[You, dear women and maidens, read this tkhine; your heart will rejoice, because it was taken from holy books. By its merit may you be counted worthy to come to the Land of Israel.]

Yehi rotsoyn: May it be Your will, God, to forgive all my sins and remember me, with my husband and children, for good. Dear God, I admit to you that I have turned aside from your Holy Name. Therefore I beg you, God, that you should make me worthy and free me of the sins I have sinned. Guard me from the evil inclination and from all pain. May I succeed in begging from you that there be no outcry in my house. Dear God, I beg you not to desert me in my old age; sustain me with your own hand, not from handouts from others. Dear God, someone who has no food turns, God forbid, to thievery and robbery. So I beg you, God, your attributes of mercy should walk with me so that I and my husband and children should be healthy and have income from Your gentle hand. Bless us that there come through us no desecration of the Name, and there should be (God forbid) no years cut short (koreys, God forbid), shortening our days. Help me in all my works.

Dear God, let me rejoice in being guarded from sorrow; may I have no sorrow from my children. May my enemies exact no vengeance on me, and may no Satan, accuser, or unclean thing rule me while I am praying and prevent me from requesting what I need. Dear God, what should I ask for first? Should I beg that you forgive my sins, or that you should provide sustenance? I know that I am entirely unworthy to ask for so much, dear God. You require only that we be repentant for our sins. Therefore I beg you, dear God, have mercy on Your children, and answer me. Merciful God, have mercy over the one who wishes to praise you. You are praised, God, above all gods, and you are Lord of all lords. May I have succeeded in praying to Your holy Name just one time for good, Amen.

Merciful Father, beloved Lord God, you know well, of course, my stature and my hidden nature, as well as what I carry within myself. You know what I need. The evil inclination sits at a person’s side and incites us to evil. But “you know the hidden things and you inspect the heart”; you know all broken and weak hearts and things we carry in our hearts but can tell nobody but You alone. You know my sighs and the hidden wounds I carry in my heart. Dear Lord God, where can I find a healer who might understand my pain, and through understanding help me? Dear Lord God, You help when we call to You; You accept our prayer. You are the father of orphans and judge for widows. You can make a poor person rich and a sick person well. You work no injustice to anybody; you give to each according to his merit. Everything is in Your power. Therefore I pray, dear God, have mercy on me and let me not fall in my middle age and especially in old age. No enemy should be able to take revenge on me, just as King David (peace upon him) prayed. It is a great hurt when an enemy, God forbid, rejoices at someone’s downfall. So I pray you, dear God, do not discard my prayer; grant me food “full and overflowing” and success in all my deeds. Let me do good for poor people by my charity. May I have no sorrow from my children nor need to turn to them for help. I know well that I am asking too much; I am unworthy of that which you have already done and continue to do for me. Therefore I beg of you, do not discard me in old age. Let me not be ashamed in this world; let me have my portion with all good and pious people when you draw me with joy from this world to the world to come.

Dear God, although the world is small, if one has no good deeds in this world, one can’t have anything in the other world. Therefore I beg you, dear Father, do not shame my prayer; make me rejoice, for my wounds are so great that I cannot speak them. If I tell them to a person, how could he help me, even if he has pity on me? And if he is my enemy, he will only rejoice over me and my sorrow. So to whom should I complain other than You, dear God. I beg you not to let my enemies rejoice. You are a mighty God who sees what I carry in my heart. Punish those who undermine me. Let me not need mercy from anyone but You. Behold my pain and my countenance. Remember for me the merit of my ancestors. Let me have no sorrow from my children, and let my children be sustained by Your hand in honor. Amen Selah.

Dear God, let me benefit by the merit of our pious Hannah. She went to the temple to pray in front of Eli the priest. She only moved her lips. He said, “go away, you drunken woman.” She answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a heavy heart.” You answered her. So I beg that you answer me, too, dear God, and do not punish me with any torments. Walk with me in your attribute of mercy, just as our ancestor Jacob (peace be on him) prayed when his children sinned (God forbid). Remember the troubles he faced in raising them. All the more so must I beg to be free of sorrow from my children. I know full well that I am asking too much; I am unworthy to stand before You. But it is Your desire that a person should pray to you, and you show mercy. So I beg of you, God, do not discard me in my old age.

Dear God, let me not fall into anyone’s hands; there is no greater sorrow than to be beholden to someone. So I beg you to guard me from that and treat me with grace and kindness in the eyes of people, so that I, along with my husband and children, may have more years to live in prosperity and honor. May our children and grandchildren be engaged in Torah and be favorable to you and to people. May we treat the world with dignity. When you send for me at the proper time may no accuser have power over my soul. Send me angels of mercy, so my portion will be among the righteous women in this world and the world to come. Dear God, do not leave me in shame when I pray to You. You are a mighty and merciful God, accepting all prayer. Dear God, I beg you not to distance Yourself from me. In the time that I am in need and call out to You, answer me. Let my enemies not rejoice over me.

Master of the Universe, although I am unworthy for You to act in my behalf, do so for the sake of my ancestors and infants who have never sinned, and for the sake of the children in the schoolhouse who answer, “Amen, may the Great Name be blessed”. The world exists for their sake. Dear God, hear me out and accept my heavy spirit. You know my thoughts, how my heart weeps. So I beg you, dear God, protect me from my enemies that they do me no harm, and may I never, God forbid, have to rely on others in my old age. Receive my prayer; may angels defend me before You. Act toward me as You did toward my parents; sustain me through Your generous hand. A bitter leaf from you us better than a sweet one from people, as the dove prayed when it flew from Noah’s ark. It took an olive leaf and prayed, “Dear God, this bitter leaf from you is better than a sweet one from people.” I am sinful and ashamed. Dear God, I repent my sins that I have sinned before You. So I beg You to let me repent through prayer and supplication. I come now and fall before you like a slave before his master, like a servant girl before nobility. I raise my eyes to You and beg forgiveness. You desire my tears: I weep and wail; my heart throbs in fear. So I beg you, dear Father, be merciful toward us and forgive our sins; deflect your anger from me, but treat me through Your attributes of generosity and mercy. Your essence is pure grace and generosity. Protect me from sin, as the text says: If we turn back, You will have mercy.

Dear God, how long will you still be angry with us? We have had great troubles, but we have remained steadfast in belief. Dear God, show us Your might and help us, as You promised to lead us into the holy land. You are truthful, but we beg You to do it soon, to redeem us in in our days, do not drive our children from their Father. Dear God, when we sinned in the wilderness, our teacher Moses (peace on him) prayed on our behalf: “Father, forgive Your people Israel their sins!” You Yourself proudly claimed, “My first-born child Israel”. Similarly, dear God, forgive us and listen to my prayer, as you heard the voice of our pious ancestors when they prayed to you. Listen to me today; you are a searcher of hearts. I also beg you, God, do not discard me in my old age, so I can serve You with my whole heart. Forgive me my sins, and protect me from further sinning. May my enemies not rejoice, just as King David (peace on him) prayed: “Close the mouths of my enemies.” May they do me no harm. May merciful angels remember my prayer before You. May You, God, have mercy on me and make me right before You. Treat me with generosity and mercy. I pour out my speech before you like water; I have no other friend before whom to reveal my heavy heart. Dear God, you know all; so I beg you to see my pain. You are righteous and upright. My own sins have brought all upon me. I must look to my sustenance [??]; my body is bent to the earth. Dear God, have mercy on me and let me live out my years; Let me not have to be reborn into this sinful world. As I call to You, answer me! Amen, Selah.