May 2013 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

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

Contributor(s):	Abby Jacobson
Categories:	Dangerous Storms & Floods
Tags:	weather, storm, catastrophe, tornado, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Oklahoma, English vernacular prayer, 2013 Moore tornado
	Merciful God, a great and powerful windstorm has passed, and it has torn apart the buildings and shattered the rocks before You. You told Elijah, the prophet, that You were not in the windstorm. Please, then, be in the still, small voices of the children crying out to be found. Be in the voices of the rescuers calling out for survivors. Be in the cries of those who are lost and of those who have lost. . . .

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 a dream which makes him sad he should go and have it interpreted in the presence of three. He should have it interpreted! Has not Rav Ḥisda said: A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read? — Say rather then, he should have a good turn given to it in the presence of three. . . .

תחינה לתחילת יומן חדש | Prayer on Beginning a New Journal, by Aharon N. Varady

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady
Categories:	Self-Reflection
Tags:	North America, reflective practice, journaling, writing, petiḥah, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., Openers, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 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… . . .

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