This is My G-d!

The Prayer of Attah Hu Elokeinu

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By Mendel Kaplan

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This is My G-d!: The Prayer of Attah Hu Elokeinu

Recited in the repetition of the Shacharit Amidah on both days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, this foundational piyut (poetic prayer) inaugurates the other piyutim by offering special praise to G-d. Although its author remains a mystery, we learn much about its extraordinary structure that is filled with insight, scholarship and profound spirituality.

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Text of the Attah Hu Elokeinu Prayer

By Mendel Kaplan

Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.