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tag: Divine Presence Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? There is a famous Seliḥot prayer where each of its lines has this structure: “May He who answered ___________, may he answer us.” The blank refers to assorted Biblical figures who faced great challenges, ranging from Avraham the Patriarch to Ezra the Scribe. The traditional list is also VERY male-focused, with the standard text only listing Esther from all the great Biblical women. This is a shame, and many have tried to remedy this. I have found myself under the opinion that all these remedies have a fault – they attempt to combine the original text with the new text. This means either the original text is shortened, or the full text is far too long. As well, the structure is very male-oriented as well, appealing to God’s male side and only using grammatically male language. A text of the Qaddish using feminine language for God and for the rabbis and their students. Inspired by Rabbi Debi Shoua Haim of the Reform congregation Kol HaNeshama in Jerusalem, who, in a conversation about feminine-language versions of liturgical texts, challenged me to write a feminine Qaddish variant. Categories: Tags: Aramaic, Divine Feminine, Divine Presence, gender, חצי קדיש ḥatsi ḳaddish, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, קדיש ḳaddish, קדיש דרבנן Ḳaddish D'Rabanan, קדיש שלם Ḳaddish shalem, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, Minhag Kehilat Kol Hanshema, Nusḥaot l'Yahadut Reformit Contributor(s): An original Aramaic-language seder ushpizata, as a parallel to the patriarchal ushpizin, to invite matriarchal figures from history. While other “ushpizot” or “ushpizata” texts have been written before, most of them are not in Aramaic, and I think that is a shame. So this one is. Also included is a poster I designed last year, to be hung up in a sukkah alongside the more traditional ushpizin poster. Categories: Tags: Biblical Women, Divine Presence, אמהות Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, North America, שכינה Shekhinah, תשרי זמן Tishrei Zman, אושפיזתא Ushpizata, אושפיזין ushpizin Contributor(s): | ||
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