Prayer for Israel's Defense Forces

PRAYER FOR ISRAEL'S DEFENSE FORCES The Leader says the following prayer: | '113 'n May He who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, | bless the members of Israel's Defense Forces and its security services | who stand guard over our land and the cities of our God from the | Lebanese border to the Egyptian desert, from the Mediterranean sea | to the approach of the Aravah, and wherever else they are, on land, in air and at sea. May the LORD make the enemies who rise against us be struck down before them. May the Holy One, blessed be He, protect and deliver them from all trouble and distress, affliction and illness, and send blessing and success to all the work of their hands. May He subdue our enemies under them and crown them with deliverance and victory. And may there be fulfilled in them the verse, "It is the LORD your God Deut. 20 who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you.' And let us say: Amen. PRAYER FOR THOSE BEING HELD IN CAPTIVITY If Israeli soldiers or civilians are being held in captivity, the Leader says the following: 'J1aU 1) May He who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Joseph, Moses and Aaron, David and Solomon, bless, protect and guard the members of Israel's Defense Forces missing in action or held captive, and other captives among our brethren, the whole house of Israel, who are in distress or captivity, as we, the members of this holy congregation, pray on their behalf. May the Holy One, blessed be He, have compassion on them and bring them out from darkness and the shadow of death; may He break their bonds, deliver them from their distress, and bring them swiftly back to their families' embrace. Give thanks to the LorD Ps-107 for His loving-kindness and for the wonders He does for the children of men; and may there be fulfilled in them the verse: "Those redeemed by 5.35 the LORD will return; they will enter Zion with singing, and everlasting | joy will crown their heads. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and | sorrow and sighing will flee away.' And let us say: Amen.