Resources using Latin script← Back to Languages & Scripts Index I began by explaining that in the experience of religion there is a contradiction between the individual’s desire for authentic experience and their need for relevant tools to engage individual growth vis-à-vis the project of Judaism. This contradiction is actually a design challenge for useful tools in Judaism’s toolkit of educational and spiritual resources for its participants. The imperfect present is expressed in many current expressions of the Siddur. Although a siddur’s nusaḥ is an authentic expression of a tradition, its utility as a static tool for engaging the creative improvisation required for sinciere spiritual expression (as well as its ability to serve as the traditional tool for educating Jews in sourcetext) is certainly questionable. Our solution is a siddur that is a Siddur that users can build for themselves. Ingredients from all available siddur texts (i.e., copyright permitting) will be available for building siddurim ranging from unchanged nusaḥ Ashkenaz, to mashups of different nusḥaot with additional prayers and art added by the user, with user edited translations they contribute to, and with commentary they share with other users. In this way, a siddur user becomes a sophisticated master of t’fillah, seriously engaged in the prayer authored and offered by Jewish tradition with the freedom to enrich the tradition from their own experience privately or publicly. . . . The inaugural first post here at the Open Siddur Project website. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 25 September 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 July 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 July 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 June 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 May 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 April 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 7 February 2008. . . . A supplement to the Al Ḥet of the Yom Kippur vidui. . . . A personal declaration to become a shomer/et shalom on Yom Kippur. . . . A contemporary Jewish prayer for healng, used at congregation Tzedek Chicago. . . . A prayer offered at the Broadview Detention Center for an interfaith vigil in support of the detainees and for change in US immigration policy. . . . The full text of Rabbi David Saperstein’s invocation offered on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, August 8th, 2008. . . . “Orah hee” was composed by Rabbi Jill Hammer in 2008 and first published at Tel Shemesh in romanized Hebrew and English translation. . . . The prayer for the State of Israel, composed May 2008/lyyar 5768 on the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel, was first shared on the web on May 7th, 2008 here and published on paper and PDF on May 8th, 2008 in an event organized by Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, “Embracing Justice: An Alternative Celebration and Learning for Yom Ha’Atzma’ut/Israel’s 60th Independence Day.” . . . A prayer for the great aspirations of the country of the United States of America. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 November 2007. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 July 2007. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 September 2007. . . . With gratitude to the One True God, and to the original creators, this is a derivation of the “Battlestar Seder Haggadah” prepared by David “Razor” Lieberman, Alison “Fat Six” Ogden, and Mary “Actual” Bruch, for “A Seder on Battlestar Galactica,” an event held on Saturday, 26 April 2008, on Earth. The seder was first posted to galacticahaggadah.com and later to battlestarseder.org under a GNU Free Document License. Both of these domains having gone to ruin, the Haggadah was thankfully preserved on the Wayback Machine thanks to the Internet Archives. I resurrected the Haggadah, adding the following: 1) alternate blessings for crypto-Cylons, 2) संस्कृतम् sourcetext in Sanskrit script along with annotation indicating the source of the prayer/mantra included, 3) a short prayer that Priestess Elosha recites at the very beginning of the funeral scene near the end of the miniseries. –Aharon Varady . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 2007. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 March 2007. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 15 March 2007. . . . It’s always a real struggle for the Left to successfully tackle oppression within its own ranks. But when we do it, our movements gain, every time, from the deeper understandings that emerge. To start the process this time, we need some basic information about what anti-Jewish oppression is and how to counter it. But it has to come from a perspective of justice for all people, not from opportunistic attempts to slander or censor social justice efforts that are gaining strength. . . . The evening service for entering Shabbat and Yom Tov as is the custom of Kehillat Kol Haneshama in south Jerusalem, Israel. . . . Eternal God, You created earth and heavens with mercy, and blew the breath of life into animals and human beings. We were created amidst a world of wholeness, a world called “very good,” pure and beautiful, but now your many works are being erased by us from the book of life. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 September 2006. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 April 2006. . . . “Mi she-Berakh Prayer for Agunot and Women who are Denied a Writ of Divorce (mesorvot get)” was written by Dr. Yael Levine in the summer of 2006 and first published in the journal De’ot in advance of Purim 2007. The Hebrew version of the prayer was subsequently reprinted in the monumental Sefer ha-Shabbat, edited by Yonadav Kaploun and issued by Yediot Aharonot in 2011 (p. 260). The English translation was first published in The Jerusalem Post 16 March 2016 (Comment & Features), p. 13. The Hebrew annotation of the sources appeared already in the initial article in De’ot, and was subsequently published, inter alia, in an article published on kipa.co.il on 13 March 2019. . . . In Jewish tradition, on this very day of disaster Mashiaḥ (Messiah) was born, but hidden away till a generation would come that is ready to make peace and eco-social justice in the world. So this year, we offer this story of hope and redemption to be read by Jews and Muslims together on the fast day or for the evening break-fast when it ends. . . . Judy Gumbo co-authored this Al Ḥeit with her partner Stew Albert, ז״ל, before his passing in 2006. This Al Ḥeit was most recently used as part of Yom Kippur Kol Nidre services across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street 5772. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 July 2005. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 May 2005. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 April 2005. . . . A prayer for the State of Israel during conflicts over sovereignty and dispossession. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 September 2004. . . . A blessing by Reb Zalman for Peace, Health, Joy, Prosperity, and Kindness which he wrote in spray paint on a municipal water tank behind his house in Colorado. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 9 September 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 7 July 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 June 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 June 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 May 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 May 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 March 2004. . . . This egalitarian adaptation of the Me she’Ana seliḥah for the season of Teshuvah was made by Julia Andelman and Lisa Exler in September 2004. . . . The full text of Rabbi Ronne Friedman’s invocation offered on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, July 29th, 2004. . . . |
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