Prayer for the Deliverance of the Captured Israeli Soldiers,

Prayer for the Deliverance of the Captured Israeli Soldiers
July 14, 2006 by Israel Chief Rabbi, Rishon le-Zion HaRav Shlomo Amar.

Translation supplied by the Orthodox Union.

MAY it be Your will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, that these Psalms
which we have read before You today should come to You favorably, and be
accepted before you as if King David Your anointed one - peace be on him -
had said them himself. Please take action for the sake of Your Holy names
which are written in them, and which are alluded to in them, and accept with
mercy and favor our prayers and requests, so that our supplications reach
You. Have pity, show concern and extend mercy to the captives, Ehud ben
Malka Goldwasser; Eldad ben Tovah Regev; and Gilad ben Aviva Shalit, and
save them, showing redemption and mercy, together with all captives and
prisoners from Your nation Israel.

MAY the One who can liberate captives release them from their detention,
deliver them from captivity to liberty, from tyranny to redemption, and from
gloom to brightness, and restore them to complete health - a healing of the
soul and of the body - and revitalize their spirit, reinvigorate their
strength, and help them in happiness and joy; then they will be strengthened
and healed and will have eternal happiness.

MAY the merit of the prayers, the cries, and the supplications of the
multitudes who plead for them all over the world stand for them as a shield
and a protection, freeing them from their captivity. Please tear asunder any
negative judgments. May all their merits be presented before You, the
Blessed One, and all that they have achieved and done for the sake of our
nation and our heritage. Tear up their verdicts for the merit of the Holy
Name that is alluded to in the initial Hebrew letters of the phrase "Accept
the prayer of your nation; fortify us, purify us, You who are so awesome."

MAY the words of this scriptural verse (Isaiah 53:10) be fulfilled for them:
"God's captives will return and come to Zion in joy; eternal happiness will
be on their heads, they will be invested with joy and happiness, and sorrow
and anxiety will be banished." May this happen very soon!

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Prayer for the Deliverance of the Captured Israeli Soldiers ,

Prayers!!
Date 05:07, 07-20, 06

It is a crisis, and most affected the families for their loved ones. My question, what about thousands of prisoners in Israeli Jails, sure their relatives in state of depression. What about the other side?