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Must Own: AMEN – Prayers and Blessings from Around the World – 1
BAR/BAT MITZVAH
HE who blessed our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
May HE bless the bar mitzvah boy and the bat mitzvah girl,
Who have come up to honor God and the Torah.
May the Holy One, blessed be HE,
protect and deliver him and her from all distress and illness,
And bless all her and his efforts with success among all Israel their brethren;
and let us say, Amen.
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Blessed are YOU, our GOD and the GOD of our ancestors,
Who has enabled us to further the generations
with courage, and blessed us with the new life.
Blessed are YOU, the GOD of Life,
Who has given me strength in this difficult hour
and blessed me with the joy of taking part in the act of creation.
Blessed are YOU, our GOD and the GOD of our mothers and fathers,
for the miracle of birth and the joy of parenthood,
For the beauty and love and the harmony of the life cycle.
RABBI ELYSE GOLDSTEIN
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God spake these words, and said:
I am the LORD thy GOD;
Thou shalt have none other gods but Me.
Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow to them, nor worship them.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy GOD in vain.
Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath-day.
Honor thy father and mother.
Thou shalt do no murder.
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
thou shalt not steal.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against they neighbor.
thou shalt not covet.
Lord have mercy upon us,
and write all these Thy Laws in our hearts,
we beseech Thee.
HOLY COMMUNION DECALOGUE
FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
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The highest good is like water.
Water gives life to the ten thousand things and does not strive.
It flows in places men reject and so is like the Tao.
In dwelling, be close to the land.
In meditation, go deep in the heart.
In dealing with others, be gentle and kind.
In speech, be true.
In ruling, be just.
In business, be competent.
In action, watch the timing.
No fight: No blame.
LAO TSE
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To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitute perfect virtue.
They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness.
CONFUCIUS
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Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray Thee, Lord, Thy child to keep:
Thy love guard me through the night
and wake me with the morning light.
BEDTIME PRAYER