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English vernacular prayer —⟶ tag: English vernacular prayer Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? A blessing for announcing the new moon of Nisan, for Rosh Ḥodesh Nisan, and for the whole month. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A soliloquy in the voice of Judith. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 January 2020. . . . Categories: Tags: 116th Congress, 2019–20 Persian Gulf crisis, 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 29 January 2020. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 5 February 2020. . . . Categories: Tags: 116th 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): Invocation for a virtual Memorial Day ceremony at the Washington DC Vietnam War Veterans Memorial. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This Veterans Day Prayer was first published by Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff, Chaplain, USN (Retired), on his twitter page. He writes, “Because of COVID this is the first Veterans Day in a long time I am not part of a ceremony — and I know that’s the situation for many fellow vets. So I wrote it yesterday to share today as a virtual prayer for Veterans Day 2020.” On 11 November 2022, Rabbi Resnicoff offered the expanded revision of this prayer as offered above at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, prayers of military chaplains, United States Contributor(s): The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 October 2020. . . . Categories: Tags: 116th Congress, 1983 Beirut barracks bombings, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): A blessing for us and the year ahead from the last month of the Jewish calendar year. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): A prayer for the observance of Memorial Day in the United States. . . . A kavvanah for clarifying and elevating the activity of tax preparation. . . . This version of Eyshet Ḥayil replaces valor with value, and while it speaks of man in terms of family, community, and the natural world, it is not heteronormative. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, אשת חיל eshet ḥayil, men, role models Contributor(s): A pre-Shavuot prayer in the shadow of the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis. . . . “A New Birkat haMazon/Blessing After the Meal” was first published by Rabbi Brant Rosen via his liturgy blog, Yedid Nefesh (8 March 2021). He writes, “In composing this new Birkat Hamazon/Blessing After the Meal, I maintained the essential structure of the traditional prayer, which consists of four basic spiritual themes or categories. As with the other new liturgies that I’ve written, I seek here to compose Jewish prayers that express a Diasporist ethic; that is to say, liturgy that views the entire world as our “homeland” and resists the influence of modern political Zionism, which has become so thoroughly enmeshed in contemporary Jewish liturgy.” . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ברכת המזון birkat hamazon, diaspora, doikayt, English vernacular prayer Contributor(s): A prayer-poem by Rabbi Arthur Waskow in 2021 reflecting on our difficulty breathing, as a society, as humanity, and as a interconnected, interbreathing biosphere. . . . Categories: Tags: 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 2020 United States racial reckoning, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., אלהי נשמה Elohai neshamah, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical elohai neshamah, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai, Prayers as poems, September 2020 Western United States wildfires, State v. Chauvin Contributor(s): A prayer of gratitude upon receiving a COVID vaccination. . . . A prayer for the government on a day of violent insurrection in the heart of American democracy. . . . A prayer upon receiving a vaccination for COVID. . . . A prayer on being present in the moment of the inauguration of the 59th president of the United States. . . . This prayer for a parent (or primary caregiver) on the vaccination of their children by Cantor Hinda Labovitz was first shared via their Facebook page on 5 November 2021, . . . | ||
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