Tefila Alert- Recite the prayer of the Shla"H Hakadosh

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Tue, Jun 03 2008, 3:40 am

Tuesday until sunset is International Motherprayer Day- the special annual time to recite the famous prayer for our children by the Shla"H HaKadosh. Find the prayer and explanation below...

and watch this amazing 1-minute movie Motherprayer about International Motherprayer Day

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(Reprinted from http://www.shemayisrael.com)

International Motherprayer Day: The Prayer of the Holy Shelah Hakadosh

This special prayer was composed by the Shelah Hakadosh to express the prayers of parents on behalf of their children. The Shelah said the optimal time for parents to recite this prayer is the day before the first day of the Hebrew month of Sivan (erev Rosh Chodesh Sivan), but it may be recited anytime. The holy Shlah Hakadosh left Europe in the 17th century and made his home in the Land of Israel, becoming chief Rabbi of Jerusalem.
The Artscroll website states:

"All parents want the best for their children — that they should be good and upright, that they have everything they need for a fruitful, joyous life.
(We recite the prayer anytime but especially...) on THE DAY BEFORE ROSH CHODESH SIVAN, for that is the month when God gave us the Torah, and when the Jewish people began to be called His Children. On that day, (the Shelah Hakadosh) writes, fathers and mothers should give charity to the poor and repent. They should even fast, if they are able to."

Chana Says: Do a Mitzvah- pass on this link, and/or print up multiple copies of this prayer, and hand it out to mothers in your community.

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The Prayer of the Holy Shla"H Hakadosh

You have been the Eternal, our G-d, before You created the world, and You are the Eternal, our G-d, since you created the world, and You are G-d forever. You created Your world so that Your Divinity should become revealed thorugh Your holy Torah, as our Sages expounded on the first word therein, and for Israel, for they are Your people and Your inheritance whom You have chosen from among all nations. You have given them Your holy Torah and drawn them toward Your great Name. These two commandments are, "Be fruitful and Multiply" and "You shall teach them to your children." Their purpose is that You did not create the world to be empty, but to be inhabited, and that it is for Your glory that You created, fashioned, and perfected it, so that we, our offspring, and all the descendants of your people Israel will know Your Name and study Your Torah.

Thus I entreat You, O Eternal, supreme King of kings. My eyes are fixed on You until You favor me, and hear my prayer, and provide me with sons and daughters who will also be fruitful and multiply, they and their descendents unto all generations, in order that they and we might all engage in the study of Your holy Torah, to learn and to teach, to observe and to do, and to fulfill with love all the words of Your Torah's teaching. Enlighten our eyes in Your Torah and attach our heart to Your commandments to love and revere Your Name.

Our Father, compassionate Father, grant us all a long and blessed life. Who is like You, compassionate Father, Who in compassion remembers His creatures for life! Remember us for eternal life, as our Forefather Avraham prayed, "If only Yishmael would live before You," which the Sages interpreted as "…live in reverence of You."

For this I have come to appeal and plead before You, that my offspring and their descendants be proper, and that You find no imperfection or disrepute in me or them forever. May they be people of peace, truth, goodness and integrity in the eyes of G-d and man. Help them to become practiced in Torah, accomplished in Scriptures, Mishnah, Talmud, Kabbalah, mitzvos, kindness, and good attributes, and to serve you with an inner love and reverence, not merely outwardly. Provide every one of them with their needs with honor, and give them health, honor and strength, good bearing and appearance, grace and loving-kindness. May love and brotherhood reign among them. Provide them with suitable marriage partners of scholarly and righteous parentage who will also be blessed with all that I have asked for my own descendants, since they will share the same fate.

You, the Eternal, know everything that is concealed, and to You all my heart's secrets are revealed. For all my intention concerning the above is for the sake of Your great and holy Name and Torah. Therefore, answer me, O Eternal, answer me in the merit of our holy Forefathers Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya'akov. For the sake of the fathers save the children, so the branches will be like the roots. For the sake of Your servant, David, who is the fourth part of Your Chariot, who sings with Divine inspiration.

A song of ascents. Fortunate is everyone who fears the Eternal, who walks in His ways. When you eat of the toil of your hands, you are fortunate, and good will be yours. Your wife is like a fruitful vine in the inner chambers of your home; your children are like olive shoots around your table. Look! So is blessed the man who fears the Eternal. May the Eternal bless you from Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. May you see your children's children, peace upon Israel.

