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The Friday Evening Service

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MA TOVU
Private meditation said silently on entering a synagogue.  
(Some congregations recite it aloud together.)

Ma to-vu o-ha-le-cha, Ya-a-kov;

mish-k'no-te-cha, Yis-ra-eil!

Va-a-ni, b'rov chas-d'cha a-vo vei-te-cha,

esh-ta-cha-veh el hei-chal kawd-sh'cha b'yir-a-te-cha.

A-do-nai, a-hav-ti m'on bei-te-cha,

u-m'kom mish-kan k'vo-de-cha.

Va-a-ni esh-ta-cha-veh v'ech-ra-a,

ev-r'cha lif-nei A-do-nai o-si.

Va-a-ni t'fi-la-ti l'cha, A-do-nai, eit ra-tson.

E-lo-him, b'rav chas-de-cha,

a-nei-ni be-e-met yish-e-cha.

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      Copyright © 1997 by Jordan Lee Wagner.

Please do not redistribute or modify my transliterations, nor remove my copyright notices, nor incorporate the transliterations into another work.  This is to comply with the Torah prohibition of hasagath gvul [Deuteronomy 27:17] as it is understood and applied by the sages of our shared tradition, as well as the Jewish principle of dina d'malchut dina. For permission to do these things, see my Special Offer for Non-Profit Organizations. Without permission, the use of the transliterations could be like praying in stolen t'fillin.  Thank you for respecting my copyright.  

revision date: 1/2/2001


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