'Aveenu Malkeinu' - 'Our Father, Our King'

High Holidays Rosh Hashanah Prayer Song.

This soulful moving song is a Jewish worldwide favorite song from the Rosh Hashanah High Holidays prayers. It's composed in the soul stirring Harmonic Minor scale, a classic Jewish scale.

*LINK TO VIDEO at bottom of post to a free step by step workshop for learning the song.

The words of this prayer come from a story in the Talmud:

During a drought, Rabbi Akiva prayed simply, “Avinu Malkeinu, we have no deeds to rely on. Please act with mercy and kindness for us.” At once the rain began to fall. This prayer has inspired generations ever since.

Upon completing your purchase you will receive the sheet music as a PDF file download.

HERE IS A LINK TO A WORKSHOP VIDEO OF THIS SONG if you'd like to learn the song broken down in easy to grasp steps:

https://youtu.be/0dm7qgcYqow

THE WORDS EXPLAINED:

Hebrew

אבינו מלכינו חננו ועננו כי אין בנו מעשים

עשה עמנו צדקה וחסד והושיענו

Transliteration

Avinu Malkeinu, chanenu va’aneinu, ki ein banu ma’asim

Aseh imanu tzedakah vechesed ve’hoshienu

English Translation

Our Father, Our King, be gracious to us and answer us, for we have no deeds

Do for us righteousness and kindness, and send us salvation