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		<title>אֱלִי, רְפָאֵנִי וְאֵרָפֵא &#124; Eli Refa&#8217;eni v&#8217;Erafé, the personal physician&#8217;s prayer of Rabbi Dr. Yehudah haLevi (ca. early 12th c.)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nina Davis Salaman (translation)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2020 00:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The physician's prayer of Rabbi Dr. Yehudah ben Shmuel haLevi in the 12th century CE.]]></description>
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אֱלִי, רְפָאֵנִי וְאֵרָפֵא,<br />
אַל יֶחֱרֶה אַפָּךְ וְאֶסָּפֶה!
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
My El, heal me and I shall be healed;<br />
Let not your anger be kindled against me so that I be consumed.
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סַמִּי וּמֶרְקָחִי לְךָ – בֵּין טוֹב<br />
בֵין רָע, וּבֵין חָזָק וּבֵין רָפֶה.
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My medicines are from you, whether good<br />
Or evil, whether strong or weak.
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אַתָּה אֲשֶׁר תִּבְחַר וְלֹא אָנִי,<br />
עַל דַּעְתְּךָ הָרָע וְהַיָּפֶה.
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It is you who shall choose, not I;<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_31882_1('footnote_plugin_reference_31882_1_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_31882_1('footnote_plugin_reference_31882_1_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_31882_1_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_31882_1_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> S. D. Luzzatto says here, &#8216;&#8221;not I&#8221; instead of &#8220;not the physician&#8221; because Jehudah Halevi himself was the physician.'&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_31882_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_31882_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script><br />
Of your knowledge is the evil and the fair.
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לֹא עַל רְפוּאָתִי אֲנִי נִסְמָךְ –<br />
רַק אֶל רְפוּאָתְךָ אֲנִי צוֹפֶה.
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Not upon my power of healing I rely;<br />
Only for your healing do I watch.
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<p>Nina Salaman&#8217;s English translation of Yehudah haLevi&#8217;s physician&#8217;s prayer, adapted by Aharon Varady. Nina Salaman&#8217;s translation was first published in 1924. This <a href="https://benyehuda.org/read/2869">transcription of Yehudah haLevi&#8217;s prayer</a> was made by the Ben-Yehuda Project.</p>
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		<title>תְּפִלָּה הָרוֹפְאִים &#124; The Physicians&#8217; Prayer of Yaaqov ben Yitsḥaq Tsahalon (1665)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aharon N. Varady (transcription)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2025 08:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[55th century A.M.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[professional intention]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In <em>Margaliyot Tovot</em> ("Precious Pearls," 1665), Yaaqov ben Yitsḥaq Tsahalon abridged Baḥya ibn Paquda's Ḥovot ha-Levavot ("Duties of the Heart," ca. 1080) and interspersed it with prayers including this prayer for healers (Tefilat ha-Rof'im) which he recommended should be recited by physicians at least once every week. ]]></description>
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In <em>Margaliyot Tovot</em> (&#8220;Precious Pearls,&#8221; 1665), Yaaqov ben Yitsḥaq Tsahalon abridged Baḥya ibn Paquda&#8217;s Ḥovot ha-Levavot (&#8220;Duties of the Heart,&#8221; ca. 1080) and interspersed it with prayers including the following prayer for healers (Tefilat ha-Rof&#8217;im) which he recommended should be recited by physicians at least once every week.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
רבונו של עולם<br />
אתה הוא ה׳ לבדך<br />
אתה עשית אה השמים<br />
ושמי השמים וכל צבאם<br />
הארץ וכל אשר עליה<br />
הימים וכל אשר בהם<br />
ואתה מחיה את כלם<br />
ואתה נותן מחיה לכלם<br />
וצבא השמים לך משתחוים<br />
ואין בעליונים<br />
או בתחתונים<br />
שיאמר לך מה תעשה זאת<br />
האדם עפר מן האדמה יצרת<br />
נשמת חיים באפו נפחת<br />
והמשלתו במעשי ידיך<br />
כל שתה תחת רגליו<br />
שהכל בעבודו יצרת<br />
ואם יזכה לעשות רצון<br />
קונו ידו בכל משלה<br />
ואם לאו יד כל בו
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<span class="divine-referent">Master of the Cosmos</span>!<br />
You, <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span>, were alone<br />
when you made Heaven<br />
and the heavens of Heaven and all their hosts,<br />
the earth and all that is upon it,<br />
the seas and all that is within them.<br />
You enliven all,<br />
and grant life to all.<br />
The hosts of Heaven bow to you<br />
and there is neither among those on high<br />
nor among those underneath<br />
anyone who would tell you what to do.<br />
You have formed man from the dust of the ground.<br />
You have breathed the spirit of life within his nostrils.<br />
You have caused him to rule over the works of your hand.<br />
Everything you have placed under his feet.<br />
For his sake you have created all.<br />
If he meritoriously performs the will of his Master,<br />
his hand rules over all things;<br />
if not, the hand of all is upon him.
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ותיסרהו ביסורים וחלאים<br />
והוכה במכאוב על משכבו<br />
ורוב עצמיו איתן <span class="citation">(איוב לג:יט)</span><br />
יכל בשרו מרואי<br />
ושופי עצמותיו לא ראו<br />
ותקרב לשחת נפשו<br />
וחיתו לממיתים <span class="citation">(איוב לג:כא-כב)</span><br />
ואם ישוב בתשובה שלימה לפניך<br />
תרצהו<br />
ותרפאהו כדכתיב<br />
ישלח דברו וירפאם<br />
וימלט משחיתותם <span class="citation">(תהלים קז:כ)</span><br />
כי אתה הוא הרופא רחמן ונאמן<br />
כדכתיב מחצתי ואני ארפא <span class="citation">(דברים לב:לט)</span><br />
וכדי להודיע לכל באי עולם<br />
שאתה הוא הרופא<br />
ולך היכולת והגדולה<br />
וממכון שבתך<br />
תשגיח לכל יושבי הארץ<br />
ובפרטיהם<br />
בראת בעולמך רפואות<br />
לרפאות בהם בני אדם למיניהם<br />
וכוונת משרים בצוותך<br />
לרפאת בהם בני אדם אלו לאלו<br />
ככתוב בתורה ורפא ירפא <span class="citation">(שמות כאֲ:יט)</span>
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You punish him with afflictions and ailments.<br />
He is chastened also with pain on his bed<br />
and all his bones grow stiff. <span class="citation">(Job 33:19)</span><br />
His flesh is consumed away that it cannot be seen<br />
and his bones corrode to unsightliness.<br />
His soul draws near unto the pit<br />
and his life to the destroyers. <span class="citation">(Job 33:21-22)</span><br />
But if he repents completely before you,<br />
you are pleased with him<br />
and you will cure him as it is written:<br />
&#8220;<span class="divine-referent">They</span> sent <span class="divine-referent">Their</span> word and healed them<br />
and delivered them from their graves&#8221; <span class="citation">(Psalms 107:20)</span>.<br />
For you are <span class="divine-referent">the merciful and faithful healer</span>,<br />
as it is written: &#8220;I have wounded and I heal&#8221; <span class="citation">(Deuteronomy 32:39)</span>,<br />
in order to make known to all the denizens of the world<br />
that you are <span class="divine-referent">the healer</span><br />
and unto you is the power and the glory.<br />
From your established habitation<br />
you look down upon all the inhabitants of the earth.<br />
For their special benefit,<br />
have you created in your world many drugs<br />
by which to cure the sons of man<br />
and in your wisdom you have commanded them<br />
to cure one another by means of these medicines,<br />
as it is written: &#8220;<span class="divine-referent">They</span> shall cause him to be thoroughly healed&#8221; <span class="citation">(Exodus 21:19)</span>.
