(טז) נָֽפְלָה֙ עֲטֶ֣רֶת רֹאשֵׁ֔נוּ אֽוֹי־נָ֥א לָ֖נוּ כִּ֥י חָטָֽאנוּ׃(יז) עַל־זֶ֗ה הָיָ֤ה דָוֶה֙ לִבֵּ֔נוּ עַל־אֵ֖לֶּה חָשְׁכ֥וּ עֵינֵֽינוּ׃(יח) עַ֤ל הַר־צִיּוֹן֙ שֶׁשָּׁמֵ֔ם שׁוּעָלִ֖ים הִלְּכוּ־בֽוֹ׃ (פ)(יט) אַתָּ֤ה ה׳ לְעוֹלָ֣ם תֵּשֵׁ֔ב כִּסְאֲךָ֖ לְדֹ֥ר וָדֽוֹר׃(כ) לָ֤מָּה לָנֶ֙צַח֙ תִּשְׁכָּחֵ֔נוּ תַּֽעַזְבֵ֖נוּ לְאֹ֥רֶךְ יָמִֽים׃(כא) הֲשִׁיבֵ֨נוּ ה׳ ׀ אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ ונשוב [וְֽנָשׁ֔וּבָה] חַדֵּ֥שׁ יָמֵ֖ינוּ כְּקֶֽדֶם׃(כב) כִּ֚י אִם־מָאֹ֣ס מְאַסְתָּ֔נוּ קָצַ֥פְתָּ עָלֵ֖ינוּ עַד־מְאֹֽד׃
[השיבנו ה׳ אליך ונשובה חדש ימינו כקדם]
(16) The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us that we have sinned!(17) Because of this our hearts are sick, Because of these our eyes are dimmed:(18) Because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate; Jackals prowl over it.(19) But You, O LORD, are enthroned forever, Your throne endures through the ages.(20) Why have You forgotten us utterly, Forsaken us for all time?(21) Take us back, O LORD, to Yourself, And let us come back; Renew our days as of old!(22) For truly, You have rejected us, Bitterly raged against us. Take us back, O LORD, to Yourself, And let us come back; Renew our days as of old!
(א) נוֹהֲגִים לָקוּם בְּאַשְׁמֹרֶת לוֹמַר סְלִיחוֹת וְתַחֲנוּנִים מֵרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ אֱלוּל וָאֵילָךְ עַד יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים. הַגָּה: וּמִנְהַג בְּנֵי אַשְׁכְּנַז אֵינוֹ כֵן, אֶלָּא מֵרֹאשׁ חֹדֶשׁ וָאֵילָךְ מַתְחִילִין לִתְקֹעַ אַחַר הַתְּפִלָּה שַׁחֲרִית, וְיֵשׁ מְקוֹמוֹת שֶׁתּוֹקְעִין גַּם כֵּן עַרְבִית; וְעוֹמְדִים בְּאַשְׁמוֹרֶת לוֹמַר סְלִיחוֹת בְּיוֹם א' שֶׁלִּפְנֵי רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה; וְאִם חָל רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה ב' (אוֹ) ג', אָז מַתְחִילִין מִיּוֹם א' שָׁבוּעַ שֶׁלְּפָנָיו ...
(1) We have the custom to get up at the break of dawn to recite Selichot and tachanunim from Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur. Rema: The minhag of Ashkenazi Jews is not like that. Instead from Rosh Chodesh on we blow the Shofar after Shacharith, and there are some places where they also blow the Shofar after Arvit. We get up at dawn to recite Selichot from the Sunday before Rosh HaShanah on; and if Rosh HaShanah falls on a Monday or Tuesday, we begin reciting Selichot from Sunday the week before Rosh HaShanah...
(א) אמר המחבר: החיבור הזה לא חברתיו ללמד לבני האדם את אשר לא ידעו, אלא להזכירם את הידוע להם כבר ומפורסם אצלם פירסום גדול. כי לא תמצא ברוב דברי, אלא דברים שרוב בני האדם יודעים אותם ולא מסתפקים בהם כלל.
(1) The writer says: I have composed this work not to teach people what they do not know but to remind them of what they already know and which is very familiar to them. For you will find in most of my words only things which most people already know and do not have any doubt about.
(ה) מִֽן־הַ֭מֵּצַ֥ר קָרָ֣אתִי יָּ֑הּ עָנָ֖נִי בַמֶּרְחָ֣ב יָֽהּ׃
(5) In distress I called on the LORD; the Lord answered me and brought me relief.
אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁתְּקִיעַת שׁוֹפָר בְּרֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה גְּזֵרַת הַכָּתוּב רֶמֶז יֵשׁ בּוֹ כְּלוֹמַר עוּרוּ יְשֵׁנִים מִשְּׁנַתְכֶם וְנִרְדָּמִים הָקִיצוּ מִתַּרְדֵּמַתְכֶם וְחַפְּשׂוּ בְּמַעֲשֵׂיכֶם וְחִזְרוּ בִּתְשׁוּבָה וְזִכְרוּ בּוֹרַאֲכֶם.
