It is incumbent upon us to praise the Lord of all, to ascribe greatness to the primeval Creator · alyenu leshabe-ach la-adon hakol latet gdula leyotzer bereshit · עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ לַאֲדוֹן הַכֹּל לָתֵת גְּדֻלָּה לְיוֹצֵר בְּרֵאשִׁית · Play
because God has not made us like the families of the world or placed us like the nations of the earth · shelo asanu kegoyey ha-aratzot velo samanu kemishpechot ha-adama · שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂנוּ כְּגוֹיֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת וְלֹא שָׂמָנוּ כְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת הָאֲדָמָה · Play
for He has not assigned our portion like theirs nor our lot like all their multitudes shelo sam chelkenu kahem vegoralenu kechol hamonam · שֶׁלֹּא שָׂם חֶלְקֵנוּ כָּהֶם וְגוֹרָלֵנוּ כְּכָל הֲמוֹנָם · Play

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