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English vernacular prayer —⟶ tag: English vernacular prayer Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A prayer in English to end gun violence before Rosh haShanah, . . . Categories: Mass Shootings & Gun Violence How Desolate Lie Our Borders, a prayer adaptated from Eikhah for a Tishah b’Av vigil at an immigrant detention center by Rabbi Brant Rosen (2019)A prayer for the correction of the United States immigration policy in support of immigrants and open borders. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 6 February 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 February 2019. . . . Hoshanot Liturgy for the Climate Crisis, adapted by R’ Ezra Weinberg from the words of Greta ThunbergThe words of Greta Thunberg adapted for a prayer for intervention in the anthropogenic climate crisis, for a Honshana ritual for Sukkot. . . . A meditation on living through the lens of dying. . . . One small request to accompany the seliḥot service. . . . A prayer in solidarity with the Greater Iowa City Church of the Nazarene, whose building was the target of hateful vandalism. . . . Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . . A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . . אדיר הוא | Awesome One: an Alphabetical English Interpretation of the piyyut Adir Hu, by Isaac Gantwerk MayerAdir Hu, a classic Pesaḥ song if ever there was one, is a part of Seder tables all over the planet. Its alphabetical list of God’s attributes, combined with its repeated pleas for a return to Jerusalem, make it a classic, to the point where the traditional German farewell greeting for Passover was not “chag sameach” or “gut yontef” but “bau gut” – build well. This interpretation, while not a direct translation by any means, has the same rhythmic pattern and alphabetical structure, giving a sense of the greatness of God. . . . Categories: Nirtsah A kavvanah for affirming one’s Jewish identity in a mikvah before immersion. . . . Categories: Immersion (Purification) Today I turned my heart toward the new year and wrote a prayer-poem for Tashlikh, the Rosh haShanah ritual of casting bread or stones into the water to cast off one’s past wrongdoings. . . . An interpretive version of Al HaNisim for Ḥanukkah that is playful, powerful, and embodied. May it fuel our activism, including the self-care and community-building that is part of activism. . . . Categories: Ḥanukkah A poem-blessing for the Hebrew month of Kislev, suitable for Birkat HaḤodesh, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, and the whole month. . . . Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev (כִּסְלֵו) A prayer for the month of Marḥeshvan (a/k/a Ḥeshvan) on Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan in the autumn season. . . . Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan (מַרְחֶשְׁוָן) A prayer for human solidarity to mitigate the danger that comes when our particular identity as Bnei Yisrael greatly eclipses our universal identity as Bnei Adam. . . . Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty, 🇺🇸 Brotherhood Week, 🌐 United Nations Day (October 24th) A prayer for Israeli-Palestinian solidarity to mitigate the danger that comes when our particular identities greatly eclipse our universal identity as Bnei Adam. . . . Categories: Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession An invocation by Rabbi Jill Jacobs, executive director of T’ruah, offered at the opening dinner of the Council on Foreign Relations annual Religion and Foreign Policy Workshop, June 2019. . . . Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty Tags: 116th Congress, 21st century C.E., 45th President of the United States, 58th century A.M., democracy, English vernacular prayer, Immigration policy of Donald Trump, Trump administration family separation policy, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof, United States, United States Immigration Policy A paraliturgical prayer for rain on Shemini Atseret. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Claudio J. Kogan on 12 March 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 12 March 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Bruce Lustig on 16 May 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 May 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Lawrence Sernovitz on 4 June 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 4 June 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Mark Getman on 24 July 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 July 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Gershon Avtzon on 25 July 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 July 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Evan Hoffman on 29 October 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 October 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Steven Abraham on 20 November 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 November 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 29 November 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 November 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 26 December 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 26 December 2019. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff on 30 December 2019The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 December 2019. . . . Prayer for Every Voice to be Heard and All Votes to be Counted, by Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann (2020)A prayer for the day after the US day of elections that all votes be counted. . . . A prayer for the United States, its leaders and government and its citizens — a personal response to things that were troubling me in the months before November’s election – in particular the level of divisiveness in our country, and what seemed to me to be a growing sense that it isn’t important to respect people we disagree with, and an ever more prevalent belief that we are entitled to decide for ourselves which rules to follow, and all that matters are own rights and our beliefs, not our responsibilities to one another. Inspired by the events of 2020 . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 United States of America Tags: 2020 coronavirus outbreak in the United States, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, civic prayers, civic responsibility, democracy, Donald Trump, English vernacular prayer, pluralism, United States, United States General Election 2020 תפילה בתגובה למגפה | A Prayer in Response to the Coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash 2020)A prayer offered in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus, by Rav Shmuly Yanklowitz (Valley Beit Midrash) . . . Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics Prayer for Workers in a Time of Pandemic, by Rabbi Michael Rothbaum (New England Jewish Labor Committee 2020)A prayer for workers and worker needs amid the 2020 COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. . . . A Viddui written for Jews who are losing a beloved to a plague, and who may not be able to be physically present or close to their loved one. . . . Prayer Amid the Pandemic, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UK & the Commonwealth 2020)A prayer from the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. . . . Categories: Epidemics & Pandemics Tags: 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak, 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Europe, 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., COVID-19 coronavirus, English vernacular prayer Contributor(s): Ephraim Mirvis and Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & the Commonwealth “A Prayer for the New Year (5781)” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor online at his Facebook Page and shared with the Open Siddur Project through our Facebook discussion group. . . . Categories: Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit) Prayer for Reparation and Restoration, an alternative to the Prayer for Welfare of the Government by Rabbi Brant Rosen (Tzedek Chicago 2020)A prayer for collective and communal well-being with an emphasis on dismantling systems of oppression and repairing their harms. . . . Modeled after Gil Scott Heron’s “The Revolution Will Not be Televised,” written for Passover during the pandemic (April 2020). . . . Categories: Magid The full text of Rabbi Lauren Berkun’s benediction offered at the end of the third day of the Democratic National Convention, 20 August 2020. . . . I can’t breathe, We can’t breathe, Earth can’t breathe, a prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center 2020)A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . . A prayer for the Passover seder recognizing the enslavement and estrangement of Jews and Israelites of African descent with hope for their ingathering. . . . Categories: Magid A prayer for children on the first day of a new year of school. . . . Categories: Learning, Study, and School An opening prayer for divine communication and closeness. . . . Categories: Weekday Amidah על אלה אנו בוכים | Al eleh anu bokhim (For these we weep), a lamentation for humanity’s destruction of habitat and species, by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)A ḳinnah for humanity’s willful, negligent, and callous destruction of habitat and species known and unknown. . . . Two kavvanot, one for before and one for after casting away in a Tashlikh ritual. . . . Categories: Tashlikh Mah Nishtanah: what needs to change, a seder supplement to the Four Questions by Kohenet Ilana Joy StreitA playful, powerful, passionate reading for Passover seder or any time. Can be chanted to the traditional Ashkenazi lilt for the Four Questions. . . . A poem-blessing for trailblazers of many kinds, to honor everyday courage and to inspire trust and self-compassion. . . . A blessing for announcing the new moon of Adar, for Rosh Ḥodesh Adar, and for the whole month. . . . Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Adar (אַדָר) Alef & Bet A blessing for announcing the new moon of Shevat, for Rosh Ḥodesh Shevat, and for the whole month. . . . Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Shəvat (שְׁבָט) A soulful, playful, embodied, grounded poem for announcing the new moon of Tishrei, for Rosh Ḥodesh Tishrei (otherwise known as Rosh HaShanah) and for the whole month. . . . | ||
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