themes of Yom Kippur here.
(9:52) הֲשִׁיבֵֽנוּ לְתוֹרָתֶֽךָ וְקָרְ֒בֵֽנוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתֶֽךָ וְהַחֲזִירֵֽנוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה לְפָנֶֽיךָ: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה הָרוֹצֶה בִּתְשׁוּבָה:
Hashiveinu betoratecha v’karvenu la’avodatecha v’hachazireinu b’tshuva shlema lefanecha. Baruch atah adonai harotzeh bitshuva.
Bring us back to your Torah, draw us near to your service, and turn us back in perfect repentance before you. Blessed are You Adonai, who takes pleasure in repentance.
(This version is from Mishkan T’fillah)
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מקורינו – Mekoreinu – Our Source
אטרתנו – Atarteinu- Our Sovereign/ Crown
(13:13) Talmud Torah k’neged kulam – תלמוד תורה כנגד כולם – Torah study is greater than everything.
(13:22) Chesed – חסד – lovingkindness
(14:12) Pirkei Avot 1:2
(14:45) Chazarat hashatz – חזרת הש”ץ – repetition of the Amidah.
(15:39) Ecclesiastes 1:9
(17:22) Chatima – חתימה – seal. Here, it refers to the blessing that ends each prayer in the Amidah.
(20:58) You can find Episode 9: Palace Enough for Me (Adonai S’fatai Tiftach) here!
(19:13) Listen to “Lead Me Back” here.
(26:50) “Return to the Place: The Magic, Meditation, and Mystery of Sefer Yetzirah” by Rabbi Jill Hammer can be found here.
(28:53) You can find Episode 16: Activating Shechina (with Rishe Groner) here!
(31:34) Slach lanu ki chatanu mechal lanu ki fashanu ki mochel v’solech atah. Barch atah adonai hamarbeh lisloach.
סְלַח לָֽנוּ כִּי חָטָֽאנוּ מְחַל לָֽנוּ כִּי פָשָֽׁעְנוּ כִּי מוֹחֵל וְסוֹלֵֽחַ אָֽתָּה: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה הַמַּרְבֶּה לִסְלֽוֹחַ:
Forgive us for we have sinned. Pardon us for we have transgressed for You pardon and forgive. Blessed are You Adonai, abounding in forgiveness.
(From Mishkan T’fillah)
(33:42) Find the text of Avinu Malkeinu here.
(34:15) Kavanah – קוונה – intention.
(36:23) You can find Episode 15: Acknowledging What Is (G’vurot) here!
(38:34) Learn more about Unetaneh Tokef here.
(39:27) Isaiah 55
(45:18) Learn more about Coach Greta here.