Prayer for Members of the Israel Defense Force
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He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our God from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Aravah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea. May Hashem cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor. May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your God, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you. Now let us respond: Amen. |
(א) מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב
(ב) הוּא יְבָרֵךְ אֶת חַיָּלֵי צְבָא הֲגַנָּה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל
(ג) הָעוֹמְדִים עַל מִשְׁמַר אַרְצֵנוּ וְעָרֵי אֱלֹהֵינוּ
(ד) מִגְּבוּל הַלְּבָנוֹן וְעַד מִדְבַּר מִצְרַיִם
(ה) וּמִן הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל עַד לְבוֹא הָעֲרָבָה בַּיַּבָּשָׁה בָּאֲוִיר וּבַיָּם
(ו) יִתֵּן ה' אֶת אוֹיְבֵינוּ הַקָּמִים עָלֵינוּ נִגָּפִים לִפְנֵיהֶם
(ז) הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא יִשְׁמֹר וְיַצִּיל אֶת חַיָלֵינוּ מִכָּל צָרָה וְצוּקָה וּמִכָּל נֶגַע וּמַחְלָה
(ח) וְיִשְׁלַח בְּרָכָה וְהַצְלָחָה בְּכָל מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵיהֶם
(ט) יַדְבֵּר שׂוֹנְאֵינוּ תַּחְתֵּיהֶם וִיעַטְרֵם בְּכֶתֶר יְשׁוּעָה וּבְעֲטֶרֶת נִצָּחוֹן
(י) וִיקֻיַּם בָּהֶם הַכָּתוּב:
(יא) כִּי ה' אֱלֹהֵיכֶם הַהֹלֵךְ עִמָּכֶם לְהִלָּחֵם לָכֶם עִם אֹיְבֵיכֶם לְהוֹשִׁיעַ אֶתְכֶם
(יב) וְנֹאמַר אָמֵן
(1) May He who blessed our fathers, Avraham, Yitschak and Yaakov
(2) bless the soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces,
(3) in their standing guard upon our land and the cities of our God
(4) from the border of the Lebanon to the Wilderness of Egypt
(5) and from the Great Sea to the approach of the Arava - on land, in the air, and in the sea.
(6) May the Lord give our enemies that rise against us plagues in front of them.
(7) May the Holy One, blessed be He, guard and rescue our soldiers form all trouble and distress and from all affliction and illness;
(8) and send blessing and success in all the work of their hands.
(9) May He crush those that hate us below them and crown them with the crown of salvation and with the wreath of victory.
(10) And through them let the verse be fulfilled (Deuteronomy 20:4),
(11) "For it is the Lord, your God, that walks with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you."
(12) And let us say, Amen.