The Shlah Hakadosh’s prayer for oneself and one’s descendants

Basya Tsybukmakher

2016-06-04 The Shlah Hakadosh’s prayer for oneself and one’s descendants

תפילת אבות ואמהות

Молитва Шла а-Кадош о детях (השל”ה הקדוש - раби Йешая бар Авраам Алеви Гурвиц – один из духовных лидеров ашкеназских евреев, мудрец и кабалист; автор книги Шней лухот а-брит (Две скрижали завета), аббревиатура которой стала его именем, с добавкой "а-кадош" - святой) - это просьба о благополучии и успехе наших детей во всех аспектах - в духовном и в материальном, особенно в изучении Торы и в нахождении пары, и трепете перед Небесами. Как написано в книге «Шней лухот а-брит» («Две скрижали завета»):

«Мы обязаны молиться и просить у Всевышнего обо всем, чего желаем, ибо все – от Него. И потому обо всем, в чем нуждается человек во всякий час, он должен приучить себя произнести короткую молитву, в которой изложит Всевышнему просьбу свою, и во всяком деле скажет: “Властелин мира! Дай мне успех на пути моем, ибо от Тебя – все и т. д.” И более всего человек должен просить о том, чтобы было у него достойное, идущее путями Торы потомство во веки веков, и чтобы вместе с этим было у потомков его все нужное, и достойная пара ‑ от Г-спода будет все это.

И мое сердце говорит мне, что время особого благоволения к такой молитве – канун рош-ходеш (начала месяца) сиван – месяца, в котором дана была Тора, и мы были названы тогда “сынами Г-споду, Б-гу нашему”.

Шла а-Кадош советует родителям (и мужу, и жене) в этот день также поститься и давать цдаку (пожертвование), и пробудить себя к раскаянию и исправлению в своем доме всего, что нужно исправить, во всех делах.

