This is an archive of prayers generally having to do with learning — as a living experience, as preparation and acquisition of skills, and as appreciation for the subject of learning, teachers, schools, and fellow learners. If you have composed a prayer for “Learning, Study, and School,” please share it here. Filter resources by Collaborator Name Filter resources by Tag Filter resources by Category Filter resources by Language Filter resources by Date Range
An original Hebrew translation of the popular medieval commercium song and graduation anthem “De Brevitate Vitæ,” more commonly known as “Gaudeamus Igitur.” First attested in 1287, this Latin poem is irrevocably associated with college life for academics all over the world. It has been translated into many languages, and this Hebrew edition can be added to the list. . . . A prayer before commencing the study of Torah in groups, in ḥavrutah study, or alone. . . . This list of thirteen supplications for emunah (faith) in particular beliefs was included by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אני מאמין Ani Maamin, Elat Chayyim, Jewish Renewal, כוונות kavvanot, North America, עולם הבא Olam Haba, supplications, תחינות teḥinot, שלשה עשר עקרים shlolshah asar iqarim (13 principles) A Jewish Prayer for Graduation and an Interfaith Meditation on Wisdom and Learning, by Rabbi Jonah Rank (2010) . . . I wrote this kavvanah [around 2010]. At that time I lived in Ithaca, NY. I was a substitute teacher in the Ithaca Central School District. There was a community event at Fall Creek Elementary school, and the way families, faculty, students, and people from the area came together inspired the poem. . . . Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אחדות aḥdut (togetherness), children, Lehrer, Prayers of Jewish Educators, professional intention, public performance, statements of belief, Teacher, universalist A mi sheberakh prayer by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried for the parents of students leaving school for their summer break. . . . A prayer for students studying-abroad in Israel. . . . A prayer for the safety and success of those leaving home to go off to college and university. When children go off to college, parents can feel worried about the future of their children. Empty-nest syndrome can set in and spiritual guidance is often needed. This prayer uses the idioms of Biblical and siddur language to create a text for parents who worry about their children’s future as they head off on their own. It could be said 49 days after Tekufat Tammuz in the diaspora (August 28 or 29 after a leap year – approximately the time when college terms begin in the US) or on the first Saturday after Shmini Atzeret ba’aretz (approximately when college terms begin in Israel) . . . This Graduation Blessing by Rabbi Dr. Laura Duhan-Kaplan was written for Convocation 2017 at the Vancouver School of Theology. . . . A mi sheberakh prayer by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried for the parents of students returning to school from their summer break. . . . A “mi sheberakh” blessing for children and the parents of children returning to school at the beginning of the new school year. . . . A prayer for a teacher to say or adapt as needed at the beginning of their school year. . . . A prayer for teachers at the onset of the school year. . . . A prayer for children at the onset of the school year. . . . A prayer for children on the first day of a new year of school. . . . A prayer for a friend who needs prompt and useful data in response to their Internet queries. . . . This is a prayer for reading the news, composed at the request of Rabbi Ariana Katz of Hinenu (Baltimore, Maryland). It is written in Hebrew, English, and Yiddish. . . . |
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