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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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Intention for community garlic planting at the end of a harvest season, by Jess Berlin

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.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Adamah Farm, ADVA Reunion, Garlic, Prayers of Jewish Farmers, Teva Learning Center, Until Next Time

Contributor(s):

Daniel Landau (translation) and Jessica Berlin

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

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.

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Congregation & Community, After the Aliyot

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2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., in the merit of Aharon haKohen, Prayers for the Diaspora from Israel, שזור Shazur, ישראל Yisrael

Contributor(s):

Amitai Fraiman

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

A global and inclusive prayer for the well-being of the diverse congregation of the people of Yisrael.

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Congregation & Community

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אחדות aḥdut (togetherness), pluralism, Progressive Zionism, ישראל Yisrael

Contributor(s):

Yaacov Maoz

Gebet vor einer Vorstandssitzung | Prayer before a [synagogue] board meeting, by Lior Bar-Ami

This prayer for setting a holy intention before a board meeting was first offered by Lior bar-Ami around 10 January 2023.

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Congregation & Community

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., German vernacular prayer

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Lior Bar-Ami

Gebet für ein Rabbinisches Suchkomitee | Prayer for a Rabbinic Search Committee, by Lior Bar-Ami

This prayer by Lior bar-Ami for a synagogue congregation’s Rabbinic Search Committee was first offered in German and English in 2020.

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Congregation & Community

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., German vernacular prayer, leadership, Prayers for leaders

Contributor(s):

Lior Bar-Ami

תְּפִלָּה עַל הָעַרְבוּת בְּעַד כׇּל יוֹשְׁבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | Prayer on Erev Shabbat for the Sake of All Residents of Israel, by Rebbitsen Hadassah Froman & Rabbah Tamar Elad-Appelbaum (2023)

A prayer for peace amidst civil disagreement, difference, and strife before the lighting of Shabbat candles on Erev Shabbat.

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Erev Shabbat, Congregation & Community, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

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2023 Israeli judicial reform protests, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., candle lighting, disagreement, kindling, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Vocalization, pluralism, tolerance of difference

Contributor(s):

Noah Efron (translation), Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Hadassah Froman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A prayer for a country poised between demise and rebirth, by Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein (Applied Jewish Spirituality 2023)

Written on 6 Nisan 5783, 27 March 2023 (after nightfall), in response to the Israeli people’s spontaneous demonstrations against the government’s attempts to amass virtually unchecked power.

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Congregation & Community, Barekh, 🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)

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2023 Israeli judicial reform protests, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., עם ישראל Am Yisrael, democracy, democratic process, English vernacular prayer, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Religious Zionism, זכירות zekhirot

Contributor(s):

Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Applied Jewish Spirituality

A Prayer for Clergy, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor

This prayer for rabbis, cantors, educators, and other congregational workers was offered by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared by the author through the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook, 20 October 2023.

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Congregation & Community, Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

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2023-2025 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Gratitude

Contributor(s):

Menachem Creditor

A Prayer for Librarians, by Trisha Arlin

“A Prayer for Librarians” by Trisha Arlin was first shared via their website, Trisha Arlin: Words of Prayer and Intention, on 7 December 2024.

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Congregation & Community, 🇺🇸 Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, memory, Prayers as poems, יזכור yizkor

Contributor(s):

Trisha Arlin

Find the Lily, a prayer-poem by Trisha Arlin

“Find the Lily” is a prayer-poem written in first person by Trisha Arlin. It was first shared via their website, Trisha Arlin: Words of Prayer and Intention, on 6 November 2024.

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Congregation & Community

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, Prayers as poems

Contributor(s):

Trisha Arlin

אַחֵינוּ הַנְּתוּנִים בְּצָרָה וּבְשִׁבְיָה | Our brethren in distress and bondage, a plea for the safety of Am Yisrael at the conclusion of prayer and ceremonies by Seth (Avi) Kadish

A prayer is for all members of עם ישראל who are in dangerous or oppressive conditions: Israeli soldiers including those who are in combat at this moment, captives and wounded soldiers and civilians alike, “all those threatened by malice in our land and in exile,” and “all those in need of Your comfort” — especially the families of dead or wounded soldiers and civilians in Israel and in exile.

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Congregation & Community, Military Personnel & Veterans

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., חתימות ḥatimot (concluding prayers), צה״ל IDF

Contributor(s):

Seth (Avi) Kadish

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