תפילה לשלום העיר תל אביב־יפו | Prayer for the Welfare of Tel Aviv-Yafo, by Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman (1959), amended by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried (2009)

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Esteban Gottfried and Isser Yehuda Unterman

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רִבּוֹן הָעוֹלָמִים,
מוֹדִים אֲנַחְנוּ לְךָ עַל שֶׁהִפְלֵאתָ חַסְדֵךָ לָנוּ
בְּהַקָמַת עִיר גְּדוֹלָה וּמְפֹאָרָה
וְרַבַּת־עַם בְּאַרְצֵנוּ בְּשֵׁם תֵּל אָבִיב־יָפוֹ.
אַתָּה הִשְׁפַּעְתָּ לִפְנֵי לְמַעְלָה מִמֵאָה שָׁנָה
רוּחַ עֵצָה וּתְבוּנָה
עַל קְבוּצַת בּונִים מִבְּנֵי צִיוֹן הַיְקָרִים,
לִתְקֹעַ יָתֵד עַל שְׂפַת הַיָּם לְעִיר עִבְרִית
וְחֲנַנְתַּם עֹז וְעָצְמָה לְבַצֵּעַ שְׁאִיפָתָם זוֹ
בְּאֹמֶץ וּגְבוּרָה וּבִמְסִירוּת נֶפֶש,
וְקַבְעוּ בָהּ סְדָרִים מְתֻקָּנִים,
וְהֶעֱמִידוּ מוֹסָדוֹת נַעֲלִים
לַתַרְבּוּת עִבְרִית,
לְתּוֹרָה וּלִתְפִילָה,
לְבָתֵי חִנּוּךְ וְלִמוּד,
לְמִסְחַר וּלְחֲרשֶׁת הַמַּעֲשֶׂה וּלִפְעֻלּוֹת־חֶסֶד.
וְהִנֵה הָעִיר גָּדְלַה וַתִיף,
וְרַבִּים מֵאָחֵינוּ וְאַחֲיוֹתֵינוּ נָהֲרוּ אֵלֶיהָ
וְנִהְיְתָה לְמֶרְכָּז הַחַיִּים בָּאָרֶץ.
תָּמִיד הוֹמִיָּה מֵאֲנָשִׁים וּמְלֵאָה חַיִּים וּתְנוּעָה,
קוֹל תִּקְוָה נִשְׁמַע בִּשְׁעָרֵיהָ
וְהַלְמוּת עֲמֵלִים בְּחוֹמוֹתֵיהָ
וּמַרְכֹּלֶת רָבָּה בִּשְׁוָקֵיהָ.‏

הַמְּחַדֵּשׁ בְּכָל יוֹם תָּמִיד מַעֲשֶׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית,
מְשׁוֹךְ חַסְדֵּךָ עָלֵינוּ גַּם לְיָמִים יָבוֹאוּ.
הָגֵן עַל עִירֵנוּ וְעַל תּוֹשָׁבֵיהָ,
הַדְרֵךְ אֶת רֹאשֵׁי הָעִיר לְהוֹלִיכָהּ
בְּדַרְכֵי הַחָכְמָה,
הַיֹּשֶׁר וְהַצֶּדֶק.
עֲזֹר לָנוּ,
תּוֹשָׁבֵי הָעִיר שֶׁל הַיּוֹם
וּמְעַצְבֵי הָעִיר שֶׁל הַמָּחָר,
לִשְׁמוֹר אֶת מַתְנוֹת הַטֶּבַע שֶׁל הָעִיר,
כְּחוֹפֵי הַיָּם,
וּבַרֵךְ אֶת תּוֹשְבֵי עִירֵנוּ
בְּאַהֲבַת אָדָם בַּאֲשֶׁר הוּא אָדָם.
“עוֹד אֶבְנֵךְ וְנִבְנֵית בְּתוּלַת בַּת צִיוֹן”
מִי יִתֵן וְנַמְשִׁיךְ לִבְנוֹת וּלְהִבָּנוֹת
בָּעִיר העִבְרִית הָרִאשׁוֹנָה לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים.
אָמֵן.‏

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“תפילה לשלום העיר תל אביב־יפו | Prayer for the Welfare of Tel Aviv-Yafo, by Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman (1959), amended by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried (2009)” is shared by the contributors with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.

Esteban Gottfried

Rabbi Esteban Gottfried is a Director, Playwright and actor and is the leader of Beit Tefilah Israeli (The Israeli House of Prayer) in Tel Aviv, which he founded with Rani Jaeger, and other friends.

Isser Yehuda Unterman

Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman (איסר יהודה אונטרמן‬, April 19, 1886 – January 26, 1976) was born in Brest-Litovsk, now Belarus. He studied at the Etz Chaim Yeshiva in Maltsch under Rabbi Shimon Shkop. Returning to Lithuania to complete his studies, Unterman was ordained as a rabbi by Rabbi Refael Shapiro, and by Rabbi Simcha Zelig Reguer, the Dayan of Brisk. He founded his own yeshiva in the town of Vishnyeva around 1910. Unterman served a variety of roles in the Lithuanian Jewish community until 1924, when he was selected to become the head rabbi of Liverpool. Unterman served in Liverpool for 22 years, becoming an important figure in the English Zionist movement and working to relieve the suffering of refugees in England during the Second World War. In 1946, Unterman became the Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv, a position he held for twenty years before being appointed the Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel in 1964 (which he held until 1972).

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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