10 Prayers to Learn Torah

10 PRAYERS FROM RABBI BERLAND TO LEARN TORAH

To mark Parshat Yitro, we're very pleased to share with you 10 of Rabbi Eliezer Berland's translated prayers on the subject of learning Torah.

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MASTER OF THE WORLD, GRANT ME THE MERIT TO LEARN TORAH DAY AND NIGHT.

And through this, I will merit to feel the taste of the Garden of Eden. And through this, I will merit to faith and trust. And I will merit this year to fulfill the verse, "In the Lord I trusted, I will not fear.'' And I will merit this year to in depth learning. And through this, I will merit this year to be a righteous one of the righteous ones.

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MASTER OF THE WORLD, ALL POWERFUL, YOU REVEALED TO US THROUGH MORDECHAI AND ESTER THAT THE JEWS RECEIVED TORAH ANEW.

Thus, You should grant me as well to receive the Torah anew. And through this, ''Yaakov's lily is joyful and happy." Through the miracles that You did for them in Shushan, the secret of the verse, "An offering made by fire, of sweet fragrance to the Lord." And through this, clothe me in beautiful clothing, in Elijah the Prophet's cloak.

And through this, I will merit to receive all of Jerusalem, because You are honest and believed. And grant me the merit to be included in Israel, His nation. And through this, that I will kill myself in the tents of Torah, and I will learn Torah with a soul of purity, I will see in every moment the greatness of the Creator.

And through this, we will merit to the complete redemption, ''And the tribe of the kingship will come from the trunk of Yishai."

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MASTER OF THE WORLD, ALL POWERFUL, THAT YOUR PLAN WILL NOT BE DIMINISHED, PLEASE, O' MERCIFUL AND COMPASSIONATE ONE, GRANT ME THE MERIT TO LEARN TORAH DAY AND NIGHT.

And all of my desires should be to be only be grate wise man. And all of my actions will be to unify the name of the ''Holy One Blessed be He. And though this, I will merit love, companionship, and peace. And through this, I will merit that the soul of the Messiah the son of Yosef, the Messiah the son of David, will be complemented in me. That they will build the Holy Temple speedily in our days, like in the blink of an eye, amen, eternal, forever and always.

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Master of the world, All Powerful, that Your plan will not be diminished, grant me the merit to learn Torah day and night.

And I will love all of my friends a true love, and I will honor all of them, and I will not hurt any friend, and I will be saved from arrogance.

Like it is written, ''Don't allow an arrogant leg to come to me.'' And I will merit that the verse, "My refuge and my fortress, my Lord, in Him I will trust," should be established in me. And in this merit, I will merit to the level of angels.

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MASTER OF THE WORLD , GRANT ME THE MERIT TO LEAVE ALL OF MY CONFUSIONS.

Because You are All Powerful and Your plan will not be diminished. Since You are able to purify my mindset in the epitome of clarity and purity. Until I will merit to a holy and pure mindset, to a bright and extremely clear mindset, in the bright and clear lights. Until I will always see only the high and concealed lights that are before my eyes.

And my eyes will be holy and pure in the epitome of holiness and purity. Until I will merit to see holy and pure angels in front of my eyes always. And I will merit to a world that is all good, and is all lights, to a world of the wonderful lights. Like it is written, ''And illuminate our eyes in Your Torah.''

And I will merit to see the hidden lights that are in the letters of the Torah. And through this, I will merit to return the whole entire world to repentance. And through this, I will merit to illuminate in the root of their souls the wonderful lights that are drawn through the letters of the Torah, from the light of the seven days, the infinite light.

And through this, I will merit to return the whole entire world in repentance like in the blink of an eye, Amen. Master of the world, You know my bitter and tormented heart which ascended and entangled upon my neck from the day I stood on my own mindset until now.

Therefore, Master of mercy, hide me in Your wing's concealment in mercy. And stop all of the bad thoughts from me, like it is written, ''Stop in anger, stop, and they will cease to exist,'' and they will not come back to me forever.

