A “secular” kaddish after my mother died so that I could say kaddish under circumstances where I could gather ten people but not ten Jews. . . .
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Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ט באלול ה׳תשע״ח (2018-09-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags:  ecumenical prayers, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, English vernacular prayer, Northampton, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on כ״ג באלול ה׳תשע״ט (2019-09-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags: No Minyan, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans
This text takes the basic idea of the Baladi-rite ‘Brikh Shmeh d’Kudsha Brikh Hu’ and adapts it for the Askenazi nusach of the Kaddish. It can be used when praying alone wherever a minyan would say the entire Kaddish. It could also be recited by a community in unison out loud when it can’t make a minyan, to show that even if we don’t have a full minyan, we still welcome mourners as part of our community. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on כ׳ באב ה׳תשפ״א (2021-07-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, devotional interpretation 
The Amidah for the Shabbat Shaḥarit service in Reb Zalman’s devotional English adaptation, set side-by-side with the corresponding Hebrew liturgy. . . . 
Contributor(s): the Hierophant
Shared on י״ד באב ה׳תשפ״א (2021-07-23) — under the following terms: Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use) Categories: Press & Research Articles
Tags: ײדיש Yiddish, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Yiddishland 
An article in the Yiddish Daily Forverts (Forward) on the activities of the Open Siddur Project and its founder, Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on כ״ב בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-07-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Motsei Shabbat
Tags: זמירות zemirot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Psychopomp, הבדלות havdalot, Seraḥ bat Asher 
Some communities have a practice of singing a song about Miriam alongside the well-known Havdalah song about Elijah the Prophet. But Miriam isn’t really a parallel to Elijah — she’s a parallel to Moshe and Aaron. When we’re talking about distaff counterparts to Elijah the clearest example is Seraḥ bat Asher. Seraḥ, the daughter of Asher, is mentioned only a handful of times in the Tanakh, but is given great significance in the midrash. Like Elijah, she is said to have never died but entered Paradise alive, and comes around to the rabbis to give advice or teachings. This song, which includes several references to midrashim about Seraḥ, is meant to be sung to any traditional tune of “Eliyahu haNavi.” It is dedicated to Ḥazzan Joanna Selznick Dulkin (shlit”a), who introduced me to the legends of Seraḥ bat Asher. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ט׳ באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-07-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Blessings After Eating, Tishah b'Av
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, סעודה המפסקת seudah hamafseket, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon 
A Birkat haMazon with additions for the pre-Fast meal of Tisha b’Av . . . 
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat and David Evan Markus
Shared on י׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Modern Miscellany, Purim Readings
Tags: United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., transtropilation, tropified texts, United States General Election 2000, 59th Presidential Inauguration 
Tropified texts for Purim 2021 juxtaposing the text of Queen Esther with the words of Vice President Kamalla Harris and poet laureate Amanda Gorman. . . . 
Contributor(s): Alex Cicelsky (translation), Inbar Bluzer Shalem and Dalia Marx
Shared on ז׳ בתמוז ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ישראל Yisrael, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Israel 
A prayer for appreciating the moment when it is finally, reasonably safe to remove ones face mask in the course of the COVID pandemic. . . . 
Contributor(s): Netanel Miles-Yépez and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on ל׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, תקון tiqqun 
This is an untitled prayer by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, originally offered by him in an address given at the Roundtable Dialogue for the visit of the 14th Dalai Lama together with other Nobel Laureates in Vancouver, B.C., entitled “Balancing Educating the Mind with Educating the Heart.” The event was held at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, on Tuesday, April 20, 2004. While the video documenting the address is currently offline, thankfully the original text of the prayer is given in its transcription by Gabbai Seth Fishman. The prayer is presented here alongside an adaptation found in the High Holy Days Maḥzor of Congregation Nevei Kodesh: Jewish Renewal Community of Boulder (2018), p.36, Section 10: Prayers for Rosh haShanah. The prayer in this form, as revised by Netanel Miles-Yepez and Reb Zalman, can be found at Kol Aleph (2014) and the now defunct Sufi Hasidim website (2009). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady and Havayah community (Cincinnati)
Shared on כ״ה בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-06-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Ḳadesh, Indigenous Peoples' Day (12 October), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)
Tags: petiḥah, 21st century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., indigenous land acknowledgement, post-colonial 
An indigenous land acknowledgement for Jewish communities in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on י״א בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System
Tags: insects, crawling things, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Periodical cicadas, Brood X 
There are blessings for beautiful vistas, and there are blessings for powerful weather. But is there a blessing for giant swarms of bugs? Certainly! There just wasn’t a kavvanah for it… yet. Inspired by the appearance of Brood X in May 2021, this is a meditation and blessing for the unique experience of seeing an enormous number of non-dangerous insects. Cicadas are NOT a plague — they don’t eat crops or spread disease, but they do help revitalize the soil and keep forest ecosystems healthy. As a natural part of the universal order, we should work to see the divinity and goodness in them, even if we might normally think of them as gross. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Abernethy
Shared on ז׳ בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Memorial/Decoration Day (last Monday of May)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, United States of America 
A prayer for the observance of Memorial Day in the United States. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zach Teutsch
Shared on י״ז באייר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-04-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot, Tax Day
Tags: United States, social justice, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States, tithing, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof 
A kavvanah for clarifying and elevating the activity of tax preparation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״א בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ
Tags: Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arnold E. Resnicoff
Shared on כ״ד במרחשון ה׳תשפ״א (2020-11-11) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Veterans Day (Armistice Day, November 11)
Tags: United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer 
A virtual prayer for Veterans Day 2020. . . . 
