Rabbi Yeshayahu Pinto (shlita), whose soul-root, according to many Mekubalim, is connected with revealing the importance of reading Sefer Devarim in our generation—the generation of Geulah and chevlei Mashiach—composed a special prayer to be recited after reading the entire Book of Devarim, which is connected with the Redemption. He explains the importance of reading Sefer Devarim on Shabbat. It is recommended that everyone who practices reading the entire Book on Shabbat recite this prayer at the end.
Prayer
“Yehi ratzon milfanecha Ado-nai Elo-hai ve-Elo-hai avotai, ha-Melech ha-Gadol shome'a tefillah, eilecha kol basar yavo'u. She-kol ha-tefillot asher hitpalalti u-vikashti ve-hitchananti, yavo'u ve-ya'alu lefanecha derech tesha me'ot ve-chamishim ve-chamishah she'arim asher avdecha—ne'eman beitecha—Moshe Rabbeinu salal u-vanah mesilah, she-bah ya'alu ha-tefillot ad Kisei Kevodecha.
U-selach li, aval im chatati ve-im aviti, ki letaken bati ve-lo le-kalkel. Ach tza'ar ha-galuyot ve-ol ha-shibud u-fizur ha-da'at be-parnasah, hem be-ochreinu.
Ach libi shalem im Borai u-muchan ani limsor et nafshi be-ahavah merubah ve-latet et chayai le-arba mitot beit din, ve-ein ani rotzeh/ah (for women) sechar ve-lo ba-olam ha-zeh, ve-lo ba-Olam ha-Ba.
Ha-kol li-chvodecha le-harim Shechinta me-afar u-le-hagdil et Malchut Shamayim, ve-la'asot nachat ruach le-Yotzreinu ve-la'asot ratzon Boreinu kol ha-yamim. Ve-al tikachenu me-ha-olam ha-zeh terem zemaneinu, zakenu lihyot me-azochim le-ha'ir et ha-olam Borecha ha-bahir, u-le-hachzir neshamot to'im le-kur machtzavtam al yedei limud Sefer Devarim she-lamadti, she-kol nishmot Yisrael kelulim bo, she-yiftach libot acheinu—bnei Yisrael—lishmo'a, lilmod u-lelamed, lishmor ve-la'asot et kol divrei Toratecha be-ahavah. Yihyu le-ratzon imrei fi, ve-hegyon libi, lefanecha Ado-nai tzuri ve-go'ali”!
Translation
“May it be Your will, G-d, our G-d and the G-d of our forefathers, the Great King who hears prayer, before Whom all flesh comes, that all the prayers that I have prayed, asked, and entreated may come and rise before You through the nine hundred and fifty-five gates that Your servant, faithful to Your House, Moshe Rabbeinu, paved and built—a path through which the prayers ascend to Your Throne of Glory. Forgive me if I have sinned and if I have transgressed, for I have come to repair, not to destroy. Yet the suffering of the exiles, the yoke of servitude, and the distraction of the mind caused by the struggle to earn a livelihood weigh upon us. Nevertheless, my heart is whole with my Creator, and I am prepared to give my soul with great love and to lay down my life through the four forms of execution prescribed by the Torah court. I seek no reward, neither in this world nor in the World to Come.
Everything is for Your glory: to raise Your Shechinah from the dust, to magnify the Kingdom of Heaven, to bring satisfaction to our Creator, and to fulfill the will of our Maker all our days. Do not take us from this world before our time, and may we merit to be among those who illuminate the world of Your creation with Your radiant light, and to return erring souls to the source from which they were hewn through the study of Sefer Devarim, which I have learned, in which all the souls of Israel are included. May the hearts of our brothers, the children of Israel, be opened to listen, to learn and teach, to observe and fulfill all the words of Your Torah with love. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable before You, G-d, my Rock and my Redeemer”!
יהי רצון מלפניך ה' אלוקי ואלוקי
אבות', המלך הגדול שומע תפילה,
עדיך כל בשר יבואו.
שכל התפילות אשר התפללתי ובקשתי
והתחננתי, יבואו ויעלו לפניך, דרך
תתקנ"ה שערים אשר עבדך, נאמן
ביתך משָׂה רבנו, סלל ובנה מסילה,
שבה יעלו התפילות, עד כסא כבודך..
וסלח לי אבל אם חטאת ואם עוויתי, כי
לתקן באתי ולא לקלקל. אך צער
הגלויות, ועול השעבוד, ופיזור הדעת
בפרנקה, הם בעוכרינו.
,אך
ליבי שלם עם בוראי, ומוכן אני
למסור את נפשי באהבה מרובה, ולתת
את חיי לארבע מיתות בית דין, ואין אני
רוצה שׂכר, לא בעולם הזה ולא בעולם
הכל לכבודך להרים שכינתא מעפְרא,
ולהגדיל את מלכות שמים, ולעשות
נחת רוח ליוצרינו ולעשות רצון
בוראינו, כל הימים.
ואל תקחנו מהעולם טרם זמנינו, זכינ
להיות מהזוכים להאיר את העולם
באורך הבהיר, ולהחזיר נשמות טועים
לכור מחצבתם, על ידי לימוד ספר
דברים שלמדתי, שכל נשמות ישראל
כלולים בו, שיפתח ליבות אחינו בני
ישראל, לשמוע, ללמוד וללמד, לשמור
ולעשות את כל דברי תורתך, באהבה
"יהיו לרצון אמרי פי, והגיון לבי לפניך
ה' צורי וגואלי
(Translation and transliteration by Alexander Tzvi Sypkov for silatehilim.com)
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