כוונה לפני הדלקת נרות שבת – כוונת הלב לישימון | A Wilderness Kavvanah before lighting Shabbat candles, by Rabbi Gila Caine

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כוונות kavvanot, where the wild things are, Azazel, eco-conscious, במדבר Bamidbar, טבע Teva, eco-feminism, kindling, candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

This kavvanah was written in preparation for a class I taught for the Green Sabbath Project, “Follow the Goat: using the scapegoat ritual in creating new kavvanot / sacred intentions for lighting Shabbat candles.”

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אֱלֹהַי וֶאֱלֹהֵי אִמּוֹתַי וַאֲבוֹתַי, אִמָּא אֲדָמָה, אֵם כָּל הָאִמָּהוֹת כֻּלָּן. אֵל שַׁדַּי, אֵל הַשָּׂדוֹת, אֲדוֹן הַיָּם הַגָּדוֹל, בַּעַל מֶרְחֲבֵי הַבָּר, בַּעֲלַת יַעֲרוֹת הָעַד, בַּעֲלַת נְהָרוֹת, בַּעֲלַת בִּצּוֹת, אֵלַת הַיְּשִׁימוֹן. רוּחַ שׁוֹרֶקֶת בֵּין סְלָעִים.	My God and God of my ancestors, Mother Earth, Mother of all mothers. El Shadai, God of fields, God of the Great sea, Lord of wilderness, Lady of endless forests, Mistress of rivers, Lady of swamps, Goddess of the Wastelands. Spirit-wind whistling through rocks.
קַבָּלִי בְּאַהֲבָה וּבְחֶמְלָה נֵרוֹת שַׁבָּת אֵלֶּה. קַבְּלִי אֶת הָאֵשׁ שֶׁאֲנִי מַעֲלָה כְּעוֹלֶה וְאֶת מִלּוֹת תְּפִלָּתִי כְּמִנְחָה.	Accept my Shabbat candles with love and compassion. Accept my fire as a burnt offering and my words as tribute.
שְׁמָרֵי עַל מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי בְּתוֹךְ הֲמֻלַּת הַיּוֹם יוֹם, שְׁמָרֵי עַל [הוסף: יַלְדֵי וְעַל אִישִׁי / אִשְׁתִּי], שֶׁלֹּא תֹּאבַד דַּרְכֵּנוּ וְנֵדַע לְהַבְדִּיל בֵּין עֲבוֹדָה לְעַבְדוּת. שֶׁנֵּדַע לִשְׁמֹט.	Protect my family in our daily tumult guard my [add: children and husband / wife / beloved] so we don’t lose our way between work and slavery. So we know how to let go.
שְׁמָרֵי עַל הַיָּם, עַל הַיְּעָרוֹת הַגְּדוֹלִים, שְׁמָרֵי בְּרַחֲמַיִךְ עַל כָּל אֲתָר וַאֲתָר. עֶזְרִי לָנוּ לִזְכֹּר שֶׁאֵין מָקוֹם פָּנוּי מִקְּדֻשָּׁתְךָ הַנּוֹרָאָה אַךְ מְקוֹמוֹת רַבִּים פְּנוּיִים מִקְּדֻשָּׁתֵנוּ, וְטוֹב לָהֶם כָּךְ.	Guard the sea, the great forests, protect each and every place with your mercy. Help us remember there is no place empty of your Awful holiness, but many places are empty of our sanctity, as is their preference.
בַּעֲלַת רַחֲמִים, אֵל שַׁדַּי, קַבְּלִי תְּפִלָּתִי וְסַיְּעִי לִי לְכַוֵּן לִבִּי אֶל הַיְּשִׁימוֹן.	Goddess of Mercy, El Shaddai, accept my prayer and direct my heart to the Wasteland.

“A Wilderness Kavvanah before lighting Shabbat candles” was written by Rabba Gila Caine in 2022, while thinking of the Rocky Mountains, between Jasper and Banff.

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Gila Caine

Born and raised in Jerusalem, Rabbah Gila Caine graduated from the Hebrew University with an MA in Contemporary Judaism and received her rabbinic ordination at the HUC-JIR’s Israeli program in 2011. She now serves as rabbi at Temple Beth Ora congregation in Edmonton, Alberta, where she lives with her husband, children and two cats.

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