May God remember

the soul of my father, my teacher,

son of

who has gone to his world,

because

I pledge [without vowing] to donate charity

for his sake

In this merit, may his soul

be bound up in the bond of life,

with the souls

of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov,

Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah,

and with the other righteous men and women

who are in the Gan Eden (Paradise)

and let us say Amein.

May God remember

the soul of my mother, my teacher,

daughter of

who has gone to her world.

because

I pledge [without vowing] to donate charity

for her sake.

In this merit, may her soul

be bound up in the bond of life,

with the souls

of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov,

Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah,

and with the other righteous men and women

who are in Gan Eden (Paradise)

and let us say, Amein.

May God remember the soul of my

grandfathers — grandmothers

uncles — aunts, brothers — sisters

who have gone to their world,

because

I pledge [without vowing] to donate charity

for their sake.

In this merit may their souls

be bound up in the bond of life,

with the souls

of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov,

Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah

and with the other righteous men and women

who are in Gan Eden (Paradise)

and let us say, Amein.

May God remember the souls

of all my relatives

and all the hallowed martyrs

who were killed, slaughtered, burned,

drowned and strangled

for the sanctification of Your Name,

because

I pledge [without vowing] to donate charity

for the sake of their memories.

In this merit, may their souls

be bound up in the bond of life,

with the souls

of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov,

Sarah, Rivkah, Rachel, and Leah,

and with the other righteous men and women

who are in Gan Eden (Paradise)

and let us say Amein.

Almighty, [Who is] full of compassion,

Who dwells on the highest heights,

find true repose

beneath the wings of [Your] Divine Presence,

in the exalted spheres of the holy and pure

who shine like the brightness of the firmament,

for the soul of

son of

who has gone to his world,

for charity has been donated

in remembrance of his soul.

May Gan Eden (Paradise)

be his resting place.

Therefore, may the Merciful One

shelter him

in the shelter of His wings, forever,

and bind

his soul with the bond of eternal life.

[May] Adonoy [be] his heritage,

and may he rest in his repose in peace,

and let us say, Amein.

Almighty, [Who is] full of compassion,

Who dwells on the highest heights

find true repose

beneath the wings of [Your] Divine Presence,

in the exalted spheres

of the holy and the pure

who shine like the brightness of the firmament,

for the soul of

daughter of

who has gone to her world,

for charity has been donated

in remembrance of her soul.

May Gan Eden (Paradise)

be her resting place.

Therefore, may the Merciful One

shelter her

in the shelter of His wings, forever,

and bind

her soul with the bond of life.

[May] Adonoy [be] her heritage,

and may she rest in her repose in peace,

and let us say, Amein.

Father of compassion,

Who dwells on high,

In His profound mercy,

He will be compassionately mindful of

the pious,

the upright, and the blameless ones;

the holy communities

who gave their lives

for the sanctification of the Divine Name.

They were beloved and pleasant

in their lifetime,

and in their death

are not parted [from Him].¹

footnotes: ¹ II Shmuel 1:23.

They were swifter than eagles

and stronger than lions

to do the will of their Possessor

and the desire of their Rock.

Our God will recall them favorably

together with the other righteous of all time.

And will avenge the blood of His servants

that has been shed.

As it is written in the Torah of Moshe,

the man of God,

“Sing [you] nations,

[the praise] of His people,

for the blood of His servants will He avenge,

and vengeance will He repay to His foes;

and His land will be atoned

[with the atonement] of His people²

footnotes: ² Devorim 32:43, see Rashi.

And by the hands of Your servants,

the Prophets,

it is written saying:

“I will cleanse them³

footnotes: ³ Hashem will forgive the nations for their wrongdoings but He will not forgive them for shedding Jewish blood.

[but] for their blood,⁴ I will not cleanse them,

footnotes: ⁴ Their blood refers to Jewish blood.

and Adonoy [still] dwells in Tziyon.”⁵

footnotes: ⁵ Joel 4:21.

And in the Holy Writings, it is said,

“Why should the nations say,

‘Where is their God?'

Let it be known among the nations,

before our eyes,⁶

footnotes: ⁶ Before our eyes i.e. in our lifetime.

the avenging of the blood of Your servants

that has been shed.”⁷

footnotes: ⁷ Tehillim 79:10.

And it says,

“For He Who is concerned

for the blood[shed]

of them, He is mindful of them

He has not forgotten the cry of the humble.”⁸

footnotes: ⁸ Tehillim 9:13.

And it says:

“He will judge the nations

[the battlefield will be] filled with [their] corpses.

He will crush heads on the earth many times.

