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a community-grown, libre Open Access archive of Jewish prayer and liturgical resources — for those crafting their own prayerbooks and sharing the content of their practice
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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. House of Representatives on 24 September 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 June 2018. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 November 2018. . . . A prayer for universal peace offered by Hillel Yisraeli-Lavery as an opening prayer to a talk given in Hamilton, Canada by 2011 Nobel Prize winner Leymah Gbowee. . . . Psalms 140 decries the injustice tolerated, supported, and rallied around within the community of Israel. This contemporary adaptation does the same. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical Psalms 140, Psalms 140, תחינות teḥinot, United States Contributor(s): A prayer on the first anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh. . . . A prayer in English to end gun violence before Rosh haShanah, . . . A prayer for the correction of the United States immigration policy in support of immigrants and open borders. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 6 February 2019. . . . The words of Greta Thunberg adapted for a prayer for intervention in the anthropogenic climate crisis, for a Honshana ritual for Sukkot. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., alphabetic mesostic, climate crisis, English vernacular prayer, global climate change, הושענות hoshanot, mesostic Contributor(s): A meditation on living through the lens of dying. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Gratitude, Paraliturgical Mourner's Kaddish Contributor(s): One small request to accompany the seliḥot service. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical seliḥot, סליחות səliḥot, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A prayer in solidarity with the Greater Iowa City Church of the Nazarene, whose building was the target of hateful vandalism. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-fascist, English vernacular prayer, Iowa, Iowa City, solidarity, standing together Contributor(s): A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, English vernacular prayer, הושענות hoshanot, Needing Translation (into Hebrew) Contributor(s): A litany of hoshanot for use in a ritual prayer circle march on the festival of Sukkot. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., alphabetic mesostic, eco-conscious, ecoḥasid, English vernacular prayer, הושענות hoshanot, mesostic, Northampton, United States Contributor(s): Adir 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: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אדיר הוא Adir Hu, Alphabetic Acrostic, English piyyutim, English vernacular prayer, פיוטים piyyuṭim Contributor(s): A kavvanah for affirming one’s Jewish identity in a mikvah before immersion. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., affirmations, confirmation, conversion, English vernacular prayer, Jewish identity Contributor(s): 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: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., על הנסים al hanissim, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical al haNissim, Prayers as poems Contributor(s): 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. . . . A poem-blessing for the Hebrew month of Kislev, suitable for Birkat HaḤodesh, Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev, and the whole month. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): | ||
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