This year may truth be a stranger you meet on the road, welcome into your home and with whom you make strong bonds of affection. May you subsequently seek out his travel companions, wisdom, prudence and meekness until you have thoroughly exhausted yourself in doing so. May the sh’ma be ever on your lips and the love of God fill your heart. May your heart groan over the abominations of the earth, and your hands rise to defeat the chaos and meet needs of our world in God’s Name. May your mouth be slow at speaking, and when it does, cause good and not evil. May your ears be open and quick to listen, and not for that which feeds their own desire. Let the words of your mouth and the deepest desires of your heart be pleasing to your God. May you walk so closely behind the Rabbi and Messiah Yeshua, that the dust from his sandals clings to you as an ornament from your head to your feet.
'Y'varekh'kha ADONAI v'yishmerekha. [The LORD bless you, and protect you]
Ya'er ADONAI panav eleikha vichunekka. [The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you]
Yissa ADONAI panav eleikha v'yasem l'kha shalom. [The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.']' Numbers 6:24-26
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