For Members of Israel Defense Force

[THE FOLLOWING IS ADAPTED FROM THE MINCHAT YERUSHALAYIM SIDDUR & OTHER TEXTS.]

YIZKOR Elokim et nishmot
cha-yalay tz'va hahagana le'yisrael
shemasru nafsham
al k'dushat Ha-shem,
ha-am, v'ha-aretz,
v'naf-lu mot giborim
b'milchemet ha-shichrur
uv'ma-archot sinai
uv'tafkiday hagana u-vitachon.

Min'sharim kalu u-me'arayot gaveru,
b'heechaltzam l'ezrat ha-am,
v'hirvu b'damam hatahor
et rigvay admat kodshenu.

Zecher akedatam
uma-asay g'vuratam
lo yosufu me'itanu l'olamim.

Tih-yena nishmotehem tzrurot
bitz-ror hacha-yim
im nishmot
Avrham Yitzchak ve'Ya-akov,
ve'im nishmot
sh'ar giborei yisrael uk-doshav
shebe'gan eden.

Amen.

KAYL male rachamim,
shochen bam'romim,
ham-tze m'nucha n'chona
al kanfay Hash'china,
b'ma-alot k'doshim ut-horim
k'zo-har haraki-a mazhirim,
l'nishmot cha-yalay
Tz'va Hagana l'Yisrael,
asher masru nafsham
al k'dushat ha-shem,
ve'al kibush ha-aretz.

La-chen ba-al harachamim
yas-tirem b'seter k'nafav
le'olamim,
v'yitz-ror bitz-ror hacha-yim
et nishmotehem,
HaShem hu na-chalatam,
B'gan eden t'he m'nuchatam,
v'yanuchu b'shalom
al mishk'vote-hem.

Ve'nomar: Amen.

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