If you are doing a Rosh Hashanah seder of simanim (signs, augurs, portents) using food puns, here are some additions related to today (with apologies for any Hebrew mistakes I’ve made). . . .
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Topical Additions to the Seder Akhilat haSimanim from Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org) for 2020
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on י״ד בתשרי ה׳תשפ״א (2020-10-02) — under the following terms: Categories:  Seder Akhilat haSimanim
Tags:  eco-conscious, symbolic foods, punning, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ח באלול ה׳תש״פ (2020-09-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Tashlikh
Tags: eco-conscious, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, תשליך tashlikh 
Two kavvanot, one for before and one for after casting away in a Tashlikh ritual. . . . 
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 
“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. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ט׳ באב ה׳תש״פ (2020-07-29) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ecotastrophes, Tisha b'Av
Tags: eco-conscious, קינות Ḳinnot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid 
A ḳinnah for humanity’s willful, negligent, and callous destruction of habitat and species known and unknown. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ז׳ בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (2010-11-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Elections & Voting, Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st)
Tags: eco-conscious, United States, democratic process, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., global warming, global climate change, ecoḥasid 
This prayer is broadly speaking a prayer that we learn to work together to create a better future, and it incorporates a pledge to do one thing for healing the world, for tikkun olam, that will make this future a reality. It’s not a prayer about winning or getting other people to see things our way, like some of the others I’ve seen. Whomever we support, we need to pray for strength for the next president, and for the whole country, to face what will be challenging times. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on א׳ בתשרי ה׳תשע״ג (2012-09-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness, Rosh haShanah l'Maaseh Bereshit
Tags: Renewal, beit din, friends, judgement, vows, ecoḥasid 
Almost everyone who is Jewish knows that Kol Nidre is about releasing vows and has participated in the ceremony. Few know the parallel ritual done in small groups before Rosh Hashanah. Traditionally, right before Rosh Hashanah one performs this simple ritual with three friends, each in turn becoming the petitioner, while the other three act as the beit din, the judges in a court. The ritual is a wonderful way to enter the holidays as well as to prepare oneself for what will happen on Yom Kippur. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (translation), Jacob Chatinover (translation), Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (naqdanut), David Seidenberg and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ב׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״א (2011-04-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Pesaḥ, the Dry Season (Spring & Summer), Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan, Rosh Ḥodesh Iyyar, Rosh Ḥodesh Tishrei, Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan
Tags: eco-conscious, Nusaḥ Sefaradi, ecoḥasid, Trees, Needing Source Images 
When the spring (Aviv) season arrives, a blessing is traditionally said when one is in view of at least two flowering fruit trees. In the northern hemisphere, it can be said anytime through the end of the month of Nissan (though it can still be said in Iyar). For those who live in the southern hemisphere, the blessing can be said during the month of Tishrei. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on י״ג בניסן ה׳תשע״ג (2013-03-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Pesaḥ
Tags: eco-conscious, חמץ ḥametz, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
May it be Your will Hashem that we remember that just as we do not own this ḥametz, we do not own this earth. May we once again recall that Adam, the human, is made of afar, soil, dirt, and that God’s promise Abraham that his progeny will become “like the dirt of the earth,” in Aramaic, afra d’ar’a, means that we must live to nourish all Life. . . . 
