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David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation, Zionist Prayers, Israelis and Palestinians, all inhabitants, Liberal Zionist Prayers, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North America
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The familiar prayer for the State of Israel, which is more literally titled “a Prayer for Peace for the State” tefilah lish’lom hamedinah, was written in 1948 by Rabbi Yitsḥak haLevi Hertzog (edited by S.Y. Agnon) in what had up until then been Palestine, in a time of war. The state was under direct attack by the Arab armies, and there was little distinction between peace, survival, and victory. As we approach Israel’s 70th birthday, it is time to make such distinctions. Israel and the Jewish people live in a much more complex reality today, where the triumph of one political party or set of goals can radically change the outlook for peace, and the possibility of justice. In our time, praying for peace for the state of Israel mist include praying for the rectification of its relationships with neighboring countries and with the Palestinian people, some of whom are Israeli citizens, and most of whom are in some way under Israel’s control. This prayer assumes that the best reality for the Jewish state is also the best reality for all of her citizens and for everyone who lives “in the land,” no matter where they are in relation to the Green Line or Areas A, B and C. . . . |
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Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
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Addenda
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Peer blessings, farewell blessings, love your fellow as yourself, הבדלות havdalot, blessings, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Post-prayer supplements, transition, Closing Prayers, Closers
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Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included this list of peer blessings for after davvening in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . |
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Brant Rosen
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Blessings After Eating
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, doikayt, diaspora, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon
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“A New Birkat haMazon/Blessing After the Meal” was first published by Rabbi Brant Rosen via his liturgy blog, Yedid Nefesh (8 March 2021). He writes, “In composing this new Birkat Hamazon/Blessing After the Meal, I maintained the essential structure of the traditional prayer, which consists of four basic spiritual themes or categories. As with the other new liturgies that I’ve written, I seek here to compose Jewish prayers that express a Diasporist ethic; that is to say, liturgy that views the entire world as our “homeland” and resists the influence of modern political Zionism, which has become so thoroughly enmeshed in contemporary Jewish liturgy.” . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
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Agunah Day, After the Aliyot, Slavery & Captivity
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שבת זכור Shabbat Zakhor, agunot, מסרבות גט mesorvot get, divorce, מי שברך mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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This prayer, following the structure of the Mi Sheberakh supplications during the Torah service, is meant to call get refusers to account, by name, and make a statement that their behavior is evil and will not be tolerated. . . . |
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National Council of Jewish Women
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Conception, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Well-being, health, and caregiving
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Abortion in the United States, United States v. Texas (2021), 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, American Jewry of the United States
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“A Prayer for Those Denied Abortion Care” was composed collectively by the staff of the National Council of Jewish Women and disseminated on Facebook in response to the regressive health care policies of the State of Texas in the United States in 2021. . . . |
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David Abernethy
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Government & Country, United States of America
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58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, civic prayers, American Jewry of the United States, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, pluralism, United States General Election 2020, United States, civic responsibility, 21st century C.E.
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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 . . . |
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Michael Rothbaum and New England Jewish Labor Committee
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Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, Epidemics & Pandemics
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2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, workers' rights, coronavirus, 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19 coronavirus, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States
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A prayer for workers and worker needs amid the 2020 COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. . . . |
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Elliot Kukla
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Birkhot haShaḥar, Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31), Well-being, health, and caregiving
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Body as Society, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical asher yatsar, excretion, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אשר יצר Asher Yatsar, Bathroom Prayer
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“Asher Yatzar (The One Who Forms): a prayer of gratitude for our bodies as transgender, nonbinary, intersex people, and everybody else” was written by Rabbi Elliot Kukla and adapted from the blessing known by its incipit “Asher Yatsar” or “the bathroom blessing” traditionally recited after excretion of waste. The blessing is also recited as part of the birkhot hashaḥar complex of blessings recited upon waking up and becoming active. Rabbi Kukla’s blessing was first published in Where Healing Resides (CCAR 2013), p. 32. . . . |
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Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (transcription & naqdanut) and Unknown Author(s)
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Blessings After Eating
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Prayers after meals, cantillized liturgy, ברכת המזון birkat hamazon, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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The full Birkat haMazon (or Grace after Meals) according to Nusach Ashkenaz with optional additions for egalitarian rites, fully marked with ta’amei miqra (also known as cantillation marks or trope). Ta’amei miqra originally marked grammar and divisions in any Hebrew sentences, and older Hebrew manuscripts such as those from the Cairo Geniza often show ta’amei miqra on all sorts of texts, not just the Biblical texts we associate them with today. This text includes the full tradition for Birkat haMazon, including texts for weekdays, Shabbatot, and festivals, as well as additions for a wedding meal, a circumcision meal, and a meal in a mourner’s house. . . . |
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Zackary Sholem Berger
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Government & Country, United States of America, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
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United States Immigration Policy, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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A prayer for a government when that government is causing pain through malicious policies. . . . |
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Cantor Hinda Labovitz
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Epidemics & Pandemics, Well-being, health, and caregiving
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חיסון vaccination, COVID-19 coronavirus, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers on behalf of children, Prayers of Primary Caregivers
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This prayer for a parent (or primary caregiver) on the vaccination of their children by Cantor Hinda Labovitz was first shared via their Facebook page on 5 November 2021, . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and David J. Wolpe
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Government & Country, United States of America, Elections & Voting
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Benediction, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Democratic National Conventions, Democratic National Convention 2012, United States, United States General Election 2012
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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. . . . |
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