The Prayer of the Disciples of the Ari HaKadosh Before the Halake (a boy’s first haircut at age three)
The book «Idrot», with the commentary «Matok mi-Devash» by the Gaon Rabbi Daniel Frisch, presents the prayer composed by the disciples of the Arizal. It is recited after a child’s first haircut, which is usually performed when he reaches the age of three, and during which the boy’s peot are formed at the temples. First, recite Tehillim 15 Then recite the prayer of the disciples of the Ari HaKadosh: יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ ה' אֱלֹהֵי הָאֱלֹהִים וַאֲדוֹנֵי הָאֲדוֹנִים, שֶׁבִּזְכוּת כָל הַצַדִּיקִים וְהַחֲסִידִים מִיוֹם שֶנִבְרָא הָעוֹלָם וְעַד סוֹפוֹ, וּבִזְכוּת תּוֹרָתְךָ הַקְּדוֹשָה וְהַטְּהוֹרָה, וּבִזְכוּת מִצְוֹתֶיךָ וּשְמוֹתֶיךָ הַקְּדוֹשִׁים שֶׁבָּהּ, וּבִזְכוּת מִצְוַת פְּאַת הָרֹאשׁ שֶצִּוִּיתָנוּ בְּתֹורָתֶךָ - לֹ֣א תַקִּ֔פוּ פְּאַ֖ת רֹאשְׁכֶ֑ם, וּבִזְכוּת הַצַדִּיק הַקָּדוֹשׁ ]הַזֶּה[, מוֹרֵנוּ וְרַבֵּנוּ וַעֲטֶרֶת רֹאשֵֹנוּ, רַבִּי שִׁימְעוֹן בַּר יוֹחָאי, כְּמוֹ שֶׁזָּכָה הַנַּעַר לִפְאַת הָרֹאשׁ, כֵּן יִזְכֶּה לְתוֹרָה וּלְחֻפָּה וּמִצְוֹת וּלְמַעֲשִׂים טוֹבִים, וְיוֹרֶה הוֹרָאוֹת בִּיִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחַיֵי אָבִיו וּבְחַיֵי אִמּוֹ, אָמֵן נֶצַח סֶלָה Yehi ratzon milfanekha Ado-nai – Elo-hei ha-Elo-him ve-Ado-nai ha-Adonim, she-bizkhut kol ha-tzaddikim ve-ha-chasidim mi-yom, she-nivraha-olam ve-ad sofo, u-vizkhut Toratekha ha-Kedoshah ve-ha-Torah, u-vi-zkhut mitzvotekha u-Shemotekha ha-Kedoshim she-Ba, u-vi-zkhut mitzvat pe'at ha-rosh, she-tzivitanu be-Toratekha – Lo takifu pe'at roshekhem, u-vi-zkhut ha-tzaddik ha-Kadosh [ha-zeh] – moreinu ve-rabbeinu va-ateret rosheinu Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, kemo she-zakhah ha-na'ar li-pe'at ha-rosh, ken yizkeh le-Torah u-le-chuppah u-mitzvot u-le-ma'asim tovim, ve-yorehhora'ot bi-Yisrael be-chayei aviv u-ve-chayei imo. Amen Netzach Selah! May it be Your will, O L-rd – G-d of gods and Lord of lords, that in the merit of all the righteous and pious, from the day the world was created until its end, and in the merit of Your holy and pure Torah, and in the merit of Your commandments and the holy Names contained therein, and in the merit of the commandment concerning the hair at the edge of the head, which You commanded us in Your Torah: «Do not round off the hair at the edges of your heads.» And in the merit of this holy tzadik [the one mentioned above] – our master, teacher, and crown of our heads, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, just as this boy merited the hair at the edge of his head, so may he merit Torah, chuppah, mitzvot, and good deeds, and teach Jewish law in Israel during the lifetimes of his father and mother. Amen Netzach Selah!At the end, recite Tehillim 150.
(Based on a lesson by Rabbi Alexander Tzvi Sypkov)
