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		<title>יש מקומות שנהגו לבקש רחמים על האסור בבית האסורים כדרך הזה &#124; A piyyut and mi sheberakh for captives, in a late medieval manuscript from France in the Braginsky Collection</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[This prayer for captives, containing a piyyut followed by meaningful verses and a mi sheberakh, was transcribed by Dr. Yehoshua Granat from a manuscript produced in late medieval France, Ms. Barginsky 206 (fol. 67b) in the Braginsky Collection in Zurich, Switzerland, under the title "<span class="hebrew">יש מקומות שנהגו לבקש רחמים על האסור בבית האסורים כדרך הזה</span>" ("There are places where it was customary to ask for mercy for the imprisoned in this way").]]></description>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
הָאֵל כֹּל יָכוֹל בּוֹרֵא יֵשׁ מֵאַיִן<br />
לֹא יַשִּׂיגֶנּוּ שֶׁמַע אוֹזֶן וְלֹא רְאוּת עַיִן<br />
נִשְׂגָּב לְבַדּוֹ וּמֵעֵין כֹּל נֶעְלָם<br />
כְּבוֹדוֹ מָלֵא עוֹלָם<br />
הַצּוּר יָשָׁר תָּמִים פָּעֳלוֹ<br />
הַמֵּאִיר עֵינֵי הַמְחַכִּים לוֹ<br />
יוֹצִיאֵם לְאוֹר גָּדוֹל מִצַּלְמָוֶת וּמֵחוֹשֶׁךְ<br />
לְמַכִּירָיו חַסְדּוֹ וְצִדְקָתוֹ מוֹשֵׁךְ
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
May <span class="divine-referent">the One</span> who creates all of existence from nothingness;<br />
whom the ear cannot grasp nor the eye perceive;<br />
sublime and beyond all sight;<br />
whose <span class="divine-referent">kavod</span> fills the universe;<br />
<span class="divine-referent">Rock</span>, whose work is righteous and perfect;<br />
who enlightens the eyes of those who hope in <span class="divine-referent">Them</span> —<br />
Bring them out of deadly darkness into bright light<br />
and grant <span class="divine-referent">Their</span> grace and justice to those who recognize <span class="divine-referent">Them</span>.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Puisse Le Dieu tout-puissant, qui crée l’existant du néant;<br />
Que l’ouïe ne peut saisir ni la vue apercevoir;<br />
Sublime, et qui échappe à tout regard;<br />
Dont la gloire emplit l’univers;<br />
Roc, dont l’œuvre est droite et parfaite;<br />
Qui éclaire les yeux de ceux qui espèrent en Lui<br />
Les faire sortir des ténèbres mortifères à la lumière éclatante,<br />
Et accorde Sa grâce et Sa justice à ceux qui Le reconnaissent
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
נוֹרָא תְהִלּוֹת עוֹשֵׂה פֶלֶא<br />
הַמּוֹצִיא מִמַּסְגֵּר אַסִּיר וּמִבֵּית כֶּלֶא<br />
מְגַלֶּה עֲמֻקוֹת מִנִּי יַם<br />
מוֹשִׁיב יְחִידִים לֹא נוֹדָע מְקוֹמָם אַיָּם<br />
מוֹצִיא אֲסִירִים בַּכּוֹשָׁרוֹת<br />
מְנַהֵל לְאַט פְּלֵטַת צֹאן הַנִּשְׁאָרוֹת
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<span class="divine-referent">Formidable in praise</span>, <span class="divine-referent">author of wonders</span>,<br />
<span class="divine-referent">They</span> bring prisoners out of dungeons.<br />
<span class="divine-referent">They</span> reveal secrets deeper than the ocean,<br />
and brings back those who are isolated, whose location no one knows.<br />
<span class="divine-referent">They</span> free prisoners from their chains<br />
And gently lead the rest of <span class="divine-referent">Their</span> flock.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Redoutable au sein des louanges, auteur de merveilles,<br />
Il fait sortir les prisonniers des cachots.<br />
