Prayer for protection from illness
תפילה שלא לבא לידי חולי A Prayer to Prevent Illness A healthy person's request not to fall ill, from the book "Olat Tamid" (עולת תמיד) - "The Continual Offering". transliteration text in Hebrew Ribon…
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Avinu Malkeinu
The Avinu Malkeinu prayer is recited during the 10 Days of Repentance (as well as on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur). It is also recited on fast days, in the morning and afternoon, after the Shemoneh E…
The Power of Prayer - In Your Own Place
And Yet Prayer Is Stronger... When the prophet Elijah brought a drought upon Israel during Ahab's reign (because of their idolatry), upon the Northern Kingdom where ten tribes lived, there was no rai…
The Power of Prayer - An Overwhelming Effort or a Small One?
It Is Not Your Task to Finish the Work “It is not your task to finish the work, but neither are you free to withdraw from it” (Pirkei Avot, 2:16). Whose task is it to finish the work, then? King Davi…
Prayer for conceiving and having children
Prayer for Conceiving and Bearing Children תפילה להפקד בבנים transliteration Hebrew text Yehi ratzon milefanekha A-doynoy Elohai v'Elohei avotai, Tzur ha'olamim tzaddik b'khol hadorot, lema'an Shimkh…
Prayer Changes Reality
The book “She'al Avicha VeYagedcha” contains an account of a young man who suddenly fell ill. His condition worsened as the illness progressed. At the time, no one yet knew how to treat this disease,…
The Power of Prayer - A Sick Person's Prayer for Themselves
A Sick Person's Prayer for Themselves Is Best Hagar, sent away with Ishmael at Sarah's insistence, walked along carrying her son on her shoulders (he was sick and weak). When their water ran out, Hag…
The Power of Prayer - Feeling Close to the Creator
Not only sorrow but also joy in the heart can bring a person closer to the Almighty. It is well known that on Sukkot, during Simchat Beit Hashoeva (the celebration of the water libation on the altar)…
The Power of Prayer - What Is Wholehearted Prayer?
Wholehearted Prayer It is written in the Talmud (Rosh Hashanah, 17b): “Rabbi Meir said: ‘Two people took to their beds (fell ill), and their illness was the same; likewise, two went up to the scaffol…