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English vernacular prayer —⟶ tag: English vernacular prayer Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? The formulation for giving thanks for entering wakefulness innovated by Moshe ibn Makhir, as translated by Andrew Shaw. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Alive, English vernacular prayer, Gratitude, מודה אני Modeh Ani, רשויות reshuyot, shaḥarit, Spirit, Sunrise, Wakefulness Contributor(s): Hashem, as I open my Siddur, let me pray with proper kavanah. Let me pray with sincerity, paying careful attention to every word I utter. Hashem, let me concentrate with my whole being on the meaning of each and every word, sentence and prayer. Keep my mind from wandering to other subjects, and keep me from neglecting to put my heart and soul in to each and every prayer, praise and blessing. May my prayer come before You, O Hashem, at a time of grace, and may it be accepted favorably by You. Amen. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, כוונות kavvanot, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), North America, Opening Prayers, Openers, Prayers for Praying, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): Trisha Arlin shares “Motzi”, a kavanah (intention) for the blessing, Hamotzi Lehem Min Ha’aretz, over challah. Describing the kavanah she writes that it’s, “based on Rabbi Ellen Lippmann’s tradition on having us create a chain of touch around room that leads to and from the challah, which she then explains as both exemplifying the connection created when people eat together and the chain of work that went to creating the challah itself.” Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ברכת המוציא birkat hamotsi, bread, English vernacular prayer, food, חלה challah ḥallah, Kolot Chayeinu, Prayers as poems, yom tov Contributor(s): A paraliturgical Amidah (standing mediation) for Rosh haShanah. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., עמידה amidah, English vernacular prayer, New York, North America, paraliturgical amidah Contributor(s): A prayer written by a son upon the death of his mother. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., death of a parent, English vernacular prayer, prayers on behalf of parents Contributor(s): What the Rabbis taught about teaching and learning was that all Torah study should begin and end with blessings, just as eating does. Often, in liberal Jewish circles today, these blessings are not done. But without them, it is easier for Torah study to feel like a mere academic discussion, devoid of spirit. And where the blessings are said but only by rote, it is easier for Torah study to feel merely antiquarian and automatic. In Jewish-renewal style, how can we bring new kavvanah — spiritual meaning, intention, focus, intensity — to these blessings — and therefore to the process of Torah study itself? Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., Aleph, ברכות brakhot, communal, English vernacular prayer, קדיש דרבנן Ḳaddish D'Rabanan, North America, participatory, Renewal, talmud torah Contributor(s): Tu B’Av, the fifteenth of the month of Av, comes in July or August, at a time when the air is sweltering, the sun is ever-present, and the green plant life is wilting. In Israel, Av is a month of extreme heat when nothing grows. It comes just six days after the 9th of Av, Tishah b’Av, the holiday of mourning, when the Temple is destroyed, when the Shekhinah grieves like a widow who has lost her mate. The first of Tammuz, when we recognize our exile and mortality, lingers in the heat of the air. Yet Tu B’Av is a holiday of dancing and choosing lovers, a holiday of life. It is a turning around of time. It is the moment when the fallen fruit breaks open to reveal the new seed. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Difficult People (in two parts)” was first offered on Yom Kippur 5772 (2011) at Pleasantville Community Synagogue (Pleasantville, NY), and has since appeared in congregational newsletters, blogs, and on the website “Restless Pilgrim.” The prayer (in two parts) begins with a focus on the difficult people in our lives, then shifts and becomes a prayer that we ourselves not be difficult people in the lives of others. The opening prayer offered before the Boston City Council on April 13th, 2011. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 April 2011. Categories: Tags: 112th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 May 2011. Categories: Tags: 112th Congress, 2011 Joplin tornado, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 15 September 2011. The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 2 November 2011. Categories: Tags: 112th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, pluralism, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, U.S. Senate, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): Fixated as we are by incalculable losses in our families, our neighbors, human beings spanning national borders, we are pummeled into shock, barely even able to call out to You. We are, as ever, called to share bread with the hungry, to take those who suffer into our homes, to clothe the naked, to not ignore our sisters and brothers. Many more of our brothers and sisters are hungry, homeless, cold, and vulnerable today than were just a few days ago, and we need Your Help. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., disaster, emergency, English vernacular prayer, Hurricane Sandy, storm, תחינות teḥinot, weather Contributor(s): The full text of Rabbi David Wolpe’s benediction offered at the end of the second day of the Democratic National Convention, September 6th, 2012. A mi sheberakh prayer on behalf of a scribe who has recently completed copying a sefer Torah. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, hadran, מי שברך mi sheberakh, North America, siyyum, soferut Contributor(s): A prayer-poem for healing by Trisha Arlin. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, English vernacular prayer, first person, Prayers as poems, refuah Contributor(s): A holistic prayer for health in work. Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, health, North America, self-care, שמירת הגוף shmirat haguf, workers, working Contributor(s): A traveler’s prayer in English, adapted from the traditional formula vt Rabbi Menachem Creditor. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): May the words we are with Your help sharing today, Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), 🌐 Earth Day (22 April) Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, English vernacular prayer, global climate change, global warming, interbreathing, interconnectedness, Memorial prayers Contributor(s): | ||
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