Letter 261

[Prayer for faith and healing]

"Master of the world — full of mercy — Who performs wonders. For You perform wondrous deeds at every moment. And You have already performed great and awesome miracles and wonders with Israel in every generation. Have mercy upon us in this generation — in these troubled times — in which the holy faith has been greatly blemished — through our many sins. And many of the children of Your people Israel have stumbled. Perform wonders with us — and grant us merit to burrow and to reveal the deep waters — which are the deep counsels — the true counsels. Through which the holy faith grows. And let us merit to always examine ourselves at every moment — how we hold onto the holy faith. And to strengthen ourselves in additional faith at every moment — with a whole heart — in truth — as Your good will. And let us merit to raise up the fallen faith — and to repair all the blemishes of faith. And may the holy faith be magnified and strengthened with all power and might. And let us merit to believe in You and in the truly genuine Tzadikim — with strong and faithful faith — with complete and holy faith — clean and faithful — pure and upright and clear — without any confusions or external thoughts whatsoever. And let us merit to draw complete healing — for all the sick of Your people the house of Israel — and especially for, etc. Please — please — heal him — a healing of the soul and a healing of the body. And bring a bandage and a remedy for all his ailments and all his pains and all his wounds. And nullify and remove all the wondrous plagues and bad and faithful illnesses from him and from all the sick of Your people Israel. And send him a complete healing from Heaven. And all those souls upon whom You have greatly increased their wounds — and the wondrous plagues have come upon them — for whom no healing in the world helps — neither prayer nor the merit of the ancestors — nor any cry or groan. All of which flows from the blemish of faith. Please Hashem — have mercy upon him — for Your sake and for the sake of all the truly genuine Tzadikim. And perform with him wonder of wonders — according to the greatness of Your most awesome wonders. And remove the illness from within him. (For You are the true King Who heals faithfully and mercifully.) And send to him and to all the sick of Israel a complete healing from Heaven. For You are the true King — the Healer — faithful and merciful — Master of the world."