Contributor(s): Gershon
Shared on י״ב באלול ה׳תשע״ו (2016-09-15) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Maḥzorim for Rosh haShanah, Maḥzorim for Yom haKippurim
Tags: Jewish Renewal, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Needing Decompilation, Nusḥaot l'Yahadut Mitkhadeshet 
This is a complete* Jewish Renewal/Reconstructionist Machzor for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, primarily influenced by the davennin of Reb Zalman and the Aquarian Minyan. All text in English is gender-neutral. All Hebrew prayers are accompanied by transliteration. Material for Shabbat is at the back of the book. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayers are combined (so some pages need to be skipped depending), but there should be a minimum of flipping back and forth. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ב׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״א (2011-01-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
Tags: eco-conscious, four worlds, North America, Lurianic Kabbalah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., school of the ARI z"l, ecoḥasid 
This prayer for Tu Bish’vat, derived from the prayer included with the seder for Tu Bish’vat, the Pri Etz Hadar, are based on the Kabbalah of the four worlds and the ancient idea that everything physical is an image of the spiritual. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on י״ט באלול ה׳תשע״ז (2017-09-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Birkhot haTorah, Birkhot haShaḥar, Torah Study
Tags: talmud torah, interpretive translation, English Translation, North America, Late Antiquity, Jewish Renewal, Amoraic prayers, Prayers before Torah Study, Tannaitic prayers, Antiquity, ecoḥasid, devotional interpretation 
This English translation of the blessing for Torah study by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification according to the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l by Aharon Varady. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady
Shared on ז׳ בניסן ה׳תשע״ז (2017-04-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shabbat Siddurim
Tags: eco-conscious, English Translation, mythopoetic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Siddurim for Shabbat, ecoḥasid, Needing Decompilation 
Siddur Livnat HaSapir l’Kabbalat Shabbat is a complete prayerbook (siddur) for welcoming the Shabbat on nearly all Friday evenings. This is the personal prayerbook of Aharon Varady, containing his idiosyncratic preferences in liturgical custom and aesthetic presentation. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, neohasid.org and Noam Sienna
Shared on ט״ו בתשרי ה׳תשע״ג (2012-09-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Art & Craft, Sukkot
Tags: Ancestors, archetypes, sefirot, קבלה kabbalah, spirits, North America, אושפיזין ushpizin, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Avot and Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, אושפיזתא Ushpizata, Prayers inside sukkot 
The essential idea of the liturgy of Ushpizin is to invoke the energies of the seven lower Sefirot in the proper order, so that Shefa, blessing and sustenance, can be drawn down into the world. This is the essence of Kabbalistic liturgy, and a liturgy of the imahot would only make sense if it were to follow that pattern. That means we have the playfully serious task of finding a stable order for the imahot where no clear order exists. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ט באלול ה׳תשע״ד (2014-09-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Blessings After Eating, The Shmita Year (Earth's Shabbat)
Tags: eco-conscious, HaRaḥaman, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
This Haraḥaman (prayer to the merciful or compassionate One) for the Shmitah or sabbatical year can be added to Birkat Hamazon (blessing after meals) during the whole Shmitah year, in order to remember and open our hearts to the sanctity of the land. Say it right before the Harachaman for Shabbat, since Shmitah is the grand shabbat, and right after the paragraph beginning with Bamarom (a/k/a, Mimarom). . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ד׳ בסיון ה׳תשע״ד (2014-06-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḳiddush Levanah
Tags: Renewal, eco-conscious, night, new moon, the moon, ecoḥasid, dancing 
In Kabbalistic tradition, the new moon is sanctified seven days after its appearance, under a clear sky, standing facing east. It may be said as early as three days after the new moon, and as late as a day before the full moon (the moon should still be visibly waxing). It is the custom in the month of Av to wait to sanctify the moon until after Tisha b’Av, and in Tishrei to wait until after Yom Kippur. In a minyan, the Aleinu prayer and kaddish are traditionally added at the end. . . . 
