As we approach Rosh HaShanah, we prepare to stand before Hashem on the days when we proclaim Him as King and turn to Him in tefillah for the coming year.
On the first day of Rosh HaShanah, we read about Sarah Imeinu. After many years of waiting, the Torah tells us, “V’Hashem pakad es Sarah ka’asher amar” — “Hashem remembered Sarah as He had said.” Sarah was blessed with Yitzchak at a time when the fulfillment of that promise had seemed beyond what was naturally possible.
The Haftarah tells us about Chana, who also waited for a child and poured out her heart before Hashem in tefillah. Hashem remembered Chana, and she was blessed with Shmuel.
These two stories are especially meaningful on Rosh HaShanah. They remind us that Hashem hears tefillah, that everything is ultimately in His hands, and that a person should never stop turning to Him for rachamim and yeshuah.
Throughout Rosh HaShanah, we ask, “Zochreinu l’chaim, Melech chafetz bachaim” — “Remember us for life, O King Who desires life.” As we say Tehillim together, we ask Hashem to remember every person who needs a refuah, every person waiting for a yeshuah, and all of Klal Yisrael for life, health, peace, and brachah.
We daven especially for our chayalim and all those protecting Am Yisrael. May Hashem guard them from harm, grant them shemirah and hatzlachah, and bring them safely home to their families.
As a new year begins, may our Tehillim and tefillos be accepted b’rachamim u’v’ratzon. May Hashem send complete refuos to all those who are ill, yeshuos to all those in need, and protection and peace to all of Klal Yisrael.
May we all be written and sealed for a shanah tovah u’mesukah — a year of good health, simchah, parnassah, nachas, shalom, and besoros tovos. And may we merit the ultimate yeshuah with the coming of Mashiach and the rebuilding of the Beis Hamikdash, bimheirah b’yameinu, amen.
Names for Refuah Shleimah
Maxim Yehuda ben Yaffa
Aaron ben Shamsi
Rachamim Sasson ben Bracha
Yechiel HaLevi ben Rochel
Chizkiyahu Dov ben Shoshana
Kayhan Ilan ben Biyhay Chana
Shmaryahu ben Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Yosef Baruch ben Naomi Esther
Aharon ben Chana
Yosef Chaim ben Devorah Leah
Ella Imashom bas Tzipora demikre Sveta
Heleni Orna bas Chen Chana
Esther Hadassah bas Devora
Noach Gabriel Tzvi ben Tzipora
Fruma bas Raizel Shoshana Miriam
Adina Sorah bas Nechama Hinda
Bella Yafa bas Asya
For the Protection of Our Chayalim
Shalom ben Aviva
Idan ben Miriam
Chen ben Rachel
Chamra ben Tamar
Erez ben Meirav
Matan ben Nitza
Dani ben Yevgenia
Nevo ben Yafit
Amit ben Yael
Or ben Ronit
Uri ben Rachel
Maayan ben Sagit
Yarden ben Ayala
Netanel ben Avraham ben Nechemia Simcha
Oded Ephraim ben Vivian
Chaim Idan ben Inbal
Ro’i Chaim ben Meirav
Avihu Rafael ben Anat
Chaim Daniel ben Hodiya
Itai ben Chana
David ben Ziva
Eran Rafael ben Elka
Yinon ben Karina Yehudit
Itai Rafael ben Rotem
Yehonatan ben Adisa
Shlomo Yitzchak ben Rachel
Eliya ben Ravit
David ben Chaya
Yosef ben Shoshana
David Michael ben Chana Anna
Ro’i ben Tali
Menachem David Chai ben Miriam
Moshe Chaim ben Keren
Yaakov Yisrael ben Varda
Itamar Menachem ben Naomi Heniya
Malachi Yekutiel ben Hila Dafna
Ofir Rafael ben Liora
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