Vayivarech David (

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: " וַיְבָרֶךְ דָּוִיד", "and

David David (; , "beloved one") was a king of ancient Israel and Judah and the third king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament. The Tel Dan stele, an Aramaic-inscribed stone erected by a king of Aram-Dam ...

blessed") is a prayer recited during

Shacharit ''Shacharit'' ( ''šaḥăriṯ''), or ''Shacharis'' in Ashkenazi Hebrew, is the morning '' tefillah'' (prayer) of Judaism, one of the three daily prayers. Different traditions identify different primary components of ''Shacharit''. E ...

(morning prayers) in pesukei dezimra. It is composed of Verses 10-13 of Chapter 29 from Chronicles Book I. The four verses of which this paragraph is composed were uttered by

at one of the most supreme moments of his life, when he was denied the right to build the Holy Temple, but was allowed to set aside resources for its construction by his son

Solomon Solomon (), also called Jedidiah, was the fourth monarch of the Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy), Kingdom of Israel and Judah, according to the Hebrew Bible. The successor of his father David, he is described as having been the penultimate ...

. The recitation of these verses was introduced in the 13th century by Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg. There is a custom to set aside money for

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when reciting this prayer (except on

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and Yom Tov). One reason suggested for this is because David set aside his contributions to the Temple at the time he blessed the entire congregation. David also mentioned only

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and no other patriarchs in these verses; Jacob was the only Patriarch to make a vow to tithe. In some Sephardi congregations, the charity collection box is passed around at this time during the services, and is labeled ''Vayivarech David''.A treasury of Sephardic laws and customs: the ritual practices of Syrian, Moroccan, Judeo-Spanish and Spanish and Portuguese Jews of North America, Herbert C. Dobrinsky, page 181

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