Contributor(s): Oren Steinitz and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on ה׳ בתמוז ה׳תשע״ז (2017-06-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Prayers During Public Readings of the Tanakh, Mourning, Ḳaddish
Tags: 20th century C.E., Nusaḥ Ha-Ari z"l, English Translation, Jewish Renewal, No Minyan, 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Removal of the Torah from the Ark, הוצאת ספר תורה, קדיש יתום Mourner's Ḳaddish, Needing Attribution 
This Kaddish was first published online at Jewish Renewal Chassidus by Gabbai Seth Fishman. Rabbi Oren Steinitz translated the kaddish on the 3rd yahrzeit after Reb Zalman’s passing. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Rabbi Jill Hammer, Ph.D. and neohasid.org
Shared on א׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ט (2018-12-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḥanukkah
Tags: זמירות zemirot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, banu hoshekh l'garesh 
Alternative lyrics to the popular Ḥanukkah song, Banu Ḥoshekh L’Garesh by Sara Levi-Tanai (1960). . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on י״ב בניסן ה׳תשע״ה (2015-04-01) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Seder l'Pesaḥ
Tags: eco-conscious, four worlds, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
The Haggadah of the Inner Seder focuses on revealing the inner structure of the seder. This haggadah gives signposts and cues as to where the important shifts in meaning are happening. It also makes clear the seder’s structure and adds in some commentaries that will make sense of not just what things mean but how they work. It also includes some of the customs I am fond of. It does not include a lot of material meant to update the seder or to bring in contemporary issues (though it does have a few commentaries related to peace between Israelis and Palestinians). The Haggadah is 18 pages long. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Seidenberg, neohasid.org and Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Shared on כ״ז באלול ה׳תשע״ה (2015-09-11) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System
Tags: eco-conscious, ecumenical prayers, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Massachusetts, ecoḥasid, Northampton, Catholic and Apostolic Church, Vatican City 
An ecumenical prayer by Pope Francis from his encyclical, Laudato Si (praise be to you) from May 24th, 2015. Here’s my draft of a Hebrew translation of Pope Francis’ prayer for our earth. It turns out no one had translated it yet. The translation includes sparks from the High Holiday liturgy. I thought we should have it available for Rosh Hashanah, even though I’m sure the translation could use more work and more feedback. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on י״ד בתשרי ה׳תש״פ (2019-10-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Sukkot, Hoshana Rabbah
Tags: eco-conscious, hoshanot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, Needing Translation (into Hebrew) 
A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on י״ד בתשרי ה׳תש״פ (2019-10-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Sukkot
Tags: eco-conscious, United States, hoshanot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, Northampton, mesostic, alphabetic mesostic 
A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady
Shared on ט״ז באב ה׳תשע״ג (2013-07-23) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Roleplaying
Tags: eco-conscious, animal protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
Domesticated animals (behemot) are distinguished from ḥayot, wild animals in having been bred to rely upon human beings for their welfare. As the livelihood and continued existence of wild animals increasingly depends on the energy, food, and land use decisions of human beings, the responsibility for their care is coming into the purview of our religious responsibilities as Jews under the mitsvah of tsa’ar baalei ḥayyim — mindfullness of the suffering of all living creatures in our decisions and behavior. Rosh haShanah la-Behemah is the festival where we are reminded of this important mitsvah at the onset of the month in which we imagine ourselves to be the flock of a god upon whose welfare we rely. The “Council of All Beings” is an activity that can help us understand and reflect upon the needs of the flock of creatures that already rely upon us for their welfare. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, neohasid.org, Yirmiyah ben Ḥilkiyah haKohen, Barukh ben Neriyah and the Masoretic Text
Shared on ד׳ באב ה׳תשע״ו (2016-08-07) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Eikhah (Lamentations), Tisha b'Av Readings
Tags: alienation, English Translation, Mourning this Broken World, 21st century C.E., Five Megillot, Exilic Period, anti-predation, Concordant translation, ecoḥasid 
This translation of Laments, the book of mourning poems read on Tish’a B’Av, uses principles of the Buber-Rosenzweig Bible. It strives to be “concordant”, translating related Hebrew words with related English words and following the order and syntax of the Hebrew where possible. It also focuses on the more physical, earthy meaning of words, in order to draw the reader from modern towards more ancient ways of seeing and feeling. Sometimes alternate translations are given, indicated by a slash. (When reading aloud, simply pick one of the translations. For YHVH, you can read Adonai or Hashem or “the Eternal”.) James Moffat’s 1922 translation was consulted. As a somewhat literal translation, Laments uses “He” and “His” as pronouns for God, even though Torah and common sense command us not to make an exclusively male or female image of God. If you are using Laments liturgically, please feel encouraged to change the pronouns. For brief essays on the theology of Eikhah and more, see the bottom of this page. This work is dedicated to all refugees fleeing war and upheaval, and to our remembering their needs. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ט במרחשון ה׳תשע״ג (2012-11-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Dangerous Storms & Floods, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System
