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מִי שֶׁבֵּירַךְ אֲבוֹתֵֽינוּ
אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן וְדָוִד וּשְׁלֹמֹה׃ הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת כׇּל־הַקְּהִלּוֹת הַקְּדוֹשׁוֹת וְהַטְּהוֹרוֹת, גְּדוֹלִים וּקְטַנִּים הֵם וּבְנֵיהֶם וּנְשֵׁיהֶם וְתַלְמִידֵיהֶם וְכׇל־אֲשֶׁר לָהֶם׃ |
May the One who blessed our ancestors,
Avraham, Yitsḥaq, and Yaaqov, Mosheh and Aharon, David and Shlomo; bless all the holy and pure congregations, both great and small; they, their children, wives, disciples, and all belonging to them. |
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מַלְכָּא דְעָֽלְמָא הוּא יְבָרֵךְ יַתְהוֹן
וִיזַכֶּה יַתְהוֹן וְיִשְּׁמַע בְּקָל צְלֽוֹתְהוֹן וִיקַיֵּם בָּהֶם מִקְרָא שֶׁכָּתוּב יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵכֶם יֹסֵף עֲלֵיכֶם כָּכֶם אֶלֶף פְּעָמִים וִיבָרֵךְ אֶתְכֶם כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לָכֶם (דברים א:יא) (בשרת ימי תשובה אומרים: וְיִכְתְּבֵם בְּסֵפֶר חַיִּים טוֹבִים) וְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן׃ |
May the supreme King of the universe, bless them
and purify them; and hearken to the voice of their supplication: so that he may fulfil in them, what is written, [that] “YHVH, eloah of your ancestors make you a thousand times as many more as you are, and bless you as he has promised you.” (Deuteronomy 1:11) (During the Penitential Days, say also: And may Hashem write them in the book of life.) Which in Hashem’s infinite mercy grant: and let us say, amen. |
This is the mi sheberakh prayer, the Brakhah la’Qehilot, (Blessing for All the Jewish Congregations [worldwide]) as found in Seder haTefilot: The Order of the Daily Prayers in Hebrew and English According to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews (1789, 2nd ed. 1810) p. 130v-131r. I have re-hebraicized names, replaced archaisms, and made other minor edits to the translation. –Aharon Varady
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