Name: the Em haBanim
Bio: The Em haBanim is a transfeminine neo-Chassid. מוֹשִׁיבִי עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת אֵם הַבָּנִים שְׂמֵחָה הַלְלוּ יָ-הּ
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 2025-03-30 date_src_end: 2025-03-30 languages_meta: [{"name":"Hebrew","code":"heb","standard":"ISO 639-3"},{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri)","code":"Hebr","standard":"ISO 15924"},{"name":"Latn","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"}]Date: 2025-03-31
Last Updated: 2025-04-02
Categories: 🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer
Excerpt: "Prayer Before Surgery" (תפלה לפני הניתוח) by the Em haBanim is the fourth of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim's Prayers for Vaginoplasty). . . .
Gender transition is a religious experience. These are the psalms and prayers I, the Em haBanim, said at every phase of the long process of preparing for and undergoing vaginoplasty. I offer this set of prayers to the community, so that we can live in deeper awareness of the fact that Hashem our God wants our transitions.
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כשהיא מחכה בבית הרופאים, תתפלל את התפילה של הלילה לעיל. ואח״כ תקרא תהלים ל״ה עם הכוונה לשוש בישועת ה׳ למרות מבקשי נפשה החושבים עליה ועל עָמָהּ רעה, ובאומרה כל עצמותי תאמרנה תכווין ליחד את נפשה עם כל איברי גופה. ואח״כ תקרא בשאר תהלים עד שתובא לניתוח. ומיד לפני כונסה לניתוח תאמר
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While you are waiting in the hospital, pray the prayer from the night before. And then read Psalms 35 with the intention to rejoice in Hashem’s redemption despite those who seek your life and plan evil towards you and your people. When you say the words all my bones declare, meditate on uniting your soul with all the parts of your body. And afterwards read other psalms until you are brought into the operating room. And immediately before you go under for surgery, say:
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כְּשִׁבְרוֹן הַבְּרִית הַכְּתוּבָה עַל הַלּוּחַ
קַח אֶת הַבֵּיצִים וְלָאֵם—שִׁלּוּחַ עוֹרְרֵנִי אֵ-ל תַּחַת תַּפּוּחַ בּוֹעֲלִי עוֹשִׂי שֶׁנָּפַח בִּי רוּחַ הַמְצֵא נָא לִי פֶּתַח פָּתוּחַ: |
Like the shattering of the pact written on the tablet,
Take the eggs and give the mother freedom, Awaken me, G-d, beneath the apple tree. My Lover, my Maker, who breathed life into me, Please create for me an open opening. |
“Prayer Before Surgery” (תפלה לפני הניתוח) by the Em haBanim is the fourth of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim’s Prayers for Vaginoplasty).
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