Prayer for a Zivug (Soulmate) for Our Son

Parashat Chayei Sarah
Prayer for a Zivug (Soulmate) for Our Son

Hashem, You know, we have been through much loss and grief.

Please turn hardship into joy and strengthen our belief!

O Hashem how long must we pray for a zivug for our son?
The years are passing by, and we are still waiting for the one.
 
You listened when we prayed long years for him to be born.
Our anguished childlessness we no longer had to mourn.
 
Please also listen now when we continue to pray!
Bring blessings, joy, and celebration our way!
 
Hashem, send Your angels, who will help our son to see
how to prepare himself, so a good husband he can be!
 
Guide us how to be the very best support,
so that to the Chuppah we him can escort!
 
Did You bring him into the world to be alone all his life?
Please prepare and guide him how to find a suitable wife!
 
Let her be from a good family, let her be refined.
Let her complement our tzaddik and let her be kind!
 
Let her be like Rivkah giving everything she can,
ready to follow Hashem and her beloved man.
 
May she be happy and supportive to our son!
May they share Torah values and also have fun!
 
May they remain happy together like newlyweds,
working out the challenges without butting heads!
 
May they raise a family to serve You Hashem!
May their children be like the stars, each one a gem!
 
Hashem, life passes fast, how long can we wait and see?
You know how we yearn to hold grandchildren on our knee.
 
Our Merciful Father, to You alone I turn.
I implore You forever Your Torah we will learn! 

Based on Bereishit (Genesis) Chapter 24 

:ספר בראשית פרק כד פסוק א וְאַבְרָהָם זָקֵן בָּא בַּיָּמִים וַידֹוָד בֵּרַךְ אֶת אַבְרָהָם בַּכֹּל

“Avraham was old, advanced in days, and Hashem had blessed Abraham with everything” (Bereishit 24:1).

HAD BLESSED ABRAHAM WITH EVERYTHING - [The word] בַּכֹּל/bakol – “with everything” is numerically equal to בֵּן/ben – ‘son’. Since he had a son, he had to find him a wife (Rashi, Bereishit 24:1). 

ספר בראשית פרק כד פסוק ג וְאַשְׁבִּיעֲךָ בַּהָשֵׁם אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם וֵאלֹהֵי הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר לֹא תִקַּח אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִבְּנוֹת הַכְּנַעֲנִי אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי יוֹשֵׁב בְּקִרְבּוֹ: (ד) כִּי אֶל אַרְצִי וְאֶל מוֹלַדְתִּי תֵּלֵךְ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי לְיִצְחָק:

“I will adjure you by Hashem, the G-d of the heaven and the G-d of the earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose midst I dwell. But you shall go to my land and to my birthplace, and you shall take a wife for my son, for Yitzchak” (Bereishit 24:3-4).

 ספר בראשית פרק כד פסוק ז הָשֵׁם אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם אֲשֶׁר לְקָחַנִי מִבֵּית אָבִי וּמֵאֶרֶץ מוֹלַדְתִּי וַאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר לִי וַאֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לִי לֵאמֹר לְזַרְעֲךָ אֶתֵּן אֶת הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת הוּא יִשְׁלַח מַלְאָכוֹ לְפָנֶיךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ אִשָּׁה לִבְנִי מִשָּׁם:ם

Hashem, G-d of the heavens, Who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and Who spoke about me, and Who swore to me, saying, ‘To your seed will I give this land’ He will send His angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there” (Bereishit 24:7). 

ספר בראשית פרק כד פסוק יב וַיֹּאמַר הָשֵׁם אֱלֹהֵי אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם הַקְרֵה נָא לְפָנַי הַיּוֹם וַעֲשֵׂה חֶסֶד עִם אֲדֹנִי אַבְרָהָם: (יג) הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי נִצָּב עַל עֵין הַמָּיִם וּבְנוֹת אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר יֹצְאֹת לִשְׁאֹב מָיִם: (יד) וְהָיָה הַנַּעֲרָ אֲשֶׁר אֹמַר אֵלֶיהָ הַטִּי נָא כַדֵּךְ וְאֶשְׁתֶּה וְאָמְרָה שְׁתֵה וְגַם גְּמַלֶּיךָ אַשְׁקֶה אֹתָהּ הֹכַחְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ לְיִצְחָק וּבָהּ אֵדַע כִּי עָשִׂיתָ חֶסֶד עִם אֲדֹנִי:

“He said, ‘O Hashem, the G-d of my master Avraham, please cause to happen to me today, and perform loving kindness with my master, Abraham. Behold, I am standing by the water fountain, and the daughters of the people of the city are coming out to draw water. Let it be, [that] the maiden to whom I will say, ‘Lower your pitcher and I will drink,’ and she will say, ‘Drink, and I will also water your camels,’ her have You designated for Your servant, for Yitzchak, and through her may I know that You have performed loving kindness with my master” (Bereishit 24:12-14). 

HER HAVE YOU DESIGNATED - She is worthy of him, for she will perform acts of kindness, and she is fit to enter the house of Abraham… (Rashi, Bereishit 24:14). 

ספר בראשית פרק כד פוסק סז

וַיְבִאֶהָ יִצְחָק הָאֹהֱלָה שָׂרָה אִמּוֹ וַיִּקַּח אֶת רִבְקָה וַתְּהִי לוֹ לְאִשָּׁה וַיֶּאֱהָבֶהָ וַיִּנָּחֵם יִצְחָק אַחֲרֵי אִמּוֹ:

“Yitzchak brought her to the tent of Sarah his mother, and he took Rivkah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. And Yitzchak was comforted for [the loss of] his mother” (Bereishit 24:67).