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והואיל וחסדים חננת את לבי<br />
וכבוד והדר עטרתני<br />
וזכיתני<br />
לידע מעט מזער מחכמת הרפואה<br />
לכן לעשות רצונך אלהי חפצתי<br />
ומשום אל תמנע טוב מבעליו<br />
בהיות לאל ידך לעשות<br />
דברתי אני עם לבי להתעסק במלאכת הרפואה<br />
בשמך הקדוש ובעזרתך<br />
למען תצדק בדברך<br />
תזכה בשפטך <span class="citation">(תהלים נא:ו)</span><br />
כי אתה הרופא ולא אני
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Since, therefore, you have favored me with kindness<br />
and have crowned me with honor and glory<br />
and you have made me worthy<br />
of knowing a bit of the science of medicine,<br />
therefore I wish to perform your desire, <span class="divine-referent">my elo&#8217;ah</span><br />
[And because you should not withhold good from its owner<br />
when it is in your power to do it]<br />
I am minded<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_61837_2('footnote_plugin_reference_61837_2_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_61837_2('footnote_plugin_reference_61837_2_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_61837_2_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_61837_2_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> lit, I have spoken with my heart (i.e., mind)&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_61837_2_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_61837_2_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> to busy myself with the practice of medicine<br />
in your <span class="divine-referent">Holy Name</span> and through your assistance;<br />
&#8220;that you may be justified when you speak<br />
and be correct when you judge&#8221; <span class="citation">(Psalms 51:6)</span>,<br />
for you are the physician, not I.
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שאני כחומר<br />
בידך יוצר הכל<br />
וככלי שבאמצעותו תרפא בריותיך<br />
ואני נשען על חכמתי<br />
ואיני שם בטחוני<br />
על הסמים ועשבים וסגולות<br />
שבראת בעולמך<br />
כי הם כאמצעיים להשלים רצונך<br />
ולהגיד גדולתך והשגחתך
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I am but as the clay in the potter&#8217;s hand,<br />
in the hand of the creator of all things<br />
and as the instrument through which you curest your creatures.<br />
I do not rely upon my wisdom,<br />
nor do I place my trust<br />
in the drugs and herbs and medicaments<br />
which you have created,<br />
for they are but the means to fulfill your will<br />
and to proclaim your greatness and your providence.
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ולפי שמלאכת הרפואה מסוכנת מאד<br />
ועוד כי בער אנכי מאיש ולא בינת אדם לי<br />
ומתירא אני פן אמשש בצהרים<br />
כאשר ימשש העור באפלה<br />
לכן אמרתי להחזיק בשולי רחמיך<br />
וללכת אחריך<br />
כי באור פניך אהלך<br />
ובאורך אראה אור<br />
כי אתה נירי<br />
ה׳ אֱלֹהַי יַגִּיהַּ חׇשְׁכִּי <span class="citation">(תהלים יח:כט)</span>
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Since the practice of medicine is fraught with perils,<br />
and as I am a man of folly and of no understanding,<br />
fearing lest I grope at noonday<br />
as the blind grope in the dark,<br />
therefore do I cling to the fringes of your kindness<br />
and do follow you;<br />
in the light of your countenance will I walk<br />
and in your light will I behold light,<br />
for you are my lamp;<br />
&#8220;<span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> <span class="divine-referent">my elo&#8217;ah</span> enlightens my darkness&#8221; <span class="citation">(Psalms 18:29)</span>.
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לכן יהי רצון מלפניך<br />
ה׳ אלהי ואלהי אבותי<br />
שתשכילני שכל טוב מלפניך<br />
וחנני מאתך דעה ובינה והשכל<br />
והאירה עיני שכלי להבין<br />
ולהכיר חלאי הגוף<br />
על בורים ואמיתתם<br />
מכל פרטי בני אדם שיבואו לידי<br />
והורני רפואתם האמיתית<br />
לכל אחד בפי מזגו<br />
וכפי הזמן הראוי לכל אחד מהם<br />
ובעת ראוי לאותה רפואה ולאותו חולה<br />
ולא אכשל במעשי ולא בדברי<br />
ויראו אויבי וישמחו
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Therefore, may it be your will,<br />
o <span class="divine-referent">Lord</span> <span class="divine-referent">my God</span> and <span class="divine-referent">God of my ancestors</span>,<br />
to endow me with good understanding<br />
&#8230;and to bestow upon me knowledge and insight<br />
and to cause the eyes of my understanding to shine<br />
so that I may discern and diagnose the ailment of the body<br />
thoroughly and correctly<br />
in all the cases that come to me;<br />
instruct me as to the drugs suitable<br />
to each one in accordance with his disposition<br />
and according to the time appropriate to each of them<br />
[And when appropriate for that medicine and that patient]<br />
so that I may not err in my acts or in my words,<br />
lest my enemies see and rejoice.<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_61837_2('footnote_plugin_reference_61837_2_2');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_61837_2('footnote_plugin_reference_61837_2_2');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_61837_2_2" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[2]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_61837_2_2" class="footnote_tooltip"> Cf. Proverbs 24:17)&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_61837_2_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_61837_2_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script>
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סעדני ואושעה ממכשול<br />
ואל תארע תקלה על ידי
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Support me that I do not stumble<br />
and that no mishap occur through my hand.
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וגומלני חסדים טובים<br />
כי לגמול חסד נכנסתי<br />
במלאכת הרפואה<br />
לפקח על נפשות עמך ישראל
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Recompense me with your many kindnesses<br />
for to do kindnesses have I entered<br />
into the profession of medicine,<br />
to save the lives of your people Israel.
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לכן סייעני ופדני מחרפה ובזיון<br />
אנא אלהי בך בטחתי<br />
אל אבושה<br />
אל יעלזו אויבי לי<br />
ואם יבא לידי איזה חולה<br />
שקרבה עת פקודתו<br />
ואנושה מכתו<br />
יהי רצון<br />
שלא אגרום קירוב מיתתו חס ושלום<br />
אפילו רגע אחד<br />
אלא למדני לתת לו סמים<br />
לקיים נשמתו בו<br />
עד שבא שעתו<br />
ואם ימות<br />
יהי רצון מלפמיך<br />
שלא יחשדוני אוהביו ורעיו<br />
ובני משפחתו<br />
ולא יהרהרו אחרי<br />
שהייתי סיבת מיתתו<br />
אלא יצדיקו עליהם את הדין ויודו שגזרת<br />
מלך היא אשר בידו נפש כל חי<br />
ורוח כל בשר איש
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[Therefore,] assist me and protect me from insult and shame<br />
[Please, <span class="divine-referent">my elo&#8217;ah</span>, in you I trust.<br />
Let me not be put to shame.<br />
Let not my enemies triumph over me.]<br />
If there come to me any patient<br />
whose allotted time is about to end<br />
and whose affliction is heavy,<br />
may it be your will<br />
that I cause not the hastening of his death (Heaven forbid!)<br />
even by one second.<br />
Teach me to administer drugs<br />
so as to retain his soul within him<br />
until his fated hour arrives.<br />
And if he die<br />
may it be your will<br />
that his friends, his companions<br />
and the members of his family<br />
do not accuse me<br />
and that they do not suspect me of being the cause of his death,<br />
but that they accept it as the just decree of <span class="divine-referent">God</span>&#8230;<br />
of <span class="divine-referent">the King</span> in whose hand is the life of all living<br />
and the spirit of all flesh.
