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תהלים קמ״ב | Psalms 142 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, the Masoretic Text and David ben Yishai
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Tehilim (Psalms), Book 5 (Psalms 107–150) | Tags:

Psalms 142, Maskil

Psalms 142 by David in Hebrew with English translation. . . .

פַּרְשְׁיָתָא דְּפִתְחָא לְמִנְחָה | Passages for Opening Minḥah, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
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the Weekday Service, Minḥah | Tags:

Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., Psalms 20, Psalms 145, Ashrei, Psalms 142, Psalms 84, Psalms 141, Psalms 143, Psalms 144

One of the great things about Pesukei and Kabbalat Shabbat is that it enhances our feeling of holiness, that what we’re about to do is outside the secular world we’ve just left. Minḥah is the shortest service, and usually gone through the fastest. But it is still a spot of holiness in our afternoons, and we should keep that in mind. I hope that this text can help us remember that we can always take a break from our day to access some afternoon holiness. . . .

תהלים קמ״ב | Psalms 142 and Mi Sheberakh for those in captivity or whose whereabouts are unknown

Contributor(s): Ephraim Mirvis and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of Great Britain and the Commonwealth
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Morning Torah Reading, Book 5 (Psalms 107–150), Slavery & Captivity | Tags:

redemption, abduction, mi sheberakh, Psalms 142

May the one who blessed our ancestors, Avraham, Yitzḥak, and Yaakov, Yoseph, Moshe, and Aharon, David and Shlomo, Ruth, Sarah, Rivka, Miriam, Devorah, Tamar, and Raḥel, bless and safeguard and preserve the captives… . . .

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תהלים קמ״ב | Psalms 142 by David, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

פַּרְשְׁיָתָא דְּפִתְחָא לְמִנְחָה | Passages for Opening Minḥah, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

תהלים קמ״ב | Psalms 142 and Mi Sheberakh for those in captivity or whose whereabouts are unknown