{"id":5620,"date":"2018-06-05T11:18:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T08:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/06\/05\/misheberakh-prayer-for-a-bat-mitzvah-girl"},"modified":"2018-09-16T09:31:18","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T06:31:18","slug":"misheberakh-prayer-for-a-bat-mitzvah-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/06\/05\/misheberakh-prayer-for-a-bat-mitzvah-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Misheberakh Prayer for a Bat Mitzvah Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ritualwell.org\/ritual\/misheberakh-prayer-bat-mitzvah-girl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This post<\/a> presents the Hebrew, English and transliterated texts of the Mi Sheberach prayer for a Bat Mitzvah girl to be recited during the Torah reading service in synagogue. The blessing was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jofa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance<\/a> and shared on\u00a0<a role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/ritualwell.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ritualwell<\/a>, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\">Misheberakh Prayer for a Bat Mitzvah Girl<\/h1>\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system block-main block-system-main odd block-without-title\">\n<div class=\"block-inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<article id=\"node-ritual-component-779\" class=\"node node-ritual-component node-published node-not-promoted node-not-sticky author-kevin odd clearfix\">\n<div class=\"content clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-full-text field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"documentBody hebrewFont\">\n<p class=\"rteright\" style=\"text-align: right;\">\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05e8\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b2\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b5\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b7\u05d1\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05b8\u05dd \u05d9\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05e7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e7\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e7\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e8\u05b8\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b5\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d9\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8\u05b5\u05da\u05b0 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea ___________ \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05ea __________ \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05de\u05b8\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05dc\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05ea\u05bc\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05e2\u05b6\u05e9\u05c2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b5\u05d4 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05b4\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b0\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d1\u05b7\u05d7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b4\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b2\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05b7\u05da\u05b0 \u05e2\u05b7\u05dc \u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc \u05d4\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05d1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d8\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05dc \u05d0\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc. \u05d9\u05b0\u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4\u05bc \u05d4\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc\u05da\u05b0 \u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d5\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b4\u05d9\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05e0\u05b5\u05df \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d4\u05b0\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea \u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05dc\u05b5\u05dd \u05e2\u05b4\u05dd \u05d4&#8217; \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05dc\u05b6\u05db\u05b6\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d3\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05db\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05de\u05b9\u05e8 \u05de\u05b4\u05e6\u05b0\u05d5\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05db\u05bc\u05b9\u05dc \u05d4\u05b7\u05d9\u05bc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05b0\u05e0\u05b9\u05d0\u05de\u05b7\u05e8 \u05d0\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b5\u05df<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteright\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Mi Sheberakh avoteinu, Avraham\u00a0<cite title=\"Abraham and Sarah's much-longed-for son and the second Jewish patriarch. Isaac is nearly sacrificed by his father at God's command (Genesis 22). He is married to Rebecca and is the father of Esau and Jacob. His Hebrew name is Yitzchak. \">Yitzchak<\/cite>\u00a0v&#8217;Ya&#8217;akov,\u00a0<cite title=\"The first matriarch, wife of Abraham, and mother of Isaac, whom she birthed at the age of 90. Sarah, in Rabbinic tradition, is considered holy, beautiful, and hospitable. Many prayers, particularly the Amidah (the central silent prayer), refer to God as Magen Avraham \u2013 protector of Abraham. Many Jews now add: pokehd or ezrat Sarah \u2013 guardian or helper of Sarah. \">Sarah<\/cite>\u00a0Rivkah\u00a0<cite title=\"Lavan's younger daughter and Jacob's beloved wife second wife (after he is initially tricked into marrying her older sister, Leah). Rachel grieves throughout her life that she is barren while Leah is so fertile. Ultimately, Rachel gives birth to Joseph and dies in childbirth with Benjamin. Rachel is remembered as compassionate (she is said to still weep for her children), and infertile women often invoke Rachel as a kind of intercessor and visit her tomb on the road to Bethlehem. \">Rachel<\/cite>\u00a0v&#8217;<cite title=\"The third of the Jewish matriarchs, Lead is the eldest of Lavan's daughters and one of the wives of Jacob. She is the daughter whom Lavan tricks Jacob into marrying instead of his younger daughter Rachel, whom Jacob has requested to marry. Leah is mother to six of the the twelve tribes and to one daughter, Dinah. \">Leah<\/cite>, hu y&#8217;varekh et __________ bat __________ shemalu la sh&#8217;taim esreh shanah v&#8217;higi&#8217;ah l&#8217;mitzvot, v&#8217;notnah shevakh v&#8217;hodiah l&#8217;Adonay yitbarakh al khol hatov shegamal otah. Y\u2019shamrah hakadosh barukh hu v&#8217;khayah, v&#8217;yikhonen et libah lihi&#8217;ot shalem im Adonay, v&#8217;lalekhet bidrakhav v&#8217;lishmor mitzvotav khol hayamim, v&#8217;nomar amen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteright\" style=\"text-align: left;\">May the One who blessed our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and our foremothers Sarah, Rebekah, Rachel and Leah, bless ____________ daughter of ______________ who is twelve years old and has reached the age of the commandments. She gives praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for all the good that God has done to her. May God keep her and sustain her, and direct her heart to be whole, and to walk in God&#8217;s ways and follow God&#8217;s commandments all of her days. And let us say Amen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post presents the Hebrew, English and transliterated texts of the Mi Sheberach prayer for a Bat Mitzvah girl to be recited during the Torah reading service in synagogue. The blessing was published by JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance and shared on\u00a0Ritualwell, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[210,219],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=5620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5620\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1391\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=5620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=5620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=5620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}