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April 2021 A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow in 2021 reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . . Categories: Tags: 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 2020 United States racial reckoning, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical elohai neshamah, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai, Prayers as poems, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, State v. Chauvin Contributor(s): A kavvanah for clarifying and elevating the activity of tax preparation. . . . An al-hanissim prayer for Yom ha-Atsma’ut. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., על הנסים al hanissim, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, מודים Modim, נודה לך Nodeh L'kha Contributor(s): A prayer for the well-being of the Navy personnel assigned to the newly built Sa’ar 5 corvette, INS Eilat, in 1993. . . . A Hebrew translation of the lyrics to Harry Nilsson’s “One” (1967) as sung by Aimee Mann (1995) . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., counting songs, English vernacular prayer, דע לפני מי אתה עומד Know Before Whom You Stand, loneliness, love-sickness, love your fellow as yourself, non-dual theology, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Prayers as poems, שכינה Shekhinah, זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): “Closing Prayer [for Labor Day]” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.165. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer Contributor(s): “Dignity of Labor” is a prayer for Labor Day first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.176-177. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer Contributor(s): “Opening Prayer on the Significance of [Labor] Day” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p.165. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, capitalism, civic prayers, ecumenical prayers, English vernacular prayer, the invisible hand Contributor(s): The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for King George V. . . . A prayer for sustaining empathy and awareness of others’ needs through the vicissitudes of life and labor. . . . The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for Edward VII. . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., British Commonwealth, British Empire, British Jewry, British Monarchy, Constitutional Monarchy, Great Britain, הנותן תשועה haNotén Teshuah Contributor(s): The famous poem by Walt Whitman in its original English with its Hebrew translation. . . . Categories: Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., first person, invitation, Prayers as poems, prayers for the road, שפע shefa, Swedenborgian Contributor(s): The prayer for King George III in the English colonies before the Revolutionary War. . . . The piyyut read as an introduction to the Decalogue during the Torah reading on Shavuot. . . . Categories: Tags: 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, phonetic alphabetic acrostic translation, Alphabetic Acrostic, אקדמות Aqdamut, Aramaic, בהמות behemot, Decalogue, פיוטים piyyuṭim, תרגום targum Contributor(s): Many communities recite a series of poems interwoven with the Amidah on Purim. These poems, known as the “krovets,” were written by Elazar b. Rabbi Kalir, the greatest of the early paytanim. But lesser known than the krovets for Purim are the krovets for Tisha b’Av, written as well by Elazar b. Rabbi Kalir. A fine example of Elazar’s intricate poetry, the krovets for Tisha b’Av is rife with Biblical citations, finally culminating with the prayer for Jerusalem. Each stanza begins with five tightly rhymed lines beginning with a constant א followed by a quintuple half-acrostic on the second letter, then a poetic volta on the word אֵיכָה, followed by a Biblical citation, a verse starting with the last word in the citation, a letter from Elazar’s name, and a final Biblical citation. The krovets for Tisha b’Av is meant to be part of the morning service, tied into the cantorial repetition for Tisha b’Av. . . . Categories: Tags: 45th century A.M., 7th century C.E., acrostic, Acrostic signature, Alphabetic Acrostic, עמידה amidah, קרובות ḳerovot, פיוטים piyyuṭim, Public Amidah, קינות Ḳinōt Contributor(s): | ||
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