18 Av 5785 | י"ח מנחם אב ה'תשפ"ה
*ברוך אתה ה' קלוהנו מלך העולם, מתיר אסורים
Barúch Atáh, HaShem, Kelohénu Melech ha'olám, Matír Asurím!
(Blessed are You, HaShem, our God, King of the Universe, Who frees prisoners [and hostages - HDG]!)
The hostages taken from Israel to Aza, both dead and alive...who have committed no crime except that they are Jews or supporters of Jews (like working on our farms, etc.).
Our prisoners in every land, whether Christian, Muslim or other — or, God forbid, in our own land — only because we are Your chosen nation and not for any crime they are accused of having committed, but they actually didn't...
Our prisoners in every land, whether Christian, Muslim or other — or, God forbid, in our own land — who committed crimes and are over-punished, their sentences extended far beyond those of others who committed similar crimes, because we are from Your chosen nation (I think of Jonathan Pollard in this context; thank God he's free now and has a life!). May our over-punished and falsely accused and falsely convicted prisoners be released immediately, beginning in our own country...
Our prisoners who have committed crimes and were lawfully and truly convicted of them without forced confessions (unlike, for example, Amiram Ben-Uliel. Search amiram ben uliel forced confession from your favorite search engine and see what you get. All but one of my results say unequivocally that he was coerced...), and were sentenced as any other criminal with the same crimes would be, as above, may they be released in due course, and their sentence not be extended.
Finally, release the people of Israel (the Jewish People, lest others try to supplant, supersede or take over from us by force) from the yoke of the nations, as You promised long ago; at this point we are all hostages now, on one level or another. We believe You now, as we did then.
You are FOREVER, You REMEMBER, and You are IN CONTROL.
It is only against You that we have sinned, apart from "criminality" as the nations define it, and not according to any version of Your law. Please bring us back to Your Precious Self, and teach us Your True Ways, and establish Your laws according to Noah, the ancestor of us all, all over the world, so that we might all return to You out of love, and connect with You in love.
And may we never again cause You pain, disappointment, or anger, but rather pleasure, pride and joy.
Amen! Let it be so ! אמן! כן יהי רצון
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Footnote
* Today we might say: לשחרר אסירים l'shakhrer asirim for freeing prisoners (at least according to Google Translate). The prayer is far older, so expressions have changed. When geulah shlemah (the complete redemption) comes, Hebrew will be reset according to what H' considers a clear language (alternatively, the nations will no longer speak of idols). See THIS PROPHECY in both Hebrew and English.
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More reading:
Esser Agaroth: How close should Israel keep its enemies?; Hebron Sheik's proposal: Just say no | A-7: Rabbi Berel Wein laid to rest: 'A loss to his family, to the entire Jewish people'; Injured soldier: 'The strike is at my personal expense'; Radical U — How students turned their professors' words into [evil] deeds | JPress: Now is the time to prepare for the gathering storm | Forest Rain Marcia quotes Ditza Tirtza Or: "My son will remain a hostage until we decide." | Neshama, commenting on the TLV synagogue situation: When is a *Jewish *Synagogue NOT Jewish and NOT a synagogue? [when it's in Tel Aviv] | Yeranen Yaakov: 1957 Years [that we've been in exile. See Neshama's comment there, too. -HDG] | Elder of Ziyon: Yet another new rule for Israel and Israel alone... | Tomer Devorah: You can't improve on perfection & Gog uMagog War | A7 (Yehudit Katsover & Nadia Matar): Will we eat the rotten fish — and also be expelled from the city? | Myrtle Rising: Why get so riled up about them preventing us from transgressing, just because they do so out of bigotry? We're anyway not supposed to be doing it. |
Video/audio:
Ari Goldwag: Bitachon 221: Moshiach comes like the sunrise | Israel Rising: Dismantling the "settler violence" blood libel: The Yinon Levy story | Pulse of Israel: Pollard exposes shocking shift: US & Bibi silent as Russia moves to restrain IDF? |
