National Arbor Day (last Friday in April) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs composed for National Arbor Day in the United States, occurring on the last Friday in April.
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[Prayer for a] Tree Planting, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (1952)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

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National Arbor Day (last Friday in April), Planting

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Prayers for Planting, planting trees, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, English vernacular prayer

A prayer for planting a tree or trees. . . .

Opening Prayer on the Significance of Arbor Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

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National Arbor Day (last Friday in April), Planting

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civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, planting trees, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

This opening prayer for Arbor Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 3-4 — as preface to a number of readings selected by Mordecai Kaplan, Eugene Kohn, and J. Paul Williams for the day. . . .

Closing Prayer for Arbor Day, by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, J. Paul Williams, and Eugene Kohn (1951)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan

Categories:

National Arbor Day (last Friday in April), Planting

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American Jewry of the United States, planting trees, 20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers

This closing prayer for Arbor Day, “The Significance of the Day,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 86. . . .