This prayer for the well-being of Her Majesty’s military forces in the Sudan, was offered by chief rabbi Nathan Marcus Adler for use by the United Hebrew Congregations of the British Empire in the context of British involvement in the Mahdist War, and specifically after news reached Britain of the Battle of Abu Klea in January 1885.

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🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Empire, British Jewry, Egyptian Jewry, Mahdist War

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Nathan Marcus Adler and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations

Prayer Before a Battle (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations 1940)

“Prayer Before a Battle” appears at the start of Prayer Book of Jewish Members of H.M. Forces (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1940), p. 5.

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Military Personnel & Veterans

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, military, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s):

Joseph Herman Hertz, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for Armed Forces in Combat, by Rabbi Dr. Philip S. Bernstein (1951)

This prayer by Rabbi Philip S. Bernstein, then President of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), p. 11.

Categories:

War, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, United States in the Korean War

Contributor(s):

Anonymous (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Philip S. Bernstein

Prayer for Armed Forces in Combat, by Rabbi Dr. Edgar Magnin (1951)

This prayer by Rabbi Dr. Edgar Magnin, then serving as rabbi of the Wilshire Boulevard Temple in Los Angeles, was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), p. 51.

Categories:

War, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cold War (1947–1953), English vernacular prayer, United States in the Korean War

Contributor(s):

Anonymous (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Edgar Magnin

Prayer of Parents for a Son or Daughter in the Armed Forces, by Rabbi Max Klein (1951)

A prayer offered for parents praying for the safety and welfare of their adult children entering the armed forces.

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Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, English vernacular prayer, military, Parents blessing children, תחינות teḥinot, teḥinot in English

Contributor(s):

Anonymous (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Max D. Klein

מי שברך לחיילי צה״ל | Mi sheBerakh for the Welfare of Israel Defense Forces Soldiers, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (1956)

The mi sheberakh for the IDF composed by Rabbi Shlomo Goren in the context of the Suez Crisis and Israel-Egypt conflict of 1956.

Categories:

🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Egypt–Israel relations, צה״ל IDF, Religious Zionism, religious Zionist prayers, Suez Crisis

Contributor(s):

Shlomo Goren, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

תְּפִלַּת הַדֶּרֶךְ לְצַנְחָן | Traveler’s Prayer of a Paratrooper, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (IDF, 1963)

“Tefilat haDerekh l’Tsanḥan,” a prayer by Rabbi Shlomo Goren for missions of paratroopers in the service of the IDF was first published in his Siddur Tefilot l’Ḥayyal (p. 75 in the 1963 printing).

Categories:

Travel, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., air travel, צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh

Contributor(s):

Abe Katz (translation), Shlomo Goren, Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תְּפִלַּת הַדֶּרֶךְ לְטַיָּס | Traveler’s Prayer of a Fighter Pilot, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (IDF, 1963)

“Tefilat haDerekh l’Tayas,” a prayer for sorties by military aviators in the service of the IDF by Rabbi Shlomo Goren was first published in his Siddur Tefilot l’Ḥayyal.

Categories:

Travel, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., air travel, צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh

Contributor(s):

Abe Katz (translation), Shlomo Goren, Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תְּפִלָּה לִפְנֵי יְצִיאָה לַקְרָב | Prayer Before Setting Off to Battle, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (IDF, 1963)

Rabbi Shlomo Goren’s “Tefilah Lifnei Yetsiah laQrav,” a prayer for IDF soldiers before embarking on a combat mission was first published in his Siddur Tefilot l’Ḥayyal (pp. 72-73 in the 1963 printing).

Categories:

War, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael

Contributor(s):

Abe Katz (translation), Shlomo Goren, Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תְּפִלַּת הַדֶּרֶךְ לְצֶוֶת הַצּוֹלְלוֹת | Traveler’s Prayer for a Submarine Crew, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (IDF, 1963)

“Tefilat haDerekh l’Tsevet haTsolelot,” a prayer by Rabbi Shlomo Goren for missions of submariners in the service of the IDF was first published in his Siddur Tefilot l’Ḥayyal (p. 76 in the 1963 printing).

Categories:

Travel, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, ocean, prayers on ships, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh

Contributor(s):

Abe Katz (translation), Shlomo Goren, Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

תפילה לשלום צוות אח״י אילת | Prayers for the Welfare of the Navy Personnel of the “INS Eilat,” by rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau & Arnold Resnicoff (1993)

A prayer for the well-being of the Navy personnel assigned to the newly built Sa’ar 5 corvette, INS Eilat, in 1993.