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ואם לא קרבה עת פקודתו<br />
אלא אתה מדכאו ביסורים במדת רחמנותך<br />
כדי שישוב בתשובה שלימה לפניך<br />
כי לא תחפוץ במות המת<br />
כי אם בשובו מדרכיו <span class="citation">(יחזקאל לג:יא)</span><br />
והיה יהי רצון מלפמיך<br />
שתגלגל זכות זה על ידי<br />
שתורני מה אומר לו<br />
להחזירו בתשובה שלימה<br />
ושיקבל יסורים באהבה<br />
כדי שיהיו כפרה על פשעיו<br />
ועל ידי תשלח דברך ותרפאהו<br />
ובזה אהיה אהוב למעל<br />
ונחמד למטה
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But if his appointed time has not arrived<br />
and you are casting him down with pains because of your mercy<br />
in order that he repent completely before you<br />
for you have &#8220;no pleasure in the death of the wicked,<br />
but that the wicked turn from his way and live&#8221; <span class="citation">(Ezekiel 33:11)</span>,<br />
may it then be your will<br />
that you cause this merit to fall to my lot<br />
and that you instruct me what I shall say<br />
in order to bring him to repentance<br />
and to accept his affliction with love for you<br />
so that it may be an atonement for all his transgressions;<br />
and that through me you send forth your command and cure<br />
and that thereby I shall be beloved on high,<br />
and honored below.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
והצילנו משנאה ותחרות<br />
ולא אקנא באחרים<br />
ולא יהיה קנאת אחרים עלי<br />
אלא השכן ביני ובין רופאים אחרים<br />
אהבה אחוה שלום ורעות<br />
ולא אבוש ולא אכלם בפניהם<br />
אלא אהיה מכובד בעיניהם<br />
ומאויבי תחכמני<br />
וירום ראשי על אויבי סביבותי<br />
מחכמתי ודעת<br />
שפתי ברור ימללו<br />
עד שאהיה לאות ופלא בעיניהם<br />
ולא יהא פוצה פה ומצפצף רע עלי ולא על מעשי<br />
ואם חס ושלום יאמרו רע לי<br />
לא יאמנו דבריהם<br />
ולא יכשלו חברי ואשמח בהם<br />
ואם חס ושלום חברי ירעו מעשיהם<br />
יהי רצון שתשמור לפי מחסום<br />
ולא אגלה נבלותם<br />
אלא אזכה לתקן את אשר עוותו<br />
ותנני לחן ולחסד ולרחמים בעיניך<br />
ובעיני כל רואי ושומעי<br />
ויעשו מה שצויתי לעשות לחולה<br />
אם הרפואה ראויה<br />
ואם אינה ראויה<br />
אנא ה׳ אלהי הקשה לבם שלא יעשה<br />
ושלא יפרסמוה פן אתבזה חס ושלום
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Save me from hate and strife.<br />
Let me not be envious of others,<br />
and may others not envy me.<br />
Establish between me and other physicians<br />
love, brotherhood, peace and good fellowship.<br />
Let me not be put to shame nor disgrace before them,<br />
but let me be respected by them.<br />
Make me wiser than my enemies.<br />
May my head be exalted above my enemies round about me<br />
because of my wisdom and the knowledge<br />
which my lips may utter clearly,<br />
so that I may become an example and model to them<br />
and may there be none to utter an evil word against me or my deeds;<br />
and if perchance such evil word be spoken<br />
let no one give it credence.<br />
Let not my colleagues err and me rejoice.<br />
If, however, they do evil in their work,<br />
may it be your will to place a muzzle to my mouth<br />
and let me not reveal their wrongdoing,<br />
but may I have the merit to repair what they have injured.<br />
Let me find grace and favor and kindness in your eyes<br />
and in the eyes of all who see me and hear me<br />
so that they do what I order for a patient<br />
if the treatment is proper;<br />
but if the treatment is not proper<br />
then harden their hearts that do not do it;<br />
but let them not make it widely known lest (Heaven forbid) I be disgraced.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
אנא אל אלהי הרוחות לכל בשר<br />
אחת שאלתי מאתך<br />
שתחזיק כח זכרוני<br />
וכשאלך לבקר איזה חולה<br />
הזכירני מיד רפואתו הראויה לו<br />
אם למדתיה<br />
ואם לאו מתחנן<br />
אני לפניך סבת כל הסבות<br />
שתסבב סבות וגלגולים<br />
או איזה ספר רפואות<br />
ואלמד בו רפואתו<br />
או איזה ויבוח בין רופאים<br />
עד שאזכה לידע רפואתו<br />
כי אתה הוא המסבב סבות עולמך<br />
כדכתיב והוא מסיבות מתהפך<br />
בתחבולותיו לפעלם כל אשר יצום<br />
על פני תבל ארצה <span class="citation">(איוב לז:יב)</span>
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O <span class="divine-referent">El</span>, <span class="divine-referent">elo&#8217;ah of the spirit of all flesh</span>!<br />
I ask one favor of you,<br />
that you give strength to my memory<br />
so that when I go to visit a patient,<br />
You make known to me at once<br />
which cure will benefit him,<br />
whether I have studied it or not.<br />
I supplicate you, <span class="divine-referent">Cause of all Causes</span>,<br />
that you cause the chain of circumstances to act in such manner<br />
that you bringest into my hands the medical book<br />
in which I may study his treatment<br />
or that I may listen to an argument between physicians<br />
that will teach me to know his cure;<br />
for you are the one who brings about the succession of causes in your Universe,<br />
as it is written: &#8220;And they are turned around about <span class="divine-referent">Their</span> guidance,<br />
that they may do whatsoever <span class="divine-referent">They</span> command them<br />
upon the face of the habitable world.&#8217; <span class="citation">(Job 37:12)</span>.
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אנא<br />
גלגל על ידי זכיות לעולם<br />
ואל תגלגל על ידי שום חובה בעולם חס ושלום<br />
ואל תמציא לידי דבר רע<br />
ולא יצא דבר מקולקל על ידי<br />
ולא אהיה גרמא למיתתו של שום אדם בעולם<br />
ולא נזק אפילו באבר מאבריו<br />
לא בשוגג<br />
ולא במזיד<br />
ולא אהיה בכלל<br />
טוב שברופאים לגיהינם <span class="citation">(משנה קדושין ד׳ יד)</span><br />
אל תאסוף עם חטאים נפשי<br />
ועם אנשי דמים חיי <span class="citation">(תהלים כו:ט)</span>
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
I pray you, o <span class="divine-referent">Lord</span>,<br />
that you bring upon me merit in this world<br />
and not demerit (Heaven forbid!)<br />
Do not cause that any evil thing be found in my hand.<br />
Let no corruption come from me,<br />
so that I should cause any man&#8217;s death<br />
nor even the loss of his limbs,<br />
neither willingly with intent<br />
nor unwillingly without intent;<br />
let me not be included in the category<br />
of &#8220;the best physicians are fit for Gehinnom&#8221; <span class="citation">(Mishnah Kiddushin 4.14)</span>.<br />
&#8220;Gather not my soul with sinners,<br />
nor my life with men of blood&#8221; <span class="citation">(Psalms 26:9)</span>.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
אלא בשביל הזכיות שתגלגל<br />
על ידי שאפקח נפשות עמך ישראל<br />
ועל ידי תצילם מן המות<br />
אזכה בעולם הזה לטייל<br />
בתענוג הצריך לראות בטובת בחירך<br />
לשמוח בשמחת גוייך<br />
להתהלל עם נחלתך<br />
ועיני תראנה ירושלם נוה שאנן<br />
ואתהלך לפני ה׳ בארצוה החיים<br />
ואל יזדקק שטן במעשי ידי<br />
כי לזכות ולטהר באתי׃
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
But for the merit which you may bring to me<br />
in that I may preserve lives of Israel, your people,<br />
whom you will save from death through me,<br />
grant that I may deserve to walk about this world<br />
in the pleasure of beholding the good of your chosen ones,<br />
rejoicing in the joy of your people,<br />
of glorying in your inheritance.<br />
May my eyes see Jerusalem, the peaceful habitation.<br />
May I walk before <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> in the land of the living.<br />
Let not Satan attach himself to the work of my hand,<br />
for to purify and to cleanse have I come!
