After reciting the lengthy Beracha of "Ha'ma'abir Hebleh Shena," which concludes with "Ha'gomel Hasadim Tobim Le'amo Yisrael," it is customary to then recite a "Yehi Rason" prayer. This is not a Beracha, but rather a beautiful prayer in which we beseech G-d to save us from many different kinds of misfortune and hardships. We begin by asking Hashem to protect us today and every day from "Azeh Panim" – brazen people, who can inflict harm upon us. We then ask for protection from "Azut Panim" – brazenness, meaning, that we ourselves should not act arrogantly and harshly toward other people. We proceed to ask that Hashem save us from "Adam Ra" – evil people; "Yeser Ha'ra" – the evil inclination; "Haber Ra" – a bad friend; "Shachen Ra" – a bad neighbor; "Pega Ra" – harmful events; "Ayin Ha'ra" – the evil eye; "Lashon Ha'ra" – either negative speech spoken about us, or that we should not speak negatively about others; "Din Kasheh" – harsh judgments against us; and "Ba'al Din Kasheh" – a difficult adversary who wages a legal battle against us. In all, this prayer lists 11 harmful or otherwise undesirable phenomena from which we wish to be spared. Some texts also add "Isha Ra'a" – a "bad woman." However, the Ben Ish Hai (Rav Yosef Haim of Baghdad, 1833-1909) writes that the proper text one should recite is the one which lists precisely 11 forms of harm, as according to Kabbalah, there is great significance to the number 11. (Some claim that this list is associated with the 11 ingredients that comprised the Ketoret – the incense offered in the Bet Ha'mikdash.) If one wishes to add more requests, then he should introduce a new prayer by reciting "Ve'chen Yehi Rason Milefanecha…" ("And so may it be Your will…"). Indeed, many have the custom to add such a prayer, asking to be protected from "Malshinut" – people who report their fellow to the government; "Edut Sheker" – false testimony; "Sin'at Ha'beriyot" – people's hatred; "Alila" – libelous accusations; "Mita Meshuna" – unnatural death; "Hola'im Ra'im" – illnesses; "Mikrim Ra'im" – unpleasant experiences; "Satan Ha'mash'hit" – the Satan, which brings destruction; and "Dinah Shel Gehinam" – the punishments of Gehinam in the afterlife. It is worthwhile to recite these prayers with concentration and feeling, as with these prayers we ask for protection from many different kinds of adversity that we all wish to avoid.