tagged: HaRaḥaman • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ https://opensiddur.org/tagged/harahaman/ a community-grown, libre Open Access archive of Jewish prayer and liturgical resources Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:43:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Open-Siddur-Project-Logo-2015-5509b4bdv1_site_icon-250x250.png tagged: HaRaḥaman • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ https://opensiddur.org/tagged/harahaman/ 32 32 הרחמן הוא ישבור עול כיבוש | Prayer to the Compassionate One for the Peace of Two States for Two Peoples (for Inclusion in the Birkat Hamazon) by Ira Tick (2014) https://opensiddur.org/prayers/collective-welfare/trouble/conflicts-over-sovereignty-and-dispossession/prayer-to-the-compassionate-one-for-the-peace-of-two-states-for-two-peoples/ https://opensiddur.org/prayers/collective-welfare/trouble/conflicts-over-sovereignty-and-dispossession/prayer-to-the-compassionate-one-for-the-peace-of-two-states-for-two-peoples/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2014 03:58:31 +0000 http://opensiddur.org/?p=9371 Birkat HaMazon especially on Shabbat and Festivals, or for reciting at any time.]]> Hebrew English
הרחמן הוא יחזיר לנו שלום בגבולינו:
May the Merciful One restore peace within our borders!
הרחמן הוא ישבור עול כיבוש מעל צווארינו
והוא יוליכנו קוממיות בארצנו:
May the Merciful One remove the yoke of occupation from upon our necks
and walk us upright in our land.
יהי רצון שלא יבש עמך ישראל בעולם הזה
ולא יכלם לעולם הבא.
May it be Your Will that Your People Israel never be embarrassed in this world
nor find shame in the World to Come.
דין אחד שפט בינינו ובין הגוים
שלא ישאו חרב אלינו
ולא נשא חרב אליהם.
Let One Judge mediate between us and other nations,
that they not lift sword against us
and we not lift sword against them.
השב בנינו לגבולינו בנחת
וקבץ אחינו הנתונים בצרה לתוכה בשמחה.
Calmly return our children to our borders
and joyfully gather to them our brothers and sisters still afflicted by oppression.
הרם דגל עלינו אהבה
ותן אחווה בקרבינו
ובין כל עם ועם
וטהר ליבנו
ושמר חרותינו.
Raise over us a banner of love,
grant us fellowship among ourselves
and with all nations,
purify our hearts
and preserve our liberty.
ואז ציון במשפט תפדה
ושביה בצדקה
וישכון ישראל לבטח
ויתקע בשופר גדול
ובאו האבדים בארץ אשור
והנדחים בארץ מצרים
והשתחוו לה׳
בהר הקדש בירושלים
אמן סלה:
Then Ẓíōn will be redeemed in justice,
its repentant delivered by righteousness,
and Israel will dwell securely.
The great shofar will sound,
the captives will come forth from Syria
and the persecuted up from Egypt,
and together they will serve the Lord
on the Holy Mountain in Jerusalem.
Amen Selah!
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Source (Hebrew) Translation (English) Transliteration (Romanized Hebrew)
הָרַחֲמָן הוּא יָשִׁיב לִבֵּינוּ אֶל הָאָרֶץ,
לְמַעַן נֵשַׁב יָחַד עִמָהּ,
בְּשָׁבְתָהּ,
כָּל שְׁנַת הַשְׁמִיטָה.‏
May the merciful One turn our hearts toward the land,
so that together we may dwell with her,
in her sabbath-resting
during the whole year of the Shmitah.
Haraḥaman hu yashiv libeinu el ha’arets
l’ma’an neishev yaḥad imah
b’shovtah
kol sh’nat hash’mitah

For your festive meal, you can also print out this PDF and add the Haraḥaman prayer to your birkon (bentsher).

Recordings

Here’s a niggun (melody) by Nili Simḥai for the haraḥaman, sung by Rabbi David Seidenberg to the “Sosne Nigun” by Jonah Adels, z”l.

 

]]> https://opensiddur.org/prayers/solilunar/shmitah-year/harahaman-for-the-shmitah-year-by-david-seidenberg/feed/ 1 הָרַחֲמָן לְכָל אָדָם וְהמְרַחֵם עַל־הַבְּרִיּוֹת | Haraḥaman for all humankind and all living creatures following the Sefirat haOmer, by Jonathan Schachter https://opensiddur.org/prayers/solilunar/earth-cycles/sefirat-haomer/harahaman-for-all-humankind-and-all-living-creatures-following-the-sefirat-haomer-by-jonathan-schachter/ https://opensiddur.org/prayers/solilunar/earth-cycles/sefirat-haomer/harahaman-for-all-humankind-and-all-living-creatures-following-the-sefirat-haomer-by-jonathan-schachter/#respond Thu, 29 May 2025 16:37:07 +0000 https://opensiddur.org/?p=61899 The following brief prayer may be said, immediately following the Omer count, by those who find it difficult or problematic to simply ask for a return to the days of animal sacrifice in the Beit HaMiqdash, and who long for reconciliation, sensitivity and peaceful coexistence between and among all Jews and the other Peoples of the Earth (as well as all living creatures!), as envisioned by the Prophets.
Source (Hebrew) Translation (English)
הָרַחֲמָן לְכָל אָדָם
וְהַמְּרַחֵם עַל־הַבְּרִיּוֹת,
הוּא יָבִיא לָנוּ יְמוֹת הַמָּשִׁיחַ בִּמְהֵרָה בְיָמֵינוּ,
וִיְחַדֵּשׁ לָנוּ מִנְחַת בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ בִּמְקוֹמָהּ,
כָּרָאוּי וּכְנָכוֹן כִּרְצוֹנוֹ,
לְשֵׁם וְלִתְהִלָּה לְכׇל־הָעַמִּֽים.
[May] the One Who is Merciful to all humankind,
and the Bestower of Mercy upon all living creatures,
bring us the Days of Mashiaḥ speedily in our own days,
and renew for us the grain offerings of the Holy Temple in its own place,
as is fitting and proper, to [HaShem‘s] satisfaction,
amidst the renown and praise of all peoples.
כַּכָּתוּב עַל יַד נְבִיאֶךָ:
בָּעֵ֤ת הַהִיא֙ אָבִ֣יא אֶתְכֶ֔ם
וּבָעֵ֖ת קַבְּצִ֣י אֶתְכֶ֑ם
כִּֽי־אֶתֵּ֨ן אֶתְכֶ֜ם לְשֵׁ֣ם וְלִתְהִלָּ֗ה
בְּכֹל֙ עַמֵּ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ
בְּשׁוּבִ֧י אֶת־שְׁבוּתֵיכֶ֛ם
לְעֵינֵיכֶ֖ם
אָמַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃ (צפניה ג:כ)
As it is written at the hands of Your prophets:
At that time I will bring you [home],
And at [that] time I will gather you [in];
For I will make you renowned and praiseworthy
Among all the peoples on earth,
When I restore your captivity
Before your very eyes —
said HaShem. (Zephaniah 3:20)
וְנֶאֱמַר:
וַהֲבִיאוֹתִ֞ים אֶל־הַ֣ר קׇדְשִׁ֗י
וְשִׂמַּחְתִּים֙ בְּבֵ֣ית תְּפִלָּתִ֔י
עוֹלֹתֵיהֶ֧ם וְזִבְחֵיהֶ֛ם
לְרָצ֖וֹן עַֽל־מִזְבְּחִ֑י
כִּ֣י בֵיתִ֔י בֵּית־תְּפִלָּ֥ה
יִקָּרֵ֖א לְכׇל־הָעַמִּֽים׃ (ישעיה נו:ז)
And it is said:
I will bring them[1] The context of this verse in the Isaiah text makes it clear that the third-person pronouns refer to those non-Jews among the other nations of the world who love and serve Hashem, to whom the Beit HaMiqdash will be welcoming.  to My sacred mount
And let them rejoice in My house of prayer.
Their raised offerings and sacrifices
Shall find favor on My altar;
For A House of Prayer for All Peoples.
shall My House be called (Isaiah 56:7)
וְנֶאֱמַר:
וְעָֽרְבָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה
מִנְחַ֥ת יְהוּדָ֖ה וִירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם
כִּימֵ֣י עֹולָ֔ם וּכְשָׁנִ֖ים קַדְמֹנִיֹּֽות׃ (מלאכי ג:ד)
And it is said:
And may HaShem be pleased
with the grain offerings of Judah and Jerusalem,
As in the days of old and in earlier years. (Malachi 3:4)
אָמֵן סֶלָה.
Amen, selah.

This “Haraḥaman” prayer by Jonathan Schachter was composed during the Sefirat haOmer period in 5785 (2025), as an alternative to the familiar haraḥaman for the restoration of the ancient mode of Temple worship that is said following the count.

 

Notes

Notes
1 The context of this verse in the Isaiah text makes it clear that the third-person pronouns refer to those non-Jews among the other nations of the world who love and serve Hashem, to whom the Beit HaMiqdash will be welcoming.
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