הושע נא | Hosha-na [after the war begun on Shemini Atseret 5784], by Rabbi Annie Lewis (10 October 2023)

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Annie Lewis and Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)

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2023-2025 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, הושענות hoshanot, Needing Vocalization

Translation (Hebrew)	Source (English)
הוֹשִׁיעָה נָא	Hoshiah Na (Redeem Now!)
יצאנו מחיבוק הסוכה אל מקלט השבת הוֹשַׁע נָא	We left the embrace of the sukkah for the shelter of Shabbat Hosha-na (Save now!)
ואת הקיר הם הסירו בפצצה הוֹשַׁע נָא	And they blasted away the wall Hosha-na
אנא פתח־נא שערי ישועתך מחדש הוֹשַׁע נָא	Please reopen Your gates of salvation Hosha-na
מי יודע, מי יכול את המנעול לפרוץ? הוֹשַׁע נָא	Can anyone pick the lock? Hosha-na
למענך הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Your sake and Hosha-na
ולמעננו הוֹשַׁע נָא	For ours Hosha-na
למען אבות שנורו למוות לעיני בנותיהם הוֹשַׁע נָא	For fathers gunned down in front of daughters Hosha-na
למען אימהות המגנות על גופי בניהן הוֹשַׁע נָא	For mothers shielding the bodies of sons Hosha-na
למען קשישים והמטפלים לצד מיטותים הוֹשַׁע נָא	For elders with caregivers bedside Hosha-na
למען עמית שחבש פצעים במרפאה ממנה הוצא ללא רוח חיים הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Amit who bandaged wounds in the infirmary, who never made it out alive Hosha-na
למען רחל שכבדה מחבלים עם קפה ועוגיות הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Rachel who served the terrorists coffee and cookies Hosha-na
למען אביטל שמעזה נשאה הפועטות אשל ונגב על גבה הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Avital who carried babies Eshel and Negev on her back from Gaza Hosha-na
למען עדי אמם שעקבותה נעלמו הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Adi, their mother, nowhere to be found Hosha-na
למען תמר קדם סימן־טוב – אורו של אשכול הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Tamar Kedem Simon-Tov – light of Eshkol Hosha-na
למען ג׳וני, שחר, ארבל ועומר הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Johnny, Shachar, Arbel and Omer Hosha-na
למען חיים ואוצר ידיעותיו, מדריכים שלא עלו הכתב אבל מראים איך לצאת ממלחמה הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Chayim, his wells of knowledge, unwritten guide books for ways out of war Hosha-na
למען נוע אשר חוטפה על אופנוע הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Noa forced away on a motorcycle Hosha-na
למען אביה יעקב המתחנן “הלוואי ויכולתי….” הוֹשַׁע נָא	For her father Yaakov begging it not to be so Hosha-na
למען שני שרצתה רק לרקוד, צמותיה מסתובבות באוויר הפתוח הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Shani who came to dance, braids swiveling in the open air Hosha-na
למען דורון, אביב הקטן ורז הפעוט: לאן נעלמו? הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Doron, little Aviv, little Raz, gone Hosha-na
למען אביהם יוני כואב וכָּמַהּ הבית להחזירם הוֹשַׁע נָא	For their father Yoni aching to bring them home Hosha-na
למען אלפי האזרחים הממלאים את כיכרות הערים, כריכים וגם חבילות לחיילים הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the thousands filling city squares and sandwiches and boxes for the soldiers called Hosha-na
למען האלפים שפותחים את בתיהם ותורמים מדמם הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the thousands giving beds, giving blood Hosha-na
למען הרוקדים עם ספרי תורה במקלטים הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the ones who circled with Torahs in bomb shelters Hosha-na
למען 260 רקדנים ללא נוֹעַ בשורות עטופים בלבן כספרי תורה הוֹשַׁע נָא	For 260 motionless dancers draped in white like Torahs in rows Hosha-na
קודש קודש קודש הוֹשַׁע נָא	Holy holy holy Hosha-na
למען האדמה זועקת וספוגה הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the earth screaming and soaked Hosha-na
למען דרום אדום הוֹשַׁע נָא	For Darom Adom Hosha-na
למען עולמות שלמים שנבלעו חזרה לעפר הוֹשַׁע נָא	For whole worlds swallowed back to dust Hosha-na
למען טילים הקורעים הקריעה ברקיעה הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the missiles tearing kriyah through the sky Hosha-na
למען עלוני הנעדרים הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the fliers of the missing Hosha-na
למען מודעות האבל הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the fliers for the dead Hosha-na
למען מילים המחטיאים מטרתם הוֹשַׁע נָא	For the words that fall flat Hosha-na
שעלות שמימה נשמות עד בלי די הוֹשַׁע נָא	As too many souls ascend Hosha-na
הוֹשַׁע נָא הוֹשַׁע נָא	Hosha-na Hosha-na
מתי תשכיבנו לשלום? מתי יושם קץ להקפות האימה?	When will you lie us down in peace? When will these haḳafos of violence end?

This litany of Hosha-na’ot was written by Rabbi Annie Lewis. Hebrew translation by Shoshana Michael Zucker.

Annie Lewis

Rabbi Annie Lewis is currently the Director of Rabbinic Formation at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, where she oversees field education for students. Rabbi Lewis was ordained from The Jewish Theological Seminary in 2012, received a master’s degree in Jewish women’s and gender studies and was awarded a Wexner Graduate Fellowship. She served as Assistant Rabbi of Germantown Jewish Centre from 2012-2016. Rabbi Lewis has served as a visiting rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in Gulfport, Mississippi and has led community organizing trainings with JOIN for Justice. Annie studied linguistic anthropology at Brown University and at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. She fell in love with Judaism at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, delved into Torah at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem and spent a year as a madricha (counselor) for the Conservative Movement's Nativ College Leadership program in Israel. Rabbi Lewis has been in training as a couples and family therapist and brings this relationship toolkit to supporting people through life transitions and to officiating at life cycle events. She is a singer, poet and performance artist with roots in the Storahtelling ritual theater company.

Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)

Shoshana Michael Zucker was first fascinated by the boundaries and history of Jewish liturgy as a teenager in NFTY in the early 1970s, the waning days of the Union Prayer Book. Since then, she has moved to Israel, raised a family and launched them into adulthood, while praying from varied siddurim with countless notes in the margin and extra notes stuck between the pages. A translator and editor by profession, she would rather study and teach Torah.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו׃ (תהלים צ:יז) · "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)

הושע נא | Hosha-na [after the war begun on Shemini Atseret 5784], by Rabbi Annie Lewis (10 October 2023)

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