תְּפִלַּת הַדֶּרֶךְ לְרוֹכְבִים | A Traveler’s Prayer for Bicycle Riders, by Rabbis Rachel and Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi

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prayers for the road, transit, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cincinnati, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh, bicyclists, velocipede, bicycles, bikes

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Translation (English)

יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ ה’ אֱלֹהֵינוּ
שֶתַּסִּיעֵינוּ לְשָלוֹם
וְתַרְכִּיבִנוּ בְּבִטְחָה
וְתַנְחֵנוּ בִּבְרָכָה
וְתַצִּילֵנוּ מִכָּל תַּקָּלָה וְקוֹל רַעַשׁ־אוֹפָן,
נֶהָג דֹּוהֵר וּמֶרְכָּבָה מְרַקֵּדָה (לפי נחום ג:ב)
הַמְצֵא בָּנוּ אֶת אַחֲדוּת הָחוֹמֶר וְהָרוּחַ,
אֶת אַהֲבַת הָעֲלִיָּה וְהַיְּרִידָה
הַרְאֵנוּ אֶת פָּנֶיךָ, בַּפְּרָטִים הַקְּטָנִים,
בִּפְנֵי אָדָם אַחֵר
וּתְנֵנּוּ לְהַתְמִיד בְּדֶרֶך אֶמֶת שָלוֹם וְאַהֲבָה.
בָּרוּך אַתָּה ה’ שוֹמֵעַ תְּפִילָּה.

May it be Your will, our God
That You lead us toward peace;
that You enable us to ride in safety;
that You lead us with blessing.
Save us from all accidents and unstable wheels,
from a dangerous driver and a bounding chariot.
Inspire in us unity of the material and the spiritual,
Love of the ascent as well as the descent.
Show us Your face, in the smallest of details
and in the countenance of the other.
Enable us to persevere on our journey toward love, truth and peace.
Blessed are You, haShem, the One who hears prayer.

Notes[+]

Notes
1	after Nahum 3:2.

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Rabbi Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi

Rabbi Ofer Sabath-Beit Halachmi directs AspaklariA (paths for renewing Jewish creativity) and edits the El Halev compendium of original prayers and blessings for lifecycle events.

Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D.

Rabbi Dr. Sabath Beit-Halachmi is the Inaugural Senior Rabbi at Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation in Baltimore, MD. She is an American and Israeli Rabbi, writer, teacher, speaker, mentor. Grateful wife, blessed mother of three amazing kids, ḥevruta, friend. (Find her publications at: https://huc.academia.edu/RachelSabath.)

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2 comments to תְּפִלַּת הַדֶּרֶךְ לְרוֹכְבִים | A Traveler’s Prayer for Bicycle Riders, by Rabbis Rachel and Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi

Claire Lee
2018-04-13 at 7:41 am · Reply.
I would add “And may he grant our legislators the wisdom to increase safety for those traveling by bicycle or on foot.” (For my son who sometimes commutes in downtown Chicago via bicycle.)
- Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
  2018-04-13 at 10:00 am · Reply.
  I like that. Some recognition of the road as a public way, and thus the need for a bit of a prayer for the government in the tefilat haderekh.

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