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Military Personnel & Veterans

This is an archive of prayers composed for the well-being and safety of active and veteran military personnel.

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Prayer for Military Personnel on Active Service (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 1940)

“Prayer for Men on Active Service” is the opening prayer in the Prayer Book of Jewish Members of H.M. Forces (Office of the Chief Rabbi 1940), p. 4. . . .

Categories: Military Personnel & Veterans

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

Contributor(s): Joseph Herman Hertz, Mark Gollop, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer Before a Battle (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the British Empire 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. . . .

Categories: Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags: 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 UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer [of Military Personnel] for Home (National Jewish Welfare Board 1941)

This “Prayer for Home” can be found in the Abridged Prayer Book for the Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States (Jewish Welfare Board 1941), p. 119. . . .

Categories: War, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s): David de Sola Pool, Eugene Kohn, Solomon B. Freehof, the National Jewish Welfare Board and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer [for Military Personnel] in Temptation (National Jewish Welfare Board 1941)

This “Prayer in Temptation” can be found in the Abridged Prayer Book for the Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States (Jewish Welfare Board 1941), p. 120. As far as we know, this prayer is unique to this prayerbook, although the text recalls the waking prayer “Elohai Neshama.” . . .

Categories: War, Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, English vernacular prayer, sexual conduct, World War Ⅱ, יצר הרע yetser hara

Contributor(s): David de Sola Pool, Eugene Kohn, Solomon B. Freehof, the National Jewish Welfare Board and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Special Prayer for Our Soldiers and Sailors, edited by Rabbi Aaron Dym (1943)

This “Special Prayer for Our Soldiers and Sailors” edited by Rabbi Aaron Dym is found just after the preface to the siddur, סדור תפלת ישראל: כולל כל התפלות לכל השנה (Ziegelheim: 1943). . . .

Categories: Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, military, United States, World War Ⅱ

Contributor(s): Aaron Dym 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): Philip S. Bernstein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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): Edgar Magnin and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Prayer for Armed Forces in Combat, by Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool (1951)

This prayer by Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool was included in the anthology, The Prayer Book of the Armed Forces (ed. Daniel A. Poling, 1951), pp. 72-73. . . .

Categories: War, Military Personnel & Veterans

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

Contributor(s): David de Sola Pool and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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. . . .

Categories: 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, teḥinot in English, תחינות teḥinot

Contributor(s): Max D. Klein and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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)

Veterans Day Prayer for Jewish War Veterans, by Rabbi Simeon Kobrinetz, Chaplain, USAF (Ret.)

This prayer for Jewish War Veterans was offered by Rabbi Simeon Kobrinetz, Chaplain USAF (Ret.), on Veterans Day 1996 during the Veterans’ Day Memorial Service presided by President Bill Clinton at Arlington National Cemetery. . . .

Categories: 🇺🇸 Veterans Day (11 November), Military Personnel & Veterans

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, prayers of military chaplains

Contributor(s): Simeon Kobrinetz, Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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