 Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A kavvanah for affirming one’s Jewish identity in a mikvah before immersion. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Nusaḥ Erets Yisrael, Psalms 143, Psalms 144, 21st century C.E., Openers, 58th century A.M., Psalms 20, Psalms 145, אשרי Ashrei, Psalms 142, Psalms 84, Psalms 141 One of the great things about Pesukei and Kabbalat Shabbat is that it enhances our feeling of holiness, that what we’re about to do is outside the secular world we’ve just left. Minḥah is the shortest service, and usually gone through the fastest. But it is still a spot of holiness in our afternoons, and we should keep that in mind. I hope that this text can help us remember that we can always take a break from our day to access some afternoon holiness. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Tu Bishvat Seder Haggadah prepared for a time when the Jewish New Year’s Day festival for trees coincides with a total lunar eclipse, as occurred in Tevet 5779 (January 2019). . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Jewish Prayer for Graduation and an Interfaith Meditation on Wisdom and Learning, by Rabbi Jonah Rank (2010) . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Tu Bishvat seder haggadah by Ellen Bernstein (1988, revised: 2017) . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Prayer of Thanksgiving on the Occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, to Be Recited on Sabbath 22nd May 1954 / 19th Iyyar 5714 after the Prayer of the Queen and the Royal Family (London: 1954, Office of the Chief Rabbi) . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Distress, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Chicago, thanksgiving, 20th century C.E., depression, Gratitude, first person, 58th century A.M., מודים Modim The poem, “Psalm of Gratitude” by the Jewish poet and educator, Ben Aronin. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The poem “Wormicide” (1931) by Rabbi Alter Abelson. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The poem “Sambatyon” (1931) by Rabbi Alter Abelson. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The poem “The Phylacteries” (1931) by Rabbi Alter Abelson. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The poem “Friday Eve” by Rabbi Alter Abelson (1931). . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The prayer-poem, “Take Me Under Your Wing” (1905) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The poem, “Im Shamesh” (At Sunrise) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik in June 1903. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: numinous beings, romanticism, Jewish faeries, 19th century C.E., entering magical territory, Light, first person, modern hebrew poetry, mythopoetic, 57th century A.M., Prayers as poems, alternate rhyming scheme, animistic spirits The poem “Tsafririm” (1900) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik with an English translation by Ben Aronin. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: creatures of the night, romanticism, where the wild things are, 19th century C.E., vilde ḥayye, שדים sheydim, whimsy, night, magical beings, modern hebrew poetry, entering magical territory, mythopoetic, evening spirits, 57th century A.M., animistic spirits, Jewish faeries The poem “Gamodei Layil” (Gnomes of the Night) by Ḥayyim Naḥman Bialik, ca. 1894. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat Va’era in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: פרשות parashot, liberation from mitsrayim, mythopoesis, פרשת בא Parashat Bo, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism The text of parashat Bo, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat Bo in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: supplementary hypothesis, קריעת ים סוף qriyat yam suf, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., שבת shabbat, redaction criticism, שירת הים Shirat haYam, פרשות parashot, Song of the Sea, liberation from mitsrayim, mythopoesis, פרשת בשלח parashat B'shalaḥ, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim The text of parashat B’shalaḥ, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat B’shalaḥ in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, שבת shabbat, פרשות parashot, פרשת יתרו Parashat Yitro, mythopoesis, theophany, Har Sinai, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim, supplementary hypothesis, annual Torah reading cycle, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua The text of parashat Yitro, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat Yitro in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: Har Sinai, annual Torah reading cycle, halakhot, פרשת השבוע Parashat haShavua, ימי השובבים Yemei haShovavim, 31st century A.M., 8th century B.C.E., redaction criticism, פרשות parashot, theophany, mythopoesis, פרשת משפטים parashat Mishpatim, covenant code, supplementary hypothesis The text of parashat Mishpatim, distinguished according to the stratigraphic layers of its composition according to the Supplementary Hypothesis. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A Torah reading of Parashat Mishpatim in English translation, transtropilized. . . .  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The haftarah reading for Parashat Bo in English translation, transtropilized. . . . |