Please, O Eternal, Who listens to prayer: May the following verse be fulfilled in me: "'As for Me,' says the Eternal, "this My covenant shall remain their very being; My spirit, which rests upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart from your mouth nor from the mouths of your children, nor from the mouths of your children's children," said the Eternal, "from now to all Eternity." May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing before You, Eternal, my Rock and my Redeemer.
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[size=18]תפילת השל"ה הקדוש

אַתָּה הוּא ה' אֱלקֵינוּ עַד שֶׁלּא בָרָאתָ הָעולָם, וְאַתָּה הוּא אֱלקֵינוּ מִשֶּׁבָּרָאתָ הָעולָם, וּמֵעולָם וְעַד עולָם אַתָּה אֵל, וּבָרָאתָ עולָמְךָ בְּגִין לְהִשְׁתְּמודָעָא אֱלָקוּתָךְ בְּאֶמְצָעוּת תּורָתְךָ הַקְּדושָׁה כְּמו שֶׁאָמְרוּ רַבּותֵינוּ זִכְרונָם לִבְרָכָה, "בְּרֵאשִׁית", בִּשְׁבִיל תּורָה וּבִשְׁבִיל יִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּי הֵם עַמְּךָ וְנַחֲלָתְךָ אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ בָּהֶם מִכָּל הָאֻמּות, וְנָתַתָּ לָהֶם תּורָתְךָ הַקְּדושָׁה, וְקֵרַבְתָּם לְשִׁמְךָ הַגָּדול:

וְעַל קִיּוּם הָעולָם וְעַל קִיּוּם הַתּורָה בָּא לָנוּ מִמְּךָ ה' אֱלקֵינוּ שְׁנֵי צִוּוּיִים, כָּתַבְתָּ בְּתורָתְךָ "פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ", וְכָתַבְתָּ בְּתורָתְךָ "וְלִמַּדְתֶּם אתָם אֶת בְּנֵיכֶם" , וְהַכַּוָּנָה בִשְׁתֵּיהֶן אֶחָת, כִּי לא לְתהוּ בָרָאתָ כִּי אִם לָשֶׁבֶת, וְלִכְבודְךָ בָּרָאתָ יָצַרְתָּ אַף עָשִיתָ, כְּדֵי שֶּׁנִהְיֶה אֲנַחְנוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵינוּ וְצֶאֱצָאֵי כָּל עַמְּךָ בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל יודְעֵי שְׁמֶךָ וְלומְדֵי תורָתֶךָ וּבְכֵן אָבוא אֵלֶיךָ ה' מֶלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַמְּלָכִים, וְאַפִּיל תְּחִנָּתִי, וְעֵינַי לְךָ תְלוּיות עַד שֶׁתְּחָנֵּנִי וְתִשְׁמַע תְּפִלָּתִי לְהַזְמִין לִי בָּנִים וּבָנות, וְגַם הֵם יִפְרוּ וְיִרְבּוּ הֵם וּבְנֵיהֶם וּבְנֵי בְנֵיהֶם עַד סוף כָּל הדּורות לְתַכְלִית שֶׁהֵם וַאֲנִי כֻּלָּנוּ יַעַסְקוּ בְּתורָתְךָ הַקְּדושָׁה לִלְמד וּלְלַמֵּד לִשְׁמר וְלַעֲשׂות וּלְקַיֵּם אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵי תַלְמוּד תּורָתְךָ בְּאַהֲבָה, וְהָאֵר עֵינֵינוּ בְּתורָתֶךָ וְדַבֵּק לִבֵּנוּ בְּמִצְותֶיךָ לְאַהֲבָה וּלְיִרְאָה אֶת שְׁמֶךָ:

