https://opensiddur.org/?p=40666ברכה לשלום החיילים | Prayer for the Well-being of IDF Soldiers, by Yaacov Maoz (2014)2021-11-14 12:14:48A prayer for the well-being of IDF Soldiers written during the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict.Textthe Open Siddur ProjectSimon Montagu (translation)Simon Montagu (translation)Yaacov Maozhttps://opensiddur.org/copyright-policy/Simon Montagu (translation)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Military Personnel & Veterans2014 Israel–Gaza conflictצה״ל IDFמדינת ישראל Medinat YisraelProgressive Zionism21st century C.E.58th century A.M.
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Let us bless the men and women of the Israel Defense Forces
Who go out in the vanguard to defend Israeli society
And the values of liberty, equality, and justice.
May they succeed in all their assignments
On land, by air, and by sea,
within the country, and beyond its borders,
And may they return from battle
crowned with triumph and victory.
May they return to their family homes
unharmed in body and healthy in soul,
innocent of vain slaughter
and with hearts untainted by malicious intention.
May all the armies of the world fulfill that which is written:
“They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
and their spears into pruning hooks:
nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
neither shall they learn war any more,” (Isaiah 2:4)
“And I will give peace in the land,” (Leviticus 26:6)
And let us say: Amen.
This Prayer for the well-being of IDF Soldiers, by Yaacov Maoz was written in the summer of 2014 (אב תשע”ד) in the context of the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict. English translation by Simon Montagu.
Simon Montagu is a translator and software engineer. He worked as an internationalization (i18n) engineer involved for the Mozilla project beginning in 1999, originally through IBM in Israel, later on the staff of Netscape Communications Corporation from 2001-2003, after that as an independent contributor, and from 2006-2015 as a contractor for the Mozilla Corporation.
Yaacov Maoz
Dr. Yaacov Maoz, the son of Iraqi-Jewish immigrants to Israel, works at the Israel Association of Community Centers, where he is Director for Content Development and has published Festivals in the Community, a series of widely distributed booklets, the foremost of which is the Haggadah of Identities, a Passover Haggadah with an Israeli commentary. He is involved in strengthening Jewish pluralism, in promoting dialogue between different sectors in Judaism, in the connection between Israel and the Diaspora, and in developing understanding between Jews and Arabs in Israel. Dr. Maoz has led several conferences with his associates in the Tikun Movement, the most outstanding of which was the Matrouz International Conference, in which Arab colleagues from Morocco and France participated. He has established a public council of intellectuals and a committee of social activists for the revival of the Aramit (ארמית) language. He has opened study groups and created a Facebook group, held a preliminary conference on solidarity with the Assyrian nation, published journalistic articles, spoken on radio broadcasts, and appeared on television. He maintains contact with the Assyrian diaspora leadership the world over on a daily basis and seeks to increase awareness throughout the Israeli public of the Assyrian nation’s suffering, its cultural richness, and the wonderful opportunity strategic cooperation with the Assyrian nation offers.
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