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תְּפִלָּה עַל הָעַרְבוּת בְּעַד כׇּל יוֹשְׁבֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | Prayer on Erev Shabbat for the Sake of All Residents of Israel, by Rebbitsen Hadassah Froman & Rabbah Tamar Elad-Appelbaum (2023)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Noah Efron (translation), Tamar Elad-Appelbaum and Hadassah Froman

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Congregation & Community, Erev Shabbat, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., disagreement, pluralism, kindling, 2023 Israeli anti-judicial reform protests, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, tolerance of difference, candle lighting, Needing Vocalization

A prayer for peace amidst civil disagreement, difference, and strife before the lighting of Shabbat candles on Erev Shabbat. . . .

לִשְׁמֹר הַשָּׁנָה שֶׁל שְׁמִטָּה | Candlelighting for Rosh haShanah, Shabbat, and Yom Tov during the Shmitah Year, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Contributor(s):

Arthur Waskow

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The Shmitah Year (Earth's Shabbat)

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candle lighting, ecoḥasid, blessings, eco-conscious, kindling, interbreathing, entering

Four blessings to recite upon commencing the Shmitah year in candlelighting for Rosh haShanah, and to add to subsequent shabbat and festival candlelightings. . . .

Between the Fires: A Kavvanah for Lighting Candles of Commitment, by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center)

Contributor(s):

Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center

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Erev Shabbat, Erev Pesaḥ, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Shavuot, Sukkot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Ecotastrophes

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candle lighting, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, North America

“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. . . .

A Kavvanah for Welcoming the Shabbat with the Spring Equinox, by Rabbi Yaakov Reef

Contributor(s):

Yaakov Reef

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the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Ḳabbalat Shabbat

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58th century A.M., North America, candle lighting, Aviv, Spring, vernal equinox, 21st century C.E.

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. . . .

A Prayer before Candle-lighting, by Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Contributor(s):

Chaya Kaplan-Lester

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Erev Pesaḥ, Erev Shabbat, Shavuot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Sukkot, Yom Kippur, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

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entering, welcoming, candle lighting, Light, 21st century C.E., potential, 58th century A.M., fire, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, 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. . . .

תְּחִינָה לִשָּׁבוּעוֺת נאָך ליכט צינדן | Tkhine upon Candlelighting at the Onset of Shavuot

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Unknown Author(s) and Jonah S. Boyarin (translation)

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Shavuot

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Yiddish vernacular prayer, Torah as intercessor, 19th century C.E., kindling, תחינות tkhines, candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot, 57th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers, 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. . . .

Prière pour Demander la Lumière Divine | A Prayer for Divine Light [upon candlelighting], by Jonas Ennery & Rabbi Arnaud Aron (1852)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jonas Ennery and Arnaud Aron

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Erev Shabbat

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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. . . .

God Our Light, a poem by Rosa Emma Salaman (1845)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Rosa Emma Salaman

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Erev Shabbat

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פוקח עברים Pokeaḥ Ivrim, Prayers as poems, 19th century C.E., English vernacular prayer, dveykut, candle lighting, 57th century A.M., British Jewry, Anglo Jewry, English Romanticism, Derekh Hashem, divine light

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. . . .

Gebete bei dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag nachts | Prayer at the kindling of the Friday night lights, a teḥinah by Wolf Mayer (1828)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Daniel Bar Sadeh-Weise (transcription) and Wolf Mayer

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Erev Shabbat

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German vernacular prayer, German Jewry, lamp lighting, 19th century C.E., Light, kindling, candle lighting, תחינות teḥinot, 56th century A.M., Jewish Women's Prayers

“Gebete bei dem Anzünden der Lichter Freitag nachts” was translated/adapted by Mayer Wolf and published in his anthology of teḥinot, תְּחִנּוֹת בְּנוֹת יְשֻׁרוּן Gebethbuch für gebildete israelitisch Frauenzimmer (1828) on pp. 107-109. . . .

תְחִינָה פון דיא מִצְוה הַדְלָקַת הַנֵר | Prayer for the Mitsvah of Kindling the Shabbat Lights, by Sarah bat Tovim from the Tkhine of Three Gates (ca. early 18th c.)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Tracy Guren Klirs (translation) and Sarah bat Tovim

Categories:

Erev Shabbat

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candle lighting, 56th century A.M., 18th Century C.E., Yiddish vernacular prayer, lamp lighting, kindling, תחינות tkhines

The Prayer for the mitsvot of kindling the lights of Shabbat from the Teḥinah of the Three Gates by Sarah bat Tovim (18th century). . . .