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A Blessing for Transitioning a Beloved Pet Across the Rainbow Bridge

in shadow: profile of a dog and woman, locking eyes
Oseh HaShalom,
God, Maker of Peace, please bring us and __________ peace in this moment of significant transition.
I pray with great earnest to You, God, that you deliver __________ from the pain and weight of living;
make __________’s transition to their next life painless
and in an exercise of Your Great Mercy, peaceful.
 
We loved and cared for __________ in their [short/long] life with boundless affection and commitment.
Please help __________ understand this and feel no regret in letting us go.
 
Dear God, bring us acceptance of our forthcoming loss and embrace __________ in life and in the perfect cradle of what comes next;
Please embrace __________’s memory in fondness and love after their passing.
 
Oseh HaShalom, bless us. Bless __________’s life and may their memory be for a blessing.
 
Baruch Dayan HaEmet.

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