This Land Is Your Land

Words and Music by Woody Guthrie

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California to the New York island,

From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;

This land was made for you and me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway

I saw above me that endless skyway;

I saw below me that golden valley;

This land was made for you and me.

I've roamed and rambled and I followed my

footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond

deserts;

And all around me a voice was sounding;

This land was made for you and me.

When the sun came shining, and I was

strolling,

And the wheat fields waving and the dust

clouds rolling,

As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:

This land was made for you and me.

As I went walking I saw a sign there,

And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."

But on the other side it didn't say nothing.

That side was made for you and me.

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,

By the relief office I seen my people;

As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking

Is this land made for you and me?

Nobody living can ever stop me,

As I go walking that freedom highway;

Nobody living can ever make me turn back

This land was made for you and me.

Come, let us welcome Shabbat and give thanks for itslight. May our homes shine with the lights of Shabbatand our hearts glow with Shabbat joy this week andevery week. We welcome Shabbat and give thanks forits light.

לך העולם ינו מ נו במצותיו,ברוך אתה יי אלה נו להדל , אשר קדש .יק נ ר של שבתוצוBaruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech HaOlam, Asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav,

v’tzivanu l’hadlik neir shel Shabbat.Blessed are You Adonai, Ruler of all the world, who has commanded us with mitzvot

and commanded us to kindle the Shabbat lights.

Kindling Shabbat Lights

On August 18, 1790, the congregants of Touro Synagogue of Newport, Rhode Island, warmly welcomed President George Washington to their place of worship. Upon his arrival, the new president shared an important message with the Jewish community. In 340 well-chosen words, the new President reassured those who had fled religious tyranny that life in their new nation would be different; religious “toleration” would give way to religious liberty, and the government would not interfere with individuals in matters of conscience and belief.

Within this brief letter to the Jews of Newport, Rhode Island – and, by extension, to the entire Jewish community of the United States of America – Washington wrote the following:

The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy—a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.It is now no more that toleration is spoken of as if it were the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights, for, happily, the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.

It would be inconsistent with the frankness of my character not to avow that I am pleased with your favorable opinion of my administration and fervent wishes for my felicity.May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants—while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid.May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.G. Washington

L'chah dodi likrat kalah,

p'nei Shabbat n'kab'lah.

Beloved, come to meet the bride; beloved come to greet Shabbat.

L'chah Dodi (chorus)

Shamor v'zachor b'dibur

echad,

hishmianu El ham'yuchad,

Adonai echad ush'mo

echad,

l'shem ul'tiferet v'lit'hilah.

L'chah Dodi (verse 1)

Likrat Shabbat l'chu

v'neilcha,

ki hi m'kor hab'rachah,

meirosh mikedem

n'suchah,

sof maaseh

b'machashava t'chilah.

Hitor'ri, hitor'ri,

ki va oreich, kumi

ori,

uri uri, shir daberi,

k'vod Adonai alayich

niglah.

Bo-i v'shalom ateret

ba'lah, gam

b'simchah

uv'tzoholah,

toch emunei am

s'gulah, bo-i chalah,

bo-i chalah.

Yitgadal v'yitkadash

sh'meih raba

b'alma di vra chiruteih,

v'yamlich malchuteih

b'chayeichon uv'yomeichon

uv'chayei d'chol beit Yisrael,

baagala uviz'man kariv,

v'imru: Amen.

Y'hei sh'meih raba m'varach

l'alam ul'almei almaya.

Yitbarach v'yishtabach v'yitpaar

v'yitromam v'yitnasei, v'yit'hadar

v'yitaleh v'yit'halal

sh'meih d'kudsha

b'rich hu,

l'eila min kol birchata

v'shirata,

tushb'chata, v'nechemata,

daamiran b'alma,

v'imru: Amen.Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One, beyond all earthly words and songs of blessing, praise, and comfort. To which we say: Amen.

Bar'chu et Adonai

ham'vorach!

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Praise Adonai to whom praise is due forever! Praised be Adonai to whom praise is due, now and forever!

Baruch Adonai

ham'vorach l'olam

va-ed!

Celebrating Creation - Ma’ariv Aravim

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed...

We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in general congress a ssembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States...

And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

Ahavat olam beit Yisrael

amcha ahavta,

Torah u'mitzvot,

chukim u'mishpatim,

otanu limad'ta.

