This Hebrew and English text by Ira Tick is a prayer for a peaceful, just solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict written for inclusion in the Grace After Meals. While the author’s political opinions are clearly stated, people of varying political stances could use this text as a basis, altering it to reflect their views. Tick, a Jewish educator, submitted his prayer to The Open Siddur Project, an initiative that aims to liberate the creative content of Jewish spiritual practice as a collectively shared resource for students, scholars, artists, and educators to adopt, adapt, and redistribute.
Two States Prayer“הרחמן הוא ישבור עול כיבוש – Prayer to the Compassionate One for the Peace of Two States for Two Peoples (for Inclusion in the Birkat Hamazon)” by Ira Tick is shared by Ira Tick with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.