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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
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Dangerous Storms & Floods, Drought & Wildfire, After the Aliyot, Earthquakes & Tsunamis
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North America, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Natural Disasters
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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. . . . |
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Anonymous Author(s), Aharon N. Varady (English translation) and Masorti Movement in Israel
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the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Dangerous Storms & Floods
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ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., flash floods, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Proofreading
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Flash floods are dangerous in every season, but are rare in the dry season, after most rain and snow are thought to have fallen. Changes in the global climate due to global warming caused by anthropogenic activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of land for raising animals for their meat is a significant contributor to extreme weather experienced around the world. The Masorti Movement of Israel’s prayer for flood victims was first published on their website, here. . . . |
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David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Dangerous Storms & Floods, Ecotastrophes
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eco-conscious, weather, emergency, danger, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., בקשות Baqashot, 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Hurricane Sandy, taking responsibility, Hurricane Harvey, ecoḥasid, Hurricane Florence
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The prayers for hurricane victims that are circulating through the Open Siddur Project and elsewhere are poignant and heartfelt, but they don’t speak an important piece of the truth that we need to hear. What about our collective responsibility for climate disruption that undoubtedly increases the harm caused by this and every major storm? And what about the Deuteronomic promise that God brings us recompense for our actions davka through the weather? Here’s an attempt at a prayer that incorporates a deeper understanding of our responsibility. For the final version of this prayer, I started with an anonymous Hebrew translation of my original English prayer, then I tweaked it and wove in scriptural references, and retranslated it back into English. . . . |
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Menachem Creditor
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Dangerous Storms & Floods
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disaster, weather, emergency, storm, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hurricane Sandy, English vernacular prayer
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Fixated as we are by incalculable losses in our families, our neighbors, human beings spanning national borders, we are pummeled into shock, barely even able to call out to You. We are, as ever, called to share bread with the hungry, to take those who suffer into our homes, to clothe the naked, to not ignore our sisters and brothers. Many more of our brothers and sisters are hungry, homeless, cold, and vulnerable today than were just a few days ago, and we need Your Help. . . . |
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Abby Jacobson
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Dangerous Storms & Floods
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weather, storm, catastrophe, tornado, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Oklahoma, English vernacular prayer, 2013 Moore tornado
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Merciful God, a great and powerful windstorm has passed, and it has torn apart the buildings and shattered the rocks before You. You told Elijah, the prophet, that You were not in the windstorm. Please, then, be in the still, small voices of the children crying out to be found. Be in the voices of the rescuers calling out for survivors. Be in the cries of those who are lost and of those who have lost. . . . |
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Shai Held
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Dangerous Storms & Floods, Earthquakes & Tsunamis
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tsunami, disaster, ocean, catastrophe, Mechon Hadar, Floods, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 2004 Asian Tsunami, Needing Vocalization
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A prayer composed by Rabbi Shai Held in the aftermath of the devastating 2004 Asian Tsunami. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (English translation), Jacob Chatinover (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
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the Wet Season (Fall & Winter), Dangerous Storms & Floods
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Rain, Floods, 55th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., rainfall, Italian Jewry, economic distress, harvest loss
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A prayer in the event of excessive raining causing economic hardship, from Mantua in 1729. . . . |
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