Il révèle des secrets plus profonds que l’océan,<br />
Et fait revenir ceux, isolés, dont nul ne connaît l’emplacement.<br />
Il libère les prisonniers de leurs chaînes<br />
Et conduit avec douceur le restant de Son troupeau.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
שִׂימָה בְנֹאדְךָ דִּמְעַת הָעֲשׁוּקִים<br />
הָאֲסוּרִים בְּכַבְלֵי בַרְזֶל וְזִיקִּים<br />
נֶעֱצָרִים וְנִלְכָּדִים בְּבֵית כֶּלֶא וָסוֹהַר<br />
נְתוּנִים בְּמַחֲשַׁכִּים בְּלִי שֶׁמֶשׁ‏‏‏ וָסַהַר<br />
רְעֵבִים צְמֵאִים מְעֻונִּים וּלְחוּצִים<br />
בְּצַעַר וְצָרָה וְיִסּוּרִין נֹגְשֵׂיהֶם אָצִים
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Keep in your wineskin the tears of the oppressed,<br />
chained with irons and shackles,<br />
held captive and locked up in detention centers,<br />
plunged into darkness, deprived of sun and moon,<br />
starved, thirsty, tortured, tormented;<br />
<span class="divine-referent">Their</span> oppressors relentlessly inflict pain, distress, and torment upon them.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Conserve dans Ton outre les larmes des opprimés,<br />
Enchaînés par des fers et des entraves,<br />
Retenus et enfermés dans les maisons de détention,<br />
Plongés dans l’obscurité, privés de soleil et de lune,<br />
Affamés, assoiffés, torturés, tourmentés;<br />
Leurs oppresseurs s’acharnent à leur infliger peine, détresse et supplices.
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הָאֵל הַגָּדוֹל הַגִּבּוֹר וְהַנּוֹרָא<br />
הָעוֹנֶה לְקוֹרְאָיו לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה<br />
שְׁמַע נָא לִתְפִלַּת אֲסִירֵי עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶל נַאֲקָתָם<br />
פְּתַח שָׁמַיִם לִתְפִלָּתָם וְדַלְתֵי מָרוֹם לְזַעֲקָתָם
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<span class="divine-referent">El</span> <span class="divine-referent">great</span>, <span class="divine-referent">powerful</span>, and <span class="divine-referent">awesome</span>,<br />
You who answer those who call upon you in times of distress,<br />
hear the prayer and groaning of the captives of your people, the house of Yisrael.<br />
Open heaven to their prayer and receive their cry favorably.
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Ô Dieu, grand, puissant et redoutable,<br />
Toi qui réponds à ceux qui T’implorent aux heures de détresse,<br />
Écoute la prière et les gémissements des captifs de Ton peuple, la maison d’Israël.<br />
Ouvre le ciel à leur prière et accueille favorablement leur cri;
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וְהַתֵּר אֲגֻדּוֹת מוֹטָם וּפַתֵּחַ חַרְצֻבּוֹתֵיהֶם<br />
וְשַׁלַּח רְצוּצִים חָפְשִׁים כַּיּוֹנִים מֵאֲרֻבּוֹתֵיהֶם<br />
דַּלְתוֹת מַאֲסָרָם תְּגַדֵּעַ וְתִשְׁבּוֹר<br />
וּבְדַם בְּרִיתְךָ [תְּשַׁלַּח] אֲסִירִים מִבּוֹר
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Remove their yoke and break their chains.<br />
May the wounded be set free as doves fly out of their crevices!<br />
Shatter the doors of their prison.<br />
For the covenant sealed with blood, free the captives from the abyss.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Retire leur joug et romps leurs chaînes.<br />
Que soient libérés les meurtris comme s&#8217;envolent les colombes hors de leurs fentes!<br />
Fais voler en éclats les portes de leur prison,<br />
Pour l’alliance scellée par le sang, libère les captifs du gouffre.
