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Prayer for Handwashing

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Ana El Na

אל נא רפא נא לה׃ El na refah na la. Moses prayed for Miriam: Please God, please heal her! - Numbers 12:13

Heal our bodies, Open our hearts, Awaken our minds Eheyeh [a name of God - “I Will Be”].

Heal our bodies, Open our hearts, Awaken our minds Shechinah [a name of God - “Close One”].

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Psalm for an Epidemic (Psalms 33, 91)

רננו צדיקים ביהוה לישרים נאוה תהלה׃Sing, O you righteous, to Adonai; it is fit that the

upright sing acclaim. הודו ליהוה בכנור בנבל עשור זמרו־לו׃

Praise Adonai with the lyre; with the ten-stringed harp sing to God;

שירו־לו שיר חדש היטיבו נגן בתרועה׃sing God a new song; play sweetly with shouts (and

Shofar blasts) of joy. כי־ישר דבר־יהוה וכל־מעשהו באמונה׃

For the word of Adonai is right; all God’s deeds are faithful.

אהב צדקה ומשפט חסד יהוה מלאה הארץ׃God loves what is right and just; the earth is full of

Adonai’s love and care. בדבר יהוה שמים נעשו וברוח פיו כל־צבאם׃

By the word of Adonai, the heavens were made, by the breath of God’s mouth, all their host. כנס כנד מי הים נתן באצרות תהומות׃

God heaps up the ocean waters like a mound, stores the deep in vaults.

ייראו מיהוה כל־הארץ ממנו יגורו כל־ישבי תבל׃Let all the earth revere Adonai; let all the

inhabitants of the world tremble before God. כי הוא אמר ויהי הוא־צוה ויעמד׃

For it was God who said, “Let there be…” God commanded, and it endured.

יהוה הפיר עצת־גוים הניא מחשבות עמים׃Adonai frustrates the plans of nations, brings to

naught the designs of peoples. עצת יהוה לעולם תעמד מחשבות לבו לדר ודר׃

What Adonai advises endures forever, God’s inner thoughts affect the generations.

4 אשרי הגוי אשר־יהוה אלהיו העם ׀ בחר לנחלה לו׃

Happy is the nation whose God is Adonai. Happy, the people whom God has chosen, to whom God has

given an inheritance. משמים הביט יהוה ראה את־כל־בני האדם׃

Adonai looks down from heaven, seeing all humankind.

ממכון־שבתו השגיח אל כל־ישבי הארץ׃From a High dwelling-place, God oversees all the

inhabitants of the earth. היצר יחד לבם המבין אל־כל־מעשיהם׃

It is God who fashions the hearts of them all – and brings their hearts together. It is God who truly

understands all their doings. אין־המל נושע ברב־חיל גבור לא־ינצל ברב־כח׃

Kings are not delivered by a large force; warriors are not saved by great strength;

שקר הסוס לתשועה וברב חילו לא ימלט׃horses are false hope for deliverance; large armies

provide no escape. הנה עין יהוה אל־יראיו למיחלים לחסדו׃

Look, the eye of Adonai is on the reverent ones; it is on those who wait for God’s love and care

להציל ממות נפשם ולחיותם ברעב׃to save them from death, to sustain them in famine.

נפשנו חכתה ליהוה עזרנו ומגננו הוא׃Our soul longs and waits for Adonai. God is our help

and shield; כי־בו ישמח לבנו כי בשם קדשו בטחנו׃

For in God, our hearts rejoice, for in God’s holy name we have put our trust.

יהי־חסד יהוה עלינו כאשר יחלנו ל׃May your love and care be upon us, as we have put

our hope in You.

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Mi Shebeirach (Debbie Friedman)

Mi shebeirach avoteinu [may the One who blessed our fathers] M'kor hab'racha l'imoteinu [the Source of blessing for our mothers] May the Source of strength, who blessed the ones before us, Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing [Genesis 12:2] and let us say, Amen.

Mi shebeirach imoteinu [may the One who blessed our mothers] M'kor habrachah l'avoteinu [the Source of blessing for our fathers] Bless those in need of healing with r'fuah sh’leimah: [complete healing] the renewal of body, the renewal of spirit, and let us say, Amen.

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“The Thread” by Denise Levertov Something is very gently,

invisibly, silently, pulling at me – a thread

or a net of threads finer than cobweb

and as elastic. I haven’t tried

the strength of it. No barbed hook

pierced and tore me. Was it

not long ago this thread began to draw me?

Or way back? Was I born with its knot about my neck, a bridle?

Not fear but a stirring of wonder makes me

catch my breath when I feel the tug of it

when I thought it had loosened itself and gone.

7 Kol Yisrael

כל ישראל ערבין זה לזה כל ישראל אחים עם אחד לב אחד

שמע ישראל עם אחד. Kol Yisrael arevim zeh lazeh Kol Yisrael achim Ahm echad, lev echad Shema Yisrael, ahm echad

All the people Israel are responsible for and inter-dependent with one another. All Israel are brothers & sisters. One nation, one heart. Hear O Israel, one nation.

Yehiyu L’ratzon יהיו לרצון אמרי פי

והגיון לבי לפני יהוה צורי וגואלי.

Yehiyu l’ratzon imrei fi ve’hegyon libi lifanecha Adonai tzuri vego’ali.

May the words of my mouth And the meditations of my heart Find favor before you My Rock and Redeemer.

Holy Spirit (adapted by Rabbi Debra Orenstein) “Ruach kodshecha al tikach mimeni. Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me.” – Shema Koleynu

Rain on me, rain on me, Holy Spirit, rain on me. Yesterday’s gone; today I’m in need. Ruach Hakodesh, rain on me. Shine on me… Breathe on me… Dwell in me… Loving me, loving me, Holy Spirit is loving me. Yesterday’s gone; today I believe. Ruach Hakodesh, barchi oti (Holy Spirit, bless me). Ruach Hakodesh, barchi oti. (Holy Spirit, bless me).