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Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Miri Landau (translation) and Shalom Ḥayyim Sharabi
Categories:  Rosh haShana for Fruit Trees (Tu biShvat), Work, Needing Vocalization, Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession | Tags:  20th century C.E., farming, Erets Yisrael, 56th century A.M., Yemenite Jewry, Jewish Farming, Problematic prayers, Prayers for Planting, Early Religious Zionist, Yemenite Aliyah, Shami 
Hebrew (source) English (translation) כזה הוא הסדר לומר בשעה שמחזיק במעדר לחפור חפירה לנטיעה: This prayer is to be said while holding the hoe that will be used for the planting:[1]The first line presenting instructional text on holding the hoe appears in versions circulated on the web in the context of Tu Bishvat tree . . . Contributor(s): Adina Allen
Categories: Work | Tags: blessings, creativity, brakhot, North America, 21st century C.E., 57th century A.M., Constructivism, San Francisco 
“A Blessing for Creating” comes by way of David A.M. Wilensky (with approval by the blessing’s author, Rabbi Adina Allen) who shared a photo on Facebook of a posterboard on which the blessing was written. The poster was made for the first ever Kabbalat Shabbat organized by the Jewish Studio Project, whose mission is “to activate creativity in individuals and communities to reclaim Jewish values, make meaning in our lives and restore hope to the world.” Vocalization added by Aharon Varady. . . . Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Categories: Work | Tags: Israel, Gratitude, Jerusalem, workers, 21st century C.E., Petiḥot, 57th century A.M., kavvanah, Sunday, English vernacular prayer, Post-Ḥag, After Sukkot, kivun, First day of the week, God as co-worker, Modim 
Chaya Kaplan-Lester’s “Prayer for – Finally – Getting Back to WORK” was first published on her Facebook page, here. The Hebrew word Todah תודה, means grateful. The English word ‘ta-da!’ is an onomatopoetic form of a horn (Cf. 1913 Sphinx July 98/1): “Coming front in utter disgust, he [sc. a conjuror] tells them [sc. the orchestra] that that won’t do, that he wants something like ‘tadaa!’ from all of them. They seem to understand, so he goes off again. On his reappearance, however, he is met with a loud tumult, as all the orchestra shout out in unison the word ‘tadaa!’” (Oxford English Dictionary). . . . Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Gele bat Moshe
Categories: Work | Tags: Yiddish, tkhines, redemption, 54th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., colophon, Halle, Brandenburg-Prussia, children's prayers 
This is a faithful transcription of the prayer of Gele (Gella), daughter of the printer Moshe, as found at the end of Tfile LeMoshe (2nd ed., Halle, Germany, 1710), a prayerbook Gele typeset when she was only 11-years-old. This prayerbook is rare owing to the destruction of the press following the incarceration of Gele’s father for publishing a prayerbook containing the prayer “Aleinu,” which had been forbidden by royal decree. The translation provided here was made by Dr. Kathryn Hellerstein as found in A Question of Tradition: Women Poets in Yiddish, 1586-1987 (2014, Stanford University Press), p. 63-4. The layout of Gele’s prayer follows that of Ezra Korman from his anthology of Jewish women’s poetry, Yiddishe Dikhterins, also the source of the page image provided. If you know the location of a copy or digital scan of this siddur, please contact us. . . . Contributor(s): Stephen Belsky
Categories: Work, Labor Day | Tags: North America, workers, artisans, crafters, labor, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 57th century A.M., Michigan 
dedicated to Noam Ezra ben haRav Moshe z”l Hebrew English יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלִּפְֿנֵי אָבִֽֿינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַֽיִם, בּוֹרְאֵֽנוּ, יוֹצְרֵֽנוּ, יוֹצֵר בְּרֵאשִׁיתֿ, הָאֻמָּן הָעֶלְיוֹן, כְּאָמְרָם ”אֵין צוּר כֵּאלֹהֵֽינוּ“ – ”אֵין צַיָּר כֵּאלֹהֵֽינוּ“, שֶׁיְּחָנֵּ֫נוּ בְכָֿל הַחָכְֿמוֹתֿ — חָכְֿמוֹתֿ הַלֵּבֿ, וְחָכְֿמוֹתֿ הַנֶּֽפֶֿשׁ, וְחָכְֿמוֹתֿ הַיָּדַֿיִם; וְיַנְחֵֽנוּ בִדְֿרָכָֿיו לַעֲשׂוֹתֿ אֶתֿ מְלַאכְֿתֵּנוּ בְּיֹֽשֶׁר, וּבְֿחֶֽסֶדֿ, וּבֶֿאֱמוּנָה; וִיבָֿרֵךְֿ אֶתֿ מַעֲשֵֽׂינוּ וְאֶתֿ מַעֲשֵׂי מַעֲשֵֽׂינוּ, לְקַדֵּשׁ . . . Contributor(s): Alan Jay Sufrin
Categories: Work, Needing Translation | Tags: preparation, piyyutim, public performance, 21st century C.E., 57th century A.M., performing artists, working, Modim 
This piyut (liturgical poem) arose after a very meaningful performance of mine in the summer of 2000. It was such a powerful experience that I was moved to say a prayer of thanks to G-d for the opportunity to perform my songs for audiences – but found no such prayer in existence. So I wrote this one. It took about a year to complete and I’ve been saying it backstage right before my performances, and sometimes before recording sessions, since then. . . . Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Categories: Work | Tags: health, self-care, shomeret haguf, North America, workers, 21st century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, working 
A holistic prayer for health in work. . . . Contributor(s): Abe Katz
Categories: Shaḥarit, Work, Shaḥarit | Tags: Nusaḥ Comtat Venaissin, workdays, 55th century A.M., French Jewry, 18th Century C.E., Arba Kehillot, Carpentras, Avignon, Lisle, Cavaillon, Post-prayer supplements 
In Avignon, France, in 1767, Eliyahu Karmi (Elijah Crémieux) compiled a siddur preserving the nusaḥ of the Comtat Venaissin titled the סדר התמיד (Seder HaTamid). Just after the section for תפלת שחרית (the morning prayers), Karmi provides the following advice for how to organize one’s workday: . . . Contributor(s): Azriel
Categories: Work | Tags: weekdays, avodah, parnasah, workdays, workers, 21st century C.E., 57th century A.M., working, work-life balance 
May it be Your will, O Lord my God and God of my ancestors, to deliver me this day, and every day, from cranky customers and from cowardly managers; and if I must deal with them, grant me the patience and the wits to make things work. Grant me also an easy temper with my daughter, and let me not lose sight of her preciousness for one instant. And let me devote myself to my duties to my (wife/husband, and always keep her happiness in mind, and show her often that I love her. For all this, I ask You to help me, because I cannot do it alone. . . . |
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