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For a Father before His Son Is Circumcised
FOR A FATHER BEFORE HIS SON IS CIRCUMCISED
הֶנַּמְמ יִנֲאַו ,לֵהוֹמַּל יֵנְבּ רֵסוֹמ יִניֵרֲה תָדְכּ יֵנְבּ תֶא לוּמָיֶּשׁ רוּמָגּ ַחיִלָשְׁל וֹתוֹא הָוהְי ךיֶנָפְלִּמ ןוֹצָר יִהיִו .תוֹשֲׂעַל הָמ יַלָע הֶלֲעַתֶּשׁ ,וּניֵתוֹבֲא יֵהֹלאֵו וּניֵהֹלֱא תוֹנָוַּכַּה לָכּ םִע וֹז הָוְצִמ יִתְּמַיִּק וּלִּאְכּ .תוֹיוּאְרָה
יִל יִנֵכַּזְתוּ .דֶלֶיַּל הָשֻּׁדְק הָמָשְׁנ ַעיִפְּשַׁתּ הֶיְהִיְו ,תוֹוְצִמַּלְו הָרוֹתַּל וֹלְדַּגְל וֹמִּאְלוּ איִרָבוּ תוֹבוֹט תוֹדִּמ לַעַבוּ דיִסָחְו םָכָח וּהֵעיִגַּנְו ,וֹתָרוֹתְבּ וֹבּ חַמְשִׂנְו ,הֵּלָזַּמ .הָפֻּחַל I am giving my son to the mohel as I appoint him as my complete emissary to circumcise my son according to the law of how it is done. May it be Your will, Adonai our God and God of our ancestors, that You consider it as if I fulfilled this mitzvah with all the proper intentions.
May You give [and continually draw forth] a holy soul for this child. May I and his mother merit to raise him to Torah wisdom and to mitzvot. May he be wise and kind, healthy, with good and balanced character and good fortune.
הֵשֲׂעַמוּ ,וּניֵלָע וּניֵהֹלֱא יָנֹדֲא םַעֹנ יִהְי״ ״.וּהֵנְנוֹכּ וּניֵדָי הֵשֲׂעַמוּ וּניֵלָע הָנְנוֹכּ וּניֵדָי May he and his Torah bring us joy, and may we merit to see him to his chuppah. With awe, love, and great joy I come today to do Your will. With Your compassion, bless us from Your blessings, and bring us joy in being of service, and save us always from missing the mark. May we merit to fulfill the mitzvot of the Torah.
“May the pleasantness of Adonai our God be upon us. Establish for us the work of our hands; yes, establish the work of our hands!”26
— Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azoulai, (1724–1806), Livorno, Italy27
26 Psalms 90:17. 27 Excerpted from Sansan LeYa’ir– a book of prayers for various occasions by Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azoulai (known as the Chida).
