近千名猶太人在聖城耶路撒冷為中國祈福

據多家媒體報道,當地時間2月16日下午,以色列採法特市的首席拉比Shmuel Eliyahu 呼籲猶太人為中國新型冠狀病毒肺炎疫情在耶路撒冷聖殿山的哭牆舉行禱告集會。


根據照片顯示,現場有近千人參與,並且樹立起了“猶太人民為中國的平安和戰勝困難而禱告”的立牌標語。


哭牆下近千人聚集,祈禱中國戰勝疫情


近千名猶太人在聖城耶路撒冷為中國祈福


近千名猶太人在聖城耶路撒冷為中國祈福


As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread, hundreds of people held a mass prayer for the health and well-being of the Chinese people during a gathering on Sunday at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, one of the holiest places for Jews.

隨著致命的冠狀病毒的繼續傳播,週日,數百人聚集在耶路撒冷老城的西牆(猶太人最神聖的地方之一),為中國人民的健康和福祉舉行了大規模祈禱,


Despite a downpour, nearly a thousand people participated in the prayer, along with dozens of Chinese citizens who are in the country, a statement from the organizers said. In addition to Hebrew prayers, a prayer was said in the Mandarin language and a ram’s horn, known as a shofar, was blown, a symbolic act in Judaism that is believed to invoke God’s mercy.

組織者在一份聲明中說,儘管下著傾盆大雨,但仍有近千人參加了祈禱,還有數十名中國公民也參加了祈禱。除了希伯來文的祈禱外,他們還用普通話進行了祈禱,並吹響了被稱為羊角號的公羊角,這在猶太教中是象徵性的舉動,被認為是祈求上帝的憐憫。


近千名猶太人在聖城耶路撒冷為中國祈福

羊角號(Shofar,來自希伯來語שׁוֹפָר,發音為[ʃofaʁ])是一種古老的號角樂器,通常由公羊角製成,用於猶太宗教儀式。


Among those participating in the prayer was a Jerusalem resident whose parents are among a group of Israelis quarantined on a cruise ship off the coast of Japan, where an increasing number of passengers have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, officially known as COVID-19. Three out of 15 Israeli passengers on the vessel have been diagnosed with the disease.

參加祈禱的人中有一位耶路撒冷居民,他的父母在一艘日本沿海的遊輪上被隔離的以色列人中。這艘船上越來越多的乘客被診斷出感染了冠狀病毒,即正式命名為COVID-19的病毒。船上15名以色列乘客中有3人被診斷出患有這種疾病。


“The Chinese people need to know that the Jewish people are thinking of them and praying for and with them,” Eliyahu declared at the event. “May this unfortunate plague cease and vanish from the Chinese people and from the entire world.”

“中國人需要知道猶太人正在關心他們,為他們祈禱,與他們在一起,”Eliyahu在活動中說。“願這場不幸的瘟疫從中國人民和全世界停止並消失。”


近千名猶太人在聖城耶路撒冷為中國祈福


The Western Wall/Wailing Wall/Kotel

哭牆(也叫西牆)


是以色列著名的旅遊聖地,一直是猶太人祈禱和朝聖的地點。


哭牆最早是第二聖殿護牆的一段,後來羅馬人佔領了以色列,並燒燬了聖殿山,但卻沒有全部毀掉,只留下了西面的牆,用以展示自己的武力。並允許猶太人,每年的聖殿被毀週年日,回到這裡來,哭訴祈禱,所以哭牆之名由此而來,併成為猶太教的聖地。


近千名猶太人在聖城耶路撒冷為中國祈福


千百年來,流落在世界各個角落的猶太人回到聖城耶路撒冷時,便會來到這面石牆前低聲禱告,哭訴流亡之苦。


除了向上帝傾訴,人們還會通過向石壁塞紙條,將心“呈閱”給上帝。哭牆的縫隙裡層層疊疊塞滿信條,或許會通過廣場的信鴿送往天堂。


近千名猶太人在聖城耶路撒冷為中國祈福


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