Categories:

Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., dedications and consecrations, צה״ל IDF, prayers of military chaplains

Contributor(s):

Arnold E. Resnicoff, Yisrael Meir Lau and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

Prayer at the Presidential Signing Ceremony for the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act, by Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 22 December 2010

A prayer offered by Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff at the Presidential signing ceremony for the repeal of the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT) law on December 22, 2010, in Washington, D.C.

Categories:

🇺🇸 United States of America, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Don't ask don't tell (1993-2011), Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010

Contributor(s):

Arnold E. Resnicoff

מי שברך לחיילי צה״ל | Mi sheBerakh for the Welfare of Israel Defense Forces Soldiers, by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (1956); amended by Dr. Alex Sinclair (2012)

The prayer for the welfare of IDF soldiers by Rabbi Shlomo Goren, with additional text as added by Dr. Alex Sinclair emphasizing our desire for soldiers to engage in righteous and ethical conduct in accord with the IDF code of conduct.

Categories:

After the Aliyot, Military Personnel & Veterans

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, מי שברך mi sheberakh, military, Progressive Zionism, Religious Zionism

Contributor(s):

Alex Sinclair (emendation), Shlomo Goren and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ | Mi sheBerakh for United States Military War Veterans, by Hinda Tzivia Eisen

A “mi sheberakh” prayer for U.S. war veterans on the shabbat preceding Veterans Day (November 11).

Categories:

After the Aliyot, 🇺🇸 Veterans Day (11 November), Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מי שברך mi sheberakh, military, United States

Contributor(s):

Cantor Hinda Labovitz

תפילת לשלום החיילים | Prayer on Behalf of the Jewish Soldier Going into Battle by Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo (2014)

Bring our soldiers home from the battlefields, alive and unharmed
in their own merit and in the merit of their wives, children and
parents, so that they can sanctify Your name

Let the blessing which You gave to Avraham come true
“And through you all the families of the Earth will be blessed”
For this is our hope

Categories:

Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, military, Religious Zionism

Contributor(s):

Nathan Lopes Cardozo

ברכה לשלום החיילים | Prayer for the Well-being of IDF Soldiers, by Yaacov Maoz (2014)

A prayer for the well-being of IDF Soldiers written during the 2014 Israel-Gaza Conflict.

Categories:

Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., צה״ל IDF, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Progressive Zionism

Contributor(s):

Simon Montagu (translation) and Yaacov Maoz

תְּפִלָּה לְחֵיְילוֹת אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית | Prayer for the Safety of the United States Armed Forces (2014)

This “Prayer for the Safety of the American Military Forces” by an unknown author was first shared on the website of the Orthodox Union on 5 February 2014 with the note, “The RCA and the OU have circulated a special prayer to be said in synagogues during Shabbat services in support of our armed services courageously waging the battle against the scourge of global terrorism.”

Categories:

Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), United States

Contributor(s):

Unknown and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Kavvanah before eating or drinking on Yom Kippur for military personnel on active service (IDF 2017)

This is a kavvanah (intention) distributed beginning in 2017 for Jewish soldiers on active service during Yom Kippur to use before eating or drinking a limited amount of nourishment in order to sustain their attention and readiness. The text of the prayer here is that which was distributed by Rabbi Captain Udi Schwartz, head of the chief rabbi for Tsahal (IDF), and published by Arutz 7. The kavvanah is derived from one published in 1983 by Rav Yitschok Zilberstein for those who, due to their state of health, must eat or drink in order to live (find Toras haYoledes (1983), chapter 52, section 10, p. 357; pp. 331-332 in the bilingual edition 1989). That kavvanah, according to Rabbi Zilberstein was, “הועתק ממחזור עתיק” (“copied from an old maḥzor”).

Categories:

Yom Kippur, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., fasting, צה״ל IDF, עינוי Innui (self-affliction), כוונות kavvanot, Nusaḥ TsaHaL, פיקוח נפש piqoaḥ nefesh

Contributor(s):

Unknown, Tsva ha-Haganah l'Yisrael and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

לזכרם של ההרוגים במלחמה באדמות אוקראינה | Молитва в пам’ять про загиблих у війні на землях України | Yizkor for those killed in the war in Ukraine, by Rabbi Miriam Klimova (2022)

A prayer for a Yizkor service on Yom Kippur during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Categories:

Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Mourning, War, 🇺🇦 Ukraine, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags:

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Ukrainian translation, יזכור yizkor

Contributor(s):

Miriam Klimova and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

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