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Master of the world, All powerful, that Your plan will not be diminished from anything, and You are able to save me like in the blink of an eye.

GRANT ME THE MERIT TO WORRY ABOUT MY SOUL THAT IT IS ONE OF A KIND AND UNIQUE.

And I will merit to fix the sin of Adam and Eve, and to shine like Adam and Eve before the sin of the First Man. And I will merit to see in every moment and second in the kingship of G-d. Like it is written, ''When it will be said to Zion, your Lord reigned, G-d reigns, G-d reigned, G-d will reign forever and always."

And I will merit to learn Torah day and night. Please G-d is One, please guard me in every moment and second like it's written, "Behold, He will not rest and He will not sleep, keeper of Israel." And I will be happy with G-d in every moment and second.

And I will be only filled with joy and happiness always, like it is written, ''Israel will be happy in His actions, the children of Zion will delight in their king."

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MASTER OF THE WORLD, ALL POWERFUL, THAT YOUR PLAN WILL NOT BE DIMINISHED, GRANT ME THE MERIT TO LEARN TORAH DAY AND NIGHT.

And through this we, my brothers and I, and all of our family will be modest and humble.

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Master of the world, in the merit of learning Gemara, Mishnayos, Rambam, Tur Shulchan Aruch, Shitah Mekubetzes and of their commentators, Ramban, Rashba, Ritva, Meiri, the Vilna Gaon, Ketzos Hachoshen, and Nesivos Hamishpat, I will merit "to lengthened days of understanding."

AND I WILL NO LONGER HAVE ANY VICE IN THIS WORLD, HEAVEN FORBID.

And all of my days, I will yearn for the masters of the Talmud, the masters of the secret. And I will merit to learn a lot of Gemara, Tur Shulchan Aruch, Rambam, and of the their commentators. Eitz Chaim, Peri Eitzch Chaim, Zohar, and all of the writings of the Arizal.

And in this merit, I will merit to shine in the light of Torah, and to love You, and all of my friends. And to perform, ''And you will love your friend as you love yourself." And all of the fallen loves will be switched only to the love of G-d.

And in this merit, we will merit to the complete redemption, like in the blink of an eye, Amen, forever, eternally eternal.

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Master of the world, All Powerful, that Your plan will not be diminished, please roll Your mercy over Your character traits.

AND GRANT ME THE MERIT, FROM THIS DAY FORTH TO A HOLY BODY FROM THE GARDEN OF EDEN, BECAUSE YOU ARE A SUPPORT AND A TRUST FOR THE RIGHTEOUS ONES.

And in this merit, You should grant me the merit that I will switch to be an expert in the Gemara, and in the Torah law authorities (poskim), and I will merit to be a wonder to the public. And I will merit to hear the voice of the Creator and the Leader of all the creations. And grant me the merit to switch to be a man of understandings, to be a man of comprehension regarding the ocean of the Talmud, the vast place.

And all will be for the honor of Moshe the son of Amram.

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MASTER OF THE WORLD, ALL POWERFUL, THAT YOUR PLAN WILL NOT BE DIMINISHED, PLEASE HAVE MERCY UPON ''A WORM AND NOT A MAN, A SHAMED MAN AND A SCORNED NATION'' LIKE ME.

"All of those who see me will make fun of me, they will open their lips and shake their heads." And through this, I will merit to the first blows to the evil forces that are in the numerical value of [the acronym of the ten plagues which are] דצ''ך 114, עד''ש 374, באח''ב 13.

And I will merit in the merit of learning the Shas, to call to the holy Devine Presence, that it will look upon me in a wise eye, day and night. And in the merit of learning Torah day and night, I should merit to taste the Garden of Eden.

And I should merit to live a long life like Shem that merited to live in the Garden of G-d after he attended the funeral procession of Sarah our foremother.

AND HE WAS THERE UNTIL YAAKOV REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY, AND HE WAS 500 (SHEM) AND THEN HE COMPREHENDED THE FIFTIETH GATE.