I can't find the message from the original questioner, but a while back there was a question about a patron who wanted a bencher including "ha-rachaman"s for Medinat Yisra'el and Tsahal that would be acceptable to an Orthodox clientele. (Many Conservative and "radical" benchers contain these, but have other additions which would not be acceptable to the Orthodox.)
It is B'nei Akiva's practice to say after "Ba-maron...va-adam," the following two prayers: Ha-rachaman hu yevarekh et Medinat Yisra'el, reshit tsemichat ge'ulatenu and Ha-rachaman hu yevarekh et chayale Tseva ha-Haganah le-Yisra'el ha-`omdim `al mishmar artsenu (Note that this differs from the Conservative text, which concludes, "ve-yagen `alehem.") There was at one point a B'nei Akiva bencher available, but it is now out of print. However, B'nei Akiva is now looking into reprinting it if they can find there is enough interest. If you are interested in having this bencher reprinted, please contact B'nei Akiva's New York/New Jersey Shaliach, Pinchas Schatz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or (212) 465-1359. -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