Even though [the reason] the shofar is blown on Rosh Hashanah is because of a biblical mandate, it still has a hint at some meaning, as if it says, “Wake up, you sleepers from your slumber, get up from your nap, nappers. Sift through your actions and return with repentance (teshuvah), remember your Creator.
The verb yashav also has a transitive form, le'yashev, which means to cause someone to sit or dwell, which in plain English would be to settle. Yishuv hada'at means to settle the mind. A yishuv is a settlement - a habitation, a place where people have set down a foundation and are making a stand or a sit...
- Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum
רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר,... וְשׁוּב יוֹם אֶחָד לִפְנֵי מִיתָתְךָ.
Rabbi Eliezer says: ... Repent one day before your death.
-R. Joseph B. Soleveitchik
(ד) הִגְדַּ֖לְתִּי מַעֲשָׂ֑י בָּנִ֤יתִי לִי֙ בָּתִּ֔ים נָטַ֥עְתִּי לִ֖י כְּרָמִֽים׃(ה) עָשִׂ֣יתִי לִ֔י גַּנּ֖וֹת וּפַרְדֵּסִ֑ים וְנָטַ֥עְתִּי בָהֶ֖ם עֵ֥ץ כָּל־פֶּֽרִי׃(ו) עָשִׂ֥יתִי לִ֖י בְּרֵכ֣וֹת מָ֑יִם לְהַשְׁק֣וֹת מֵהֶ֔ם יַ֖עַר צוֹמֵ֥חַ עֵצִֽים׃(ז) קָנִ֙יתִי֙ עֲבָדִ֣ים וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת וּבְנֵי־בַ֖יִת הָ֣יָה לִ֑י גַּ֣ם מִקְנֶה֩ בָקָ֨ר וָצֹ֤אן הַרְבֵּה֙ הָ֣יָה לִ֔י מִכֹּ֛ל שֶֽׁהָי֥וּ לְפָנַ֖י בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃(ח) כָּנַ֤סְתִּי לִי֙ גַּם־כֶּ֣סֶף וְזָהָ֔ב וּסְגֻלַּ֥ת מְלָכִ֖ים וְהַמְּדִינ֑וֹת עָשִׂ֨יתִי לִ֜י שָׁרִ֣ים וְשָׁר֗וֹת וְתַעֲנוּגֹ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָ֖ם שִׁדָּ֥ה וְשִׁדּֽוֹת׃(ט) וְגָדַ֣לְתִּי וְהוֹסַ֔פְתִּי מִכֹּ֛ל שֶׁהָיָ֥ה לְפָנַ֖י בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם אַ֥ף חָכְמָתִ֖י עָ֥מְדָה לִּֽי׃(י) וְכֹל֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָֽׁאֲל֣וּ עֵינַ֔י לֹ֥א אָצַ֖לְתִּי מֵהֶ֑ם לֹֽא־מָנַ֨עְתִּי אֶת־לִבִּ֜י מִכָּל־שִׂמְחָ֗ה כִּֽי־לִבִּ֤י שָׂמֵ֙חַ֙ מִכָּל־עֲמָלִ֔י וְזֶֽה־הָיָ֥ה חֶלְקִ֖י מִכָּל־עֲמָלִֽי׃(יא) וּפָנִ֣יתִֽי אֲנִ֗י בְּכָל־מַעֲשַׂי֙ שֶֽׁעָשׂ֣וּ יָדַ֔י וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּי לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְהִנֵּ֨ה הַכֹּ֥ל הֶ֙בֶל֙ וּרְע֣וּת ר֔וּחַ וְאֵ֥ין יִתְר֖וֹן תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
(4) I multiplied my possessions. I built myself houses and I planted vineyards.(5) I laid out gardens and groves, in which I planted every kind of fruit tree.(6) I constructed pools of water, enough to irrigate a forest shooting up with trees.(7) I bought male and female slaves, and I acquired stewards. I also acquired more cattle, both herds and flocks, than all who were before me in Jerusalem.(8) I further amassed silver and gold and treasures of kings and provinces; and I got myself male and female singers, as well as the luxuries of commoners—coffers and coffers of them.(9) Thus, I gained more wealth than anyone before me in Jerusalem. In addition, my wisdom remained with me:(10) I withheld from my eyes nothing they asked for, and denied myself no enjoyment; rather, I got enjoyment out of all my wealth. And that was all I got out of my wealth.(11) Then my thoughts turned to all the fortune my hands had built up, to the wealth I had acquired and won—and oh, it was all futile and pursuit of wind; there was no real value under the sun!
-Rabbi Alan Lew, This Is Real and Your Are Completely Unprepared