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tag: Jewish Renewal Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? This is an English translation of Psalms 30 by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). The translation was set side-by-side with the original Hebrew by Aharon Varady. . . . Categories: Tags: devotional interpretation, English Translation, interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, Liturgical customs of Kabbalists, מוצאי שבת Motsei Shabbat, North America, Openers, תהלים Psalms, Psalms 30, Uva Letsiyon Contributor(s): The style by which Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l translated Jewish liturgy in English was neither literal nor idiomatic, but highly interpretive and interspersed with his own ḥiddushim (innovations). Showing Reb Zalman’s translation side-by-side with the Jewish liturgy helps to illuminate his understanding of the liturgy — it’s deeper meaning as well as how it might be communicated to a contemporary audience. In the version I have prepared below, I have set the interpretive translation of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l side-by-side with the liturgical Hebrew that may have inspired it. In several places, Reb Zalman’s formulation departs from the traditional Ashkenazi nusaḥ. Where there is no Hebrew, we can more easily observe where Reb Zalman has expanded upon the blessing. Still, my work was not exhaustive and I appreciate any corrections to the nusaḥ (liturgical custom) of the Hebrew that may have inspired Reb Zalman’s interpretation in English. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This English translation of the blessing for Torah study by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification according to the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l by Aharon Varady. . . . Categories: Tags: Amoraic prayers, Antiquity, devotional interpretation, ecoḥasid, English Translation, interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, Late Antiquity, North America, Prayers before Torah Study, talmud torah, Tannaitic prayers Contributor(s): This Kaddish was first published online at Jewish Renewal Chassidus by Gabbai Seth Fishman. Rabbi Oren Steinitz translated the kaddish on the 3rd yahrzeit after Reb Zalman’s passing. . . . The most well-known 42 letter divine name acrostic piyyut. . . . Categories: Tags: 42 letter divine name, acrostic, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, devotional interpretation, Divine name acrostic, interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia, פיוטים piyyuṭim, singing translation Contributor(s): A blessing by Reb Zalman for Peace, Health, Joy, Prosperity, and Kindness which he wrote in spray paint on a municipal water tank behind his house in Colorado. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., blessings, ברכות brakhot, Colorado, entering magical territory, Jewish Renewal, Masaru Emoto, shehakol, water Contributor(s): If you are not used to reading Hebrew with comprehension and with the ability to dilate the Hebrew from the literal meaning, or if you cannot read Hebrew and need a resource for daily davvenen, I offer you this set of texts, which I, too, use frequently for myself. I translated the Psalms and the liturgy in the way in which I experience them in my feeling consciousness. This does not offer the ‘pshat’, the literal meaning of the words, but the devotional interpretation that can make it a prayer of the heart. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., devotional interpretation, English Translation, English vernacular prayer, four worlds, interpretive translation, Jewish Renewal, neo-lurianic Contributor(s): A sabbath Supplement to Reb Zalman’s Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi ~ As I Can Say It (for Praying in the Vernacular) (2009). . . . Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included these Weekday Affirmations based on the Amidah, in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., affirmations, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Renewal, neo-lurianic, North America Contributor(s): Shabbat Affirmations for erev shabbat in preparation of welcoming the shabbat. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., affirmations, English vernacular prayer, Jewish Renewal, כוונות kavvanot Contributor(s): A prayer before commencing the study of Torah in groups, in ḥavrutah study, or alone. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Elat Chayyim, Jewish Renewal, Prayers before Torah Study, talmud torah Contributor(s): This list of thirteen supplications for emunah (faith) in particular beliefs was included by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . Geshem and tal: rain and dew. We pray for each in its season, geshem all winter and tal as summer approaches…not everywhere, necessarily, but in the land of Israel where our prayers have their roots. In a desert climate, water is clearly a gift from God. It’s easy for us to forget that, here with all of this rain and snow. But our liturgy reminds us. Through the winter months, during our daily amidah we’ve prayed “mashiv ha-ruach u-morid ha-gashem” — You cause the winds to blow and the rains to fall! We only pray for rain during the rainy season, because it is frustrating both to us and to God when we pray for impossibilities. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., eco-conscious, Jewish Renewal, North America, North American Jewry, paraliturgical teḥinot, water cycle Contributor(s): As we move not just toward a new “year” (shanah) but toward a moment when repetition (sheni) becomes transformation (shinui), I hope we will remember the roots of Jewish renewal in the upheavals of the 1960s as well as the upheavals of the 1760s, the roots of Judaism in the great “political” speeches of the Prophets, and the teachings of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who said that in a great civil rights march his legs were praying, and who argued again and again that “spirituality” and “politics” cannot be severed. As Heschel also said, “Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive.” . . . Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., interpretive translation, Isaiah, Isaiah 57, Isaiah 58, Jewish Renewal, liberation, Midrashic interpretation Contributor(s): This is Effron Esseiva’s morning Amidah (standing prayer) for weekdays. Effron writes, “It’s called Shmonei Esrei (18) because it used to have eighteen brakhot (blessings). However, it has an additional brakha to bring it to nineteen. This is my interpretation of the Teissa Esrei (19) with abridged kavvanot (intentions).” . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): In these still, quiet moments I am not asleep, and not yet awake. In the threshold of day and night, with the mixture of darkness and light, my body is once again coming to life. I am reborn, each day, from the womb of your compassion. May all of my actions be worthy of the faith you’ve placed in me. With words of thanks I’ll greet the dawn. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., blessings, Gratitude, Jewish Renewal, Needing Decompilation, paraliturgical reflections, Wakefulness Contributor(s): A prayerbook of paraliturgical reflections on the weekday morning prayers composed for a shame resilience practice. . . . There it sits on the Seder plate: ḥaroset, a delicious paste of chopped nuts, chopped fruits, spices, and wine. So the question would seem obvious: “Why is there ḥaroset on the Seder plate?” That’s the most secret Question at the Seder – so secret nobody even asks it. And it’s got the most secret answer: none. . . . Categories: Tags: Contributor(s): This is a complete* Jewish Renewal/Reconstructionist Machzor for Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, primarily influenced by the davennin of Reb Zalman and the Aquarian Minyan. All text in English is gender-neutral. All Hebrew prayers are accompanied by transliteration. Material for Shabbat is at the back of the book. Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur prayers are combined (so some pages need to be skipped depending), but there should be a minimum of flipping back and forth. . . . Categories: Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., ecoḥasid, Jewish Renewal, Needing Decompilation, Nusḥaot l'Yahadut Mitkhadeshet Contributor(s): | ||
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