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Holiday night kiddush
This version of kiddush is said on the festival
nights of Passover, Shavuot, Sukkot, and Shemini
Atzeret/Simchat Torah. The sections in brackets
are added when the holiday coincides with
Shabbat (Friday night).
Text of Holiday Kiddush in English
Attention, gentlemen, [rabbis, and my teachers]!
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the
universe, who creates the fruit of the vine.
(Amen)
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the
universe, Who chose us from all the nations, and
elevated us above all tongues, and sanctified us
with His commandments. And You gave us, Lord our
God, with love, [Sabbaths for rest and]
festivals for happiness, holidays and times for
joy, this day [of Shabbat and this day of]
- (on Passover): the
Festival of Matzos, the time of our freedom
- (on Shavuot): the
Festival of Weeks, the time of the giving of
our Torah
- (on Shemini Atzeret/Simchat
Torah): the eighth day, the Festival of
Assembly, the time of our happiness
[With love], a holy
convocation, a remembrance of the Exodus from
Egypt. Because You chose us, and sanctified us
from all the nations, [and Shabbat] and Your
holy festivals [in love and in avor] in
happiness and in joy You have given us as a
heritage. Blessed are You, God, Who sanctifies
[the Shabbat] and Israel and the holiday
seasons. (Amen)
On Sukkot, the following blessing is added
immediately after kiddush when the meal takes
place in a
kosher sukkah:
- Blessed are You,
Lord our God, King of the universe, Who has
sanctified us with His commandments and
commanded us to dwell in the
sukkah. (Amen)
On all the holidays, this blessing is
recited after the nighttime kiddush (except
on the last two nights of Passover, when it
is omitted):
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the
universe, Who has kept us alive and
sustained us and brought us to this season.
(Amen)
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