Peacemaker Prayer of Rabbi Nachman
The Peacemaker Prayer by Rabbi Nahman is an incantation for planetary peace and affirmation of non-dual reality. Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772 – 1810, Hebrew: רַבִּי נַחְמָן מִבְּרֶסְלֶב,) from Uman, Ukraine, was the great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov and founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement. The prayer below in Hebrew and English.
אֲדוֹן הַשָּׁלוֹם, מֶלֶךְ שֶׁהַשָּׁלוֹם שֶׁלּוֹ, עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם וּבוֹרֵא אֶת הַכֹּל. עָזְרֵנוּ וְהוֹשִׁיעֵנוּ כֻּלָּנוּ שֶׁנִּזְכֶּה תָמִיד לֶאֱחֹז בְּמִדַּת הַשָּׁלוֹם, וְיִהְיֶה שָׁלוֹם גָּדוֹל בֶּאֱמֶת בֵּין כָּל אָדָם לַחֲבֵרוֹ וּבֵין אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ, וְלֹא יִהְיֶה שׁוּם מַחֲלֹקֶת אֲפִלּוּ בָּלֵב, בֵּין כָּל בְּנֵי אָדָם, כִּי אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בִּמְרוֹמֶךָ, וְאַתָּה מְחַבֵּר שְׁנֵי הֲפָכִים יַחַד, אֵשׁ וּמַיִם, וּבְנִפְלְאוֹתֶיךָ הָעֲצוּמִים אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם בֵּינֵיהֶם. כֵּן תַּמְשִׁיךְ שָׁלוֹם גָּדוֹל עָלֵינוּ וְעַל כָּל הָעוֹלָם כֻּלּוֹ, בְּאֹפֶן שֶׁיִּתְחַבְּרוּ כָּל הַהֲפָכִים יַחַד בְּשָׁלוֹם גָּדוֹל וּבְאַהֲבָה גְּדוֹלָה, וְיֻכְלְלוּ כֻלָּם בְּדֵעָה אַחַת וְלֵב אֶחָד לְהִתְקָרֵב אֵלֶיךָ וּלְתוֹרָתְךָ בֶּאֱמֶת, וְיֵעָשׂוּ כֻלָּם אֲגֻדָּה אֶחָת לַעֲשׂוֹת רְצוֹנְךָ בְּלֵבָב שָׁלֵם, יְהֹוָה שָׁלוֹם, בָּרְכֵנוּ בַשָּׁלוֹם, וְעַל־יְדֵי־זֶה תַמְשִׁיךְ עָלֵינוּ כָּל הַבְּרָכוֹת וְכָל הַהַשְׁפָּעוֹת וְכָל הַיְשׁוּעוֹת:
רבי נחמן, ליקוטי תפילות, חלק א צ״ה:א
Holder of peace, sovereign of peace, maker of peace and creator of everything,
Help and restore us all that we may ever be worthy to hold firmly to the attribute of peace. Let there be a great and truthful peace between each and every person, between every person and their beloved. May there be no strife, not even inner strife, among all humanity.
For you are the maker of peace even in the heavens where you bring together two opposites, fire and water, and unite them. Through Your great miracles you bring peace among them.
Draw forth a spacious peace upon us and upon the entire world, for you alone can unite opposites and bring them together, as one, in peace, and in great love. May You encompass us together with one mind and with one heart to draw near to you and to your teachings earnestly.
And may all humanity be joined into one fellowship to do your will wholeheartedly.
Yah Shalom, bless us with peace, and thus draw upon us all of the blessings, guidances, and restorations.
(Likutei Tefilot 1:95, Rabbi Nahman of Breslov, Translation by Rami Avraham Efal)
Art: Painted by Solomon Souza, Israeli-British artist, on January 1, 2019. Graffiti located at 7 Marcus Garvey Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY, USA
