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יהי רצון מלפניך… |
Yehi Ratson milfanekha… May it be your will, God of compassion and grace, that I can remember that every bite I eat today is my Mitsvah. God of mercy, help me remember that this food fuels my soul so that I may serve you in health for another year. |
Just as you are slow to anger, abundant in kindness and truth — let me be so with myself in the moments when I feel guilt or shame, knowing that this is my mitsvah. Allow me to be amongst those with whom you preserve kindness for a thousand generations. | |
May it be your will that I eat knowing it is not a sin, and that although you are the forgiver of iniquity, willful sin, and errors — my eating will not be amongst those moments which are cleansed by repentance today. Allow me the self awareness to not slip into that space. | |
I am but your servant, and need to eat so that I may dwell in your house all my days. |
An Intention for Eating on Yom Kippur was written by Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez and appears in הַרְחֶב פִּֽיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ Open Your Mouth Wide, and I (God) Will Fill It: Prayers and Rituals for those who need to eat on Yom Kippur (2022), p. 4.
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