English	Hebrew	English transliteration
You were the L-rd our G-d before You created the world, and You are our G-d since You created the world; from eternity to eternity You are G-d. You created Your world so that Your divinity would be known through Your holy Torah, as our Sages of blessed memory said: “In the beginning”—for the sake of the Torah and for the sake of Israel. They are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You chose from all nations, to whom You gave Your holy Torah and whom You brought close to Your great Name. For the continuance of the world and the continuance of the Torah, You, L-rd our G-d, gave us two commandments. In Your Torah You wrote, “Be fruitful and multiply,” and, “You shall teach them to your children.” Both have one purpose: You did not create the world to be empty, but to be inhabited. For Your glory You created, formed and made it, so that we, our descendants and the descendants of all Your people, the house of Israel, should know Your Name and study Your Torah. Therefore I come before You, L-rd, King of kings, and lay my supplication before You. My eyes are turned to You until You grant me grace and hear my prayer to grant me sons and daughters. May they too be fruitful and multiply, they, their children and their children’s children, to the end of all generations, so that they, I and all of us may occupy ourselves with Your holy Torah: learning and teaching, observing, performing and lovingly fulfilling all the words of the study of Your Torah. Enlighten our eyes in Your Torah, attach our hearts to Your commandments and unite our hearts to love and revere Your Name. Our Father, compassionate Father, grant us all long and blessed lives. Who is like You, compassionate Father, remembering Your creatures for life in mercy? Remember us for eternal life, as our father Abraham prayed, “May he live before You,” which our Sages of blessed memory explained as “in reverence for You.” Therefore I have come to ask and plead before You that my descendants and their descendants forever be worthy offspring. May no defect or blemish be found in me, my descendants or their descendants forever, but only peace and truth, goodness and uprightness in the eyes of G-d and in the eyes of people. May they be masters of Torah: masters of Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, the hidden wisdom, commandments, deeds of lovingkindness and noble qualities. May they serve You with love and inward reverence, rather than outward fear. Provide each person’s needs with dignity; grant them health, honor and strength, stature and beauty, grace and kindness. May fellowship and peace prevail among them. Find them worthy spouses from the descendants of Torah scholars and righteous people, spouses who are like them in everything for which I have prayed on their behalf, for one remembrance rises for both alike. You, L-rd, know all hidden things, and the secrets of my heart are revealed before You. My intention in all this is for the sake of Your great and holy Name and Your holy Torah. Therefore answer me, L-rd, answer me, for the sake of the holy forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For their sake, save the children, so that the branches may resemble their roots; and for the sake of David Your servant, the fourth leg of the divine chariot, who sang through Your holy spirit: “A song of ascents. Happy is everyone who fears the L-rd and walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, happy are you and good will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the L-rd. May the L-rd bless you from Zion; may you see Jerusalem’s well-being all the days of your life. May you see your children’s children. Peace upon Israel.” Please, L-rd, who hears prayer, may this verse be fulfilled in me: “As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the L-rd: My spirit that is upon you and My words that I have placed in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, from the mouth of your descendants or from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants, says the L-rd, from now and forever.” May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, L-rd, my Rock and my Redeemer.	אַתָּה הוּא יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ עַד שֶׁלֹּא בָרָאתָ הָעוֹלָם, וְאַתָּה הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִשֶּׁבָּרָאתָ הָעוֹלָם, וּמֵעוֹלָם וְעַד עוֹלָם אַתָּה אֵל. וּבָרָאתָ עוֹלָמְךָ בְּגִין לְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע אֱלָהוּתְךָ בְּאֶמְצָעוּת תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, כְּמו שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, «בְּרֵאשִׁית», בִּשְׁבִיל הַתּוֹרָה וּבִשְׁבִיל יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי הֵם עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ בָּהֶם מִכָּל הָאֻמּוֹת, וְנָתַתָּ לָהֶם תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, וְקֵרַבְתָּם לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל. וְעַל קִיּוּם הָעוֹלָם וְעַל קִיּוּם הַתּוֹרָה בָּא לָנוּ מִמְּךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ שְׁנֵי צִוּוּיִם. כָּתַבְתָּ בְּתוֹרָתְךָ «פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ», וְכָתַבְתָּ בְּתוֹרָתְךָ «וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם אֶת בְּנֵיכֶם». וְהַכַּוָּנָה בִשְׁתֵּיהֶן אַחַת, כִּי לֹא לְתֹהוּ בָרָאתָ כִּי אִם לָשֶׁבֶת, וְלִכְבוֹדְךָ בָּרָאתָ יָצַרְתָּ אַף עָשִיתָ, כְּדֵי שֶּׁנִהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵינוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי כָּל עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ וְלוֹמְדֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ. וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ יְיָ מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים, וְאַפִּיל תְּחִנָּתִי, וְעֵינַי לְךָ תְלוּיות עַד שֶׁתְּחָנֵּנִי וְתִשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי לְהַזְמִין לִי בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת. וְגַם הֵם יִפְרוּ וְיִרְבּוּ הֵם וּבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֵי בְנֵיהֶם עַד סוֹף כָּל הדּוֹרוֹת, לְתַכְלִית שֶׁהֵם וַאֲנִי וַאֲנַחְנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ יַעַסְקוּ בְּתוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, לִלְמֹד וּלְלַמֵּד לִשְׁמֹר וְלַעֲשׂות וּלְקַיֵּם אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵי תַלְמוּד תּוֹרָתֶךָ בְּאַהֲבָה, וְהָאֵר עֵינֵנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ וְדַבֵּק לִבֵּנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ וְיַחֵד לְבֶָבֵנוּ לְאַהֲבָה וּלְיִרְאָה