  Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: paraliturgical elohai neshamah, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, 2020 United States racial reckoning, 21st century C.E., State v. Chauvin, 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai 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. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A kavvanah for clarifying and elevating the activity of tax preparation. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: An al-hanissim prayer for Yom ha-Atsma’ut. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A prayer for the well-being of the Navy personnel assigned to the newly built Sa’ar 5 corvette, INS Eilat, in 1993. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: זמירות zemirot, love-sickness, Know Before Whom You Stand, counting songs, פיוטים piyyutim, 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, שכינה Shekhinah, loneliness, love your fellow as yourself, 20th century C.E., non-dual theology A Hebrew translation of the lyrics to Harry Nilsson’s “One” (1967) as sung by Aimee Mann (1995) . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags:   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags:   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags:   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for King George V. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: A prayer for sustaining empathy and awareness of others’ needs through the vicissitudes of life and labor. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The text of the prayer, haNoten Teshuah, as adapted for Edward VII. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The famous poem by Walt Whitman in its original English with its Hebrew translation. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: The prayer for King George III in the English colonies before the Revolutionary War. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: 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. . . .   Contributor(s):  Categories:  Tags: אקדמות Aqdamut, בהמות behemot, Aramaic, פיוטים piyyutim, תרגום targum, Alphabetic Acrostic, 11th century C.E., 49th century A.M., Acrostic signature, Decalogue, Acrostic translation The piyyut read as an introduction to the Decalogue during the Torah reading on Shavuot. . . . |