October 2016 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Benediction by Rabbi Julie Schonfeld at the Democratic National Convention (2016)

Contributor(s):	Julie Schonfeld
Categories:	Government & Country, United States of America, Elections & Voting
Tags:	United States, Benediction, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States General Election 2016, Democratic National Convention 2016, Democratic National Conventions
	The full text of Rabbi Julie Schonfeld’s benediction offered at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25th, 2016. . . .

ודוי | Vidui meditation, by Danny Cohen

Contributor(s):	Daniel Yoel Cohen
Categories:	Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Days of Judgement & New Year Days, Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Self-Reflection
Tags:	וידוי vidui, repentance, integrity, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acknowledgment, paraliturgical vidui
	Vidui means acknowledgment. It is not about self-flagellation or blame, but about honesty, coming into contact with our lives, our patterns and experiences, and ultimately about teshuva and learning. In contacting the pain and suffering which our modes of being have given rise to, our regret can help us to willfully divest ourselves of them and awaken the yearning for those modes of being which are life-affirming, supportive of wholeness, connection, integrity, and flourishing. With each one we tap on our heart, touching the pain and closed-heartedness we have caused, and simultaneously knocking on the door that it may open again. . . .

Israelite Samaritan Devotional Prayers for Weekdays and Shabbat, translated by Benyamim Sedaka

Contributor(s):	Benyamim Sedaka
Categories:	Samaritan Prayerbooks
Tags:	Israelite-Samaritan, Needing Transcription, Nusaḥ haSamerim, Needing Decompilation, Needing Source Images
	Benyamim Sedaka’s English translations of devotional prayers for weekdays and Shabbat . . .

Loss of what could be; but is – a prayer-poem in eulogy after a suicide, by Andrew Meit

Contributor(s):	Andrew Meit
Categories:	Mourning
Tags:	North America, suicide prevention, death of a child, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Eulogy, suicide, suicide awareness
	This eulogy by Andrew Meit was read at Temple Beit Ami in Rockville, Maryland at the funeral of Benjamin Meit. Andrew writes, “Ben would have turned 19 next week. He died from complications from depression and mental illness.” Donations in Ben’s memory may be made here. If you or anyone you know is in need of help, please call 911, or 1-800 273 8255, the national suicide prevention hotline. . . .

Israelite Samaritan Prayers for the Shabbat Torah Reading, translated by Benyamim Sedaka

Contributor(s):	Benyamim Sedaka
Categories:	Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov
Tags:	Samaritan, Torah Reading, Needing Transcription, Nusaḥ haSamerim, Needing Source Images
	Benyamim’s Sedaka’s English translations of the Israelite-Samaritan “Prayer to be Read by the Eldest Reader of the Sabbath Portion” and Abraham ben Marchiv Tsedaka Hassafari’s poem to be read after reading the last portion of the Torah reading . . .

Israelite Samaritan Ḳiddush for the Shabbat Evening Meal, translated by Benyamim Sedaka

Contributor(s):	Benyamim Sedaka
Categories:	Se'udat Leil Shabbat
Tags:	קידוש ḳiddush, Samaritan, Needing Transcription, Nusaḥ haSamerim, Needing Source Images
	Benyamim Sedaka’s English translations of the Israelite-Samaritan “Blessing on the Food” (Kiddush) and Abraham ben Marchiv Tsedaka Hassafari’s opening to the Friday night Shabbat meal . . .

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