Everlasting Love

Al kein, Adonai Eloheinu,

b'shochbeinu uv'kumeinu

nasiach b'chukecha,

v'nismach b'divrei Torat'cha

uv'mitzvotecha l'olam va-ed.

Ki hem chayeinu

v'orech yameinu,

u'vahem neh'geh

yomam valayla.

V'ahavt'cha al tasir

mimenu l'olamim.

Baruch Atah, Adonai,

ohev amo Yisrael.

.דאח ייאלהינוייישראל.ועדלעולםמלכותוכבודשםברוך

Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad: Baruch Shem k’vod mal’chuto l’olam va’ed!

Hear, O Israel:

Adonai

is our God,

Adonai

is One.

Blessed is God’s glorious majesty

for ever and ever!

V'ahavta et Adonai Elohecha,

b'chol l'vav'cha,

uv'chol nafsh'cha,

uv'chol m'odecha.

V'hayu had'varim ha-eileh

asher anochi m'tzav'cha

hayom al l'vavecha. 36/154

V'shinantam l'vanecha,

v'dibarta bam

b'shivt'cha b'veitecha,

uv'lecht'cha vaderech

uv'shochb'cha uv'kumecha.

Uk'shartam l'ot al yadecha

v'hayu l'totafot bein einecha.

Uch'tavtam al m'zuzot

beitecha uvish'arecha. 36/154

L'maan tizk'ru,

vaasitem et kol mitzvotai

vih'yitem k'doshim

l'Eloheichem.

Ani Adonai Eloheichem,

asher hotzeiti et-chem

mei-eretz Mitzrayim

lih'yot lachem l'Elohim

Ani Adonai Eloheichem. 36/154

Redemption of our People & our Country - Ge’ulah

“Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to

land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates

shall stand A mighty woman with a torch,

whose flame is the imprisoned lightning, and

her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-

hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes

command the air-bridged harbor that twin

cities frame. “Keep, ancient lands, your storied

pomp!” cries she With silent lips. “Give me

your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses

yearning to breathe free, the wretched

refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the

homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my

lamp beside the golden door!”- Emma Lazarus

Mi chamochah ba-eilim,

Adonai!

Mi kamochah nedar

bakodesh,

nora t'hilot, oseih fele!Who is like You, O God, among the gods that are worshipped? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, working wonders?

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Malchut'cha ra-u vanecha,

bokei-a yam lifnei Moshe

uMiryam. Zeh Eli, anu

v'amru, Adonai yimloch

l'olam va-ed!

ל את השבת , ושמרו בנ י ישרא : ולםלעשות את השבת לדרתם ברית על אות היא לע ין בנ י ישרא יני וב , ולםב

שת ימים עשה יי את הש ר כי ש ים ואת הא , ץמ.וביום השביעי שבת וינפש

V’shamru v’nei Yisrael et haShabbat, la’asot et haShabbat l’dorotam b’rit olam:

Bei’ni u’vein b’nei Yisrael ot hi l’olam,Ki shei’shet yamim asah Adonai et ha’shamayim v’et ha’aretz,

u’va’yom hash’vi’i shavat va’yinafash.

THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL shall keep Shabbat,

observing Shabbat throughout the ages as a covenant for all time.It is a sign for all time between Me and the people of Israel.

For in six days Adonai made heaven and earth,and on the seventh day God ceased from work and was refreshed.

ינו ואמותינו ינו ואלהי אבות הם, ברוך אתה יי אלה ואלהי , אלהי יצחק, אלהי אברהאל הגדול הגבור . ואלהי לאה, אלהי רחל, אלהי רבקה, אלהי שרה. יעקב

, וזוכר חסדי אבות ואמהות, וקונה הכל, גומל חסדים טובים, אל עליון, והנוראיע ומגן: ומביא גאלה לבני בניהם למען שמו באהבה לך עוזר ומוש ברוך אתה : מ

.מגן אברהם ועזרת שרה, יי

Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu v’Elohei Avoteinu v’Imoteinu, Elohei Avraham,Elohei Yitzchak, v’Elohei Ya’akov. Elohei Sarah, Elohei Rivka, Elohei Rachel,v’Elohei Leah. Ha’Eil haGadol, ha’Gibor v’ha’Norah, Eil Elyon, Gomeil chasadimtovim, v’Konei hakol, v’Zocheir chasdei avot v’imahot, u’Meivi g’ulah livneiv’neihem l’ma’an sh’mo b’ahava. Melech ozeir u’Moshiah u’Magein. BaruchAtah Adonai, Magein Avraham v’Ezrat Sarah.

