Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=3650
open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft licenseDate: 2011-08-17
Last Updated: 2025-02-02
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., וידוי vidui, תחינות teḥinot
Excerpt: Traditional Judaism offers a confessional prayer, or vidui, to be recited during a time of serious illness or near death. If the patient is unable to recite the prayer, others may do so on his or her behalf. This modern adaptation [of vidui] places less emphasis on atonement for sins, and more on the bonds connecting the patient to his or her loved ones. It can be recited by a friend, family member, or chaplain on behalf of a person who is very ill, especially when life and death are hanging in the balance. . . .
Traditional Judaism offers a confessional prayer, or vidui, to be recited during a time of serious illness or near death. If the patient is unable to recite the prayer, others may do so on his or her behalf. This modern adaptation [of vidui] places less emphasis on atonement for sins, and more on the bonds connecting the patient to his or her loved ones. It can be recited by a friend, family member, or chaplain on behalf of a person who is very ill, especially when life and death are hanging in the balance.
–In memory of Dr. Paul Woolf z”l
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Our God and God of our ancestors,
we acknowledge that all of life is in Your hands. |
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We pray for healing for this beloved (woman/man).
May (she/he) be filled and embraced by a complete and healing love and forgiveness. May (she/he) always know how precious (his/her) life is to those who love (her/him). |
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Protect ___________’s beloved family: ___________________________.
Their souls are woven together for all time. |
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Grant hope and strength to _____________’s family and caregivers,
guiding their hands and hearts and decisions with wisdom, loving care, and skill. |
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כִּי מַלְאָכָיו יְצַוֶּה לָּךְ
לִשְׁמָרְךָ בְּכָל דְּרָכֶיךָ׃ (תהלים צא:יא) |
May angels be appointed for (her/him),
to guard (her/him) in all (her/his) paths. (Psalms 91:11) Ki malakhav yetzaveh lakh, |
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In Your hand lies (her/his) spirit.
In Your Great Name, You hold the life and memories of each soul on earth. You redeem us, Adonai, God of Truth. |
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שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל
יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְיָ אֶחָד׃ (דברים ו:ד) |
Hear O Israel: [YHVH | Adonai] is our God, [YHVH | Adonai] is One. (Deuteronomy 6:4) Shma Yisrael |
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