Aniversário de idoso
O aniversário de um idoso é celebração de uma vida longa e cheia de experiências com Deus. A Bíblia honra os cabelos brancos como coroa de glória e prova da fidelidade divina.
O give thanks unto Hashem, for He is tov;
ki l’olam chasdo (for His mercy endureth forever).
This is the yom which Hashem hath made;
let us rejoice and be glad in it.
(Of Dovid, when he feigned insanity before Avimelech, who drove him away, and he went out)
Hashem is my strength and my mogen;
my lev trusts in Him,
and I am helped;
therefore my lev greatly rejoiceth;
and with my song will I thank Him.
There be many that say, Who will show us any tov?
Hashem, lift Thou up the ohr of Thy countenance upon us.
Thou wilt show me the Orach Chayyim (the path of life);
in Thy presence is fulness of joy,
at Thy right hand there are pleasures netzach (for evermore).
One thing have I asked of Hashem,
that will I seek after:
that I may dwell in the Bais Hashem
all the days of my life,
to behold the gracefulness of Hashem,
and to inquire in His Heikhal.
So teach us to number yameinu,
that we may apply levav unto chochmah.
The silvery hair is an ateret tiferet;
it is found in the derech tzedakah.
The tiferet (glory) of bochurim is their ko’ach (strength),
and the hadar (splendor) of zekenim is the silvery head.
But they that wait upon Hashem shall renew their ko’ach;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles;
they shall run, and not grow weary;
and they shall walk, and not faint.
And now, hinei, Hashem hath kept me alive, just as He said, these forty and five shanah, even since Hashem spoke this word unto Moshe, while the Bnei Yisroel wandered in the midbar; and now, hinei, I am this day fourscore and five shanah. As yet I am chazak, as strong this day as I was in the day that Moshe sent me; as my koach was then, even so is my koach now, for milchamah, both to go out, and to come in.
Y’varekhekha Adonai v’yishmerekha (Hashem bless thee, and keep thee);
Ya’er Adonai panav eleikha vichunekha (Hashem make His face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee);
Yissa Adonai panav eleikha v’yasem l’kha shalom (Hashem lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee shalom).
Chaver, it is my tefillah that all may be hatzlocha (successful) with you, and that you may be shalem b’guf (healthy), just as your nefesh (soul) is matsli’ach (successful).