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David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation, Zionist Prayers, Israelis and Palestinians, all inhabitants, Liberal Zionist Prayers
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The familiar prayer for the State of Israel, which is more literally titled “a Prayer for Peace for the State” tefilah lish’lom hamedinah, was written in 1948 by Rabbi Yitsḥak haLevi Hertzog (edited by S.Y. Agnon) in what had up until then been Palestine, in a time of war. The state was under direct attack by the Arab armies, and there was little distinction between peace, survival, and victory. As we approach Israel’s 70th birthday, it is time to make such distinctions. Israel and the Jewish people live in a much more complex reality today, where the triumph of one political party or set of goals can radically change the outlook for peace, and the possibility of justice. In our time, praying for peace for the state of Israel mist include praying for the rectification of its relationships with neighboring countries and with the Palestinian people, some of whom are Israeli citizens, and most of whom are in some way under Israel’s control. This prayer assumes that the best reality for the Jewish state is also the best reality for all of her citizens and for everyone who lives “in the land,” no matter where they are in relation to the Green Line or Areas A, B and C. . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
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Travel
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North America, ascent, the Chariot, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh, starship, sic itur ad astra, space travel, Leonard Nimoy z"l, where no earthling has gone before, spaceship Earth, bli-mah, traveling without moving, Jacob's Ladder, spaceship, 24th century C.E., 62nd century A.M., ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah, Leonard Nimoy Day (26 March)
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A prayer, inspired by Tefilat haDerekh and other traditional liturgical texts, for a Jew who, at some future point, would be about to go forth on a starship. Doesn’t include a chatimah so as not to be a brakhah levatalah, in the case that starships are (chas v’shalom) never invented. . . . |
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David Seidenberg, neohasid.org and Unknown Author(s)
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Travel, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
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תחינות teḥinot, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh
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In this Tefilat haDerekh (the prayer for travel), I’ve made a synthesis of Ashkenazi and Sefardi nusaḥ. Even though the translation is pretty close to literal in most places, it comes across as an extraordinary and activist prayer for peace. So I think of this prayer not just as a prayer for the beginning a physical journey, but for any spiritual journey, and especially for any campaign or action for justice and peace that a person or group might undertake. When applied to activism, the “enmity and ambush and theft and predation” we ask to be rescued from could also be interpreted as hatred, deceit, jealousy, and aggression, i.e., the kinds of feelings that cause people to work against each other, even within an organization, instead of working together. I first used this version of the prayer at the beginning of a tour of Israel and Palestine focused on the human rights and non-violent resistance, when the group passed through the first checkpoint of the trip. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Daniel Landau (translation), Ze'ev Kainan and Masorti Movement in Israel
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Planting, Ḥag haNətiōt (Planting Day Festival)
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ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., Masorti Movement, 58th century A.M., Trees, Prayers for Planting, planting trees, religious Zionist prayers, ישראל Yisrael
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This prayer for planting was composed by Zeev Kainan for Tu biShvat (2018) for the Masorti Movement for Conservative Judaism in Israel. . . . |
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Anonymous Author(s), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Masorti Movement in Israel
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the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Dangerous Storms & Floods
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ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., flash floods, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Proofreading
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Flash floods are dangerous in every season, but are rare in the dry season, after most rain and snow are thought to have fallen. Changes in the global climate due to global warming caused by anthropogenic activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of land for raising animals for their meat is a significant contributor to extreme weather experienced around the world. The Masorti Movement of Israel’s prayer for flood victims was first published on their website, here. . . . |
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United States Congressional Record and Arnold E. Resnicoff
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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies
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תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, 115th Congress, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, anti-fascist, Unite the Right rally, 2017 Charlottesville attack
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The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 September 2017. . . . |
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United States Congressional Record and Arnold E. Resnicoff
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United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies
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תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, House of Representatives, 115th Congress, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, anti-fascist, Unite the Right rally, 2017 Charlottesville attack
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The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 August 2017 . . . |
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David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center
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Yom Qeshet (Day of the Rainbow, 27 Iyyar, Mev ba-Omer), Yom haMabul (Day of the Flood, 17 Iyyar, Lev ba-Omer), Sefirat ha'Omer
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eco-conscious, ל״ג בעומר lag baomer, North America, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, Northampton, Rainbow Day
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This is a prayer to be read between the 17th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ז ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 32nd (ל״ב) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
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Rosh Ḥodesh Iyyar (אִיָיר), Shabbat Məvorkhim
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19th century C.E., Miriam, תחינות tkhines, new moon, שבת מבורכים shabbat mevorkhim, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, Jewish Women's Prayers, Yiddish vernacular prayer, Leah, paraliturgical birkat haḥodesh, the second month, Taurus, Mazal Shor, Shevet Issachar, In the merit of Miriam, Miriam's well, Manna
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To the best of my ability, this is a faithful transcription of the תְּחִנָה לְשַׁבָּת מְבָרְכִים רֹאשׁ חוֺדֶשׁ אִיָיר (“Tkhine for Shabbat Mevorkhim Rosh Ḥodesh Iyyar”) which appeared in תחנות מקרא קודש (Teḥinot Miqra Qodesh, Widow and Brothers Romm, Vilna 1877). English translation adapted slightly from Techinas: A Voice from the Heart “As Only A Woman Can Pray” by Rivka Zakutinsky (Aura Press, 1992). –A.N. Varady . . . |
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David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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Yom Qeshet (Day of the Rainbow, 27 Iyyar, Mev ba-Omer), Sefirat ha'Omer
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eco-conscious, ל״ג בעומר lag baomer, North America, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Northampton, Rainbow Day
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This is a prayer to be read between the 18th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ח ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 33rd (ל״ג) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
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Kristallnacht (16 Marḥeshvan), Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27), Yom haShoah (27 Nisan)
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North America, symbolic foods, Mourning this Broken World, השואה the Shoah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Holocaust, כז ניסן, 27 Nissan, speaking truth to power
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The most traumatic event in recent Jewish history is the Holocaust. At this time, the survivors of the camps are aging, and in the lifespan of people alive today it is likely that the last survivor will die. We say we must never forget what happened during the Holocaust, but if we think of it as a tragedy that happened to our ancestors we will forget. But it has been 3000 years since the Exodus from Egypt, and the Haggadah keeps its history vivid and alive. We are taught that in each and every generation we are to think of ourselves as having been slaves in Egypt. May it be that just as we never forgot the wonders of the Exodus, so too we never forget the horrors of the Holocaust, and continue to strive that such horrors may never happen again until all live in freedom and peace. . . . |
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