Vayikra. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated
- Title
- Vayikra. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated
- Author
- Morais, Sabato
- Format
- 4 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 9, Folder 19
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3p26qp76/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3p26qp76
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx9FF19_1.xml
- content
-
[Hebrew]
40
Everlasting Legislator! Thou hast kept us alive to this day, on which we have begun the third of Thy heavenly volumes. Grant, we pray Thee, that at the completion of its recital, we may feel significantly improved. As on each revolving Sabbath, our mind draw at the refreshing fountain of Thy living word, grant that our hearts also may yield to Thy instruction, for, their promptings are the main cause of our derelictions. Too prone are we to give our feelings an illimitable scope and power, but Thou canst curb their vehemence, that they may be guided by the judgment acquired in musing on Thy law. May it be Thy will, O God! thus to guard us against our wayward pro-pensities, and our actions shall will no more gainsay our professions. We will then unwaveringly obey the moral dictates, comprised in the book under perusal, and delight likewise in the observance of its statutes. With the same alacrity will we devote to Thee the days destined for sacred communion, as that we exercise during the days whereon Thou hast allowed us--by dealing uprightly--to seek our advancement. We will devote those destined for holy communion with equal scru--pulousness, we will forbear to defiling our souls with viands which Thou has declared impure to Israel, as in eschewing
the corruptive practices of heathenism; for we were taught to recognize in each and all of those behests the impress of Thy almighty hand, which gave them origin and force. Our Lord, and king! It has been Thy inscrutable decree will to drive us beyond the hallowed domains where we conveyed the oblations prescribed in the section of this Sabbath, but Thou hast not therefor precluded from us the means of atonement. Grant, we beseech Thee, that we may become infused with a spirit of liberality, and we shall lay on Thy altar an offerings even more acceptable than that consumed by thy sacred fire. yes, O merciful Father! we shall cause the hearts of grateful beings to leap with devotional joy. Many of our hapless brethren, who long to solemnize the forthcoming festival, conformably with Thy celestial tenets, but whose industry, avail them not at these unpropitious times, will raise to Thee praises and thanksgivings, when generously supported.
Saviour of Israel! For the days of yore, Thou didst vouchsafe to work marvels on our behalf, during the month, which has just opened on us, grant we most fervently implore Thee, that it may prove equally felicitous unto the nation, among whom we abide in honorable standing and security. Stretch forth
Thy glorious hand, that brought our us out to enlargement, and rescue this goodly land, from the swelling billows that threaten to submerge it. Oh! allay the turbulance of these waters of Meribah, and let the redeemed denizens of America, discover the path, whence, they shall all, dryshod, read the haven of their desires. Then will a hymn of salvation blend, from shore to shore, with that tuned at the approaching festival, by the enfranchised of Egypt, and be wafted towards the throne of mercy. Mayest Thou, O Eternal! who establishest peace in the highest heavens, decree peace over us and all the inhabitants of the earth. Amen. - Identifier
- p3p26qp76
- identifier
- SMBx9FF19_1
Part of Vayikra. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated
Morais, Sabato, “Vayikra. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/91340