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Modeh Ani

Sefard · Weekday · Upon Arising · Modeh Ani

Nusach
Sefard
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Translation based on the Metsudah linear siddur, by Avrohom Davis, 1981

Modeh Ani

Upon waking in the morning, even before washing your hands, say:

I give thanks to You living and everlasting King for You have restored my soul with mercy. Great is Your faithfulness.

After washing your hands, say:

The beginning of wisdom is fear of Adonoy, good understanding to all who perform [His commandments], His praise endures forever. Blessed [is His] Name, Whose glorious kingdom is forever and ever.

Before putting on your tallis katan say:

Blessed are You, Adonoy our God, King of the Universe Who sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the mitzva of tzitzis (fringes).

May it be Your will Adonoy, my God, and God of my fathers, to consider [my fulfillment of] the mitzva of tzitzis before You as though I had fulfilled it in every detail, accurately and with full intent, and the 613 commandments that depend on it. Amein, Selah.

The numerical value of the word צִיצִית is 600 which, with the 8 threads and 5 knots of the צִיצִית itself, makes 613, the exact number of the mitzvos of the Torah. This symbolizes the Talmudic statement (Maseches Nedarim 25a) that the wearing of tzitzis equals the observance of the whole Torah.

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