Eventually he moved to Jerusalem, where he is credited with reestablishing Jewish life and settlement in the city. The prayer falls in the category of bakashot, or supplications, which was a ...

Wakil also will keep in the pocket of his flight suit a copy of the Jewish traveler’s prayer, Tefilat Haderech, and a $1 bill from the late Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson.