תפילה עם שובם של חללי המלחמה | Prayer for the Return of Slain Hostages (Masorti Movement in Israel, 2025)
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael
This prayer by the Masorti Movement in Israel and the Knesset HaRabanim b’Yisrael was first shared on 20 February 2025 in the final days of the first phase of the Three-phase Israel-Hamas war ceasefire, via the Masorti Movement website. . . .
Blessings and prayer for healing after the return of the first hostages in the Three-Phase Ceasefire Agreement — by Rabbi Nathalie Lastreger (Masorti Family Minyan, Kfar Vradim)
Contributed by: Nathalie Lastreger, the Masorti Movement in Israel
This prayer was composed with gratitude by Rabbi Nathalie Lastreger, the Masorti minyan in Kfar Vradim. The prayer was first published to Rabbi Nathalie Lastreger’s Facebook page on 19 January 2025. The English translation was offered in a Facebook post by Susan Rand-Lakritz to accompany a video of the prayer being offered. . . .
תְּפִלָּה לְהֲשָׁבַת אַחֵינוּ וְאַחְיוֹתֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר בַּשֶּׁבִי | Prayer for the Return of Our Brothers and Sisters from Captivity (Masorti Movement in Israel & Knesset haRabanim b’Yisrael, January 2025)
Contributed by: Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael
This prayer for the safe release of the hostages taken by HAMA”S and its allies on 7 October 2023 was shared by the Masorti Movement in Israel and the Knesset haRabanim b’Yisrael on 17 January 2025 in anticipation of the release of the remaining living hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire agreement. The prayer was first published via the Masorti Movement website, here. . . .
מי שברך לשלום המדינה | Mi sheBerakh for the Peace of the State of Israel, by the Masorti Movement in Israel
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (translation)
This prayer for the peace of the nation, first published in the siddur VeAni Tefillati (second edition, page 133), was circulated by the Masorti Movement in Israel on social media on 1 August 2024, amidst increased anxieties over impending retaliatory strikes by Iran and its proxy armies in Lebanon and elsewhere. . . .
תפילה מונגשת לזמן מלחמה | A Prayer for Israel in Wartime, in simplified Hebrew (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel
The Masorti Movement in Israel, in cooperation with the Israeli Institute on Cognitive Accessibility and Ami: The Association for People with Cognitive Developmental Challenges, produced this “accessible” Prayer in Times of War in simplified Hebrew with communications symbols. The prayer was offered in the spirit of the Masorti Movement’s Siddur b’khol Darkhekha (2018), designed primarily for special needs Bar/Bat Mitzvah programs. . . .
תפילה לשלומם ולחזרתם של הנעדרים והשבויים בין אחינו ואחיותינו | Prayer for the Welfare and the Return of Israel’s Captured and Missing from Among our Sisters and Brothers (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)
Contributed by: Ehud Bandel, the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael
This prayer for the captives was prepared for the Masorti Movement in Israel by the Knesset haRabanim b’Yisrael and disseminated in Hebrew, English, French, and Spanish. These were published online for the Masorti Solidarity Shabbat (27-28 October 2023). . . .
תפלת מי שברך לעת מלחמה מרחשוון תשפ״ד | Mi sheBerakh prayer for Israel at a time of War (Marḥeshvan 5784), by the Masorti Movement in Israel (2023)
Contributed by: Ze'ev Kainan, Simchah Roth, the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
“Prayer at a time of war (Marḥeshvan 5784)” was offered by The Masorti Movement In Israel-התנועה המסורתית בישראל and the כנסת הרבנים בישראל for use by congregations worldwide. Originally written by Rabbi Simcha Roth ז״ל, it was adapted by Ze’ev Kainan to suit the current horrors committed by Hamas. . . .
תפילה לנוכח המלחמה שפרצה בבוקר שמיני עצרת, תשפ”ד | Prayer in response to the war that broke out on the morning of Shemini Atseret 5784, by Rabbi Gil Nativ (Masorti Movement 2023)
Contributed by: Gil Nativ, the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)
A prayer offered by Rabbi Gil Nativ for the Masorti Movement in Israel and the Knesset haRabanim b’Yisrael in response to the invasion from Gaza on Shemini Atseret 5784 (2023), and disseminated via their Facebook page. . . .
