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This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, the International Transgender Day of Visibility, a civic awareness day occurring on March 31st. Founded in 2009, the day is dedicated to celebrating transgender people and their contributions to society, as well as seeking the end of the discrimination they face worldwide.

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Transition Ritual Poems, by Joy Ladin

The transition ritual poems below are an effort to hear in the Torah the voices of the various parts of the trans self calling one another toward wholeness. . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, gender transition, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer

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Joy Ladin

אשר יצר | Asher Yatsar prayer for recognizing the Divine Image in all our bodies, by Rabbi Emily Aviva Kapor

Asher Yatzar (the “bathroom blessing”, traditionally said every morning and after every time one goes to relieve oneself) has always rung hollow to me, at best, and at worst has been a prayer not celebrating beauty but highlighting pain. The original version praises bodies whose nekavim nekavim ḥalulim ḥalulim (“all manner of ducts and tubes”) are properly opened and closed—yes, in a digestive/excretory sense, but it is quite easy to read a reproductive sense into it as well. What do you do if the “ducts and tubes” in your body are not properly opened and closed, what if one is open that should be closed, or vice versa? . . .

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Asher Yatsar, 🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., all bodies, אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, disabled bodies, gender transition, LGBTQIA+, North Amercia, transgender prayer

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Emily Aviva Kapor-Mater

Asher Yatsar (The One Who Forms), by Rabbi Elliot Kukla

“Asher Yatzar (The One Who Forms): a prayer of gratitude for our bodies as transgender, nonbinary, intersex people, and everybody else” was written by Rabbi Elliot Kukla and adapted from the blessing known by its incipit “Asher Yatsar” or “the bathroom blessing” traditionally recited after excretion of waste. The blessing is also recited as part of the birkhot hashaḥar complex of blessings recited upon waking up and becoming active. Rabbi Kukla’s blessing was first published in Where Healing Resides (CCAR 2013), p. 32. . . .

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Asher Yatsar, 🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, Bathroom Prayer, Body as Society, English vernacular prayer, excretion, paraliturgical asher yatsar

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Elliot Kukla

Prayer for One who Transitions, by Eitan Meshullam Chai

A prayer of protection for those in the process of gender transitioning, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, inspired by the Tefilat haDerekh (Traveler’s Prayer). . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, LGBTQIA+, protection, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh, transgender prayer

Contributor(s):

Eitan Meshullam Chai Runyan

תפילה על הסרת שער תחתוני כהכנה לניתוח שינוי מין | A Prayer upon Hair Removal for Vaginoplasty, by the Em haBanim

“A Prayer upon Hair Removal for Vaginoplasty” (תפילה על הסרת שער תחתוני כהכנה לניתוח שינוי מין) by the Em haBanim is the first of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim’s Prayers for Vaginoplasty). . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer

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the Em haBanim

כוונה לפני הטבילה | Intention for Immersion [before Vaginoplasty], by the Em haBanim

“Intention for Immersion [before Vaginoplasty]” (כוונה לפני הטבילה) by the Em haBanim is the second of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim’s Prayers for Vaginoplasty). . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, immersion, כוונות kavvanot, LGBTQIA+, מקווה miqveh, transgender prayer

Contributor(s):

the Em haBanim

תפלה לליל ערב הניתוח | Prayer for the Night Before Vaginoplasty Surgery, by the Em haBanim

“Prayer for the Night Before Surgery” (תפלה לליל ערב הניתוח) by the Em haBanim is the third of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim’s Prayers for Vaginoplasty). . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer

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the Em haBanim

תפלה לאחר הניתוח | Prayer After Vaginoplasty Surgery, by the Em haBanim

“Prayer After Surgery” (תפלה לאחר הניתוח) by the Em haBanim is the fifth of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim’s Prayers for Vaginoplasty). . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer

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the Em haBanim

תפלה לפני הניתוח | Prayer Immediately Before Vaginoplasty Surgery, by the Em haBanim

“Prayer Before Surgery” (תפלה לפני הניתוח) by the Em haBanim is the fourth of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim’s Prayers for Vaginoplasty). . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer

Contributor(s):

the Em haBanim

כוונות להתרחבות | Intentions for Dilation [After Vaginoplasty Surgery], by the Em haBanim

“Intentions for Dilation” (כוונות להתרחבות) by the Em haBanim is the sixth of seven prayers offered in their סדר תפילות לניתוח שינוי מין (The Em haBanim’s Prayers for Vaginoplasty). . . .

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, כוונות kavvanot, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer

Contributor(s):

the Em haBanim

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