תפילה לארצות הברית לאחר הטבח בפּיטסבּורג | Prayer for the United States after the Pittsburgh Massacre, by Rabbi Stephen Belsky (2018)

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הַנּוֹתֵן מֶמְשָׁלָה לְמַנְהִיגִים וְאַחְרָיוּת לְאֶזְרָחִים, מַלְכוּתוֹ כָּל עוֹלָמִים – שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר לֹא יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן, (תהלים קכא:ד) שֶׁהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶת יַעֲקֹב מִיַּד לָבָן, וּבְכָל דּוֹר וָדוֹר מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיַּד רוֹדְפֵינוּ – הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַמְּדִינוֹת הַמְּאוּחָדוֹת הָאֵלּוּ, מַלְכוּת הַחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר מָצָאנוּ בָהּ מָנוֹחַ, וְיַשְׁרֶה אַהֲבָה וְאַחֲוָה בֵין כָּל תּוֹשָׁבֶיהָ.	May Gd who grants dominion to rulers and responsibility to citizens, whose kingdom is all eternities – the guardian of Israel who neither slumbers nor sleeps,^[1] Psalms 121:4 who rescued Jacob from the hands of Lavan, and in every generation saves us from our persecutors – bless these United States, the compassionate country in which we have found rest, and inspire all its inhabitants with love and brotherhood.
בְּרַחֲמָיו הָרַבִּים יְעַקֵּר וִישַׁבֵּר אֶת תַּרְבוּת הָאַכְזָרִיּוּת וְהַשִּׂנְאָה מֵעָלֵינוּ, וּמִבֵּינֵינוּ, וּמִתּוֹכֵנוּ, וְיִתֵּן בְּלֶב כָּל מַנְהִיגֵינוּ לְקַיֵּם שְׁלוֹם הָאָרֶץ וְחֵירוּתָהּ, עַד בִּיאַת יוֹם חֲזוֹן נְבִיאֵינוּ, בּוֹ יְנַחֵם כְּאֵם גּוֹלִים וּמָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ דֵּעָה אֶת יי כַּמַּיִם לַיָּם מְכַסִּים. (ישעיהו יא:ט, חבקוק ב:יד)	In Gd’s great mercies, uproot and destroy the culture of cruelty and hatred from upon us, among us, and within us, and place in the hearts of all our leaders to preserve the peace and freedom of the land, until the coming of the day of our prophets’ vision when Gd consoles exiles like a mother and the world is full of the knowledge of God as water covers the seas.^[2] Cf. Isaiah 11:9, Habakkuk 2:14
כֵּן יְהִי רָצוֹן, וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן.	Let this be Gd’s will, and let us say amein.

This “Prayer for the United States after the Pittsburgh Massacre,” by Rabbi Stephen Belsky, was written to be recited this Shabbos (3 November 2018), following Av haRaḥamim, an El Malei for the martyrs, and a prayer for the injured victims and police officers.

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1	Psalms 121:4
2	Cf. Isaiah 11:9, Habakkuk 2:14

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Stephen Belsky

A native of Brooklyn, New York, Stephen Belsky is a graduate of the Yeshiva of Flatbush, the State University of New York at Binghamton, and the Educators Program of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. He received semikha at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and while studying there held internships at Beth David Synagogue in West Hartford, Connecticut, and the International Rabbinic Fellowship. Before starting semikha, Stephen taught at the Schechter high school in Teaneck, New Jersey, and after ordination, he returned to education, teaching Jewish Studies in the middle and high school divisions of Yeshivat Akiva in Southfield, Michigan. In addition to classroom teaching, Stephen has taught and lectured both in his local community and in synagogues across the eastern United States.

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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