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The High Holiday Machzor

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

The heart of The High Holiday Machzor in about 301 minutes: 601 passages from 33 chapters, in its own words.

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The Sages and the great liturgical poets (paytanim)
When
Core prayers from the Sages; poetry from c. 500–1200
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In its own words

מִי כָמֽוֹךָ אַב הָרַחֲמִים זוֹכֵר יְצוּרָיו לְחַיִּים בְּרַחֲמִים:

Who is like You merciful Father, Who remembers His creatures for life, in His mercy.
Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, Maariv, Amidah 9 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah PublicationsRead on

Every word below is the text itself, as written, with its translator named. Texts from Sefaria. Nothing is paraphrased.

First Day of Rosh Hashana: Avinu Malkenu

  1. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ חָטָֽאנוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ:

    Our Father, our King! we have sinned before You.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 3 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  2. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ אֵין לָֽנוּ מֶֽלֶךְ אֶלָּא אָֽתָּה:

    Our Father our King! we have no King except You.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 4 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  3. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה עִמָּֽנוּ לְמַֽעַן שְׁמֶֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! deal with us [kindly] for the sake of Your Name.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 5 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  4. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ חַדֵּשׁ עָלֵֽינוּ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה:

    Our Father, our King! renew for us a good year

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 6 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  5. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ בַּטֵּל מֵעָלֵֽינוּ כָּל גְּזֵרוֹת קָשׁוֹת:

    Our Father, our King! annul all harsh decrees concerning us.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 7 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  6. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ בַּטֵּל מַחְשְׁבוֹת שׂוֹנְאֵֽינוּ:

    Our Father, our King! annul the designs of those who hate us.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 8 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  7. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ הָפֵר עֲצַת אוֹיְבֵֽינוּ:

    Our Father, our King! thwart the plans of our enemies.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 9 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  8. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כַּלֵּה כָּל צַר וּמַשְׂטִין מֵעָלֵֽינוּ:

    Our Father, our King! rid us of every oppressor and adversary.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 10 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  9. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ סְתוֹם פִּיּוֹת מַשְׂטִינֵֽנוּ וּמְקַטְרִיגֵֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! close the mouths of our adversaries and our accusers.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 11 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  10. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כַּלֵּה דֶּֽבֶר וְחֶֽרֶב וְרָעָב וּשְׁבִי וּמַשְׁחִית וְעָו‍ֹן מִבְּנֵי בְרִיתֶֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! remove pestilence, sword, famine, captivity, destruction and [the burden of] iniquity from the members of Your covenant.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 12 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  11. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ מְנַע מַגֵּפָה מִנַּחֲלָתֶֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! withhold the plague from Your inheritance.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 13 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  12. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ סְלַח וּמְחַל לְכָל עֲו‍ֹנוֹתֵֽינוּ:

    Our Father, our King! forgive and pardon all our iniquities.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 14 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  13. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ מְחֵה וְהַעֲבֵר פְּשָׁעֵֽינוּ וְחַטֹּאתֵֽינוּ מִנֶּֽגֶד עֵינֶֽיךָ:

    Our Father, our King! blot out and remove our transgressions and sins from before Your eyes.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 15 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  14. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ מְחוֹק בְּרַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים כָּל שִׁטְרֵי חוֹבוֹתֵֽינוּ:

    Our Father, our King! erase in Your abundant mercy all records of our liabilities.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 16 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  15. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ הַחֲזִירֵֽנוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה שְׁלֵמָה לְפָנֶֽיךָ:

    Our Father, Our King! bring us back in wholehearted repentance before You.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 17 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  16. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ שְׁלַח רְפוּאָה שְׁלֵמָה לְחוֹלֵי עַמֶּֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! send complete healing to the sick among Your people.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 18 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  17. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ קְרַע רֹֽעַ גְּזַר דִּינֵֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! tear up the evil [parts] of our sentence.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 19 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  18. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ זָכְרֵֽנוּ בְּזִכָּרוֹן טוֹב לְפָנֶֽיךָ:

    Our Father, our King! remember us favorably before You.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 20 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  19. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כָּתְבֵֽנוּ בְּסֵֽפֶר חַיִּים טוֹבִים:

    Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the Book of Good Life.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 21 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  20. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כָּתְבֵֽנוּ בְּסֵֽפֶר גְּאֻלָּה וִישׁוּעָה:

    Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the Book of Redemption and Deliverance.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 22 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  21. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כָּתְבֵֽנוּ בְּסֵֽפֶר פַּרְנָסָה וְכַלְכָּלָה:

    Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the Book of Maintenance and Sustenance.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 23 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  22. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כָּתְבֵֽנוּ בְּסֵֽפֶר זְכֻיּוֹת:

    Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the Book of Merits.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 24 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  23. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ כָּתְבֵֽנוּ בְּסֵֽפֶר סְלִיחָה וּמְחִילָה:

    Our Father, our King! inscribe us in the Book of Pardon and Forgiveness.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 25 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  24. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ הַצְמַח לָֽנוּ יְשׁוּעָה בְּקָרוֹב:

    Our Father, our King! cause deliverance to spring forth for us soon.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 26 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  25. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ הָרֵם קֶֽרֶן יִשְׂרָאֵל עַמֶּֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! raise up the might of Yisrael Your people.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 27 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  26. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ הָרֵם קֶֽרֶן מְשִׁיחֶֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! raise up the might of Your anointed.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 28 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  27. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ מַלֵּא יָדֵֽינוּ מִבִּרְכוֹתֶֽיךָ:

    Our Father, our King! fill our hands with Your blessings.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 29 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  28. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ מַלֵּא אֲסָמֵֽינוּ שָׂבָע:

    Our Father, our King! fill our storehouses with abundance.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 30 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  29. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ שְׁמַע קוֹלֵֽנוּ חוּס וְרַחֵם עָלֵֽינוּ:

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 31

  30. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ קַבֵּל בְּרַחֲמִים וּבְרָצוֹן אֶת תְּפִלָּתֵֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! accept our prayer with compassion and favor.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 32 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  31. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ פְּתַח שַׁעֲרֵי שָׁמַֽיִם לִתְפִלָּתֵֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! open the gates of heaven to our prayer.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 33 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  32. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ זָכוֹר כִּי עָפָר אֲנָֽחְנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! remember, that we are dust.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 34 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  33. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ נָא אַל תְּשִׁיבֵֽנוּ רֵיקָם מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ:

    Our Father, our King! please do not turn us away empty-handed from You.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 35 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  34. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ תְּהֵא הַשָּׁעָה הַזֹּאת שְׁעַת רַחֲמִים וְעֵת רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ:

    Our Father, our King! let this hour be an hour of compassion and a time of favor before You.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 36 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  35. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ חֲמוֹל עָלֵֽינוּ וְעַל עוֹלָלֵֽינוּ וְטַפֵּֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! have compassion upon us, and upon our children and infants.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 37 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  36. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן הֲרוּגִים עַל שֵׁם קָדְשֶֽׁךָ:

    Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of those who were slain for Your Holy Name.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 38 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  37. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן טְבוּחִים עַל יִחוּדֶֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of those who were slaughtered for [proclaiming] Your Unity.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 39 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  38. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן בָּאֵי בָאֵשׁ וּבַמַּֽיִם עַל קִדּוּשׁ שְׁמֶֽךָ:

    Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of those who went through fire and water for the sanctification of Your Name.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 40 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  39. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ נְקוֹם נִקְמַת דַּם עֲבָדֶֽיךָ הַשָּׁפוּךְ:

    Our Father, our King! avenge the spilled blood of Your servants.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 41 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  40. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַנְךָ אִם לֹא לְמַעֲנֵֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! do it for Your sake if not for ours.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 42 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  41. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה לְמַעַנְךָ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! do it for Your sake and deliver us.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 43 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  42. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן רַחֲמֶֽיךָ הָרַבִּים:

    Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of Your great mercy.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 44 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  43. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ עֲשֵׂה לְמַֽעַן שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל הַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא שֶׁנִּקְרָא עָלֵֽינוּ:

    Our Father, our King! do it for the sake of Your great, mighty, and awesome Name which is proclaimed upon us.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 45 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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  44. אָבִֽינוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ חָנֵּֽנוּ וַעֲנֵֽנוּ כִּי אֵין בָּֽנוּ מַעֲשִׂים עֲשֵׂה עִמָּֽנוּ צְדָקָה וָחֶֽסֶד וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ:

    Our Father, our King! favor us and answer us for we have no accomplishments; deal with us charitably and kindly and deliver us.

    Machzor Rosh Hashanah Ashkenaz, The Morning Prayers, First Day of Rosh Hashana, Avinu Malkenu 46 · The Metsudah Machzor. Metsudah Publications, New York -- en (paragraph ed.)

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