תפילה לבאסטאן | Prayer for Boston after the bombing, by Rabbi Stephen Belsky (2013)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, American Jewry of the United States, prayers for municipalities, Boston, bombing

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מִי שֶׁאָמַר וְהָיָה הָעוֹלָם,
וּבֵרַךְ אֶת־הָאָדָם אֲשֶׁר בָּרָא בְצַלְמוֹ,
וְהִפְלִיא בָאָ֫רֶץ לְהָקִים אֶת־הַמְּדִינוֹת הַמְאֻחָדוֹת הָאֵ֫לֶּה
לִהְיוֹת דּוֹרְשֵׁי חֵרוּת וְשָׁלוֹם לְכָל־בִּרְיוֹתָיו,
הוּא יְבָרֵךְ וְיִשְׁמֹר וְיִנְצֹר אֶת־כָּל־תּֽוֹשָׁבֵי בָּאסְטָאן וּסְבִֽיבוֹתֶ֫יהָ,
וִיחַזֵּק וִיאַמֵּץ אֶת־מַנְהִֽיגֵיהֶם, נְצִֽיגֵיהֶם, שׁוֹטְרֵיהֶם, וּבַלָּֽשֵׁיהֶם,
וְיוֹצִיאֵם מִצַּלְמָ֫וֶת לָאוֹר
וּמִצָּרָה לִרְוָחָה.
וִיקֻיַּם בָּהֶם הַכָּתוּב׃
טוֹב יי לַכֹּל וְרַחֲמָיו עַל־כָּל־מַעֲשָׂיו.
וְנֹאמַר׃ אָמֵן.‏

May the One who spoke the world into being,
and who blessed humanity created in God’s image,
and who brought about the miracle of these United States
to promote freedom and peace among all people —
bless, guard, and protect all the inhabitants of the Boston area,
and strengthen and encourage their leaders, representatives, police officers, and detectives;
bring them out from the shadow of death to light,
and from danger to relief;
and may the verse be fulfilled for them which says,
‘God is good to all, and shows mercy to all God’s creatures.’ (Psalms 145:9)
And let us say: amein.

This prayer was first said at the middle school minyan of Yeshivat Akiva / Akiva Hebrew Day School this morning (9 Iyyar, 5773/April 19th, 2013). Niqqud and additional editing provided by Gabriel Wasserman.

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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