תפילה לשלום העם הכורדי | Prayer for the Welfare of the Kurdish People (Masorti Movement in Israel, 2019) • the Open Siddur Project

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Kurdish-Turkish conflict, Kurdistan, Republic of Turkey, Rojava, Syria

Excerpt: A prayer for the welfare of the Kurdish People in Northern Syria (Rojava) following their betrayal by Donald Trump acting as commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces and their oppression by the Republic of Turkey. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
אֱלֹהֵינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם, יוֹצֵר כָּל בָּשָׂר וּמַפְלִיא לַעֲשׂוֹת, אַל־דֳּֽמִי־לָךְ, אַל־תֶחֱרַשׂ וְאַל־תִּשְׁקֹט אֵל.	Our elo’ah in Heaven, creator of all flesh and marvelous things,^[1] Judges 13:19. don’t be still, don’t be silent, don’t be unconcerned, El.
כִּי הִנֵּה קָם בֶּן בְּלִיַּעַל מֵאֶרֶץ תּוֹגַרְמָה וַיּאֹמֶר עַל אֶרֶץ אַחֶרֶת “קוּמוּ וְנָקוּמָה עָלֶיהָ לַמִּלְחָמָה” (עובדיה א:א חלק), וְאֶל שְׁאֵרִית הָעָם הַכּוּרְדִי אָמַר “הִנֵּה קָטֹן נְתַתִּיךָ בַּגּוֹיִם, בָּזוּי אַתָּה מְאֹד” (עובדיה א:ב).	For a villain has arisen in the land of Togarmah,^[2] Cf. Genesis 10:3. i.e., Turkey. Saying of another land: “Up! Let us rise up against her for battle.”^[3] Obadiah 1:1 part. And of the remnant of the Kurdish people, said: “I will make you least among nations, you shall be most despised.”^[4] Obadiah 1:2.
וְאַתָּה, שֶּׁצִּוִּיתָנוּ בְּדִבְרֵי קׇדְשְׁךָ לֵאמֹר: “לֹא תַּעֲמֹד עַל דַּם רֵעֶךָ, אֲנִי ה׳” (ויקרא יט:טז חלק) – אֱמֹר לַמַּשְׁחִית: הֶרֶף!	And as you commanded in your holy scripture, saying: “Do not profit by the blood of your fellow: I am YHVH.”^[5] Leviticus 19:16 part Say to the Destroyer: “Cease!”
לְמַעַן לֹא יֵאָמֵר לָנוּ “מֵחֲמַס אָחִיךָ … תְּכַסְּךָ בוּשָׁה וְנִכְרַתָּ לְעוֹלָם. בְּיוֹם עֲמָדְךָ מִנֶּגֶד בְּיוֹם שְׁבוֹת זָרִים חֵילוֹ וְנָכְרִים בָּאוּ שְׁעָרָיו…” (עובדיה א:י) “אַל־תֵּרֶא גַם־אַתָּה בְרָעָתוֹ בְּיוֹם אֵידוֹ…” (עובדיה א:יג חלק) וְאַל־תַּעֲמֹד עַל־הַפֶּרֶק לְהַכְרִית אֶת־פְּלִיטָיו וְאַל־תַּסְגֵּר שְׂרִידָיו בְּיוֹם צָרָה”. (עובדיה א:יד)	Therefore, let it not be said of us: “For the outrage to your brother… Disgrace shall engulf you, and you shall perish forever. On that day when you stood aloof, when aliens carried off his goods, when foreigners entered his gates…”^[6] Obadiah 1:10. “How could you gaze in glee with the others on its misfortune…”^[7] Obadiah 1:13 part. “How could you stand at the passes to cut down its fugitives! How could you betray those who fled on that day of anguish!”^[8] Obadiah 1:14.
אָֽנָּא, אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחוֹת לְכׇל בָּשָׂר, עֲשֵׂה בְכֹחֲךָ הַגָּדוֹל לַעֲצֹר אֶת שְׁפִיכוּת הַדָּמִים וּמַעֲשֵׂי הַזְּוָעָה בְקֶרֶב שְׁכֵנֵינוּ, וְנָתַתָּ שָׁלוֹם בָּאָרֶץ, וְשִׂמְחַת עוֹלָם לְכׇל יוֹשְבֶיהָ.	Please, God, spirit of all flesh, With your great strength — Stop the massacre and the atrocities committed upon our neighbors And bring peace to the Earth and a joyous world to all its inhabitants.
וִיקֻיַּם בָּם מִקְרָא שֶכָּתוּב: “וְנִכְרְתָה קֶשֶׁת מִלְחָמָה, וְדִבֶּר שָׁלוֹם לַגּוֹיִם” (זכריה ט:י), “וְשָׁפַט בֵּין הַגּוֹיִם, וְהוֹכִיחַ לְעַמִּים רַבִּים, וְכִתְּתוּ חַרְבוֹתָם לְאִתִּים, וַחֲנִיתוֹתֵיהֶם לְמַזְמֵרוֹת. לאֹ־יִשָּׂא גוֹי אֶל גּוֹי חֶרֶב, וְלֹא־יִלְמְדוּ עוֹד מִלְחָמָה” (ישעיה ב:ד)	And fulfill for them what is written in Scripture: “The warrior’s bow shall be banished. He shall call on the nations to surrender,”^[9] Zekharyah 9:10. “Thus He will judge among the nations and arbitrate for the many peoples, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks: Nation shall not take up sword against nation; they shall never again know war.”^[10] Isaiah 2:4.
וִיקֻיַּם בִּפְלִיטֵי הַחֶרֶב בְּאֶרֶץ צָפוֹן דְּבַר הַנָּבִיא: “וּבָנוּ עָרִים נְשַׁמּוֹת וְיָשָׁבוּ… וְעָשׂוּ גַנּוֹת וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־פְּרִיהֶם… וְלֹא יִנָּתְשׁוּ עוֹד מֵעַל אַדְמָתָם” (עמוס ט:יד-טו)	And fulfill for the refugees of the destruction in the northern land the word of the prophet: “They shall rebuild ruined cities and inhabit them… they shall till gardens and eat their fruits… nevermore to be uprooted from their fertile-earth.”^[11] Amos 9:14-15.
וְנאֹמַר: אָמֵן.	and let us say, amen.

“Tefilah l’shalom ha’am haKurdi” (Prayer for the Welfare of the Kurdish People) was first published by the Masorti Movement for Conservative Judaism in Israel, without a translation, here. English translation and citations added by Aharon Varady.

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Notes[+]

Notes
1	Judges 13:19.
2	Cf. Genesis 10:3. i.e., Turkey.
3	Obadiah 1:1 part.
4	Obadiah 1:2.
5	Leviticus 19:16 part
6	Obadiah 1:10.
7	Obadiah 1:13 part.
8	Obadiah 1:14.
9	Zekharyah 9:10.
10	Isaiah 2:4.
11	Amos 9:14-15.

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Title: Flag_of_Federal_republic_of_Rojava
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