Prayer for Finding Our Personal Place of Serving Hashem Both as Individuals and as Part of the Whole

Parashat Naso

Prayer for Finding Our Personal Place of Serving Hashem

Both as Individuals and as Part of the Whole

 

Hashem how beautiful You have arranged everyone’s role,

so together we can actualize our lofty goal.

 

Without even having a clearcut written chart,

everyone in the desert knew how to play their part!

 

Your servants Gershon Merari and Kehat

did not waste time in an unconsecrated chat!

 

Yet, it is not always easy to know

which way You have intended us to go!

 

How do we access the sparks of our soul?

both as individuals and as part of the whole?

 

Isn’t it absolutely essential

To tap into our true potential?  

 

How can we learn to make the shift

to access our own personal gift?

 

Guide me to ignite our internal menorah,

and find my particular letter in the Torah!

 

With Your Torah, I yearn to be ablaze,  

without needing any credit or praise!

 

Throughout all the chores of the mundane day,

help me remain faithful without going astray!

 

Bless me with the Kohanim blessings of peace!

Let me use the blessings to make them increase!

 

Help me carry the yoke of Torah without straining!

Train me to refrain from unnecessary abstaining!

Guide my steps through the labyrinth to refine my way!

Illuminate my inner eyes to see as clear as day!

 

Help me realize who I am, and open my eyes to see,
so I can fulfill the mission, You have in store for me! 

Based on Bamidbar Chapter 4 -6:

 

ספר במדבר פרק ד פסוק ד זֹאת עֲבֹדַת בְּנֵי קְהָת בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים:

“The following is the service of the sons of Kehat in the Tent of Meeting-the Holy of Holies” (Bamidbar 4:4). 

ספר במדבר פרק ד פסוק טז וּפְקֻדַּת אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן אַהֲרֹן הַכֹּהֵן שֶׁמֶן הַמָּאוֹר וּקְטֹרֶת הַסַּמִּים וּמִנְחַת הַתָּמִיד וְשֶׁמֶן הַמִּשְׁחָה פְּקֻדַּת כָּל הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְכָל אֲשֶׁר בּוֹ בְּקֹדֶשׁ וּבְכֵלָיו:

“The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the kohen: oil for lighting, the incense of spices, the continual [daily] meal offering, and the anointing oil; the charge for the entire Mishkan and all that is in it, of the Holy and its furnishings” (Bamidbar 4:16). 

ספר במדבר פרק ד פסוק כד זֹאת עֲבֹדַת מִשְׁפְּחֹת הַגֵּרְשֻׁנִּי לַעֲבֹד וּלְמַשָּׂא:  (כה) וְנָשְׂאוּ אֶת יְרִיעֹת הַמִּשְׁכָּן וְאֶת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד מִכְסֵהוּ וּמִכְסֵה הַתַּחַשׁ אֲשֶׁר עָלָיו מִלְמָעְלָה וְאֶת מָסַךְ פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד:

“This is the service of the Gershonite families to serve and to carry. They shall carry the curtains of the Mishkan and the Tent of Meeting, its covering and the tachash skin covering overlaid upon it, and the screen for the entrance to the Tent of Meeting” (Bamidbar 4:24).

 

ספר במדבר פרק ד פסוק כט בְּנֵי מְרָרִי לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם תִּפְקֹד אֹתָם:

(ל) מִבֶּן שְׁלשִׁים שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה וְעַד בֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה תִּפְקְדֵם כָּל הַבָּא לַצָּבָא לַעֲבֹד אֶת עֲבֹדַת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד:

(לא) וְזֹאת מִשְׁמֶרֶת מַשָּׂאָם לְכָל עֲבֹדָתָם בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד קַרְשֵׁי הַמִּשְׁכָּן וּבְרִיחָיו וְעַמּוּדָיו וַאֲדָנָיו:

“[As for] the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families, according to their fathers’ houses. From the age of thirty years and upward until the age of fifty years, you shall count them, all who come to the legion, to perform service in the Tent of Meeting. This is the charge of their burden for all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the planks of the Mishkan, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets” (Bamidbar 4:29-31).

  

ספר במדבר פרק ה פסוק יב דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאָמַרְתָּ אֲלֵהֶם אִישׁ אִישׁ כִּי תִשְׂטֶה אִשְׁתּוֹ וּמָעֲלָה בוֹ מָעַל:

“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them: Should any man's wife go astray and deal treacherously with him… (Bamidbar 5:12). 

ספר במדבר פרק ו פסוק כ ...וְאַחַר יִשְׁתֶּה הַנָּזִיר יָיִן:

“After this, the nazirite may drink wine...” (Bamidbar 6:20).

 

ספר במדבר פרק ו פסוק כו יִשָּׂא הָשֵׁם פָּנָיו אֵלֶיךָ וְיָשֵׂם לְךָ שָׁלוֹם:

May Hashem raise His countenance toward you and grant you peace” (Bamidbar 6:26).