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Preliminary Morning Service

6. His abundant prophecy he granted

To the men of his choice and his glory.

7. Never has there arisen in Israel

A prophet like Moses beholding God's image.

8. The Torah of truth God gave to his people

Through his prophet, his own faithful servant.

9. God will never amend, nor ever change

His eternal Law for any other law.

10. He inspects, he knows all our secret thoughts;

He foresees the end of things at their birth.

11. He rewards the godly man for his deeds;

He repays the evil man for his evil.

12. At time’s end he will send our Messiah

To save all who wait for his final help.

13. God, in his great mercy, will revive the dead;

Blessed be his glorious name forever.

Talmud Berakhoth 11a; 60b

Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and commanded us concerning the washing of the hands.

Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast formed man in wisdom, and created in him a system of veins and arteries. It is well known before thy glorious throne that if but one of these be opened, or if one of those be closed, it would be impossible to exist in thy presence. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who healest all creatures and doest wonders.

Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and commanded us to study the Torah.

Lord our God, make the words of thy Torah pleasant in our mouth and in the mouth of thy people, the house of Israel, so that we and our descendants and the descendants of thy people, the house of Israel, may all know thy name and study the Torah for its own sake. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who teachest the Torah to thy people Israel.

Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast chosen us from all peoples and given us thy Torah. Blessed art thou, O Lord, Giver of the Torah.