Prayers for Peace and the State of Israel
T'filat L'Shalom
Grant us peace, Your most precious gift, O Eternal Source of peace, and give us the will to proclaim its message to all the peoples of the earth. Bless our country, that it may always be a stronghold of peace, and its advocate among the nations. May contentment reign within its border, health and happiness within its homes. Strengthen the bonds of friendship among the inhabitants of all lands, and may the love of Your name hallow every home and every heart. Blessed is the Eternal God, the Source of peace.
Representative of B'nai Israel
T'filat L'Midinat Yisrael
May the One who blessed our ancestors watch over and protect the Israeli soldiers taken hostage in recent days, Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, and all others who are deprived of the blessing of freedom.
May God have compassion on them and grant them a speedy and safe return to their homes. May God save them and bring them from captivity to freedom, from enslavement to redemption, from darkness to light.
May the Holy One of Blessing grant them and all those wounded in the current violence a complete healing, a healing of spirit and a healing of body, strengthening their hearts, fortifying their courage, and soon letting them know joy and gladness.
May God bring peace to the land of Israel and all lands, and soon bring about the day when nation shall not lift up sword against nation nor learn war anymore, and let us say Amen.