Contributor(s): Gabriel Wasserman
Shared on ב׳ באלול ה׳תשע״ג (2013-08-07) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Blessings After Eating, Tishah b'Av
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Break Fasts 
Supplemental prayers for the Birkat Hamazon for the break fast meal after Tisha b’Av. . . . Shared on ח׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״א (2011-04-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid
Tags: Freedom, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., haggadah supplements, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof We are hereby ready to fulfill our obligation of K’vod Habriot, respect for the dignity of every human being. We pray that our fellow citizens shall not be the source of suffering in others. We commit ourselves to raise our voices in support of universal human rights, to know the heart of the stranger, and to feel compassion for those whose humanity is denied. May our compassion lead us to fight for justice. Blessed is the Source of Life, who redeemed our ancestors from Egypt and brought us together this night of Passover to tell the story of freedom. May God bring us security and peace, enabling us to celebrate together year after year. Praised are you, Source of Righteousness, who redeems the world and loves justice and freedom. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ט׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Symbolic Foods, Seder l'Pesaḥ
Tags: symbolic foods, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, סימנים simanim, haggadah supplements, cup of miriam, leeks, beets, miriam's fish, oranges, turnip peels, Maxwell House coffee 
A Passover seder supplement containing seven additional symbolic foods and their associated ritual presentations, along with their collective organization on a second seder plate. . . . 
Contributor(s): Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Applied Jewish Spirituality
Shared on ז׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ט (2019-04-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Pesaḥ, Magid, Roleplaying
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., haggadah supplements, Yetsiat Mitsrayim, liberation from mitsrayim, scripts, guided meditations 
A meditation which can be used to prepare for Pesaḥ, or for sharing at the Seder, to deepen the experience of liberation for yourself and others. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rachel Grant Meyer, Marisa Elana James and HIAS
Shared on א׳ באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-07-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Modern Miscellany, Tishah b'Av Readings
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Cantillized readings in English, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy 
As we prepare to observe Tishah b’Av and commemorate the destruction of Jerusalem that led to the exile of the Jewish people for centuries to come, we are acutely aware that we find ourselves in the midst of the worst refugee crisis in recorded history, with more than 68 million people displaced worldwide. Given these extraordinary numbers, the continued attacks on asylum and the refugee resettlement program in the United States over the last eighteen months are even more inhumane. Of course, we know that the proverbial 10th of Av will come, and we will rise up from our mourning with renewed resolve to support refugees and asylum seekers. First, though, we take time to dwell fully in the mourning demanded by the 9th of Av. We fervently lament the many cruel actions this administration has taken to limit the ability of refugees and asylum seekers to seek safety in our country, and we mourn for lives destroyed and lives lost. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aurora Mendelsohn
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Ḳadesh, Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Indigenous Peoples, haggadah supplements, parashat ḥayyei sarah, indigenous land acknowledgement 
An acknowledgement that the land we are conducting our religious ceremonies on is the sacred and traditional land of Indigenous people. It involves a kavvanah and study verses as well as the land acknowledgement. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi Rachel Sabath Beit-Halachmi
Shared on י״ד בניסן ה׳תש״פ (2020-04-07) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Magid, Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus pandemic 
A Passover supplement created for recitation at Passover seders in the context of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. . . . 
Contributor(s): Ilana Streit
Shared on כ״ט באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Magid
Tags: Passover seder, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, מה נשתנה Mah Nishtanah, Black Lives Matter 
A playful, powerful, passionate reading for Passover seder or any time. Can be chanted to the traditional Ashkenazi lilt for the Four Questions. . . . 
Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Shared on כ״ו באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-03-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, חיסון vaccination, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States 
A prayer upon receiving a vaccination for COVID. . . .
Contributor(s): David Zaslow
Shared on י״ז באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags: interpretive translation, English Translation, Aramaic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayer by Proxy, interdependence, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, prayers of orphans
A creative, interpretive translation of the the Mourner’s Ḳaddish. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Evan Markus and Bayit: Your Jewish Home
Shared on י׳ באדר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-02-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Modern Miscellany, Purim Readings
Tags: United States, social justice, civil rights, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Cantillized readings in English, Women's History Month, tropified texts, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof 
Purim affirms Esther’s stand against official silencing, abuse of power, misogyny and anti-Semitism. At first an outsider, Queen Esther used her insider power to reveal and thwart official hatred that threatened Jewish life and safety. We celebrate one woman’s courageous cunning to right grievous wrongs within corrupt systems. The archetype of heroic woman standing against hatred continues to call out every society still wrestling with official misogyny, power abuses and silencing. For every official silencing and every threat to equality and freedom, may we all live the lesson of Esther and all who stand in her shoes: “Nevertheless, she persisted.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow, Marcia Falk, Tamara Cohen and the Shalom Center
Shared on י״א בסיון ה׳תשע״ד (2014-06-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Modern Miscellany, Tishah b'Av Readings
Tags: eco-conscious, The Shalom Center, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
Tishah b’Av, the ninth day of the month of Av, has historically been a day to mourn the Destruction of the First and Second Temples, centers of Israelite practice before the rise of Rabbinic Judaism (First Temple 975 BCE – 586 BCE; Second Temple 515 BCE – 70 CE) and the exiles that followed those destructions. Over the course of Jewish history this day of mourning and fasting has also come to commemorate many other tragedies that have befallen the Jewish people throughout history. This year we are beginning a new tradition. We are suggesting that in addition to, or instead of (depending on the norms of your community and personal practice) the traditional observance of Tishah b’Av, the time has come to use this powerful day to mourn the ongoing destruction of the “temple” that is our Earth, a tragedy for all peoples, creatures and living things, but one that is not complete and thus, with sufficient will and action, is in part, reversible. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ח׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Weekday Amidah
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Private Amidah, affirmation, shame resilience, paraliturgical reflections, paraliturgical amidah, עמידה amidah 
A paraliturgical reflection of the weekday Amidah for a shame resilience practice. . . .
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ח׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Birkat Ga'al Yisrael
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, affirmation, shame resilience, paraliturgical reflections, blessings following the shema, אמת ויציב emet v'yatsiv, ברכת גאל ישראל birkat ga'al yisrael, paraliturgical birkat ga'al yisrael
A paraliturgical reflection of the blessing following the Shema, the Birkat Ga’al Yisrael, for a shame resilience practice. . . .
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ח׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shema
Tags: שמע shema, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical shema, English vernacular prayer, affirmation, shame resilience, paraliturgical reflections
A paraliturgical reflection of the second blessing prior to the Shema, the Birkat Ahavah, for a shame resilience practice. . . .
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ז׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Birkat Ahavah
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, blessings prior to the shema, affirmation, shame resilience, paraliturgical reflections, paraliturgical birkat ahavah, אהבה רבה ahavah rabbah
A paraliturgical reflection of the second blessing prior to the Shema, the Birkat Ahavah, for a shame resilience practice. . . .
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ז׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yotser Ohr
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, blessings prior to the shema, affirmation, shame resilience, paraliturgical reflections, יוצר אור yotser ohr, paraliturgical yotser ohr
A paraliturgical reflection of the first blessing prior to the Shema, Yotser Ohr, for a shame resilience practice. . . .
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ז׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Psukei D'zimrah/Zemirot
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, affirmation, shame resilience, paraliturgical reflections, paraliturgical barukh she'amar, ברוך שאמר barukh she'amar
A paraliturgical reflection of the prayer Barukh She’amar for a shame resilience practice. . . .
Contributor(s): Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
Shared on ז׳ באדר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Aleinu
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, affirmation, shame resilience, paraliturgical reflections, עלינו Aleinu, על כן נקוה al ken n'qaveh, paraliturgical aleinu
A paraliturgical reflection of the prayer Aleinu for a shame resilience practice . . . 
Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on כ״ג בשבט ה׳תשפ״א (2021-02-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: Gratitude, thankfulness, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, חיסון vaccination, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Israel 
A prayer of gratitude upon receiving a COVID vaccination. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Hoffman (translation) and Limor Rubin
Shared on י״א בשבט ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah
Tags: ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, universalist prayers, צדקה tsedaqah 
A prayer of intention before the meeting of the board of a philanthropic organization determining the recipients of the largess in their trust. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on ח׳ בשבט ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Inauguration Day (January 20th)
Tags: United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States, 59th Presidential Inauguration 
A prayer on being present in the moment of the inauguration of the 59th president of the United States. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ז׳ בשבט ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Inauguration Day (January 20th)
Tags: United States, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, American Jewry of the United States, 46th President of the United States, 59th Presidential Inauguration, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, 117th Congress 
A prayer for the government of the United States of America on the day of the 59th Presidential Inauguration. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ו׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ח (2017-12-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
Tags: eco-conscious, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Trees, Forests, Clean Air, deforestation 
A Tu biShvat prayer for the trees of the land of Israel and the world over, that they not be victims of deforestation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Barry Block
Shared on כ״ה בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Insurrection
Tags: Donald Trump, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, 116th Congress, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol 
A prayer for the government on a day of violent insurrection in the heart of American democracy. . . . 
Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Insurrection
Tags: United States, Donald Trump, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, 116th Congress, 2021 storming of the United States Capitol 
A prayer for America on the day upon which right-wing militias carried out an insurrection upon the representative democratic institution of the United States. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arnold E. Resnicoff
Shared on כ״א בסיון ה׳תשפ״א (2021-05-31) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Memorial/Decoration Day (last Monday of May)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
Invocation for a Memorial Day ceremony at the Washington DC Vietnam War Veterans Memorial. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arnold E. Resnicoff
Shared on כ״ח באייר ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Memorial/Decoration Day (last Monday of May)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Vietnam Veterans Memorial 
Invocation for a virtual Memorial Day ceremony at the Washington DC Vietnam War Veterans Memorial. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Abernethy
Shared on כ״ז בכסלו ה׳תשפ״א (2020-12-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country
Tags: pluralism, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, United States of America, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, United States General Election 2020, civic responsibility 
A prayer for the United States, its leaders and government and its citizens — a personal response to things that were troubling me in the months before November’s election – in particular the level of divisiveness in our country, and what seemed to me to be a growing sense that it isn’t important to respect people we disagree with, and an ever more prevalent belief that we are entitled to decide for ourselves which rules to follow, and all that matters are own rights and our beliefs, not our responsibilities to one another. Inspired by the events of 2020 . . . 
Contributor(s): Lauren Berkun
Shared on ג׳ באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Government & Country, Elections & Voting
Tags: United States, Benediction, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Democratic National Conventions, Democratic National Convention 2020, United States General Election 2020 
The full text of Rabbi Lauren Berkun’s benediction offered at the end of the third day of the Democratic National Convention, 20 August 2020. . . . 
Contributor(s): Lauren Grabelle Herrmann
Shared on י״ח במרחשון ה׳תשפ״א (2020-11-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags: United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States General Election 2020 
A prayer for the day after the US day of elections that all votes be counted. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zackary Sholem Berger
Shared on ה׳ בתמוז ה׳תשע״ט (2019-07-07) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States Immigration Policy, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof 
A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. . . . 
Contributor(s): Joe Schwartz
Shared on כ״ו בסיון ה׳תשע״ט (2019-06-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country
Tags: United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 45th President of the United States, United States Immigration Policy, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy, 116th Congress 
“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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Stephen Belsky
Shared on כ״ה במרחשון ה׳תשע״ט (2018-11-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Terror
Tags: United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers after acts of terrible violence, United States of America, prayers for municipalities, mass murder inside a synagogue, 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 
A prayer composed in the aftermath of the mass murder of the Dor Ḥadash community at the Ets Ḥayyim (Tree of Life) Synagogue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh on Shabbat morning 27 October 2018. . . .
Contributor(s): Shmuly Yanklowitz
Shared on כ׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ז (2017-01-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags: United States, resistance, Donald Trump, dissent, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, Resist, United States General Election 2016, Needing Translation (into Hebrew)
Because of my commitment to the integrity of prayer, starting this week, I can no longer recite or say amen to the Shabbat prayer for the success of the U.S. President. So I have drafted a new prayer that I will plan to recite each Shabbat morning. If you also feel it’s important to pray for the U.S. government but also feel you cannot pray for the success of this President, feel free to use this or adapt it as you please. I felt that it was not enough to simply avoid the U.S. President in the prayer for the government but to remind myself of the billions of vulnerable people who are at risk under his rule, and challenge myself each Shabbat to build up the strength for another week of spiritual resistance. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation) and Shai Held
Shared on ט״ז במרחשון ה׳תשפ״א (2020-11-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 45th President of the United States, United States General Election 2020, Needing Vocalization 
A Prayer on US Election Day, Tuesday, November 3rd 2020. . . . 
