Hashkiveinu

Haschkiwenu (Hebrew הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ; " let us [ ... ] lay down " ), the second blessing that immediately after the Shema Yisrael (Hebrew בִּרְכוֹת קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע ) is done during the Maariv. It is a plea to be able to lie down peacefully at night and the next morning wake up alive.

Description

On weekdays, the cantor ends with the words Shomer Amo Yisrael Le'Ad. Prayer is regarded as particularly for the services on weekdays appropriate when the men are charged with their worries and feel the need for God's protection.

At rest and holidays, a longer version of the benediction is recited, and this ends with the following words: "Whoever spreads the protective mantle of peace over us, over his people Israel, and over Jerusalem." The words " and wide over us from the protective mantle of the keep " is recited earlier in the rule and repeated now only shortly before the end again, So that the desire for peace is expressed, which is the rest and holiday self. and Jerusalem shall be notified of all is important.

Text and Translation

" הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ לְשָׁלוֹם וְהַעֲמִידֵנוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ לְחַיִּים. וּפְרוֹשׂ עָלֵינוּ סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמֶךָ וְתַקְּנֵנוּ בְּעֵצָה טוֹבָה מִלְּפָנֶיךָ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ וְהָגֵן בַּעֲדֵנוּ. וְהָסֵר מֵעָלֵינוּ אוֹיֵב דֶּבֶר וְחֶרֶב וְרָעָב וְיָגוֹן וְהָסֵר שָׂטָן מִלְּפָנֵינוּ וּמֵאַחֲרֵינוּ וּבְצֵל כְּנָפֶיךָ תַּסְתִּירֵנוּ כִּי אֵל שׁוֹמְרֵנוּ וּלְשָׁלוֹם מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם. בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ הַפּוֹרֵשׂ סֻכַּת שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל יְרוּשָׁלָיִם. "

" " Let us [ ... ] our God resign, to peace, and let us, our King, retrieve to live, wide through us the ceiling of your peace of, equipped us of you starting out with a good intention from, help us by your name's sake, save us and keep away from us the enemy and pestilence, sword, famine and sorrow, remove forward and reverse obstruction of us, hide us in the shadow of Thy wings. because under protective and saving God you are, like you, God, a merciless and merciful king are. contactors our going out and responding to life and peace from now to eternity and wide seist Blessed on us from the ceiling of your Fiedens. Thou, God, the blanket of peace spread over us through his whole people Yisrael and Yerushalayim. "