ALEINU : A beautiful prayer

It is our job to praise the Master of everything,

and to give greatness to the Creator of the beginning,

for He has not made us like the nations of the lands,

and He has not made us like the families of the earth,

for He has not made our portion like theirs,

and our lot like their populations.

while we kneel, bow, and give thanks

to the King of Emperors, the Holy One, Blessed is He.

For He stretches out the sky and establishes the earth,

and the dwelling place of His honor is in the skies above

and the presence of His power is in the highest heights.

He is our God, there is no other.

It is truth!There is nothing without our King.

As it says in the Torah,"Today you shall know and take to heart

that HaShem is the God,

in the skies above and on the earth below,

there is no other."

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This is a translation of the Aleinu prayer which every religious Jewish man says three times a day at the completion of each daily prayer. Tradition tells us that this prayer was written by Yehoshua bin Nun (Joshua) when he led the Jewish people into the land of Israel. Thanks Rachel for mentioning it. List of other Jewish prayers here.

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