“Our Father, our King” — the prayer of the Ten Days of Return, traced to Rabbi Akiva
also written: avinu malkeinu, avinu malkenu, avinu malkeynu
In Scripture
World English Bible
For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
Isaiah 63:16The first half of the prayer in Isaiah's mouth: our Father, even when Abraham would not know us.
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
Isaiah 64:8Father and potter at once — the clay does not argue with the hands that shape it.
“Our Father, our King” — the prayer of the Ten Days of Return, traced to Rabbi Akiva
For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn’t know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
Isaiah 63:16
But now, Yahweh, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand.
