תפילה קודם תפילה בציבור בימי קורונה | Prayer Preceding Communal Prayer During the Coronavirus Pandemic, by Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman (2020)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=33762

Date: 2020-09-24

Last Updated: 2025-04-11

Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics

Tags: 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Israel, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Maale Gilboa, ישראל Yisrael

Excerpt: A prayer for health and safety in public, communal prayer during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
תפילה קודם תפילה בציבור
יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְפָנֶיךָ שֶׁלֹא יִתְבּוֹדֵד שׁוּם אָדָם בְּסִבָּתִי, וְלֹא אֶתְבּוֹדֵד אֲנִי בְּסִבָּתָם.	May it be your will that no one be quarantined because of my actions, and that I not be quarantined through the fault of others.
וְהַרְחִיקֵנִי מִכַּף כׇּל מְאֻמָּת וְסָפֵק מְאֻמָּת.	And may you distance me from anyone who is verified [as a carrier of the virus]  and from anyone possibly verified [as a carrier].
וְהַרְחִיקֵנִי מִמַּכְחִישׁ קוֹרוֹנָה.	And may you distance me from any denier of the coronavirus.
וְאַל תְּבִיאֵנִי לִידֵי שְׁנֵי מֶטְרִים מִבַּעַל תַּסְמִינִים, בֵּין שֶׁהוּא עִם מַסֵּכָה וּבֵין שֶׁאֵינוֹ עִם מַסֵּכָה, וּמִדִּינוֹ שֶׁל בִּידוּד.	And may you not bring me within a distance of two meters of anyone with symptoms, whether they are wearing a mask or whether they are not wearing a mask, and from anyone required to isolate.

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Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman first published this prayer via his Facebook page. The translation in to English was made by Louis Polisson in our Facebook discussion group, with edits suggested by Hannah Katsman and Yael Schweid.

Source

Prayer Preceding Communal Prayer During the Coronavirus Pandemic (Rabbi Binyamin Holtzman 2020)

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Contributor: Louis Polisson

Co-authors:

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  Name: Louis Polisson
  Bio: Louis Polisson is a musician, poet, and rabbi, ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 2018, where he also earned an MA in Jewish Thought focusing on Kabbalah and Ḥasidut. He currently serves as the Associate Rabbi and Music Director at Congregation Beth Sholom in Teaneck, New Jersey. He previously served for five years as the solo clergy of Congregation Or Atid in Wayland, Massachusetts. Louis and his wife Gabriella Feingold released an album of original Jewish and nature-based spiritual folk music in November 2018 - listen here.
  Website: https://www.congregationoratid.org/rabbi-polisson
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/louis-polisson
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  Name: Binyamin Holtzman
  Bio: Born in 1971, Rabbi Benyamin Holtzman is a graduate of Yeshivat Har Etzion, and received semicha from the Israel Rabbinate. He has served as Rabbi of Kibbutz Ma’ale Gilboa since 2001.
  Website: http://www.maalegilboa.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29:2010-02-18-22-47-
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/benny-holzman

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Title: Virus Outbreak Hasidic Tension
Caption: Residents of the Williamsburg neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York stand on fire escapes as hundreds of mourners gather Tuesday, April 28, 2020, to observe a funeral for Rabbi Chaim Mertz, a Hasidic Orthodox leader whose death was reportedly tied to the new coronavirus. The stress of the coronavirus' toll on the city's Orthodox Jews was brought to the fore Wednesday after Mayor Bill de Blasio chastised "the Jewish community" following the breakup of the large funeral that flouted public health orders. (Todd Maisel via AP)