Prayer for Rosh Chodesh Adar According to the Siddur of the Great Ramban

Prayer for Rosh Chodesh Adar According to the Siddur of the Great Ramban

A tradition has come down to us from the great Ramban—Rabbi Moshe ben Nachman (may his merit protect us), who would recite a special prayer from his siddur three times on Rosh Chodesh Adar. The Mekubalim teach that it should be recited with immense kavanah, so that literally the entire body trembles and every muscle feels each word that is spoken. יהי רצון מלפניך, ה' אלוקי ואלוקי אבותיי, שתברך כל מעשי ידיי עד בלי די, מידך המלאה תשביעני, ומאוצרך הטוב תמלא ביתי ותשביעני, ותצליח דרכי ואורחותיי ושמור רגליי ונתיבותיי, כי בידך מסורים כל חי ויהיו מזונותיי בידך מסורים ומתוקים, ולא יהיו ביד בני אדם, כי הם מרים וקשים כלענה, בבושת פנים מכלימים. לכן, ברחמיך הרבים תחתום לי מזונות מידך הטובה המלאה, ויהיו שלמים. ותדריכני בדרך ישרה לפניך ותתנני לחן ולחסד ולרחמים בעיניך ובעיני כל רואיי, כי קל רחום וחנון אתה. ברוך שומע תפילה Prayer [Read 3 times] «Yehi ratzon milfanecha Ado-nai Elo-hai ve-Elo-hei avotai, she-tevarech kol ma'asei yadai ad bli dai, mi-yadecha ha-melei'ah tasbi'eini, u-me-otzrecha ha-tov temalei beiti ve-tasbi'eini, ve-tatzliach derachai ve-orchotai ve-shmor raglai ve-netivotai, ki be-yadecha mesurim kol chai ve-yihyu mezonotai be-yadecha mesurim u-metukim ve-lo yihyu be-yad bnei adam, ki hem marim ve-kashim ka-la'anah, ba-boshet panim machlimim. Lachen be-rachamecha ha-rabim tach tom li mezonot mi-yadecha ha-tovah ha-melei'ah ve-yihyu shleimim. Ve-tadricheni ba-derech yesharah lefanecha ve-titneni le-chen u-le-chesed u-le-rachamim be-einecha u-ve-einei kol ro'ai, ki Kel rachum ve-chanun Atah. Baruch shome'a tefilah». Translation May it be Your will, my G-d and the G-d of my forefathers, that You bless all the work of my hands without limit. From Your full hand, satisfy me; from Your storehouse of goodness, fill my home and satisfy me. Make my ways and paths successful, and guard my feet and my pathways, for all living beings are entrusted to Your hand. May my sustenance be entrusted to Your hand and be sweet, and may it not be in the hands of human beings, for what comes from them is bitter and harsh as wormwood, bringing humiliation and shame. Therefore, in Your great mercy, seal my sustenance with Your good and generous hand, and may it be complete. Guide me along the straight path before You, and grant me favor, kindness, and compassion in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who see me, for You are a gracious, compassionate, and merciful G-d. Blessed is He Who hears prayer! (Based on a lesson by Anat Ben Ari for silatehilim, “Rosh Chodesh Adar”; translated and transliterated by Alexander Zvi Sypkov)