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תהלים קמ״ב | Psalms 142 and a Mi sheBerakh for those in captivity (or whose whereabouts are unknown)

Contributed on: 16 Jun 2014 by Ephraim Mirvis | Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth | ❧

May the one who blessed our ancestors, Avraham, Yitzḥak, and Yaakov, Yoseph, Moshe, and Aharon, David and Shlomo, Ruth, Sarah, Rivka, Miriam, Devorah, Tamar, and Raḥel, bless and safeguard and preserve the captives… . . .

Prayer Amid the Pandemic, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth 2020)

Contributed on: 27 Mar 2020 by Ephraim Mirvis | Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth | ❧

A prayer from the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. . . .

Prayer for the People of Ukraine, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth, 2022)

Contributed on: 24 Feb 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Ephraim Mirvis | Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth | ❧

“Prayer for the People of Ukraine” was written by the chief rabbi of the United Kingdom, Ephraim Mirvis, and shared via the Twitter account of the Office of the Chief Rabbi. . . .

Prayer for the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth 2022)

Contributed on: 04 Jun 2022 by Ephraim Mirvis | Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth | ❧

This Prayer for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee was shared by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Ephraim Mirvis, on 25 May 2022, via their website. . . .

הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Prayer for the Royal Family and Armed Forces of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ (2014)

Contributed on: 06 Jun 2022 by Ephraim Mirvis | Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth | Unknown Author(s) | ❧

In 2014, the formula of “haNoten Teshua” suggested by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK and the Commonwealth, was amended by the chief rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis, to include a short passage in recognition of the United Kingdom’s armed forces. . . .

הַנּוֹתֵן תְּשׁוּעָה | Prayer in honour of the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth 2016)

Contributed on: 04 Jun 2022 by Aharon N. Varady (transcription) | Ephraim Mirvis | Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth | ❧

This “Prayer in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday,” was first delivered by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis for the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth on Shabbat 11th June 2016, and shared via their website in English. Side-by-side with the English we have set the Hebrew text from the formula of the traditional prayer “haNoten Teshua” as used by the Office of the Chief Rabbi as amended in 2014. . . .

Prayer to Mark the Passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth 2022)

Contributed on: 08 Sep 2022 by Ephraim Mirvis | Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth | ❧

This is “A Prayer to mark the passing of Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth” offered by Rabbi Mirvis, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth after her death on 8 September 2022. The text was transcribed from a PDF disseminated from the website of the Office of the Chief Rabbi. . . .

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