Shabbat Evening Blessings: Kiddush - Blessing over Wine

Shabbat Kiddush

Blessing over the wine and sanctification of the day for Shabbat.

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Introduction
Shabbat-Kiddush-Intro.mp3
Audio file

Introductory Biblical passage (Gen. 1:31, Gen. 2:1-3) remembering Creation. The first line is chanted in an undertone, the rest in a full voice.

Hebrew Text

וַיְהִי עֶֽרֶב וַיְהִי בֹֽקֶר
 יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי.

 וַיְכֻלּוּ הַשָּׁמַֽיִם וְהָאָֽרֶץ
וְכׇל–צְבָאָם.
 וַיְכַל אֱלֹהִים בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי
 מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה.
 וַיִּשְׁבֹּת בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי
 מִכׇּל–מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה.
וַיְבָֽרֶךְ אֱלֹהִים אֶת–יוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי
 וַיְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתוֹ, כִּי בוֹ שָׁבַת מִכׇּל–
מְלַאכְתּוֹ אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים לַעֲשׂוֹת.

Transliteration

Vay'hi erev vay'hi voker
y
om hashishi.

Vay'chulu hashamayim v'haaretz v'chol tz'vaam.
Vay'chal Elohim bayom hash'vi-i m'lachto asher asah.
Vayishbot bayom hash'vi-i mikol m'lachto asher asah.
Vay'varech Elohim et yom hash'vi-i vay'kadeish oto,
ki vo shavat mikol m'lachto asher bara Elohim laasot.

Translation

And there was evening and there was morning,
the sixth day.

The heaven and the earth were finished, and all their array. On the seventh day God finished the work that God had been doing, and God ceased on the seventh day from all the work that God had done. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because on it God ceased from all the work of creation that God had done.

Blessing Over the Wine and Sanctification of Shabbat
Shabbat-Kiddush-Friday-Evening.mp3
Audio file
Hebrew Text

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
 בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּֽפֶן.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ
 אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ, מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
 אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֺתָיו וְרָֽצָה בָֽנוּ,
 וְשַׁבַּת קׇדְשׁוֹ
 בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצוֹן הִנְחִילָֽנוּ,
 זִכָּרוֹן לְמַעֲשֵׂה בְרֵאשִׁית.
 כִּי הוּא יוֹם תְּחִלָּה לְמִקְרָֽאֵי קֹֽדֶשׁ,
זֵֽכֶר לִיצִיאַת מִצְרָֽיִם.
 כִּי בָֽנוּ בָחַֽרְתָּ, וְאוֹתָֽנוּ קִדַּֽשְׁתָּ
 מִכׇּל הָעַמִּים.
 וְשַׁבַּת קׇדְשְׁךָ
 בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְרָצוֹן הִנְחַלְתָּֽנוּ.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ, מְקַדֵּשׁ הַשַּׁבָּת.

Transliteration

Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen.

Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’ratzah vanu, v’Shabbat kodsho b’ahavah uv’ratzon hinchilanu, zikaron l’maaseih v’reishit. Ki hu yom t’chilah l’mikra-ei kodesh, zecher litziat Mitzrayim. Ki vanu vacharta, v’otanu kidashta, mikol haamim. V’Shabbat kodsh’cha b’ahavah uv’ratzon hinchaltanu. Baruch atah, Adonai, m’kadeish haShabbat.

Translation

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, Creator of the fruit of the vine.

Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of all, who finding favor with us, sanctified us with mitzvot. In love and favor, You made the holy Shabbat our heritage as a reminder of the work of Creation. As first among our sacred days, it recalls the Exodus from Egypt. You chose us and set us apart from the peoples. In love and favor You have given us Your holy Shabbat as an inheritance. Blessed are You, Adonai, who sanctifies Shabbat. 

Abbreviated Kiddush
Brief Shabbat Kiddush
Audio file

This is an abbreviated Kiddush option and the Kiddush which is recited on Shabbat morning.

Hebrew Text

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ,
מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּֽפֶן.

Transliteration

Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen.

Translation

Praise to You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.

Source

From Miskhan T'filah: A Reform Siddur  © 2007 by CCAR Press. All rights reserved.