Shimi Fried - "Unetaneh Tokef": Words and Melody

One of the highlights of the prayers of the holy days of Rosh Hashanah is undoubtedly the "Unetanneh Tokef" prayer.

Shimi Fried in a wonderful and moving performance of the "Unetanneh Tokef" prayer, according to the version that is moving to tears in Breslov Chassidut.

The wonderful musician Avraham Balti, accompanied by the clarinet.

We will declare the mighty holiness of this day, for it is awesome and terrifying.

On it, Your kingdom is exalted, and Your throne is established in kindness, and You sit upon it in truth.

It is true that You are the Judge, the One who reproves, the One who knows, and the Witness.

You write and seal, You record and count.

You remember all that is forgotten, and You open the book of records.

It will read itself, and the signature of every person's hand is in it.

A great shofar will be sounded, and a still, small voice will be heard.

Angels will hasten, and trembling and fear will seize them.

They will say: "Behold, the Day of Judgment, to visit the heavenly host in judgment."

For they will not be found innocent in Your eyes in judgment.

All who enter the world will pass before You like members of a flock.

Like a shepherd tending his flock, passing his sheep under his staff,

So will You pass, count, record, and visit the soul of every living being.

You will cut a measure for every creature and write their decree of judgment.

On Rosh Hashanah they are written, and on the day of the fast of Yom Kippur they are sealed.

How many will pass and how many will be created,

Who will live and who will die,

Who at his appointed time and who not at his appointed time,

Who by water and who by fire,

Who by sword and who by beast,

Who by famine and who by thirst,

Who by earthquake and who by plague,

Who by strangulation and who by stoning,

Who will rest and who will wander,

Who will be tranquil and who will be torn,

Who will be serene and who will be tormented,

Who will be poor and who will be rich,

Who will be humbled and who will be exalted.

But teshuvah (repentance), prayer, and charity

Avert the severity of the decree.

For as Your Name is, so is Your praise: slow to anger and easy to appease.

For You do not desire the death of the one who deserves to die, but rather that he return from his way and live.

And until the day of his death, You wait for him; if he returns, You will immediately accept him.

It is true that You are their Creator and You know their inclination,

For they are flesh and blood.

A person's origin is from dust and his end is to dust.

With his soul he earns his bread; he is likened to a broken shard,

Like dry grass, like a fading flower, like a passing shadow, like a vanishing cloud,

Like a blowing wind, like flying dust, and like a fleeting dream.

And You are the King, the living and enduring God.

There is no limit to Your years and no end to the length of Your days.

There is no way to estimate the chariots of Your glory and no way to explain the mystery of Your Name.

Your Name is fitting for You, and You are fitting for Your Name,

And You have called our name by Your Name.

Act for the sake of Your Name, and sanctify Your Name upon those who sanctify Your Name,

For the sake of the glory of Your Name, which is revered and sanctified,

According to the mystery of the discourse of the holy Seraphim who sanctify Your Name in holiness.

Those who dwell above and those who dwell below call out and triple the threefold holiness in the sanctuary.