[Prayer] for the Sick, by Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques (1916)

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Date: 2023-04-06

Last Updated: 2025-02-18

Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving

Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, Liberal Movement for Progressive Judaism in Britain, teḥinot in English

Excerpt: Basil L.Q. Henriques's prayer "For the sick" was first published in The Fratres Book of Prayer for the Oxford and St. George's Synagogue Jewish Lads Club in 1916, and later reprinted in the Prayer Book of the St. George's Settlement Synagogue (1929), "Special Prayers" section, page 98. . . .

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	For the sick.
	Almighty God, in whose hands are the spirit and flesh of every living being, we commend to Thy loving care (name: ……).
	May it be Thy will, O Lord, to spare him from pain and suffering, and to restore him in health to those who love him and who at this hour anxiously await thy will.
	We know that all that thou doest is wrought in mercy and goodness.
	Strengthen our power to bear all things manfully and ever to hold fast in our faith in Thee, who healest the sick, supportest the falling and raisest up those that are bowed down. Amen.

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Basil L.Q. Henriques’s prayer “For the sick” was first published in The Fratres Book of Prayer for the Oxford and St. George’s Synagogue Jewish Lads Club in 1916, and later reprinted in the Prayer Book of the St. George’s Settlement Synagogue (1929), “Special Prayers” section, page 98.

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Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

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  Name: Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques
  Bio: Sir Basil Lucas Quixano Henriques CBE JP (17 October 1890 – 2 December 1961) was a British philanthropist of Portuguese Jewish descent, concentrating his work in the East End of London during the first half of the 20th century.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Henriques
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/basil-lucas-quixano-henriques
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
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Title: for the sick (Basil L.Q. Henriques 1929)
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