Mi sheBerakh Upon Completing the Writing of a Sefer Torah, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

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Date: 2012-11-05

Last Updated: 2025-03-24

Categories: During the Aliyot

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hadran, North America, siyyum, soferut, מי שברך mi sheberakh

Excerpt: A mi sheberakh prayer on behalf of a scribe who has recently completed copying a sefer Torah. . . .

Content:

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	Mi sheBerakh Avoteinu Avraham Yiztchak veYa’akov, ve’Imoteinu Sarah Rivkah, Rachel, veLeah – May the One who blessed our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, bless this scribe who has, through the commitment of her heart, devotion of her soul, and skill of her hands, invited us to return to Torah, turn with Torah, and turn Torah over and over again.
	Please, God, sweeten the words of Torah in our mouths and in the mouths of all people. May we all, old and young, touch the Sacred and be preserved and strengthened.
	We thank You, Adonai, for the privilege of experiencing the overflowing well of Torah, and for the sweetness of those who give it life.
	May this Soferet, our friend and teacher, be blessed to do her work in this world experiencing abundant safety, security, and love. May she only know the grace she bestows on her People Israel, her community who needs her gift so very deeply.
	May we all learn and love Torah, even more than we already did.
אָמֵן׃	Amen.

Contributor: Menachem Creditor

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Name: Menachem Creditor
Bio: Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and was the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. A frequent speaker in communities and campuses around the United States and Israel with over 1 million views of his online videos and essays, he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. His 22 books and 6 albums of original music include the global anthem "Olam Chesed Yibaneh" and the anthologies "When We Turned Within" and "None Shall Make Them Afraid." He has been involved in the leadership of American Jewish World Service, AIPAC, the Rabbinical Assembly, and the One America Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing together Americans of different faiths and opinions. He and his wife Neshama Carlebach live in New York, where they are raising their five children.
Website: http://rabbicreditor.blogspot.com
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/menachem-creditor

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Caption: "Sofer writing the last letters of the Torah book in the mitzpeh club." (credit: Ronia Harari, license: CC BY)