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Dangerous Storms & Floods

This is an archive of prayers in the event of dangerous storms and floods, including those caused by tsunamis and hurricanes.

Click here to contribute a prayer you have written, or a transcription and/or translation of a relevant historic prayer or song in any language, familiar or obscure.

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The Voice of the Lord, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (before 1883)

A poem, inspired by psalms, about a dangerous ocean storm or else the violent nature calmed during one of the nights and days of creation. . . .

Categories:

Dangerous Storms & Floods, Travel

Tags:

19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English Romanticism, English vernacular prayer, ocean, Prayers as poems, travel by water

Contributor(s):

Rosa Emma Salaman and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

A Prayer in the Aftermath of a Devastating Storm, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (2012)

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. . . .

Categories:

Dangerous Storms & Floods

Tags:

21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., disaster, emergency, English vernacular prayer, Hurricane Sandy, storm, תחינות teḥinot, weather

Contributor(s):

Menachem Creditor

A Prayer for Central Oklahoma After the Tornado, by Rabbi Abby Jacobson (2013)

“A Prayer for Central Oklahoma After the Tornado,” by Rabbi Abby Jacobson was originally published by the Rabbinical Assembly, at their website, in the aftermath of the 2013 Moore tornado. . . .

Categories:

Dangerous Storms & Floods

Tags:

2013 Moore tornado, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., catastrophe, English vernacular prayer, Oklahoma, storm, tornado, weather

Contributor(s):

Abby Jacobson

A Prayer for the Flood Stricken in eastern Kentucky, by Rabbi David Dine Wirtschafter (2022)

“A Prayer for the Flood Stricken” was offered by Rabbi David Dine Wirtschafter and shared via his Facebook page on 28 July 2022. He adds, “Please contribute to the Team Eastern Kentucky Relief Fund.” . . .

Categories:

Dangerous Storms & Floods

Tags:

2022 Eastern Kentucky floods, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, July 2022 United States floods

Contributor(s):

David Dine Wirtschafter

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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