Tags: eco-conscious, weather, emergency, danger, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., בקשות Baqashot, 58th century A.M., Hebrew translation, Hurricane Sandy, taking responsibility, Hurricane Harvey, ecoḥasid, Hurricane Florence 
The prayers for hurricane victims that are circulating through the Open Siddur Project and elsewhere are poignant and heartfelt, but they don’t speak an important piece of the truth that we need to hear. What about our collective responsibility for climate disruption that undoubtedly increases the harm caused by this and every major storm? And what about the Deuteronomic promise that God brings us recompense for our actions davka through the weather? Here’s an attempt at a prayer that incorporates a deeper understanding of our responsibility. For the final version of this prayer, I started with an anonymous Hebrew translation of my original English prayer, then I tweaked it and wove in scriptural references, and retranslated it back into English. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ט באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-08-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Solar Eclipse
Tags: eco-conscious, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Coronation, the sun, Crowning, Eclipse, total solar eclipse, solar eclipse, the moon, ecoḥasid 
Blessings and prayers for the eclipse, at: neohasid.org/eclipse including texts and links to other Internet resources. May we all find blessing in the wonder. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ד במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Blessings After Eating
Tags: Jewish Renewal, ecoḥasid 
The style by which Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l translated Jewish liturgy in English was neither literal nor idiomatic, but highly interpretive and interspersed with his own ḥiddushim (innovations). Showing Reb Zalman’s translation side-by-side with the Jewish liturgy helps to illuminate his understanding of the liturgy — it’s deeper meaning as well as how it might be communicated to a contemporary audience. In the version I have prepared below, I have set the interpretive translation of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l side-by-side with the liturgical Hebrew that may have inspired it. In several places, Reb Zalman’s formulation departs from the traditional Ashkenazi nusaḥ. Where there is no Hebrew, we can more easily observe where Reb Zalman has expanded upon the blessing. Still, my work was not exhaustive and I appreciate any corrections to the nusaḥ (liturgical custom) of the Hebrew that may have inspired Reb Zalman’s interpretation in English. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yitsḥak Luria
Shared on ב׳ באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-07-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Bedtime Shema
Tags: interpretive translation, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., Concluding Prayers, Before Sleep, Forgiveness, Equanimity, school of the ARI z"l, ecoḥasid, devotional interpretation 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included his translation of Rabbi Yitsḥak Luria’s prayer “Hareni Moḥel” (I hereby forgive) in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). To the best of my ability, I have set his translation side-by-side with a transcription of the vocalized text of the prayer. The prayer by the ARI z”l was first published in Ḥayim Vital’s Pri Ets Ḥayyim, Shaar Kriyat Shema al Hamitah, Pereq 2 (פרי עץ חיים, שער קריאת שמע שעל המיטה, פרק ב), and based on the statement of Reish Lakish in the Bavli Pesachim 66b and the practice of Mar Zutra attested in the Bavli Megillah 28a . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on א׳ בתשרי ה׳תשע״ב (2011-09-28) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Rosh haShanah l'Maaseh Bereshit, Cacophany
Tags: Breslov, clapping, Bratslav, Coronation, ecoḥasid, Ḥasidic, Public Amidah, Musaf Rosh Hashanah, Amidah Third Blessing, קדושה Qedushah 
In Uman, Ukraine (and in [the Breslov [community] in general) during the repetition of Rosh Hashanah Musaf, when when the ḥazan gets to the special brokha in the Amidah for Yamim Nora’im [the Days of Awe]: . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady and Lieba B. Ruth
Shared on ט״ו בניסן ה׳תשע״ג (2013-03-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Leil Pesaḥ, Sefirat ha'Omer
Tags: eco-conscious, barley, wheat, counting, growing, apprehension, watchfulness, trepidation, growth, ecoḥasid, neo-lurianic, ספירת העומר sfirat haomer, ספירות sephirot 
Each day between the beginning of Passover and Shavuot gets counted, 49 days in all, 7 weeks of seven days. That makes the omer period a miniature version of the Shmitta and Yovel (Jubilee) cycle of 7 cycles of seven years. Just as that cycle is one of resetting society’s clock to align ourselves with freedom and with the needs of the land, this cycle too is a chance to align ourselves with the rhythms of spring and the spiritual freedom represented by the Torah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Elazar ben Moshe Azikri and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ה (2014-11-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Kabbalat Shabbat, Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: 20th century C.E., interpretive translation, acrostic, Jewish Renewal, פיוטים piyyutim, בקשות Baqashot, פתיחות Petiḥot, ידיד נפש Yedid Nefesh, 15th century C.E., ecoḥasid, Divine name acrostic, 52nd century A.M. 