שְׁמֶךָ. אָבִינוּ אָב הָרַחֲמָן, תֵּן לְכֻלָּנוּ חַיִּים אֲרֻכִּים וּבְרוּכִים, מִי כָמוֹךָ אַב הָרַחֲמִים זוֹכֵר יְצוּרָיו לְחַיִּים בְּרַחֲמִים, זָכְרֵנוּ לְחַיִּים נִצְחִיִּים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִתְפַּלֵּל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ «לוּ יִחְיֶה לְפָנֶיךָ», וּפֵרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, «בְּיִרְאָתֶךָ». כִּי עַל כֵּן, בָּאתִי לְבַקֵּשׁ וּלְהִתְחַנֵן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ שֶׁיְּהֵא זַרְעִי וְזֶרַע זַרְעִי עַד עוֹלָם זֶרַע כָּשֵׁר. וְאַל יִמָּצֵא בִי וּבְזַרְעִי וּבְזֶרַע זַרְעִי עַד עוֹלָם שׁוּם פְּסוּל וְשֶׁמֶץ, אַךְ שָׁלוֹם וֶאֱמֶת וְטוֹב וְיָשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהִים וּבְעֵינֵי אָדָם, וְיִהְיוּ בַּעֲלֵי תוֹרָה, מָארֵי מִקְרָא, מָארֵי מִשְׁנָה, מָארֵי תַלְמוּד, מָארֵי רָזָא, מָארֵי מִצְוָה, מָארֵי גוֹמְלֵי חֲסָדִים, מָארֵי מִדּוֹת תְּרוּמִיּות, וְיַעַבְדוּךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְיִרְאָה פְּנִימִית, לֹא יִרְאָה חִיצונִית, וְתֵן לְכָל גְּוִיָּה וּגְוִיָּה דֵּי מַחְסוֹרָהּ בְּכָבוֹד, וְתֵן לָהֶם בְּרִיאוּת וְכָבוֹד, וְכֹחַ, וְתֶן לָהֶם קוֹמָה וְיֹפִי וְחֵן וָחֶסֶד, וְיִהְיֶה אַחְוָה וְשָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵיהֶם, וְתַזְמִין לָהֶם זִווּגִים הֲגוּנִים מִזֶּרַע תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים, מִזֶּרַע צַדִּיקִים, וְגַם הֵם זִווּגָם יִהְיהֶ כְּמוֹתָם, כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר הִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם, כִּי זִכָּרוֹן אֶחָד עוֹלֶה לְכַאן וּלְכַאן. אַתָּה יְיָ יוֹדֵעַ כָּל תַּעֲלוּמות, וּלְפָנֶיךָ נִגְלוּ מַצְפּוּנֵי לִבִּי, כִּי כַוָּנָתִי בְּכָל אֵלֶּה לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ וּלְמַעַן תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, עַל כֵּן עֲנֵנִי יְיָ עֲנֵנִי, בַּעֲבוּר הָאָבוֹת הַקְּדוֹשִׁים אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב. וּבִגְלָלָם תּוֹשִׁיעַ בָּנִים לִהְיוֹת הָעֲנָפִים דוֹמהֶ לְשָׁרְשָׁם, וּבַעֲבוּר דָּוִד עַבְדְּךָ רֶגֶל רְבִיעִי בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה, הַמְשׁוֹרֵר בְּרוּחַ קָדְשֶׁךָ. שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי כָּל יְרֵא יְיָ הַהוֹלֵךְ בִּדְרָכָיו: יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תאֹכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוֹב לָךְ: אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים סָבִיב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ: הִנֵּה כִי כֵן יְבֹרַךְ גָּבֶר יְרֵא יְיָ: יְבָרֶכְךָ יְיָ מִצִּיּוֹן וּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלָיִם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ: וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ שָׁלוֹם עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל: אָנָא יְיָ שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה, יְקֻיַּם בִּי הַפָּסוּק: וַאֲנִי זֹאת בְּרִיתִי אוֹתָם אָמַר יְיָ, רוּחִי אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיךָ, וּדְבָרַי אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתִּי בְּפִיךָ, לֹא יָמוּשׁוּ מִפִּיךָ וּמִפִּי זַרְעֲךָ וּמִפִּי זֶרַע זַרְעֲךָ, אָמַר יְיָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם: יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ יְיָ צוּרִי וְגוֹאֲלִי:	Ata hu A-doynoy Eloheynu ad shelo barata ha-olam, ve-ata A-doynoy Eloheynu mi-she-barata haolam, u-me-olam ve-ad olam Ata El, u-varata olamkha be-gin le-ishtmoda Elohutkha be-emtsaut Toratkha ha-kdosha kmo she-omru raboteynu zikhronam livrakha, “Bereshit”, bishvil Tora u-vishvil Israel, ki hem amkha ve-nakhalatkha asher bakharta ba-hem mi-kol ha-umot, ve-natata la-hem Toratkha ha-kdosha, ve-keravtam le-Shimkha ha-gadol. Ve-al kiyum haolam ve-al kiyum ha-Tora ba lanu mimkha A-doynoy Eloheynu shney tsivuim, katavta be-Toratkha “pru u-rvu”,ve-katavta be-Toratkha “Ve-limadtem otam et bneykhem”, ve-hakavana bi-shteyem akhat, ki lo la-tohu barata ki im lashevet, ve-li-khvodkha barata yatsarta af asita, kdey she-nihye anakhnu ve-tseetsaenu ve-tseetsaey kol amkha beyt Israel yodey Shmekha ve-lomdey Toratekha. U-vkhen avo elekha A-doynoy Melekh malkhey hamlakhim, ve-apil tkhinati, ve-eynay lekha teluyot ad she-tekhaneni ve-tishma tfilati lehazmin li banim u-vanot ve-gam hem ifru ve-irbu hem u-vneyhem u-vney vneyhem ad sof kol ha-dorot letakhlit shehem va-ani kulanu yaasku be-Toratkha hakdosha lilmod u-lelamed lishmor ve-laasot u-lekayem kol divrey talmud Toratekha be-ahava, ve-haer eynenu be-Toratekha ve-dabek libeynu be-mitsvotekha le-ahava u-le-ira et Shmekha. Avinu av harakhaman, ten le-khulanu khaim arukim u-vrukhim, mi kamokha av harakhamim zokher yetsurav le-khaim be-rakhamim, zokhrenu le-khaim nitskhiim, kmo she-hitpalel Avraham avinu “lu Ishmael ikhe lefanekha” u-fershu raboteynu zikhronam livrakha “be-iratekha”. Ki al ken, bati levakesh u-lekhanen milefanekha she-yehe zari ve-zera zari ad olam zera kasher, veal imatse vi u-ve-zari u-ve-zera zari ad olam shum psul va-shemets, akh shalom ve-emet ve-tov ve-yashar be-eyney Elohim u-ve-eyney adam, ve-ihyyu baaley Tora, marey Mikra, marey Mishna, marey Talmud, marey raza, marey mitsva, marey gomley khasadim, marey midot trumiyot, ve-yaavdukha be-ahava u-ve-ira pnimit, velo ira khitsonit, ve-ten lekhol gviya u-gviya mehem dey makhsora be-khavod, ve-ten lahem briyut ve-khavod ve-khoakh, ve-ten lahem koma ve-yofi ve-khen ve-khesed, ve-ihye ahava ve-akhava ve-shalom b-eyneyhem, ve-tazmin lahem zivugim hagunim mi-zera talmidey khakhamim, mi-zera tsadikim, vegam zivugam ihyyu khemotam kekhol asher hitpalalti aleyhem, ki zikaron ekhad ole lekhan u-lekhan. Ata A-doynoy yodea kol taalumot, u-lefanekha niglu matspuney libi, ki khavanati bekhol ele lemaan Shimkha ha-gadol ve-ha-kadosh u-lemaan Toratkha ha-kdosha, al ken aneni A-doynoy aneni baavur haavot hakdoshim Avraham Itskhak ve-Yaakov, u-viglalam toshia banim lihyot ha-anafim domim le-shorsham, u-ve-avur David avdekha regel rvii ba-merkava, ha-meshorer be-ruakh kodshekha. Shir hamaalot ashrey kol yere A-doynoy haholekh bi-drakhav: yagia kapekha ki tokhel ashrekha ve-tov lakh: ishtekha ke-gefen poriya be-yarketey veytekha banekha ki-shtiley zeytim saviv le-shulkhanekha: hine khi khen yevorakh gaver yere A-doynoy: yevarekhekha A-doynoy mi-tsiyon u-re be-tov Yerushalaim kol yemey khayekha: u-re vanim levanekha shalom al Israel. Ana A-doynoy shomea tfila yekuyam banu ha-pasuk va-ani zot briti otam amar A-doynoy rukhi asher alekha u-devoray asher samti be-fikha lo yamushu mi-pikha u-mi-pi zarakha u-mi-pi zera zarakha amar A-doynoy me-ata ve-ad olam. Ihyyu le-ratson imrey fi ve-hegon libi lefanekha, A-doynoy tsuri ve-goali.

