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tag: Justice Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s translation and reworking of Psalms 14 was first published in Psalms in a Translation for Praying (Alliance for Jewish Renewal, Philadelphia: 2014), p. 17. חֵרֶם סְתָם | Ḥerem Stam (General Excommunication Threat) for Waylaid Goods, from HUC Ms. 453 (1730)An announcement of ḥerem stam (a general threat of excommunication) on the occurrence of stolen or waylaid goods, found in this form in a 1730 Seder Hazkarot Neshamot copied by Shabetai Sheftel ben Zalman Auerbach (HUC Ms. 453, 21r). If a community member was stolen from, they could go to the sexton (shammash), who would declare the theft and proclaim a general threat of excommunication on all who knew anything about the occurrence and failed to speak on the matter. “Righteousness” is the twenty-ninth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 99-101. Categories: Tags: 20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, exhortation, Justice, social justice, teḥinot in English, תוכחות tokheḥot, צדק צדק תרדוף tsedeq tsedeq tirdof Contributor(s): A prayer for empathy and compassion in the face of calls for violence and vengeance. | ||
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