Bloch: Sacred Service [Avodath Hakodesh], Part V

Louis Berkman, The Zemel Choir, Simon, London Symphony Orchestra Va’anachnu (Adoration) -- Bayom hahu -- Tzur Yisroel -- Kaddish (Memorial Service) -- Adon olom Va’anachnu kor’im [We bow down] umishtachavim umodim [and worship and give thanks] lif’nei melech mal’chei ham’lochim, [before the supreme King of Kings,] hakodosh, boruch hu. [the Holy One, blessed be He.] May the time not be distant, 0 God, when Thy Name shall be worshipped in all the earth, when unbelief shall disappear and error be no more. May the day come when all men shall invoke Thy Name, when corruption and evil shall give way to purity and goodness, when superstition shall no longer enslave the mind, nor fetishism blind the eye! 0 may all men recognise that they are brethren, so that one in spirit and one in fellowship, they may be forever united, forever united before Thee. Then shall Thine kingdom be established on Earth and the word of Thine ancient Seer be fulfilled! Bayom hahu yih’yeh Adoshem Echod, [On that day will the Lord be One]