MODEH ANI: A Morning Prayer
I thank You, God,
Creator of life, eternal One,
For restoring my soul with love,
Filled with Your eternal trust.

HASKIVENU: AN EVENING PRAYER
Lie us down,
Adonai our God, In Peace;
And raise us up again,
Our Ruler, in Life.
Spread over us Your shelter of peace;
Guide us with Your good counsel;
And save us out of Your mercy,
For Your own Name's sake.
Shield us;
Remove from us every enemy, plague, sword, famine, and sorrow.
Remove all adversaries, all evil forces
From before us and from behind us,
And shelter us in the shadow of Your wings.
For You are our guarding and saving God,
Yes, a gracious and compassionate God and Ruler.
Guard our going out
Guard our coming in
Give us life and peace,
Now and always!

ELOHAI NESHAMA: A Morning Prayer
My God -
The soul You have given me is pure.
You created it, You formed it,
You breathed it into me,
You guard it within me.
You will, in the future, take it from me,
And restore it to me at a future time.
So long as this soul is within me,
I thank You,
Adonai, My God, God of my ancestors,
Master of all creation, Sovereign of all souls.
Praised are You, Adonai,
Who restores the soul to the
Lifeless and exhausted.

A Prayer For Protection at Night
In the name of Adonai
The God of Israel:
May the angel Michael be at my right,
And the angel Gabriel be at my left;
And in front of me the angel Uriel,
And behind me the angel Raphael…
And above my head the presence of God.

Meditations
We don't have to beg or bribe God to give us strength or hope or patience.
We need only turn to the One, admit that we can't do this on our own, and
understand that bravely bearing up under long-term illness is one of the most
human, and one of the most godly, things we can ever do. One of the things
that constantly reassures me that God is real, and not just an idea that
religious leaders made up, is the fact that people who pray for strength,
hope, and courage so often find resources of strength, hope, and
courage that they did not have before they prayed.

- Rabbi Harold Kushner

To every thing there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under the heaven;
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate;
A time for war, and a time for peace.

- Ecclesiastes