Baruch Shem The Angels Song

The words of Baruch shem kevod malchuso do not appear in the Torah, but Chazal tell us that they were said by Yaakov Avinu just before his petirah. When his sons gathered around him, he was concerned that perhaps one of them was not complete in emunah. They responded with Shema Yisrael—“Listen, Yisrael [our father]: Hashem is One in our hearts just as He is in yours.” Yaakov responded “Baruch shem kevod malchuso l’olam va’ed. This phrase is also in the shira of the malachim. All year long, we say it silently, since it is not written in the Torah. However, on Yom Kippur we say it aloud, just like the malachim.

Adapted from Emunah in the Classroom