tagged: blessings prior to the shema • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Contributor(s):	Shim'on Menachem and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Maariv Aravim
Tags:	interpretive translation, stars, evening, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim
	Forgiveness is woven into the pattern of existence. God of second chances, pathways of atonement. Help us awaken to Your listening presence, your understanding. Fill our hearts with Divine compassion! . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahava Rabbah, a paraliturgical reflection by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

Contributor(s):	Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
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. . . .

יוֹצֵר אוֹר | Yotser Ohr, a paraliturgical reflection by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman

Contributor(s):	Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman
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. . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavah Rabbah, by Michal Talya

Contributor(s):	Avraham Leader (translation) and Michal Talya
Categories:	Birkat Ahavah
Tags:	love, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., blessings prior to the shema, paraliturgical birkat ahavah, אהבה רבה ahavah rabbah
	The blessing recited prior to the Shema, in the wording of Michal Talya. . . .

מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Ma’ariv Aravim, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):	Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Maariv Aravim
Tags:	blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim
	The first evening blessing before the recitation of the Shema in Hebrew with English translation . . .

מַעֲרִיב עֲרָבִים | Maariv Aravim, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Maariv Aravim
Tags:	interpretive translation, stars, evening, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, מעריב ערבים ma'ariv aravim
	Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the blessing preceding the Shema in the evening “Maariv Aravim” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

יוֹצֵר אוֹר | Yotser Ohr, interpretive translation by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Categories:	Yotser Ohr
Tags:	interpretive translation, English Translation, ascent, cosmology, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, non-dual theology, angelology, invisible sun, יוצר אור yotser ohr
	Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the shaḥarit blessing before the Shema “Yotser Ohr” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavat Olam, for Shaḥarit, translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Contributor(s):	Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Birkat Ahavah
Tags:	interpretive translation, English Translation, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, אהבת עולם ahavat olam
	Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of “Ahavat Olam” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavat Olam, for Maariv/Arvit, translation by Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman & Shaul Vardi

Contributor(s):	Shaul Vardi (translation), Levi Weiman-Kelman (translation) and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Birkat Ahavah for Ma'ariv/Arvit
Tags:	blessings prior to the shema, אהבת עולם ahavat olam
	The second evening blessing before the recitation of the Shema in Hebrew with English translation . . .

בִּרְכָּת אַהֲבַה | Ahavat Olam, for Maariv/Arvit translated by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l

Contributor(s):	Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:	Birkat Ahavah for Ma'ariv/Arvit
Tags:	talmud torah, interpretive translation, devotional interpretation, blessings prior to the shema, אהבת עולם ahavat olam, אהבת ישראל loving Yisrael, performing mitsvot, ohev amo
	Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of the blessing preceding the Shema in the evening “Ohev Amo Yisrael” in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . .

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