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You were the L-rd our G-d before You created the world, and You are our G-d since You created the world; from eternity to eternity You are G-d. You created Your world so that Your divinity would be known through Your holy Torah, as our Sages of blessed memory said: “In the beginning”—for the sake of the Torah and for the sake of Israel. They are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You chose from all nations, to whom You gave Your holy Torah and whom You brought close to Your great Name.
For the continuance of the world and the continuance of the Torah, You, L-rd our G-d, gave us two commandments. In Your Torah You wrote, “Be fruitful and multiply,” and, “You shall teach them to your children.” Both have one purpose: You did not create the world to be empty, but to be inhabited. For Your glory You created, formed and made it, so that we, our descendants and the descendants of all Your people, the house of Israel, should know Your Name and study Your Torah.
Therefore I come before You, L-rd, King of kings, and lay my supplication before You. My eyes are turned to You until You grant me grace and hear my prayer to grant me sons and daughters. May they too be fruitful and multiply, they, their children and their children’s children, to the end of all generations, so that they, I and all of us may occupy ourselves with Your holy Torah: learning and teaching, observing, performing and lovingly fulfilling all the words of the study of Your Torah. Enlighten our eyes in Your Torah, attach our hearts to Your commandments and unite our hearts to love and revere Your Name.
Our Father, compassionate Father, grant us all long and blessed lives. Who is like You, compassionate Father, remembering Your creatures for life in mercy? Remember us for eternal life, as our father Abraham prayed, “May he live before You,” which our Sages of blessed memory explained as “in reverence for You.”
Therefore I have come to ask and plead before You that my descendants and their descendants forever be worthy offspring. May no defect or blemish be found in me, my descendants or their descendants forever, but only peace and truth, goodness and uprightness in the eyes of G-d and in the eyes of people. May they be masters of Torah: masters of Scripture, Mishnah, Talmud, the hidden wisdom, commandments, deeds of lovingkindness and noble qualities. May they serve You with love and inward reverence, rather than outward fear. Provide each person’s needs with dignity; grant them health, honor and strength, stature and beauty, grace and kindness. May fellowship and peace prevail among them. Find them worthy spouses from the descendants of Torah scholars and righteous people, spouses who are like them in everything for which I have prayed on their behalf, for one remembrance rises for both alike.
You, L-rd, know all hidden things, and the secrets of my heart are revealed before You. My intention in all this is for the sake of Your great and holy Name and Your holy Torah. Therefore answer me, L-rd, answer me, for the sake of the holy forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. For their sake, save the children, so that the branches may resemble their roots; and for the sake of David Your servant, the fourth leg of the divine chariot, who sang through Your holy spirit:
“A song of ascents. Happy is everyone who fears the L-rd and walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of your hands, happy are you and good will be yours. Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus is the man blessed who fears the L-rd. May the L-rd bless you from Zion; may you see Jerusalem’s well-being all the days of your life. May you see your children’s children. Peace upon Israel.”
Please, L-rd, who hears prayer, may this verse be fulfilled in me: “As for Me, this is My covenant with them, says the L-rd: My spirit that is upon you and My words that I have placed in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, from the mouth of your descendants or from the mouth of your descendants’ descendants, says the L-rd, from now and forever.”
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, L-rd, my Rock and my Redeemer.

