Prayer of the Yanuka Gaon on Shavuot

Prayer of the Yanuka Gaon on Shavuot – Awe of the Revelation at Mount Sinai

להמשיך היראה ממעמד הר סיני (מתוך 'תפילה לשלמה' למו"ר) רבּוֹנוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, אָבִי אַב הָרַחֲמָן, מָלֵא רַחֲמִים. הַמְשֶׁךְ נָא עֲלִי אֶת הִירְאָה מִמַּעֲמַד הַר סִינִי וְאָבוֹא לִירְאָה אוֹתְךָ יִתְבָּרַךְ, וַאֲקַבֵּל הַיִּרְאֶה מִן מִשְׁפְּטֵי תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְדוֹשָׁה וְאֶשְׁמְרֵם כָּרָאוּי, וְאֶזְכֶּה לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת הַקוֹלוֹת וְהַבְּרָקִים וְאֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשָׂה בְּמַעֲמַד הַר סִינָי, וְיָסִירוּ הַקוֹלוֹת וְהַבְּרַקִים אֶת אֲחִיזַת הַקְלְפוֹת מַעֲלֵי וּמֵעַל עֵינִי, וְאָזְכֶּה לִרְאוֹת אֶת הַשְׁנָּחָתְךָ יִתְבָּרַךְ, וְאַשִׂיג הַשָּׂגוֹת אֵ־להוּת בָּאֶמֶת, בְּלִי שׁוּם צַד רַע וְדִמְיוֹן כְּלָל. אָנָא רַחֲמָן, זַכֵּנִי לְשָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה דִּקְדֶשָׁה, וְאָבוֹא לְשִׂמְחַת מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁעָלָה לַמָּרוֹם, וְתִשְׁפַּע עָלִי שִׂמְחָה גְדוֹלָה עַל אֲשֶׁר לֹא עֲשִׂיתַנִי גּוֹי, וּבָזֶה אֶזְכֶה חִישׁ קַל מְהֵרָה לַהֲפַךְ אֶת כָּל הַיָּגוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה גְּדוֹלָה, וּלְהִתְעַלוֹת מַעַל כָּל הֶבְלֵי הָעוֹלָם הַזֶּה, וְלִזְכּוֹת לְדַבֵּק עַצְמִי בְּךָ יִתְבָּרַךְ. אַנָּא זַכֵּנִי בְרַחֲמִיךְ לָבוֹא מֵעֹצֶם הַשִׂמְחָה לִשְׁמֹעַ אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר נַעֲשֶׂה בְּמַעֲמַד הַר סִינַי, וְתִשְׁפַּע עָלֵי יִרְאָה גְדוֹלָה מִלְפָנֶיךָ, וּתְזַכֵּנִי בְרַחֲמֶיךְ לִשְׁמֹר מִשְׁפְּטֵי חַקִיךְ כָּרָאוּי, וְאֶנָּצֵל מִכָּל אִסּוּר שֶׁבָּעוֹלָם וְלֹא אעבר לְעוֹלָם עַל תּוֹרָתָךְ. אַנָּא זַכֵּנִי לִשְׁמֹעַ תָּמִיד בְּקוֹל הַחֲכָמִים מִוֹסְרֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ, וְאָבוֹא לְשְׁמֹעַ אֶת הַקוֹלוֹת וְהַבְּרָקִים מִמַּעֲמַד הַר סִינַי, וְאֶת עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדַּבְּרוֹת שֶׁהֵם כּנְגֶד הָאוֹת י' מִשִׁמְךְ הַקָּדוֹשׁ, וּבָזֶה זַכֵּנִי נָא לָבוֹא לְדַעַת' שָׁהִיא כְעָנִין האות ה' מִשִׁמְךְ הַקָּדוֹשׁ, וּתִיחֲדָם בְּיִחוּד גָמוּר, שִׁיִּתְקִיָּם הַכָּתוּב "כִּי בְּי־הּ ה' צוּר עוֹלָמִים", וְתַשְׁפִּיעַ עָלִי וְעַל כָּל הָעוֹלָם כָּל הַשְׁפָעִים הָעֶלְיוֹנִים, וְתִפְקֹד בְּרַחֲמֶיךְ כָּל חֲשׂוּכִי בָנִים, וְתַשְׁפִיעַ שָׁפַע לְעַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל. אַמֵן נֶצַח סֶלָה וְעֶד. Transliteration

