A prayer for the recovery of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2018)

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יטא רחל בת צירל לאה	HaḲadosh Barukh hu (Blessed Holy one), Nefesh kol ḥai (Spirit of All Life) whose spirit is woven through the ḥesronan (absences/dependencies) inherent in all living creatures binding us all together as one,^[1] Cf. the blessing Borei Nefashot: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא נְפָשׁוֹת רַבּוֹת וְחֶסְרוֹנָן עַל כָּל מַה שֵּׁבָּרָאתָ לְהַחֲיוֹת בָּהֶם נֶֽפֶשׁ כָּל חָי: בָּרוּךְ חַי הָעוֹלָמִים: (“Blessed are you, YHVH our elo’ah, Cosmic Majesty, who creates a diverse multitude of creatures, each with a dependency (lit. absence) through which it is enlivened with the Spirit of Life. Blessed is the Life of the Worlds.”) please strengthen the vitality of Yita Rokhl bat Tsirl Leah.
צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה (דברים טז:כ חלק)	May my love and concern for her health be counted among the prayers of all compassionate peoples and the prayers of your people of Yisrael to be received before the throne of your resplendent spirit, that you may restore her in complete and vibrant health and that she may continue to perform her holy work for justice, as is proclaimed in your teaching: “Tsedeq – Tsedeq Tirdof l’Ma’an Tiḥyeh” (“Justice, Justice shall you pursue that you may live”)^[2] Deuteronomy 16:20 part —
	And so may she live in good health of body mind and spirit for 120 years or more. May it be your will.

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1	Cf. the blessing Borei Nefashot: בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם בּוֹרֵא נְפָשׁוֹת רַבּוֹת וְחֶסְרוֹנָן עַל כָּל מַה שֵּׁבָּרָאתָ לְהַחֲיוֹת בָּהֶם נֶֽפֶשׁ כָּל חָי: בָּרוּךְ חַי הָעוֹלָמִים: (“Blessed are you, YHVH our elo’ah, Cosmic Majesty, who creates a diverse multitude of creatures, each with a dependency (lit. absence) through which it is enlivened with the Spirit of Life. Blessed is the Life of the Worlds.”)
2	Deuteronomy 16:20 part

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Aharon N. Varady

Aharon Varady is the founding director of the Open Siddur Project. A community planner (M.C.P, DAAP/University of Cincinnati.) and Jewish educator (M.A.J.Ed., the William Davidson School of Education), his work in open-source Judaism has been written about in the Yiddish Forverts, the Atlantic Magazine, Tablet, and Haaretz. If you find any egregious mistakes in his work, 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 and translates prayers, besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project.)

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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