Contemporary Misheberach
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By Rabbi Julie Shoshana Pfau | Prayer
For someone who identifies as female/לנקבה
May the source that blessed the entire world and filled it with diverse and abundant life bless ___________
May the process of growth grow through the soil of your spirit and life so that your spirit will flourish, and your life will yield lavish fruits and blossoms.
May you be open to the process of growth and may your soil/self be generously cared for, nurtured, and watered.
May every good seed that has been planted in your life sprout, delicately begin to bloom, and then blossom.
May you delight in this growth, and may it strengthen you, and may its produce emanate abundantly to the world for blessing.
And let us say: Amen.
For someone who identifies as male/לזכר
May the source that blessed the entire world and filled it with diverse and abundant life bless ___________
May the process of growth grow through the soil of your spirit and life so that your spirit will flourish, and your life will yield lavish fruits and blossoms.
May you be open to the process of growth and may your soil/self be generously cared for, nurtured, and watered.
May every good seed that has been planted in your life sprout, delicately begin to bloom, and then blossom.
May you delight in this growth, and may it strengthen you, and may its produce emanate abundantly to the world for blessing.
And let us say: Amen.
Transliterations
For someone who identifies as female:
mi she-berakh/she-berkhah kol ha-olam kulo
u’mile/u’milah oto b’chayim ravgoniyim v’shofim
y’varekh/t’varekh et ___________
yitzmach tahalikh ha-tz’michah derekh admat nafshekh v’chayayikh
k’dey she-t’sagseg nafshekh v’yanivu chayayikh perot u’f’rachim rabim
tipatchi l’tahalikh ha-tz’michah
u’v’nadiv admatekh t’tupal t’tupach v’tushqeh
y’vatzbetz y’lavlev v’yifrach
kol zera tov she-nizra b’chayayikh
tism’chi ba-tz’michah ha-zo v’hi t’chazeq otakh
v’tishpa t’nuvatah la-olam livrachah
v’nomar amen
For someone who identifies as male:
mi she-berakh/she-berkhah kol ha-olam kulo
u’mile/u’milah oto b’chayim ravgoniyim v’shofim
y’varekh/t’varekh et ___________
yitzmach tahalikh ha-tz’michah derekh admat nafshekha v’chayekha
k’dey she-t’sagseg nafsh’kha v’yanivu chayekha perot u’f’rachim rabim
tipatach l’tahalikh ha-tz’michah
u’v’nadiv admat’kha t’tupal t’tupach v’tushqeh
y’vatzbetz y’lavlev v’yifrach
kol zera tov she-nizra b’chayekha
tismach ba-tz’michah ha-zo v’hi t’chazeq ot’kha
v’tishpa t’nuvatah la-olam livrachah
v’nomar amen