The Afternoon Prayer

 Ashrei  Psalm 145

I will praise You, my God, O king; and I will bless Your name for ever and ever.

Every day will I bless You; One generation shall praise Your works to another.

I will speak of the glorious honor of Your majesty, and of Your wondrous works.

They shall abundantly utter the memory of Your great goodness, and shall sing of Your righteousness.

Our  LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

Our  LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

All the people shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom, and talk of Your power;

To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations.

Our  LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that be bowed down.

You open Your hand, and satisfies the desire of every living thing.

Our  LORD is close unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.

He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them.

Our  LORD protects all them that love him; The  LORD is righteous in all his ways.

My mouth shall declare the praise of the LORD: and we will bless his holy Name forever, Halleluyah!

 

 

The Amidah
The Amidah is the central prayer of all four services: shacharit (morning), mincha (afternoon), maariv (evening).

 

Patriarchs

Blessed are You, O LORD our God and God of our fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob, the great, mighty and revered God, the Most High God who bestows loving kindnesses, the creator of all things, who remembers the good deeds of the patriarchs and in love will bring a redeemer to their children's children for his name's sake. O king, helper, savior and shield.

Blessed are You, O LORD, the shield of Abraham.

 

God’s might

You, O LORD, are mighty forever, You revive the dead, You have the power to save.  You sustain the living with loving kindnesses,

You revive the dead with great mercy; You support the falling, heal the sick, set free the bound and keep faith with those who sleep in the dust.

Who is like You, O doer of mighty acts? Who resembles You, a king who puts to death and restores to life, and causes salvation to flourish? And You are certain to revive the dead.

Blessed are You, O LORD, who revives the dead.

 

Forgiveness

Forgive us, O our Father, for we have sinned; pardon us, O our King, for we have transgressed; for You pardon and forgive.

Blessed are You, O LORD, who is merciful and always ready to forgive.

 

Deliverance

Look upon our affliction and plead our cause,and redeem us speedily for Your name’s sake, for You are a mighty redeemer.

Blessed are You, O LORD, the redeemer of Israel.

 

Healing

Heal us, O LORD, and we will be healed; save us and we will be saved, for You are our praise. O grant a perfect healing to all our ailments,

for You, almighty King, are a faithful and merciful healer.

Blessed are You, O  LORD, the healer of the sick of his people Israel.


* At this point, one may interject a prayer for one who is ill:

May it be Your will, O  LORD my God, and the God of my forefathers, that You quickly send a complete recovery from heaven, spiritual healing and physical healing to the patient (name) son/daughter of (mother's name) among the other patients of Israel.

 

Answer our prayers

Hear our voice, O LORD, our God; spare us and have pity on us. Accept our prayer in mercy and with favor, for You are a God who hears

prayers and supplications. O our King, do not turn us away from Your presence empty-handed, for You hear the prayers of Your people Israel with

compassion.

Blessed are You, O LORD, who hears prayer.

 

Thanksgiving

We give thanks to You that You are the LORD our God and the God of our fathers forever and ever. Through every generation You have been the rock of our lives, the shield of our salvation. We will give You thanks and declare Your praise for our lives that are committed into Your hands, for our souls that are entrusted to You, for Your miracles that are daily with us, and for Your wonders and Your benefits that are with us at all times, evening, morning and noon.O beneficent one, Your mercies never fail; O merciful one,

<> Your lovingkindnesses never cease. We have always put our hope in You. For all these acts may Your name be blessed and exalted continually,

O our King, forever and ever. Let every living thing give thanks to You and praise Your name in truth, O God, our salvation and our help. (Selah.)

Blessed are You, O LORD, whose Name is the Beneficent One, and to whom it is fitting to give thanks.

 

Peace

My God, guard my tongue from evil and my lips from speaking deceitfully. To those who curse me, let my soul be silent; and let my soul be like dust

to everyone. Open my heart to Your Torah, then my soul will pursue Your commandments. As for all those who design evil against me, speedily nullify

their counsel and disrupt their design. Act for Your Name's sake; act for Your right hand's sake; act for Your sanctity's sake; act for Your Torah's sake. That Your beloved ones may be given rest; let Your right hand save, and respond to me. May they be acceptable the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart, before You Adonoy, my rock and my redeemer.

He Who makes peace in His high may He make peace among us and upon all Israel... Amen.

 

Aleinu

It is our job to praise the Master of everything, and to give greatness to the Creator of the beginning, for He has not made us like the nations of the lands, and He has not made us like the families of the earth, for He has not made our portion like theirs, and our lot like their populations (for they bow to nonsense and emptiness, and they pray to a God who cannot save) while we kneel, bow, and give thanks to the King of Emperors, the Holy One, Blessed is He.

 

For He stretches out the sky and establishes the earth, and the dwelling place of His honor is in the skies above and the presence of His power is in the highest heights. He is our God, there is no other. It is truth. There is nothing without our King. As it says in the Torah, "Today You shall know and take to heart that the  LORD is the God, in the skies above and on the earth below, there is no other."