Aleinu l'shabeiach la-Adon hakol,
It is our duty to praise the Master of all,
lateit gedulah l'yotser bereshit,
to ascribe greatness to the author of creation;
shelo asanu kegoyay ha'aratzot,
for He has made us unlike the pagans of the Lands
v'lo samanu k'mishpechot ha'adamah,
and has not placed us like the families of the earth.
shelo sam chelkeinu kahem,
and our lot like all their multitudes,
v'goraleinu kechol ha'monam.
And we bend the knee and bow,
Va-anachnu corim u'mishtachavim umodim,
lifney Melekh malchay ha'malakhim,
and acknowledge our thanks before the King of Kings,
haKadosh Baruch Hu.
the Holy One, Blessed be He
She-Hu notei shamayim v'yosed eretz,
He stretched out the heavens and established the earth's foundation
u'moshav y'karo ba'shamayim mima'al,
and the seat of His Glory is the heavens above
u-shkinat u-zo, b'gavhei m'romim.
and the presence of His power in the most exalted heights.
Hu Eloheinu ein ode
He is our Elohim, there is none other.
Emet Malkeinu efes zulato,
True is our King, there is nothing besides Him,
kakatuv betorato:
as it is written in His Torah:
V'yadata hayom
and you shall know this day
v'hashevota el levavekha.
and take it to heart,
Ki YHWH Hu haElohim
for YHWH HE is Elohim,
bashamayim mima'al,
in the heaven above
v'al ha'eretz mitachat ein-ode.
and on the earth below, there is none other.
V'ne-emar, v'haya: YHWH, l'Melekh al kol ha'eretz,
And it is said: "YHWH shall be King over all the Lands;
ba-yom hahu, ba-yom hahu, yihyeh YHWH echad,
on that day YHWH will be One and His Name One."
u'shemo, u'shemo, u'shemo echad.
and Name is One
Aleinu is a Jewish prayer found in the siddur declaring the sovereignty and unity of God. In all likelihood it was composed by Rav in Babylonia in the 3rd centuring. It is recited at the end of each of the three daily Jewish services. It is also recited following the New Moon blessing and after a circumcision is performed. The traditional view of its composition, based on a geonic account, is that this prayer was created and proclaimed by Yehoshua in biblical times. However, the modern scholarly view is that the prayer was composed in Talmudic times for the mussaf liturgy on Rosh Hashanah. The Aleinu praises Elohim for allowing the Jewish people to serve Him, and expresses their hope that the whole world will recognize God and abandon idolatry.