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וַחֲמוֹל נָא עַל שְׁבִי עַמְּךָ וְעַל הַמַּלְקוֹחַ<br />
וֶאֱמוֹר לַאֲסִירִים פְּקַח קוֹחַ<br />
וְהָשֵׁב לְבִצָּרוֹן אֲסִירֵי הַתִּקְוָה<br />
בְּעֵדוֹתֶיךָ נֶאֶמְנוּ מְאֹד לְבֵיתְךָ נָאוָה
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Have mercy on the captives of your people, taken as spoil.<br />
Announce to the prisoners their release.<br />
Strengthen once again those whose hope has been stolen.<br />
They were faithful to your commandments—their place is in your dwelling.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Aie pitié des captifs de Ton peuple, pris en butin;<br />
Annonce aux prisonniers leur libération.<br />
Fortifie de nouveau ceux dont a été ravie l’espérance;<br />
Ils furent fidèles à Tes commandements – leur place est en Ta demeure.
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וּבְתוֹכָם וּבִכְלָלָם<br />
תּוֹצִיא וְתַתִּיר תְּמַלֵּט וּתְפַלֵּט<br />
פלוני עִם כׇּל אֲסִירֵי עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל
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Among them and with them,<br />
may you free, untie, save, and deliver &#8212;<br />
[<span class="instruction">recite Name of Captive(s)</span>] with all the captives of your people, the house of Yisrael.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Parmi eux et avec eux,<br />
Puisses-Tu libérer, délier, sauver et délivrer<br />
[Untel] avec tous les captifs de Ton peuple, la maison d’Israël.
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הָאֵל אַב הָרַחֲמָן<br />
אֵל מֶלֶךְ נֶאֱמָן<br />
הוֹצִיאֵם מִמַּסְגֵּרָם<br />
וְהַתִּירֵם מִמַּאֲסָרָם
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<span class="divine-referent">El</span>, <span class="divine-referent">Av ha-Raḥaman</span>,<br />
<span class="divine-referent">King</span> in whom we place our trust,<br />
Bring them out of their prison<br />
and free them from their captivity.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Ô Dieu, Père miséricordieux,<br />
Roi en qui nous plaçons notre confiance,<br />
Fais-les sortir de leur geôle<br />
et libère-les de leur captivité.
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וּפַלְּטֵם וּמַלְּטֵם מִכָּל צָרָה וְצוּקָה וָצַעַר<br />
יַחַד אֲנָשִׁים וְנָשִׁים טַף זָקֵן וָנַעַר<br />
כִּי אַתָּה צוּרָם גּוֹאֲלָם וּפוֹדָם<br />
יוֹדוּ לַייָ חַסְדּוֹ וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם
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Save them and deliver them from all distress, affliction, and suffering &#8212;<br />
men and women, children, young and old, all together &#8212;<br />
For you are their <span class="divine-referent">Rock</span>, their <span class="divine-referent">Deliverer</span>, and their <span class="divine-referent">Redeemer</span>.<br />
May they give thanks to <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> for <span class="divine-referent">Their</span> goodness and the wonders <span class="divine-referent">They</span> do for humanity.
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<div class="french" lang="fra-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Sauve-les et délivre-les de toute détresse, affliction et souffrance,<br />
Hommes et femmes, enfants, jeunes et vieux, tous ensemble.<br />
Car Tu es leur Rocher, leur Libérateur et leur Rédempteur.<br />
Puissent-ils rendre grâce à l’Éternel pour Sa bonté et les merveilles qu’Il fait pour l’humanité.
