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This is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for the festival of Sukkot.

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הושׁענות | Hoshanot by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, translation by Gabbai Seth Fishman

A supplemental Hoshanot liturgy for Sukkot confessing a selection of humanity’s crimes against creation. . . .

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, הקפות haḳafot, Hoshana Rabbah, הושענות hoshanot, North America

Contributor(s): Gabbai Seth Fishman (translation) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Between the Fires: A Kavvanah for Lighting Candles of Commitment, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center)

“Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” was composed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, drawing on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. . . .

Categories: Erev Shabbat, Shavuot, Erev Pesaḥ, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Sukkot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Ecotastrophes

Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., candle lighting, eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, English vernacular prayer, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, North America

Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center

סדר אושפיזין / אושפיזתא | Seder Ushpizin and Ushpizata: Inviting the Avot and Imahot into your Sukkah by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)

The essential idea of the liturgy of Ushpizin is to invoke the energies of the seven lower Sefirot in the proper order, so that Shefa, blessing and sustenance, can be drawn down into the world. This is the essence of Kabbalistic liturgy, and a liturgy of the imahot would only make sense if it were to follow that pattern. That means we have the playfully serious task of finding a stable order for the imahot where no clear order exists. . . .

Categories: Art & Craft, Sukkot

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Ancestors, archetypes, Avot and Imahot, ecoḥasid, in the merit of our ancestors, North America, Prayers inside sukkot, קבלה ḳabbalah, ספירות sefirot, spirits, אושפיזתא Ushpizata, אושפיזין ushpizin

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Neohasid·org and Noam Sienna

A Prayer before Candle-lighting, by Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . .

Categories: Erev Shabbat, Shavuot, Erev Pesaḥ, Sukkot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., candle lighting, English poetry, English vernacular prayer, entering, fire, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, Light, potential, Prayers as poems, welcoming

Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester

In the Sukkah At Least, It’s a Wonderful World — a song for Sukkot by Len Fellman

“In the Sukkah At Least, It’s a Wonderful World” by Len Fellman was written for Sukkot in 2015. . . .

Categories: Sukkot

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, sukkah songs, זמירות zemirot

Contributor(s): Len Fellman

הושענא לתיקון ולנחמה | Hoshana for Healing and Consolation, by Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx

A supplemental hoshana (prayer for salvation) for healing and consolation for the sake of true love, needed blessings, rainfall in a timely fashion, paths and their repair, mountains and their crossing, goals and objectives, lasting memories, good dreams, cosmic goodness, etc. . . .

Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabba

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., acrostic, Alphabetic Acrostic, הקפות haḳafot, Hoshana Rabbah, הושענות hoshanot, ישראל Yisrael

Contributor(s): Dalia Marx and Aharon N. Varady (translation)

מִי שֶׁשָּׁכְנָה… הִיא תִּשְׁכֹּן עִמָּנוּ | Mē She’shakhna… Hē Tishkon Imanu – a plea for the Divine Presence to dwell with us in the name of biblical women by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

There is a famous Seliḥot prayer where each of its lines has this structure: “May He who answered ___________, may he answer us.” The blank refers to assorted Biblical figures who faced great challenges, ranging from Avraham the Patriarch to Ezra the Scribe. The traditional list is also VERY male-focused, with the standard text only listing Esther from all the great Biblical women. This is a shame, and many have tried to remedy this. I have found myself under the opinion that all these remedies have a fault – they attempt to combine the original text with the new text. This means either the original text is shortened, or the full text is far too long. As well, the structure is very male-oriented as well, appealing to God’s male side and only using grammatically male language. . . .

Categories: Sukkot

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Biblical Women, Divine Presence, אמהות Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, מי שענה Mi She’anah, North America, סליחות səliḥot, שכינה Shekhinah, תשרי זמן Tishrei Zman, אושפיזתא Ushpizata

Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Hannah Spiro on 24 September 2018

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 September 2018. . . .

Categories: Sukkot, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies

Tags: 115th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hakhnasat orḥim, hospitality, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot, United States Immigration Policy, welcoming

Contributor(s): the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Hannah Spiro

Hoshanot Liturgy for the Climate Crisis, adapted by R’ Ezra Weinberg from the words of Greta Thunberg

The words of Greta Thunberg adapted for a prayer for intervention in the anthropogenic climate crisis, for a Honshana ritual for Sukkot. . . .

Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabba, Ecotastrophes

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., alphabetic mesostic, climate crisis, English vernacular prayer, global climate change, הושענות hoshanot, mesostic

Contributor(s): Ezra Weinberg

Seven Hoshanot for Creation, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)

A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . .

Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabba

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, English vernacular prayer, הושענות hoshanot, Needing Translation (into Hebrew)

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and Neohasid·org

Hosha-na for Our Planet, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)

A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . .

Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabba

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., alphabetic mesostic, eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, English vernacular prayer, הושענות hoshanot, mesostic, Northampton, United States

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and Neohasid·org

סֶדֶר אוּשְׁפִּיזִין וְאוּשְׁפִּיזַן לְחַג הַסּוּכוֹת | Service of Welcoming Ushpizin and Ushpizan to the Sukkah on the Festival of Sukkoth, by Hayyim Obadyah

The ceremony of welcoming ushpizin originated in the Jewish mystical tradition of Qabbala, for which the ushipizin represented the divine emanations called “sefiroth”, in the context of the sukka as a representation of Ultimate Redemption. Because of this mystical association, the ceremony was rejected by some communities (such as Spanish and Portuguese Jews) and individuals (such as diehard rationalists). Without applying mystical implications, however, we can see this ritual as a symbol of how we bring into our lives diverse aspects of Jewish history and tradition as we navigate our spiritual journeys. . . .

Categories: Sukkot

Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אושפיזתא Ushpizata, אושפיזין ushpizin

Contributor(s): Ḥayyim Obadyah

הוֹשִׁיעָה נָא לשנת תשפ״ה | Hosha-na for Rebuilding, Sukkot 5785 — by Shoshana Michael Zucker

A Hoshana for Sukkot 5785 with a forward-looking perspective because Sukkot is a time for building, even if that building is fragile. It was written for the weekday minyan at Kehillat Hod veHadar. . . .

Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabba, 🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)

Tags: 2023-2024 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., הושענות hoshanot, religious Zionist prayers

Contributor(s): Shoshana Michael Zucker

Prayer for Sukkot 5785, by Rabbi David Seidenberg

This prayer by Rabbi Seidenberg was shared via his English newsletter and social media in the days preceding Sukkot 2024. . . .

Categories: Sukkot

Tags: 2023-2024 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States General Election 2024

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and Neohasid·org

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