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Let us petition the Elohim who is good and compassionate for those receiving instruction.
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May He hear their prayer, receive their petition, and grant what is truly good for them.
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May He illuminate their understanding and educate them in the knowledge of Elohim.
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May He teach them His statutes and judgments.
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May He plant His pure fear within them.
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May He open the ears of their hearts so that they meditate upon Torah day and night.
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May He establish them in reverence and number them among the flock that seeks His Name.
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May He cleanse them from pollution of flesh and ruach.
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May He leave no opening for the Adversary against them.
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May He bless their coming in and their going out.
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May He guide their affairs toward what is good.
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May He forgive their trespasses and join them continually to the community of the set-apart.
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May their days be peaceful and without deliberate sin.
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May the end of their lives be met with mercy and forgiveness.
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Let them dedicate themselves to the One Elohim and bow for blessing.
C1
The Christian redaction turns the group into catechumens awaiting baptism, adds the gospel of Christ, washing of regeneration, Christian mysteries, and a specifically Christian death.
C2
It routes the prayer through Christ.