“Personal Prayer” of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi – A Prayer Against All Forms of Evil

“Personal Prayer” of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi – A Prayer Against All Forms of Evil

This is the “personal prayer” composed by the head of the Sanhedrin and codifier of the Mishnah, Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi. Many years ago, during a class on Bronnaya Street, one of the women asked Isaac Abramovich Kogan which prayer was the most powerful against all forms of negativity, the evil eye, and so on. Rabbi Izya said: “What could be more powerful than the one we recite every morning after the brachot? Of course, the prayer of Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi. This is a prayer against all forms of evil.” Prayer Yehi ratzon milfanecha Adonai Elohai v'Elohei avotai, shetatzileni hayom uvechol yom vayom – me'azut panim u'me'azut panim, me'adam ra, miyetzer ra, mechaver ra, mishachen ra, m'pega ra, me'ayin hara, u'milashon hara, midin kasheh u'miba'al din kasheh, ben shehu ben brit uven she'eino ben brit. Vechen yehi ratzon milfanecha Adonai Elohai v'Elohei avotai, shetatzileni hayom uvechol yom vayom – mimalshinot, me'edut sheker, misinat haberiyot, me'alilah, mimita meshunah, mecholaim u'mikrim ra'im, u'midina shel Gehinom. Translation May it be Your will, O Lord, my G-d and the G-d of my fathers, to protect me today and always from brazen people and from brazenness, from an evil person and from a bad companion, from an evil neighbor and from misfortune, from a deadly enemy, from a harsh judgment and an unyielding litigant, whether Jew or non-Jew. And may it be Your will, O L-rd, my G-d and the G-d of my fathers, to save me today and always from slander, from false testimony, from the hatred of others, from defamation, from an unnatural death, from illness and misfortune, and from the judgment of Gehinom. (The Tehillat Moshe Siddur)