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אלי בעמדי לאכול ביום צום (תשעה באב), אבקש להרגיש קרבתך. |
Dear God, As I prepare to eat on this fast day, please help me feel close to You. |
בעת שאני מזין/נה את גופי ובריאותי הנפשית יהי רצון שתעטוף אותי נחמה. |
As I nourish my body, heart, mind, and soul, may comfort envelop me. |
כולי תפילה לחיבור משמעותי עם ענייני היום — באופן שיתמוך בי. |
May I connect to the meaning of the day in ways that support me. |
כולי בקשה שאמצא קהילה שתחזיק ותקבל אותי כפי שאני, באשר אני, בצלם אלהים שנבראתי. |
May I find a community who will hold me where I am. For who I am. (for in the tselem Elohim I was created) |
כולי תפילה שמילים אלו המגיעות מעומק ליבי ונשמתי יפגשו באל הרחום וחנון, בשכינה שאוהבת כל ברואיה. |
May the words of my heart reach Your loving and compassionate presence. |
ויהי רצון שאמצא שלווה וקדושה דרך אכילתי, דרך רצוני להידבק בך, דרכך. |
May I find peace and holiness through eating, through connecting, through You. |
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(Yoma.83a.2) § It was taught in the mishnah: If a person is ill and requires food due to potential danger, one feeds them according to the advice of medical experts. | |
אָמַר רַבִּי יַנַּאי: חוֹלֶה אוֹמֵר צָרִיךְ, וְרוֹפֵא אוֹמֵר אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ — שׁוֹמְעִין לַחוֹלֶה. |
Rabbi Yannai said: If an ill person says that they need to eat, and a doctor says that they do not need to eat, one listens to the ill person. |
מַאי טַעְמָא — ״לֵב יוֹדֵעַ מׇרַּת נַפְשׁוֹ״. (משלי יד:י) |
What is the reason for this halakhah? It is because the verse states: “The heart knows the bitterness of its soul” (Proverbs 14:10), meaning an ill person knows the intensity of their pain and weakness, and doctors cannot say otherwise. |
פְּשִׁיטָא! מַהוּ דְּתֵימָא: |
The Gemara asks: It is obvious that a person knows themself better than anyone else does. Why does this need to be stated explicitly? |
רוֹפֵא קִים לֵיהּ טְפֵי, קָא מַשְׁמַע לַן. |
The Gemara answers: It is lest you say that the doctor is more certain because they have had more experience with this condition. Therefore, the verse teaches us that even so, it is the ill person who knows their own suffering better than anyone else. |
This prayer for those who must eat on Jewish fast days, was shared by Sarah Osborne for A Mitzvah to Eat on Facebook. The Hebrew translation of the prayer was offered by Rabba Dr. Anat Sharbat. The following information was included with the prayer as posted:
With Tishah b’Av starting at the end of Shabbat, we’re sending so much support. Here are some ways to connect to Tishah b’Av when your mitsvah is to eat:
Eat and/or drink what you need. There are no shuirim (small amounts) on Tishah b’Av.
Learn more (facebook).
Read our Tishah b’Av anthology.
Join our Facebook group.
Join our zoom on 7 August (2022), 3:30 pm EDT.
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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
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