Prayer Before Lighting the Ner Tamid

Master of the World, as I kindle the Ner Tamid (Eternal Candle) before You with a holy tremor, in fear and trembling, awe and dread, please draw upon me the Hidden Light—the light about which it is said that it is seven times the light of the sun. May I merit the 370 lights that Eve merited on the day of her creation. Through the Ner Tamid, may all the blemishes I have caused before You from my inception until this day be rectified. May all the lights I have damaged from the day of my birth until now shine upon me, and restore to me all the lights I have darkened. By my lighting the Ner Tamid, may the light of our holy Rebbe [Rebbe Nachman] go forth and shine in the entire world, and may the whole world walk by his light. May the light of our holy Rebbe be revealed—the light of the Seven Days. In the merit of the holy Ner Tamid, may all evil in the entire world be burned away, and may everyone see the light of Hashem, as it is written: "House of Jacob, come and let us walk in the light of Hashem." May we merit, in the merit of the Ner Tamid, to hear the Ten Commandments anew and to see the lights and torches of the Giving of the Torah. Just as You granted merit to Deborah the Prophetess, who is called "Eishet Lapidot" (Woman of Torches), in the merit of the wicks she made—and they saw torches above her tent—so too, grant me the merit to see miracles and wonders, lights and lights of lights. May my entire life be filled only with the light of Hashem, with the light of our holy Rebbe.

Master of the World, as I stand before You now, prior to lighting the Ner Tamid, in awe and reverence, with terrible fear, with trembling and shaking knees, to draw the soul of Rebbe Nachman into the world through the lighting of the Ner Tamid:

Please, Merciful and Gracious One, Omnipotent, please act according to the greatness of Your infinite wonders, that the soul of our holy Rebbe be impregnated within me at the hour of lighting the Ner Tamid—within me, within my wife, and within all the members of my household. Through this, draw down upon us all healings and all salvations, and may we no longer know any illness or pain. Restore to me, to my wife, and to all the members of my household all the Mochin (expanded consciousness/intellect) through the pure olive oil, which corresponds to Mochin d'Abba (the aspect of Wisdom) drawn from Arich Anpin (the Long Countenance), Atika Kadisha (the Holy Ancient One), and Adam Kadmon (Primordial Man).