Ribbono shel olam, Avi Av Ha-Rachaman, male rachamim. Hamshekh na alai et ha-yirah mi-maamad Har Sinai, ve-avo le-yirah otkha yitbarakh, va-akabel ha-yirah min mishpetei Toratkha ha-kedoshah, ve-eshmerem ka-ra'ui, ve-ezkeh lishmoa et ha-kolot ve-ha-berakim, ve-et kol asher na'asah be-maamad Har Sinai, ve-yasiru ha-kolot ve-ha-berakim et ahizat ha-klipot me-alai u-me-al einai, ve-ezkeh lir'ot et hashgakhatkha yitbarakh, ve-asig hasagot Elokut be-emet, bli shum tzad ra, ve-dimyon klal.

Ana Rachaman, zakeni le-sasson ve-simkhah di-kedushah, ve-avo le-simkhat Moshe Rabbeinu be-sha'ah she-alah la-marom, ve-tishpa alai simkhah gedolah al asher lo asitani goy, u-va-zeh ezkeh khish kal meherah le-hafokh et kol ha-yagon le-simkhah gedolah, u-lehit'alot me-al kol havlei ha-olam ha-zeh, ve-lizkot le-dabek atzmi bekha yitbarakh. Ana zakeni be-rakhamekha lavo me-otzem ha-simkhah lishmoa et kol asher na'aseh be-maamad Har Sinai, ve-tishpa alai yir'ah gedolah milfanekha, u-tezakeni be-rakhamekha lishmor mishpetei khukeikha ka-ra'ui, ve-enatzel mi-kol issur she-ba-olam, ve-lo e'evor le-olam al Toratkha.

Ana zakeni lishmoa tamid be-kol ha-khakhamim mi-mosrei Toratekha, ve-avo lishmoa et ha-kolot ve-ha-berakim mi-maamad Har Sinai, ve-et Aseret Ha-Dibrot she-hem keneged ha-ot "yud" mi-Shemkha ha-kadosh, u-va-zeh zakeni na lavo le-da'at, she-hi ke-inyan ha-ot "hei" mi-Shemkha ha-kadosh, ve-tihadem be-yikhud gamur, she-yitkayem ha-katuv: «Ki be-Yah A-do-nai tzur olamim», ve-tashpia alai ve-al kol ha-olam kol ha-shfa'im ha-elyonim, ve-tifkod be-rakhamekha kol khasukhei banim, ve-tashpia shefa le-amekha Yisrael. Amen, Netzakh, Selah, Va'ed.

Translation Master of the universe, my Father, merciful Father, full of compassion! Please draw down upon me the awe of standing at Mount Sinai, so that I may attain awe of You, blessed are You, and accept the awe inspired by the laws of Your holy Torah and observe them properly.

Grant me the merit of hearing the voices and thunderbolts, and all that took place at the standing at Mount Sinai. May these voices and thunderbolts remove the hold of the kelipot—the impure shells—from me and from my eyes. Then may I merit to behold Your Divine Presence, blessed are You, and attain true apprehensions of Divinity, without any aspect of evil or any illusion.

Merciful One, please grant me the merit of joy and holy gladness. May I share in the joy of Moses our Teacher when he ascended on high. Pour great joy upon me for the fact that You did not make me a non-Jew. Through this, may I soon and swiftly merit to transform all sorrow into great joy, rise above all the vanities of this world, and merit to cleave myself to You, blessed are You.

Please, in Your mercy, grant me the merit that, through the strength of this great joy, I may come to hear all that took place at the standing at Mount Sinai. Pour great awe of You upon me. In Your mercy, grant me the merit to observe the laws of Your statutes properly. May I be saved from every prohibition in the world and never transgress Your Torah.

Please grant me the merit always to heed the voice of the sages who transmit Your Torah. May I come to hear the voices and thunderbolts from the standing at Mount Sinai, and the Ten Statements, which correspond to the letter י of Your holy Name.

Through this, please grant me the merit to attain da'at—knowledge—which corresponds to the letter ה of Your holy Name. Unite them in complete unity, so that what is written may be fulfilled: “For through Yah, A-do-nai, is the stronghold of worlds established.”

Pour upon me and upon the entire world all the supernal influences. In Your mercy, remember all those who are childless, and pour abundance upon Your people Israel. Amen. Netzach. Selah. Va'ed.

(from “Tefilah le-Shlomo,” transmitted by the student of Rav Yanuka Shlomo Kalmanovich)