Bar Mitzvah Prayer

Master of the Universe, Almighty, as I reach the age of Mitzvos (commandments) when the Ohr Makif (surrounding spiritual light) encompasses me day and night, for three days and three nights. Please, Master of the Universe, reveal to me the blazing and burning fire, which has been blazing for three days and three nights. And may I merit from now on to be Holy of Holies with absolute Shmiras Einayim (guarding of the eyes), and I shall no longer see any strange woman or any strange girl until the end of my life.

May I merit every single year to complete the Shas (the entire Talmud), Ktzos HaChoshen, Nesivos HaMishpat, Tokpo Kohen (foundational works of Jewish Law), and all other holy books. And from the moment of the Bar Mitzvah, may I merit to see Hashem face to face, and merit to say the Tikkun HaKlali (The General Rectification) every day, all the days of my life, without stopping for even a moment.

And may the verses be fulfilled in me: "Thus says Hashem G-d: Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and set up My standard to the peoples; and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. And kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers; they shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am Hashem, for they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me" (Isaiah 49:22-23). "Violence shall no more be heard in your land, wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. The sun shall be no more your light by day, neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you; but Hashem shall be to you an everlasting light, and your G-d your glory. Your sun shall no more go down, neither shall your moon withdraw itself; for Hashem shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended" (Isaiah 60:18-20).

"And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Hashem has blessed. I will greatly rejoice in Hashem, my soul shall be joyful in my G-d; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. For as the earth brings forth her growth, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so Hashem G-d will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations" (Isaiah 61:9-11). "For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burns. And the nations shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory; and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of Hashem shall name. You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of Hashem, and a royal diadem in the open hand of your G-d. You shall no more be termed Forsaken, neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called Hephzibah (My delight is in her), and your land Beulah (Married); for Hashem delights in you, and your land shall be married. For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your G-d rejoice over you" (Isaiah 62:1-5).

And may this day of the Bar Mitzvah be the day of my wedding, when I say: "And I will betroth you to Me forever; and I will betroth you to Me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in compassion. And I will betroth you to Me in Emunah (faith); and you shall know Hashem" (Hosea 2:21-22). And may I merit on the day of the Mitzvah the song of the Leviathan, and to be like Jonah the Prophet who offered himself as a sacrifice to Hashem and to the Tzaddikim, and through this entered the Garden of Eden with his body. May I merit on the day of the Bar Mitzvah to enter the Garden of Eden with my body, and to have a long life like Serach bat Asher, and Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, and Eliezer the servant of Abraham. And may the verses be fulfilled in me: "The wilderness and the parched land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1). "Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar inhabits; let the inhabitants of Sela exult, let them shout from the top of the mountains" (Isaiah 42:11).

And may I merit to sing like the frogs: "Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever" (Baruch Shem Kevod Malchuso L'olam Va'ed). This phrase has the Gematria (numerical value) of "The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended" (Kalu Tefillos David ben Yishai). And may I be like Chanoch (Enoch) and like the Simple Man (from Rebbe Nachman's stories) who, with every single stitch, said: "Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever." May I attain all the secrets of the Leviathan, "For His kindness is forever," and subdue the "slanting serpent, the tortuous serpent, and the dragon that is in the sea." And may I merit that from the day of the Bar Mitzvah, the Ruach HaKodesh (Divine Inspiration) shall rest upon me, as it is said: "In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bore them, and carried them all the days of old... Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? Who divided the water before them, to make Himself an everlasting name? Who led them through the depths, as a horse in the wilderness, that they stumbled not? As the cattle that go down into the valley, the spirit of Hashem caused them to rest; so did You lead Your people, to make Yourself a glorious name. Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of Your holiness and of Your glory; where is Your zeal and Your mighty acts? The yearning of Your heart and Your compassions are restrained toward me. For You are our Father, for Abraham knows us not, and Israel acknowledges us not; You, Hashem, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name" (Isaiah 63:9-16).