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
אלהי<br />
פלטני מיד רשע<br />
מכף מעול וחומץ<br />
ואל תמסרני אפילו רגע אחד בידו<br />
פן ישיאני להתעולל עלילות ברשע חס ושלום<br />
לתת איזו רפואה ממשקה או סם<br />
להזיק שום אדם או להפיל אשה הרה חס ושלום<br />
ואם ישיאני<br />
קדמה פניו הכריעהו<br />
פלטה נפשי ממנו<br />
ה׳ עשקה לי ערבני<br />
כי אתה תקותי ה׳ אלהים <span class="citation">(ישעיה לח:יד)</span><br />
מבטחי מנעורי
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
<span class="divine-referent">My elo&#8217;ah</span>,<br />
deliver me from the hand of the wicked,<br />
from the palm of the pervertor and oppressor<br />
and place me not in his hand even for one moment<br />
lest he entice me to practice wantonness (Heaven forbid!)<br />
to administer a poison or drug<br />
to injure some man or some pregnant woman. (Heaven forbid!)<br />
If he try to entice me,<br />
meet him, humiliate him,<br />
deliver my soul from him.<br />
&#8220;O <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span>, I am oppressed, be you my surety&#8221; <span class="citation">(Isaiah 38:14)</span>,<br />
for you are my hope, o <span class="divine-referent">Hashem Elohim</span>,<br />
my trust since my youth.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
וטהר מחשבותי<br />
וזכה שרעפי<br />
לבל אחשוב מחשבה רעה חס ושלום על שום אשה<br />
בין בתולה בין בעולה בלכתי לבקרה<br />
ולא אתור אחרי לבבי<br />
ואחרי עיני <span class="citation">(במדבר טו:לט)</span>
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Cleanse my mind<br />
and purify my thoughts<br />
that I think no evil about any woman,<br />
whether virgin or wife, when I visit her<br />
that I &#8220;do not go about after my own heart<br />
and my own eyes&#8221; <span class="citation">(Numbers 15:39)</span>.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
והצילני מכל היזק וחולי ומדוה המתרגשות ובאות בשביל החולים<br />
יומם השמש לא יכני<br />
וירח בלילה <span class="citation">(תהלים קכא:ו)</span><br />
אם אצטרך לבקרה בלילה
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Save me from all injury, disease, infirmity, [and pain of the afflicted]<br />
&#8220;May the sun not smite me by day<br />
nor the moon by night&#8221; <span class="citation">(Psalms 121:6)</span><br />
[if I must visit her at night.]
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ואנא בעל החסד והרחמים<br />
גל עיני<br />
ואביטה סודות מעשיך הנפלאים<br />
ואדע סגולות הרפואה<br />
אשר יסדת<br />
בעשבים ובאבנים<br />
בזרעים ובפרחים<br />
בשרשים ובעלים<br />
בעצים ובפירות<br />
ביינות ובשמנים<br />
במימות ובשאר<br />
משקים בבעלי חיים אשר בשמים ממעל<br />
ואשר במים מתחת לארץ<br />
בפשוטים ובמורכבים<br />
ובהם אגיד זרועך<br />
לדור לכל יבא גבורתך
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
I pray, o you <span class="divine-referent">Master of kindness and mercy</span>,<br />
open my eyes<br />
that I may discover the secrets of your wonderful deeds<br />
and that I may know the peculiar curative powers<br />
which you have placed<br />
in herbs and minerals,<br />
in seeds and flowers,<br />
in roots and leaves,<br />
in wood and fruit,<br />
in wines and oils,<br />
in waters and in other liquids,<br />
in living organisms which are in the heavens above<br />
and in the waters under the earth,<br />
in simple and in composite structures<br />
and that through them I shall tell of your might<br />
to all generations to whom your greatness shall come.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
יהי רצון מלפניך<br />
שתשלח ברכה בכל מעשה ידי<br />
ובשכר שיתנו לי על טרחי<br />
ואראה ממנו סימן ברכה ואזכה<br />
להשתמש ממנו על מצוה טובה וישרים לפניך<br />
ולהגדיל תורה ולהאדיר
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
May it be your will<br />
to give your blessing to all the works of my hand<br />
and to recompense which is given me against my will<br />
so that I may look upon it as an omen of good<br />
and that I may apply it to good and righteous purposes before you,<br />
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ויהיו מזונותי<br />
ומזונות זרעי וזרע זרעי<br />
מסורים בידך<br />
ולא ביד בשר ודם<br />
ויהיו בריוח גדול<br />
כדי שלא אצטרך ליטול דבר<br />
מן העניים חולים<br />
אלא אדרבה אזכה לחננם ממה<br />
שהננתני<br />
כי ממך הכל<br />
ומידך אתן לך
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
And may my sustenance<br />
and that of my children and my children&#8217;s children<br />
come from your hands<br />
and not from the hands of men of flesh and blood,<br />
and may it be in abundance<br />
so that I be not forced to take anything<br />
from the poor and the sick<br />
but, on the contrary, that I may be able to give unto them<br />
what you have bestowed upon me,<br />
for from you come all things<br />
and from your hands I return to you.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ותזבדני זבד טוב מלפניך שבכל אשר אעשה<br />
אשכיל ואצליח ובפרט במלאכה זו<br />
תגדיל עמי חסדיך<br />
שיקראוני לרפואת חולים אשר אפשר להם הרפואה<br />
ויהו נרפאים על ידי עד חיותם
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Endow me well that I succeed and prosper in all that I do,<br />
and especially in the work of healing<br />
do you magnify your kindness<br />
so that patients call me to whom cure is possible<br />
and who may be cured completely through me.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ואשר הם בלתי אפשרי<br />
הרפוא ואנושה מכתם שגזרת שלא ירפאו<br />
מאותו חולי עד יום מותם אל יקראוני לרפואתם<br />
בסודם אל תבא נפשי<br />
בקהלם אל תחד כבודי <span class="citation">(בראשית מט:ו)</span>
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
And let those not call me<br />
who are incurable and whose illness is fatal<br />
because you have decreed that they may not be cured.<br />
&#8220;Let my soul not come unto their council;<br />
unto their assembly let my glory not be united&#8221; <span class="citation">(Genesis 49:6)</span>.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ואם יכבדוני בני אדם בשביל חכמתם<br />
אל תבואני רגל גאוה<br />
אלא נפשי כגמול עלי אמו כגמול עלי נפשי <span class="citation">(תהלים קלא:ב)</span>
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
If people consult me because of my knowledge<br />
let not the foot of pride overtake me,<br />
but let my soul be &#8220;like a weaned child with his mother&#8221; <span class="citation">(Psalms 131:2)</span>.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ואל ישלוט בי יצר הרע ועין הרע<br />
ולא יחשדוני בשום דבר בעולם<br />
ואל תביאני לא לידי נסיון ולא לידי ביזיון<br />
והצילני<br />
מהרהור חטא ועברה ועון<br />
מעתה ועד עולם<br />
והלבש את נפשי בגדי פאר וכלי שרת<br />
הלא הם עטרת תפארת של מדות טובות<br />
הראויות למוצאים חן בעיניך
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
May no evil desire nor evil eye have power over me.<br />
[And may I not be suspected of anything in the world.]<br />
Let me not be brought into temptation or shame.<br />
Save me<br />
from the reflection of sin, and transgression and iniquity,<br />
now and forever,<br />
and clothe my soul with glorious raiment [and tools of practice],<br />
the crown of glory of good morals,<br />
as is becoming to one who finds grace in your eyes.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
וחזק כח הרגשת כל חושי<br />
שיגידו לי האמת<br />
מכל מה שאעביר לפניהם<br />
ולא אטעה בשום אחד מהם<br />
לא בטעם ולא בריח<br />
לא בראות ולא בשמע<br />
ולא במישוש<br />
אלא יאמר לי<br />
על הין הין<br />
על לאו לאו<br />
על מר מר<br />
על מתוק מתוק<br />
כדי שלא יגיע נזק לחולה<br />
בשביל חלשת הרגשם
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Lend strength to all my senses<br />
so that they may tell the truth<br />
in everything which is brought before them,<br />
that I may not be mistaken in any one of them,<br />
neither in taste, smell,<br />
sight, hearing<br />
nor touch,<br />
let them tell me concerning<br />
what is positive that it is positive,<br />
what is negative, negative,<br />
what is bitter, bitter,<br />
of what is sweet, sweet,<br />
so that no injury result to any of my patients<br />
because of the weakness of my perceptions.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
וכן חזק כח הדבור של חולה<br />
וכח שכלו וזכרונו<br />
שיגיד לי האמת מסבות חליו<br />
ולא יטעה בהם כלל ולא ישקר לי בהן<br />
לאיזה סבה פן חס ושלום אשוה לו גם אני בטעות<br />
אלא אזכה להבין סבות חוליו<br />
מתוך דבריו<br />
ומתוך סימני חליו
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Strengthen likewise the power of speech of the patient<br />
and the vigor of his understanding and his memory<br />
so that he tell me the truth as to the causes of his ailment<br />
and no falsehood in regard to them<br />
lest I, also, be led into error [Heaven forbid!]<br />
and thus fail to understand the causes of his disease<br />
from his words<br />
and from the symptoms of his disease.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ואהי ראוי וחכם<br />
להגיד לחולה העתידות לבוא לו<br />
כדי לאמת דברי ואזהרותי אליו<br />
וישמור כל אשר צויתיו<br />
סמכני באמרתך ואחיה<br />
ואל תבישני משברי <span class="citation">(תהלים קיט:קטז)</span>
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Let me be fit and learn<br />
to prognosticate correctly to the patient<br />
in order that my words and warnings may be verified<br />
and my injunctions observed.<br />
&#8220;Uphold me according unto your word, that I may live;<br />
and put me not to shame in my hope&#8221; <span class="citation">(Psalms 119:116)</span>.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr" style="text-align: right;">
ואל תפח נא מלבי את תקותי<br />
אל תפן לרשעי<br />
ואל תתעלם מבקשתי<br />
וחנני וענני<br />
ושמע תפלתי<br />
כי אתה שומע תפלתי<br />
ועל הכל אני חייב להודות<br />
להלל ולשבח לשמך<br />
כי טוב נגד חסידיך<br />
תרב גדולתי<br />
ותסוב תנחמני<br />
ויהיו דברי אלה אשר התחננתי לפני ה׳<br />
וגו׳.
