Yom haQeshet (Day of the Rainbow, 27 Iyyar) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

This is an archive of resources prepared for or relevant to יום הקשת (Yom haQeshet, the Day of the Rainbow) occuring on the 27th of Iyyar (“the 27th day of the second month” in Genesis 8:14), the 42nd day of the Omer (מ״ב בעומר). On that day the animals, along with Noaḥ’s family, left the sanctuary of the ark, and the rainbow (qeshet) appeared as a sign of a covenant between Hashem and humanity that they not descend to the degree of depravity of the generation of the Flood (the דור המבול) and so received the seventh of the sheva mitsvot bnei Noaḥ: not to take from others as predatory animals (lit. עבר מן החי, not to devour animals alive).
In the story of the Great Flood, the deluge lasted for over a year, but the time separating the beginning from the end on the calendar is only 10 days. According to the Torah, the flood began on the 17th of Iyyar (“the 17th day of the second month” in Genesis 7:11). The 17th of Iyyar falls on ל״ב בעומר (Lev ba-Omer — the heart of the Omer) the day before Lag ba-Omer, days already associated with fire.
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תפילה בין השריפות | Prayer between the Fires (between the 32nd and 42nd days of the Omer, neohasid.org)

Contributor(s):

David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center

This is a prayer to be read between the 17th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ז ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 32nd (ל״ב) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . .

Kavvanah between Lag ba-Omer and Yom haQeshet (27 Iyyar, the 42nd day of the Omer), by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s):

David Seidenberg and neohasid.org

This is a prayer to be read between the 18th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ח ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 33rd (ל״ג) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . .

בִּרְכַּת הַקֶּשֶׁת | the Blessing upon observing a Rainbow (with art by Ilene Winn-Lederer)

Contributor(s):

Ilene Winn-Lederer, Aharon N. Varady and Unknown Author(s)

The prescribed rabbinic blessing upon observing the meteorological phenomena of a rainbow, together with exceptional art inspired by early rabbinic midrash. . . .

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"Rainbow God's Earth Covenant" (Virginia, credit: ForestWander, license: CC BY-SA)

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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