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Merciful Father,
as children of a house of pilgrims
do we now stand before you.
Through all the lands and confines of earth
have our ancestors stumbled in search of peace,
in escape from the sword of the persecutor.
Not to escape from trial does our (brother/sister, ___name___)
now depart from home and friends;
not to seek refuge in lands across the sea;
but only to perceive your works among other peoples,
your greatness in other parts of your glorious universe.
As you have watched over all Yisrael in its wanderings,
as you have brought them ever again to home and happiness,
as the life of Yisrael still glories in your everlasting providence,
do you now, we beseech you,
guide them and preserve them in their travels over earth. Amen.
“Prayer beore starting on a journey (II)” was published in Rabbi Jacob Bosniak’s collection of tehinot, Likutei Tefilot (1927). I have lightly edited the original prayer to remove archaisms including the word “race,” and to replace him/her options with the singular “they.” –Aharon Varady
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 naqeniשְׁגִיאוֹת 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.)
Abraham Burstein
Rabbi Abraham Burstein (1893–1966) was a rabbi, author, and editor in the United States. Born in Cleveland, Burstein was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1917. After serving in graves registration for the Jewish Welfare Board in France, he held pulpits in New England and in New York (at Inwood Hebrew Congregation). He was chaplain for the New York Department of Correction from 1934 until his death, chaplain of the Jewish Theatrical Guild from 1924, and executive secretary of the Jewish Academy of Arts and Sciences. Burstein was editor of the Jewish Outlook, editor and researcher of many Jewish scholarly works, and a leading book reviewer for the Anglo-Jewish press for many years. Author of books for children, he wrote Boy of Cordova (1934) about Moses ben Maimon, Adventure on Manhattan Island (1957) about Peter Stuyvesant and the Jews, and A Jewish Child's Garden of Verses (1940). He also wrote Religious Parties in Israel (1936) and Laws Concerning Religion in the United States (1950). Among his other books are Ghetto Messenger (1928), Unpastoral Lyrics (1930), A Boy Called Rashi (1940), Judah Halevi in Granada (1941), The Boy of Wilna (1941), and West of the Nile: A Story of Saadia Gaon (1942).
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