Vayera. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated
- Title
- Vayera. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated
- Author
- Morais, Sabato
- Format
- 4 pages on 1 sheet
- Language(s)
- English
- Source
- Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies
- Sabato Morais Collection, Box 9, Folder 4
- Has Format
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3tt4gc99/manifest.json
- Link to Colenda
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3tt4gc99
- Provenance
- Transfer of Custody from the Hebrew Education Society, 10 March 1913.
- Is Format Of
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/judaicadh/morais/main/TEI/SMBx9FF4_3.xml
- content
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[Hebrew]
Shield of Abraham! Before the mountains were brought forth; ere Thou didst form the earth and the whole universe, even from everlasting to everlasting Thou art God. And like Thy existence, so does Thy word abide for ever, and so is Thy will faithfully executed. To the childless father, who walked before Thee in truth, Thou didst promise a numerous offspring, and behold! by them is Thy name daily invoked. With their faces directed towards that hallowed country, whence the righteous man arose, who first proclaimed Thy Unity, they devotionally address Thy throne, and implore grace, for the sake of Abraham Thy servant. Hearken unto their entreaties, Thou who rememberest the covenant of the patriarchs. When the sins of Thy people, testify against them, let the merits of their ancient father ward off Thy chastisement. For, to do that which is pleasing in Thy sight, did Abraham suppress filial tenderness and the love of his native land. To fulfil Thy heavenly charge, he betook himself to climes he knew not before.
Confident in the justice of Thy decrees, he did not mur--mur when famine impelled him again to roam abroad in quest of food. His faith in Thee did likewise sustain him, when he girded his loins to rescue the oppressed, and humble the oppressors. When an appalling vision terrified his mind, and he prophetically beheld unutterable sufferings--into the cause of which he could not dive--he silently bowed to Thy inscrutable fiat. When in maturer years, Thou didst bid him subject his body to writing pains, his prompt obedience evinced his piety. Many O Lord! were the trials which Abraham steadfastly underwent, and which obtained for him the glorious appella--tion of God's friend. He was shown the effect of justice upon the wicked, and to avert from them a condign retribution, he poured out his righteous soul at the footstool of Thy mercy. He was constrained to cast from his bosom the cherished son of his handmaid--to secure thereby domestic peace--and he resignedly endured the bereavement. To prove to the heathen world, which sacrificed
human victims to false deities, the love he bore Thee, he laid upon Thy altar all his terrestrial happiness; aye, the life of his long-prayed for child, ready to burn it in honor of Thee, as an oblation. Grant therefore O Lord! that the his merits may propitiate Thy blessings on his descendants, for, unto him Thou didst promise that Thou wilt be their everlasting Protector. Almighty King! the days of our godly ancestor did not exceed those of his contem--poraries, that he might experience the fulfil--ment of Thy declarations, but form the supernal abode in which his soul is imparadised, he sees it even this day, through the length and breadth of the habitable globe. Grant we beseech Thee, that we may ever live in Thy presence, as the worthy children of one so faithful. Grant that when the period of our probation shall end, and in accordance with the prediction of Thy inspired servants, the remnant of Thy people shall have been tried as gold is tried, we may still rehearse thy praises in the beauteous Zion, as the only true God, and the Shield of Abraham.
But while it is Thy will that Thy children wor--ship Thee in the lands of their sojourn, grant that their religious sentiments may never suffer Thy name to be profaned among the gentiles. Grant that the minor sanctuaries, wherein they seek Thy face, may nowhere draw their exist--ance from a violation of Thy ordinances. Infuse into the heart of Israel, the spirit which incited their predecessors, and they will, not by usurious loans, but by munificent gifts, support Thy holy dwelling. Not for our sake, O Lord! not for our sake, but for that of Thy name, let not the institution consecrated to Thy glory, languish and decay, lest thy people become a derision, and Thy law be forgotten in our midst. Open Thou to a righteous understanding the minds of those who have erred in spirit, that they may atone for their trespasses, by sanctifying the Holy One of Jacob, and glorifying the God of Abraham, in the lands of their captivity. So may it be even with us speedily in our days. Amen. - Identifier
- p3tt4gc99
- identifier
- SMBx9FF4_3
Part of Vayera. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated
Morais, Sabato, “Vayera. Morais, Sabato. Philadelphia, PA. Undated”, Sabato Morais Digital Repository, accessed September 18, 2024, https://judaicadhpenn.org/legacyprojects/s/morais/item/91331