מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ | Mi sheBerakh for Victims of Slavery, by Rabbi Joshua Boettiger (2009)
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open_content_license: , Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 2009-00-00 date_src_end: 2009-00-00 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"},{"name":"Hebrew","code":"heb","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"},{"name":"Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri)","code":"Hebr","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2011-04-11
Last Updated: 2025-04-11
Categories: After the Aliyot, Pesaḥ Yamei Ḥag, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., human trafficking, North America, slavery, מי שברך mi sheberakh, Needing Vocalization
Excerpt: We are grateful to Rabbi Joshua Boettinger and Rabbis for Human Rights--North America (RHR-NA) for sharing the following petitionary prayer, A Misheberakh for Victims of Slavery. Originally published by RHR-NA on their website in 2009, the prayer attends to the desperate need to eradicate all forms of slavery that persist today, especially in advance of the holiday celebrating our Z'man Cheruteinu, the season of our freedom, every Spring, every Pesaḥ. . . .
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מי שברך אבותינו ואמותינו
והוציאנו ממצרים
ופדנו מבית עבדים׃
הוא יברך וירפא את הסובלים בעבדות
ויוציאם לדרך חרות,
חמדה טובה ורחבה.
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May the One who blessed our ancestors,
who brought us out of the land of Egypt
and freed us from being at home in slavery,
bless and heal those who are now suffering in slavery
and bring them on the path to freedom,
beautiful, bountiful, and expansive.
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יי יחזקם ויחון אותם באומץ לב ואמונה
למען יחיו.
כן יחון אותנו בחיזוק, אומץ לב ואמונה
כדי שנרדוף צדק למען חרותם של כל יושבי תבל.
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May Adonai give them strength, courage, and faith
in order that they may live,
and may Adonai give us strength, courage and faith
to pursue justice for the sake of the freedom of all humanity.
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ולא ידע אף אדם את בושתה והשפלתה של העבדות
וכדי שנוכל כולנו לעבוד את יי כפי שנבראנו על ידיו —
כבני חורין
ונאמר אמן.
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May no one again know the shame and humiliation of slavery
and may we – all of us – be able to serve Adonai as we were created —
as free men, women, and children.
And let us say: Amen.
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We are grateful to Rabbi Joshua Boettiger and Rabbis for Human Rights–North America (RHR-NA) for sharing the following petitionary prayer, A Mi Sheberakh for Victims of Slavery. Originally published by RHR-NA on their website in 2009, the prayer attends to the desperate need to eradicate all forms of slavery that persist today, especially in advance of the holiday celebrating our Z’man Cheruteinu, the season of our freedom, every Spring, every Pesaḥ.
Contributor: Joshua Boettiger
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Name: Joshua Boettiger
Bio: Joshua Boettiger is the rabbi and spiritual leader of Temple Emek Shalom in Ashland, Oregon. Prior to this, he served as the rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Bennington, Vermont. He is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia, and is a Rabbis Without Borders Fellow. He has served on the Boards of Rabbis for Human Rights North America, Vermont Interfaith Power and Light, and was the Vermont coordinator of the Jewish Justice Initiative. Rabbi Boettiger teaches Jewish meditation on a weekly basis and leads twice yearly silent retreats with his wife, Rabbi Vanessa Boettiger. He has taught at Williams College, Southern Vermont College, and been a scholar in residence at different locations around the country, teaching on topics ranging from modern Jewish thought to biblical Hebrew to the history of Jewish poetry. Rabbi Boettiger has an abiding interest in sacred spaces and continues to work as a builder of ritual structures – from sukkahs and chuppahs to prayer/meditation spaces. He has published articles in Parabola, Zeek and other online magazines.
Website: http://emekshalom.org/about-us/clergy/
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/joshua-boettiger
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Name: T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Bio: Founded 2002, T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, (formerly Rabbis for Human Rights - North America) is a multi-denominational rabbinical organization dedicated to giving voice to the tradition of human rights in Judaism.
Website: http://truah.org
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/truah
Featured Image:
Title: Memory for the Slaves
Caption: Memory for the Slaves by Clara Sörnäs, concrete, 1998. (Image by Mila Zinkova, licensed CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported)