Weekly Tefilah Focus

V’liYerushalayim ircha b’rachamim tashuv

And to Jerusalem, Your city, may You return in compassion

 Ki Hu l’vado…

For He alone…

Ki Hu l’vado po’eil g’vuros, oseh chadashos, baal milchamos

For He alone effects mighty deeds, makes new things, is Master of wars

L’Keil baruch n’imos yiteinu. L’Melech Keil chai v’kayam, z’miros yomeiru, v’sishbachos yashmiu

We are approaching the Three Weeks, where we turn our focus to mourning the loss of the Beis HaMikdash. The deeper aspects of what we mourn are the following:

pinos tz’va’av k’doshim rom’mei Sha-dai

…all of His legions, holy ones, exalt the Almighty