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English vernacular prayer —⟶ tag: English vernacular prayer Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 21 May 2003. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 June 2003. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 13 June 2003. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Flag Day (June 14), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 16 June 2003. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. David Halpern on 17 June 2003The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 June 2003. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Milton Balkany on 26 June 2003The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 June 2003. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Ari Korenblit on 19 November 2003The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 19 November 2003. . . . This is an untitled prayer by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, originally offered by him in an address given at the Roundtable Dialogue for the visit of the 14th Dalai Lama together with other Nobel Laureates in Vancouver, B.C., entitled “Balancing Educating the Mind with Educating the Heart.” The event was held at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, on Tuesday, April 20, 2004. While the video documenting the address is currently offline, thankfully the original text of the prayer is given in its transcription by Gabbai Seth Fishman. The prayer is presented here alongside an adaptation found in the High Holy Days Maḥzor of Congregation Nevei Kodesh: Jewish Renewal Community of Boulder (2018), p.36, Section 10: Prayers for Rosh haShanah. The prayer in this form, as revised by Netanel Miles-Yepez and Reb Zalman, can be found at Kol Aleph (2014) and the now defunct Sufi Hasidim website (2009). . . . Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System This prayer for Israel was written by Rabbi Naḥum Waldman (1931-2004) for T’ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. T’ruah works to ensure that Israel remains a safe and secure home for Jews and a place that lives up to the ideal stated in the State of Israel’s 1948 Declaration of Independence that Israel “will foster the development of the country for all of its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice, and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.” . . . Categories: 🇮🇱 Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel) A ḳinah (lamentation) for Israeli Prime Minister Yitzḥak Rabin, assassinated on 4 November 1995, the yahrzeit of which is י״א בְּמַרחֶשְׁוָן (11 Marḥeshvan). . . . The full text of Rabbi Ronne Friedman’s invocation offered on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, July 29th, 2004. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Elie Spitz on 18 March 2004The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 March 2004. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Commander Maurice S. Kaprow on 5 May 2004The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 May 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 20 May 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 June 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 June 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 7 July 2004. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 9 September 2004. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dr. Gary P. Zola on 21 September 2004The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 September 2004. . . . Shelley Frier List’s prayer for agunot was originally printed in JOFA JOURNAL, Summer 2005 (5:4), p.5, wherein was added a Hebrew adaptation made by the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA). . . . This “Meditation before Yom Kippur for One who Cannot Fast” (2005) was written by Rabbi Simkha Y. Weintraub, LCSW, Rabbinic Director, National Center for Jewish Healing. It appears in הַרְחֶב פִּֽיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ Open Your Mouth Wide, and I (God) Will Fill It: Prayers and Rituals for those who need to eat on Yom Kippur (2022), p. 11. . . . Categories: Yom Kippur The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 April 2005. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 26 May 2005. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi David Greene on 12 July 2005The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 July 2005. . . . Judy Gumbo co-authored this Al Ḥeit with her partner Stew Albert, ז״ל, before his passing in 2006. This Al Ḥeit was most recently used as part of Yom Kippur Kol Nidre services across the country in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street 5772. . . . Categories: Yom Kippur The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 6 April 2006. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Education and Sharing Day, 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Amy Rader on 14 September 2006The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 14 September 2006. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Shea Harlig on 15 March 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 15 March 2007. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 March 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Paul Silton on 28 March 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Frederick L. Klein on 18 September 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 September 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Ellen Wolintz-Fields on 12 July 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 July 2007. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Irwin N. Goldenberg on 7 November 2007The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 November 2007. . . . A prayer for the great aspirations of the country of the United States of America. . . . The full text of Rabbi David Saperstein’s invocation offered on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, August 8th, 2008. . . . Prayer for Immigrant Justice at an Interfaith Vigil at the Broadview Detention Center, by Rabbi Brant Rosen (2008)A prayer offered at the Broadview Detention Center for an interfaith vigil in support of the detainees and for change in US immigration policy. . . . Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty A contemporary Jewish prayer for healng, used at congregation Tzedek Chicago. . . . A supplement to the Al Ḥet of the Yom Kippur vidui. . . . Categories: Yom Kippur The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 7 February 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Akiva Males on 23 April 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 April 2008. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 22 May 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Felipe Goodman on 3 June 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 June 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Stuart L. Berman on 17 July 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 July 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Peter E. Hyman on 30 July 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 July 2008. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Commander Maurice S. Kaprow on 25 September 2008The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 25 September 2008. . . . 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. . . . Categories: Prayers for the Sun's Renewal A prayer upon the inauguration of President Obama in January 2009. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Inauguration Day (January 20th), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Coronations & Inaugurations 📖 סידור תהילת ה׳ ידבר פי | Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yedaber Pi, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (2009)If you are not used to reading Hebrew with comprehension and with the ability to dilate the Hebrew from the literal meaning, or if you cannot read Hebrew and need a resource for daily davvenen, I offer you this set of texts, which I, too, use frequently for myself. I translated the Psalms and the liturgy in the way in which I experience them in my feeling consciousness. This does not offer the ‘pshat’, the literal meaning of the words, but the devotional interpretation that can make it a prayer of the heart. . . . Categories: Weekday siddurim Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., devotional interpretation, English Translation, English vernacular prayer, four worlds, interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, neo-lurianic Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) 📖 סידור תהילת ה׳ ידבר פי לקוטי תפילה לשבת | Shabbat Supplement to Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi, by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (2009)A sabbath Supplement to Reb Zalman’s Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi ~ As I Can Say It (for Praying in the Vernacular) (2009). . . . Categories: Shabbat Siddurim Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included these Weekday Affirmations based on the Amidah, in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . Categories: Weekday Amidah | ||
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