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

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

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Morrison David Bial

Categories:

Well-being, health, and caregiving

Tags:

20th century C.E., self-care, 58th century A.M., depression, Mental Health

“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):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Avraham Samuel Soltes

Categories:

the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Well-being, health, and caregiving

Tags:

liberation from mitsrayim, depression, 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Y'mei Bein haMitsrim

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, Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ben Aronin

Categories:

Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah

Tags:

English vernacular prayer, Chicago, thanksgiving, 20th century C.E., depression, Gratitude, first person, 58th century A.M., Distress, Prayers as poems, מודים Modim

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