ברכה לילדים | Blessing for Children [at the Onset of the School Year] (Siddur Tefilat ha-Adam, Israeli Reform Movement 2020)

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Date: 2020-09-03

Last Updated: 2025-02-18

Categories: Learning, Study, and School

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., children, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, Parents blessing children, prayers concerning children, Prayers for students, Prayers on behalf of children

Excerpt: A prayer for children at the onset of the school year. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
מִי שֶׁחוֹנֵן לְאָדָם דַּעַת וּמְלַמֵּד לֶאֱנוֹשׁ בִּינָה הוּא יִתֵּן בְּלִבְּכֶם חָכְמָה תְּבוּנָה וְדֵעָה. יִפְקַח אֶת עֵינֵיכֶם לְגִלּוּי חָדָשׁ בְּכׇל יוֹם, לְיָפְיוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, לְעָצְמָתָהּ שֶׁל הַבְּרִיאָה, לִפְעִימָתוֹ שֶׁל הַלֵּב, וּלְכֹחוֹ שֶׁל הַחֶסֶד.	May the One who grants knowledge to humans and teaches understanding to people to place in their hearts wisdom, intelligence, and knowledge. May the One open your eyes to a new revelation each day, to the beauty of the world, to the power of creation, to the beating of the heart, and to the potential of lovingkindness.
יְבָרְכְכֶם יהוה וְיִשְׁמָרְכֶם. יָאֵר יהוה פָּנָיו אֲלֵיכֶם וִיחֻנּכֶם. יִשָּׂא יהוה פָּנָיו אֲלֵיכֶם וְיָשֵׂם לָכֶם שָׁלוֹם.	May YHVH bless them and protect them May YHVH shine Their face towards them and be gracious to them May YHVH lift Their face towards them and grant them peace.
הַמַּלְאָךְ הַגֹּאֵל אֹתִי מִכׇּל רָע יְבָרֵךְ אֶת הַנְּעָרִים וְהַנְּעָרוֹת וְיִקָּרֵא בָהֶם שְׁמִי וְשֵׁם אֲבֹתַי וְאִמּוֹתַי אַבְרָהָם וְשָׂרָה יִצְחָק וְרִבְקָה וְיִדְגּוּ לָרֹב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ׃	May the angel who redeemed me from all evil Bless the young people And may my name be recalled in them, and the name of my ancestors Avraham and Sarah, Yitsḥaq and Rivqah And may they grow into a multitude throughout the earth.

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“ברכה לילדים” appears on p. 400-401 of תפילת האדם, סידור רפורמי ישראלי (2020), the Israeli Reform Movement siddur edited by Rabbi Alona Lisitsa (Ph.D.) and Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx. This unattributed prayer was shared by Rabbi Lisitsa via the Open Siddur Project Discussion Group on Facebook. English translation by Rabbi Louis Pollison. (Thank you!)

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Tefilat ha-Adam (Israeli Reform Movement, 2020)

Tefilat ha-Adam p.400-401

Contributor: Louis Polisson

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  Name: Louis Polisson
  Bio: Louis Polisson is a musician, poet, and rabbi, ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2018, where he also earned an MA in Jewish Thought focusing on Kabbalah and Ḥasidut. He currently serves as the Associate Rabbi and Music Director at Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, New Jersey. He previously served for five years as the solo clergy of Congregation Or Atid in Wayland, Massachusetts. Louis and his wife Gabriella Feingold released an album of original Jewish and nature-based spiritual folk music in November 2018 - listen here.
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  Name: Alona Lisitsa
  Bio: Rabbi Alona Lisitsa, originally from Kiev, Ukraine, is a Reform rabbi at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Jerusalem. She is the first female rabbi in Israel to join a religious council (Mevasseret Tsiyon in 2012).
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