Heavenly Father, Master of the Universe,
We stand before You in prayer and supplication,
stunned by the merciless atrocity committed on Yom Kippur in Manchester —
a heartless desecration of Your precious gift of life
on the holiest day of the Jewish year.

Rock and Redeemer of Israel,
in whose hands are the souls of the living and the dead,
remember in Your compassion
the souls of Melvin Cravitz and Adrian Daulby, zikhronam livrakhah,
whose lives were mercilessly extinguished.

Almighty God,
Who heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds,
bring consolation to the families whose lives have been shattered.
Grant a complete recovery to the injured
and bring peace and comfort to all who have been traumatised
by this act of barbarity.

Teach us to love truth,
uphold justice
and value life, as it is written:
“I call heaven and earth
to witness against you this day,
that I have set before you
life and death,
blessings and curses;
therefore choose life, that you may live,
you and your families” (Deuteronomy 30:19).

Endow the perpetrators of evil
with a new heart, as it is written,
“I will give you a new heart
and put a new spirit within you;
I will remove from you your heart of stone
and give you a heart of flesh” (Ezekiel 36:26).

O Lord,
keep us safe and secure.
Spread the tabernacle of Your peace
upon all the dwellers on Earth.^[1] From the Rosh haShanah liturgy 

[And so may it be your will,
and may we say, Amen.]