🆕 הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Prayer for the Royal Family of Peter Ⅱ, King of Yugoslavia (1938)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Šalom Miroslav Freiberger (translation)

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation (Croatian)	Translation (English)
תְּפִלָּה בְּעַד שְׁלוֹם הַמַּלְכוּת.	Molitva Za Kralja I Otadžbinu	Prayer for the King and the Fatherland
	Svemogući Bože, Gospodaru vasione!	Almighty God, Lord of the universe!
הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה לַמְּלָכִים וּמֶמְשָׁלָה לַנְּסִיכִים. מַלְכוּתוֹ מַלְכוּת כׇּל־עֹלָמִים. הַפוֹצֶה אֶת־דָּוִד עַבְדּוֹ מֵחֶרֶב רָעָה. הַנּוֹתֵן בַּיָּם דֶּרֶךְ וּבְמַיִם עַזִּים נְתִיבָה. הוּא יְבָרֵךְ וְיִשְׁמוֹר וְיִנְצוֹר וְיַעֲזוֹר וִירוֹמֵם וִיגַדֵּל וִינַשֵּׂא לְמַעְלָה אֶת אֲדוֹנֵינוּ פֶּטַר הַשֵׁנִי מֶלֶךְ יוגוסלביה וְאֵת אִמּוֹ הַמַּלְכָּה הַגְּבִירָה מַרִיַא יָרוּם הוֹדָם.	Ti, koji daješ vladarima vlast i kraljevima slavu, čije je Kraljevstvo kraljevstvo svih vremena, Ti, koji si oslobodio Davida, slugu svoga, od svih opasnosti, koji vladaš morem i kopnom, blagoslovi i čuvaj, spasi i hrani našega vladara Njegovo Veličanstvo Petra Ii, Kralja Jugoslavije Njezino Veličanstvo, Kraljicu-Majku Mariju i sav uzvišeni Dom Karađorđevića	You, who give power to rulers and glory to kings, whose Kingdom is the kingdom of all ages, You, who delivered David, Your servant, from all dangers, who rules over sea and land, bless and keep, save and sustain our ruler His Majesty, Peter Ⅱ,^[1] Peter Ⅱ Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Петар Ⅱ Карађорђевић, Petar Ⅱ Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty. King of Yugoslavia Her Majesty, the Queen Mother Maria^[2] Marija Karađorđević (6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961), Princess of Romania, was Queen of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929 and Queen of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1934 as the wife of King Alexander Ⅰ. Her parents were Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (later Ferdinand Ⅰ of Romania) and Princess Marie of Edinburgh (later Queen Maria). She was the mother of King Peter Ⅱ. Her citizenship was revoked, and her property was confiscated by the Yugoslav communist regime in 1947, but she was posthumously rehabilitated in 2014. and the entire illustrious House of Karađorđević^[3] The House of Karađorđević or Karađorđević dynasty (Serbian: Династија Карађорђевић, Dinastija Karađorđević, IPA: [karadʑǒːrdʑevitɕ]; pl. Карађорђевићи, Karađorđevići) is the former ruling Serbian and deposed Yugoslav royal family. During its existence, the dynasty intermarried with royal houses of Petrović-Njegoš, Romanov, Hohenzollern, Oldenburg, Baden, Hesse, Leiningen, Savoy, Liechtenstein and Orléans.
מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים בְּרַחֲמָיו יְחַיֵּהוּ וְיִשְׁמְרֵהוּ וּמִכׇּל־צָרָה וְיָגוֹן וָנֶזֶק יַצִילֵהוּ.	Daj, o Bože, dug život Kralju našemu, i udalji od Njega svaku brigu i nepogode.	Grant, O God, a long life to our king, and remove from him all care and adversity.
וְיַדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחַת רַגְלָיו. וְיַפִּיל שׂוֹנְאָיו לְפָנָיו וּבְכֹל־אֲשֶׁר יִפְנֶה יָצְלִיחַ׃		[May he subdue nations beneath his sway, and make his enemies fall before him; and in every enterprise in which he shall engage may he prosper.]
מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים בְּרַחֲמָיו יִתֵּן בְּלִבּוֹ וּבְלֵב כׇּל־יוֹעֲצָיו רוּחַ חָכְמָה וּבִינָה לַעֲשׂוֹת טוֹבָה עִמָּנוּ וְעִם כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל,		[May the supreme King of kings in his mercy place in his heart and in the hearts of all his counselors, a spirit of wisdom and understanding to do good for our country and for all of Yisrael.]
	Blagoslovi Ga ljubavlju Njegovih podanika, i daj da pravda i mir vladaju pod žezlom Njegovim, a granice naše zemlje da budu stalne i čvrste.	Bless him with the love of his subjects, and let justice and peace reign under his scepter, and may the borders of our land be constant and firm.
	Blagoslovi, dobri Bože, domovinu našu, Kraljevinu Jugoslaviju, kako bi procvala i napredovala, pa da zadovoljstvo ispuni sve građane njene.	Bless, good God, our homeland, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia,^[4] The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. that it may flourish and prosper, and may joy fill all its citizens.
	Obilje svega blagoslova podari svima nama!	Grant that abundance of all blessings may be bestowed upon us all!
בְּיָמָיו וּבְיָמֵינוּ תִּוָּשַׁע יְהוּדָה וְיִשְׂרָאֵל יִשְׁכֹּן לָבֶטַח. וּבָא לְצִיּוֹן גּוֹאֵל.		[In his days and in ours may Yehudah be saved and Yisrael dwell in safety and may the Redeemer come unto Ẓíōn]
וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן. וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן׃	Tako budi volja Tvoja! Amen!	So may Your will be done! Amen!

