Traveler’s Prayer
Tefillat HaDerech
Jewish Law / Halacha ↗️
One who leaves on a trip should recite the following prayer as he leaves the city limits:
Yehi ratzon milefaneha Adonai elohenu ve-eloh’e avot’enu, shetolihenu leshalom vetatz’idenu leshalom, vetadrihenu leshalom, vetagi’enu limhoz heftzenu leshalom, vetatzilenu mikaf kol’oev veorev badereh, utnenu lehen ul’hesed ul’rahamim, be’eneha uv’ene hol-roenu, ki ata shomeya tefilot ameha Yisrael berahamim. Baruh ata Adonai, shomeya tefila.
Ki mal’ahav yetzave-lah, lishmorha behold-deraheha. Adonai yishmor-tzeteha uvo’eha, m’eata ve’ad-olam.
Ve’yakov halah ledarko, vayifr’eu-vo mal’ahe elohim. Vayomer yakov ka’asher ra’am, mahan’e elohim ze, vayikra shem-hamakom hahu mahaniyim.
Vayisa’u, vayihi hitat Elohim al-he’arim asher sevivotehem, velo radefu ahar’e ben’e yakov. Lishu’ateha kiviti Adonai. (recite 3 times)
Yevareh’eha Adonai, veyishmereha. Ya’er Adonai, panav eleha, vihuneka. Yisa Adonai panav eleha, veyasem leha shalom. (recite 3 times)
Hin’e anohi sholeyah mal’ah lefan’eha lishmorha badareh, v’elahaviaha el-hamakom asher hahinoti. (recite 3 times)
Hamal’ah hago’el oti mikol-ra, yevareh et-hane’arim, veyukar’e vahem shemi veshem avotai avraham veyitzhak, veyidgu larov bekerev ha’aretz. (recite 3 times)