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אָבִ֫ינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַ֫יִם,
שְׁמַע קוֹלֵ֫נוּ וְקַבֵּל תְּפִלָּתֵ֫נוּ בְּרָצוֹן: |
Our Parent Who is in heaven,
hear our voice and accept our prayer! |
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אַל תְּאַבְּדֵ֫נוּ בְּאֹרֶךְ גָּלוּתֵ֫נוּ:
בַּשְֹּרֵ֫נוּ בְּשׂוֹרוֹת טוֹבוֹת: גְּזֹר עָלֵ֫ינוּ גְּזֵרוֹת טוֹבוֹת: |
Let us not disappear in our exile;
bring us good tidings; decree upon us only good; |
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דְּרַשְׁנ֫וּךָ הִמָּצֵא לָ֫נוּ:
הֵעָתֵר לָ֫נוּ הַיּוֹם וּבְכָ֯ל יוֹם וָיוֹם בִּתְפִלָּתֵ֫נוּ: וְנִקְרָא וְאַתָּה תַעֲנֵ֫נוּ: זָ̊כְרֵ֫נוּ בְּזִכְרוֹן טוֹב מִלְּפָנֶ֫יךָ: |
let us find You when we seek;
respond today and every day to our prayer; answer us when we call upon You; remember our good; |
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חוּס וְרַחֵם עָלֵ֫ינוּ:
טַהֲרֵ֫נוּ מֵעֲווֹנֵ֫ינוּ: יֶהֱמוּ נָא רַחֲמֶ֫יךָ עָלֵ֫ינוּ: כְּבֹשׁ אֶת עֲווֺנוֹתֵ֫נוּ: |
be compassionate and merciful with us;
cleanse us of sin; be generous with your mercy for us; overcome our sins; |
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לְחַם אֶת לוֹחֲמֵ֫ינוּ:
מַלֵּא מִשְׁאֲלוֹת לִבֵּ֫נוּ לְטוֹבָה לַעֲבוֹדָתֶ֫ךָ: נָא חוּסָה כְּרֹב רַחֲמֶ֫יךָ: סְמֹךְ אֶת נְפִילָתֵ֫נוּ: |
tender us our nourishment;
fulfill those of our desires that are appropriate and consistent with Your activity; be compassionate according to the greatness of Your mercy; support those of us who have fallen; |
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עֲנֵ֫נוּ בְּיוֹם קָ֯רְאֵ֫נוּ:
פְּדֵ֫נוּ מִידֵי כָּ̊ל צָרָה: צַדְּקֵ֫נוּ בְּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֫יךָ: קָ֯רְבֵ֫נוּ לַעֲבוֹדָתֶ֫ךָ: |
answer on the day when we call;
rescue us from all trouble; find us innocent when You judge; bring us close for Your service; |
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רְאֵה בְּדֹחַק הַשָּׁעָה:
שִׁית שָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵ֫ינוּ: תֵּן שָׁלוֹם בָּאָ֫רֶץ: |
recognize the emergency at this time;
install peace among us; grant peace to our land. |
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וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן
וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן. |
May this be the Divine will,
and let us say, “Amen”. |
This prayer appears on page 11-14 of Hayyim Obadya’s Seder Akhilat haSimanim for 5781. It is a variant of the prayer, “Eloheinu Shebashamayim,” a supplication read in the sephardic tradition during seliḥot. This version contains twenty-five lines as found in Sefer Selihot haShalem, Hazon Ovadia, p.48-51/. Other variations have fifty or more lines.
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