Prayer For All {Insp}

"Prayer For All"
{Reprinted by special request.}

A Rosh Hashanah Prayer, courtesy of Rabbi Jacob
Pressman, University of Pennsylvania, Class of 1940:
{adopted from Dec 31, 1999 original.}

May you get a clean bill of health from your dentist, your
cardiologist, your gastroenterologist, your urologist, your
proctologist, your podiatrist, your psychiatrist, your plumber
and the IRS. May your hair, your teeth, your face-lift, your
abs and your stocks not fall.

May your blood pressure, your triglycerides, your
cholesterol, your white blood count and your mortgage
interest not rise.

May you find a way to travel from anywhere to anywhere
in the rush hour in less than an hour, and when you
get there may you find a parking space.

May Friday evening, September 22nd, find you seated
around the Shabbat table, together with your beloved
family and cherished friends, ushering in the Sabbath
day. You will find the food better, the environment quieter,
the cost much cheaper, and the pleasure much more
fulfilling than anything else you might ordinarily do that
night.

May you wake up on September 23rd, finding that the
world has not come to an end, the lights work, the water
faucets flow, and the sky has not fallen.

May you go to the bank on Monday morning, September
25th and find your account is in order, your money is still
there and any mistakes are in your favor.

May you ponder on September 26th how did this ultra-
modern civilization of ours managed to get itself traumatized
by a possible slip of a blip on a chip made out of sand.

May we relax about the Third Millennium of the Common
Era, and realize that we still have 233 years until the dawn
of the Sixth Millennium of the Jewish Calendar by which
time the computer is long since obsolete and so are we.

In the future year of presidential campaigning, may some
of the promises made be kept and may you believe at least
half of what the candidates propose, and may those elected
fulfill at least half of what they promise.

May you relish, with a sense of humor, the possibility that a
professional wrestler could become president of the United
States, just as a professional actor once did.

May what you see in the mirror delight you, and what others
see in you delight them.

May someone love you enough to forgive your faults, be blind
to your blemishes, and tell the world about your virtues.

May the telemarketers wait to make their sales calls until you
finish dinner, and may your checkbook and your budget
balance, and may they include generous amounts for charity.

May you remember to say "I love you" at least once a day to
your spouse, your child and your parent; but not to your
secretary, your nurse, personal trainer or intern.

And finally, may you fill your world with love even more
than you have in the past.

Amen.
Received on Mon Sep 25 01:07:04 2006