הושענא לתיקון ולנחמה | Hoshana for Healing and Consolation, by Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx

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Dalia Marx and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

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Sukkot, Hoshana Rabbah

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acrostic, Hoshana Rabbah, hoshanot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Haqafot, ישראל Yisrael

Hebrew (source)	English (translation)
הושענא לתיקון ולנחמה	Hoshana for Healing and Consolation
הוֺשַׁע נַא	hosha na, please save!
לְמַעַן אַהֲבָה שֶׁל אֱמֶת	א For the sake of true love
לְמַעַן בְּרָכָה בְּכָל עֵת	ב For the sake of blessing at all times
לְמַעַן גְּשַׁמִים בְּעִתָּם	ג For the sake of rainfall, anytime
לְמַעַן דְּרָכִים וְתִיקּוּנָן	ד For the sake of paths and their rectification
לְמַעַן הָרִים וּמַעֲבָרָם	ה For the sake of mountains and their crossing
לְמַעַן וִיעוּדִים וְתוֺחַלְתַּם	ו For the sake of encounters and their purpose
לְמַעַן זִכְרוֹנוֹת עִתִּים	ז For the sake of lasting memories
לְמַעַן חֲלוֹמוֹת טוֹבִים	ח For the sake of good dreams
לְמַעַן טוּב הָעוֺלַמִים	ט For the sake of goodness throughout all possible worlds
לְמַעַן יֹפִי הַחַיִּים	י For the sake of the beauty of life
לְמַעַן כֹּחַ לַיְעֵפִים	כ For the sake of strength to the weary^[1] Isaiah 40:29
לְמַעַן לְטִיפָה לַכּוֺאֲבִים	ל For the sake of a caress for those in pain
לְמַעַן מְנוּחַה וְהַחְלָפַת כֹּחַ	מ For the sake of rest and restoring strength
לְמַעַן נֶחַמַת לֵב וּמָנוֺחַ	נ For the sake of consolation and peace
לְמַעַן סְפַקוֺת בְּמִידָּתָם	ס For the sake of the measure between self-doubt and self-confidence
לְמַעַן עִמּוּתִים וּפְתִירָתָם	ע For the sake of conflicts and their resolution
לְמַעַן פְּתִיחַת הַלֵּב	פ For the sake of opening the heart
לְמַעַן תֵּת צֹרִי לַכְּאֵב	צ For the sake of healing the pain
לְמַעַן קוֺלוֺת הַקּוֺרְאִים	ק For the sake of yearning voices
לְמַעַן רַחֲמִים מִתְעוֺרְרִים	ר For the sake of arousing compassion
לְמַעַן שֵׁנָה בְּעִתָּהּ	ש For the sake of rest when it’s needed
לְמַעַן תִּקְוָה וְהַגְשָׁמָתָהּ	ת For the sake of hope and fulfillment
הוֺשַׁע נַא	hosha na please, save!

Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx’s Hoshana for Healing and Consolation was first published in the Israeli Reform Maḥzor for the Three Festivals (2014, p.137) edited by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman and Rabbi Oded Mazor. We are also grateful to Dr. Joyce Gottlieb for her edits.

Notes[+]

Notes
1	Isaiah 40:29

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Dalia Marx

Rabbi Dalia Marx (PhD) is the Aaron Pankin professor of liturgy and Midrash at the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College-JIR, and teaches in various academic institutions in Israel and Europe. Marx, tenth generation in Jerusalem, earned her doctorate at the Hebrew University and her rabbinic ordination at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem and Cincinnati. She is involved in various research projects and is active in promoting liberal Judaism in Israel. Marx writes for academic and popular journals and publications. She is the author of בזמן: מסעות בלוח השנה היהודי ישראלי (Bazman 2018), When I Sleep and when I Wake: On Prayers between Dusk and Dawn (Yediot Sfarim 2010, in Hebrew), A Feminist Commentary of the Babylonian Talmud (Mohr Siebeck, 2013, in English) and the co-editor of a few books. She was the chief editor of T'fillat HaAdam: Israeli Reform Siddur (2020). Marx lives in Jerusalem with her husband Rabbi Roly Zylbersztein (PhD) and their three children.

Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer translator for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his translations, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin, Ministarot Nakeni שְׁגִיאוֹת 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 transcribes prayers and contributes his own original work besides administering the Open Siddur Project and this website.)

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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