From the brook by the wayside

will He drink;⁹

footnotes: ⁹ Hashem will be satisfied with the vengeance He will wreak upon the nations, as one is satisfied when he drinks from a brook at the wayside.—Metsudas Dovid

therefore [Yisrael] will hold its head high.¹⁰

footnotes: ¹⁰ Tehillim 11:6, 7. When Hashem takes His vengeance, Yisrael will be vindicated and hold its head high with pride.

Fortunate are those who dwell

in Your house;

may they continue to praise You, Selah.

Fortunate is the people whose lot is thus;

fortunate is the people

for whom Adonoy is their God.

A praise by Dovid!

I will exalt You, my God, the King,

and bless Your Name forever and ever.

Every day I will bless You

and extol Your Name forever and ever.

Adonoy is great and highly extolled,

and His greatness is unfathomable.

One generation to another

will praise Your works,

and Your mighty acts they will declare.

The splendor of Your glorious majesty,

and the words of Your wonders I will speak.

Of Your awesome might, they will speak,

and Your greatness I will recount.

Mention of Your bountifulness

they will express,

and in Your righteousness joyfully exult.

Adonoy is gracious and merciful,

slow to anger and great in kindliness.

Adonoy is good to all,

His mercy encompasses all His works.

All Your works will thank You, Adonoy,

and Your pious ones will bless You.

Of the honor of Your Kingship,

they will speak,

and Your might they will declare.

To reveal to men His mighty acts,

and the glorious splendor of His Kingship.

Your Kingship is the kingship for all times,

and Your dominion is in every generation.

Adonoy supports all the fallen,

and straightens all the bent.

The eyes of all look expectantly to You,

and You give them

their food at its proper time.

You open Your hand

and satisfy the desire of every living being.

Adonoy is just in all His ways

and benevolent in all His deeds.

Adonoy is near to all who call upon Him,

to all who call upon Him in truth.

The will of those who fear Him, He fulfills;

He hears their cry and delivers them.

Adonoy watches over all those who love Him,

and will destroy all the wicked.

Praise of Adonoy, my mouth will declare

and all flesh will bless

His Holy Name forever and ever.

And we will bless God

from now forever. Praise God.

They will praise the Name of Adonoy

for His Name alone is exalted.

His majesty is over the earth and the skies.

He will raise the might of His people,

[which is] praise for all His pious ones,

for the Children of Yisrael,

the people near to Him.

Praise God.

A Psalm of Dovid:

the earth is Adonoy's and the fullness thereof,

the inhabited world and those who dwell in it.

For He founded it upon the seas,

and established it upon rivers.

Who may ascend the mountain of Adonoy,

and who may stand

in the place of His holiness?

The clean of hands and the pure of heart,

who has not borne My soul in vain,

and has not sworn deceitfully.

He will bear Adonoy's blessing

and righteousness

from the God of his deliverance.

This is the generation of those who seek Him,

the seekers of Your Presence,

[God of] Yaakov, selah.

Lift up your heads, gates,

and be uplifted

[you] entranceways to eternity,

so that the King of Glory may enter.

Who is this King of Glory?

Adonoy, strong and mighty;

Adonoy, the Mighty One in battle.

Lift up your heads, gates,

and lift up, entranceways to eternity,

so that the King of Glory may enter.

Who is He, this King of Glory?

Adonoy Tzevaos,

He is the King of Glory, selah.

A Psalm to Dovid.

Ascribe to Adonoy—you sons of the mighty—

ascribe to Adonoy glory and might.

Ascribe to Adonoy the glory due His Name,

prostrate yourselves before Adonoy

in the splendor of holiness.

Adonoy's voice is upon the waters.

Almighty of glory thunders,

Adonoy is upon [the] many waters.

The voice of Adonoy is in power,

the voice of Adonoy is in beauty.

The voice of Adonoy breaks cedars,

Adonoy shatters

the cedars of Lebanon.

He makes them leap like a calf,

Lebanon and Sirion like unicorns.

The voice of Adonoy hews out flames of fire.

The voice of Adonoy

makes the desert tremble,

Adonoy makes the desert of Kadesh tremble.

The voice of Adonoy causes hinds to calve,

and strips the forests bare;

and in His Sanctuary

all proclaim [His] glory.

Adonoy sat enthroned (even) at the flood,

Adonoy is enthroned as King forever.

Adonoy will give strength to His people;

Adonoy will bless His people with peace.

And when it rested, he would say:

Return, Adonoy,

to the myriads and thousands of Yisrael.

Arise, Adonoy unto Your resting place,

You and the Ark of Your strength.

Let Your priests

clothe themselves in righteousness,

and let Your devoted ones sing in joy.

For the sake of Dovid, Your servant,

do not reject Your anointed.

For I have given you good instruction,

do not forsake My Torah.

It is a tree of life to those who grasp it,

and those who support it are fortunate.

Its ways are ways of pleasantness

and all its paths are peace.

Cause us to return to You, Adonoy,

and we shall return;

renew our days as of old.