Editing Aleinu (section)

==Text==
The following is the first half of the current [[Ashkenazi]] version of the prayer (there is also a second paragraph, which some traditions omit, though it is a standard part of the Ashkenazi orthodox liturgy).

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!English translation<ref>Translation by Rabbi [[Jonathan Sacks]], from the [[Koren Sacks Siddur]], Copyright 2009.</ref>
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|valign=top| It is our duty to praise the Master of all,
|valign=top| ''Aleinu l'šabeaḥ la'[[Adon]] hakol''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|עָלֵינוּ לְשַׁבֵּחַ לַאֲדוֹן הַכֹּל,}}
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|valign=top| to ascribe greatness to the Author of creation,
|valign=top| ''latet gedulah l'yoṣer b'reišit,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|לָתֵת גְּדֻלָּה לְיוֹצֵר בְּרֵאשִׁית,}}
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|valign=top| who has not made us like the nations of the lands
|valign=top| ''šelo asanu k'[[goy]]ei ha'araṣot,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|שֶׁלֹּא עָשָׂנוּ כְּגוֹיֵי הָאֲרָצוֹת,}}
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|valign=top| nor placed us like the families of the earth;
|valign=top| ''v'lo samanu k'mišp'ḥot ha'[[adamah]],''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וְלֹא שָׂמָנוּ כְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת הָאֲדָמָה.}}
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|valign=top| who has not made our portion like theirs,
|valign=top| ''šelo sam ḥelqenu kahem,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|שֶׁלֹּא שָׂם חֶלְקֵנוּ כָּהֶם,}}
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|valign=top| nor our destiny like all their multitudes.
|valign=top| ''v'goralenu k'ḵol hamonam.''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וְגוֹרָלֵנוּ כְּכָל הֲמוֹנָם.}}
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|valign=top| &nbsp; For they worship vanity and emptiness,
|valign=top| &nbsp; ''Šehem mištaḥavim l'heḇel variq''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|שֶׁהֵם מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לְהֶבֶל וָרִיק,}}
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|valign=top| &nbsp; and pray to a god who cannot save.
|valign=top| &nbsp; ''umitpal'lim El-El lo yošia''<ref>[[Menahem Recanati]] explains in detail that this Name is pronounced in vain by these sinners: this means that ''divine Mercy'' is not manifest to them - the divine name ''El'' expresses the absolute eternal Goodness of God - so they cannot survived as innocents during the judgment of God the Creator and Judge of the World. The [[13 attributes of God]] are expressed either in the ''[[Chessed]]'' and ''[[Sephirot (Kabbalah)|Rahamim]]'' for the "[[Tzadik]]im" or in the version of the ''Gevura'' for "sinners"; the Name of God ''[[Names of God in Judaism|El]]'' is still present in the first part of '''Aleinu''' to explain this Jewish Dogma (Menaĥem Recanati ''IL COMMENTO ALLE PREGHIERE Perush ha-Tefiloth'' traduzione, commento e note a cura di Giovanni Carlo Sonnino e Nahmiel Menaĥem Ahronee [[Il Prato publishing house]])</ref>
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וּמִתְפַּלְלִים אֶל אֵל לֹא יוֹשִׁיעַ.}}
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|valign=top| But we bow in worship and give thanks
|valign=top| ''Va'anaḥnu kor`im, umištaḥavim umodim,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וַאֲנַחְנוּ כֹּרְעִים וּמִשְׁתַּחֲוִים וּמוֹדִים,}}
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|valign=top| unto the Supreme King of kings,
|valign=top| ''lif'nei Meleḵ, Malḵei haM'laḵim,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים}}
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|valign=top| the Holy One, Blessed be He,
|valign=top| ''haQadoš baruḵ Hu.''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא.}}
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|valign=top| who extends the heavens and establishes the earth,
|valign=top| ''Šehu noṭeh [[Shamayim|šamayim]], v'yosed areṣ,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|שֶׁהוּא נוֹטֶה שָׁמַיִם וְיֹסֵד אָרֶץ,}}
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|valign=top| whose throne of glory is in the heavens above,
|valign=top| ''umošav y'qaro bašamayim mima'al,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וּמוֹשַׁב יְקָרוֹ בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל,}}
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|valign=top| and whose power's Presence is in the highest of heights.
|valign=top| ''ušḵinat uzo begaḇhei m'romim,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וּשְׁכִינַת עֻזּוֹ בְּגָבְהֵי מְרוֹמִים.}}
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|valign=top| He is our God; there is no other.
|valign=top| ''Hu Eloheinu ein od,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ אֵין עוֹד,}}
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|valign=top| Truly He is our King, there is none else,
|valign=top| ''emet malkenu, efes zulato,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|אֱמֶת מַלְכֵּנוּ אֶפֶס זוּלָתוֹ.}}
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|valign=top| as it is written in His Torah:
|valign=top| ''kakatuḇ beTorato:''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|כַּכָּתוּב בְּתוֹרָתוֹ:}}
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|valign=top| "You shall know and take to heart this day
|valign=top| ''v'yada'ta hayom,<br />vahašeḇota el l'ḇaḇeḵa.''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וְיָדַעְתָּ הַיּוֹם וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ אֶל לְבָבֶךָ,}}
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|valign=top| that the Lord is God,
|valign=top| ''Ki [[Adonai]], hu haElohim,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|כִּי יְיָ הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים}}
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|valign=top| in the heavens above
|valign=top| ''bašamayim mi ma'al,''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל}}
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|valign=top| and on earth below. There is no other."
|valign=top| ''v'al ha'areṣ mitaḥat. Ein od.''
|valign=top dir=rtl| {{Script/Hebrew|וְעַל הָאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת. אֵין עוֹד.}}
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The literal translation of line number 9 is "But we bend our knees and bow down and express thanks". The Sefardic/Mizrahi tradition shortens this line to ואנחנוּ&nbsp;משׁתּחום—''Va'anḥnu mištaḥavim''—"But we bow down". The quotation in lines 18–21 is Deuteronomy 4:39.