תפילה (ישראלית) לפני הכניסה לקלפי (למאמין וללא מאמין)‏ | Prayer before entering the voting booth in Israel (for believers and non-believers)

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חיים היימס-עזרא and Jonah Rank

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Elections & Voting, Yom Habḥirut

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democratic process, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Parliamentary Election, Needing Vocalization

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Translation (English)

יהי רצון [מלפניך יהוה אלהינו ואלהי אבותנו ואמותנו]
שהפתק אשר שם אנכי בקלפי
יצטרף לעוד אלפי פתקים
שיבטיחו מנהיגות שפויה
שתחזק את הערכים הדמוקרטיים,
תשאף לשלום עם שכנינו,
תפריד דת ומדינה,
תדאג לחלשים
ותגן על העובדים,
תילחם בשחיתות
ותנהיג באמצעות הדוגמא האישית.

May it be the will [before YHVH our elo’ah the elo’ah of our ancestors]
that this ticket which I am placing in my ballot
will join thousands of other tickets
that will promise reasoned leadership
that will strengthen democratic values,
aspire towards peace with our neighbors,
separate religion and state,
be concerned with the weak
and protect the laborers,
fight corruption
and exercise leadership through personal role modeling.

ויהי רצון [מלפניך יהוה אלהינו ואלהי אבותנו ואמותנו]
שהעם היושב בציון
יזכה לשנים של חופש,
שקט,
עשייה,
חינוך
ובריאות טובה
ושילדינו לא יפחדו כלל.‏

May it be the will [before YHVH our elo’ah the elo’ah of our ancestors]
that the nation sitting in Tsiyon
will merit years of freedom,
quiet,
productivity,
education
and good health
and that our children may never fear at all.

Prayer by Chaim Hames. Translation by Jonah Rank.

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חיים היימס-עזרא

חיים היימס-עזרא (Dr. Chaim Hames-Ezra) is the Chair of the History Department, Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the author of I (do not) Believe: Israel and Judaism – Past, Present, Future (in Hebrew, Ktav 2011).

Jonah Rank

Rabbi Jonah Rank is President and Rosh Yeshivah of Hebrew Seminary: A Rabbinical School for the Deaf and Hearing. An award-winning Jewish songwriter, Rabbi Rank earned an MA in Jewish Thought and was ordained in 2015 at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Rank has been involved in Jewish education for many years and served as the Maskil (“Teacher-of-Tradition”) at the Shaar Shalom Synagogue in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where his spouse, Rabbi Dr. Raysh Weiss, served as Senior Rabbi. While living in Canada, Rabbi Rank initiated the annual Halifax Communal Beit Midrash, and collaborated with the community’s Education Committee in rebooting the Halifax Joint Hebrew School. Following his family’s return to the U.S, he became the Director of the Shul School at Kehilat HaNahar in New Hope, Pennsylvania. While managing the supplementary school, Rabbi Rank co-led a Virtual Youth Arts Beit Midrash serving youth across five states, designed a virtual reality Purim carnival, and created curricular materials for young Jews to engage with Jewish notions of responsibility towards marginalized communities and to the planet. Rabbi Rank has authored several academic articles, served as the Managing Editor of Zeramim: An Online Journal of Applied Jewish Studies, and is currently editing Siddur Kanfey HaShekhinah, a forthcoming traditional Ashkenazi Hebrew prayer book, where the language referring to God is with feminine grammar. An advocate for civic causes, Rabbi Rank was appointed in 2021 to the Environmental Advisory Council in the Township of Lower Makefield, Pennsylvania. Rabbi Rank’s recently moved with his family to Natick, Massachusetts.

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2015-03-15 at 9:13 am · Reply.
TRANSLATION:
May it be the will [before the Lord our God and the God of our ancestors] that this ticket which I am placing in my ballot will join thousands of other tickets that will promise reasoned leadership that will strengthen democratic values, aspire towards peace with our neighbors, separate religion and state, be concerned with the weak and protect the laborers, fight corruption and exercise leadership through personal role modeling. May it be the will [before the Lord our God and the God of our ancestors] that the nation sitting in Zion will merit years of freedom, quiet, productivity, education and good health and that our children may never fear at all.

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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