Contributor(s): Tamar Elad-Appelbaum, Martin Samuel Cohen and Masorti Movement in Israel
Shared on ד׳ באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Habḥirut, Elections & Voting, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
Tags: tolerance of difference, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, disagreement, difference disagreement and deviance, ישראל Yisrael, 2020 Israeli legislative election 
Based on the Prayer For Freedom from Strife and the Prayer that One Be a Lover and a Pursuer of Peace taken from the Liqutei Tefilot of Reb Nosson of Nemirov. Edited and reworked by Rabbi Tamar Elad-Appelbaum. English Translation: Rabbi Martin S. Cohen. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ב׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״א (2011-01-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
Tags: eco-conscious, four worlds, North America, Lurianic Kabbalah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., school of the ARI z"l, ecoḥasid 
This prayer for Tu biShvat, derived from the prayer included with the seder for Tu biShvat, the Pri Ets Hadar, are based on the Ḳabbalah of the four worlds and the ancient idea that everything physical is an image of the spiritual. . . . 
Contributor(s): Chana Kupetz (Hebrew translation) and Rebecca Ennen
Shared on י״ז בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Ketubot & other Shtarot (Documents)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., sans kiddushin, ברית אהובים brit ahuvim 
A covenantal document for an egalitarian wedding/partnership rooted in R’ Rachel Adler’s brit ahuvim legal structure, not based on kiddushin. Written for a woman and man marrying each other (see genders in Hebrew). . . . 
Contributor(s): Emily Aviva Kapor-Mater
Shared on ד׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״ה (2015-01-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving, Asher Yatsar, Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31)
Tags: all bodies, transgender bodies, disabled bodies, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, אשר יצר, North Amercia 
Asher Yatzar (the “bathroom blessing”, traditionally said every morning and after every time one goes to relieve oneself) has always rung hollow to me, at best, and at worst has been a prayer not celebrating beauty but highlighting pain. The original version praises bodies whose nekavim nekavim ḥalulim ḥalulim (“all manner of ducts and tubes”) are properly opened and closed—yes, in a digestive/excretory sense, but it is quite easy to read a reproductive sense into it as well. What do you do if the “ducts and tubes” in your body are not properly opened and closed, what if one is open that should be closed, or vice versa? . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on ח׳ במרחשון ה׳תשפ״א (2020-10-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags: United States, voting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., civic prayers, United States General Election 2020 
A private prayer for fulfilling your civic duty and voting, whether in a voting booth or by mail. The concluding partial berakhah (without its full preamble, so as to avoid a berakhah levatala) is traditionally stated upon seeing a king of a nation, so in a democratic regime it seems appropriate to adopt for the voters. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on א׳ בסיון ה׳תש״פ (2020-05-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Megillot, Modern Miscellany, Purim Sheni Readings
Tags: United States, emancipation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Abraham Lincoln, American Jewry of the United States, American Civil War, General Order No. 11, Ulysses Grant, Cesar Kaskel 
A megillah for a Purim Sheni commemorating a day of salvation the Jewry of the United States during the Civil War. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shoshana Michael Zucker (translation), Aharon N. Varady (translation), Knesset haRabanim b'Yisrael and Masorti Movement in Israel
Shared on ט״ז בכסלו ה׳תשפ״א (2020-12-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (November 25th)
Tags: community support, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, domestic violence 
A prayer for the safety and well-being of women who are victims of violence, and especially domestic violence. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman and Yeshayahu ben Amōts
Shared on י״ב בכסלו ה׳תשע״ח (2017-11-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḥanukkah, Kabbalat Shabbat, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו)
Tags: כבוד kavod, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., South Jerusalem, Kehilat Kol HaNeshama 
Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman introduced the tradition of reading these verses from Isaiah during the month of Kislev through the end of Ḥanukkah in his Siddur Ha’Avodah Shebalev of Kehillat Kol HaNeshamah (R’ Levi Weiman-Kelman, R’ Ma’ayan Turner, and Shaul Vardi, 2007). The translation provided here was adapted from the one made by Shaul Vardi in Siddur Ha’Avodah Shebalev. –Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Cantor Hinda Labovitz
Shared on כ״ה באב ה׳תשע״ג (2013-08-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Prayers During Public Readings of the Tanakh, Military Personnel & Veterans, Veterans Day (Armistice Day, November 11)
Tags: United States, military, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
A “mi sheberakh” prayer for U.S. war veterans on the shabbat preceding Veterans Day (November 11). . . . 