תפילה נוכח הרעה מדרום | Mi sheBerakh in the face of the Missiles Falling On Israel (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel, Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
“תפילה נוכח הרעה מדרום | Prayer in the face of the Missiles Falling On Israel” was shared by the Masorti Movement in Israel via their social media account on Twitter on 12 May 2023. . . .
תפילה לשלום העם האוקראינה | Prayer for the Welfare of Ukraine and the Ukrainian People (Masorti Movement in Israel 2022)
Contributed by: Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, the Masorti Movement in Israel
This prayer for peace in Ukraine was co-written by the Masorti Movement in Israel and the Rabbinic Assembly in Israel, and read by Rabbi Ori Friedland (Hebrew) and Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg (English) in an international prayer service organized by Masorti Olami in solidarity with Ukraine and the Jewish communities therein. . . .
שַׁוְעַת נָשִׁים: תפילה לשלומן של נשים קורבנות אלימות | Shav’at Nashim, a prayer for the safety of women who are victims of violence (Masorti Movement in Israel)
Contributed by: Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, the Masorti Movement in Israel, Aharon N. Varady (translation), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)
A prayer for the safety and well-being of women who are victims of violence, and especially domestic violence. . . .
תחינה לימי נגיף הקורונה | Supplication for the Days of the Coronavirus (Masorti Movement in Israel 2020)
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
A prayer disseminated by the Masorti Movement in Israel in response to the Coronavirus outbreak in Israel and around the world. . . .
מי שברך לשלום החולים במגפת נגיף הקורונה | Mi sheBerakh for the Welfare of those Ill from the Coronavirus Epidemic (Schechter Rabbinical Seminary 2020)
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)
A Mi Sheberakh prayer offered on behalf of those battling, suffering from, and imperiled by the 2019-2020 Coronavirus Outbreak and pandemic. . . .
תפילה על האיחוי והרעות | A Prayer for Brotherhood, Unity, and Friendship on Israeli Election Day (2020)
Contributed by: Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Martin Samuel Cohen, the Masorti Movement in Israel
Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . .
תפילה למחסן/ת | Prayer for those Administering Vaccinations (Masorti Movement in Israel 2020)
Contributed by: Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, the Masorti Movement in Israel, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)
A prayer for those administering vaccinations. . . .
תפילה למתחסן/ת | Prayer for those Receiving Vaccinations (Masorti Movement in Israel 2020)
Contributed by: Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, the Masorti Movement in Israel, Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)
A prayer for those receiving vaccinations. . . .
תפילת המורה לפני פתיחת שנת הלימודים | Oración de los maestros antes del inicio del año escolar | Prayer of the teacher before commencement of the school year (Masorti Movement in Israel)
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel, Ze'ev Kainan
A prayer for a teacher to say or adapt as needed at the beginning of their school year. . . .
מי שברך לילדים והוריהם בשלהי שנה ובפתיחה | Mi sheBeraj para los niños y sus padres en el inicio de un nuevo año escolar | Mi sheBerakh for Children and their Parents at the Commencement of the School Year, by Rabbi Hagit Sabag Yisrael (Masorti Movement in Israel)
Contributed by: Hagit Sabag Yisrael, Sandra Kochmann (translation), the Masorti Movement in Israel
A “mi sheberakh” blessing for children and the parents of children returning to school at the beginning of the new school year. . . .
תפילה נוכח הרעה מדרום | Prayer in the face of the worsening situation in southern Israel (Masorti Movement in Israel 2019)
Contributed by: the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
A prayer for the safety of all the inhabitants of the Land of Israel offered during the November 12th, 2019 Tel Aviv rocket strike. . . .
תפילה לשלום העם הכורדי | Prayer for the Welfare of the Kurdish People (Masorti Movement in Israel, 2019)
Contributed by: Anonymous, the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael, Aharon N. Varady (translation)
A prayer for the welfare of the Kurdish People in Northern Syria (Rojava) following their betrayal by Donald Trump acting as commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces and their oppression by the Republic of Turkey. . . .