אַתָּה הוּא יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ עַד שֶׁלֹּא בָרָאתָ הָעוֹלָם, וְאַתָּה הוּא אֱלֹהֵינוּ מִשֶּׁבָּרָאתָ הָעוֹלָם, וּמֵעוֹלָם וְעַד עוֹלָם אַתָּה אֵל. וּבָרָאתָ עוֹלָמְךָ בְּגִין לְאִשְׁתְּמוֹדַע אֱלָהוּתְךָ בְּאֶמְצָעוּת תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, כְּמו שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, «בְּרֵאשִׁית», בִּשְׁבִיל הַתּוֹרָה וּבִשְׁבִיל יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי הֵם עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ בָּהֶם מִכָּל הָאֻמּוֹת, וְנָתַתָּ לָהֶם תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, וְקֵרַבְתָּם לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל.

וְעַל קִיּוּם הָעוֹלָם וְעַל קִיּוּם הַתּוֹרָה בָּא לָנוּ מִמְּךָ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ שְׁנֵי צִוּוּיִם. כָּתַבְתָּ בְּתוֹרָתְךָ «פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ», וְכָתַבְתָּ בְּתוֹרָתְךָ «וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אֹתָם אֶת בְּנֵיכֶם». וְהַכַּוָּנָה בִשְׁתֵּיהֶן אַחַת, כִּי לֹא לְתֹהוּ בָרָאתָ כִּי אִם לָשֶׁבֶת, וְלִכְבוֹדְךָ בָּרָאתָ יָצַרְתָּ אַף עָשִיתָ, כְּדֵי שֶּׁנִהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵינוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי כָּל עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יוֹדְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ וְלוֹמְדֵי תוֹרָתֶךָ.

וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֵלֶיךָ יְיָ מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים, וְאַפִּיל תְּחִנָּתִי, וְעֵינַי לְךָ תְלוּיות עַד שֶׁתְּחָנֵּנִי וְתִשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי לְהַזְמִין לִי בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת. וְגַם הֵם יִפְרוּ וְיִרְבּוּ הֵם וּבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֵי בְנֵיהֶם עַד סוֹף כָּל הדּוֹרוֹת, לְתַכְלִית שֶׁהֵם וַאֲנִי וַאֲנַחְנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ יַעַסְקוּ בְּתוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, לִלְמֹד וּלְלַמֵּד לִשְׁמֹר וְלַעֲשׂות וּלְקַיֵּם אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵי תַלְמוּד תּוֹרָתֶךָ בְּאַהֲבָה, וְהָאֵר עֵינֵנוּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ וְדַבֵּק לִבֵּנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֶיךָ וְיַחֵד לְבֶָבֵנוּ לְאַהֲבָה וּלְיִרְאָה שְׁמֶךָ.

אָבִינוּ אָב הָרַחֲמָן, תֵּן לְכֻלָּנוּ חַיִּים אֲרֻכִּים וּבְרוּכִים, מִי כָמוֹךָ אַב הָרַחֲמִים זוֹכֵר יְצוּרָיו לְחַיִּים בְּרַחֲמִים, זָכְרֵנוּ לְחַיִּים נִצְחִיִּים, כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִתְפַּלֵּל אַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ «לוּ יִחְיֶה לְפָנֶיךָ», וּפֵרְשׁוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, «בְּיִרְאָתֶךָ».

