3 And may he give all of you the heart to worship him, and to do his will, with a great heart and a willing soul.
4 May he throw open your heart with his law and with his precepts, and may he create peace.
5 May he heed your prayers and be reconciled to you, and may he not forsake you in the evil time.
6 And now, in this place, we are praying for you.
7 When Demetrius reigned, in the one hundred and sixty-ninth year, we Jews wrote to you during the tribulation and assaults which overcame us in those years, from the time that Jason withdrew from the holy land and from the kingdom.
8 They burnt the gate, and they shed innocent blood. And we prayed to the Lord and were heard, and we brought forth sacrifices and fine wheat flour, and we kindled the lamps and set forth the loaves.
9 And now, celebrate the days of shelters in the month of Kislev.