Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for military personnel on active service (IDF 2017)

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Unknown Author(s) and Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael

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Military Personnel & Veterans, Yom Kippur

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fasting, Nusaḥ TsaHaL, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, עינוי Innui (self-affliction), פיקוח נפש piqoaḥ nefesh, צה״ל IDF

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Translation (English)

הִנְנִי
מוּכָן וּמְזֻמָּן
לְקַיֵּם מִצְוַת
אֲכִילָה וּשְׁתִיָּה בְּיוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים,
כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתַבְתָּ בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ
”וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם אֶת־חֻקֹּתַי וְאֶת־מִשְׁפָּטַי
אֲשֶׁר יַעֲשֶׂה אֹתָם הָאָדָם וָחַי בָּהֶם
אֲנִי ה׳׃“ (ויקרא יח:ה)

Here I am,
ready and able
to perform the mitsvah
of eating and drinking on Yom Kippur,
as you wrote in your Torah:
“You shall keep My laws and My rules,
by the pursuit of which a person shall live:
I am Hashem” (Leviticus 18:5).

וּבְכֹחַ אֲכִילָתִי וּשְׁתִיָּתִי
אֶעֱמֹד אֵיתָן עַל מִשְׁמַר אַרְצֵנוּ
וְעָרֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ.
וּבִזְכוּת קִיּוּם מִצְוָה זוֹ
תַּחְתֹּם אוֹתִי
וְאֶת כׇּל עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל
לְחַיִּים טוֹבִים וַאֲרֻכִּים
וּלְשָׁלוֹם.
אָמֵן
וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן.

And with the energy of my eating and drinking,
I will stand ready on guard for our country
and the cities of our elo’ah.
An in the the merit of fulfilling this mitsvah,
may you designate for me
and all the people of Yisrael
a good and long life
for peace.
Amen,
and may it be your will.

This is a kavvanah (intention) distributed beginning in 2017 for Jewish soldiers on active service during Yom Kippur to use before eating or drinking a limited amount of nourishment in order to sustain their attention and readiness. The text of the prayer here is that which was distributed by Rabbi Captain Udi Schwartz, head of the chief rabbi for Tsahal (IDF), and published by Arutz 7. The kavvanah is derived from one published in 1983 by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein for those who, due to their state of health, must eat or drink in order to live (find Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357; pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989). The text of the kavvanah was, according to Rabbi Zilberstein, “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (“copied from an old maḥzor”).

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer translator for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his translations, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot Naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also transcribes prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes for the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Unknown Author(s)

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Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; Hebrew: צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael, lit. 'The Army of Defense for Israel'), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tsahal (צה״ל), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branches: the Israeli Ground Forces, the Israeli Air Force, and the Israeli Navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security apparatus, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel. The IDF is headed by the Chief of the General Staff, who is subordinate to the Israeli Defense Minister.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17