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a community-grown, libre Open Access archive of Jewish prayer and liturgical resources — for those crafting their own prayerbooks and sharing the content of their practice
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21st century C.E. —⟶ tag: 21st century C.E. Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 November 2018. An article in the Yiddish Daily Forverts (Forward) on the activities of the Open Siddur Project and its founder, Aharon Varady. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A prayer for the welfare of the Kurdish People in Northern Syria (Rojava) following their betrayal by Donald Trump acting as commander-in-chief of the United States armed forces and their oppression by the Republic of Turkey. A prayer written in response to the massacre of Muslim worshipers during Friday prayers in Christchurch, New Zealand. A prayer for the safety of all the inhabitants of the Land of Israel offered during the November 12th, 2019 Tel Aviv rocket strike. A prayer for universal peace offered by Hillel Yisraeli-Lavery as an opening prayer to a talk given in Hamilton, Canada by 2011 Nobel Prize winner Leymah Gbowee. A ḳinnah composed in response to the agonizing and cruel United States immigration policy implemented under the presidency of Donald Trump. A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. Psalms 140 decries the injustice tolerated, supported, and rallied around within the community of Israel. This contemporary adaptation does the same. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical Psalms 140, Psalms 140, תחינות teḥinot, United States Contributor(s): A ḳinah for the martyrs of the Tree of Life synagogue massacre in Boston in 2018. Categories: Tags: 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., martyrdom, mass murder inside a synagogue, Prayers after acts of terrible violence, קינות Ḳinōt Contributor(s): A prayer on the first anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh. A prayer in English to end gun violence before Rosh haShanah, “A Prayer for the Spiritual Welfare of the United States at a Time of Trial,” by Rabbi Joe Schwartz was first published at The Forward on 28 June 2019. A prayer for the correction of the United States immigration policy in support of immigrants and open borders. The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 February 2019. A “mi sheberakh” blessing for children and the parents of children returning to school at the beginning of the new school year. A prayer for a teacher to say or adapt as needed at the beginning of their school year. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): Richard Shavei-Tzion writes, “At this time when mankind is wreaking havoc on our Eco-System, we pray to God to preserve the treasure that is the earth and to grant us the wisdom to make pro-active efforts to protect it for the sake of our future generations and all which dwell upon it.” Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The words of Greta Thunberg adapted for a prayer for intervention in the anthropogenic climate crisis, for a Honshana ritual for Sukkot. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., alphabetic mesostic, climate crisis, English vernacular prayer, global climate change, הושענות hoshanot, mesostic Contributor(s): This prayer is a line by line interpretative translation of a traditional Ashkenazi variation of the Hashkiveinu prayer recited for Ma’ariv Leil Shabbat. | ||
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