כִּי עַל כֵּן, בָּאתִי לְבַקֵּשׁ וּלְחַנֵן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ שֶׁיְּהֵא זַרְעִי וְזֶרַע זַרְעִי עַד עולָם זֶרַע כָּשֵׁר, וְאַל יִמָּצֵא בִי וּבְזַרְעִי וּבְזֶרַע זַרְעִי עַד עולָם שׁוּם פְּסוּל וָשֶׁמֶץ, אַךְ שָׁלום וֶאֱמֶת וְטוב וְיָשָׁר בְּעֵינֵי אֱלקִים וּבְעֵינֵי אָדָם, וְיִהְיוּ בַּעֲלֵי תורָה, מָארֵי מִקְרָא, מָארֵי מִשְׁנָה, מָארֵי תַלְמוּד, מָארֵי רָזָא, מָארֵי מִצְוָה, מָארֵי גומְלֵי חֲסָדִים, מָארֵי מִדות תְּרוּמִיּות, וְיַעַבְדוּךָ בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְיִרְאָה פְנִימִית, לא יִרְאָה חִיצונִית, וְתֵן לְכָל גְּוִיָּה וּגְּוִיָּה מֵהֶם דֵּי מַחְסורָהּ בְּכָבוד, וְתֶן לָהֶם בְּרִיאוּת וְכָבוד וָכחַ, וְתֶן לָהֶם קומָה וְיפִי וְחֵן וָחֶסֶד, וְיִהְיֶה אַהֲבָה וְאַחְוָה וְשָׁלום בֵּינֵיהֶם, וְתַזְמִין לָהֶם זִוּוּגִים הֲגוּנִים מִזֶּרַע תַּלְמִידֵי חֲכָמִים מִזֶּרַע צַדִּיקִים, וְגַם זִוּוּגָם יִהְיוּ כְּמותָם כְּכָל אֲשֶׁר הִתְפַּלַּלְתִּי עֲלֵיהֶם, כִּי זִכָּרון אֶחָד עולֶה לְכָאן וּלְכָאן:

אַתָּה ה' יודֵעַ כָּל תַּעֲלוּמות, וּלְפָנֶיךָ נִגְלוּ מַצְפּוּנֵי לִבִּי, כִּי כַוָּנָתִי בְּכָל אֵלֶּה לְמַעַן שִׁמְךָ הַגָּדול וְהַקָּדושׁ וּלְמַעַן תּורָתְךָ הַקְּדושָׁה, עַל כֵּן עֲנֵנִי ה' עֲנֵנִי בַּעֲבוּר הָאָבות הַקְּדושִׁים אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקב, וּבִגְלָלָם תּושִׁיעַ בָּנִים לִהְיות הָעֲנָפִים דּומִים לְשָׁרְשָׁם וּבַעֲבוּר דָּוִד עַבְדְּךָ רֶגֶל רְבִיעִי בַּמֶּרְכָּבָה, הַמְשׁורֵר בְּרוּחַ קָדְשֶׁךָ:

שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלות אַשְׁרֵי כָּל יְרֵא ה' הַהלֵךְ בִּדְרָכָיו:

יְגִיעַ כַּפֶּיךָ כִּי תאכֵל אַשְׁרֶיךָ וְטוב לָךְ:

אֶשְׁתְּךָ כְּגֶפֶן פּרִיָּה בְּיַרְכְּתֵי בֵיתֶךָ בָּנֶיךָ כִּשְׁתִלֵי זֵיתִים סָבִיב לְשֻׁלְחָנֶךָ:

הִנֵּה כִי כֵן יְבֹרַךְ גָּבֶר יְרֵא ה':

יְבָרֶכְךָ ה' מִצִּיּון וּרְאֵה בְּטוּב יְרוּשָׁלָיִם כּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ:

וּרְאֵה בָנִים לְבָנֶיךָ שָׁלום עַל יִשְׂרָאֵל:

אָנָא ה' שׁומֵעַ תְּפִלָּה יְקֻיַּם בָּנוּ הַפָּסוּק וַאֲנִי זאת בְּרִיתִי אותָם אָמַר ה' רוּחִי אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיךָ וּדְבָרַי אֲשֶׁר שַׂמְתִּי בְּפִיךָ לא יָמוּשׁוּ מִפִּיךָ וּמִפִּי זַרְעֲךָ וּמִפִּי זֶרַע זַרְעֲךָ אָמַר ה' מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עולָם:

יִהְיוּ לְרָצון אִמְרֵי פִי וְהֶגְיון לִבִּי לְפָנֶיךָ ה' צוּרִי וְגואֲלִי:

אמן ואמן.