תפלה T'filah

ך :אדני שפתי תפתח ופי יגיד תהלתAdonai, s’fatai tif’tach u’fi yagid t’hilatecha:

Adonai, open up my lips, that my mouth may declare your praise.

תה, אתה גבור לעולם אדני יע , מחיה הכל א סד: רב להוש מחיה , מכלכל חיים בחומקים אמונתו , ומתיר אסורים, ורופא חולים, סומך נופלים, הכל ברחמים רבים

ומה לך. לישני עפר על גבורות ומי ד וך ב יח , מי כמ לך ממית ומחיה ומצמ מ.מחיה הכל, ברוך אתה יי . ונאמן אתה להחיות הכל? ישועה

Atah Gibor l’olam Adonai, m’chayei hakol Atah, Rav l’hoshiah: M’chalkeilchayim b’chesed, m’chayei hakol b’rachamim rabim, so’meich nof’lim v’rofeicholim u’matir a’surim u’m’kayeim emunato lisheinei afar. Mi Chamocha ba’alg’vurot? U’mi domeh Lach, Melech mei’mit um’chayei u’matzmiach y’shuah?V’ne’eman Atah l’ha’chayot hakol. Baruch Atah Adonai, m’chayei hakol.

תפלה T'filah

You are holy, Your Name is holy, and those who strive to be holy declare Your glory day by day. Blessed are You, Adonai, the Holy God.

MLK SPEECH

I say to you today, my friends, though, even though we face the difficulties

of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in

the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up,

live out the true meaning of its creed: "“’behold these truths to be self-

evident, that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former

slave's and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down

together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the

state of Misissippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice,

sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of

freedom and justice.

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where

they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their

character. I have a dream ...

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new

meaning. "My country, 'tis of thee, land of liberty , of thee I sing, Land

where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountain

side, let. freedom ring.'' And if America is to he a. great nation, this must

come true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New

Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let

freedom ring from the snowcapped Rookies of Colorado. Let freedom ring

from the curvaceous slopes of California.

But not only that. Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let

freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from

every hill and molehill of Mississippi, from every mountain side. Let

freedom ring . . .

When we allow freedom to ring-when we let it ring from every city and

every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up

that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and

Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in

the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last, Free at last, Great God

a-mighty, “We are free at last“

Martin Luther King Junior

R'tzei, Adonai Eloheinu,

b'amcha Yisrael,

ut'filatam b'ahavah t'kabeil,

ut'hi l'ratzon tamid

avodat Yisrael amecha.

El karov l'chol korav, p'nei el

avadecha v'choneinu,

sh'foch ruchacha aleinu.56/174

V'techezenah eineinb'shuv'cha

l'Tzion b'rachamim.

Let our eyes behold Your loving return to Zion.

Blessed are You, Adonai, whose Presence returns to Zion.

Baruch atah, Adonai, hamachazir

Shechinato l'Tzion.

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Find favor, Adonai, our God, with Your people Israel and accept their prayer in love. May the worship of Your people Israel always be acceptable. God who is near to all who call, turn lovingly to Your servants. Pour out Your spirit upon us

ראלעמךתסיםלעולם , שלוםרבעל־יש . כיאתההואמלךאדוןלכלהשלוםראל וטובבעינ יךלברךאת־עמךיש

ך .בכל־עתובכל־שעהבשלומ .עושההשלום, ברוךאתהיי

Shalom rav al-Yisrael am’cha tasim l’olam, ki Atah Hu Melech Adon l’chol ha’shalom.V’tov b’einecha l’vareich et-amcha Yisrael

b’chol-eit uv’chol-sha’ah bish’lomecha.Baruch Atah Adonai, oseh ha’shalom.

Grant abundant peace over Israel, Your people, forever.

For You are the sovereign source of all peace.

So may it be good in Your eyes to bless Your people Israel

in every season and in every hour with Your peace.

Blessed are You, Adonai, Who blesses Your people, Israel, with

peace.

Shalom Rav ~ Abundant Peace

Silent Meditation – A Prayer from the Heart

My God, guard my speech from evil and my lips from deception.Before those who slander me, I will hold my tongue; I will practice humility.

Open my heart to Your Torah, that I may pursue Your mitzvot.As for all those who think evil of me,

cancel their designs and frustrate their schemes.Act for Your own sake, for the sake of Your Power,

for the sake of Your Holiness, for the sake of Your Torah;so that Your loved ones may be rescued, saved with Your power. Amen.

