ליום חמישי דעשי"ת 11

צה. ע"פ א"ב כפול. חתום גרשום בר יהודה (מאור הגולה).

This prayer was composed by Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (the Light of the Exile).

זְכֹר בְּרִית־אַבְרָהָם,

Remember the covenant of Abraham

וַעֲקֵדַת־יִצְחָק.

and the binding of Isaac,

וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת

and return the captives

אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב,

of the tents of Jacob

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

אָבַדְנוּ מֵאֶרֶץ־טוֹבָה בְּחִפָּזוֹן.

We lost the good land all too soon,

אָרְכוּ הַיָּמִים וּדְבַר כָּל־חָזוֹן.

and the prophesied exile has lasted very long;

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל חָדְלוּ פְרָזוֹן.

in Israel, they no longer live in open villages,

בְּמַשְׁמַנֵנּוּ שֻׁלַּח רָזוֹן.

our plenty has been turned into famine.

וְשׁוּב בְּרַחֲמִים

Turn with compassion

עַל־שְׁאֵרִית־יִשְׂרָאֵל,

to the remnant of Israel,

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

גּוֹלָה אַחַר גּוֹלָה.

Exile after exile,

גָלְתָה יְהוּדָה כֻּלָּהּ.

has all of Judah been exiled,

דָּוָה כָּל־הַיּוֹם וְכָלָה.

grief and destruction is her lot each day,

דּוֹרֵשׁ וּמְבַקֵּשׁ אֵין־לָהּ.

and there is none to inquire or plead for her.

וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת

Return the captives

אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב,

of the tents of Jacob

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

הָעִיר הַקֹּדֶשׁ וְהַמְּחֹזוֹת.

The city of holiness and its environs

הָיוּ לְחֶרְפָּה וּלְבִזּוֹת.

had become disgraced and plundered;

וְכָל־מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ טְבוּעוֹת וגְנוּזוֹת.

all its treasures are buried and hidden,

וְאֵין שִׁיּוּר רַק הַתּוֹרָה הַזֹּאת.

and nothing remains except this Torah.

וְשׁוּב בְּרַחֲמִים

Turn with compassion

עַל־שְׁאֵרִית־יִשְׂרָאֵל,

to the remnant of Israel,

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

גּוֹאֵל חָזָק לְמַעַנְךָ פְּדֵנוּ.

Mighty Redeemer, for Your sake redeem us,

רְאֵה כִּי־אָזְלַת יָדֵנוּ.

see how helpless we are,

שׁוּר כִּי־אָבְדוּ חֲסִידֵינוּ.

look, our pious men are gone,

וּמַפְגִּיעַ אֵין בַּעֲדֵנוּ.

and we have none to intercede for us.

וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת

Return the captives

אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב,

of the tents of Jacob

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

בְּרִית אָבוֹת

The covenant with the Patriarchs

וְאִמָּהוֹת

the Matriarchs

וְהַשְּׁבָטִים.

and the [twelve] tribes,

רַחֲמֶיךָ וַחֲסָדֶיךָ בִּרְבוֹת־עִתִּים.

Your oft-repeated mercy and kindness—

יָהּ זְכֹר

remember [now] O God

לְמֻכִּים וְנִמְרָטִים.

to those who are stricken and tortured,

וְעָלֶיךָ

and for Your sake [they are ready]

כָּל־הַיּוֹם נִשְׁחָטִים.

to be killed all the day.

וְשׁוּב בְּרַחֲמִים

Turn with compassion

עַל־שְׁאֵרִית־יִשְׂרָאֵל,

to the remnant of Israel,

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

דּוֹרֵשׁ דָּמִים

You Who avenge [innocent] blood,

דּוֹן דִּינֵנוּ.

judge our cause,

הָשֵׁב שִׁבְעָתַיִם

repay [punish] sevenfold

אֶל־חֵיק־מְעַנֵּינוּ.

into the bosom of those who torment us;

חִנָּם נִמְכַּרְנוּ,

we have been sold for naught,

וְלֹא בְכֶסֶף פְּדֵנוּ.

[therefore] redeem us without [ransom] money,

זְקֹף בֵּית־מִקְדָּשְׁךָ הַשָּׁמֵם

raise up Your ruined, Holy Temple,

לְעֵינֵינוּ.

before our [very] eyes,

וְהָשֵׁב שְׁבוּת

and return the captives

אָהֳלֵי־יַעֲקֹב,

of the tents of Jacob

וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:

and deliver us for the sake of Your Name.

זְכוֹר לָֽנוּ בְּרִית רִאשׁוֹנִים

Remember to us the covenant of the ancestors,

כַּאֲשֶׁר אָמַֽרְתָּ.

as You promised,

וְזָכַרְתִּי לָהֶם

“And I will remember for their sake,

בְּרִית רִאשׁוֹנִים

the covenant with their ancestors,

אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵֽאתִי אוֹתָם

whom I brought out

מֵאֶֽרֶץ מִצְרַֽיִם

of the land of Egypt,

לְעֵינֵי הַגּוֹיִם

in the sight of the nations;

לִהְיוֹת לָהֶם לֵאלֹהִים

to be their God

אֲנִי יְהֹוָה:

I am Adonoy.”