[Avodah] Mi Sheberach for a Non-Jew

[Zev Sero]

Elliott Shevin wrote:
> On a tangent to the subject of saying Mi Sheberach at a bris, are there
> any halachos regarding saying Mi Sheberach for a non-Jew?
>  
> Can anyone cite any authorities at all who specifically permit or prohibit
> the practice, with their reasons?

No, but why on earth would one not do so?  There's certainly ample
precedent for praying for a non-Jew.

  
> (I've been trying in vain to get our gabbai to stop using the phrase 
> "betoch shaar cholei Yisrael"

Of course.

> within the *rest* of a group you're not a member of. Has anyone heard
> a more appropriate text?)

How about "betoch she'ar hacholim"?  Or even "im cholei yisrael", though
perhaps that would tend to blur the hevdel ben yisrael la'amim.

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