Yom Habḥirut • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of prayers offered for Yom Habḥirut, the civic day dedicated for democratic elections in Medinat Yisrael (the State of Israel).
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תפילת הבוחר בבחירות תשפ״ג

Contributor(s):

Yael Levine

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Elections & Voting, Yom Habḥirut

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2022 Israeli legislative election, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

A prayer for voting in the 2022 Israeli legislative election. . . .

תפילה על האיחוי והרעות | A Prayer for Brotherhood, Unity, and Friendship on Israeli Election Day (2020)

Contributor(s):

Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Martin Samuel Cohen and Masorti Movement in Israel

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Elections & Voting, Yom Habḥirut, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, disagreement, difference disagreement and deviance, ישראל Yisrael, 2020 Israeli legislative election, tolerance of difference

Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . .

הכרזת יום הבחירות | Declaration for Israeli Election Day, by Rabbi Oded Mazor

Contributor(s):

Oded Mazor

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Elections & Voting, Yom Habḥirut

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מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Parliamentary Election, democratic process, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Needing Vocalization

ההכרזה על יום הבחירות בנויה על נוסח ברכת החודש, ומיועדת להיאמר בשחרית של שבת לפני הבחירות. קהילות שאינן נוהגות להתפלל בשחרית מוזמנות להשתמש בתפילה בתפילת קבלת שבת של אותה השבת. נכתב על ידי הרב עודד מזור.‏ . . .

כוונה ליום הבחירות | Kavvanah for Israeli Election Day, by Rabbi Noa Mazor

Contributor(s):

Noa Mazor and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

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Elections & Voting, Yom Habḥirut

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Parliamentary Election, democratic process, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Vocalization

כוונה ליום הבחירות יכולה להיאמר בכל שלב של יום הבחירות עצמו. בעיניי היא מתאימה בעיקר כחלק מתפילת שחרית של אותו היום או רגע לפני הכניסה אל מאחורי הפרגוד. נכתב על ידי נועה מזור, סטודנטית לרבנות, והרבה המלווה של נוער תל״ם. . . .

תפילה לבוחר טרם הבחירות | A Prayer for Voters Before the Israeli Election, by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried

Contributor(s):

Esteban Gottfried, Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Josh Soref (translation)

Categories:

Elections & Voting, Yom Habḥirut

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 2013 Israeli legislative election, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Beit Tefillah Yisraeli, Parliamentary Election, democratic process, Needing Proofreading

A prayer for voting on election day in the State of Israel. . . .

תפילה (ישראלית) לפני הכניסה לקלפי (למאמין וללא מאמין)‏ | Prayer before entering the voting booth in Israel (for believers and non-believers)

Contributor(s):

חיים היימס-עזרא and Jonah Rank

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Elections & Voting, Yom Habḥirut

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מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Parliamentary Election, democratic process, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Needing Vocalization

May it be the will [before the Lord our God and the God of our ancestors] that this ticket which I am placing in my ballot will join thousands of other tickets that will promise reasoned leadership that will strengthen democratic values, aspire towards peace with our neighbors, separate religion and state, be concerned with the weak and protect the laborers, fight corruption and exercise leadership through personal role modeling. May it be the will [before the Lord our God and the God of our ancestors] that the nation sitting in Zion will merit years of freedom, quiet, productivity, education and good health and that our children may never fear at all. . . .