Yih'yu l'ratzon imrei fi

v'hegyon libi l'fanecha,

Adonai tzuri v'go-ali.

May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable to You, Adonai, my Rock and my Redeemer.

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Mi Shebeirach – The One Who Blesses

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Aleinu l'shabei-ach

laadon hakol,

lateit g'dulah

l'yotzeir b'reishit,

Let us now praise the Sovereign of the universe, and proclaim the greatness of the Creator,

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Shelo asanu k'goyei haaratzot,

v'lo samanu k'mishp'chot

haadamah. Shelo sam chelkeinu

kahem, v'goraleinu k'chol

hamonam.

Who has set us apart from the other families of the earth, giving us a destiny unique among the nations.

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Vaanachnu kor'im

umishtachavim umodim,

lifnei Melech,

malchei ham'lachim

HaKadosh Baruch Hu.

Therefore we bow in awe and thanksgiving before the One who is Sovereign over all, the Holy and Blessed One.

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Shehu noteh shamayim

v'yoseid aretz, umoshav y'karo

bashamayim mimaal,

ush'chinat uzo

b'govhei m'romim.

Hu Eloheinu ein od,

emet Malkeinu efes zulato.For You spread out the heavens and established the earth; Your majestic abode is in the heavens above and Your mighty Presence is in the loftiest heights. You are our God and there is none else. In truth You are our Sovereign without compare.

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Kakatuv b'Torato,

V'yadata hayom

v'hasheivota el l'vavecha,

ki Adonai hu HaElohim

bashamayim mimaal,

v'al haaretz mitachat,

ein od.As is written in Your Torah: Know then this day and take it to heart that Adonai is surely God in the heavens above and on the earth below. There is none else.

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V'ne-emar, v'hayahAdonai

l'Melech al kol haaretz.

Bayom hahu yih'yeh

Adonai echad ush'moechad.

Thus it has been said, Adonai will be Sovereign over all the earth. On that day, Adonai will be one, and God's Name will be one.

When I die give what’s left of me awayto children and old men that wait to die.And if you need to cry,cry for your brother walking the street beside you.And when you need me, put your arms around anyone and give them what you need to give to me.

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I want to leave you something,something better than words or sounds,Look for me in the people I’ve known or loved,and if you cannot give me away,at least let me live in your eyes and not in your mind.

You can love me best by letting hands touch hands, and by letting go of children that need to be free. Love doesn’t die, people do.So when all that’s left of me is love,give me away.

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Yitgadal v'yitkadash sh'mei raba.

B'alma di v'ra chirutei, v'yamlichmalchutei, b'chayeichonuv'yomeichon uv'chayei d'cholbeit Yisrael, baagala uviz'man kariv. V'im'ru: Amen.

Exalted and hallowed be God's great name in the world which God created, according to plan. May God's majesty be revealed in the days of our lifetime and the life of all Israel —speedily, imminently, to which we say Amen.

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Y'hei sh'mei raba m'varach

l'alam ul'almei almaya.

Yitbarach v'yishtabach, v'yitpaar

v'yitromam v'yitnasei,

v'yit'hadar v'yitaleh v'yit'halal

sh'mei d'Kud'sha b'rich Hu,Blessed be God's great name to all eternity. Blessed, praised, honored, exalted, extolled, glorified, adored, and lauded be the name of the Holy Blessed One,

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l'eila min kol birchata

v'shirata, tushb'chata

v'nechemata, daamiran

b'alma. V'imru: Amen.

Y'hei sh'lama raba min

sh'maya, v'chayim aleinu

v'al kol Yisrael.

V'imru: Amen.Beyond all earthly words and songs of blessing, praise, and comfort. To which we say Amen. May there be abundant peace from heaven, and life, for us and all Israel. To which we say Amen.

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Oseh shalom bimromav,

hu yaaseh shalom aleinu,

v'al kol Yisrael,

v'imru: Amen.

May the One who creates harmony on high, bring peace to us and to all Israel. To which we say Amen.

God bless America, land that I love

Stand beside her and guide her

Through the night with the light from above

From the mountains to the prairies

To the oceans white with foam

God bless America, my home sweet home

God bless America, land that I love

Stand beside her and guide her

Through the night with the light from above

From the mountains to the prairies

To the oceans white with foam

God bless America, my home sweet home

From the mountains to the prairies

To the oceans white with foam

God bless America, my home sweet home

God bless America, my home sweet home