A Parent's Prayer

All parents want the best for their children — that they should be good and upright, that they have everything they need for a fruitful, joyous life.

The classic work, Shelah HaKadosh, contains a prayer that parents should recite for their children at any time of the year — but especially on the day before Rosh Chodesh Sivan, for that is the month when God gave us the Torah, and when the Jewish people began to be called His Children. On that day, he writes, fathers and mothers should give charity to the poor and repent. They should even fast, if they are able to.

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Selichos for Children's Illnesses
(Selichos Letachlu'ei Yeladim)

The period of Shovavim-Tat; the weeks from Parashas Shemos through Parashas Mishpatim (during a Jewish leap year through Parashas Tetzavah), is considered a time for introspection that is particularly propitious for repentance.

Some congregations recite Selichos, penitential prayers, on Mondays and Thursdays during these weeks. Among them are congregations that include the special Selichos for Children's Illnesses as part of the service. For the benefit of those congregatons, we present the text and translation of the prayer.

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recited by many especially on the Tuesday of Parshas Beshallach.

     A good livelihood is essential for the fulfillment of our many basic aspirations: support of the family, assistance to worthy causes, and building sturdy foundations for the future. We plan and work, but ultimately parnassah is in the hands of G-d.

     We pray for it every day -- but some days may be more propitious than others.

     The Torah reading of Parashas Beshallach includes the chapter telling how the Jewish People in the Wilderness received manna, the Heavenly food that nourished them for forty years. Many people recite the chapter daily, as a special prayer for parnassah. There is also a widespread custom to recite this chapter on the Tuesday of the week of Beshallach.

As a public service, we offer the text and interlinear translation of the chapter, from the Schottenstein Edition Interlinear Siddur. Please feel free to download it.