A Prayer for Those Denied Abortion Care, by Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (National Council of Jewish Women 2021)

21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender identity, gender transition, transgender prayer

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A General Prayer for Adult Transitions, by Rabbi Elliot Kukla

“A Prayer for Transitions” was written by Rabbi Elliot Kukla. He writes that this prayer was written “for all adult transitions including gender as well as things like starting medication.”

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, medical treatment, transgender prayer

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A Prayer of Healing for Mental Illness, by Rabbi Elliot Kukla

“A Prayer of Healing for Mental Illness” was written by Rabbi Elliot Kukla for the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center and was first published in Where Healing Resides (CCAR 2013), p. 91.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Distress, English vernacular prayer, wrestling

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Asher Yatsar, 🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

Asher Yatsar (The One Who Forms), by Rabbi Elliot Kukla

“Asher Yatzar (The One Who Forms): a prayer of gratitude for our bodies as transgender, nonbinary, intersex people, and everybody else” was written by Rabbi Elliot Kukla and adapted from the blessing known by its incipit “Asher Yatsar” or “the bathroom blessing” traditionally recited after excretion of waste. The blessing is also recited as part of the birkhot hashaḥar complex of blessings recited upon waking up and becoming active. Rabbi Kukla’s blessing was first published in Where Healing Resides (CCAR 2013), p. 32.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, Bathroom Prayer, Body as Society, English vernacular prayer, excretion, paraliturgical asher yatsar

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Blessing for Living with Chronic Illness, by Rabbi Sandra Razieli & Moshe Razieli

This is a blessing written by myself and my father, Moshe Razieli in 2021. We wrote it foremost with my brother in mind. It is also informed by my experience of working with people who have experienced trauma, loss and disability.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical priestly blessing

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Sandra Razieli and Moshe Razieli

A prayer for those who are unable to safely avoid eating ḥamets on Pesaḥ, by A Mitzvah to Eat (2022)

“A prayer for those who are unable to safely avoid eating ḥamets on Pesaḥ” was written by A Mitzvah to Eat (AMTE, Sarah Osborne) prior to Passover 2022, and published in part by the Times of Israel in Sarah’s op-ed, “When you keep Passover, but you also need to eat bread to live” (28 March 2023). A group effort brought about a Hebrew translation published in 2023 at the AMTE website. The text of the full prayer was shared via an AMTE social media post on Facebook, 24 March 2026.

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Erev Pesaḥ, Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, פיקוח נפש piqoaḥ nefesh, שמירת הגוף shmirat haguf

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Sarah Osborne and A Mitzvah to Eat

O Mother of Medicine, a kavvanah before a healing journey by Baruch Jean Thaler

“O Mother of Medicine” is an original prayer of intention by Baruch Jean Thaler, for use before a healing journey with the aid of entheogenic, psychedelic medicine.

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Travel, Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, entheogenic and psychedelic use, כוונות kavvanot, wards against spiritual narcissism

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Baruch Jean Thaler

Prayer for One who Transitions, by Eitan Meshullam Chai

A prayer of protection for those in the process of gender transitioning, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, inspired by the Tefilat haDerekh (Traveler’s Prayer).

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🌐 Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31st), Well-being, health, and caregiving

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., gender transition, LGBTQIA+, protection, תפילת הדרך tefilat haderekh, transgender prayer

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Eitan Meshullam Chai Runyan

מִזְמוֹר שִׁיר לְיוֹם הַנִיצָּחוֹן | A Song for Victory Day, a psalm anticipating Death’s end by Aryeh Baruch

An ecstatic psalm envisioning the eventual victory of Humanity over Death itself – the ultimate Victory Day. Although the primary focus is on our ending of the process of biological death, it also touches on the Resurrection of those who have fallen, as well as the defeat of the ultimate Death – that of the Universe itself.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., death, ecstatic, Grief, Medicine, מזמור Mizmor, משיח Moshiaḥ, resurrection, technology, thanksgiving, transhumanism

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Aryeh Baruch

יש חיים | Yesh Ḥayyim (There is Life), a healing song by Baruch Jean Thaler

A prayer for healing in Hebrew with English translation by the author.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, entheogenic and psychedelic use, כוונות kavvanot, Needing Vocalization, wards against spiritual narcissism

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Baruch Jean Thaler

Prayer for Starting Testosterone Therapy (תפילה לתחילת טיפול בטסטוסטרון), by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami

A prayer for commencing testosterone therapy.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, gender expression, gender transition, LGBTQIA+, transgender prayer

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Lior Bar-Ami

Prayer for Someone Who Undergoes Chemotherapy (Gebet für eine Person, die sich einer Chemotherapie unterzieht), by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami

This prayer for the wherewithal to endure chemotherapy was first offered by Rabbi Lior Bar-Ami sometime before May 2024.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cancer, English vernacular prayer, German translation, medical treatment, Medicine

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Lior Bar-Ami

תְּפִלָּה לִפְנֵי מַסַּע רִפּוּי | A Prayer Before Seeking Healing in a Psychedelic Journey, by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz

This “Prayer Before Seeking Healing in a Psychedelic Journey” by Zac Kamenetz was first published by the author to the Jewish Entheogenic Society group on Facebook, 1 December 2024.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., entheogenic and psychedelic use, ההיכלות ויורדי המרכבה haHeikhalot v'Yordei haMerkavah

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Zac Kamenetz

🆕 תְּפִלָּה לִקְרוֹבֵי מִשְׁפָּחָה קֹדֶם תְּרוּמַת אֵיבְרֵי יַקִּירָם שֶׁנִּפְטַר | A Prayer for Relatives to Recite Prior to the Donation of Organs of their Beloved (for a man), by Dr. Yael Levine

A prayer to be said by the relatives of a deceased organ donor prior to the, hopefully, transplation procedure.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., organ transplantation, surgical procedures, תחינות teḥinot

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🆕 תְּפִלָּה קֹדֶם קַבָּלַת תְּרוּמַת אֵיבָרִים | Prayer for a Multiple Organ Transplant Recipient, by Dr. Yael Levine

A prayer for health and gratitude to be said prior to surgery by a recipient of a deceased donor’s transplanted organs.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., organ transplantation, surgical procedures, תחינות teḥinot

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🆕 תְּפִלָּה קֹדֶם קַבָּלַת תְּרוּמַת אֵיבָר | Prayer for an Organ Transplant Recipient, by Dr. Yael Levine

A prayer for health and gratitude to be said prior to surgery by a recipient of a deceased donor’s transplanted organ.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., organ transplantation, surgical procedures, תחינות teḥinot

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🆕 תְּפִלָּה לִקְרוֹבֵי מִשְׁפָּחָה קֹדֶם תְּרוּמַת אֵיבְרֵי יְקִירָתָם שֶׁנִּפְטְרָה | A Prayer for Relatives to Recite Prior to the Donation of Organs of their Beloved (for a woman), by Dr. Yael Levine

A prayer to be said by the relatives of a deceased organ donor prior to the, hopefully successful, transplation procedure.

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., organ transplantation, surgical procedures, תחינות teḥinot

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