Episode 37: [Re]Build (Amidah Middle Blessings 11&12)
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Let’s [Re]Build…
Our Amidah journey continues! This week Ellen, Eliana, and Josh explore and wrestle with blessings on rebuilding Jerusalem and salvation through messiah. There is so much variation amongst prayer books on these two! Topics covered include infrastructure bills, snowy white donkeys, Karens, horns, and classic Jewish jokes.
How can we help a better world blossom into being?
(0:45) Yasher koach - ישר כח - a congratulatory greeting meaning “more power to you.” Learn more here.
(0:55) Tzirim makdimim l’mitzvot - צירים מקדימים למצוות - Those who are running quickly to get to the mitzvah are uplifted.
(3:11) Listen to “Let There Be Peace on Earth, and Let it Begin with Me” here.
(4:42) Learn more about (and register for!) Song Leader Boot Camp here.
(6:51) Bakashot - בקשות - requests
(8:21)
וְלִירוּשָׁלַֽיִם עִירְ֒ךָ בְּרַחֲמִים תָּשׁוּב וְתִשְׁכּוֹן בְּתוֹכָהּ כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבַּֽרְתָּ וּבְנֵה אוֹתָהּ בְּקָרוֹב בְּיָמֵֽינוּ בִּנְיַן עוֹלָם וְכִסֵּא דָוִד מְהֵרָה לְתוֹכָהּ תָּכִין: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה בּוֹנֵה יְרוּשָׁלָֽיִם:
V’leyerushalayim ircha berachamim tashuv v’tishkon b’tocha ka’asher dibarta u’veneh otah b’karov b’yameinu binyan olam v’chise david mehera letocha tachin. Baruch atah adonai boneh yerushalayim.
In Your mercy returned to Your city Jerusalem. Dwell there as You have promised, reveal that permanently, speedily in our day. May You soon establish the throne of David in its midst. Baruch Atah Adonai, who rebuilds Jerusalem. (Lev Shalem Siddur)
(9:06) Listen to our previous episode “Pool of Blessings: Baruch Atah Yud-Hay-Vav-Hey” here.
(10:31) My People’s Prayer Book
(11:20) Shechina - שכינה - learn more by listening to our previous episode “Activating Shechina (with Rishe Groner)” here.
(14:07) Kavanot - כוונות - intentions.
(14:14) Learn more about Hasidic master Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz here.
(15:51) Ki mitziyon tetzei torah - כִּי מִצִּיּון תֵּצֵא תורָה- For the Torah will come forth from Zion (from Sefaria)
(15:21) Seudah shlishit - סעודה שלישית - learn more here.
(15:33) Bilvavi mishkan evneh - בלבבי משכן אבנה - I will build a tabernacle in my heart
(16:23) V’yerushalyaim ircha b’rachamim tifneh, vihi shalom b’shaareha v’shalva b’lev yoshveha, udvarcha miyerushalayim. Baruch Atah Adonai, noten shalom b'yerushalayim.
ולירושלים עירך ברחמים תפנה ויהי שלום שעריה השלווה בלב יושבה ודברך מירושלים. ברוך אתה יהוה נותן שלום בירושלים.
May there be equanimity in the heart of those who dwell in Jerusalem, and Your Torah will come out. May Your word go forth from Jerusalem. Baruch Atah Adonai, who bestows peace upon Jerusalem. (Mishkan T’fillah)
(21:18) Machloket - מחלוקת - a Jewish legal disagreement.
(21:43) Et tzemach david avdecha meheira tatzmiach v’karno tarun bishuatecha ki lishuatcha kivinu kol hayom. Baruch Atah Adonai matzmiach keren yeshua.
אֶת־צֶֽמַח דָּוִד עַבְדְּ֒ךָ מְהֵרָה תַצְמִֽיחַ וְקַרְנוֹ תָּרוּם בִּישׁוּעָתֶֽךָ כִּי לִישׁוּעָתְ֒ךָ קִוִּֽינוּ כָּל הַיּוֹם: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה מַצְמִֽיחַ קֶֽרֶן יְשׁוּעָה:
Speedily cause the offspring of Thy servant David to flourish. And let his glory be exalted by Thy help, for we hope for Thy deliverance all day. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, who causes salvation to flourish. (Siddur Hashalem)
(23:09) T’fillot - תפילות - the pieces of liturgy that we have (Eliana’s translation)
(23:34) Read more about pausal form and Yedid Nefesh here.
(23:44) Yedid nefesh - ידיד נפש - find the text of the prayer here.
(27:13) Jeremiah 33:15 - Bayamim hahem uva’et hahee atzmiach l’david tzemach tzedakah v’asah mishpat utzedakah ba’aretz.
בַּיָּמִ֤ים הָהֵם֙ וּבָעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔יא אַצְמִ֥יחַ לְדָוִ֖ד צֶ֣מַח צְדָקָ֑ה וְעָשָׂ֛ה מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּצְדָקָ֖ה בָּאָֽרֶץ׃
In those days and at that time, I will raise up a true branch of David’s line, and he shall do what is just and right in the land. (Sefaria)
(28:26) You can find There is No Messiah - And You’re It by Rabbi Robert M. Levine here.
(28:54) Learn more about the story of Elijah and some of the Jewish customs associated with him here.
(30:05) Emet me'eretz titzmach v'tzedek mishamayim nishkaf v'keren amcha tarun vishuatecha. Baruch Atah Adonai, matzmiach keren yeshua.
אמת מארץ תצמח וצדק משמים נשקף וקרן עמך טרון וישועתך. ברוך אתה יהוה מצמיח קרן ישועה.
May truth spring up from the earth, the flourishing or the horn of plenty from Your people will bring about this time.May the strength of your people flourish through. (Mishkan T’fillah)
(30:06) Psalm 85:12
(32:11) Learn more about JNF - keren kayemet l’yisrael - קרן קיימת לישראל - here.
(37:29) V'yismechu tzadikim b'vinyan irecha u'vitzmichat keren yeshuatecha.
וישמחו צדיקים בבניין עירך במצוותיך קרן ישועתך
Let the righteous rejoice in the building of Your city, and the flowering of Your redemption. (New Union Prayer Book)
(39:16) Ki lishuatcha kivinu kol hayom - כי לישועתך קיווינו כל היום - We hope for Your salvation all day.
(40:25) Listen to our previous episode “Not A Tefillah Person with Rabbi Shai Held and Rori Picker Neiss - live at Ramah Darom” here.
(41:03) Tzedakah - צדקה - righteous behavior. Learn more here.
Tikkun Olam - תיקון עולם - repairing the world. Learn more here.
(41:27) Click to read the story of Ruth, specifically the section describing her relation to King David.
(43:25) Here, Ellen is referencing a famous line from Pirkei Avot 2:16.
(43:59) Listen to Yerushalayim Ircha by Moshav Band here.
(44:59) Listen to Ve’yerushalaim Ircha by Brian Gelfand at Ramah Wisconsin here.
(45:39) Learn more about Ramah Wisconsin and Ramah Nyack
(46:51) Learn more about Nativ