תְּפִלָה לְשָׁלוֹם | Prayer for Peace, by Samuel Avital (March 1984)

Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=57583

Date: 2024-08-16

Last Updated: 2024-08-18

Categories: Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Egypt, Egypt–Israel peace treaty, Egypt–Israel relations, Har Sinai, Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, prayers after peace treaties

Excerpt: This Prayer for Peace by Samuel Avital was composed in January 1984 for a gathering of spiritual teachers from all over the world at Mt. Sinai in March 1984. A month later, the State of Israel would return the Sinai to Egyptian sovereignty. While that event was not documented in any media, the prayer was first published in Four Worlds Journal vol. 2 no. 4, (January 1985), pp. 16-17. Of the event itself, Samuel Avital adds, "I performed there some of my mime performances like Jacob & Angel, Black & White and others." The prayer for peace is included in Samuel Avital's Passover Haggadah (2021). . . .

Content:

Source (Hebrew)	Translation (English)
אָנָּא בְּעֶזְרַת שְׁמֶךָ הַגָּדוֹל פְּתַח לְבָבֵנוּ, קַדְמוֹן רָם הַנְחֵה עוֹלָמֵנוּ בְּדַרְכֵי שָׁלוֹם.	We beseech Thee, with Thy Great Name’s help, Open our hearts, Ancient One, Supreme One, guide our world in the path of PEACE.
אָנָּא הָאֵל יָחִיד הַמְּיוּחָד פְּקַח עֵינֵינוּ, הַשְׁמִיעֵנוּ דִמְמַת קוֹלֶךָ, חַזְקֵנוּ בִּבְרִית הַשָׁלוֹם.	We beseech Thee, Our God One and Unique, Open our eyes, Let us hear Thy silent voice, strengthen us in the Covenant of PEACE.
אָנָּא בּוֹרֵא הַכֹּל, בִּרְצוֹנֶךָ הָאֵר דְרָכֵינוּ, לְמַעַן יְצִירֵי כַּפֶּךָ, בִּלְבָבֵנוּ שִׂים שָׁלוֹם.	We beseech Thee, Creator of all, With Thy Will illumine our ways, For the sake of the work of Thy Hand, In our hearts make PEACE.
אָנָּא מֶלֶךְ הַיְּקוּם, בְּכַוָּונַת־לֵב, הַאֲזֵן לְשַׁוְעָתֵנוּ, לְמַעַן דְבַר קְדוּשָׁתֶךָ, בָּרֵךְ עוֹלָמֶךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם.	We beseech Thee, King of the Cosmos, With heart’s intention, listen to our outcry, For the sake of Thy Sacred Word, Bless our world with PEACE.
אָנָּא בּוֹרְאֵנוּ יוֹצְרֵנוּ עוֹשֵׂנוּ וַעֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵׁנוּ, הַאֲצֵל עָלֵינוּ רוּחֲךָ הַטּוֹבָה בְּחֶדְוַת הַשָׁלוֹם.	We beseech Thee, our Creator, our Maker, The dweller in the Crown of our Head, Emanate to us Thy good Spirit, With the Joy of PEACE.
בָּרוּךְ אֱלֹהֵינוּ שֶׁאָמַר וְהָיָה הָעוֹלָם בַּהֲוָויָתֵנוּ, פִּינוּ מוֹדֶה, לְשׁוֹנֵנוּ תְּשַׁבֵּחַ, וּבִרְכֵּנוּ תִּכְרַע בְּשָׁלוֹם	Blessed be Our God, who utters the Word and the world becomes manifest in our being. Our mouth gives thanks, our tongue speaks praise, And our knees bow with PEACE.
שְׁמַע קוֹלֵנוּ, קַבֵּל תוֹרָתֵנוּ בִּשְׁעַת רָצוֹן, בָּרוּךָ הַבּוֹחֵן לְבָבוֹת, הַשּׁוֹמֵעַ תְּפִלָּה לְשָׁלוֹם.	Hear our voice, Receive our thanks In the Hour of Thy Will, Blessed be the One, who examines the hearts, Who hears the prayer of PEACE.

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This Prayer for Peace by Samuel Avital was composed in January 1984 for a gathering of spiritual teachers from all over the world at Mt. Sinai in March 1984. A month later, the State of Israel would return the Sinai to Egyptian sovereignty. While that event was not documented in any media, the prayer was first published in Four Worlds Journal vol. 2 no. 4, (January 1985), pp. 16-17. Of the event itself, Samuel Avital adds, “I performed there some of my mime performances like Jacob & Angel, Black & White and others.” The prayer for peace is included in Samuel Avital’s Passover Haggadah (2021).

Source(s)

Prayer for Peace by Samuel Avital (Four Worlds Journal vol.2 no.4, January 1985), pp. 16-17

 

Contributor: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

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  Name: Samuel Avital
  Bio: Samuel Avital, born in Sefrou (near Fez in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco), is a mime artist and educator teaching kinesthetic awareness and ḳabbalah. He moved to a kibbutz in Israel when he was fourteen. From 1958 he studied dance and drama at the Sorbonne in Paris, and also mime under Étienne Decroux, Marcel Marceau and Jean-Louis Barrault. He moved to the United States, and in 1971 started a school of mime, Le Centre du Silence, in Boulder, Colorado.
  Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Avital
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/samuel-avital
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  Name: Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)
  Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
  Website: https://aharon.varady.net
  Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/aharon-varady-transcription

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Title: Banksy_-_Peace_Dove_-_2008-03_-_close-up
Caption: Peace Dove by Banksy (2008, photo credit: Pawel Ryszawa, license: CC BY-SA)