Prayer for Ukraine, by Rabbi Dr. Reuven Kimelman (2022)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 2022-03-01 date_src_end: 2022-03-01 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"},{"name":"Hebrew","code":"heb","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"},{"name":"Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri)","code":"Hebr","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2022-03-01
Last Updated: 2025-05-29
Categories: Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, War, 🇺🇦 Ukraine
Tags: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
Excerpt: "Prayer for Ukraine" by Rabbi Dr. Reuven Kimelman was first published by Brandeis University on their website. . . .
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This prayer is inspired by the liturgy of Rosh Hashanah. That liturgy prays for recognizing the one God and the unity of humanity through the elimination of tyranny. It takes its cue from the biblical verse, “When God is acknowledged sovereign over all the earth, God will be one and His name one” (Zachariah 14:9).
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May God grant the Ukrainian people
the fortitude to resist and reverse any onslaught from Russia.
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May the defeat of Putin’s army
bring about a rebirth of freedom for the Russian people.
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May Russia and its neighbors
live together in amity through democracy.
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וְכָל הָרִשְׁעָה כֻּלָּהּ כְּעָשָׁן תִּכְלֶה
כִּי תַעֲבִיר מֶמְשֶׁלֶת זָדוֹן מִן הָאָרֶץ
וְתִמְלוֹךְ אַתָּה ה׳ לְבַדֶּֽךָ עַל כָּל מַעֲשֶֽׂיךָ
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May the hope of the Rosh Hashanah liturgy
ring throughout the land —
“May all evil (rishah ≈ Russia) dissipate like smoke,
for the removal of tyranny
ushers in the overall reign of God.”
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Peace for all.
Amen
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This “Prayer for Ukraine” by Rabbi Dr. Reuven Kimelman was first published by Brandeis University on their website.
Contributor: Reuven Kimelman
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Featured Image:
Title: Ukraine-2109×1406
Caption: Independence Monument Berehynia Kyiv (US State Department website, PD)
