Tefillah leHatzlachah uleParnasah — The Prayer for Success and Livelihood

It is a wondrous segulah to say this prayer at any time, and especially on the eve of Rosh Chodesh Shevat,

the yahrzeit of the master of prayer — the holy Yismach Yisrael of Alexander, of blessed memory,

for whom this prayer was composed at his request (by his brother).

May it be Your will before You, Adonai our God and God of our forefathers,

You who hear the sound of the cry of supplication,

that You hear the voice of the prayer of Your people, the House of Israel,

and among them hear also my prayer —

for I cast myself down and implore You.

And though I know the smallness of my worth and the poverty of my deeds, and I am ashamed,

and I am humiliated even to lift my face to You and to pray before You on my own behalf,

all the more so on behalf of others —

yet in Your abundant mercy and Your great kindness I have trusted,

that You will not put me to shame in my brokenness, but will sustain me and I shall be saved,

and the song of a poor man will be precious in Your eyes,

and You will hear and receive my prayers within the prayers of Your people Israel, in mercy.

And with a broken and crushed heart I implore You:

Please, O You who are full of compassion, have mercy on the remnant of Your people Israel —

save them and bring them out from all their troubles, their oppressions, and their distress,

and rescue them from poverty and degradation and want and destitution, from the grinding weight of poverty,

and from all manner of harsh decrees that stir and come upon the world.

And those among Your people Israel who are well — guard them that no illness or disease take hold of them, Heaven forbid,

and to all the sick of Your people, the House of Israel, send complete healing speedily,

and proclaim freedom to the captives and release to those who are bound, and save them.

Save Your people, the House of Israel, from all sorrow and harm and destruction and ruin — may the Merciful One protect them —

and remember all those who are without children, and grant them enduring offspring,

good and upright and fitting and pleasing before You.

And may all the children of Your people, the House of Israel, give their fathers and mothers the merit of raising them to Torah and the service of God,

and may they walk in the straight path and be cleaved to the fear of Adonai,

and may the croup and demons and evil spirits that roam the world have no dominion over them,

nor any harmful and evil afflictions —

but may they be healthy and whole for Your service and Your fear all their days.

And for the pregnant women of Your people, the House of Israel, guard them that they not lose their children, Heaven forbid,

and may they complete their days of pregnancy in peace and without suffering, Heaven forbid,

and when the time of their delivery arrives, guard them in their hour of birth from all pain and harm,

and loosen their labor with ease, and without any obstacle, Heaven forbid.

And over all of them, may Your compassion be stirred for the remnant of Your holy Torah

and for the dispersed of Your people Israel.

Exact Your vengeance and the vengeance of the blood of Your servants that has been shed.

And for all those among Your people Israel who have transgressed — open a passageway beneath the Throne of Your glory to receive them in complete repentance before You,

for Your right hand is outstretched to receive those who return.

Send us Your light and Your truth, and lead us speedily to Your holy sanctuary;

restore our captivity speedily, in great mercy,

and redeem us with an everlasting redemption. Amen, selah.