tagged: depression • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

A Prayer for the Despondent, by Rabbi Morrison David Bial (1962)

Contributor(s):

Morrison David Bial and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

“A Prayer for the Despondent” by Rabbi Morrison David Bial was first published in his anthology, An Offering of Prayer (1962), p. 45, from where this prayer was transcribed. . . .

[Prayer for] Rebirth, by Rabbi Avraham Samuel Soltes (ca. 1950s)

Contributor(s):

Avraham Samuel Soltes and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

A prayer anticipating the spring as a metaphor for liberation, mental wellness, and spiritual rebirth. . . .

A Psalm of Gratitude, a poem by Ben Aronin (ca. 1950)

Contributor(s):

the Aronin Family, Ben Aronin and Aharon N. Varady (editing/transcription)

The poem, “Psalm of Gratitude” by the Jewish poet and educator, Ben Aronin. . . .