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Shield the Children: A Prayer for Refugees
(Based on the nusaḥ Ashkenaz variation of the Hashkiveinu prayer for Ma’ariv Shabbat) |
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הַשְׁכִּיבֵֽנוּ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ לְשָׁלוֹם
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Hashkivenu Adonai Eloheinu l’shalom
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Lay them down tonight in peace,
all the children at the borders of our land |
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וְהַעֲמִידֵֽנוּ מַלְכֵּֽנוּ
לְחַיִּים |
V’ha’amideinu malkeinu
l’ḥayyim |
Lay us down tonight with conscience,
that we might rise again to ensure the life of those in our care. |
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וּפְרוֹס עָלֵֽינוּ
סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמֶֽךָ |
U’fros aleinu
sukkat sh’lomekha |
Help us to spread over our land,
your Sukkah of peace |
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וְתַקְּנֵֽנוּ
בְּעֵצָה טוֹבָה מִלְּפָנֶֽיךָ |
V’taknenu
b’eitsah tovah milfanekha |
Help us to repair our broken systems,
and guide us with Your solutions grounded in goodness |
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וְהוֹשִׁיעֵֽנוּ
לְמַֽעַן שְׁמֶֽךָ: |
V’hoshi’enu
l’ma’an sh’mekha |
Save us from ourselves,
for the sake of your holy Name– for the sake of eternal compassion |
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וְהָגֵן בַּעֲדֵֽנוּ
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V’hagein ba’adeinu
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Shield the children.
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וְהָסֵר מֵעָלֵֽינוּ אוֹיֵב
דֶּֽבֶר וְחֶֽרֶב וְרָעָב וְיָגוֹן וְהָסֵר שָׂטָן מִלְפָנֵֽינוּ וּמֵאַחֲרֵֽנוּ |
V’haseir mei’aleinu oyeiv,
dever, v’ḥerev, v’ra’av, v’yagon, v’haseir satan milfaneinu, u’mei’aḥareinu |
And remove from our hearts our inner enemies,
the sword of apathy, the famine of feeling, the paralysis of despair |
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וּבְצֵל כְּנָפֶֽיךָ תַּסְתִּירֵֽנוּ
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U’v’tseil k’nafekha tastireinu
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Let us shelter them under Your protecting Love.
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כִּי אֵל שׁוֹמְרֵֽנוּ וּמַצִּילֵֽנוּ אַתָּה
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Ki El shomreinu u’matsileinu atah
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For You have taught us to protect and to rescue
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כִּי אֵל מֶֽלֶךְ חַנּוּן וְרַחוּם אַתָּה
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Ki El Melekh Ḥanun v’Raḥum Atah
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To be Masters of Grace and Compassion
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וּשְׁמוֹר צֵאתֵֽנוּ וּבוֹאֵֽנוּ
לְחַיִּים וּלְשָׁלוֹם מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם |
U’sh’mor tseiteinu u’vo’einu
l’ḥayyim u’l’shalom mei’atah v’ad olam |
Let us ever protect those fleeing violence and arriving at our shores
as we create a safe, life giving and peaceful haven |
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וּפְרוֹס עָלֵֽינוּ סֻכַּת שְׁלוֹמֶֽךָ:
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U’fros aleinu sukkat sh’lomekha
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For then will Your Sukkah of peace be established in us.
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ
הַפּוֹרֵס סֻכַּת שָׁלוֹם עָלֵֽינוּ וְעַל כָּל־עַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל כָּל יוֺשְׁבֵי תֵבֶל וְעַל־יְרֽוּשָׁלָֽםִ: |
Barukh Atah Adonai
haPoreis sukkat shalom aleinu, v’al kol amo Yisra’el, v’al kol yoshvei tevel, v’al Yerushalayim. |
Blessed are You Eternal One
who teaches us how to wrap ourselves in peace. |
This prayer is a line by line interpretative translation of a traditional Ashkenazi variation of the Hashkiveinu prayer recited for Ma’ariv Leil Shabbat.
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