תפילת השעה | Prayer of the Moment [after the Neve Yaakov synagogue shooting], by Rabbi Avi Novis-Deutsch (Knesset haRabanim l’Yisrael 2023)

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the Rabbinical Assembly of America, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, Avi Novis-Deutsch and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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29 January 2023 under the Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use)

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2023 East Jerusalem synagogue shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Needing Vocalization

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת מִמַּעֲמַקִּים קְרָאתִיךָ יְהוָה׃ אֲדֹנָי שִׁמְעָה בְקוֹלִי תִּהְיֶינָה אָזְנֶיךָ קַשֻּׁבוֹת לְקוֹל תַּחֲנוּנָי׃ אִם־עֲוֺנוֹת תִּשְׁמָר־יָהּ אֲדֹנָי מִי יַעֲמֹד׃ כִּי־עִמְּךָ הַסְּלִיחָה לְמַעַן תִּוָּרֵא׃ קִוִּיתִי יְהוָה קִוְּתָה נַפְשִׁי וְלִדְבָרוֹ הוֹחָלְתִּי׃ נַפְשִׁי לַאדֹנָי מִשֹּׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר שֹׁמְרִים לַבֹּקֶר׃ יַחֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְהוָה כִּי־עִם־יְהוָה הַחֶסֶד וְהַרְבֵּה עִמּוֹ פְדוּת׃ וְהוּא יִפְדֶּה אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵל מִכֹּל עֲוֺנֹתָיו׃ (תהלים ק״ל)	A song of ascents. Out of the depths I call you, YHVH. My Lord, listen to my cry; let your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. If you keep account of sins, Yah, my Lord, who will survive? Yours is the power to forgive so that you may be held in awe. I and my soul hope for YHVH, and I await their word. I am more eager for my Lord than watchmen for the morning, [than] watchmen for the morning! O Yisrael, wait for YHVH; for with YHVH is a steadfast love and a great power to redeem. It is they who will redeem Yisrael from all their iniquities. (Psalms 130)
ריבון כל העולמים, מלך שהשלום שלו שים שלום בארץ והסר ממנה אכזריות איבה ושנאה	May the One who has dominion over all, Sovereign of Peace Establish peace in the Land, and turn aside enmity and hatred.
שלח מאורך ואמיתך לכל יושביה למען ידעו לכבד זה את זה	Send forth your light and your truth to all its inhabitants, that they will treat one another with mutual respect.
ולדבר זה עם זה למען יכבדו את צלמך המצוי בהם ובכל אדם אחר היושב בארץ הזו	May they come to see your image in one another, among all the inhabitants of Erets Yisrael.
שלח מרוחך לראשי שרי ויועצי מדינתנו על מנת שידעו לפעול בשום שכל ובנחת רוח לצמצם ולהסיר שפיכות דמים מן הארץ	Inspire government leaders and advisors to act with wisdom and patience, to minimize and remove bloodshed.
המצא רפואה שלמה לכל הפצועים, ושלח נחמה למשפחות הרוגים	Send speedy and full healing to the injured, and comfort to the families of the dead.
וקיים בנו מהרה מקרא שכתוב לֹא־יִשָּׂא גוֹי אֶל־גּוֹי חֶרֶב וְלֹא־יִלְמְדוּ עוֹד מִלְחָמָה (ישעיה ב:ד חלק)	And fulfill the promise made in scripture, “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore.” (Isaiah 2:4 part) And let us say, Amen.

“Tefilah haSha’ah” (Prayer of the Moment) with Psalms 130 was offered by Rav Avi Novis-Deutsch and shared by the Knesset haRabbanim l’Yisrael via their Facebook page on 29 January 2023. The English translation of the prayer was shared by the Rabbinical Assembly via their Facebook page a few hours later.

The translation of Psalms 130 is derived from the Sefaria Community translation. (I have re-hebraicized divine names, de-capitalized ‘you/your,’ and replaced default masculine pronouns for the divine with the gender inclusive singular ‘they.’) We have transcribed the prayer from the source image and set it and Psalms 130 side-by-side with their translations in English. –Aharon Varady

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Tefilah haSha’ah (Avi Novis-Deutsch 2023)

the Rabbinical Assembly of America

The Rabbinical Assembly (RA) is the international association of Conservative rabbis. The RA was founded in 1901 to shape the ideology, programs, and practices of the Conservative movement. It publishes prayerbooks and books of Jewish interest, and oversees the work of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards for the Conservative movement. It organizes conferences and coordinates the Joint Placement Commission of the Conservative movement. Members of the RA serve as rabbis, educators, community workers and military and hospital chaplains around the world. Rabbis ordained by Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the American Jewish University (California), The Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano (Buenos Aires, Argentina), The Zacharias Frankel College (Berlin, Germany) and The Schechter Rabbinical Seminary (Jerusalem, Israel) automatically become members of the RA upon their ordination. Rabbis whose ordination is from other seminaries and yeshivas may also be admitted to the RA. As of 2010, there were 1,648 members of the RA. The majority of RA members serve in the United States and Canada, while more than ten percent of its rabbis serve in Israel and many of its rabbis serve in Latin America, in the countries of Europe, Australia, and Africa.

Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael

The Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael (Rabbinical Assembly in Israel) is the central body of Masorti-affiliated rabbis in the State of Israel. It is closely associated with the Masorti Movement for Conservative Judaism in Israel, and the international Rabbinical Assembly.

Avi Novis-Deutsch

Avi Novis-Deutsch is Dean of the Schechter Rabbinical Seminary. Ordained as a Masorti rabbi by the SRS in 2003, Rabbi Novis-Deutsch also has an MA in Jewish Studies from JTS. He served for nine years as a pulpit rabbi at two Masorti congregations in Israel, most recently, at Haminyan Hamishpachti Masorti Kfar Veradim. Rabbi Novis-Deutsch also worked for two years as a Jewish educator in Berkeley and in the Bay Area, California.

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.)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו׃ (תהלים צ:יז) · "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)