Kadosh Kadosh (Sh'ma Blessings) - קָדוֹׁש קָדוֹׁש
One of Nava Tehila original melody for Prayers - Shabbat, holidays and Weekdays. For bilingual display of verses click A/א above
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Michmoret 2016

Text

This is "kedusha d'meyushav" that is part of the blessings before Sh'ma. You can sing " baruch shem to the same tune, and set the intro pieces to nusach. Click “Siddur Ashkenaz” below for the full text in the Siddur

וְכֻלָּם מְקַבְּלִים עֲלֵיהֶם עֹל מַלְכוּת שָׁמַיִם זֶה מִזֶּה, וְנוֹתְנִים רְשׁוּת זֶה לָזֶה לְהַקְדִּישׁ לְיוֹצְרָם בְּנַחַת רוּחַ, בְּשָׂפָה בְרוּרָה וּבִנְעִימָה. קְדֻשָׁה כֻּלָּם כְּאֶחָד, עוֹנִים וְאוֹמְרִים בְּיִרְאָה:
קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ קָדוֹשׁ יהוה צְבָאוֹת, מְלֹא כָל הָאָרֶץ כְּבוֹדוֹ:
וְהָאופַנִּים וְחַיּוֹת הַקֹּדֶשׁ בְּרַעַשׁ גָּדול מִתְנַשּאִים לְעֻמַּת שְׂרָפִים, לְעֻמָּתָם מְשַׁבְּחִים וְאוֹמְרִים:
בָּרוּךְ כְּבוד יהוה מִמְּקוֹמוֹ:

And all of them accept upon themselves the yoke of the kingdom of Heaven, one from the other, and grant permission to one another to sanctify their Creator with tranquility of spirit, with clear language and with melody. In holiness, all of them as one, respond and proclaim in awe:

Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory.

And the Ophanim and the holy Chayot, with great noise, rise toward the Seraphim, and facing them they offer praise and say:

Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place.

Kadosh kadosh kadosh, Adonai Tzevaot, m'lo khol hassretz kevodo.

Baruch k'vod Adonai mimkomo.

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Kavvanot

In the Nava Tehila method, kavvanot — intentions for inner engagement with the words of prayer — are developed through close attention to the language of the psalms: Pshat, Midrash, and Kabbalistic and Hasidic illumination. Click the source title below to open these biblical verses in Sefaria, where rich commentary is directly linked to the text.

(ג) וְקָרָ֨א זֶ֤ה אֶל־זֶה֙ וְאָמַ֔ר קָד֧וֹשׁ   קָד֛וֹשׁ קָד֖וֹשׁ יהוה צְבָא֑וֹת מְלֹ֥א כׇל־הָאָ֖רֶץ כְּבוֹדֽוֹ׃

And one would call to the other,“Holy, holy, holy! GOD of Hosts,
Whose presence fills all the earth!”

(יב) וַתִּשָּׂאֵ֣נִי ר֔וּחַ וָאֶשְׁמַ֣ע אַחֲרַ֔י ק֖וֹל רַ֣עַשׁ גָּד֑וֹל בָּר֥וּךְ כְּבוֹד־יהוה מִמְּקוֹמֽוֹ׃

(12) Then a spirit carried me away, and behind me I heard a great roaring sound: “Blessed is the Presence of GOD, in its place,”