A Prayer for Ukraine, by the Sinai Temple Clergy (24 February 2022)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2024-02-24
Last Updated: 2025-03-27
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: This prayer for Ukraine was shared on 24 February 2022 by the clergy of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles (Rabbi Davvid Wolpe, Rabbi Erez Sherman, Rabbi Nicole Guzik, Cantor Marcus Feldman) via the temple's Facebook page. . . .
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Dear God —
Once again,
faced by the specter of war
Tanks tearing ground,
planes screaming through the sky
Weapons stealing and shattering lives,
We pray:
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May leaders have the wisdom
to end the carnage
And people have the resilience
to endure.
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Let us be granted
a moment of Shalom, of peace,
Of wholeness, of restoration.
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Asé Imanu Ḥesed
Have compassion upon us;
Create compassion among us.
Restore our hearts
and move us to help those
Facing the horrors of conflict.
Help human hearts to soften
and turn our souls to You.
Amen.
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This prayer for Ukraine was shared on 24 February 2022 by the clergy of Sinai Temple, Los Angeles (Rabbi Davvid Wolpe, Rabbi Erez Sherman, Rabbi Nicole Guzik, Cantor Marcus Feldman) via the temple’s Facebook page.
Contributor: David J. Wolpe
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Name: David J. Wolpe
Bio: David J. Wolpe (born 1958) is the Max Webb Senior Rabbi of Sinai Temple in Los Angeles, California. He previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, the American Jewish University in Los Angeles, Hunter College, and UCLA. Wolpe’s work has been profiled in the New York Times, and he is a columnist for Time.com, he regularly writes for many publications, including The LA Times, the Washington Post’s On Faith website, The Huffington Post, and the New York Jewish Week. He has been on television numerous times, including the Today Show, Face the Nation, ABC this Morning, and CBS This Morning. In addition, Wolpe has been featured in series on PBS, A&E, the History channel, and the Discovery channel. Wolpe is the author of eight books, including the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times and David: The Divided Heart, a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award (2014).
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wolpe
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/david-wolpe
Featured Image:
Title: Bucha._Faces_of_War._-_Ukraine_War_Photo_Exhibition_2023_(52703004165)
Caption: "Bucha. Faces of War. - Ukraine War Photo Exhibition 2023 (52703004165)" (credit: Houses of the Oireachtas, license: CC BY)
