Ahawat Olam

Ahawat Olam ( אַהֲבַת עוֹלָם , dt. Eternal Love ) is the second prayer that is recited during the Jewish evening prayer Maariv . It is the parallel blessing to Ahawa rabba , which is recited during the chacharit . Because of a compromise, Ahawa rabba is prayed to Shacharit (in the morning) and Ahawat Olam to Maariw in the evening. The Talmud provides various times when the prayer may be offered. Since Ahawa rabba is longer than Ahawat Olam, Ahawa Rabba is presented in the morning and Ahavat Olam in the evening. It is also thanks to God for the gift of the Torah.

Text and translation

אַהֲבַת עולָם בֵּית יִשרָאֵל עַמְּךָ אָהָבְתָּ. תּורָה וּמִצְות חֻקִּים וּמִשְׁפָּטִים אותָנוּ לִמַּדְתָּ. עַל כֵּן ה 'אֱלהֵינוּ בְּשָׁכְבֵנוּ וּבְקוּמֵנוּ נָשיחַ בְּחֻקֶּיךָ. וְנִשמַח בְּדִבְרֵי תורָתֶךָ וּבְמִצְותֶיךָ לְעולָם וָעֶד: כִּי הֵם חַיֵּינוּ וְארֶךְ יָמֵינוּ וּבָהֶם נֶהְגֶּה יומָם וָלָיְלָה: וְאַהְאַ אַל תָּסִיםר מִמֶּנּוויּל יר מִמֶּנּוויּל בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה '. אוהֵב עַמּו יִשרָאֵל:	"
- Siddûr tefillôt Yiśrāʾēl

“You have given the house of Yisrael your people an eternal love, have taught us doctrine and commandments, laws and legal systems. Therefore, God our God, when we lie down and when we get up, we ponder your laws and rejoice with the words of your teaching and with your commandments for eternal time; for they are our life and the duration of our days and our thoughts are occupied with them day and night. May you not withdraw your love from us in eternity, blessed be God, who loves his people Yisrael. "

Individual evidence

1. ^ The JPS guide to Jewish traditions By Ronald L. Eisenberg, Jewish Publication Society, pp. 412-13
2. ↑ Siah śarfe ḳodesh By Richard N. Levy, Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, page 62
3. ↑ Samson Raphael Hirsch : Siddûr tefillôt Yiśrāʾēl / trans. u. extended, 3rd edition, Frankfurt a. M .: Kauffmann, 1921, p. 259