https://opensiddur.org/?p=19706תְּפִילַּת הַנּוֹטֵעַ | Prayer for a Tree Planting in Israel, by Zeev Kainan (2018)2018-04-08 22:36:06This prayer for planting was composed by Zeev Kainan for Tu biShvat (2018) for the Masorti Movement for Conservative Judaism in Israel.
Textthe Open Siddur ProjectAharon N. Varady (transcription)Aharon N. Varady (transcription)Daniel Landau (translation)Ze'ev KainanMasorti Movement in Israelhttps://opensiddur.org/copyright-policy/Aharon N. Varady (transcription)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/Yom haNətiōt (Planting Day)Planting58th century A.M.TreesPrayers for Plantingplanting treesreligious Zionist prayersישראל Yisraelארץ ישראל Erets Yisraelתחינות teḥinot21st century C.E.Masorti Movement
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Master of worlds
and elo’ah of Heaven and Earth
that has promised us:
“I will plant you and not uproot you,”[1] Jeremiah 42:10 partial
may you strengthen our hands
as we come to plant in the soil of your land,
and to deepen our roots in the earth of our land,
by continuing to do the deeds of Avraham our forefather,
as it is written “And he planted a tamarisk in Be’er Shava.”[2] Genesis 21:33 partial
May you bless our plantings
and deepen their roots,
as your prophet said:
“I planted you with noble vines, all with choicest seed,”[3] Jeremiah 2:21 partial
“I will make a covenant of peace with them…”[4] Ezekiel 37:26 partial
“…and I will cause the rainshowers to fall in their season;
there shall be showers of blessing.”[5] Ezekiel 34:26 partial
And may it be your will that you will cause this to occur
for our sons and daughters, as the Scripture says:
“I will rejoice over them to do them good,
and I will plant them in this land in truth.”[6] Jeremiah 32:41 partial
Those who sow in joy, may they harvest in happiness!
And may you place, quickly in our day,
everyone under their vine and under their fig tree.
And may we say Amen.
This prayer for planting was composed by Zeev Kainan for Tu biShvat (2018) for the Masorti Movement for Conservative Judaism in Israel. English translation by Miri Landau with edits by Aharon Varady.
Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeniשְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
Daniel Landau (he/they) is a student from Karmiel, Israel. Daniel is currently doing national service in Tel Aviv, and has volunteered at a school, a trans resource center, and a cat shelter throughout his time there so far. Daniel hopes to continue helping to translate liturgy in the future and is very grateful to all of the people who have helped them at the Open Siddur Project thus far.
Ze'ev is the coordinator of the Elul program and manages and supervises every element of the month-long seminar for rabbinical students from the United States. Before arriving in Hanaton, Ze'ev was the CEO of Keren Malki - an Israeli nonprofit organization that assists families of children with special needs, and the director of education and special projects in the Hatikvati network. Ze'ev worked for years with youth and was a delegate to the Ramah camps (California, Canada, Poconos, and the Rama Seminary in Israel) as well as other JCC camps. From 1997 to 2000, he served as a central emissary for the USY movement in North America, on behalf of the Jewish Agency. He later served as the director of the youth movement of the Masorti Movement in Israel for seven years and is also the editor of the siddur "Ani Tefilati - Siddur Yisraeli" and the "Poteach Sha'ar" Machzor for the High Holidays of the Masorti Movement. Ze'ev was born and raised in the religious kibbutz of Sa'ad in the northern Negev, three kilometers east of Gaza City and now lives in Jerusalem with his wife, Dr. Lisa Keinan and their three children - all graduates of Noam.
The Masorti Movement in Israel creates opportunities for all Jews to live Jewish lives in Israel unhindered, and on their own terms. It is a religious movement based on values of inclusion combined with traditional practice and Halakha (Jewish Law). Masorti represents a “third” way. Not secular Judaism. Not ultra-Orthodoxy. But a Jewish life that integrates secular beliefs. Halakhah with inclusion and egalitarianism. Tradition that recognizes the realities of today’s world. The Masorti Movement is committed to a pluralistic, egalitarian, and democratic vision of Zionism. Masorti engages tens of thousands of Israelis each year, young and old, native born as well as olim from around the globe.
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