The Chief Rabbi has composed a prayer in memory of the victims of this week’s terrorist attack in Manchester, mourning for those who were murdered and asking God to “grant consolation to their families in the depths of their grief”.
The prayer has been distributed to rabbis and Jewish communities around the country, with the recommendation that it be recited this coming Shabbat.
In a message released the day after the attack, which took place on Monday evening, Rabbi Mirvis talked about the “immense grief and pain as we mourn for those who have lost their lives in the city of Manchester.
“The devastation of these attacks, both at home and abroad, is becoming all too familiar but so too is the remarkable resolve with which we react to them. There are already reports of hotels providing free accommodation to young people last night and of taxis turning off their meters to get them back to their loved ones", he said.