כִּי עַל כֵּן, בָּאתִי לְבַקֵּשׁ וּלְהִתְחַנֵן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ שֶׁיְּהֵא זַרְעִי וְזֶרַע זַרְעִי עַד עוֹלָם זֶרַע כָּשֵׁר. וְאַל יִמָּצֵא בִי וּבְזַרְעִי וּבְזֶרַע זַרְעִי עַד עוֹלָם שׁוּם פְּסוּל וְשֶׁמֶץ, אַךְ שָׁלוֹם וֶאֱמֶת וְטוֹב וְיָשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי אֱלֹהִים וּבְעֵינֵי אָדָם, וְיִהְיוּ בַּעֲלֵי תוֹרָה, מָארֵי מִקְרָא, מָארֵי מִשְׁנָה, מָארֵי תַלְמוּד, מָארֵי רָזָא, מָארֵי מִצְוָה, מָארֵי גוֹמְלֵי חֲסָדִים, מָארֵי מִדּוֹת תְּרוּמִיּות, וְיַעַבְדוּךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְיִרְאָה פְּנִימִית, לֹא יִרְאָה חִיצונִית, וְתֵן לְכָל גְּוִיָּה וּגְוִיָּה דֵּי מַחְסוֹרָהּ בְּכָבוֹד, וְתֵן לָהֶם בְּרִיאוּת וְכָבוֹד, וְכֹחַ, וְתֶן לָהֶם קוֹמָה וְיֹפִי וְחֵן וָחֶסֶד, וְיִהְיֶה אַחְוָה וְשָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵיהֶם, וְתַזְמִין לָהֶם זִווּגִים הֲגוּנִים מִזֶּרַע תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים, מִזֶּרַע צַדִּיקִים, וְגַם הֵם זִווּגָם יִהְיהֶ כְּמוֹתָם, כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר הִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם, כִּי זִכָּרוֹן אֶחָד עוֹלֶה לְכַאן וּלְכַאן.

אַתָּה יְיָ יוֹדֵעַ כָּל תַּעֲלוּמות, וּלְפָנֶיךָ נִגְלוּ מַצְפּוּנֵי לִבִּי, כִּי כַוָּנָתִי בְּכָל אֵלֶּה לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל וְהַקָּדוֹשׁ וּלְמַעַן תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָׁה, עַל כֵּן עֲנֵנִי יְיָ עֲנֵנִי, בַּעֲבוּר הָאָבוֹת הַקְּדוֹשִׁים אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב. וּבִגְלָלָם תּוֹשִׁיעַ בָּנִים לִהְיוֹת הָעֲנָפִים דוֹמהֶ לְשָׁרְשָׁם, וּבַעֲבוּר דָּוִד עַבְדְּךָ רֶגֶל רְבִיעִי בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה, הַמְשׁוֹרֵר בְּרוּחַ קָדְשֶׁךָ.

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת, אַשְׁרֵי כָּל יְרֵא יְיָ הַהוֹלֵךְ בִּדְרָכָיו: יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תאֹכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוֹב לָךְ: אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פֹּרִיָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים סָבִיב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ: הִנֵּה כִי כֵן יְבֹרַךְ גָּבֶר יְרֵא יְיָ: יְבָרֶכְךָ יְיָ מִצִּיּוֹן וּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלָיִם כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ: וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ שָׁלוֹם עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

אָנָא יְיָ שׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה, יְקֻיַּם בִּי הַפָּסוּק: וַאֲנִי זֹאת בְּרִיתִי אוֹתָם אָמַר יְיָ, רוּחִי אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיךָ, וּדְבָרַי אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתִּי בְּפִיךָ, לֹא יָמוּשׁוּ מִפִּיךָ וּמִפִּי זַרְעֲךָ וּמִפִּי זֶרַע זַרְעֲךָ, אָמַר יְיָ מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם:

יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ יְיָ צוּרִי וְגוֹאֲלִי:

Ata hu A-doynoy Eloheynu ad shelo barata ha-olam, ve-ata A-doynoy Eloheynu mi-she-barata haolam, u-me-olam ve-ad olam Ata El, u-varata olamkha be-gin le-ishtmoda Elohutkha be-emtsaut Toratkha ha-kdosha kmo she-omru raboteynu zikhronam livrakha, “Bereshit”, bishvil Tora u-vishvil Israel, ki hem amkha ve-nakhalatkha asher bakharta ba-hem mi-kol ha-umot, ve-natata la-hem Toratkha ha-kdosha, ve-keravtam le-Shimkha ha-gadol.

