[Avodah] Mi Sheberach for a Non-Jew

Moshe Y. Gluck mgluck at gmail.com
Wed Aug 29 12:42:27 PDT 2007


> On Wed, August 29, 2007 3:09 am, Moshe Y. Gluck wrote:
> : BTW, the minhag for the longest time was to make a Mi
> : Shebeirach for the Keisar YRH, who definitely was a non-Jew.
R' MB: 
> That's not a minhag, that's din. Avos 3:2, R Chanina segan hakohanim.
> But davening for the Czar is no different than Chazal davening for the
> stability of Rome and its governor.

That Din was fulfilled through the mentioned Minhag. 

<SNIP>
> The tefillah for the gov't doesn't use the MsB formula. 

True (and this is not intended to address your point) but it is called that
for some reason - for example, Siddur HaGRA titiles it "Mi Shebeirach
L'ha'kaiser YRH"

> So it would seem that if there is a problem, it would be with the formula,
not the post-leining timing.

Indeed - the Minhag is specifically for after Krias HaTorah - see Tikkun
Tefillah B'shem the Kol Bo.

KT,
MYG 




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