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וְקַיֵּים בּוֹ וּבָהֶם מִקְרָאֵי דִכְתִיבֵי<br />
כִּי שׁוֹמֵעַ אֶל אֶבְיוֹנִים יְיָ<br />
וְאֶת אֲסִירָיו לֹא בָזָה׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים סט:לד)</span>
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May it be fulfilled for them as proclaimed in Scripture:<br />
For <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> listens to the paupers,<br />
and does not spurn those held captive. <span class="citation">(Psalms 69:34)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
גּוֹל אֶל יְיָ<br />
יְפַלְּטֵהוּ<br />
יַצִּילֵהוּ<br />
כִּי חָפֵץ בּוֹ׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים כב:ט)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
“Let him commit himself to <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span>;<br />
let <span class="divine-referent">Them</span> rescue him,<br />
let <span class="divine-referent">Them</span> save him,<br />
for <span class="divine-referent">They</span> are pleased with him.” <span class="citation">(Psalms 22:9)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
תָּבֹא לְפָנֶיךָ אֶנְקַת אָסִיר<br />
כְּגוֹדֶל זְרוֹעֲךָ<br />
הוֹתֵר בְּנֵי תְמוּתָה׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים עט:יא)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
Let the groans of the prisoners reach You;<br />
reprieve those condemned to death,<br />
as befits Your great strength. <span class="citation">(Psalms 79:11)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
לֵאמֹר לַאֲסוּרִים צֵאוּ<br />
לַאֲשֶׁר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ הִגָּלוּ<br />
עַל דְּרָכִים יִרְעוּ<br />
וּבְכָל שְׁפָיִים מַרְעִיתָם׃ <span class="citation">(ישעיה מט:ט)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
Saying to the prisoners, “Go free,”<br />
To those who are in darkness, “Show yourselves.”<br />
They shall pasture along the roads,<br />
On every bare height shall be their pasture. <span class="citation">(Isaiah 49:9)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
לְהוֹצִיא מִמַּסְגֵּר אַסִּיר<br />
מִבֵּית כֶּלֶא יוֹשְׁבֵי חֹשֶׁךְ׃ <span class="citation">(ישעיה מב:ז חלק)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
Rescuing prisoners from confinement,<br />
From the dungeon those who sit in darkness. <span class="citation">(Isaiah 42:7 part)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
יוֹשְׁבֵי חֹשֶךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת<br />
אֲסִירֵי עֳונִי וּבַרְזֶל׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים קז:י)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
Some lived in deepest darkness,<br />
bound in cruel irons <span class="citation">(Psalms 107:10)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
וַיִּצְעֲקוּ אֶל יְיָ בַּצַּר לָהֶם<br />
וּמִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם יוֹצִיאֵם׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים קז:כח)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
In their adversity they cried to <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span>,<br />
and were saved from their troubles. <span class="citation">(Psalms 107:28)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
יוֹצִיאֵם מֵחֹשֶׁךְ וְצַלְמָוֶת<br />
וּמוֹסְרוֹתֵיהֶם יְנַתֵּק׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים קז:יד)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
They were brought out of deepest darkness,<br />
their bonds broken asunder. <span class="citation">(Psalms 107:14)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
כִּי שִׁבַּר דַּלְתוֹת נְחוֹשֶׁת<br />
וּבְרִיחֵי בַרְזֶל גִּדֵּעַ׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים קז:טז)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
shattering gates of bronze,<br />
breaking their iron bars. <span class="citation">(Psalms 107:16)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
יוֹדוּ לַייָ חַסְדּוֹ<br />
וְנִפְלְאוֹתָיו לִבְנֵי אָדָם׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים קז:טו)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
Let them give praise for <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span>’s steadfast love<br />
and wondrous deeds for humankind <span class="citation">(Psalms 107:15)</span>
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וְעוֹד כְּתִיב<br />
לְמַעַן יְחַלְּצוּן יְדִידֶיךָ<br />
הוֹשִׁיעָה יְמִינְךָ וַעֲנֵינוּ׃ <span class="citation">(תהלים ס:ז)</span>
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And furthermore it is written:<br />
That those whom You love might be rescued,<br />
deliver with Your right hand and answer me.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_65711_1('footnote_plugin_reference_65711_1_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_65711_1('footnote_plugin_reference_65711_1_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_65711_1_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_65711_1_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> Cf. Psalms 108:7-14&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_65711_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_65711_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> <span class="citation">(Psalms 60:7)</span>
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מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב<br />
וְכׇל חֲסִידֵי עוֹלָם<br />
מִי שֶׁעָנָה לְיוֹסֵף בְּבֵית הָאֲסוּרִים<br />
וְעָנָה לְיוֹנָה בִּמְעֵי הַדָּגָה<br />
וְהוֹצִיא חֲנַנְיָה מִישָׁאֵל וַעֲזַרְיָה מִתּוֹךְ כִּבְשַׁן הָאֵשׁ<br />
וְדָנִיּאֵל מִגּוֹב הָאֲרָיוֹת<br />
הוּא יוֹצִיא וְיַתִּיר פלוני<br />
עִם כָּל אֲסִירֵי עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל
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May <span class="divine-referent">the One</span> who blessed Avraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yaaqov,<br />
and all the righteous of the world,<br />
May <span class="divine-referent">the One</span> who answered Yosef in prison,<br />
and who answered Yonah in the belly of the fish,<br />
and who brought Ḥananiah, Mishael, and Azaryah out of the fiery furnace,<br />
and Daniel out of the lions&#8217; den,<br />
bring out and deliver [<span class="instruction">recite Name of Captive(s)</span>]<br />
with all the captives of <span class="divine-referent">Their</span> people Yisrael.
