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תפילת הודיה לגשם | Thanksgiving Prayer for Rainfall in Lands Where It is Needed, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Drought & Wildfire, the Wet Season (Fall & Winter)

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Rain, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, global climate change, Prayers for Precipitation, גשם geshem, eco-conscious, thanksgiving, מודים Modim

A prayer of thanksgiving for when it rains in a land needing rainfall. . . .

תפילת הודיה לשלג | Thanksgiving Prayer for Snowfall in Lands Where It is Needed, by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Drought & Wildfire, the Wet Season (Fall & Winter)

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eco-conscious, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, global climate change, Prayers for Precipitation, thanksgiving, snow, מודים Modim

A prayer of thanksgiving for when it snows in a land needing snowfall (and ultimately, snowmelt). . . .

מי שברך לאסונות טבע | Mi sheBerakh for Natural Disasters, by Isaac Gantwerk-Mayer

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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

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Dangerous Storms & Floods, After the Aliyot, Drought & Wildfire, Earthquakes & Tsunamis

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North America, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Natural Disasters

A Mi Sheberakh prayer for those affected by natural disasters. This prayer uses many standard liturgical phrases in a new context to stress that God, while full of great power, is not a God of destruction but one of peace and life. Quoting the famous vision of Elijah at Ḥorev, this prayer is for those who seek comfort and tranquility from their God. . . .

תפילה לעת שרפה – וחמת האש תשכך | Prayer for the Wildfires to Subside (Masorti Foundation, trans. by R’ Jonah Rank)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Jonah Rank, Masorti Movement in Israel and Anonymous Author(s)

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Drought & Wildfire

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ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, drought conditions

The Prayer for the Fire (תפילה לעת שרפה) was first published by the Masorti Foundation at their website here in response to the November 2016 wildfires in Israel. Translation by Rabbi Jonah Rank. Transcription by Aharon Varady. . . .

Erhöre, Herr, mein Wort | Accept, O Lord my word — from the Hamburg Temple Hymnal (1833)

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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), James Koppel Gutheim, Gotthold Salomon, Immanuel Wohlwill, Maimon Fraenkel and Unknown Author(s)

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Drought & Wildfire

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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., Reform Jewry, Classical Reform, German Reform Movement, hymns

“Erhöre, Herr, mein Wort” is a hymn selected by Rabbi Gotthold Salomon, Immanuel Wohlwill, and Maimon Fraenkel for inclusion in the Hamburg Temple Hymnal (1833), hymn №300, pp. 367-368. The first three stanzas were translated by Rabbi James Koppel Gutheim and published as “Erhebung zu Gott! (Trust in God)” in his Hymns, for Divine Service in the Temple Emanu-El (1871) as hymn №2, pp. 4-5. . . .