אֱלֹהַי נְצוֹר | Elohai Netsor, a paraliturgical adaptation by Rabbi David Einhorn (1858)

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Date: 2022-08-06

Last Updated: 2022-08-06

Categories: Weekday Amidah

Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., German vernacular prayer, paraliturgical elohai netsor, Private Amidah, אלהי נצור Elohai Netsor, עמידה amidah

Excerpt: Variations of the prayer "Elohai Netsor" upon concluding the Amidah are recorded in Berakhot 17a. The version appearing here is as found in Rabbi David Einhorn's עלת תמיד Gebetbuch für Israelitische Reform-Gemeinden (1858), p. 426. The English translation here, by Joshua Giorgio-Rubin, translating Rabbi David Einhorn, is as found in Rubin's Olat Hadashah: A Modern Adaptation of David Einhorn’s Olat Tamid for Shabbat Evening (2020), p. 11. . . .

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Source (Hebrew)	Adaptation (German)	Translation of German (English)
	(Die Versammelten in stiller Andacht.)	In silent devotion:
אֱלֹהַי, נְצוֹר לְשׁוֹנִי מֵרָע וּשְׂפָתַי מִדַּבֵּר מִרְמָה.	Mein Gott, bewahre meine Zunge vor Bösem, meine Lippen vor Trug,	O God, keep my tongue from evil, and my lips from speaking deceit.
וְלִמְקַלְלַי נַפְשִׁי תִדֹּם וְנַפְשִׁי כֶּעָפָר לַכֹּל תִּהְיֶה. פְּתַח לִבִּי בְּתוֹרָתֶךָ וּבְמִצְוֺתֶיךָ תִּרְדֹּף נַפְשִׁי.	Verleih’ mir Sanftmuth gegen die, die mir übel wollen. Pflanze Demuth in meine Seele und Gottvertrauen in mein Herz.	Arm me with meekness against ill-will; implant humility in my soul, and faith in my heart.
	Sei mein Hort, wenn ich in Schmerz verstumme, mein Trost, wenn meine Seele gebeugt ist. Laß mich wandeln in Deiner Wahrheit, leite mich; denn Du bist mein Gott und meine Hülfe, auf Dich hoffe ich alltäglich.	Be my support when grief silences my voice, and my comfort when trouble burdens my spirit. Let Your truth illumine my path, and guide me, for You are my God and my Deliverer. In You I trust day after day.
יִהְיוּ לְרָצוֹן אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיוֹן לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ יְיָ צוּרִי וְגוֹאֲלִי׃	Vorbeter. Nimm in Wohlgefallen auf die Worte meines Mundes, die Regung meines Herzens komme vor Dich, Gott, mein Schöpfer und Erlöser;	Receive with kindness the words of my lips and the meditation of my heart, O my Maker and Redeemer.
עֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמָיו הוּא יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל, אָמֵן.	der Du den ewigen Frieden erhältst in den Himmelshöhen, erhalte auch Frieden uns und Allen, die Deinen Namen anrufen. Amen.	As You preserve peace in the heavenly spheres, so preserve it unto us and unto all who invoke Your holy name. Amen.

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Variations of the prayer “Elohai Netsor” upon concluding the Amidah are recorded in Berakhot 17a. The version appearing here is as found in Rabbi David Einhorn’s עלת תמיד Gebetbuch für Israelitische Reform-Gemeinden (1858), p. 426. The English translation here, by Joshua Giorgio-Rubin, translating Rabbi David Einhorn, is as found in Rubin’s Olat Hadashah: A Modern Adaptation of David Einhorn’s Olat Tamid for Shabbat Evening (2020), p. 11.

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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)
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  Name: Joshua Giorgio-Rubin
  Bio: Joshua Giorgio-Rubin is a Senior Lecturer of English at Indiana University South Bend, and he spent ten years as the spiritual leader of the Jewish community at Culver Academies in Culver, Indiana. He is the high holidays ḥazzan at Temple Israel in Valparaiso, Indiana, and a student of all things Jewish. He lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his husband, son, and small menagerie.
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  Name: David Einhorn
  Bio: David Einhorn (November 10, 1809 – November 2, 1879) was a German-Jewish rabbi and leader of Reform Judaism in the United States. Einhorn was chosen in 1855 as the first rabbi of the Har Sinai Congregation in Baltimore, the oldest congregation in the United States that has been affiliated with the Reform movement since its inception. While there, he compiled a siddur in German and Hebrew, one of the early Reform Jewish prayerbooks in the United States. (The siddur, later translated to English, became one of the progenitors of the Reform Movement's Union Prayer Book.) In 1861, Einhorn's life was threatened by a mob angered by his strong abolitionist anti-slavery views, and was forced to flee to Philadelphia. There he became rabbi of Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel. He moved to New York City in 1866, where he became rabbi of Congregation Adath Israel. (from his wikipedia article)
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