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<td style="vertical-align:top;">
<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn" style="text-align: left;">
Do not destroy hope from out my heart;<br />
do not incline me to do evil;<br />
do not hide yourself from my supplications;<br />
be gracious unto me and answer me;<br />
hearken unto my prayer.<br />
Indeed you hearkenest unto my prayer<br />
and I must give thanks for everything<br />
and sing <em>halleluyah</em> and praise your name,<br />
for goodness is in store for your kind ones!<br />
May I increase in greatness<br />
and may you comfort me!<br />
May these words which I have supplicated to <span class="divine-referent">Hashem</span> come to pass,<br />
etc.
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<p>This is the Physician&#8217;s Prayer of Yaaqov ben Yitsḥaq Tsahalon (1630-1693) published in his <span class="hebrew">ספר מרגליות טובות</span> Sefer Margaliyot Tovot (Venice, 1665). The Hebrew text is here set for the first time side-by-side with an English translation largely derived from that made by Harry Friedenwald (1870-1944) as published in his article, &#8220;<a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/instance/234782/pdf/mlab00346-0004.pdf" class="mtli_attachment mtli_pdf">Jacob Zahalon of Rome: Medieval Rabbi, Physician, Author and Moralist</a>&#8221; (Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. Jul;8(1):1-10.1918). Archaisms have been replaced, divine names re-Hebraized and gender neutralized, and a word replaced here and there with one that seems more suitable to me. A handful of lines and phrases left untranslated by Friedenwald are here translated and included in brackets.</p>
<p>The transcription follows <a href="https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990001081990205171/NLI#$FL28753286">JTSA Ms. 4326</a> used for the source of Friedenwald&#8217;s own <a href="https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990040492660205171/NLI#$FL125955200">unpublished transcription</a>. All ambiguities were checked against the handwritten manuscript copy of <a href="https://www.nli.org.il/en/manuscripts/NNL_ALEPH990000839070205171/NLI#$FL49927020">Sefer Margaliyot Tovot</a>.  &#8211;Aharon Varady</p>
<h3>Source(s)</h3>
<p><div id="attachment_31463" style="width: 304px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a [caption id="attachment_61855" align="alignleft" width="250"]<a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--1r.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-31463" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--1r-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-61855" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-31463" class="wp-caption-text">Tefilah ha-Rofim (Yaaqov ben Yitshaq Tsahalon, 1665) &#8211; JTSA Ms. 4326 fol. 1r</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_61856" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--1v-2r.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61856" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--1v-2r-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-61856" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-61856" class="wp-caption-text">Tefilah ha-Rofim (Yaaqov ben Yitshaq Tsahalon, 1665) &#8211; JTSA Ms. 4326 fol. 1v-2r</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_61857" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--2v-3r.jpg"><img decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61857" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--2v-3r-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-61857" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-61857" class="wp-caption-text">Tefilah ha-Rofim (Yaaqov ben Yitshaq Tsahalon, 1665) &#8211; JTSA Ms. 4326 fol. 2v-3r</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_61858" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--3v-4r.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61858" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--3v-4r-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-61858" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-61858" class="wp-caption-text">Tefilah ha-Rofim (Yaaqov ben Yitshaq Tsahalon, 1665) &#8211; JTSA Ms. 4326 fol. 3v-4r</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_61859" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--4v-5r.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61859" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--4v-5r-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-61859" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-61859" class="wp-caption-text">Tefilah ha-Rofim (Yaaqov ben Yitshaq Tsahalon, 1665) &#8211; JTSA Ms. 4326 fol. 4v-5r</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_61860" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--5v-6r.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61860" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--5v-6r-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-61860" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-61860" class="wp-caption-text">Tefilah ha-Rofim (Yaaqov ben Yitshaq Tsahalon, 1665) &#8211; JTSA Ms. 4326 fol. 5v-6r</p></div></span> <span style="float: left;"><div id="attachment_61861" style="width: 260px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--6v.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-61861" src="https://opensiddur.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/tefilah-ha-rofim-yaaqov-ben-yitshaq-tsahalon-1665-jtsa-ms--4326-fol--6v-250x250.jpg" alt="" width="250" height="250" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-61861" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-61861" class="wp-caption-text">Tefilah ha-Rofim (Yaaqov ben Yitshaq Tsahalon, 1665) &#8211; JTSA Ms. 4326 fol. 6v</p></div></span><span class="" style="display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;margin-top: ;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;"></span></p>
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		<title>תפלה לרופא &#124; A Physician&#8217;s Prayer, by Markus Herz (1783)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2020 09:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Magyar translation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayers of health care workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[56th century A.M.]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A prayer of a physician from Markus Herz in German with its Hebrew and English translations.]]></description>
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
<u>Tägliches Gehet eines Arztes bevor er feine Kranke besucht.</u>
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
תפלה לרופא
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
<u>A Physician&#8217;s Prayer</u>
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
<u>Az orvos napi fohásza a betegek meglátogatása előtt</u>
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Allgütiger! Du hast des Menschen Leib voller Weisheit gebildet. Zehn tausend mahl zehn tausend Werkzeuge hast du in ihm vereint, die unablässig thätig sind, um das schöne Ganze, die Hülle der Unsterblichen zu erhalten und zu ernähren. Immerdar sind sie still beschäftiget, voller Ordnung, Uebereinstimmung und Eintracht. Aber wenn die Gebrechlichkeit des Stoffes, oder die Zügellosigkeit der Leidenschaften diese Ordnung, diese Eintracht unterbricht, so gerathen die Kräfte in einen Widerstreit, und der Leib zerfällt in seinen Urstaub. Du sendest dann dem Menschen die wohlthätigen Boten, die Krankheiten, die ihm die nahende Gefahr verkünden, und ihn treiben, sie in Zeit abzuwenden.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
אנא אל טוב ומטיב! אתה יצרת את נפש האדם בחכמה כהות רבות שמת בו׳ כלם כאחד ירוצו ולא ייעפו לשמור את תפקידם למען החזק בבדק בית חומר משכן יהידתו. כל עת פועלי צדק אלה יפעלו בברית יחד, הצנע לכת ומהלכם סדרים. אך בקצור כח הגולם לסבול, בהגביר עליו יצרי לבו, ויפירו ברית ויהפכו סדרי כחותיו, אז לחם בין איש לרעהו, וגוית האנוש תשאף שוב אל עפרה. ואתה כרחום משמי שמיך תשלח ציר נאמן טרם תבא כָלה, תוכיההו בחלי נאמן אשר יבשר לו תהפוכות נפשו, למען ימהר יחיש קהת מזור, אולי יכול לו, גרשו מהסתפה בו.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
Almighty El, you have created the human body with infinite wisdom. Ten thousand times ten thousand organs have you combined in it that act unceasingly and harmoniously to preserve the whole in all its beauty the body which is the envelope of the immortal soul. They are ever acting in perfect order, agreement and accord. Yet, when the frailty of matter or the unbridling of passions deranges this order or interrupts this accord, then forces clash and the body crumbles into the primal dust from which it came. You send to man diseases as beneficent messengers to foretell approaching danger and to urge him to avert it.
