Habinenu
Habinenu (Hebrew: הביננו) is the blessing made of 13 central blessings of the Amidah.[1]
Etymology[edit]
"Habinenu" (Hebrew: הביננו) means literally "Give us" is Judeo-Aramaic word used in Tanakh and Talmud.
Mishnah[edit]
Mishnah Berakhoth 4 discusses opportunity to say a Jew shortened Amidah but doesn't give any precise text. "Rabban Gamaliel says: every day a [Jew] is praying with eighteen [blessings]. Rabbi Joshua says: shortened eighteen [blessings]. Rabbi Aqiba says: if he knows his prayer fluently then he prays eighteen [blessings], but if he doesn't know then shortened eighteen [blessings]".[2]
Talmud[edit]
Mishnah mentions that all 18 blessings of Amidah may be shortened. But Babylonian Talmud[3] Berakhoth 29a mentions that just only a group of the middle 16 blessings of Amidah are shortened but initial 3 blessings and last 3 blessings are full. Babylonian Talmud mentions precise text of that shortened blessing and gives the title "Habinenu".[4]
- Rabbi Yoshua says: shortened eighteen [blessings]. What is the shortened eighteen [blessings]? Rab said: shortened of each and every of [eighteen blessings]. However Shmuel said:
- Give us knowledge, the Lord, our God, to know Your ways,[5]
- (הֲבִינֵנוּ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לָדַעַת דְּרָכֶיךָ)
- and circumcise our heart so that we may fear You,[6]
- (וּמוֹל אֶת לְבָבֵנוּ לְיִרְאָתֶךָ)
- and forgive us so that we may be redeemed,[7]
- (וְתִסְלַח לָנוּ לִהְיוֹת גְּאוּלִים)
- and distance us from our deseases,[8]
- (וְרַחֲקֵנוּ מִמַּכְאוֹבֵינוּ)
- and satisfy us with the pastures of Your land,[9]
- (וְדַשְּׁנֵנוּ בִּנְאוֹת אַרְצֶךָ)
- and gather our scattered Jews from the four [corners of the earth],[10]
- (וּנְפוּצוֹתֵינוּ מֵאַרְבַּע תְּקַבֵּץ)
- and those who go astray shall be judged according to Your will,[11]
- (וְהַתּוֹעִים עַל דַּעְתְּךָ יִשָּׁפֵטוּ)
- and raise Your hands over the wicked,[12]
- (וְעַל הָרְשָׁעִים תָּנִיף יָדֶיךָ)
- and may the righteous rejoice in the rebuilding of Your city, and the restoration of Your Sanctuary, and in the flourishing of Your servant David, and in establishing a torching light for Your King, son of Jesse.[13]
- (וְיִשְׂמְחוּ צַדִּיקִים בְּבִנְיַן עִירֶךָ וּבְתִקּוּן הֵיכָלֶךָ וּבִצְמִיחַת קֶרֶן לְדָוִד עַבְדֶּךָ וּבַעֲרִיכַת נֵר לְבֶן יִשַׁי מְשִׁיחֶךָ)
- Even before we call, but You already answer.[14] Blessed are You, the Lord, Who listens the prayer.[15][16]
- (טֶרֶם נִקרָא אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Citations[edit]
- ↑ Habinenu. Jewish Encyclopedia
- ↑ Mishnah Berakhoth 4
- ↑ Palestinian Talmud mentions 18 blessings in Amidah; Babylonian Talmud mentions 19 blessings in Amidah though still using the title "eighteen"
- ↑ Babylonian Talmud Berakhoth 29a
- ↑ see blessing 4 ("Knowledge") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessing 5 ("Repentance") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessing 6 ("Forgiveness") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessing 8 ("Healing") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessing 9 ("Blessing for years [of good]") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessing 10 ("Gathering") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessing 11 ("Justice") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessing 12 ("Heretics") in Amidah
- ↑ see blessings 13, 14, 15 ("Righteous; Builder of Jerusalem; Blessing of David") in Amidah
- ↑ And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear (Isaiah 65.24)
- ↑ see blessing 16 ("Prayer") in Amidah
- ↑ Babylonian Talmud Berakhoth 29a
Sources[edit]
- S. Baer, Abodat Yisrael, p. 108, note
External links[edit]
- Habinenu. Jewish Encyclopedia
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