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2019 —⟶ Page 2 A prayer in solidarity with the Greater Iowa City Church of the Nazarene, whose building was the target of hateful vandalism. . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry One small request to accompany the seliḥot service. . . . A meditation on living through the lens of dying. . . . הַשְׁכִּיבֵנוּ | Shield the Children: A Prayer for Refugees, a paraliturgical translation of Hashkivenu by Rabba Kaya Stern-KaufmanThis prayer is a line by line interpretative translation of a traditional Ashkenazi variation of the Hashkiveinu prayer recited for Ma’ariv Leil Shabbat. . . . Hoshanot Liturgy for the Climate Crisis, adapted by R’ Ezra Weinberg from the words of Greta ThunbergThe words of Greta Thunberg adapted for a prayer for intervention in the anthropogenic climate crisis, for a Honshana ritual for Sukkot. . . . תְּפִלָּה לְמַעַן תֵּבֵל וּמְלוֹאָהּ | Prayer for the Preservation of the Environment, by Richard Shavei-TzionRichard Shavei-Tzion writes, “At this time when mankind is wreaking havoc on our Eco-System, we pray to God to preserve the treasure that is the earth and to grant us the wisdom to make pro-active efforts to protect it for the sake of our future generations and all which dwell upon it.” . . . תפילת המורה לפני פתיחת שנת הלימודים | Oración de los maestros antes del inicio del año escolar | Prayer of the teacher before commencement of the school year (Masorti Movement in Israel)A prayer for a teacher to say or adapt as needed at the beginning of their school year. . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School מי שברך לילדים והוריהם בשלהי שנה ובפתיחה | Mi sheBeraj para los niños y sus padres en el inicio de un nuevo año escolar | Mi sheBerakh for Children and their Parents at the Commencement of the School Year, by Rabbi Hagit Sabag Yisrael (Masorti Movement in Israel)A “mi sheberakh” blessing for children and the parents of children returning to school at the beginning of the new school year. . . . Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מי שברך mi sheberakh, Parents blessing children, Prayers of Primary Caregivers Contributor(s): Hagit Sabag Yisrael, Sandra Kochmann (translation) and the Masorti Movement in Israel Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 6 February 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 February 2019. . . . תְּפִלָּה לְמַעַן אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית בְּעֵת נִסָּיוֹן | A Prayer for the United States at a Time of Trial, by Rabbi Joe Schwartz (2019)“A Prayer for the Spiritual Welfare of the United States at a Time of Trial,” by Rabbi Joe Schwartz was first published at The Forward on 28 June 2019. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America A prayer in English to end gun violence before Rosh haShanah, . . . Categories: Mass Shootings & Gun Violence Gratitude Prayer, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor on the first anniversary of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life massacre (2019)A prayer on the first anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh. . . . אֵלֶּה אֶזְכְּרָה, נוּסַח פִּיטְסְבּוּרְג | Eileh Ezkarah for Pittsburgh, by Rabbi Jonathan Perlman with Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum & Rabbi Martin Cohen (2019)A ḳinah for the martyrs of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Boston in 2018. . . . תְּפִלָּה בְּעַד מֶמְשֶׁלֶת שָׁלוֹם | Prayer for a Government of Peace, by Zackary Sholem Berger (2019)A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. . . . תפילה נוכח הרעה מדרום | Prayer in the face of the worsening situation in southern Israel (Masorti Movement in Israel 2019)A prayer for the safety of all the inhabitants of the Land of Israel offered during the November 12th, 2019 Tel Aviv rocket strike. . . . Categories: Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession Tags: 2019 Tel Aviv rocket strike, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Israeli–Palestinian conflict, מי שברך mi sheberakh Contributor(s): the Masorti Movement in Israel, Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael and Aharon N. Varady (translation) A prayer for universal peace offered by Hillel Yisraeli-Lavery as an opening prayer to a talk given in Hamilton, Canada by 2011 Nobel Prize winner Leymah Gbowee. . . . Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, 🇺🇸 National Brotherhood Week, 🌐 United Nations Day (October 24th) A prayer written in response to the massacre of Muslim worshipers during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand. . . . תפילה לשלום העם הכורדי | Prayer for the Welfare of the Kurdish People (Masorti Movement in Israel, 2019)A prayer for the welfare of the Kurdish People in Northern Syria (Rojava) following their betrayal by Donald Trump acting as commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces and their oppression by the Republic of Turkey. . . . 📄 סֵדֶר ט״וּ בִּשְׁבָט לִקּוּיֵי הַיָּרֵחַ | A Tu BiShvat Seder Haggadah for the Total Lunar Eclipse, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org, 5779/2019)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). . . . Categories: Seder Leil Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat) 📖 סִימָן לְבָנִים | Siman l’Vanim: a birkon celebrating the wedding of Honi Sanders and Simona Dalin (2019)The birkon/bentsher (blessing-book) prepared for the wedding of Honi Sanders and Simona Dalin on July 7th, 2019. . . . Categories: Birkonim (בענטשערס Bentshers) Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., בענטשן bentshn, Needing Decompilation, wedding bentshers, wedding blessings, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): Akiva Sanders (translation), Honi Sanders (translation) and Aharon N. Varady (translation) 📖 חֶסֶד־וּמִשְׁפָּט אָשִׁירָה לְךָ | Ḥesed uMishpat Ashirah Lekha, a bentsher celebrating the wedding of Isaac Brooks and Eliana Fishman (2018)An Ashkenazi Queer-Friendly bentsher. . . . Categories: Birkonim (בענטשערס Bentshers) Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jeremy Wiederhorn on 24 May 2011The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 May 2011. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Efrem Goldberg on 5 April 2011The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 April 2011. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Joshua Davidson on 16 June 2010The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 June 2010. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein on 5 May 2010The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 May 2010. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Gil Steinlauf on 27 January 2010The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 January 2010. . . . A Jewish Prayer for Graduation and an Interfaith Meditation on Wisdom and Learning, by Jonah Rank (2010)A Jewish Prayer for Graduation and an Interfaith Meditation on Wisdom and Learning, by Rabbi Jonah Rank (2010) . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jacob Luski on 28 October 2009The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 October 2009. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Stephen Leon on 22 July 2009The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 July 2009. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 25 June 2009. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Solomon Schiff on 18 June 2009The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 June 2009. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 January 2009. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Peter E. Hyman on 30 July 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 July 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Stuart L. Berman on 17 July 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 July 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Felipe Goodman on 3 June 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 June 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 May 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Akiva Males on 23 April 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 April 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 7 February 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Irwin N. Goldenberg on 7 November 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 November 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Ellen Wolintz-Fields on 12 July 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 July 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Frederick L. Klein on 18 September 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 September 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Paul Silton on 28 March 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 2007. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 March 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Shea Harlig on 15 March 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 15 March 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Amy Rader on 14 September 2006The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 September 2006. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 April 2006. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi David Greene on 12 July 2005The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 July 2005. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 May 2005. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 April 2005. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Gary P. Zola on 21 September 2004The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 September 2004. . . . | ||
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