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
Mindenható Isten, Te teremtetted végtelen bölcsességeddel az emberi testet. Tízezerszer tízezer szervet egyesítettél benne, melyek megállás nélkül és harmóniában működnek, hogy megőrizzék a halhatatlan lelket körülfogó test egységét a maga szépségében. Mindegyikük tökéletes rendben működik, egybehangzóan és összehangolva. Mégis, amikor a törékeny anyag, vagy a vágyak szabadon engedése elrontja ezt a rendet, vagy megzavarja ezt az összhangot, akkor az erők összecsapnak, és a test szétmorzsálódik azzá az eredeti porrá, melyből jött. Jóindulatú hírnökökként küldesz az embernek betegségeket, hogy előre figyelmeztessenek a közeledő veszélyre, és arra ösztönözzenek, hogy megelőzzük azt.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Deine Erde, deine Ströme, deine Berge hast du mit heilsamen Stoffen geschwängert, die deiner Geschöpfe Leiden zu mildern, und ihren Untergang abzuhelfen, vermögen.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
רב חסד! מלאת את אדמתיך הריך ויאוריך מרב טוב הצפון לחכמיך, מזור ורפאות לשרי אנוש, ישפיעו תרופה לנפש רוח, ומכחם ישחרו בעדו להצילו מבאר שחת,
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
You have blessed your earth, your rivers and your mountains with healing substances; they enable your creatures to alleviate their sufferings and to heal their illnesses.
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
Földedet, folyóidat és hegyeidet gyógyító anyagokkal áldottad meg, melyek lehetővé teszik teremtményeid számára, hogy könnyítsenek a szenvedéseiken és meggyógyítsák a betegségeiket.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Und dem Menschen hast du Weisheit ertheilet, des Menschen Leib zu lösen, undsein Gewerk in Ordnung und Unordnung zu erkennen; auch jene Stoffe aus ihren Behältnissen hervor zu arbeiten, ihre Tugenden zu erforschen, und einem jedem Uebel gemäss sie zuzubereiten und anzuwenden.
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
ואת האדם חננת דעה ובינה להביט כעין שכלו אל מסתרי בריאותיך לרדת אל עומק חדרי גוויתם, ילרגל ברוח מבינתו אם תהפוכות בם אם סדרים;
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
You have endowed man with the wisdom to relieve the suffering of his brother, to recognize his disorders, to extract the healing substances, to discover their powers and to prepare and to apply them to suit every ill.
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
Bölcsességgel ruháztad fel az embert, hogy könnyíthessen testvérei szenvedésén, megállapíthassa, mi a baja, gyógyító anyagokat találjon, felfedezze azok erejét, elkészítse és alkalmazza őket minden betegnek a saját szükségletei szerint.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Auch mich hat deine ewige Vorsicht erkohren über Leben und Gesundheit deiner Geschöpfe zu wachen. Ich schicke mich nun an zu meinem Berufe. Stehe mir bei Allgütiger in diesem grossen Geschäfte, dass es fromme: denn ohne deinen Beistand fromt ja dem Menschen auch das Kleinste nicht!
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
גם מלאהו רוח חכמה לתור אחרי בחית כל הנבראים, תוצאי ארץ ושוכני ימים, ולהעלותם ממקור מהצבם למען הקים בם נפש אחיו. גם אותי עבדך ראית ותבחר בי לעמוד על המשמר ולפקוד על חיים ושלום יצוריך. הנני נכון למלאות את פקודיך. נא אל טוב ומטיב! תמכני בימין צדקך ותן עוז וישע בפועל כפי להיות עוזר לדך; כי מבלעדי חסדיך, אל! מה אדם כי יצליח?
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
In your Eternal Providence your have chosen me to watch over the life and health of your creatures. I am now about to apply myself to the duties of my profession. Support me, Almighty El, in these great labors that they may benefit mankind, for without your help not even the least thing will succeed.
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
Örök Gondoskodásodban engem választottál, hogy teremtményeid élete és egészsége fölött őrködjem. Most szakmám kötelességeit fogom teljesíteni. Támogass engem, Mindenható Isten, ebben a hatalmas munkában, hogy az az emberiség hasznára váljon, mert a Te segítséged nélkül még a legkisebb dolog sem sikerülhet.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Lass Liebe zur Kunst und deinen Geschöpfen mich ganz beseelen. Gieb es nicht zu, dass Durst nach Gewin, Ruhm oder Ansehen sich in mein Betrieb mische! denn diese sind der Wahrheit und der Menschenliebe feind, und sie könnten mich irre leiten in dem grossen Geschäfte, deinen Geschöpfen Wohl zu thun!
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<div class="liturgy" lang="heb-Hebr">
הצרף לבי לאהבת החכמה ואהבת יצירי כפיך וחסר מקרבו חמדת בצע ורעיון יהיר הכוסף אך שם ותפארת, כי שני אלה הם שונאי האמת וערי החסד, פן יקיפו עלי והתעוני ממעגל יושר אשר אנכי הולך בו להטיב עם בריותיך.
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<div class="english" lang="eng-Latn">
Inspire me with love for my art and for your creatures. Do not allow thirst for profit, ambition for renown and admiration, to interfere with my profession, for these are the enemies of truth and of love for mankind and they can lead astray in the great task of attending to the welfare of your creatures.
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
Olts belém szeretetet a munkám és teremtményeid iránt. Ne engedd, hogy a haszonra való szomjazás, az ismertségre és csodálatraméltóságra való vágyakozás megzavarja a munkámat, mert ezek a igazság és az emberiség szeretetének ellenségei, és rossz útra vezethetnek abban a hatalmas feladatban, hogy teremtményeid jóllétéről gondoskodjam.
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<div class="german" lang="deu-Latn">
Erhalte die Kräfte meines Körpers und meiner Seele aufrecht, dass unverdrossen sie immerdar bereit sein, dem Reichen und dem Armen, dem Guten und dem Bösen, dem Freund und dem Feind. Lass im Leidenden stäts mich nur den Menschen sehen. Er ist ein Mensch! Und du schaffst und erhälst ja auch den Menschen, den Reichen und den Armen, den Guten und den Bösen, den Freund und den Feind!
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חזקני אלהים! ותמוך אומץ גוויתי ועוז נפשי להיות נכונים תמיד בלי עצבון ומורת רוח לעזור את כל קוראי כדל כשוע, כצדיק כרשע, כאוהב כשונא. בבקרי את איש נדכא, גל עיני ואביטה כי יציר כפיך הוא, האדם אשר בראת, אתה יצרת ואתה הקימות כשוע כדל, כטוב כרע, כאוהב את דברך כבלתי אוהב.
