Confessions
2015 / 5776
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הַוִּדּוּי הַמַּשְׁלִים
HaVidui Ha-Mashlim / Complementary Confession
אָהַבְנוּ,
Ahavnu – We have loved,
בָּכִינוּ,
Bakhinu – we have cried,
גָּמַלְנוּ,
Gamalnu – we have given back,
דִּבַּרְנוּ יֹפִי.
Dibarnu yofi – we have spoken great things!
הֶאֱמַנּוּ,
He’emanu – We have believed,
וְהִשְׁתַּדַּלְנוּ,
v’Hish’tadalnu – and we tried to give our best effort,
זָכַרְנוּ,
Zakharnu – we have remembered,
חִבַּקְנוּ,
Ḥibaknu – we have embraced,
טָעַמְנוּ סֵפֶר.
Ta’amnu Sefer – we have chanted Your book!
יָצַרְנוּ,
Yatsarnu – We have created,
כָּמַהֲנוּ,
Kamahanu – we have yearned,
לָחַמְנוּ עֲבוּר הַצֶּדֶק,
Laḥamnu avur ha-tzedek – we have fought for justice!
מִצִּינוּ אֶת הַטּוֺב.
Mitsinu et ha-tov – We have exhausted all the good we could do.
נִסִּינוּ,
Nisinu – We have tried,
סַרְנוּ לִרְאוֹת,
Sarnu lirot – we have turned aside to see,
עָשִׂינוּ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתָנוּ.
Asinu asher tzivitanu – we have done as You have commanded us!
פֵּרַשְׁנוּ,
Peirashnu – We have expounded Torah,
צָדַקְנוּ לִפְעָמִים,
Tsadaknu lifamim – we have been righteous, sometimes,
קָרָאנוּ בְּשִׁמְךָ.
Karanu b’shimkha – we have called out in Your Name!
רָצִינוּ,
Ratzinu – We have been steadfast in our will,
שָׂמַחְנוּ,
Samaḥnu – we have rejoiced,
תָּמַכְנוּ.
Tamaḥnu – we have supported one another.
נכתב על ידי: הרב בנימין הולצמן
Written by: Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman
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HaVidui Ha-Mashlim / Complementary Confession
Written by:
Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman
Translation:
Rabbi Joseph Meszler, modified by Bracha Werber
Hebrew from:
