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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? “A Prayer for New York City After a Mass Shooting” was offered by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared through the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook, 29 July 2025 after the 2025 Midtown Manhattan shooting the previous day. A prayer written for the people of Washington DC during the Trump administration’s authoritarian push, August 2025. This invocation was given at the 78th annual George Washington Letter Reading Event, August 17, 2025 (23 Av, 5785), held by the Touro Synagogue Foundation to celebrate the famous 1790 letter exchange between the Jewish community of Newport, Rhode Island (represented by warden Moses Seixas) and first president of the United States, George Washington. Washington’s response to Seixas’s letter, in which he quotes some of his most iconic phrasings, is one of the first official statements by the US government on the value of religious freedom. This Letter Reading Event was held in the Old Colony House (where the Jewish community’s letter was probably presented to President Washington), rather than in the Touro Synagogue, due to Congregation Shearith Israel in New York’s barring of the Touro Synagogue Foundation from access to the building. This prayer by Devorah Brous (fromsoil2soul), “A blessing for the bees (5786)” was first published as text rendered inside a video compiled by the author. This prayer by Rabbi Dr. Berman was offered while serving as guest chaplain before the 119th Congress, 1st Session of the US Senate on 10 September 2025. The prayer was published in the Congressional Record, v.171, n.148 (Wednesday, September 10, 2025), Senate, page S6511. The Office of the Chief Rabbi’s prayer on the day following the terror attack in Manchester on Yom Kippur 5786 (2025). Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., British Jewry, English vernacular prayer, Manchester synagogue attack Contributor(s): Other rituals will surely arise — songs, prayers, art, and silence — each guided by the wisdom and imagination of artists, rabbis, and ritual leaders who help us make meaning in the wake of sorrow and hope. Let us honor both the moment and the movement — the courage to create holiness even as we live toward wholeness. Categories: Tags: 2023-2025 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., burial service, English vernacular prayer, Genizah Contributor(s): Other rituals will surely arise — songs, prayers, art, and silence — each guided by the wisdom and imagination of artists, rabbis, and ritual leaders who help us make meaning in the wake of sorrow and hope. Let us honor both the moment and the movement — the courage to create holiness even as we live toward wholeness. Categories: Tags: 2023-2025 Israel–Hamas war, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Gaza war peace plan Contributor(s): “The Chief Rabbi’s Prayer of Thanksgiving & Hope on the Occasion of the Release of the Remaining Living Hostages Held in Gaza” by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth was first shared via social media on erev Shabbat Bereshit (17 October 2025) by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. “A Prayer for the Shabbat After Bondi Beach” by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was offered via Open Siddur Project’s discussion group on Facebook, 19 December 2025, in response to the Bondi Beach shootings in Sydney, Australia on 14 December 2025. Categories: Tags: 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Australian Jewry, English vernacular prayer Contributor(s): A prayer for every day in the Gregorian year 2026, by Miriam Rubin, was offered in the first week of January, on 5 Jan 2026. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): These supplemental stanzas to the 1623 piyyut, “Shalom Aleikhem,” by Miriam Rubin, were offered on 9 January 2026. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “A Prayer for Game Day” was offered by Rabbi Menachem Creditor and shared through the Open Siddur Project via our discussion group on Facebook, 3 February 2026, in the week before “Super Bowl ⅬⅩ” on 8 February 2026. The “Super Bowl” is the premiere contest between competing teams in the game of gridiron football, played predominantly in North America, in the United States. Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): “Ad d’Lo Yada” was offered by R’ Hannah Dresner and first published in In Times Like These (2026), a collection of prayers and related resources for Purim published by The Bayit: Building Jewish. A Passover adaptation of “Marching through Georgia” by Henry Clay Work (1832-1884). Categories: Tags: English vernacular prayer, Freedom, haggadah supplements, Jewish liberation, liberation, liberation from mitsrayim, Slaveholders' Rebellion (1861-1865), זמירות zemirot Contributor(s): This prayer by Rabbi Peter Stein was offered while serving as guest chaplain before the 119th Congress, 2nd Session of the US House of Representatives on 30 April 2026. “A Prayer for Our Country During a Time of Division – 5786” was offered by David Abernethy on 1 March 2026. A ritual and liturgy for Jews who have felt compelled to withdraw from friendships, organisations, or social and religious environments in which antisemitism, hostility towards Israel, or the dismissal of Jewish grief had become tolerated or normalised. It is intended particularly for those who have already established a practical boundary—by leaving, blocking, unfollowing, or ending a relationship—and who need a Jewish ritual through which to acknowledge the resulting grief and affirm their dignity, solidarity, and continued connection to the Jewish people. | ||
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