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Preserve the strength of my body and of my soul that they ever be ready to cheerfully help and support rich and poor, good and bad, enemy as well as friend. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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Őrizd meg testem és lelkem erejét, hogy mindig készen álljak arra, hogy örömmel segítsem és támogassam a gazdagot és a szegényt, a jót és a rosszat, az ellenséget, valamint a barátot is. Add, hogy a szenvedőben csak az emberi lényt lássam.
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Erhalte meinen Verstand gesund und schlicht, dass er das Gegenwärtige fasse, und das Abwesende richtig vermuthe. Lass ihn nicht herunter sinken, dass er nicht das Sichtbare versiehet; auch nicht zu sehr hinüber sich versteigen, dass er nicht siehet was nicht zu sehen. Denn fein und unmerklich ist hier die Gränze in der grossen Kunst, deiner Geschöpfe Leben und Gesundheit zu warten.
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פַּלֵּס מאזני שכלי ואכלכל במשפט צדק לדעת את אשר נכחי, ולהביט למרחוק את אשר ילד יום. שמור רוח מבינתי ושַוֵה דרכו, לא ירד מטה, אולי יקצור ראות את אשר לפניו; ולא יגביה עוף למעלה פן ינבך בחזיונות וידמה השקף גדולות, ואינם. דק מני ארג גבול החכמה הזאת לעמוד בפסע בין החיים והמות. —
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Illumine my mind that it recognize what presents itself and that it may comprehend what is absent or hidden. Let it not fail to see what is visible, but do not permit it to arrogate to itself the power to see what cannot be seen, for delicate and indefinite are the bounds of the great art of caring for the lives and health of your creatures.
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Világosítsd meg az elmémet, hogy felismerjem, ami nyilvánvalóan megmutatja magát, és felfogjam, ami hiányzik, vagy rejtve van.  Ne hagyd, hogy ne lássa meg azt, ami látható, de ne engedd, hogy megengedje magának, hogy olyat lásson, ami nem látható, mert a teremtményeid élete és egészsége ápolásának határai finomak és határozatlanok.
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Lass meinen Geist immerdar sich selbst sein. Am Bette des Leidenden müssen keine fremde Dinge seine Acht ihm rauben. Lass alles was Erfahrung und Nachdenken in ihm niedergezeichnet, ihm gegenwärtig sein, und nichts ihn in seinen stillen Arbeiten stören; denn gross und heilig sind die stillen Arbeiten, deinen Geschöpfen Leben und Gesundheit zu erhalten.
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היה עם רוחי, אל! להקימו תמיד על מכונו. בהתיצבי על ערס דוי, בל יבהלני רעיון זר מפקוד בכל לבי על הנאנה. שוה את כל אשר חדתו הנסיון והחקירה על לוח לבי, נגדי תמיד, ואל יבעתני דבר בהתהלכי לאט לאט לעבודתי זאת, כי קודש היא העבודה, לשמור חיים ושלום יצוריך,
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Let me never be absent-minded. May no strange thoughts divert my attention at the bedside of the sick, or disturb my mind in its silent labors, for great and sacred are the thoughtful deliberations required to preserve the lives and health of your creatures.
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Add, hogy sose legyek szórakozott, furcsa gondolatok ne vonják el a figyelmemet a betegágyak mellett, és ne zavarják meg az elmémet csöndes munkájában, mert nagyok és szentek azok a gondolatokkal teli elhatározások, melyekre szükség van teremtményeid életének és egészségének megőrzéséhez.
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Verleihe meinen Kranken Zutrauen zu mir und zu meiner Kunst, und Folgsamkeit zu meinen Rathgebungen. Verbanne von ihrem Lager alle Afterärzte, und das ganze Heer von rathgebenden Verwandtinnen und überweisen Wärterinnen; denn es ist ein grausames Volk, das aus Eitelkeit die besten Werke der Kunst vernichtet, und oft deinen Geschöpfen den Tod aufdringt.
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שים נא, אל אמונה! אמון בלב החולים לבטוח בי ובעבודתי, ואזן לשמוע עצתי. הרחק ממטתם, כל רופא אליל, וכל החיל הכבד, אנשים מודעים וגואלים, אשר יתיצבו כיועץ וחכם חרשים להמתיק סוד יחדיו, גם להקת הנשים והסוכנות המתחכמות אשר גם הנה תהדסנה לעלות ולבקר את עבודת הרופא; כי עם נבל העם הזה, ברהב לבם יפירו סגולת הרפואה, ויורידו מבריאותיך אל חדרי מות.
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Grant that my patients have confidence in me and my art and follow my directions and my counsel. Remove from their midst all charlatans and the whole host of officious relatives and know-all caretakers,<span class="footnote_referrer"><a role="button" tabindex="0" onclick="footnote_moveToReference_30613_3('footnote_plugin_reference_30613_3_1');" onkeypress="footnote_moveToReference_30613_3('footnote_plugin_reference_30613_3_1');" ><sup id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_30613_3_1" class="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text">[1]</sup></a><span id="footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_30613_3_1" class="footnote_tooltip"> Friedlander&#8217;s translation reads &#8220;nurses,&#8221; which I&#8217;ve modified. &#8211;ANV&nbsp;</span></span><script type="text/javascript"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_30613_3_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_30613_3_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'center right', relative: true, offset: [0, 0], });</script> cruel people who arrogantly frustrate the wisest purposes of our art and often lead your creatures to their death.
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Add, hogy a gondozottaim bízzanak bennem és tudásomban, és kövessék az előírásaimat és a tanácsomat. Távolítsd el közülük a sarlatánokat, a fontoskodó rokonok seregét, a mindentudó ápolókat és azokat a kegyetlen embereket, akik arrogáns módon kérdőjelezik meg hivatásunk legbölcsebb céljait, és gyakran teremtményeid halálát okozzák.
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Wenn weisere Künstler mich bessern und zurecht weisen wollen, lass meinen Geist dankbar und folgsam sein; denn der Umfang der Kunst ist gross, und keiner sieht, was jeder sieht. Aber wenn unweise eingebildete mich tadeln, so lass Kunstliebe ganz ihn stählen, dass er Ruhm und Alter und Ansehen nicht achtend, auf die gefühlte Wahrheit beharre: denn Nachgeben ist hier Tod und Krankheit deiner Geschöpfe!
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חזקני אל! ונחה רוחי לשמוע אל קול חכמים ממני, בהורותם אותי דרך טוב אלך בו, כי לאין קץ ירביון נתיבות החכמה הזאת, ורבים ידעון את אשר לא אדע. אך בפצות לץ יהיר את פיו לחרף את מעשי, תן בי אומץ ועוז לעמוד על דעתי; גדולה, עושר, ותפארת האיש הזה בל יקטינוני, אך אהבת החכמה והאמת תהיה שבטי ומשענתי המה ינחוני, כי שמוע הנה מר ממות,
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Should those who are wiser than I wish to improve and instruct me, let my soul gratefully follow their guidance; for vast is the extent of our art. Should conceited fools, however, censure me, then let love for my profession steel me against them, so that I remain steadfast without regard for age, for reputation, or for honor, because surrender would bring to your creatures sickness and death.
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
A nálam bölcsebbek fejlesszenek és irányítsanak engem, és add, hogy a lelkem hálásan kövesse az iránymutatásukat, mert hatalmas hivatásunk kiterjedése. Ha azonban öntelt bolondok javítanának ki, akkor add, hogy a szakmám iránt érzett szeretetem megacélozzon ellenükben, hogy szilárd maradhassak koromtól, elismerésemtől, vagy tiszteletemtől függetlenül, mert a megalázkodás betegséget és halált hozna a teremtményeidnek.
