Concluding Blessing for the Haftarah

Bring us the joyful return of your servant Elijah the prophet, and of the royal house of David, your messiah. May he arrive swiftly and to our great joy. Let no impos-ter occupy his throne and may alien powers never again usurp his glory, for you pledged to him by your sacred name that his fame would never be extinguished.

Translated by Stefan C

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The concluding blessings for the haftarah survive in two main versions. This medieval version, first found in Tractate Soferim, is more messianic in tone than the other common text and was preserved primarily among European Jews from Greece, Italy, Spain, and Germany. It is not clear which version was earlier.

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