Shefal Ruach - resource sheet

Shefal Ruach - צירי רפאR. Solomon Ibn Gavirol About the Piyut Shefal Ruach, written by the prolific poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol, is a deeply personal Piyut that opens the morning service on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in most Sephardic and Mizrahi communities. The poem describes an individual, standing before the Creator in prayer, reflecting on the finite nature of human existence, as compared to the limitlessness of the divine. Hebrew Text Sh’fal ruach sh’fal berech v’-koma / akadmach b’-rov pachad v’-eyma הָימֵאְ ודַחַ בְ ְמֲֶ אהָמקְ וֶ לַפְ ַח רלַפְ L’fanecha ani nechshav b’-eynai / k’-tola’at k’tana ba-adama הָמֲאָ הַָט תַעַלתְ יַינֵעְ בְָחֶ ניִנֲ איֶנָפְ לM’lo olam asher eyn ketz l’god’lo / ha-chamoni y’halelcha u’-vama הַָב ְלֶַהְ ייִנֹמָכֲ הלָגְ לץ יןֵ ארֲֶ אםָל עאְ מHadarcha lo y’chilun mal’achey rum / v’-al achat ani kama v’-chama הַָכְ והַָ יִנֲ אתַחַ אלַעְ ום ריֵכֲאְלַ מןילִכְ יא ֲ הHetivota v’-higdalta chasadim / l’cha tagdil l’hodot kol neshama הָמְָ נלֹ תדהְ לילְִגַ ְ ליםָסֲ חְָלְַגִהְ וָתיבִטֱ ה[Ashacher el b’reshit ra’ayonai / asher li-shmo t’halel kol neshama] [הָמְָ נלֹ לֵלַהְ מְִ לרֲֶ איַניֲע יתִאְ לֵ ארֵחֲַא] English Translation Humble of spirit, humble the knee, and statue I approach you with much fear and awe. In front of You, I consider myself Like a worm, small in the ground. You fill the world, there is no end to Your greatness, Can one like me praise you? And with what? The path in not sufficient for angels on high And for myself, how much more so. You have brought good and magnified mercies, Wherefore the soul shall magnify your praise Recording by the Ha-Madregot Band

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A comprehensive resource page for this popular Jewish liturgical poem. The page includes Hebrew and English text, as well as transliteration and a recording of the music.

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Shefal Ruach - R. Solomon Ibn Gavirol

About the PiyutShefal Ruach, written by the prolific poet Solomon Ibn Gabirol, is a deeply personal Piyut that opens the morning service on the second day of Rosh Hashanah in most Sephardic and Mizrahi communities. The poem describes an individual, standing before the Creator in prayer, reflecting on the finite nature of human existence, as compared to the limitlessness of the divine.

Hebrew TextShfal ruach shfal berech v-koma / akadmach b-rov pachad v-eyma

Lfanecha ani nechshav b-eynai /k-tolaat ktana ba-adama

Mlo olam asher eyn ketz lgodlo / ha-chamoni yhalelcha u-vama

Hadarcha lo ychilun malachey rum / v-al achat ani kama v-chama

Hetivota v-higdalta chasadim /lcha tagdil lhodot kol neshama

[Ashacher el breshit raayonai /asher li-shmo thalel kol neshama]

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English TranslationHumble of spirit, humble the knee, and statue I approach you with much fear and awe.

In front of You, I consider myself Like a worm, small in the ground.

You fill the world, there is no end to Your greatness, Can one like me praise you? And with what?

The path in not sufficient for angels on high And for myself, how much more so.

You have brought good and magnified mercies, Wherefore the soul shall magnify your praise

Recording by the Ha-Madregot Band