12th-century Jewish liturgical poem
Et sha'are ratson (Hebrew: עֵת שַׁעֲרֵי רָצוֹן, romanized: ʿEt shaʿarē raṣōn) is a piyyut on the Binding of Isaac, written in the 12th century by Judah ben Samuel ibn Abbas [he] of Fez. It is recited prior to the sounding of the shofar in the Sephardic and Mizrahi Rosh Hashanah services.[1][2]
In the traditional Spanish and Portuguese liturgy, it is associated with an ancient Morisco chant, characteristic of its origin in the southern cities of Spain. This can be observed in the prominence of the third and fifth degrees of the scale, and in the combination and repetition of brief phrases in sentences of different lengths.[1]
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עֵת שַׁעֲרֵי רָצוֹן לְהִפָּתֵחַ
יוֹם אֶהְיֶה כַפַּי לְאֵל שׁוֹטֵחַ
אָנָּא זְכוֹר נָא לִי בְּיוֹם הוֹכֵחַ
עוֹקֵד וְהַנֶּעְקָד וְהַמִּזְבֵּחַ
בָּאַחֲרִית נֻסָּה בְּסוֹף הָעֲשָׂרָה
הַבֵּן אֲשֶׁר נוֹלַד לְךָ מִשָּׂרָה
אִם נַפְשְׁךָ בוֹ עַד מְאד נִקְשָׁרָה
קוּם הַעֲלֵהוּ לִי לְעוֹלָה בָרָה
עַל הַר אֲשֶׁר כָּבוֹד לְךָ זוֹרֵחַ
עוֹקֵד וְהַנֶּעְקָד וְהַמִּזְבֵּחַ
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'Et sha'are raṣon lehippateaḥ,
Yom eheyeh kappai le-El shoṭoaḥ:
Anna zěkor na li beyom hokeaḥ,
'Oḳed wehane'ḳad wehamizbeaḥ.
Běaḥarit nusah, besof ha'asarah,
Im nafsheka bo 'ad meod niḳsharah,
"Haben asher nolad leka mi-Sarah."
"Ḳum ha'alehu li le'olah barah."
'Al har asher kabod laka zoreaḥ,
'Oḳed wehane'ḳad wehamizbeaḥ.
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We come, what time the gates of favor open,
This day when unto God in prayer appealing:
For us remember, now we stand in judgment,
The binder and the bound upon the altar.
Unto this patriarch, a last, tenth trial,
Though bound thy soul to him in bonds most tender,
"That son that hath been born to thee by Sarah."
"Arise and offer him to Me an off'ring."
Upon that mount far off where glory waits thee,
The binder and the bound upon the altar.[1]
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References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Adler, Cyrus; Cohen, Francis L. (1903). "'Et Sha'are Raẓon (עת שערי רצון)". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 243.
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