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מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת (…) לִתְקוּפַת יוֹם הֻלַּדְתּוֹ/הֻלַּדְתָּהּ. |
May the One who blessed our fathers, Avraham, Yitsḥaq, and Ya’aqov, bless (…) on the (…) anniversary of their birthday. |
הָאֱלֹהִים הָרוֹעֶה אוֹתוֹ מֵעוֹדוֹ/אוֹתָהּ מֵעוֹדָהּ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה יִשְׁמְרֵֽהוּ/יִשְׁמְרֶֽהָ וִיחַיֵּֽהוּ/וִיחַיֶּֽהָ וִיאַשְּׁרֵֽהוּ/וִיאַשְּׁרֶֽהָ |
May Elohim who enabled them to live to this day continue their mercies and grant them many more years of health and happiness. |
וְיוֹסִיף לוֹ/לָהּ שְׁנוֹת חַיִּים וּבְרָכָה בְּטוֹב וּבִנְעִימוֹת בְּרָב־עֹז וְשָׁלוֹם וְנָֽסוּ יָגוֹן וַאֲנָחָה. |
May [Elohim] keep them free from all anxieties and bodily ills. |
יְחַדֵּֽהוּ/יְחַדֶּֽהָ בְאֽשֶׁר וּבְשִׂמְחַת לֵבָב שֶׁל־כׇּל־אֲהוּבֵי נַפְשׁוֹ/נַפְשָׁהּ |
May [Elohim] cause them to rejoice in the happiness of all who are dear to them. |
וִימַלֵּא כׇּל־מִשְׁאֲלוֹת לִבּוֹ/לִבָּהּ תִּקְווֹתָיו/תִּקְווֹתֶֽיהָ וּתְפִלּוֹתָיו/וּתְפִלּוֹתֶֽיהָ לְטוֹבָה. |
May [Elohim] enable them to behold the fulfilment of all their worthy hopes and prayers. |
אָמֵן׃ |
Amen. |
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם שֶׁהֶחֱיָֽנוּ וְקִיְּמָֽנוּ וְהִגִּיעָֽנוּ לַזְּמָן הַזֶּה: |
Blessed be you YHVH our elo’ah King of the universe who has kept us in life, sustained us and brought us to this happy occasion. |
“Prayer in behalf of one celebrating a birthday,” by Rabbi Mordecai Menaḥem Kaplan can be found on p. 494-497 of his The Sabbath Prayer Book (New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945). I have adapted the original text of this prayer, replacing “thou” with ‘you’, “Lord” with ‘YHVH’, and “God” with ‘elo’ah’. I have replaced him/her formulations with the singular ‘they’ and replaced masculine pronouns with the divine name, Elohim, as invoked at the beginning of the prayer. –Aharon N. Varady
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