Basya Tsybukmakher
While kneading dough, we have enough time to pray for all our loved ones, naming those who need healing, a shidduch (a marriage match), shalom bayit (peace at home), parnassah (livelihood), as well as the spiritual and material wellbeing of our children. The following prayer connects us and our prayers with the teacher of the whole Jewish people, Moshe Rabbeinu, and with his appeals to the Creator, so that the strength of his prayer may support us.
תפילה בזמן הלישה
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Please, Almighty One, grant me the merit of preparing dough that embodies new creation and holiness. As “challah” is related in sound to words for longing and hope, help me merit longing for You and praying to You wholeheartedly. As it is said of Moses our teacher, “Moses entreated”—a word related to challah—may the prayers of the Faithful Shepherd be effective on our behalf, and may we merit going out joyfully to greet the Bride, the holy Shabbat that comes to us for good. | אָנָּא יְיָ, זַכֵּנִי לִצֹר אֶת הָעִסָּה, שֶׁתְּהֵא בִּבְחִינַת יְצִירָה חֲדָשָׁה וְעִנְיָן שֶׁל קְדֻשָּׁה. חַלָה - מִלְּשׁוֹן יִחוּל וְתִקְוָה, עֲזֹר לִי שֶׁאֶזְכֶּה לְיַחֵל וּלְהִתְפַּלֵּל אֵלֶיךָ בְּכָל לֵב. עַל מֹשֶׁה רַבֵּנוּ נֶאֱמַר "וַיְחַל מֹשֶׁה"(לְשׁוֹן חַלָּה) - שֶׁיָּחוּלוּ עָלֵינוּ תְּפִילּוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַרוֹעֶה הַנֶּאֱמָן, וְנִזְכֶּה לָצֵאת בְּשִׂמְחָה לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה, בְּשַׁבַּת קֹדֶשׁ הַבָּאָה עָלֵינוּ לְטוֹבָה. | Ana A-doynoy, zakeyni litsod et ha-isa, azor li she-ezke leyakhel u-lehitpalel elekha be-khol lev. Al Moshe rabeynu neemar: "va-yikhal Moshe" (leshon khala) - she-yakhulu aleynu tfilotav shel ha-roe ha-neeman, ve-nizke latset be-simkha likrat kala, be-shabat kodesh ha-baa aleynu le-tova. |