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Rebbe Nosson's Prayer for Traveling to Eretz Yisrael

Rebbe Nosson composed prayers for those yearning to travel to and live in Eretz Yisrael, drawing deeply on Psalm 122 and other scriptural sources. These tefilot express spiritual longing for the Land and invoke Divine compassion to merit the journey.

מָרָא דְעַלְמָא כֹּלָּא, קַבֵּץ נִדָּחֵינוּ מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ

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Source 1 · Tanach
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Tehillim – Shir HaMaalot, Prayer for Jerusalem

Psalms 122

Psalm 122 expresses the joy of ascending to Jerusalem — 'I rejoiced when they said to me, let us go to the House of Hashem' — and prays for the peace and welfare of Jerusalem. Rebbe Nosson's prayers for traveling to Eretz Yisrael frequently quote and paraphrase this psalm.

שִׁ֥יר הַֽמַּעֲל֗וֹת לְדָ֫וִ֥ד שָׂ֭מַחְתִּי בְּאֹמְרִ֣ים לִ֑י בֵּ֖ית יְהֹוָ֣ה נֵלֵֽךְ׃

A song of ascents. Of David. I rejoiced when they said to me, “We are going to the House of GOD.”

Why it matters — This psalm is a foundational biblical expression of the desire to ascend to Jerusalem and is woven into Rebbe Nosson's prayers on the topic.

Source 2 · Hasidic
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Likkutei Tefilot – Prayer Based on Likutey Moharan on Eretz Yisrael

Likutei Tefilot, Part 1, 48

Rebbe Nosson composed a prayer corresponding to Rebbe Nachman's teaching (Likutey Moharan I:48) which speaks of the spiritual significance of Eretz Yisrael as the source of emunah and the place where the heart opens to holiness. The prayer asks for the merit to ascend to the land and draw from its kedushah.

Why it matters — Rebbe Nachman's Torah 48 directly discusses Eretz Yisrael, and Rebbe Nosson's corresponding prayer explicitly petitions for the ability to go there.

Source 3 · Hasidic
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Alim LiTerufah – Rebbe Nosson's Letters on Eretz Yisrael

Likutei Tefilot, Volume I.40

In his collected letters, Rebbe Nosson writes with great longing about Eretz Yisrael and the deep spiritual yearning he felt for the Land, encouraging his students to pray and strive to merit traveling there, and sharing the tefilot he composed for this purpose.

מָרָא דְעַלְמָא כֹּלָּא, רְאֵה עָנְיָם וַעֲמָלָם, וַחֲמֹל עַל טִלְטוּלָם, קַבֵּץ נִדָּחֵינוּ מֵאַרְבַּע כַּנְפוֹת הָאָרֶץ, וְקָרֵב פְּזוּרֵינוּ מִבֵּין הַגּוֹיִם וּנְפוּצוֹתֵינוּ כַּנֵּס מִיַּרְכְּתֵי אָרֶץ וַהֲבִיאֵנוּ לְצִיּוֹן עִירְךָ בְּרִנָּה, וְזַכֵּנִי לֵילֵךְ וְלִנְסֹעַ וְלָבוֹא לְאֶרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּחַיַּי חִישׁ קַל מְהֵרָה.

Have pity and compassion on me!

Why it matters — Rebbe Nosson's personal letters provide context and elaboration for his formal prayers about traveling to Eretz Yisrael, showing his personal investment in this theme.