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A HOLY CALL from the Chief Rabbi of Israel

As the festival of Passover "our time of redemption" approaches and we all
gather to celebrate this holy occasion, drinking the four cups of wine that
represent the four verses of deliverance and tasting the Matzah and Maror

We shall remember our sons who are being held in captivity by evil
oppressors and together with the whole House of Israel, we shall be united
tonight, as one, around the Seder table.

We shall raise a holy prayer from the depths of our hearts, for their
immediate rescue and return to their homes and families, in good health and
peace. Please recite the following blessing after the passage of "Avadim
Hayinu" (we were slaves to Pharaoh).

May He who hears all prayers, favourably hear our prayer at this time

Leading to good tidings soon and in our day

Amen.

Hoping for Hashem's redemption,

Shlomo Moshe Amar Rishon LeZion- Chief Rabbi of Israel

A prayer for the rescue of the captive and missing soldiers. Please recite
the following Psalms: Psalms Chapter 121

A Song of Ascents.

I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains: from whence shall my help come?

My help cometh from the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not
slumber.

Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.

The LORD is thy keeper; the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

The LORD shall keep thee from all evil; He shall keep thy soul.

The LORD shall guard thy going out and thy coming in, from this time forth
and for ever.

Psalms Chapter 124

A Song of Ascents; of David.

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us', let Israel now say;

'If it had not been the LORD who was for us, when men rose up against us,

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against
us;

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul;

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.'

Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers; the snare is
broken, and we are escaped.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

May it be your will, Hashem, our God and God of our ancestors, that
these Psalms that we have read, will find favor before You, as if King
David, your servant, had recited them himself.

For the sake of Your Holy Name, may our prayer and request be accepted with
mercy and favor, and may our supplication come before You, to show mercy and
loving kindness for our captives and missing soldiers:

Ehud ben Malka Goldwasser

Eldad ben Tova Regev

Gilad ben Aviva Schalit

Guy ben Rina Hever

Zecharia Shlomo ben Miriam Baumel

Yekutiel Yehudah Nachman ban Sarah Katz

Zvi ben Pnina Feldman

Ron ben Batya Arad

Mercifully save them, together with all the captives and prisoners of your
people Israel.

He who redeems prisoners shall save them from captivity and take them out of
slavery to freedom, and from oppression to redemption, and from darkness to
light, and He shall heal them fully in soul and body, and grant them
strength, happiness and joy, so they shall be strong, healthy and content.
May the merit and cries of prayer of the many, who beseech You on their
behalf, from all corners of the earth, serve as a mighty shield and annul
any evil decree, and may their merits and deeds for the sake of our people
and homeland, be presented before You. May the following verse be realized
for them: And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing
unto Zion, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain
gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.