A Prayer for Health in Work, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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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.

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Menachem Creditor

Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and was the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. A frequent speaker in communities and campuses around the United States and Israel with over 1 million views of his online videos and essays, he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. His 22 books and 6 albums of original music include the global anthem "Olam Chesed Yibaneh" and the anthologies "When We Turned Within" and "None Shall Make Them Afraid." He has been involved in the leadership of American Jewish World Service, AIPAC, the Rabbinical Assembly, and the One America Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing together Americans of different faiths and opinions. He and his wife Neshama Carlebach live in New York, where they are raising their five children.

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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