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2020 —⟶ Page 4 A prayer in response to the suffering of the coronavirus and the danger posed by its global spread. . . . An acknowledgement that the land we are conducting our religious ceremonies on is the sacred and traditional land of Indigenous people. It involves a kavvanah and study verses as well as the land acknowledgement. . . . Yizkor and other prayers for Shemini Atsertet during the coronavirus pandemic in 5781 (2020). . . . Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . . Categories: Tags: 2020 Israeli legislative election, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, difference disagreement and deviance, disagreement, tolerance of difference, ישראל Yisrael Contributor(s): A short prayer of gratitude in the midst of a global pandemic and civil unrest. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., COVID-19 coronavirus, Gratitude, מודים Modim, Needing Vocalization Contributor(s): A private prayer for fulfilling your civic duty and voting, whether in a voting booth or by mail. The concluding partial berakhah (without its full preamble, so as to avoid a berakhah levatala) is traditionally stated upon seeing a king of a nation, so in a democratic regime it seems appropriate to adopt for the voters. . . . 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 . . . “A Prayer for the New Year (5781)” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor online at his Facebook Page and shared with the Open Siddur Project through our Facebook discussion group. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, North America, Prayers for the New Year, תקון tiqqun, United States, weariness Contributor(s): A prayer for health and safety in public, communal prayer during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. . . . Categories: Tags: 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Israel, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Maale Gilboa, ישראל Yisrael Contributor(s): A private prayer for those dwelling in quarantine and are unable to fulfill any mitzvot that require public action. Can be recited as part of the “Shomea Tefilah” section of the amidah, or independently. . . . Categories: Tags: 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., מי שברך mi sheberakh, Private Amidah Contributor(s): A Prayer on US Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd 2020. . . . A prayer for teachers at the onset of the school year. . . . A prayer for the medical workers and researchers on the front lines of treating the afflicted and finding a cure for the COVID19 coronavirus pandemic. . . . A prayer disseminated by the Assemblea Dei Rabbini D’Italia in response to the Coronavirus outbreak in Italy and around the world. . . . A prayer from the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. . . . A prayer for those receiving vaccinations. . . . Categories: Tags: 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Israel, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., COVID-19 coronavirus, שמירת הגוף shmirat haguf, חיסון vaccination Contributor(s): A Viddui written for Jews who are losing a beloved to a plague, and who may not be able to be physically present or close to their loved one. . . . A kavvanah before a vaccination offered by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried of Ḳ.Ḳ. Beit Tefilah Yisraeli in Tel Aviv. . . . A prayer for workers and worker needs amid the 2020 COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. . . . A prayer offered in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash) . . . | ||
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