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2022 —⟶ Page 2 The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 March 2022. . . . Categories: Tags: 117th Congress, 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, pre-Purim, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): This prayer for peace in Ukraine was co-written by the Masorti Movement in Israel and the Rabbinic Assembly in Israel, and read by Rabbi Ori Friedland (Hebrew) and Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg (English) in an international prayer service organized by Masorti Olami in solidarity with Ukraine and the Jewish communities therein. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 January 2022. . . . Categories: Tags: 117th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, חבּ״ד ḤaBaD Lubavitch, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): This untitled prayer for US Election Day was written by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared through the Open Siddur Project Facebook Discussion Group on 8 November 2022. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): Eli Kevodi (My God, My Glory”), for seudah shelisheet, was composed by Asher Hillel Burstein in 2018. The hymn was awarded the “Rabbi Hershel Matt Creative Liturgy Award,” the first prize in the creative liturgy contest sponsored by ARC (The Association of Rabbis and Cantors), an interdenominational group of Jewish clergy. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Ukraine” was first published by Chaya Kaplan Lester on her Facebook page. . . . Categories: Tags: 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Chess, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems Contributor(s): This Al haNissim for Yom Yerushalayim by Dr. Avi Shmidman and Rav Yitzchak Etshalom was first published online in 2022, here. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., על הנסים al hanissim, ירושלם Jerusalem, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, מודים Modim, נודה לך Nodeh L'kha Contributor(s): “Kaddish De’Rabbanan – A Prayer for Teachers and Students” was first published by Rabbi Brant Rosen via his poetry and liturgy blog, Yedid Nefesh (2 March 2022). . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, קדיש ḳaddish, קדיש דרבנן Ḳaddish D'Rabanan, paraliturgical ḳaddish Contributor(s): This Prayer for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee was shared by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth, Ephraim Mirvis, on 25 May 2022, via their website. . . . “Prayer for Ukraine” by Rabbi Dr. Reuven Kimelman was first published by Brandeis University on their website. . . . Miriam Klimova’s prayer “Молитва про захист наших сердець від ненависті” תפילה לשמירה על ליבנו משנאה (בזמן המלחמה) (Prayer to Protect Our Hearts from Hatred in Wartime), in the context of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, was first shared in Hebrew and Ukrainian via her Facebook page. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): An alternate Vidui for Yom Kipur, including an alphabetical list of the things we’ve done wrong in the past year, and also an alphabetical list of the things we can do right in the new year. Includes the words to “Ani v’Ata”, the song of optimism and commitment to improve the world. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., alphabetic mesostic, English vernacular prayer, supplemental vidui, וידוי vidui Contributor(s): A prayer for a Yizkor service on Yom Kippur during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. . . . An Intention for Eating on Yom Kippur was written by Rabba Melissa Scholten-Gutierrez and appears in הַרְחֶב פִּֽיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ Open Your Mouth Wide, and I (God) Will Fill It: Prayers and Rituals for those who need to eat on Yom Kippur (2022), p. 4. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, fasting, עינוי Innui (self-affliction), כוונות kavvanot, פיקוח נפש piqoaḥ nefesh Contributor(s): This is a “Blessing for the human creation” composed by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried for a mi sheberakh delivered after the Torah reading of twin siblings celebrating their bar and bat mitsvah. Both children came into this world through medical intervention, egg donation, and surrogate pregnancy. “It was a really moving ceremony,” said Rabbi Gottfried, “it is very rare that the parents are in touch with the egg donor and pregnancy surrogate (from the US and Ukraine) thirteen years later, and they all celebrate together….After their ascent to the Torah, I asked the parents together with the donor and the surrogate to take the stage and greet them. I share here (with their approval) the blessing of the “Human Creation.” . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, Beit Tefillah Yisraeli, Btselem Elohim, Needing Proofreading, Needing Vocalization, prayers on behalf of parents, prayers of health care workers Contributor(s): A prayer for democracy everywhere, with Ukraine foremost in mind. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Eating on Yom Kippur” was written by A Mitzvah to Eat (Sarah Osborne) and appears in הַרְחֶב פִּֽיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ Open Your Mouth Wide, and I (God) Will Fill It: Prayers and Rituals for those who need to eat on Yom Kippur (2022). . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, fasting, עינוי Innui (self-affliction), פיקוח נפש piqoaḥ nefesh, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Peace in the Ukraine” was first shared by Rabbi Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Ph.D. via her Facebook page, motsei Shabbat on 27 February 2022. To support the Jewish community in the Ukraine, go to the World Union of Progressive Judaism. . . . A prayer for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), written in response to their laudable decision to halt the deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda. . . . | ||
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