Shoftim discussion

Shofetim 5769

…an Evening Prayer. With Ramifications.

It is praiseworthy for a person to forgive anyone who has wronged him or caused him any distress. This concept is expressed in this prayer recited before Keriat Shema.

R’bono sh’l olam! Master of the Universe! I hereby forgive any one who as angered or antagonized me, or who has done wrong against me, whether to my body, whether to my property, whether accidentally, whether intentionally, whether in speech, whether in action, whether in thought, whether contemplatively, whether in this existence, whether in another existence, I forgive any member of the nation of Yisrael, and may there not be punished any person on my account. Y’he rotzon… May it be there not be punished any person on my account. May it be Your will, HaShem, my Elokim and Elokim of my forefathers, that I not do wrong any more and whatever I have done wrong before You, erase in Your abundant mercy, but not through sufferings or afflictions that are evil. May they be an appeasement, [Yehyu l’ratzon emray fe, v’h’geyon lebey lfane’kh yhvh tzurey v’go-aley] the utterances of my mouth and the thought of my heart, before You, HaShem, my Rock and my Redeemer.


The individual then says
(Before the Keriat Shema):
Eil Melekh ne’aman.
El and King Who is trustworthy.



Now; what have we learned from this prayer? Before you answer, I want to first draw your attention to the words: “…whether in this existence, whether in another existence…”; does anyone have any ideas about who wrote this prayer; where; or when? And specifically what did the author (or authors) have in mind?
NOW; what have we learned from this prayer?

Source: Siddur Meor Yisrael Har Tov Publishers Jerusalem 5762 (pp361~362)