“Fix You” / “Misheberach” prayer for healing, recorded at Shira Chadasha Soul Shabbat on Jan 12th, 2024, Congregation Beth Israel, La Jolla, CA
Misheberach Lyrics
Mi shebeirach avoteinu
M’kor hab’racha l’imoteinu
May the source of strength
Who blessed the ones before us
Help us find the courage to make our lives a blessing
And let us say Amen
Mi shebeirach imoteinu
M’kor habrachah l’avoteinu
Bless those in need of healing with r’fuah sh’leimah
The renewal of body, the renewal of spirit
And let us say Amen
Debbie Friedman (music and words)
Debbie Friedman’s Hebrew–English version of the prayer, which she and her then-partner, Drorah Setel, wrote in 1987, has become the best-known setting. Released in 1989 on the album And You Shall Be a Blessing and spread through performances at Jewish conferences, the song became Friedman’s best-known work and led to the Mi Shebeirach for healing not only being reintroduced to liberal Jewish liturgy but becoming one of the movement’s central prayers.
Another healing page on my website is Heal Us Now