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This is an archive of prayers composed for or relevant to the immediate congregation and its wider community.

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ברכה לעם עולם | Blessing for the Eternal People, by Yaacov Maoz (5781/2020)

Contributor(s):	Yaacov Maoz
Categories:	Congregation & Community
Tags:	pluralism, Progressive Zionism, אחדות aḥdut (togetherness), 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ישראל Yisrael
	A global and inclusive prayer for the well-being of the diverse congregation of the people of Yisrael. . . .

תפילה לשלום התפוצה היהודית | A Prayer for the Welfare of Diaspora Jewry, by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman (2018)

Contributor(s):	Amitai Fraiman
Categories:	Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot
Tags:	21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, Prayers for the Diaspora from Israel, Shazur שזור, in the merit of Aharon haKohen, ישראל Yisrael
	We have a prayer for the State of Israel, its army, government etc. but we do not have a non-judgmental, non-aliyah focused prayer for the welfare of Diaspora Jewry. This prayer offers a remedy for this absence. . . .

ברכה לקהל | Blessing of the Congregation, translation by Rabbi David de Sola Pool

Contributor(s):	Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and David de Sola Pool
Categories:	Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot
Tags:	מי שברך mi sheberakh, הקהל the ḳahal
	A “mi sheberakh” prayer on behalf of the persons attending the prayer and/or Torah reading service. . . .

Prayer for Yisrael and the Congregation, by Rabbi Joseph Miller (1927)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Joseph Miller
Categories:	Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot
Tags:	20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, diaspora, הקהל the ḳahal, Immigration Act of 1924, National Origins Act
	A prayer on behalf of one’s congregation and the worldwide community of Israelites. . . .

Prayer for the Congregation and the Government, by the Central Conference of American Rabbis (1895)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR)
Categories:	Government & Country, Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot, United States of America
Tags:	19th century C.E., United States, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Reform Movement, Classical Reform
	A prayer for the government composed by the Central Conference of American Rabbis and included in their Union Prayer Book. . . .

Lord! What is Man That Thou Should’st Take (Psalms 144), a hymn on “Religious Education of Israel’s Youth” by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Congregation & Community
Tags:	19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, ABAB rhyming scheme, paraliturgical Psalms 144
	“Lord! what is man, that thou should’st take (Psalm CXLIV),” by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject “Religious Education of Israel’s Youth” as Hymn 19 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 23. . . .

When Faith Too Young for a Sublimer Creed, a hymn by Penina Moïse for the consecration of her synagogue (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina) and Penina Moïse
Categories:	Congregation & Community
Tags:	19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, South Carolina, hymns, synagogue consecration
	This hymn for the 1842/5601 consecration of Congregation Beth Elohim by Penina Moïse, and was published that year as Hymn 1 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), pp. 5-6. . . .

בְּרָכָה לְכׇּל־הַקָּהָל הַקָּדוֹשׁ הַזֶּה | Mi she’Berakh for this Holy Congregation

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Levi (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot
Tags:	Aramaic, מי שברך mi sheberakh
	The mi sheberakh read for the well-being of one’s own congregation. . . .

בְּרָכָה לְכׇּל־הַקְּהִלּוֹת | Mi she’Berakh for All the Holy Congregations

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Levi (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot
Tags:	Aramaic, מי שברך mi sheberakh
	The mi sheberakh read for the well-being of Jewish congregations worldwide. . . .

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