This is the prayer for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and King Petar Ⅱ as found in Rabbi Salom Freiberger’s Siddur Rinah u-Tefilah: Molitvenik (1938), p. 193 in Hebrew and Croatian. I have added an English translation of the Croatian, with the untranslated Hebrew portions included in brackets.

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Prayer for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia – Siddur Rinah u-Tefilah (Salom Freiberger 1938), p. 193 – Hebrew

Prayer for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia – Siddur Rinah u-Tefilah (Salom Freiberger 1938), p. 193 – Croatian

Notes

Notes
1	Peter Ⅱ Karađorđević (Serbo-Croatian: Петар Ⅱ Карађорђевић, Petar Ⅱ Karađorđević; 6 September 1923 – 3 November 1970) was the last King of Yugoslavia, reigning from October 1934 until he was deposed in November 1945. He was the last reigning member of the Karađorđević dynasty.
2	Marija Karađorđević (6 January 1900 – 22 June 1961), Princess of Romania, was Queen of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes from 1922 to 1929 and Queen of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1934 as the wife of King Alexander Ⅰ. Her parents were Prince Ferdinand of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (later Ferdinand Ⅰ of Romania) and Princess Marie of Edinburgh (later Queen Maria). She was the mother of King Peter Ⅱ. Her citizenship was revoked, and her property was confiscated by the Yugoslav communist regime in 1947, but she was posthumously rehabilitated in 2014.
3	The House of Karađorđević or Karađorđević dynasty (Serbian: Династија Карађорђевић, Dinastija Karađorđević, IPA: [karadʑǒːrdʑevitɕ]; pl. Карађорђевићи, Karađorđevići) is the former ruling Serbian and deposed Yugoslav royal family. During its existence, the dynasty intermarried with royal houses of Petrović-Njegoš, Romanov, Hohenzollern, Oldenburg, Baden, Hesse, Leiningen, Savoy, Liechtenstein and Orléans.
4	The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941.

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer translator for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his translations, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot Naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also transcribes prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes for the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)

Šalom Miroslav Freiberger (translation)

Šalom Miroslav Freiberger (לום פרייברגר; 1903–1943), born in Zagreb (then in the Austro-Hungarian Empire) was a rabbi, translator, writer and community leader. Educated as a lawyer and doctor of theology, he first served as rabbi in Osijek, Slavonia and afterward in Zagreb from 1937 to 1941. That year, after the death of rabbi Gavro Schwarz, he became the chief rabbi of Zagreb. In the years prior to World War Ⅱ, Rabbi Freiberger was a strong advocate of Zionism and the return of Jews to British Mandate Palestine. With the foundation of the Independent State of Croatia in 1941and the first application of the fascist racial laws, Freiberger made efforts to rescue Jews. He had many connections with Jewish organizations in Italy, Hungary and Switzerland, and extremely good relations with the Catholic Church in Croatia, especially with Alojzije Stepinac, Archbishop of Zagreb. Archbishop Stepinac urged Freiberger and his family to take refuge at his court until the end of the war. However, Freiberger declined the offer since he wanted to share the destiny of his people. At the end of 1942 he escorted the last group of rescued Jews to Budapest and Istanbul, from where they were transferred to the British Mandate for Palestine. Among them, with ten underage girls and boys, was his sixteen-year-old son Ruben. The group had received travel documents only after Stepinac and Vatican officials had intervened with the Croatian authorities. Despite the efforts of Archbishop Stepinac to save him, in the spring of 1943 Freiberger was arrested by the Independent State of Croatia regime, when Heinrich Himmler himself arrived in Zagreb, dissatisfied with the way the regime was "solving the Jewish question" in Croatia. Archbishop Stepinac immediately sent a request for Freiberger's liberation to state officials, but without success. On 3 May 1943, with the last transport of Jews from Croatia, the Nazis transported Freiberger and his wife from Zagreb Main Station to Auschwitz. He was killed at the camp entrance when he protested against the inhumane procedures inflicted on the members of his community. (Amiel Shomrony, Rabbi Freiberger's former secretary, filed two motions to recognize Stepinac as righteous among the nations for helping Freiberger in saving the Jewish people of his community.)

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🆕 הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Prayer for the Royal Family of Peter Ⅱ, King of Yugoslavia (1938)

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