A Vaccine Prayer, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (2021)

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תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, חיסון vaccination, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States

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	Dear God, after all the loss, the distance, the sadness, the aloneness, Give me life. Grant me back Your world. Please. Give my children reason for hope. Please. Please.
	Holy Healing One, May the vaccine I’m about to receive be a sign that healing is arriving once again in our world, for all Your worried children.
	May my body’s temporary discomfort sensitize me to the needs of this fragile world that remain invisible to the eye.
	May my body’s pent-up tension, held back during an unfathomable year of constriction and stress, be channeled in a healthy way for those around me.
	May the scientists and doctors and nurses who have served as your angels and saved our world be granted restoration of soul and healing of mind.
	I pledge before You, Source of All, to do as much good as I can as long as my soul is within me.
	May I be granted a life filled by the honor of serving You by serving others.
	Thank You. Goodness. Thank You. Healing. Thank You. Life.
	Amen.

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Menachem Creditor

Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and was the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. A frequent speaker in communities and campuses around the United States and Israel with over 1 million views of his online videos and essays, he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. His 22 books and 6 albums of original music include the global anthem "Olam Chesed Yibaneh" and the anthologies "When We Turned Within" and "None Shall Make Them Afraid." He has been involved in the leadership of American Jewish World Service, AIPAC, the Rabbinical Assembly, and the One America Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing together Americans of different faiths and opinions. He and his wife Neshama Carlebach live in New York, where they are raising their five children.

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