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 Shmuly Yanklowitz
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Well-being, health, and caregiving
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Gratitude, שמירת הגוף shmirat haguf, North America, all bodies, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מודים Modim
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If it is a mitsvah to guard our lives and strengthen our bodies in service of our holy mission, then there should be a brakhah (blessing) before we start a session of vigorous activity; any excuse to add blessings to our day is a wonderful opportunity for personal growth! . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady, Sarah Chandler and Mollie Andron
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During the Aliyot
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מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., naming ceremonies, Jewish identity
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The names of our ancestors reflect the diverse tapestry of experiences and cultures they encountered including the names of those who joined our families from neighboring people and regional societies. In giving and receiving Hebrew names, we honor the names of all our ancestors whose “names may be remembered for a blessing” (zekher livrakha). Of the ancestors mentioned in the mi sheberakh (“May the one who blessed our forefathers and foremothers…”), I wanted to make certain to include Mordekhai and Esther, names of figures distinguished in their being both native to their Diasporan roots (Marduk and Ishtar), as well as elevated by the heroic, brave action of their namesakes. If there are figures from the Tanakh that are important to you, that are a kesher (connection) between you and the identity contained within our stories, then please feel free to include them in your mi sheberakh. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Mordecai Kaplan
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Lincoln's Birthday (February 12th), Musaf l'Shabbat
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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Early Reconstructionist, prophetic revelation, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Transcendentalism
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This prayer by Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, first penned in his diary for 23 August 1942, was first published in The Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan, by Mel Scult (1990). Although the prayer was not included in Kaplan’s Sabbath Prayer Book (New York: The Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, 1945), it was added to the loose-leaf prayerbook he kept at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism synagogue. . . . |
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United States Congressional Record and Mark Schiftan
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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, embrace the stranger, welcome the immigrant, protect the refugee, United States Immigration Policy
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The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 June 2018. . . . |
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United States Congressional Record and Yosef Greenberg
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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, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, Senate, 114th Congress, Seven Noaḥide Laws, ḤaBaD Lubavitch, 2015-2016 wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Stabbing Intifada
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The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 3 February 2016. . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Unknown Author(s)
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Blessings After Eating
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers after meals, cantillized liturgy, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon
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The full Birkat haMazon (or Grace after Meals) according to Nusach Ashkenaz with optional additions for egalitarian rites, fully marked with ta’amei miqra (also known as cantillation marks or trope). Ta’amei miqra originally marked grammar and divisions in any Hebrew sentences, and older Hebrew manuscripts such as those from the Cairo Geniza often show ta’amei miqra on all sorts of texts, not just the Biblical texts we associate them with today. This text includes the full tradition for Birkat haMazon, including texts for weekdays, Shabbatot, and festivals, as well as additions for a wedding meal, a circumcision meal, and a meal in a mourner’s house. . . . |
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Steven Greenberg
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Before the Aliyot, Parashat Aḥarei Mōt
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North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., inclusion, sexual attraction, Prayers of redress, LGBTQ, Parashat Aḥarei Mot, same-sex relationships
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A prayer to recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identifying folk before reading Parshat Aḥarei Mot (Leviticus 16:1–18:30) in the synagogue. . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Paltiel Birnbaum (translation)
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Weekday Amidah, Ḳaddish
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Late Antiquity, Early Middle Ages, Amoraic prayers, cantillized liturgy
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The full Weekday Amidah (or Eighteen Blessings), according to Nusach Ashkenaz with optional additions for egalitarian rites or for within Israel, fully marked with ta’amei miqra (also known as cantillation marks or trope). Ta’amei miqra originally marked grammar and divisions in any Hebrew sentences, and older Hebrew manuscripts such as those from the Cairo Geniza often show ta’amei miqra on all sorts of texts, not just the Biblical texts we associate them with today. This text has the Eighteen Blessings (which number nineteen) of the weekday Amidah, and is suitable to use as a text for any standard weekday service. Note: this does not include any of the pre- or post-Amidah texts, such as Ashrei, Kriyat Shema, Tachanun, or Aleinu. It also doesn’t include additions for festivals, fast days, or the Days of Repentance. Those may be coming in the future, though! . . . |
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Ḥanan Schlesinger and Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation)
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Shivah Asar b'Tamuz
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Gratitude, על הנסים al hanissim, redemption, Religious Zionism, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ge'ulah, Y'mei Bein haMitsrim, Three Weeks of Mourning, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Vocalization, מודים Modim
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An Al Hanissim supplement for Sheva Asar b’Tamuz that acknowledges the fast day in light of the apparent achievements of the State of Israel, post-1948. . . . |
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