This is an archive of prayers composed for or relevant to the immediate congregation and its wider community. Click here to contribute a prayer you have written, translated, or transcribed for this portion of the Torah Reading Service. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation of Psalms 26 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 41. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The mi sheberakh read for the well-being of one’s own congregation. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
The mi sheberakh read for the well-being of Jewish congregations worldwide. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A “mi sheberakh” prayer on behalf of the persons attending the prayer and/or Torah reading service. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
“Aḥeinu” is the final prayer in a set of supplications recited on Mondays and Thursdays as the Torah scroll is being prepared to be returned to the Aron. The prayer is first found with variations in wording in the surviving manuscripts of the Seder Rav Amram Gaon (ca. 9th c.). . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
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This untitled prayer written by Isaac Bashevis Singer on the back of a receipt (dated 1 March 1952) was discovered by David Stromberg in 2014 in the archives at the Harry Ransom Center in Austin, Texas, and published online by Tablet (1, 2) with permission of the Susan Schulman Literary Agency. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
Garlic is typically the last crop planted on a farm, it is planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. So you are leaving a legacy for next years farmers (which might be you). We begin by separating the garlic bulbs from the cloves, similar to separating people from their community. Then, once the individual (garlic cloves) are planted, they form new communities in the ground. Similar to the process that we are all going through. Leaving our community here on the farm and going out into the world to create new communities. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
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. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A global and inclusive prayer for the well-being of the diverse congregation of the people of Yisrael. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
A prayer for peace amidst civil disagreement, difference, and strife before the lighting of Shabbat candles on Erev Shabbat. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s):
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