תפילה מונגשת לזמן מלחמה | A Prayer for Israel in Wartime, in simplified Hebrew (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=53239

open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license

Date: 2023-10-31

Last Updated: 2025-02-18

Categories: 🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), War

Tags: 2023-2024 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., children's prayers, Needing Vocalization

Excerpt: The Masorti Movement in Israel, in cooperation with the Israeli Institute on Cognitive Accessibility and Ami: The Association for People with Cognitive Developmental Challenges, produced this "accessible" Prayer in Times of War in simplified Hebrew with communications symbols. The prayer was offered in the spirit of the Masorti Movement's Siddur b'khol Darkhekha (2018), designed primarily for special needs Bar/Bat Mitzvah programs. . . .


Content:
Source (Hebrew) Translation (English)
ה׳ שברך את האבות בתורה (אברהם, יצחק, ויעקב)
ואת האימהות בתורה (שרה, רבקה, רחל, ולאה),
תברך את האנשים שגרים במדינה
ושהאויבים שולחים עליהם כל הזמן טילים.
May God who blessed our forefathers (Abraham, Isaac and Jacob)
and our foremothers (Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah),
bless the people living in our country
whose enemies have been attacking them constantly with rockets.
ה׳, תעשה שאנחנו נהיה חזקים מול האויבים שלנו.
God, help us to be strong against our enemies.
ה׳, תעזור לנו להיות בטוחים.
ה׳, תשמור עלינו בכל מקום.
God, keep us safe.
God, guard us wherever we are.
ה׳, תעזור לכל האנשים במדינה שלנו שנפגעו
להיות בריאים.
God, help all those injured recuperate
and return to health.
ה׳, תעזור לאנשים החשובים
שמחליטים איך להילחם
באויבים שלנו
להחליט החלטות טובות וחכמות.
God, help the leaders
who are deciding how to respond
against our enemies
make wise and good decisions.
ה׳, תברך את החיילים והחיילות בצבא.
ה׳, תשמור על החיילים והחיילות שלנו.
God, bless the men and women of the Israeli Defence Forces.
God, safeguard our men and women soldiers.
ה׳, תדאג שהאנשים שלא בבית
בגלל המלחמה
יחזרו הביתה בריאים ומהר.
God, help those who were forced to leave their homes
because of the war
return home quickly.
ה׳, תעשה שבארץ שלנו יהיו שלום,
שקט וביטחון,
למשפחות שלנו ולכולנו.
God, grant peace,
quiet and safety
to our families and to us all.
ברוך אתה ה׳,
שומע תפילה.
ונאמר: אמן.
Blessed are you God
who hears our prayers.
And let us say, Amen

The Masorti Movement in Israel, in cooperation with the Israeli Institute on Cognitive Accessibility and Ami: The Association for People with Cognitive Developmental Challenges, produced this “accessible” Prayer in Times of War in simplified Hebrew with communications symbols. The prayer was offered in the spirit of the Masorti Movement’s סידור בְּכׇל דְּרָכֶיךָ (Siddur b’khol Darkhekha, 2018), designed primarily for special needs Bar/Bat Mitzvah programs. (Many thanks to Shoshana Michael Zucker for informing us of this prayer.)

The innovative graphical aspect of this prayer is the association of glyph representations above the offered lines of prayer. Alas, these cannot glyphs cannot be easily reproduced outside of the layout supported in the PDF in which the prayer is disseminated. The best we can do is to share the semantic content of the prayer, setting the Hebrew side-by-side with its translation in English. –Aharon Varady

Source(s)

An Accessible Prayer for Wartime (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)_Page_1

An Accessible Prayer for Wartime (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)_Page_2

An Accessible Prayer for Wartime (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)_Page_3

 

Contributor: the Masorti Movement in Israel

Co-authors:

Featured Image:
An Accessible Prayer for Wartime (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)_Page_1
Title: An Accessible Prayer for Wartime (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)_Page_1
Caption: An Accessible Prayer for Wartime (Masorti Movement in Israel 2023)_Page_1