Pirkei T'fillah: Yistabah by Torah Aura Productions

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 Yishtabah is the last prayer of   P’sukei d’Zimra. It opens with   Barukh sheAmar and ends with . All the prayers in   P’sukei d’Zimra are interconnected, part of a single flow. There are 15 praises of God before the  in this prayer and 15 afterward. The letter  stands for 10. The letter  stands for 5.  is God’s name. The praises of   helps us approach God.

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 ,   .1

Your Name shall be praised forever

, .2

our Ruler,

  .3

The Ruler God

  .4

Great and Holy

.  .5

in Heaven and Earth.

,   .6

To You are praises

  .7

Eternal our God

,   .8

and God of our fathers and mothers song and praises

,  .9

praise and melodies

,  .10

strong and amazing,

,  .11 ,   .12

victory, greatness and might,

,  .13

praised and glorified,

,  .14

holy and ruling, blessings and praises

  .15

from now to forever.

.   .16    .17

Praised are You, Eternal God, Ruler, great in thanksgiving

,    .18

God of praise, Ruler of wonders

  ,  .19

the Chosen in songs and psalms

,   .20   .21

Ruler God

.  .22

of life and eternity.

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ROOT ANALYSIS Can you see the three letters  in these words?







king/ruler =  He will rule =  Your kingdom = 



Practice these phrases and circle all the words that contain the root .

     

    .1

  

    .2

Can you see the three letters  in these words?



 Holy =



makes Holy =



made us Holy =





Practice these phrases and circle all the words that contain the root .

   

     .3

   

    .4

    

  

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TRANSLATION Make your best guess at the meaning of this section of the prayer.. Take your best guess at the meaning of this text. Your teacher will help you with your translation.



words







praise = Name =  eternally/forever

= 

God =  heavens

    . 

= 

word parts and = 

   

Your = 

in/with =  us/our =  the = 

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Here are two roots that are similar. Both have something to do with music.

ROOT ANALYSIS



song =  in songs of =  he will sing = 

 

melody = melodies =





Practice these phrases and circle all the words that mean "song" or "melody."

   

     .1

  

    .2

   

    .3

  

   .4

      .5         .6     ,    .7 5

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TRANSLATION Make your best guess at the meaning of this section of the prayer.





















Take your best guess at the meaning of this text. Your teacher will help you with your translation.

words God's name =  God = exaltations

= 

,         , 

master = 

.    ,  

miracles = 

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word parts in/with =  the =  plural (feminine) = 

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Practice these words and phrases.

    

 .1

 

     .2

       .3        .4 Now practice this prayer

,    .5       .6 ,     ,   .7 ,  ,  ,  .8 ,  ,  ,   .9 .     .10 ,       .12   ,  .13 .    ,   .14 7

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Steps to God In the Temple in Jerusalem there were fifteen steps that led from the ground floor up to the plaza where the holy work was done. Once a year, during Sukkot, the Levites sang and played music on these steps. King David wrote 150 psalms. Fifteen of them are called   Shir ha-Ma’alot, Songs of Going Up. These fifteen psalms were sung by the pilgrims as they marched up to Jerusalem for the three pilgrimage festivals: Sukkot, Pesah, and Shavuot. The Midrash teaches that God’s throne has fifteen steps, too. First you visit the palace. Then you make it to the throne room. Once you are in the throne room it takes fifteen steps to get to God. When you call fifteen,  God has a better chance of hearing because you are calling God’s name.   P’sukei d’Zimra started with the prayer that fell from heaven. It ends with fifteen steps. It is a way to praise God, to get ready to talk to God, to ascend. Now we are ready to pray.

Questions

1. Why is the number ﬁfteen connected to this prayer? 2. What does the number ﬁfteen teach us about praying  Yishtabah?

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