Wise Fridays: Place Our Tears in Your Flask

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“May it be Your will, You who hears the sound of weeping, that You place our tears in Your flask permanently, and that You rescue us from all cruel decrees, for on You alone are our eyes fixed.”

Yom Kippur Liturgy, Neilah

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