על הניסים ליום העצמאות | Al haNissim for Yom ha-Atsma'ut, by Amos Ḥakham (2012) • the Open Siddur Project

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, נודה לך Nodeh L'kha, על הנסים al hanissim, מודים Modim

Excerpt: An al hanissim formulation for Yom Ha-Atsma'ut by the scholar Amos Hakham. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
עַל הַנִּסִים וְעַל הַפֻּרְקָן וְעַל הַגְּבוּרוֹת וְעַל הַמִּלְחָמוֹת וְעַל הַתְּשׁוּעוֹת וְעַל הַנִּפְלָאוֹת שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ לְעַמְּךָ בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם בַּזְּמַן הַזֶּה.	For the miracles and the relief and the mighty acts and the battles and the redemption and the wonders you made for your people in those days at this time.
בַּיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר שְׁאֵרִית פְּלֵטַת יִשְׂרָאֵל עַם שְֹרִידֵי חֶרֶב הַצָּר וְהָאוֹיֵב מָצַא מָנוֹחַ בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתָּ לַאֲבוֹתֵינוּ לָתֵת לָנוּ	In the days when the remnant of Israel’s refugees the nation of survivors of the adversary and enemy’s sword^[1] cf. Esther 7:6. A reference to the survivors of the Holocaust. found rest in the Land that you swore to our ancestors to give to us
וְנוֹסְפוּ עַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הַיּוֹשְׁבִים שָׁם מִלְּפָנִים, יַחַד כֻּלָּם בִּקְּשׁוּ לִפְרֹק מֵעֲלֵיהֶם עֹל מַלְכוּת זָדוֹן הַשּׁוֹלֶטֶת בָּאָרֶץ וּלְיַסֵּד אֶת מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל.	Together with the Israelites dwelling their from before^[2] A reference to the Jewish immigrants and refugees who had settled in Erets Yisrael in its initial pre-statehood period of settlement. they sought to remove from themselves the yoke of the wicked kingdom that governed the Land^[3] ”the wicked kingdom,” a reference to the British Empire in its administration of Mandatory Palestine, a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the Mandate for Palestine. and to found the State of Israel (Medinat Yisrael)
אַז נוֹעֲצוּ יַחְדָּו בְּנֵי יִשְׁמָעֵאל יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ וְהָאֲרָצוֹת אֲשֶׁר מִסָּבִיב לָהּ וְאָמְרוּ קוּמוּ וְנָקוּמָה לַמִּלְחָמָה וְנַכְחִיד אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת מְדִינָתוֹ וְלֹא יִזָּכֵר שֵׁם יִשְׂרָאֵל עוֹד.	Then, the Ishmaelites took council together — (those) inhabiting the Land and the lands around her^[4] i.e. Arab political leaders within Mandatory Palestine and the Arab nations established under the partition of the Ottoman Empire. — and said, “Let us rise up and go out to war and exterminate Israel and its (nascent) state so that Israel will no longer be remembered.”
וְאַתָּה בְּרַחֲמֶיךָ הָרַבִּים הֵפַרְתָּ אֶת עֲצָתָם וְקִלְקַלְתָּ אֶת מַחְשַׁבְתָּם וְעָמַדְתָּ לְבָנֶיךָ בְּעֵת צָרָתָם וְנָתַתָּ לְבָנֶיךָ עֵצָה וּגְבוּרָה לְמִלְחָמָה בְּאוֹיְבֵיהֶם וְנִצְּחוּם וְהִכּוּ בָּהֶם מַכָּה גְּדוֹלָה וְגֵרְשׁוּם מִגְּבוּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.	And in your manifold compassion you nullified their plans and confused their thoughts and stood up for your children at the time of their distress and gave your children resolve and strength to fight their enemies^[5] cf. Isaiah 11:2. But also, curiously, the communique from the king of Assyria to Ḥizqiyahu in Isaiah 36:5 and 2 Kings 18:20 concerning alliances and betrayal. and defeated them and dealt them a great blow and expelled them from the border of Israel
וְעָשִׂיתָ לְעַמְּךָ תְּשׁוּעָה גְּדוֹלָה וּלְךָ עָשִׂיתָ שֵׁם גָּדוֹל וְקָדוֹשׁ בְּעוֹלָמְךָ.	And you made a great salvation for your people and you made a great and holy name in your world.
עַל כֵּן קִיְּמוּ וְקִבְּלוּ עֲלֵיהֶם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת יוֹם חֲמִשָּׁה לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי הוּא חֹדֶשׁ אִיָּר לְיוֹם שִׂמְחָה וְהַלֵּל וְהוֹדָיָה.	Therefore, the Israelites ordained and took upon themselves that they would make the fifth day of the second month, that is the month of Iyyar, for a day of joy and praise and thanksgiving.
וּכְשֵׁם שֶׁעָשִׂיתָ עִמָּנוּ אֶת הַתְּשׁוּעָה הַזֹּאת כֵּן תּוֹסִיף לְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ וְתִגְאֲלֵנּוּ גְּאֻלָּה שְׁלֵמָה וְנוֹדֶה לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדוֹל סֶלָה.	And just as you made this salvation for us, so will you add to our salvation and you will redeem us with a complete redemption and we will thank your great Name. Selah!

This version of the Al Hanissim for Yom Ha’atsma’ut was composed by Amos Ḥakham z”l in 5772 (2011/2012) and first published to the Web by his son, Dr. Noaḥ Ḥakham at his Hebrew University homepage. Translation by Aharon Varady with input from A.S. Belsky and Shoshana Michael Zucker. Niqqud added by Ohad Stolarz (thank you!).

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Notes
1	cf. Esther 7:6. A reference to the survivors of the Holocaust.
2	A reference to the Jewish immigrants and refugees who had settled in Erets Yisrael in its initial pre-statehood period of settlement.
3	”the wicked kingdom,” a reference to the British Empire in its administration of Mandatory Palestine, a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the Mandate for Palestine.
4	i.e. Arab political leaders within Mandatory Palestine and the Arab nations established under the partition of the Ottoman Empire.
5	cf. Isaiah 11:2. But also, curiously, the communique from the king of Assyria to Ḥizqiyahu in Isaiah 36:5 and 2 Kings 18:20 concerning alliances and betrayal.

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