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		<title>בִּרְכַּת גּוֹמֵל חֲסָדִים טוֹבִים לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל &#124; Birkat Gomel Ḥasadim Tovim l&#8217;Amo Yisrael (translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation)]]></dc:creator>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the Birkhot haShaḥar in his <a href="https://opensiddur.org/siddurim/ha-ari/neo-hasidut/reb-zalmans-open-siddur-tehillat-hashem/">Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi</a> (2009).
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="enhanced-category-description"><div class="category-main-content"><p>The Talmud Bavli (Berakhot 60b.6) provides a formula upon washing one's face. This prayer completes the arrangement of prayers and blessings offered for the private Birkhot haShaḥar. </p></div><div class="category-filters"><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Name</strong></div><div class="panel"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=1075">David Prato (translation)</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=2242">Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation)</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=295">Unknown</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=131">Aharon N. Varady (transcription)</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=347">Aharon N. 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		<title>בִּרְכַּת גּוֹמֵל חֲסָדִים טוֹבִים לְעַמּוֹ יִשְׂרָאֵל &#124; Birkat Gomel Ḥasadim and prayers of protection following the Birkhot ha-Shaḥar in the Italian rite</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aharon N. Varady (transcription)]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 02:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the form of the prophylactic prayers following the birkhot hashaḳar and which precede the birkhot Talmud Torah in the Italian nusaḥ attested by Rabbi David Prato from his siddur, תפלה לדוד <em>Preghiere di Rito Italiano</em> (1949), pp. 10-12.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="enhanced-category-description"><div class="category-main-content"><p>The Talmud Bavli (Berakhot 60b.6) provides a formula upon washing one's face. This prayer completes the arrangement of prayers and blessings offered for the private Birkhot haShaḥar. </p></div><div class="category-filters"><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Name</strong></div><div class="panel"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=1075">David Prato (translation)</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=2242">Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (translation)</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=295">Unknown</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=131">Aharon N. Varady (transcription)</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?col=347">Aharon N. Varady (translation)</a></div><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Tag</strong></div><div class="panel"><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=100-blessings-a-day">100 blessings a day</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=blessings">blessings</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=brakhot">ברכות brakhot</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=challenge">challenge</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=dawn">Dawn</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=devotional-interpretation">devotional interpretation</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=interpretive-translation">interpretive translation</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=italian-jewry">Italian Jewry</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=italian-translation">Italian translation</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=late-antiquity">Late Antiquity</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=minhag-roma">Minhag Roma</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=nusah-italki">Nusaḥ Italḳi</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=prayers-in-the-babylonian-talmud">Prayers in the Babylonian Talmud</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=prophylactic">prophylactic</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=wrestling">wrestling</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?taag=yisrael">ישראל Yisrael</a></div><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Language</strong></div><div class="panel"><p><a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?language=eng&#038;language_name=English">English</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?language=heb&#038;language_name=Hebrew">Hebrew</a> | <a href="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/?language=ita&#038;language_name=Italian">Italian</a></p></div><div class="accordion"><strong>Filter resources by Date Range</strong></div><div class="panel"><form action="https://opensiddur.org/shared/prayers/solilunar/everyday/daytime/birkhot-hashahar/face-washing/" method="get" class="date-range-form"><div class="date-range-fields"><label for="daterange_start">From:</label><input type="number" id="daterange_start" name="daterange_start" value="" placeholder="Start year"> <label for="daterange_end">to:</label><input type="number" id="daterange_end" name="daterange_end" value="" placeholder="End year"><button type="submit" class="date-range-submit">Filter</button></div><p style="font-size: 14px; color: #666;">Enter a start year and an end year. 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