“Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” was composed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, drawing on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. . . .
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tagged: candle lighting 
Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י״ז באייר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-05-02) — 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, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Sukkot, Ecotastrophes
Tags:  20th century C.E., eco-conscious, kindling, North America, candle lighting, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid
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, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Leil Pesaḥ, 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): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jonas Ennery and Arnaud Aron
Shared on א׳ באייר ה׳תש״פ (2020-04-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Erev Shabbat
Tags: 19th century C.E., candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., French Jewry, French vernacular prayer, divine light 
A prayer on Erev Shabbat upon lighting the Shabbes Candles, in French with English translation. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Sarah bat Tovim
Shared on כ׳ באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Shabbat
Tags: kindling, תחינות tkhines, candle lighting, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Yiddish vernacular prayer, lamp lighting 
The Prayer for the mitsvot of kindling the lights of Shabbat from the Teḥinah of the Three Gates by Sarah bat Tovim (18th century). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Author(s) and Jonah S. Boyarin (translation)
Shared on ד׳ בסיון ה׳תשע״ו (2016-06-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shavuot
Tags: 19th century C.E., kindling, ײדיש Yiddish, תחינות tkhines, candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Torah as intercessor, Needing Attribution 
This tekhina (supplication) upon candlelighting for Shavuot in Hebrew and Yiddish appears in the Maḥzor for Shavuot Rav Peninim (Vilna 1911) although we are uncertain whether it first appeared here. We welcome your help in correctly attributing and translating it. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman
Shared on י״ז באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-08-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Shabbat
Tags: 19th century C.E., candle lighting, 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Anglo Jewry, English Romanticism, Derekh Hashem, divine light, Pokeaḥ Ivrim, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, dveykut 
The poem, “God Our Light” by Rosa Emma Salaman, was first published in the Occident and American Jewish Advocate 3:8, Marḥeshvan 5606, November 1845, p.379-380. . . . 
Contributor(s): Yaakov Reef
Shared on א׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ה (2015-03-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Kabbalat Shabbat
Tags: North America, candle lighting, Aviv, Spring, vernal equinox, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
In the year 5775 (2015), the vernal equinox coincided with Rosh Ḥodesh Nissan, the Hebrew month known also as Aviv (Spring), as well as the onset of Shabbat, and a total solar eclipse. Here is a short meditation to receive the shabbat in embrace of the new season. . . . |
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