Barchu

Barchu ( Hebrew בָּרְכוּ [אֶת ה 'הַמְּבֹרָך] ְ; German: "Bless [God, those who are to be blessed]") is a Jewish blessing .

description

Barchu is the first word and the title of the Jewish blessing. It forms part of Psuke desimra , of Shacharit on Shabbat . Barchu is recited before Shacharit and Maariv's blessing for Shema Yisrael and during the Torah reading. The saying consists of the call of the Chasan : “Bless God, the one who is to be blessed!” And the congregation replies: “Blessed be God, the one who is to be blessed, in all eternity.” The Chasan then repeats the answer of the congregation and continues.

Text and translation

בָּרְכוּ אֶת יְהוָֹה הַמְברָךְ בָּרוּךְ יְהוָֹה הַמְברָךְ לְעולָם וָעֶד בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהוָֹה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, יוֹצֵר אוֹר וּבוֹרֵא חֹשֶׁךְ, עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא אֶת הַכֹּל:  "	“Bless God, the one to be blessed: Blessed be God, the one to be blessed, in all eternity. Blessed are you, God our God, King of the world, sculptor of light and creator of darkness, who shapes peace and creates the universe. "
	Source: Samson Raphael Hirsch : Siddûr tefillôt Yiśrāʾēl, Israel's prayers, (סדור תפלות ישראל).

Web links

• ברכו Barchu on daat.ac.il

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Siddur shma kolenu. German transl. Raw Joseph Scheuer, arr. Albert Richter, Edouard Selig, ed. Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich, Verlag Morascha, Basel 1996. 9th edition 2011, p. 51. (Barchu.)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Samson Raphael Hirsch : Siddûr tefillôt Yiśrāʾēl, Israel's prayers, (סדור תפלות ישראל). I. Kauffmann, Frankfurt a. M. 1895, OCLC 18389019 , p. 105. ( online ).