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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David de Sola Pool, Eugene Kohn, Solomon B. Freehof and the National Jewish Welfare Board
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War, Military Personnel & Veterans
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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, World War II, אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, sexual conduct
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This “Prayer in Temptation” can be found in the Abridged Prayer Book for the Jews in the Armed Forces of the United States (Jewish Welfare Board 1941), p. 120. As far as we know, this prayer is unique to this prayerbook, although the text recalls the waking prayer “Elohai Neshama.” . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Translator(s) and Ehud Manor
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Mourning, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Nirtsah, War
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20th century C.E., קינות Ḳinnot, Prayers as poems, ישראל Yisrael, elegies, War of Attrition, lamentation
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“baShanah haBa’ah” (Next Year) by Ehud Manor written in 1968 in memory of his brother Yehudah. . . . |
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Trisha Arlin (liturgist)
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, War
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מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Gaza, Justice, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, Prayers for Israel from the Diaspora, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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A prayer for empathy and compassion in the face of calls for violence and vengeance. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), John Paul Williams, Eugene Kohn and Mordecai Kaplan
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United Nations Day (October 24th), War
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20th century C.E., ecumenical prayers, United States, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, anti-war
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“War Can Be Abolished,” was first published in The Faith of America: Readings, Songs, and Prayers for the Celebration of American Holidays (Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation 1951), p. 262-265. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Unknown Author(s)
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Government & Country, War, United States of America
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20th century C.E., United States, תחינות tkhines, 58th century A.M., Yiddish vernacular prayer, paraliturgical hanoten teshuah, World War II, הנותן תשועה haNotén Teshuah, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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A prayer for the welfare of the government in Yiddish from A Naye Shas Tkhine Rav Pninim (after 1933). . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Aharon N. Varady (translation) and Arnold Kiss
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Government & Country, Hungary, War
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19th century C.E., תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, Hungarian Jewry, teḥinot in Magyar, Magyar vernacular prayer, Kingdom of Hungary
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This prayer by Rabbi Arnold Kiss for the kingdom of Hungary in a time of national crisis, “Országos bánat, közös baj idején,” was first published in his anthology of prayers for Jewish women, Mirjam (1897) on p.289-291. . . . |
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Bradley Burston
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, War
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English Translation, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, Gaza, children, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Operation Cast Lead, Gaza War (2009-2009), Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Needing Vocalization
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Lord who is the creator of all children, hear our prayer this accursed day. God whom we call Blessed, turn your face to these, the children of Gaza, that they may know your blessings, and your shelter, that they may know light and warmth, where there is now only blackness and smoke, and a cold which cuts and clenches the skin. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Noson Sternhartz of Nemyriv
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Imminent Communal Danger & Distress, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Pogroms & Genocide, War
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19th century C.E., 56th century A.M., חסידי ברצלב Ḥasidei Bratslav (Breslov)
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Often, when people refer to “Rebbe Naḥman’s Prayer for Peace,” they are referring to a more recent prayer combining portions of a number of prayers of Reb Noson of Nemyriv, including this one Liqutei Tefilot Ⅱ:53. In addition to a prayer for peace and the eradication of war, the prayer requests rain in its due time, excellence in Torah study, and protection from unworthy students of Torah. Reb Noson of Nemirov adapted his teḥinot from the teachings of Rebbe Naḥman of Bratslav in Liqutei Moharan Ⅱ:60. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Gershom Mendes Seixas
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Washington's Birthday (3rd Monday of February), War
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North America, England, Revolutionary War, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Western Sepharadim
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Fred MacDowell: “Then, as now, war was looked upon by many as a great evil, especially between brothers, and many American Colonists only wanted the oppressive measures of King George III to be lifted, bloodshed ended, and peace restored. The nascent American Congress called for a day of “Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer” along these lines for May 17, 1776. It was for this occasion that this prayer was recited in Congregation Shearith Israel in New York. As you can see, a complete service was arranged for this occasion, meant to invoke the solemnity and seriousness of the occasion; after morning prayer, Taḥanun was to be sung to the tune of a Yom Kippur pizmon; a dozen Psalms recited, and then the Ḥazan would recite this prayer written for the occasion, and of course all were to be fasting. The prayer hopes for a change of heart for King George III and his advisors, that they would rescind their wrath and harsh decrees against “North America,” that the bloodshed should end, and peace and reconciliation should obtain between the Americans and Great Britain once more, in fulfillment of the Messianic verse that Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. Of course this was not meant to be, and six weeks later the American Congress declared independence from Great Britain, and there was no walking back from the hostilities which had already occurred.” . . . |
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