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Slavery & Captivity

This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, forced labor and captivity endured under a variety of conditions spanning chattel slavery, forced marriages and the plight of agunot, unjust imprisonment and hazardous living conditions of prisoners, and the welfare of hostages taken captive by terrorists and unlawful combatants in contravention of the laws of war.

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תהלים קמ״ב | Psalms 142, a maskil with translations in English and Arabic

Psalms 142, traditionally attributed to King David, with translations in English and Arabic. . . .

Categories: Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Slavery & Captivity

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., abduction, Arabic translation, Maskil, Psalms 142, געולה ge'ulah (redemption)

Contributor(s): Ephraim Mirvis, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth and David ben Yishai (traditional attribution)

The path of the righteous man (הַדֶרֶךְ שֶׁל הַצָדִיק Ha-derekh shel ha-tsadiq) — from the film The Bodyguard (1976), adapted by Jules Winnfield in the film Pulp Fiction (1994)

Tired of people who can’t tell their ḳiddish (blessings for the Sabbath) from their ḳaddish (prayer for the dead)? Well, it sets Samuel L. Jackson off too! But he found a way of making a bracha (blessing) and mourning the dead at the same time. Now I can’t vouch for the origins of his nusaḥ (custom) but it sounds very effective! Most people haven’t noticed, the only real part from the Bible is that last section, the first part is actually his own spiel: . . .

Categories: Taking a life, Slavery & Captivity

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., abduction, Hebrew translation, lonely man of faith, Prayers in Film, Psalmsploitation, vengeance

Contributor(s): Shmueli Gonzales (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Unknown Author(s)

מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ לְפִדְיוֹן שְׁבוּיִם | Mi sheBerakh for the redemption of those in captivity (or whose whereabouts are unknown)

This mi sheberakh was published by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth in June 2014, as “Prayer Issued for Missing Israeli Teenagers,” writing: “The prayer…currently being recited across Israel for missing teenagers Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach, was issued today to Rabbanim of the United Hebrew Congregations by Chief Rabbi Mirvis.” Recitation of this psalm and mi sheberakh seem appropriate to me in the case of unconscionable, immoral, and unjust state policies that separate children from their caregivers. To help fulfill the mitsvah of ransoming captives, please contribute to funds paying out bail bonds and demonstrate your opposition to these policies. . . .

Categories: After the Aliyot, Slavery & Captivity

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., abduction, Arabic translation, מי שברך mi sheberakh, Needing Translation (into Arabic), געולה ge'ulah (redemption)

Contributor(s): Ephraim Mirvis, Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth and Unknown Author(s)

Prayer for the Abducted Nigerian Schoolgirls, by Rabbi Hillel Lavery-Yisraëli (2014)

God of all people’s souls: Hasten, we pray, to rescue the hundreds of Nigerian young girls, innocent students who, in horrific cruelty, were abducted from their houses and schools by inhumane criminals intending to sell them into slavery and torture them. . . .

Categories: Slavery & Captivity

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., abduction, Arabic translation, Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping, children, Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping, Igbo translation, Nigeria, Psalms 142, students, Swedish translation, women

Contributor(s): R' Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli

תפילה להצלתם של הבחורים החטופים | Prayer for the rescue of the kidnapped youths, by Rabbi Shlomo Mosheh Amar (16 June 2014)

This prayer for the safe return of captives was offered by the (former) Sephardi chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Shlomo Moshe Amar, as published on the website, Srugim on 16 June 2014, amidst the crisis that summer sparked by the abduction and murder of three Yeshivah boys by HAMAS operatives in the West Bank. . . .

Categories: Slavery & Captivity

Tags: 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., abduction, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Needing Vocalization

Contributor(s): Shlomo Mosheh Amar and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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