Source of creation, I hereby forgive anyone who has
angered or hurt me, in this incarnation or any other.
May no one be punished on my account.
And if it be Your will, may I be forgiven for the
hurt I’ve caused others and myself, and may I not
revert to the old habits that led me to do harm.
In the book The December Project: An Extraordinary Rabbi and a Skeptical Seeker Confront Life’s Greatest Mystery by Sara Davidson,readers are told that Reb Zalman recited this traditional Jewish prayer every night before going to sleep. (173)