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Sabbath Prayer - Fiddler on the Roof - Sunnyvale Players

17 Sept 2017 · 2 min

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The excerpt is a standing Sabbath benediction delivered by a single speaker (SPEAKER A) during a Sunnyvale Players performance of Fiddler on the Roof. The prayer invokes the virtues of the biblical figures Ruth and Esther, asks for divine praise, strength, and protection from harmful influences, and petitions God to bless the participants as good mothers, wives, and caring husbands. It repeatedly seeks the Lord’s protection, preservation, and fulfillment of Sabbath prayers, concluding with an affirmation of faith in Jesus and an “Amen.” The piece functions as a liturgical, theatrical closing that emphasizes community, family, and spiritual safeguarding.

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May you be like Ruth and like Esther. May you be deserving of praise. Strengthen them, O Lord, and keep them from the stranger's ways. May God bless you and raise you up. May the Lord fulfill your Sabbath prayer for you. May God make you good mothers and wives. And husbands who will care for you. May the Lord protect and defend. May the Lord protect and defend. May the Lord preserve you. I preserve you from peril, O Lord, for thou doest set me in Jesus. All here are standing prayer. Amen.