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Ye shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which I command you, NEITHER SHALL YE DIMINISH FROM IT, that ye may keep the commandments of אֱלֹהֵיכֶם יְהוָה - the LORD your Eloleichem, which I command you”. Davarim - Deuteronomy 4:2. (JPS-1917).

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“Our Most Loved Prayers”

With Rabbi, Dr. Reuven Ben Avraham-Goossens, PhD.

Our Hebraic Tradition teaches us that ‘Piety’ has an efficacious means of protecting oneself and their family.

(Piety refers to a ‘deep’, ‘dutiful reverence’ or ‘devotion’).

Let us look at three of these wonderful prayers, with one of these being related directly to two chapters of Tehillim - Psalms.

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The ‘Shema Yisrael’, which is recited daily, is incredibly powerful!

(The ‘Shema’ is the most central and sacred prayer in our beloved faith, it serves as a daily declaration of faith and a ‘testament to the oneness of אֱלֹהִים - Elohim’. Its name comes from the first Hebrew word of the prayer, meaning “Hear” or “Listen”).

שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ יְהוָה אֶחָד׃

בָּרוּךְ שֵׁם כְּבוֹד מַלְכוּתוֹ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד

 

“Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad.

Baruch shem k’vod malchuto le’olam va’ed.

 

 

“Hear, O Israel: יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ - the LORD our Elohheinu, יְהוָה - the LORD is One.

Blessed be the Name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever”.

 

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Tehillim (Psalms) are also loved for protection, in particular Psalms 121 and 91.

Read Tehillim - Psalm 121: 1-8..

1. “A Song of Ascents. I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come? 2. My help cometh from יְהוָה - the LORD, who made heaven and earth. 3. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber. 4. Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep. 5. יְהוָה - the LORD is thy keeper; יְהוָה - the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. 6. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. 7. יְהוָה - the LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul. 8. יְהוָה - the LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth and for ever”.

And Psalm 91: 1-16..

1. “O thou that dwellest in the covert of the Most High and abidest in the shadow of the Almighty; 2. I will say of יְהוָה - the LORD, who is my refuge and my fortress, my אֱלֹהִים - Elohim, in whom I trust, 3. That He will deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. 4. He will cover thee with His pinions, and under His wings shalt thou take refuge; His truth is a shield and a buckler. 5. Thou shalt not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flieth by day; 6. Of the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor of the destruction that wasteth at noonday. 7. A thousand may fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; it shall not come nigh thee. 8. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold, and see the recompense of the wicked. 9. For thou hast made יְהוָה - the LORD who is my refuge, even the Most High, thy habitation. 10. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy tent. 11. For He will give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. 12. They shall bear thee upon their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 13. Thou shalt tread upon the lion and asp; the young lion and the serpent shalt thou trample under feet. 14. ‘Because he hath set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he hath known My name. 15. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him, and bring him to honour. 16. With long life will I satisfy him, and make him to behold My salvation’”.

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However, the most famous prayer is the beautiful ‘Priestly Blessing’ (Birat Kohanim)!

(Besides the ‘Shema’ the ‘Priestly Blessing’ is the most famous and important of all prayers.

יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ

יָאֵ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה ׀ פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ

יִשָּׂ֨א יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם

 

Ye’varechecha YHVH ve’yishmerecha.
Ya’eir YHVH panav eleicha vichuneka.
Yisa YHVH panav eleicha ve’yaseim le'’cha shalom”.

 

“May יְהוָה - the LORD bless you and keep you.
May
יְהוָה - the LORD make His face shine upon you and be gracious to you.
 May
יְהוָה - the LORD lift up His countenance upon you and grant you peace”.

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Remember what אֱלֹהִים - Elohim, blessed be He, said the following through a number of our prophets...

Return unto Me, and I will return unto you, saith צְבָאוֹת- יְהוָה- the LORD of hosts” Mal’a’chi - Malachi 3:7. (JPS).

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For Elohim is the One who gave us our ... Life!”

May the שָׁלוֹם - Shalom = Peace of צְבָאוֹת- יְהוָהthe LORD of hosts, be with you, and please always uphold our blessed שַׁבָּת - Shabbat, as well as the מוֹעֲדִים Mo’a’dim - Feasts, and continue saying your daily תְּפִלָּה - Tefeelah’s - Prayers and regular בְּרָכָה Be’ra’chah’s - blessings before food and drinks, etc!

שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם Shalom Aleichem - Peace be with you!

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