We need healing.
Our world needs healing.
I need healing. You probably do as well.
To be human is to be broken and whole at the same time.
To be human is to know that our bodies are beautifully imperfect vessels.
To be human is to know that our souls can soar to the greatest heights and also suffer profoundly.
The words, “El na r’fa na la” comes from the Torah. From Numbers 12:13 to be exact. Moses spoke these words as he, brokenhearted, watched his sister Miriam suffer from an affliction that would eventually take her life. They mean, “God, please please heal her.”
To these simple and stirring words, I added a few words of my own, borrowing from Jewish tradition: M’kor haChayim havienu l’chayim. Which means, “Source of Life, Connect us to Life.”
Many Jews are familiar with the Mishebeirach healing prayer written by the great Debbie Friedman. This healing prayer, which you can listen to below, is a humble contribution written for similar occasions.