A prayer for the state of Israel:
"Avinu shebashamayim, stronghold and redeemer of the people Israel: Bless the State of Israel, that it may be the beginning of our redemption. Shield it with Your love; spread over it the shelter of Your peace. Guide its leaders and advisors with Your light and Your truth. Help them with Your good counsel. Strengthen the hands of those who defend our holy land. Deliver them; crown their efforts with triumph. Bless the land with peace and its inhabitants with lasting joy. And let us say: Amen."

I am praying for the safe release of all the hostages and for the end of this brutal war. Israelis and Palestinians should only know peace and friendship — our fates are tied in mutual liberation. I am also praying for the Antisemitism and Islamophobia that have increased over the last few weeks to end. “Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” — Dr. Martin Luther King

Thanks to Cantor Meir Finkelstein for the beautiful setting of this prayer.