Hineni (הנני) - Rabbi Josh Warshawsky

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Hineni by Rabbi Josh Warshawsky
Executive Producer: Marc and Susan Sacks
Produced and mixed by Jeremy Lawrence
Engineered by Patrick Kehrier and Tyler Karmen
Vocal arrangements and production by Ayo Awosika
Musical Direction by Brock Pollock
Directed by Dustin Warren
Produced by The Matterworks
Cinematography by Dustin Warren and Ricky Chavez
Edited by Dustin Warren
Additional footage taken at Tifereth Israel in Columbus, Ohio
Sponsored by: Congregation Beth Shalom, Northbrook, IL
Additional funding provided by Word: Bruce Geller Memorial Prize
(Word is a program of American Jewish University’s Institute for Jewish Creativity. Word: Bruce Geller Memorial Prize is made possible by the late Jeanette Geller in memory of her husband Bruce)
The Chaverai Nevarech Band: Coleen Dieker, Chava Mirel, Brock Pollock, Ayo Awosika, Duvid Swirsky, Lior Shragg, Deborah Sacks Mintz, Jackson Vance Mercer and Jenni Asher
הִנְנִי הֶעָנִי מִמַּעַשׂ
נִרְעָשׁ וְנִפְחַד מִי מִי אֲנִי
בָּאתִי לַעֲמֹד וּלְהִתְחַנֵּן לְפָנֶיךָ
אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינִי כְדַאי וְהָגוּן לְכַךְ
לָכֵן אֲבַקֵּשׁ מִמְּךָ אֲדוֹן הַמְּחִילָה, בּוֹחֵן לְבָבוֹת, שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה
גּוֹלֶה עֲמֻקּוֹת, אָיֹם וְנוֹרָא שַׁדַי
הֱיֵה נָא מַצְלִיחַ דַּרְכִּי
וְקַבֵּל תְּפִלָּתִי כִּתְפִלַּת צַדִּיק וְזַכַּאי
אִם קוֹל נָעִים וּפִרְקוֹ נָאֶה
וּמְעוּרָב בְּדַעַת עִם כָּל הַבְּרִיּוֹת
אַל נָא תַּפְשִׁיעֵם בְּחַטֹּאתַי
וְאַל תְּחַיְּבֵם בַּעֲווֹנוֹתַי
וְאַל יְהִי שׁוּם מִכְשׁוֹל בִּתְפִלָּתִי
כִּי חוֹטֵא וּפוֹשֵׁעַ אָנִי
בָּאתִי לַעֲמֹד וּלְהִתְחַנֵּן לְפָנֶיךָ
אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינִי כְדַאי וְהָגוּן לְכַךְ
לָכֵן אֲבַקֵּשׁ מִמְּךָ אֲדוֹן הַמְּחִילָה, בּוֹחֵן לְבָבוֹת, שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה
גּוֹלֶה עֲמֻקּוֹת, אָיֹם וְנוֹרָא שַׁדַי
כִּי אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה
וְרוֹצֶה בִּתְשׁוּבָה
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה
Hineni, he’ani mima’as
Nir’ash v’nifchad, mi mi ani
Bati la’amod u’l’hitchanein lefanecha
Af al pi she’eini ch’dai v’hagun le’chach
Lachein avakesh mimcha adon hamechilah
Bochein levavot, shome’a tefilah
Goleh amukot, ayom v’nora, Shadai
Heyeh na matzliach darki
V’kabel tefilati kit’filat tzadik v’zakai
Im kol na’im u’firko na’eh
U’me’urav bada’at im kol habriyot
Al na tafshi’eim b’chatotai
V’al techai’vem b’avonotai
V’al yehi shum michshol bitefilati
Ki chote u’foshei’a ani
Bati la’amod u’l’hitchanein lefanecha
Af al pi she’eini ch’dai v’hagun le’chach
Lachein avakesh mimcha adon hamechilah
Bochein levavot, shome’a tefilah
Goleh amukot, ayom v’nora, Shadai
Ki ata shome’a tefilah v’rotzeh bitshuvah
Baruch ata, shome’a tefilah
Translation:
Here I am, lacking in merit,
Trembling and frightened -
who, who am I?
I have come to plead before you even though I am unfit and unworthy to do so.
Therefore I request of you,
Master of Forgiveness, Heart-Searcher, Prayer-Listener, Revealer of Deep Secrets, Awesome and Wondrous, Sha’Da’i:
May the path I embark on be successful. Accept my prayer like it is the prayer of the righteous and innocent. Accept it as though it is sung out in a sweet voice. Accept it as though it is prayed by someone whose life has been well spent, by someone who is deeply interconnected with the people and the world around them.
Please, do not hold these people to blame for my sins. Do not find them guilty for my misdeeds. May there not be a stumbling in my prayer, for I am careless and have surely sinned.
I have come to plead before you even though I am unfit and unworthy to do so.
Therefore I request of you,
Master of Forgiveness, Heart-Searcher, Prayer-Listener, Revealer of Deep Secrets, Awesome and Wondrous, Sha’Da’i:
And You listen to prayers
And desire us to return…
Blessed are You, Prayer-Listener.