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Heal Me, a prayer-poem by Trisha Arlin

Contributor(s): Trisha Arlin
Shared on ט׳ באדר ה׳תשע״ב (2012-03-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Well-being, health, and caregiving
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first person, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, refuah, Prayers as poems

A prayer-poem for healing by Trisha Arlin. . . .

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

Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״א בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Leil Pesaḥ, Sukkot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ
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Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, 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. . . .

The Breath of All Life, a paraliturgical Nishmat Kol Ḥai for Shabbat morning by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat

Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Shared on י״ד בתמוז ה׳תשע״ג (2013-06-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Shaḥarit l'Shabbat
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Breath, interconnectedness, interbreathing, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai

…if we could discard differences: human,
animal, fire, stone, seed, snow

even that cry of togetherness
would not be enough to thank You. . . .

הבדלה | Distinctions (Havdalah) for the end of Shabbat, by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat

Motsei Shabbat
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תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical havdalah, הבדלות havdalot

Wax drips from the braided candle.
Cinnamon tingles the nose
to keep us from fainting
as the extra soul departs.
Stop now. Notice this hinge
between Shabbat
and what’s next. . . .

Saturday Afternoon Request by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat

Minḥah l'Shabbat
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eros, dreaming, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Return to Eden, quiet

Help me to silence
my mind’s aggravation alarm,
to quiet the voice which says
the to-do list matters,
to temporarily eschew
continuous partial attention. . . .

Sandalphon, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1858)

Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow
Shared on כ״ח בסיון ה׳תשע״ג (2013-06-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Ḳedushah
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romanticism, 19th century C.E., Keter, Crown, Wreath, Wheel, Hekhalot, Angels, 57th century A.M., סנדלפון Sandalphon, English Romanticism, Coronation, Angelic Nature, English poetry, קדושה Qedushah

Have you read in the Talmud of old,
In the Legends the Rabbins have told
Of the limitless realms of the air,–
Have you read it,–the marvellous story
Of Sandalphon, the Angel of Glory,
Sandalphon, the Angel of Prayer? . . .

In Search of Seraḥ: A Prayer to Seraḥ by Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״ח בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license
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Well-being, health, and caregiving
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Ancestors, Artists, Healing, inspiration, Parashat Vayigash, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, prayers in the name of ancestors, Prayers as poems

[In Parshat Vayigash] we read of the members of Jacob’s family who went down to Egypt. There were 53 grandsons listed, but only a single granddaughter – Seraḥ, the daughter of Asher. The commentators wonder, what was so exceptional about this girl that her name was recorded? The Midrash spills forth with stories portraying an image of a unique and endearing Biblical heroine. Seraḥ stands as a trusted, beloved sage of the people. She possessed an uncommon gift of healing through poetry and music. Somewhat as Orpheus is to Greek myth, so is Seraḥ to the Biblical myth – the archetypal poet and bard. . . .

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