May 2013 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer on Beginning a New Journal, by Aharon N. Varady

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady

Categories:

Self-Reflection, Solitude

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journaling, writing, petiḥah, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., Openers, 58th century A.M., North America, English vernacular prayer, reflective practice, teḥinot in English

May my thoughts seek truth and integrity, the humility that is commensurate with my ignorance, the compassion that arises from the depths of awareness, as depths speak to depths… . . .

A Prayer for Central Oklahoma After the Tornado, by Rabbi Abby Jacobson (2013)

Contributor(s):

Abby Jacobson

Categories:

Dangerous Storms & Floods

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Oklahoma, English vernacular prayer, 2013 Moore tornado, weather, storm, catastrophe, tornado

“A Prayer for Central Oklahoma After the Tornado,” by Rabbi Abby Jacobson was originally published by the Rabbinical Assembly, at their website, in the aftermath of the 2013 Moore tornado. . . .

Ritual for Judging Bad Dreams for Good

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Categories:

Dreaming, Well-being, health, and caregiving, Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness

Tags:

anxiety, judgement, dreams, sleep

If one has had a terribly disturbing and potentially auspicious dream, this ritual recorded in the Talmud Bavli (Berakhot 55b) provides a remedy in the form of a means by which the dream itself is judged positively by a small court of one’s peers. . . .