A Prayer for Health in Work, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnassah

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health, self-care, שמירת הגוף shmirat haguf, North America, workers, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, working

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	God, may my work feel redemptive even when an ocean of need feels like it will pull me down.
	May I feel supported when I feel alone in my work.
	O God, remind me when I fail that I can learn, and that my life is more than my work.
	O God, remind me when I succeed that I can learn, and that deep success requires the efforts of many.
	May I remember that going home is a crucial part of the dream.
	God, help me to remember that I am one of the people I am called by You to serve.
	May I feel undivided as I transition from sphere to sphere, a whole person within Your world.

Menachem Creditor

Rabbi Menachem Creditor is the rabbi of Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley, California. He is a Trustee of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), sits on the Executive Committee and the Social Justice Commission of the Rabbinical Assembly, and is a member of the Chancellor's Rabbinic Leadership Team at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Rabbi Creditor is also chair of The Masorti Center, a co-founder and facilitator of ShefaNetwork: The Conservative/Masorti Movement Dreaming from Within, co-founder of KeshetRabbis: The Alliance of Gay-Friendly Conservative/Masorti Rabbis, and the immediate past International co-chair of Rabbis for Women of the Wall.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17

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