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Puisse Celui qui bénit Abraham, Isaac et Jacob,<br />
et tous les justes du monde,<br />
Puisse Celui qui répondit à Joseph en prison,<br />
Et qui répondit à Jonas dans les entrailles du poisson,<br />
Et qui fit sortir Hanania, Mishaël et Azaria du sein de la fournaise ardente,<br />
Et Daniel de la fosse aux lions,<br />
Faire sortir et libérer<br />
[Untel] avec tous les captifs de Son peuple Israël.
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<p>This prayer for captives, containing a piyyut followed by meaningful verses and a mi sheberakh, was transcribed by Dr. Yehoshua Granat (<a href="https://hebliterature.huji.ac.il/people/%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%A2-%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98"><span class="hebrew">יהושע גרנט</span></a>) from a manuscript produced in late medieval France, Ms. Barginsky 206 (fol. 67b) in the Braginsky Collection in Zurich, Switzerland, under the title &#8220;<span class="hebrew">יש מקומות שנהגו לבקש רחמים על האסור בבית האסורים כדרך הזה</span>&#8221; (&#8220;There are places where it was customary to ask for mercy for the imprisoned in this way&#8221;). This transcription was published online in an article on Haaretz, &#8220;<a href="https://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/tarbut-sifrot/2025-03-04/ty-article/.premium/00000195-60a7-dac6-a997-faef7d620000"><span class="hebrew">שמע נא לתפילת אסירי עמך</span></a>&#8221; on 4 March 2025. (A <a href="https://www.academia.edu/128125218/Y_Granat_Please_hear_the_prayer_of_the_prisoners_of_Your_people_Haaretz_Literary_Supplement_7_3_25">full copy of the article</a> as published in print is available from Dr. Granat&#8217;s academia.edu account.) We are extremely grateful to Dr. Granat for sharing the verses omitted in the Haaretz article linked above. Dr. Granat notes that he intends a fuller study of the prayer, complete with annotation, to be published at a future date. </p>
<p>The English translation I have made here relies partially on the French translation made by Ephraïm Kahn, published along side the Hebrew in a slightly later article by Dr. Granat, &#8220;<a href="https://gluya.org/unknown-hymn/"><span class="hebrew">פיוט תחינה בלתי מוכר להצלת שבויים מכלאם</span> | Piyyout de supplication inconnu pour la délivrance des captifs de leur geôle</a>&#8221; on 7 April 2025. Many thanks to Shoshana Michael Zucker for informing us of the article in Haaretz. &#8211;Aharon Varady</p>
<h3>Source(s)</h3>
<div id="attachment_65728" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/late-medieval-prayer-for-captives-ms-braginsky-206-fol--67b.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-65728" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/late-medieval-prayer-for-captives-ms-braginsky-206-fol--67b-250x250.png" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-65728" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-65728" class="wp-caption-text">late medieval prayer for captives (MS Braginsky 206), fol. 67b</p></div>
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