May the One That blessed our ancestors, Source of Compassion, bless all those who dwell in the good land, Eretz Yisrael/and Palestine – a land of wheat and barley, of vines and figs and pomegranates, of olive oil and honey. May the descendants of AbrahamAbraham is the first patriarch and the father of the Jewish people. He is the husband of Sarah and the father of Isaac and Ishmael. God's covenant - that we will be a great people and inherit the land of Israel - begins with Abraham and is marked by his circumcision, the first in Jewish history. His Hebrew name is Avraham., SarahThe first matriarch, wife of Abraham, and mother of Isaac, whom she birthed at the age of 90. Sarah, in Rabbinic tradition, is considered holy, beautiful, and hospitable. Many prayers, particularly the Amidah (the central silent prayer), refer to God as Magen Avraham – protector of Abraham. Many Jews now add: pokehd or ezrat Sarah – guardian or helper of Sarah. and HagarAbraham's concubine and the mother of Ishmael, the patriarch of Islam. In the book of Genesis, when Sarah cannot conceive, she suggests that Abraham takeher servant Hagar as a concubine in order to conceive a child, which she promptly does. Feeling threatened by Hagar and her child, Sarah convinces Abraham to banish them from their home. God saves Hagar and Ishmael from dying in the desert. drink from Be’er L’chai Ro’i, the wellspring of divine nourishment. May they, in their own ways and according to their own traditions, know You, and realize together a collective liberation from suffering, sorrow, and torment. May they experience together Your blessing: “I will grant peace in the land, and you shall lie down untroubled by anyone; I will give the land respite from vicious beasts, and no sword shall cross your land.” May this land and its inhabitants become a blessing to all of humanity, a beacon of possibility in a time of trouble.
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Thank you for strengthening me when facing the Abraham’s feuding children by Hagar and by Sarah.