Ve-al kiyum haolam ve-al kiyum ha-Tora ba lanu mimkha A-doynoy Eloheynu shney tsivuim, katavta be-Toratkha “pru u-rvu”,ve-katavta be-Toratkha “Ve-limadtem otam et bneykhem”, ve-hakavana bi-shteyem akhat, ki lo la-tohu barata ki im
lashevet, ve-li-khvodkha barata yatsarta af asita, kdey she-nihye anakhnu ve-tseetsaenu ve-tseetsaey kol amkha beyt Israel yodey Shmekha ve-lomdey Toratekha.

U-vkhen avo elekha A-doynoy Melekh malkhey hamlakhim, ve-apil tkhinati, ve-eynay lekha teluyot ad she-tekhaneni ve-tishma tfilati lehazmin li banim u-vanot ve-gam hem ifru ve-irbu hem u-vneyhem u-vney vneyhem ad sof kol ha-dorot letakhlit shehem va-ani kulanu yaasku be-Toratkha hakdosha lilmod u-lelamed lishmor ve-laasot u-lekayem kol divrey talmud Toratekha be-ahava, ve-haer eynenu be-Toratekha ve-dabek libeynu be-mitsvotekha le-ahava u-le-ira et Shmekha.

Avinu av harakhaman, ten
le-khulanu khaim arukim u-vrukhim, mi kamokha av harakhamim zokher yetsurav le-khaim be-rakhamim, zokhrenu le-khaim nitskhiim, kmo she-hitpalel Avraham avinu “lu Ishmael ikhe lefanekha” u-fershu raboteynu zikhronam livrakha “be-iratekha”. Ki al ken, bati levakesh u-lekhanen milefanekha she-yehe zari ve-zera zari ad olam zera kasher, veal imatse vi u-ve-zari u-ve-zera zari ad olam shum psul va-shemets, akh shalom
ve-emet ve-tov ve-yashar be-eyney Elohim u-ve-eyney adam, ve-ihyyu baaley Tora, marey Mikra, marey Mishna, marey Talmud, marey raza, marey mitsva, marey gomley khasadim, marey midot trumiyot, ve-yaavdukha be-ahava u-ve-ira pnimit, velo ira khitsonit, ve-ten lekhol gviya u-gviya mehem dey makhsora be-khavod, ve-ten lahem briyut ve-khavod ve-khoakh, ve-ten lahem koma ve-yofi ve-khen ve-khesed, ve-ihye ahava ve-akhava ve-shalom b-eyneyhem, ve-tazmin lahem zivugim hagunim mi-zera talmidey khakhamim, mi-zera tsadikim, vegam zivugam ihyyu khemotam kekhol asher hitpalalti aleyhem, ki zikaron ekhad ole lekhan u-lekhan.

Ata A-doynoy yodea kol taalumot, u-lefanekha niglu matspuney libi, ki khavanati bekhol ele lemaan Shimkha ha-gadol ve-ha-kadosh u-lemaan Toratkha ha-kdosha, al ken aneni A-doynoy aneni baavur haavot hakdoshim Avraham Itskhak ve-Yaakov, u-viglalam toshia banim lihyot ha-anafim domim le-shorsham, u-ve-avur David avdekha regel rvii ba-merkava, ha-meshorer be-ruakh kodshekha.

Shir hamaalot ashrey kol yere A-doynoy haholekh bi-drakhav: yagia kapekha ki tokhel ashrekha ve-tov lakh: ishtekha ke-gefen poriya be-yarketey veytekha banekha ki-shtiley zeytim saviv le-shulkhanekha: hine khi khen yevorakh gaver yere A-doynoy: yevarekhekha A-doynoy mi-tsiyon u-re be-tov Yerushalaim kol yemey khayekha: u-re vanim levanekha shalom al Israel.

Ana A-doynoy shomea tfila yekuyam banu ha-pasuk va-ani zot briti otam amar A-doynoy rukhi asher alekha u-devoray asher samti be-fikha lo yamushu mi-pikha u-mi-pi zarakha u-mi-pi zera zarakha amar A-doynoy me-ata ve-ad olam.

Ihyyu le-ratson imrey fi ve-hegon libi lefanekha, A-doynoy tsuri ve-goali.