Most birkat ha-mazon booklets contain the traditional Ashkenazic text of the prayer, even if they are not specifically published by an "Orthodox" publisher.
The "bentsher" published by UJA has some extra "harachaman"s, but I'm not sure if one of those is for Israeli soldiers. I've seen these harachamans in some other "bentshers," but some of those also include an "`Al ha-nisim" prayer for Yom ha-`atsma'ut (Israel Independence Day), which would not be accepted by Orthodox authorities. As for Donald Weinshank's comment about the ArtScroll Siddur: The original edition of the Siddur does not contain any prayers for Israel or Israeli soldiers, maybe partly to be acceptable to more people, but the special Rabbinical Council of America edition of the ArtScroll Siddur *does* include prayers for the government, prayers for Israel, and prayers for Israeli soldiers. (These are also included in the transliterated ArtScroll Siddurs co-published by the Orthodox Union.) But as far as I know, the birkat ha-mazon in all ArtScroll publications does not contain the extra "ha-rachaman"s your patron is seeking. Good luck; maybe others can give you more specific recommendations. -Stanley Nachamie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
