תפילה למדינת ישראל | Prayer for the State of Israel, by Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen (2002)

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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)

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מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Separation

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לִבִּי לִבִּי יוֹצֵא לָךְ צִיוֹן. דְמָעוֹת וְצָהֳלָה, שִׂמְחָה וְיָגוֹן הַלֹא חַלוֹם חָלַמְנוּ וַיֶהִי וְהִנָהּ־גַם רִינָה גַם נֶהִי.	My heart, my heart goes out to you Zion Tears, jubilation, celebration, grieving Did we not dream a dream that came to be? And here it is—both song and lament.
נַחְנוּ רַק חוֹמֶר וּתְּפִילָה לָנוּ לָיוֹצֵר, לַטוֹב וְלַצֶדֶק הַכְווֵן אֶת הָעָם בְּצִיוֹן מִסְתַּתֵר. כִּי לָךְ כָּל הָאֳרֶץ וְלָנוֹ אֶרֶץ יְחִידָה, אַשֶׁר יָרַשְׁנוּ יַחְדָיו עִם בְּנֵי הָגָר.	We are mere matter, and our prayer is to the Creator, Toward the Good and the Just, direct the people seeking refuge in Zion. For all the world is Yours, and we have but one land, Which we inherited together with the sons and daughters of Hagar.
חוֹנֵנוּ דַעַת אַשֶׁר בּוֹן נָבִין חָכְמַת אַבְרָהָם: “אִם תַּשְׂמְאִילָה וָאַיְמִין”. רַחַמִים תַּשְׁפִּיעַ עַל אֶרֶץ רָבָּה הַגְזֵירָה כִּי “צִיוֹן בְּמִשְׁפָּט תִּפָּדֶה וְשָׁבֶיהָ בִּצְדָקָה”.	Favor us with knowledge with which to understand The wisdom of Avraham, “If you will go left, I will go right.”^[1] Genesis 13:9. C.f. Isaiah 30:21. Overflow with mercy on a great and troubled land For “Zion will be redeemed in judgment and its inhabitants in righteousness.”^[2] Isaiah 1:27

Rabbi Dr. Aryeh Cohen’s “Prayer for Israel” was first published in Tikkun (May/June 2002, 17:3) pg. 25.

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1	Genesis 13:9. C.f. Isaiah 30:21.
2	Isaiah 1:27

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Aryeh Cohen

Aryeh Cohen the author of the book Justice in the City: An Argument from the Sources of Rabbinic Judaism is a professor, a social justice activist, a rabbi and a lecturer. He teaches all things Rabbinic Literature (Mishnah, Talmud, midrash) and social justice at the Ziegler School for Rabbinic Studies of the American Jewish University. Prof. Cohen is a founder and member of the Shtibl Minyan, and a board member of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and CLUE-LA.

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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