Mi Shebeirach List
One of the central Jewish prayers for those who are ill or recovering from illness or injury is the Mi Shebeirach. The prayer takes its name from two words: “mi” and “shebeirach” meaning, “the One" "who blessed.” It asks that the One who blessed our ancestors bring about a complete healing. On Shabbat and Festivals we read the names of those in need of healing before we sing the prayer.
The version of the prayer we sing most often is by Debbie Friedman, ז׳׳ל:
The version of the prayer we sing most often is by Debbie Friedman, ז׳׳ל:
מי שברך אבותינו מקור הברכה לאימותינו
Mi shebeirach avoteinu, m’kor hab’rachah l’imoteinu
[May the One who blessed our fathers, the source of blessing for our mothers,]
May the Source of strength who blessed the ones before us
Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing
And let us say, Amen.
מי שברך אמותינו מקור הברכה לאבותינו
Mi shebeirach imoteinu, m’kor hab’rachah l’avoteinu
[May the One who blessed our mothers, the source of blessing for our fathers,]
Bless those in need of healing with r'fuah sh'leimah [complete healing]
The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit,
And let us say, Amen
Mi shebeirach avoteinu, m’kor hab’rachah l’imoteinu
[May the One who blessed our fathers, the source of blessing for our mothers,]
May the Source of strength who blessed the ones before us
Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing
And let us say, Amen.
מי שברך אמותינו מקור הברכה לאבותינו
Mi shebeirach imoteinu, m’kor hab’rachah l’avoteinu
[May the One who blessed our mothers, the source of blessing for our fathers,]
Bless those in need of healing with r'fuah sh'leimah [complete healing]
The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit,
And let us say, Amen
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Mi Shebeirach List
Most recently updated on July 31, 2020
Ezra Jordan Abbott-Fischel
Rihchuma Pesha bas Beena Zecil
Rotem Ben Nurit v’Amit
Emmet Ben Pachel
Lester Berkowitz
Ed Bessette
David Bovarnick
Robert Burton
Raymond Byrnes
Joan Casby
Meryl Clark
Robert Conrad
Dan Cotta
Natalie Cotta
Jill Cryer
Margaret D’Alfonso
Sarah Dager
Lori Dorsey
Suzanne Duggan-Ball
Robert Fischel
Tom Gambardella
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Arlene Goldstein
Lois Goldstein
Richard Gourse
Judy Halpern
Judith Hecht
Joseph Himmelstein
Herschel Huber
Rotem Ishai
Kate Itacy
Joan Jacobs
David Jalbert
Maya Josephine
Elliot Katz
Lori Katz
Eddie Kudish
Diana Levinson
Rob Levy
Liz Luderer
Joyce Maio
The Mansour Family
Jill Meyer
Cheryl Moretti
Sheila Murphy
Ted O'Brien
Anne O’Connell
Susan Oclassen
Matthew Feibelman Orenstein
Paul Ouelette
Larry Priest
Ted Ross
Ruth Ross
Sherry Royall
Jim Schlesinger
Ben Sholes
Carol Silva
Michael Solod
Dave Spiro
Carly Tobin
Steve Trager
Albert Treger
Annie Walsh
Maxine Warner
Dick White
Lois Wilcox
Carol Wineman
Ada Winsten
Elijah Wolfe
Rihchuma Pesha bas Beena Zecil
Rotem Ben Nurit v’Amit
Emmet Ben Pachel
Lester Berkowitz
Ed Bessette
David Bovarnick
Robert Burton
Raymond Byrnes
Joan Casby
Meryl Clark
Robert Conrad
Dan Cotta
Natalie Cotta
Jill Cryer
Margaret D’Alfonso
Sarah Dager
Lori Dorsey
Suzanne Duggan-Ball
Robert Fischel
Tom Gambardella
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Arlene Goldstein
Lois Goldstein
Richard Gourse
Judy Halpern
Judith Hecht
Joseph Himmelstein
Herschel Huber
Rotem Ishai
Kate Itacy
Joan Jacobs
David Jalbert
Maya Josephine
Elliot Katz
Lori Katz
Eddie Kudish
Diana Levinson
Rob Levy
Liz Luderer
Joyce Maio
The Mansour Family
Jill Meyer
Cheryl Moretti
Sheila Murphy
Ted O'Brien
Anne O’Connell
Susan Oclassen
Matthew Feibelman Orenstein
Paul Ouelette
Larry Priest
Ted Ross
Ruth Ross
Sherry Royall
Jim Schlesinger
Ben Sholes
Carol Silva
Michael Solod
Dave Spiro
Carly Tobin
Steve Trager
Albert Treger
Annie Walsh
Maxine Warner
Dick White
Lois Wilcox
Carol Wineman
Ada Winsten
Elijah Wolfe
