Baruch Adonai Le'Olam (Maariw)

Baruch Adonai L'Olam ( Hebrew בִּרְכַּת בָּרוּךְ ה 'לְעולָם - יִרְאוּ עֵינֵינוּ) is a prayer that is recited immediately before the eighteen prayers during the Jewish evening prayer Maariw .

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It contains 18 verses. It is followed by the blessing “Jir'u eijneijnu” ( Hebrew יִרְאוּ עֵינֵינוּ"our eyes can see"). The prayer originated in Talmudic times when synagogues were not allowed to be built in residential areas and the Jewish evening prayer had to be held in the fields. Hence, these 18 verses took the place of the eighteen intercessory prayer. The eighteen intercessory prayer itself was then performed in the private homes. This prayer was not recited on the rest and public holidays. So the Shema Yisrael and its blessings were not separated from the eighteen intercessory prayer.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See Ronald L. Eisenberg: The JPS guide to Jewish traditions , Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia 2004, ISBN 978-0-8276-0882-5 , p. 420.
2. ↑ See Eisenberg 2004, p. 421.