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Yom Kippur Selikhot Prayers Singable in English
Ha-n'shamah lakh, Ki Anu Amekha, the Thirteen Attributes and Hashivenu, with singable English.
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Yom Kippur Selikhot Prayers By calling out with humility, acknowledging our mortality and fears, we let go of our righteousness, ego demands, inflated grandiosity, and self-importance. The prayers of Selikhot he1p us to recognize our vulnerable small self, so that we can more easily approach the Limitless, leaping like an unpretentious child into the lap of the Compassionate One. Han'shamah lakhv'haguf pa-a-lakh, khusaal am-a-lakh. The neshamais yours, not mine, and my body your design; Stay alive this complex being we've co-struggled to produce. i'ij? Mtitt1 M3'tt1':l~ll ntt Layv tahor bara Ii elohim V'ruakh nakhon kha-daysh b'kir-bi Al tash'li-khay-ni mil'fanekha V'ruakh kod'sh'kha al tikakh mimeni. A pure heart was given me by Elohim. My spirit was made like new inside of me. Cast me not from before you, from before your face. And your holy spirit, take it not away from me. Our Creator, guide of our ancestors, forgive, dance with, renew us. For we are your people, and You are our Holy Source. We are your children, and You our father-mother. and You our managing guide. We are your congregation, & you are assigned to us. We serve ~ your helpers, and you our shepherd. We are heirs to th~ ancestors, and You our win, our lot, our prize. We are your flock, We are your plantings, and You our gardener. We are your creation, and You our genetic engineer. We are your beloved, and You our lover. We are your treasure, and You our family, our kin. We are channels for divine ruling force and sparks of glorious light. Adonai,Adonai, El rakhumv'khanun, erekhapai-yim v'ravkhesedv'emet. No-tzayrkhesedla-a-lafim,nosayavonvafesha v'khata•av'na-kay. Yod Hay, Vav Hay, Compassion and Tenderness, Patience, Forbearance, Kindness, Awareness. Bearing love from age to age, lifting guilt and mistakes and making us free. Adonai... Yod Hay, Vav Hay, Expanding Force of Kindness, Merciful Womb, Graceful Giver, Long-Stretched Web, Many Faceted Jewel, Maestro of Generosity, Dispatcher of Truth, Funnel of Kindness, Helper of Thousands, Tolerator of Distortion, Who Puts up with Intentional Error, Shoulders Omission, and Cleanses . T T T T Rakhamanadi anay li-ani-yayanay-na. Rakhamanadi anay lifviray liba anayna. Compassion's power who listens, who listens to the poor, answer and respond to us. Compassionate One who listens, who listens to the broken hearted, answer, respond to us. t:J~~tt HashivaynuAdonai ay-lekha v'nashuva khadaysh ya-maynu k'kedem. Let us now turn, re-tum and be turned. 0 let us re-turn to the One. Make new, re-new, make new all of our days, Now I am a child again, no shame, no guilt, all new. Hashivenu...