A Prayer for New York City After a Mass Shooting, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (29 July 2025)
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Last Updated: 2025-07-29
Categories: Mass Shootings & Gun Violence
Tags: 2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
Excerpt: "A Prayer for New York City After a Mass Shooting" was offered by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared through the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook, 29 July 2025 after the 2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting the previous day. . . .
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El maleh raḥamim,
God of Compassion,
God of broken hearts,
God of weary souls,
We gather in grief, in rage, in trembling hope.
Last night, five precious lives were taken in an act of senseless violence —
each of them was a world complete.
A guardian of peace among them, slain in service.
We name their memories sacred.
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We cry out together, across all faiths, refusing numbness.
Let our tears become prayers,
our prayers become action,
our action become healing.
Shelter the grieving.
Strengthen the healers.
Protect our protectors.
Be with those whose families are shattered.
Disrupt the violence in us and around us.
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In the city that never sleeps, now shaken awake by sorrow,
We dare to say: this is not the end.
Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy.
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We ask that You comfort our city and each of us now, Holy One.
Amen.
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“A Prayer for New York City After a Mass Shooting” was offered by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared through the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook, 29 July 2025 after the 2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting the previous day.
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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