Contributor(s): David Zvi Kalman
Shared on ח׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ז (2016-11-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Prayers During Public Readings of the Tanakh, Government & Country, Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags: United States, voting, democracy, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, United States General Election 2016, civic prayers 
A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . . 
Contributor(s): T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Lev Meirowitz Nelson
Shared on ז׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ז (2016-11-07) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags: United States, voting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States General Election 2016, civic prayers 
On Tuesday, we go to the polls in a momentous election that for many of us has generated a combination of anxiety, excitement, fear, and confusion. We offer you this prayer, which you can recite this Shabbat, before you vote, or while you are waiting for returns. . . . 
Contributor(s): Julie Schonfeld
Shared on כ״ט באלול ה׳תשע״ו (2016-10-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Elections & Voting
Tags: United States, Benediction, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, United States General Election 2016, Democratic National Convention 2016, Democratic National Conventions 
The full text of Rabbi Julie Schonfeld’s benediction offered at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25th, 2016. . . . 
Contributor(s): Yonah Bromberg Gaber
Shared on ד׳ במרחשון ה׳תשפ״א (2020-10-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) 4.0 International free-culture license Categories: Erev Shabbat, Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31)
Tags: Parents blessing children, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., prayers concerning children, Prayers for Children, genderqueer, nonbinary, birkat yeladim 
This formulation of the Birkat Yeladim (Blessing of the Children) maintains a connection with tradition and serves to degender the blessing by calling upon quoted, mixed gender texts which have merit for children of any gender. . . . 
Contributor(s): Amit Gvaryahu and Yedidah Koren
Shared on כ״ג בתשרי ה׳תשפ״א (2020-10-11) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah), Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: יזכור yizkor, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Paraliturgical yizkor, Needing Translation (into English), COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus pandemic 
Yizkor and other prayers for Shemini Atsertet during the coronavirus pandemic in 5781 (2020). . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi Jill Hammer, Ph.D.
Shared on כ״ט בטבת ה׳תשע״ו (2016-01-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: the Wet Season (Fall & Winter), Sukkot, Shemini Atseret (and Simḥat Torah)
Tags: North America, פיוטים piyyutim, Imahot, Matriarchs, Rain, Geshem, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers for Precipitation, גשם 
The time of Sukkot is a time of fullness and generosity, but also a time to pray for the coming season. Shemini Atzeret, the festival when we pray for rain, is an expression of our need for water, which in the Jewish tradition symbolizes life, renewal, and deliverance. Tefillat Geshem, a graceful fixture of the Ashkenazic liturgy, invokes the patriarchs as exemplars of holiness and model recipients of God’s love. This prayer uses water as a metaphor for devotion and faith, asking that God grant us life-sustaining rain. While its authorship is unknown, it is sometimes attributed to Elazar Kallir, the great liturgist who lived sometime during the first millenium. Each year, we are reminded of our people’s connection to the patriarchs and to the rhythms of water, spiritual and physical sources of life, through this medieval piyyut. While we know that rain is a natural process, formal thanksgiving for water as a source of life, energy, and beauty reminds us that our Creator is the source of our physical world and its many wonders. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shlomo Zuckier
Shared on כ״א בתשרי ה׳תשפ״א (2020-10-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Hoshana Rabbah, Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, Needing Vocalization 
A Hoshana prayer supplement for Hoshana Rabbah during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in 2020. . . . Topical Additions to the Seder Akhilat haSimanim from Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org) for 2020
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on י״ד בתשרי ה׳תשפ״א (2020-10-02) — under the following terms: Categories: Seder Akhilat haSimanim
Tags: eco-conscious, symbolic foods, punning, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
If you are doing a Rosh Hashanah seder of simanim (signs, augurs, portents) using food puns, here are some additions related to today (with apologies for any Hebrew mistakes I’ve made). . . . 
Contributor(s): David Wolkin
Shared on כ״ב באלול ה׳תשע״ו (2016-09-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Days of Judgement, Self-Reflection
Tags: North America, journaling, writing, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., חשבון הנפש Ḥeshbon HaNefesh, self-reflection, תשובה teshuvah, Needing Translation (into Hebrew) 
David Wolkin writes, “I’ve been pushing this writing exercise for a while now, but I taught a class with it in my home on Sunday and it proved to be powerful and connecting for all of us in the room. If you’re reflecting/repenting this season, you might benefit from this.” . . . 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י׳ באייר ה׳תשפ״א (2021-04-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ecotastrophes, Epidemics & Pandemics, Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai, paraliturgical elohai neshamah, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, 2020 United States racial reckoning, State v. Chauvin 
A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow in 2021 reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . . 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on כ״ט באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ecotastrophes, Epidemics & Pandemics, Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai, paraliturgical elohai neshamah, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, 2020 United States racial reckoning 
A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . . 
Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Shared on כ״ט באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-17) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, COVID-19 coronavirus, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, 2020 Atlantic hurricane season 
A prayer-poem by Rabbi Menachem Creditor reflecting on the challenges of the year 2020 up till Rosh haShanah. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ח באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tashlikh
Tags: eco-conscious, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, תשליך tashlikh 
Two kavvanot, one for before and one for after casting away in a Tashlikh ritual. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on י״א באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah
Tags: סליחות seliḥot, egalitarian, traditional egalitarian, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Biblical Women 
The Raḥamana piyyut is a litany beloved in Sephardic and Mizraḥi communities, a standard part of their Seliḥoth services throughout the month of Elul and the days of repentance. Traditionally it cites a list of Biblical men (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Aaron, Pinhas, David, and Solomon) and asks to be remembered for their merit and their covenants, for the sake of “Va-yaŋabor” — the first word of Exodus 34:6, the introduction to the verses of the Thirteen Attributes recited in Seliḥoth services. This text instead uses Biblical women (Sarah, Rebecca, Leah and Rachel, Serach, Miriam, Deborah, Ruth, Hannah, and Esther). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and the Masoretic Text
Shared on כ״ג באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemot Readings
Tags: animals, animal welfare, צער באלי חיים tsa'ar baalei ḥayyim, animal protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., domesticated animals, בלק Balaq, giving voice to the voiceless 
A reading for the New Year’s Day for Animals — Rosh haShanah laBehemot — on Rosh Ḥodesh Elul. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and David J. Wolpe
Shared on י״ט בטבת ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Government & Country, Elections & Voting
Tags: United States, Benediction, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Democratic National Conventions, Democratic National Convention 2012, United States General Election 2012 
The full text of Rabbi David Wolpe’s benediction offered at the end of the second day of the Democratic National Convention, September 6th, 2012. . . . 
Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Shared on י״ב באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Learning, Study, and School
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., prayers concerning children, English vernacular prayer, Prayers for students, 2020 coronavirus pandemic 
A prayer for children on the first day of a new year of school. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on י׳ בתשרי ה׳תש״פ (2019-10-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: kiddush, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
A kiddush for the se’udah (feast) preceding Yom Kippur and its fast. . . . 
Contributor(s): Raysh Weiss and Gabbai Seth Fishman (translation)
Shared on ג׳ בתשרי ה׳תש״פ (2019-10-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Rosh Hashanah
Tags: acrostic, פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Acrostic signature 
A 21st century recasting of the iconic 13th century Spanish mystical Rosh haShanah piyyut. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on כ״א באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Kippur
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Acrostic signature, סעודה המפסקת seudah hamafseket 
This acrostic poetic form of Birkat haMazon was written for the se’udah mafseqet (pre-fast meal) before Yom Kippur, in the manner of the poetic Birkat haMazon variants recorded in the Cairo Geniza. . . . 
Contributor(s): Ilana Streit
Shared on ט״ו בשבט ה׳תש״פ (2020-02-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Coronations & Inaugurations
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States, U.S. President Barack Hussein Obama 
A prayer upon the inauguration of President Obama in January 2009. . . . 
Contributor(s): Louis Polisson and Binyamin Holtzman
Shared on ו׳ בתשרי ה׳תשפ״א (2020-09-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Maale Gilboa, ישראל Yisrael, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Israel 
A prayer for health and safety in public, communal prayer during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. . . . 
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer, the Masoretic Text and David haMelekh ben Yishai (traditional attribution)
Shared on י״ז באב ה׳תשפ״א (2021-07-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tehilim Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Rosh haShanah la-Behemah
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Psalms 8, Al HaGittit, מזמור Mizmor 
The 8th psalm of the book of Psalms in Masoretic Hebrew accompanied by an English translation. . . .
Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Shared on כ״ט באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-18) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Blessings After Eating
Tags: acrostic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alphabetic Acrostic, Acrostic signature
This is a poetic text for Birkat haMazon, signed with an alphabetical acrostic and the name of the author, to be recited on the first of Elul. It celebrates the variety of God’s creation as exemplified by the natural diversity of species, as well as alluding to the livestock tithes traditionally assigned on the first of Elul. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi and Yael Schweid
Shared on כ״ב באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-12) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Needing Translation (into English), אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah 
An adaptation of the prayer Elohai Neshama in honor of a bar mitsvah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Esteban Gottfried and Isser Yehuda Unterman
Shared on ט׳ בכסלו ה׳תשע״ג (2012-11-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country
Tags: peace, Beit Tefillah Yisraeli, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Yaffo, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., prayers for municipalities, Yapho, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Translation (into English), Needing Translation (into Arabic) 
A prayer was composed by Rabbi Isser Yehuda Unterman, chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, for the city’s 50th anniversary (Jubilee) celebration, amended by Rabbi Esteban Gottfried of Beit Tefillah Yisraeli. . . . 
Contributor(s): Joshua Giorgio-Rubin
Shared on ט״ו באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-08-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shabbat Siddurim
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
An adaptation of a short portion of David Einhorn’s work, Olat Tamid, by Joshua Giorgio-Rubin. Olah Hadashah—”a new offering”—is, he writes, “an attempt to bring this assurance into the present. Using modern English, gender-neutral language, and including the matriarchs in the Amidah, I hope to make a little sliver of Einhorn’s genius accessible to today’s Jews. In so doing, I hope we can find renewed purpose in our fight for justice, rooted in renewed appreciation of Judaism’s moral imperatives.” . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ט׳ באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-07-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tishah b'Av, Ecotastrophes
Tags: eco-conscious, קינות Ḳinnot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid 
A ḳinnah for humanity’s willful, negligent, and callous destruction of habitat and species known and unknown. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aaron Wolf
Shared on ו׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ח (2018-03-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Comprehensive (Kol Bo) Siddurim
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Tefiloh Sefas Yisroel, German Jewish customs 
Siddur Olas Tamid is a Hebrew-only, nusaḥ Ashkenaz siddur compiled by Aaron Wolf and shared under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Based upon the Siddur Tefilos Sefos Yisroel compiled by R’ Rallis Wiesenthal, Siddur Olas Tamid was laid out and formatted in open-source XeLaTeX code shared from Aaron Wolf’s github account. . . . 
Contributor(s): Shmuly Yanklowitz and Simcha Daniel Burstyn (translation)
Shared on י״ד באדר ה׳תש״פ (2020-03-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Epidemic, English vernacular prayer, Pandemic, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, Needing Vocalization 
A prayer offered in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash) . . . 
Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Shared on ח׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Weekday Amidah
Tags: 21st century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, dveykut, Private Amidah, הנני hineni 
An opening prayer for divine communication and closeness. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Nelson (translation), Moshe Silberschein (translation) and Dalia Marx
Shared on ח׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), Terror
Tags: מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Gaza, protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, נעילה neilah, Israeli disengagement from Gaza 
A prayer for the State of Israel during conflicts over sovereignty and dispossession. . . . 
Contributor(s): Dahlia Shaham
Shared on ח׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Weekday Amidah
Tags: weekday amidah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
An alternative weekday aliyah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Noa Mazor
Shared on ז׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Weekday Amidah
Tags: weekday amidah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
A prayer for the ingathering of Jews from the Diaspora to Erets Yisrael. . . . 
Contributor(s): Orna Meir-Stacey (translation) and Tamar Duvdevani
Shared on ג׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
Four morning blessings inspired from traditional blessing in the Birkhot haShaḥar and Shaḥarit services. . . . 
Contributor(s): Alona Lisitsa
Shared on י״ד באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Learning, Study, and School
Tags: children, Parents blessing children, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., prayers concerning children, Prayers for Children, Prayers for students, Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
A prayer for children at the onset of the school year. . . . 
Contributor(s): Alona Lisitsa
Shared on י״ד באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Learning, Study, and School
Tags: מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Teacher, Prayers of Teachers, Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
A prayer for teachers at the onset of the school year. . . . 
Contributor(s): Alona Lisitsa
Shared on ט׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-07-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Agunah Day, Slavery & Captivity
Tags: agunot, get, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
A prayer for women caught up in the torment of ‘get’ refusal from a husband who refuses to grant them the document required for a religious divorce. . . . 
Contributor(s): Oded Mazor
Shared on י׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-07-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Arvit l'Shabbat
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Amidah, Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
A short amidah for the Friday evening service for Shabbat. . . . 
Contributor(s): Oded Mazor
Shared on ט׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Shabbat
Tags: פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, חלה challah ḥallah, Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
A prayer for focusing one’s mind and intention during the separation of dough in the preparation of halah before Shabbat. . . . |
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