Kiddush
Kiddush is the blessing over wine that gathers us together, sanctifies the moment, and welcomes us fully into sacred time
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Transliteration / Hebre
Barukh atah adonai eloheinu melekh ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’ratzah vanu, v’shabbat kodsho b’ahavah u-v’ratzon hinhilanu
zikaron I’ma aseih v’reishit,
ki hu yom t’hilah I’mikra ei kodesh, zeikher litziat mitzrayim,
ki vanu vaharta v’otanu kidashta mikol ha-amim, v’shabbat kodsh’kha b’ahavah u-v’ratzon hinhaltanu.
Barukh atah Adonai, m’kadeish ha-shabbat.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּֽפֶן:
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:
Translation (Lev Shalem)
Barukh atah ADONAI, our God, sovereign of time and space, who creates the fruit of the vine.
Barukh atah ADONAI eloheinu melekh ha-olam, borei pri ha-gafen.
Barukh atah ADONAI, our God, sovereign of time and space, who has desired us and has provided us with a path to holiness through the observance of mitzvot,
and who lovingly and willingly has bestowed on us Shabbat, a measure of God’s holiness, a symbol of the work of creation.
For it is the first of sacred times, a symbol of the exodus from Egypt.
You have chosen us, and sanctified us among all peoples by lovingly and willingly bestowing on us Your holy Shabbat.
Barukh atah ADONAI, who makes Shabbat holy.