Yedid Nefesh is a piyyut of uncertain authorship. Rabbi Elazar Moshe Azikri (1533-1600) included the piyyut in his Sefer Haḥaredim (1588). (The images below are of pages with Yedid Nefesh handwritten by Azikri.) A version of the piyyut “with noteworthy text, spelling and pointing” may be found on folio 146 (verso) of Samuel b. David b. Solomon’s Commentary On the Book of Numbers (ca. 1437 CE, see Stefan C. Reif, The Hebrew Manuscripts at Cambridge University Libraries: A Description and Introduction Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, page 93). Presumably, this text was added to the 15th century manuscript sometime in the 17th century after the popularization of Yedid Nefesh. The piyyut has since appeared with a number of variations in various siddurim. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on י״ד באייר ה׳תשע״ה (2015-05-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Learning, Study, and School, Torah Study
Tags: 20th century C.E., talmud torah, Jewish Renewal, 58th century A.M., Prayers before Torah Study, ecoḥasid 
My Lord Creator of all, Master of all worlds, Supreme, compassionate and forgiving, Thank You for Your Torah, Thank You for allowing me to learn from it And to move toward serving You. Thank You for revealing some of the Mysteries of Your Way. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ט״ו בשבט ה׳תשע״ב (2012-02-07) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat), Seder l'Rosh Hashanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
Tags: eco-conscious, sourcesheet, four worlds, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, neo-lurianic 
From [the Holy One’s] form/to’ar the constellations are shimmering, and God’s form projects the exalted ones. And Her crown blazes [with] the mighty, and His garment flows with the precious. And all the trees will rejoice in the word, and the plants will exult in His rejoicing, and His words shall drop as perfumes, flowing forth flames of fire, giving joy to those who search them, and quiet to those who fulfill them. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center
Shared on כ״ה בניסן ה׳תשע״ח (2018-04-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Sefirat ha'Omer
Tags: eco-conscious, ל״ג בעומר lag baomer, North America, ל״ב בעומר lev ba'omer, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, Northampton, Rainbow Day, יום קשת Yom Qeshet 
This is a prayer to be read between the 17th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ז ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 32nd (ל״ב) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ל׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ד (2013-11-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Aleinu
Tags: universalist, ecoḥasid 
This version of the Aleinu recognizes that all nations play a role in God’s plan for humanity. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ה בניסן ה׳תש״ע (2010-04-08) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: the New Sun
Tags: eco-conscious, photosynthesis, life, solar, sol, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the sun, ecoḥasid 
We come here ready to fulfill the Creator’s commandment to give blessing for the Sun’s creation and in this year we recognize that the abundance of blessing which Earth receives from the Sun depends on the health of the Skies, which is in human hands for the first time in any generation in all the years of blessing the Sun, from the beginning of the world. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi R. Karpov, Ph.D.
Shared on ג׳ בשבט ה׳תשע״ג (2013-01-14) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Seder l'Rosh Hashanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
Tags: four worlds, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, neo-lurianic 
A four worlds, neo-ḥasidic haggadah for the Seder Tu BiShvat . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ה בניסן ה׳תשע״ח (2018-04-09) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Sefirat ha'Omer
Tags: eco-conscious, North America, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, ecoḥasid, Northampton, יום קשת Yom Qeshet 
This is a prayer to be read between the 18th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ח ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 33rd (ל״ג) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rabbi R. Karpov, Ph.D.
