הושענא לתיקון ולנחמה | Hoshana for Healing and Consolation, by Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx
Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=12143
open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2015-10-06
Last Updated: 2025-03-29
Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabba
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, Hoshana Rabbah, הושענות hoshanot, הקפות haḳafot, ישראל Yisrael
Excerpt: A supplemental hoshana (prayer for salvation) for healing and consolation for the sake of true love, needed blessings, rainfall in a timely fashion, paths and their repair, mountains and their crossing, goals and objectives, lasting memories, good dreams, cosmic goodness, etc. . . .
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הושענא לתיקון ולנחמה
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Hoshana for Healing and Consolation
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הוֺשַׁע נַא
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hosha na, please save!
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לְמַעַן אַהֲבָה שֶׁל אֱמֶת
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א For the sake of true love
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לְמַעַן בְּרָכָה בְּכָל עֵת
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ב For the sake of blessing at all times
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לְמַעַן גְּשַׁמִים בְּעִתָּם
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ג For the sake of rainfall, anytime
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לְמַעַן דְּרָכִים וְתִיקּוּנָן
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ד For the sake of paths and their rectification
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לְמַעַן הָרִים וּמַעֲבָרָם
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ה For the sake of mountains and their crossing
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לְמַעַן וִיעוּדִים וְתוֺחַלְתַּם
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ו For the sake of encounters and their purpose
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לְמַעַן זִכְרוֹנוֹת עִתִּים
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ז For the sake of lasting memories
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לְמַעַן חֲלוֹמוֹת טוֹבִים
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ח For the sake of good dreams
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לְמַעַן טוּב הָעוֺלַמִים
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ט For the sake of goodness throughout all possible worlds
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לְמַעַן יֹפִי הַחַיִּים
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י For the sake of the beauty of life
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לְמַעַן כֹּחַ לַיְעֵפִים
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כ For the sake of strength to the weary
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לְמַעַן לְטִיפָה לַכּוֺאֲבִים
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ל For the sake of a caress for those in pain
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לְמַעַן מְנוּחַה וְהַחְלָפַת כֹּחַ
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מ For the sake of rest and restoring strength
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לְמַעַן נֶחַמַת לֵב וּמָנוֺחַ
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נ For the sake of consolation and peace
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לְמַעַן סְפַקוֺת בְּמִידָּתָם
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ס For the sake of the measure between self-doubt and self-confidence
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לְמַעַן עִמּוּתִים וּפְתִירָתָם
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ע For the sake of conflicts and their resolution
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לְמַעַן פְּתִיחַת הַלֵּב
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פ For the sake of opening the heart
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לְמַעַן תֵּת צֹרִי לַכְּאֵב
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צ For the sake of healing the pain
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לְמַעַן קוֺלוֺת הַקּוֺרְאִים
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ק For the sake of yearning voices
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לְמַעַן רַחֲמִים מִתְעוֺרְרִים
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ר For the sake of arousing compassion
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לְמַעַן שֵׁנָה בְּעִתָּהּ
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ש For the sake of rest when it’s needed
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לְמַעַן תִּקְוָה וְהַגְשָׁמָתָהּ
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ת For the sake of hope and fulfillment
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הוֺשַׁע נַא
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hosha na please, save!
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Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx’s Hoshana for Healing and Consolation was first published in the Israeli Reform Maḥzor for the Three Festivals (2014, p.137) edited by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman and Rabbi Oded Mazor. We are also grateful to Dr. Joyce Gottlieb for her edits.
Contributor: Dalia Marx
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Name: Dalia Marx
Bio: Rabbi Dalia Marx (PhD) is the Aaron Pankin professor of liturgy and Midrash at the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College-JIR, and teaches in various academic institutions in Israel and Europe. Marx, tenth generation in Jerusalem, earned her doctorate at the Hebrew University and her rabbinic ordination at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem and Cincinnati. She is involved in various research projects and is active in promoting liberal Judaism in Israel. Marx writes for academic and popular journals and publications. She is the author of בזמן: מסעות בלוח השנה היהודי ישראלי (Bazman 2018), When I Sleep and when I Wake: On Prayers between Dusk and Dawn (Yediot Sfarim 2010, in Hebrew), A Feminist Commentary of the Babylonian Talmud (Mohr Siebeck, 2013, in English) and the co-editor of a few books. She was the chief editor of T'fillat HaAdam: Israeli Reform Siddur (2020). Marx lives in Jerusalem with her husband Rabbi Roly Zylbersztein (PhD) and their three children.
Website: https://dalia-marx.com
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/dalia-marx
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Name: Aharon N. Varady (translation)
Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer translator for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his translations, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot Naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also transcribes prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes for the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
Website: https://aharon.varady.net
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/aharon-varady-translation
Featured Image:
Title: Syrian boys, whose family fled their home in Idlib, walk to their tent, at a camp for displaced Syrians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012
Caption: Syrian boys, whose family fled their home in Idlib, walk to their tent, at a camp for displaced Syrians, in the village of Atmeh, Syria, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012 (credit: Freedom House, license: CC BY)