Graduation Blessing, by Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan (2017)

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Priestly Blessing, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Vancouver, graduation, commencement

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)	Transliteration (Romanized Hebrew)
	To graduates:
צֵא וּלְמָד	Two words in Hebrew: “Go forth and learn!”	Tsei u’l’mad
תָּא חֲזֵי	And two words in Aramaic: “Come in and discern!” — In all your comings and in all your goings In all your learning and in all your discerning	Ta ḥazei
יְבָרֶכְךָ ה׳ וְישְמְרֶךָ (במדבר ו:כד)	May the Holy One bless you and hold you precious (Numbers 6:24)	Yivarekheka Adonai v’yishmerekha
יָאֵר ה׳ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וִיחֻנֶךָּ (במדבר ו:כה)	May the Holy One’s presence shine through you and fill you with grace (Numbers 6:25)	Ya’er Adonai panav elekha v’y’khunekha
יִשָׂא ה׳ פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם (במדבר ו:כו)	May the Holy One look towards you, and set you on a path of peace. (Numbers 6:26)	Yisa Adonai panav elekha v’yasem l’kha shalom
	Go, and be a blessing!

This Graduation Blessing by Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan was written for Convocation 2017 at the Vancouver School of Theology.

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Laura Duhan-Kaplan

Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan is Professor of Jewish Studies and Director of Inter-Religious Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology, and Rabbi Emerita of Or Shalom Synagogue, Vancouver. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy and Education (Claremont Graduate University, 1991), Rabbinic Ordination (ALEPH Alliance for Jewish Renewal, 2005), and a Graduate Diploma in Spiritual Direction (Vancouver School of Theology, 2010).

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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