A Child’s Prayer on its Parent’s Birthday, by Frederick de Sola Mendes (1887)

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Bnei (Bar/Bat) Mitsvah & Other Birthday Prayers

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19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., children's prayers, prayers on behalf of parents, English vernacular prayer, birthday prayers

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	A Child’s Prayer on its Parent’s Birthday.
	Almighty Father, I love Thy goodness, which has provided me with happiness and comfort, and I love my dear parents too, whose kind care and protection are ever around me. I pray to Thee that Thou wilt bless them with everything that is for their happiness.
	Preserve them long in life, for they are the guardian angels of my path, and my benefactors all my days. Since the time when I was an infant, they have cared for me, they have watched and worked for me; for my body and my mind they have diligently provided. They have taught me, O my God, to know Thee, and to turn to Thee in love and confidence.
	Their affectionate hearts have always sought to comfort me with tender sympathy in all the events of my life. Whenever I think how much they have loved me, how kind and self-sacrificing they have been to me, I feel that I can not find words enough to ask of Thee all that I would like to have them enjoy. But Thou, O God, dost see the depths of my soul, and canst read there my affection for my parents; give ear to my wishes, grant answer unto my petitions.
	Bestow upon my parents Thy richest gift, a long life full of happiness and of joy and of peace. Let even their latter days be joyous and cheerful, free from all pain and grief, and let them see realized all the hopes and desires they have for the happiness and welfare of those they love. Amen.

“A Child’s Prayer on its Parent’s Birthday” was written by Frederick de Sola Mendes and published in the anthology, The Jewish Home Prayer-Book (1887), pages 130-131.

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Aharon N. Varady (editing/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.)

Frederick de Sola Mendes

Frederick de Sola Mendes (Montego Bay, Jamaica, West Indies, July 8, 1850—1927) was a rabbi, author, and editor.

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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