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אֱלֹהֵינוּ וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ (וְאִמוֹתֵינוּ), חַדֵּשׁ אֶת הַיְּעָרוֹת בְּאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל וּבְכָל הָעוֹלָם. |
Our God and God of our ancestors, renew the forests in the Land of Israel and all the world. |
וּשְׁמֹר אֶת הַעֵצִים בַּהֶם, מְחַדְּשֵׁי הָאֲוִיר, וְשׁוֹמְרֵי הַחַיִּים. |
And guard the trees within them, renewers of the air and guardians of life. |
וְהָאֵר אֶת לֵב הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר חוֹתֵךְ אוֹתָם בָּאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת וּבְכָל אָרְצוֹת בָּעוֹלָם, כַּכָּתּוּב: ”לֹא־תַשְׁחִ֤ית אֶת־עֵצָהּ֙ לִנְדֹּ֤חַ עָלָיו֙ גַּרְזֶ֔ן“ (דברים כ:יט), |
And enlighten the mind of those who would cut them down in this land and in all the lands of the world, as it is written, “You shall not cut down its trees by wielding against them an axe.”[1] Deuteronomy 20:19 |
וְגַם בְּדִּבְרֵי שְׁלֹמֹה הַמֶּלֶךְ כָּתּוּב: ”עֵץ־חַיִּ֣ים הִ֭יא לַמַּֽחֲזִיקִ֣ים בָּ֑הּ וְֽתֹמְכֶ֥יהָ מְאֻשָּֽׁר“ (משלי ג:יח). בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה הַמְּחַדֵּשׁ הַעֵצִים׃ |
And also, in the words of King Solomon it is written, “A tree of life it is to those who hold fast to it, and all its supporters are content.”[2] Proverbs 3:18 Blessed are you, the renewer of the trees. |
Musical Notation

“תְּפִלָּה לַעֲצֵי הַיַּעַר עַל ט״וּ בִּשְׁבָט | Prayer for the Trees of the Forest on Tu biShvat, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer” is shared by the living contributor(s) with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
I really appreciate this sentiment and it reminds me of the history of Amrita Devi’s self-sacrifice and the Chipko Movement. Very good to feel this solidarity.