These Holy Days—A High Holidays Supplement After October 7 | Page 35

ת כְּפִירֶא
פִיר אֲרְָכּ
יוִב
רַ‏ חֲ‏ מְֶבּ תִ‏ פְקֶשׁ
זַר דְִג
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): קֶלֶס ( beets On
יְהי רָ‏ צוֹן מִ‏ לִפְנֵי אָבִינוּ שֶׁ‏ בַּשָ‏ מַ‏ יִם ‏ֶשׁי ‏ְלַתְּ‏ ‏ִס קוּ אוֹיבֵינוּ . May it be Your will , O God , that our enemies be defeated .
: אָרָק ) ( pumpkin On
יְהי רָ‏ צוֹן מִ‏ לִפְנֵי אָבִינוּ שֶׁ‏ בַּשָ‏ מַ‏ יִם ‏ֶשׁי ‏ִקרעְ‏ ינֵינוּ . May it be Your will , O God , to tear up any decree of suffering or evil planned against us .
On an orange ( or orange acorn squash , or orange pepper , or cantaloupe , or ginger ):
יְהי רָ‏ צוֹן מִ‏ לִפְנֵי אָבִינוּ שֶׁ‏ בַּשָׁ‏ מַ‏ יִם ‏ֹד ו ‏ִרֲ‏ ‏ְא יאֵל בִּיבָּס .
יD יםִבַּרָה
May it be Your will , O God , to turn Your Providential attention to infant Kfir and young Ariel Bibas , and their parents , Shari and Yarden , all taken hostage on October 7 . Family , friends , and supporters honor the red-headed (“ ginger ”) brothers with orange clothes and orange balloons -- which they released on Kfir ’ s first birthday . Kfir has now spent over half his life in captivity . Orange balloons have been used to cover bullet holes and bloodstains at the Bibas home in Kibbutz Nir Oz . The Kibbutz nursery was filled with orange balloons .
וַיּ שׁוֹןֶ‏ ‏ֵרד שִׁ‏ מְ‏ וְאָ ו נִ‏ ‏ְאמּוֹ תִּ‏ מְ‏ ‏ָתהָ‏ . . . ו ‏ְהנִּ‏ ‏ֵה יוֹת שׁ ֵ ‏ֹאג לִקְ‏ רָ‏ אתוֹ : “ Samson and his father and mother went down to Timnah ... There a tawny young lion roared at him .” ( Judges 14:5 )
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