Guide
Early Mystical and Theurgic Hymns
1st–13th Centuries
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By Carol Bakhos
Both the Dead Sea Scrolls and rabbinic literature include prayers invoking the praise of God by angels or divine beings. Through these prayers, human worshipers associated themselves with the heavenly beings who ministered to God.
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Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
Sabbath Song 7
For the Master. Song of the sacrifice of the seventh Sabbath on the sixteenth of the month. Praise the God of the exalted heights, O exalted ones among all the divine beings of knowledge. Let the…
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The Tosefta on the Kedushah
t. Berakhot 1:9
One does not respond together with the prayer leader [in the synagogue, who recites the Prayer on behalf of the entire congregation; that is, one does not recite congregational responses or…
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The Palestinian Talmud on the Kedushah
y. Berakhot 5:4, 9c
Batyty [was leading the Prayer of Eighteen] and he was struck dumb while reciting the [liturgy preceding the Shema‘], “And the Ophanim [and the holy Hayyot with a noise of great rushing, raise…
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A Version of the Kedushah from the Land of Israel
And we glorify You, our God [ . . . ]
And we sanctify You, our King [ . . . ]
And to You sanctification rises [ . . . ]
as…