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Verleihe meinem Geist Sanftmuth und Duldsamkeit, wenn ältere Mitkünstler, stolz auf Jahrezahl, mich immerdar verdrengen, und höhnen, und höhnend mich bessern wollen, Lass ihr Gutes mir vortheilen, denn sie wissen mancherlei, (und weise, können sie vieles wissen,) was mir noch fremde ist; aber ihr Dünkel lass mich nicht kränken; denn sie sind alt und das Alter ist der Leidenschaften nicht meister — und ich hoffe auch auf Erden alt zu werden vor dir Allgütiger!
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קורא שאולה נפש יציריך. האצל עלי רוח ענוה, לשום לב על דברי חכמים גדולים ממני בימים, אם כנים דבריהם, ואם בגאוה ובוז ישאו נגדי קולם, אמצה מפיהם נופת להטיב מעשי, ומוסר בלימתס אשמע מבלי סרה, אהדר פני זקן ואם בוז יבוז לי, כי גם אנכי בך חסיתי להאריך ימים על הארץ לפניך ה׳ אלהי.
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Imbue my soul with gentleness and calmness when older colleagues, proud of their age, wish to displace me or to scorn me or disdainfully to teach me. May even this be of advantage to me, for they know many things of which I am ignorant, but let not their arrogance give me pain. For they are old and old age is not master of the passions. I also hope to attain old age upon this earth, before you, YHVH my <em>elo&#8217;ah</em>!
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<div class="magyar" lang="hun-Latn">
Plántálj gyengédséget és nyugalmat a lelkembe, amikor korukra büszke idősebb kollégáim el akarnak távolítani, megbántanak, vagy megvető modorban okítanak. Forduljon még ez is a javamra, mert ők sok olyasmit tudnak, melyről én nem tudok, de ne legyen számomra fájdalmas az arroganciájuk. Mert ők idősek, és az idős kor nem a szenvedélyek mestere. Remélem, hogy én is elérem ezen a földön az idős kort a színed előtt, Mindenható Isten!
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Schenke mir in allem Genügsamkeit, nur in der grossen Kunst nicht. Lass nie den Gedanken in mir erwachen, du hast des Wissens genug: Sondern verleihe mir Kräfte, Musse und Trieb, meine Kenntnisse immerdar zu berichtigen und neue mir zu erwerben. Die Kunst ist gross, aber auch des Menschen Verstand ist dem Menschen nicht unfassbar. Er dringt immer weiter. In meinem gestrigen Wissen entdeckt er heute der Irrthümer viel, und mein heutiges findet er wohl morgen voller Fehl!
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הישירני להיות שמח בחלקי בכל קנייני אך לא בקנין דעת ההכמה הזאת, ואל יבא בלבי רעיון כסיל לאמור מצאתי די חכמה ודעת; אבל אתה ברחמיך הרבים תן לי עוז וחפץ להתבודד לעתות, למען אצריף לבי לדעת היטב את אשר למדתי, וללמוד את אשר לא ידעתי. ידעתי גם ידעתי את החכמה כי רחבו גבוליה, אבל נס בינת האדם גדולה מהכיל, ולאין תכלית ישלח מטרתו; באשר דמיתי תמול ראות אור, משתי היום באפלה, ובאשר אחזה היום כעצם השמים לטהר, מי יודע, מחר יכסהו ענן וערפל.
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Let me be contented in everything except in the great science of my profession. Never allow the thought to arise in me that I have attained to sufficient knowledge, but vouchsafe to me the strength, the leisure and the ambition ever to extend my knowledge. For art is great, but the mind of humanity is ever expanding.
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Add, hogy elégedett legyek mindennel, kivéve hivatásom nagyszerű tudományával. Soha ne engedd, hogy arra gondoljak, hogy elegendő tudásra tettem már szert, de biztosíts nekem erőt, szabadságot és vágyat, hogy tágítsam a tudásomat. Mert a hivatás nagy, de az ember elméje mindig tágítható.
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Allgütiger! du hast mich erkohren über Leben und Tod deiner Geschöpfe zu wachen. Ich schicke mich nun an zu meinem Berufe. Stehe mir bei in diesem grossen Geschäfte, dass es fromme! denn ohne deinen Beistand fromt dem Menschen ja auch das kleinste nicht!
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אל טוב ומטיב! בחרת בי לעמוד על המשמר ולפקוד על חיים ושלום יצוריך, הנני נכון למלאות את פקודך. נא תמכני בימין צדקך ותן עוז וישע בפועל כפי, להיות עוזר לדך, כי מבלעדי חסדיך, אל! ביד אדם לא יצליח מאומה.
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Almighty El! You have chosen me in your mercy to watch over the life and death of your creatures. I now apply myself to my profession. Support me in this great task so that it may benefit mankind, for without your help not even the least thing will succeed.
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Mindenható Isten! Kegyelmedben engem választottál, hogy teremtményeid életét és halálát vigyázzam. Nekifogok a munkámnak. Támogass ebben a hatalmas feladatban, hogy az emberiség hasznára legyek, mert a Te segítséged nélkül még a legkisebb dolog sem sikerülhet.
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<p>This prayer was written by Markus Herz (1747-1803), a German-Jewish physician and lecturer on philosophy. He was a pupil of Immanuel Kant and physician to Moses Mendelssohn. His prayer was first published in 1783 as &#8220;Tägliches Gehet eines Arztes bevor er feine Kranke besucht&#8221; in <em>Deutches Museum</em> (1, pp. 43-45). A Hebrew translation by the editor of the periodical <em>Ha-Me&#8217;asef</em>, Isaac Abraham Euchel (Itziq Eikhel, 1756-1804), followed in 1790 (6, pp. 242-244). For a history of the misattribution of this prayer, see Fred Rosner&#8217;s article, &#8220;The Physician&#8217;s Prayer Attributed to Moses Maimonides&#8221; in the <em>Bulletin of the History of Medicine</em> (41:5, Sep/Oct 1968, pp. 440-454.).</p>
<p>After this publication at the Open Siddur Project, Chana Deutsch translated the prayer from its original German <a href="https://zsido.com/az-orvosok-imaja/">into Magyar</a> (Hungarian). The first English translation was published in the London periodical Kol Yaakov in 1841, however, I was not able to locate a copy. The English translation appearing here was made by Dr. Harry Friedenwald as published in &#8220;The ethics of the practice of medicine from the Jewish Point of View,&#8221; in the <em>Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital</em> (28, 1917, pp. 260-261). I have replaced archaisms and re-hebraicized divine names where they appeared in his translation. &#8211;Aharon Varady</p>
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		<title>סתיו הנחל יסודי &#124; A Kavvanah for Teaching Children, by Eli Steier</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammed Dajani (translation)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Aug 2013 01:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I wrote this <em>kavvanah</em> [around 2010]. At that time I lived in Ithaca, NY. I was a substitute teacher in the Ithaca Central School District. There was a community event at Fall Creek Elementary school, and the way families, faculty, students, and people from the area came together inspired the poem.]]></description>
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I wrote this <em>kavvanah</em> [around 2010]. At that time I lived in Ithaca, New York. I was a substitute teacher in the Ithaca Central School District. There was a community event at Fall Creek Elementary school, and the way families, faculty, students, and people from the area came together inspired the poem.
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כֻּלָּנוּ עַם אֶחָד<br />
עוֹלָם שֶׁל מִשְׁפַּחַת אַחַת<br />
יֵשׁ רַק שָׂפָה אַחַת<br />
וְאוֹתָהּ מִדְּבָרִים הַיְּלָדִים׃
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We are all one people<br />
A world of one family<br />
There is only one language<br />
and the children speak it.
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نحن جميعا أمة واحدة<br />
عالم من عائلة واحدة<br />
هنالك فقط لغة واحدة<br />
والاطفال يتحدثون بها
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<p>English with Hebrew translation by Eli Steier. Arabic translation by Mohammed Dajani.</p>
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