Shared on ט״ז באלול ה׳תשע״ב (2012-09-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Seder Akhilat haSimanim
Tags: four worlds, seudot, festive meals, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., סגולות segulot, ecoḥasid, סימנים simanim, neo-lurianic 
Ḥazal, — some of our Jewish Sages, May Their Memory Be For A Blessing — suggest that ‘simanah milsah‘ — a symbol has significance. Some of the teachers of Jewish tradition encourage us on Rosh HaShanah to partake of a variety of foods suggestive of prosperity and happiness. This usage is alluded to in the directive of the prophet Nechemiah to the assembly: ‘Go your way, eat the fat and drink the sweet …” (Nechemiah 8:10). Our kavvanoth — sacred intentions — are that these Symbolic Foods Of Life are to help us effect a good coming year. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Aharon N. Varady and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ה באייר ה׳תשע״ב (2012-05-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Ḳeshet (42nd day of the Omer)
Tags: eco-conscious, ל״ג בעומר lag baomer, shavuot, ל״ב בעומר lev ba'omer, ecoḥasid 
The time we are in now is a time to ask: are we so determined to undo God’s rainbow covenant? Will we truly burn the sea, chemically and literally, with the oil we unleash from inside the Earth? Will we flood the sea with death as the land was flooded according to the Noah story of so long ago? As the cleanup continues and the effects will continue for decades, what new floods will we unleash in the coming years? . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ל׳ בכסלו ה׳תשע״ה (2014-12-22) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḥanukkah, Rosh Ḥodesh Tevet
Tags: eco-conscious, North America, solstice, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Northampton 
Here’s a first draft of a brief liturgy for last night, for solstice plus Ḥanukkah. Note that this is a kind of eco-liturgy, but it also stands on its own without imposing an ecological overlay. Since it’s still solstice all day, you may want to use this prayer now, or at dusk tonight. . . . Shared on ד׳ בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2019-12-31) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, The Shmita Year (Earth's Shabbat)
Tags: פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Hayom T'amtsenu Two suggestions for ḥazanim (cantors) and shliḥei tzibur on the High Holidays. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ד׳ בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2019-12-31) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Symbolic Foods, The Shmita Year (Earth's Shabbat)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
Many people eat special foods as part of a mini-seder at the beginning of the Rosh Hashanah meal and invoke blessings for the year as they eat them. This year, you can add figs to your Rosh Hashanah seder (apples and honey, or apples, dates, beets, etc.) and recite with this kavvanah (intention). . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on א׳ באדר א׳ ה׳תשע״ו (2016-02-10) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Blessings Before Eating
Tags: blessings, eco-conscious, ברכות brakhot, ecoḥasid 
The Talmud (Brakhot 35a-b) teaches that eating food without saying a brakhah (a blessing) beforehand is like stealing. A lot of people know that teaching, and it’s pretty deep. But here’s an even deeper part: the Talmud doesn’t call it “stealing”, but מעילה ׁ(“me’ilah“), which means taking from sacred property that belongs to the Temple. So that means that everything in the world is sacred and this Creation is like a HOLY TEMPLE. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ח׳ בכסלו ה׳תשע״א (2010-11-15) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh haShanah la-Melakhim, Rosh haShanah la-Behemah, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Rosh haShanah l'Maaseh Bereshit, Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
Tags: eco-conscious, North America, earth, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid 
God of all spirit, all directions, all winds You have placed in our hands power unlike any since the world began to overturn the orders of creation. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on כ״ב בכסלו ה׳תשע״ד (2013-11-25) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḥanukkah, Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)
Tags: eco-conscious, United States, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid 
May the next Thanksgivukkah be a time of health and abundance for all of you who will receive the world from our hands. May we together find away to make sure that there is health and wealth and beauty not just for our family, not just for the Jewish people and humanity, but for all living creatures who share this planet with us. May the One bless us with the power and wisdom to birth a society that shows love to the world around us, that lives with love towards all beings. . . . |
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