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 Contributor(s):Four morning blessings inspired from traditional blessing in the Birkhot haShaḥar and Shaḥarit services. . . . ברכת קיבוץ גלויות | Blessing for Kibuts Galuyot (Ingathering of exiles), for weekday Amidah by Rabbi Noa Mazor Contributor(s):A prayer for the ingathering of Jews from the Diaspora to Erets Yisrael. . . . כְּגַוְנָא | k’Gavna (Just As) from the Zohar parashat Terumah §163-166, a paraliturgical interpretive translation by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat Contributor(s):A paraliturgical translation of “k’Gavna” — a portion of the Zohar on parashat Terumah read before Ma’ariv in the ḥassidic-sefardic nusaḥ. . . . 📄 סדר עתיק לקריאות מהתנ״ך לפי מסכת סופרים | A Service for Scriptural Readings from Antiquity, reconstructed from Masekhet Soferim by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer Contributor(s):The “minor tractate” Soferim is one of our best sources for early liturgical practice. It is the oldest known source for multiple practices still followed today, such as the blessing for the haftarah. Such luminaries as the Vilna Gaon considered it a vital work. But some of its practices are… well, odd. There are customs in Tractate Soferim which are found nowhere else in classical rabbinics — blessings for the recitation of books in Writings other than the scrolls, a three-year cycle of Torah readings, and a custom to divide the scrolls in half when reading them. This service is constructed based on the descriptions and passages of Tractate Soferim, mostly following the Gra’s edition. In some ways it may be very familiar, especially to Ashkenazim, but in others it is a fascinating glimpse into a heretofore lost practice of Judaism. . . . Contributor(s):In all modern communities, the standard practice is that on the three Shabbatot before the Ninth of Av and the seven after it the standard haftarah is replaced. Before the Ninth of Av they are replaced with haftarot of rebuke, from Jeremiah and the opening of Isaiah, and after they are replaced with haftarot of consolation from the later parts of Isaiah. Rambam’s Mishneh Torah, though, preserves a very different custom, one where each one of those Torah portions has an associated haftarah, related not to the calendar but to the parashah itself. Here the editor has compiled a list of these haftarah readings, along with brief notes to explain their connection with the parashah. . . . Contributor(s):An alternative weekday aliyah. . . . Contributor(s):A paraliturgical translation of the opening paragraph of the Shema. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for focusing one’s mind and intention during the separation of dough in the preparation of halah before Shabbat. . . . Contributor(s):A companion to the classic piyyut, Yigdal. . . . Contributor(s):An opening prayer for divine communication and closeness. . . . Contributor(s):A summary of the lineage of the Mesorah, as it passed through generations of Israelite and Jewish women. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for safe travel. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for safe travel. . . . Contributor(s):A short prayer of gratitude in the midst of a global pandemic and civil unrest. . . . Contributor(s):The argument that “statues preserve our heritage” is not one the halakhah tolerates, especially when the statues are celebrating the perpetrators of horrible atrocities. Here’s a service for those interested in fulfilling the Biblical commandment of destroying idolatrous statues. #BLM . . . פתח לנו שער בעת נעילת שער | Open for us a gate at the closing of a gate, by Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx (2005) Contributor(s):A prayer for the State of Israel during conflicts over sovereignty and dispossession. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Linda Motzkin on 11 July 2000 Contributor(s):The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 July 2000. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Toby H. Manewith on 5 March 1998 Contributor(s):The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 March 1998. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Rachel S. Mikva on 8 March 1995 Contributor(s):The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 8 March 1995. . . . Contributor(s):The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 April 1994. . . . 📖 An Offering of Prayer: Prayers and Meditations — Private and Public, compiled by Rabbi Morrison David Bial (1962) Contributor(s):A collection of public, pulpit prayers, ceremonial, and other prayers to supplement the Siddur. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for a sibling embarking on a journey to another land or lands. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for intra-national peace during the interwar period (after World War I). . . . Contributor(s):A prayer on behalf of one’s congregation and the worldwide community of Israelites. . . . Contributor(s):A collection of prayers for Jewish girls by the chief rabbi of Buda. . . . Contributor(s):A collection of prayers in Magyar for Jewish women composed by the rabbi of Veszprém, later, the chief rabbi of Buda. . . . Prayer for the Anniversary of the Destruction of the Temple (תשעה באב), by Rabbi Moritz Mayer (1866) Contributor(s):A prayer for Tisha b’Av. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a woman struggling with a life-threatening illness or injury. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of gratitude for a woman who has survived dangerous circumstances. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for one’s parent or parents during Yizkor. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a daughter for mourning on the yortseit of one or both of her parents. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of an orphan after the death of one or both of her parents. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a woman experiencing desperation under difficult circumstances. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a woman following the birth of her infant child. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a wife on behalf of her husband traveling. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for when traveling conditions become perilous on an ocean voyage. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a “young maiden” — a girl before her bat mitsvah. . . . Contributor(s):A mother’s prayer for an ill infant or child. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a woman and mother who has lost her husband and is contemplating desperate circumstances. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for a woman preparing herself on Erev Rosh haShanah. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for a woman celebrating the first yontef of Sukkot. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for a woman celebrating Shmini Atseret. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement on Yom Kippurim. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer of a pregnant woman before she goes into labor. . . . Contributor(s):“Evening Prayer for Children” is one of thirty prayers appearing in Rabbi Moritz Mayer’s collection of tehinot, Hours of Devotion (1866), of uncertain provenance and which he may have written. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for a woman pleading for atonement in the final service of Yom Kippur at sunset. . . . Contributor(s):“Morning Prayer for Children” is one of thirty prayers appearing in Rabbi Moritz Mayer’s collection of tehinot, Hours of Devotion (1866), of uncertain provenance and which he may have written. . . . Contributor(s):“Prayer for the Close of the Sabbath” is one of thirty prayers appearing in Rabbi Moritz Mayer’s collection of tehinot, Hours of Devotion (1866), of uncertain provenance and which he may have written. . . . Contributor(s):A prayer for a woman mounrning at the grave of her child. . . . Contributor(s):“[Prayer] For the Sabbath Day” is one of thirty prayers appearing in Rabbi Moritz Mayer’s collection of tehinot, Hours of Devotion (1866), of uncertain provenance and which he may have written. . . . |
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