Stages of the B'riah Service

tight Swbtle tight Setcreetness Cove Unity Certitwete Protection l=reeeto~ Letting Go T retnsfor~ettion are you, ruling force of the universe, who forms light ... The Force who h Blessed opens daily the gateways of the East ... and pierces through the windows of the sky ... bringing forth the sun and moon from their orbits and actualizing them to shine over the whole world and its dwellers, who were all created with the quality of compassion. Shining on the earth with compassion . . . God, blessed in profound awareness, formed and fashioned splendors of stars ... heaven lights were placed in orbits ... pinnacles of stars ... Good are the light-sources our creator fashioned, made with paramount wisdom, filled with rays and radiating clarity, their luster gives beauty to the whole world ... Calling forth the sun to shine its light, fashioning the moon from matter. . . May you be blessed beyond the praises for the brilliant luminaries of light that were formed ... Selah. 5'-tbtle ti ht The whole world is filled with subtle glory ... the wheel-beings and the wild beings with great noise hurl themselves towards the burning beings. Facing each other they chorus together, thundering, Barukha Kvod Adonai ... Blessed is the glory of Adonai ... To the one who makes superior lights ... we ask, "May a new kind of light shine over Zion and may we all be pure enough to see it." Blessed are you, the origin of all kinds of sources of light. Setcreetness All of the subtle bei1:gs clearly articu~ate the holiness of the o.ne. who formed them with sweetness, with fear and awe, proclaiming: Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, Holy Holy Holy, is the Mother of Multiplicity ... With eternal love have we been loved, with exceedingly great affection have we been showered ... May our hearts become united to respond with love of the Divine. May Divine Compassion never leave us. You bring us together to increase our love, to unify all experience in love, to love the manifest Divine expression. Blessed are you whose love is the foundation of all love. Ut\ it~ J e Sh 'mn Y isra-el, Listen Yisrael, the Source of all being, that Source is ... ONE. I am the Eternal, your power in truth. Certain, established and correct, enduring, straight, faithful, beloved, cherished, delightful, pleasant, good and beautiful is this affirmation to us forever. In truth- the God of the universe is like a rock, constant from generation to generation, whose guidance is life-giving to our ancestors and to us, and to our children's children. True and faithful, the Divine connection with us is like an unbreachable decree ... You who were King to our foreparents, you are our molder and liberator. Adonai Elohaykhem, Emet. Emet v'Yatziv v'nakho, v'kayam . .. Protect' r-.n, Th~ Div~e was the he!per to us in gener.ations past, shield and savior at JV various times. Many times were we captive and oppressed, yet here we are today, still davvening with the Divine. We remember the birth of our nation as You led us from Egypt where we were enslaved and paved a route for us through a sea. reeetot-11 retnsfort11ettion We then sang, in gleeful release, "Who is like You among the heavenly forces, Yah? Who is so removed from form, yet so present in our lives?" A new song the released ones sang as they reached the other shore. ... Blessed is the freedom that frees us, the Source of all liberation. Open up my lips, that I may sing your Praise.