November 2016 • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

תפילה לעת שרפה – וחמת האש תשכך | Prayer for the Wildfires to Subside (Masorti Foundation, trans. by R’ Jonah Rank)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Jonah Rank, Masorti Movement in Israel and Anonymous Author(s)

Categories:

Drought & Wildfire

Tags:

ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, drought conditions

The Prayer for the Fire (תפילה לעת שרפה) was first published by the Masorti Foundation at their website here in response to the November 2016 wildfires in Israel. Translation by Rabbi Jonah Rank. Transcription by Aharon Varady. . . .

תפילה להצבעה | A Prayer on Voting, by Rabbi Lev Meirowitz Nelson (T’ruah 2016)

Contributor(s):

T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Lev Meirowitz Nelson

Categories:

Elections & Voting, Election Day

Tags:

United States General Election 2016, civic prayers, United States, voting, democracy, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

On Tuesday, we go to the polls in a momentous election that for many of us has generated a combination of anxiety, excitement, fear, and confusion. We offer you this prayer, which you can recite this Shabbat, before you vote, or while you are waiting for returns. . . .

תפילה למצביעי המדינה | Prayer for the Electorate, by David Zvi Kalman (2016)

Contributor(s):

David Zvi Kalman

Categories:

Elections & Voting, After the Aliyot, Election Day, United States of America

Tags:

United States General Election 2016, civic prayers, United States, voting, democracy, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Philadelphia

A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . .

A Blessing over Water for Peace, Health, Joy, Prosperity, and Kindness — by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (ca. 2004)

Contributor(s):

Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Netanel Miles-Yépez and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Categories:

Well-being, health, and caregiving, Theurgy

Tags:

Colorado, Masaru Emoto, blessings, ברכות brakhot, water, Jewish Renewal, shehakol, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

A blessing by Reb Zalman for Peace, Health, Joy, Prosperity, and Kindness which he wrote in spray paint on a municipal water tank behind his house in Colorado. . . .