Prayer: The Rabbis’ Blessing for the Torah

Image from My Morning Meditations

Blessed are You

YHWH,

our God,

King of the universe,

Who gives us

the Torah of Truth

so that we may study,

live,

learn,

and be changed by it,

so that we may have righteous judgment

and Your spirit of love,

so that we may keep Your commandments,

do them,

and live in them,

and teach them to our children

and our children’s children forever.  

Amain!

Sinaites were so touched by this prayer that we redesigned it, reformatted it, selected an image that so well reflects the Rabbi’s love for Torah.

Would that we could fulfil in our lives the heart’s longings and aspirations so simply expressed in  prayer and so intensely displayed by an old Rabbi’s image tightly embracing the physical Torah . . . . Indeed, often actions speak louder than words.

Here is the original source:

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And of course the Rabbis also have a blessing after reading the Torah:

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