“Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” was composed by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, drawing on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. . . .
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Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Shared on י״ז באייר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-05-02) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Sukkot, Ecotastrophes
Tags:  20th century C.E., eco-conscious, kindling, North America, candle lighting, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid
Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״א בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Erev Shabbat, Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ
Tags: Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer 
Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Hoffman (translation) and Limor Rubin
Shared on י״א בשבט ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah
Tags: ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, universalist prayers, צדקה tsedaqah 
A prayer of intention before the meeting of the board of a philanthropic organization determining the recipients of the largess in their trust. . . . 
Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Shared on ז׳ בשבט ה׳תשפ״א (2021-01-19) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Government & Country, Inauguration Day (January 20th)
Tags: United States, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, American Jewry of the United States, 46th President of the United States, 59th Presidential Inauguration, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, 117th Congress 
A prayer for the government of the United States of America on the day of the 59th Presidential Inauguration. . . . 
Contributor(s): Oded Mazor
Shared on ט׳ בתמוז ה׳תש״פ (2020-06-30) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Erev Shabbat
Tags: פיוטים piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, חלה challah ḥallah, Needing Translation (into English), Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism 
A prayer for focusing one’s mind and intention during the separation of dough in the preparation of halah before Shabbat. . . . 
Contributor(s): Elli Fischer
Shared on כ״ו באלול ה׳תשע״ד (2014-09-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: English Translation, self-sacrifice, life giving, blood, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, giving blood, matanat dam, ישראל Yisrael 
A prayer to be recited upon donating blood. In Israel, there are major blood drives around the times of Rosh Hashana and Pesaḥ, so the prayer borrows themes from both of those holidays. It emphasizes both the tzedaka aspect of blood donation and the ancient symbolic resonances of blood sacrifice. . . . 
Contributor(s): Amanda Rush
Shared on ח׳ במרחשון ה׳תשע״ב (2011-11-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Davvening
Tags: North America, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, Opening Prayers, Prayers for Praying, English vernacular prayer, Needing Translation (into Hebrew) 
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. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Hillel Goelman and Aharon Roth
Shared on כ״ד באב ה׳תשע״ח (2018-08-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Contemplation
Tags: 20th century C.E., interpretive translation, פתיחות Petiḥot, 57th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, devotional interpretation, ḥassidut 
Reb Ahrele Roth, a”h, wrote a list of 32 mitsvot whose fulfillment is completed in the brain, the heart and the mouth. (The Hebrew alphabetical equivalent of 32 is ל”ב, the letters of which spell the Hebrew word LEV for Heart.) . . . 
Contributor(s): Yosef Goldman and Unknown Author(s)
Shared on כ״ז באלול ה׳תשע״ח (2018-09-06) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Rosh Hashanah
Tags: סליחות seliḥot, preparation, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, 21st century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, Philadelphia, English vernacular prayer, Oḥilah la'El, prayers of shliḥei tsibbur, ḥazzanut 
“The personal prayer of this shaliaḥ tsibbur” with a translation of the piyyut “Oḥilah la’El” was first published on Facebook by Yosef Goldman and shared through the Open Siddur Project via its Facebook discussion group. . . . 
Contributor(s): Eyal Raviv
Shared on כ״ט בתמוז ה׳תשע״ד (2014-07-27) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Erev Shabbat, Immersion (Purification)
Tags: North America, all bodies, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, shower ritual, bathing ritual, English vernacular prayer, shabbat preparation 
This is pre-Shabbos reflection that can be done in a shower or bath. Shabbat is a time when I am less focused on my selfish desires and instead my thoughts drift to my place in the larger community and world. I find myself doing some version of this before Shabbos most weeks and am welcome for the time to reflect on truly what it is to cease from lay work and consider the work that needs to be done to make the world a better place. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Yitsḥak Luria
Shared on ג׳ בטבת ה׳תשע״ח (2017-12-20) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar, Davvening
Tags: love, פתיחות Petiḥot, כוונות kavvanot, 16th century C.E., 54th century A.M., school of the ARI z"l, Leviticus 19, fellowship, love your fellow as yourself 
The custom of reciting this intention is attributed to Rav Yitzḥak Luria, circa 16th century, on Leviticus 19:18, recorded in Minhagei ha-Arizal–Petura d’Abba, p.3b by R’ Ḥayyim Vital. . . . 
Contributor(s): Ed Towbin-Issur haLevi
Shared on י״ט באייר ה׳תשע״ח (2018-05-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication Categories: Tehilim Book 5 (Psalms 107–150)
Tags: eco-conscious, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, Reconstructionist Jewry, תקון עולם tiqqun olam, Psalms 121, Paraliturgical Psalms 121 
At B’nai Havurah, the Denver Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, located in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, we consider this psalm a local favorite. Psalm 121, described as a Song for the Ascents, traditionally looks to the heights, where godly powers were believed to reside, such as Mt. Sinai, or the Acropolis, to find divine help, in the person of God or The Unseen One. My proposal is a variation that adjusts our focus to this world, away from the supernatural, to acknowledge our responsibility for the well-being of ourselves and the environment. Whatever deeds and actions that may need to be taken for repair and preservation of our world, we are responsible for. To look for others to do the work for us, or to postpone acting until divine help comes, may turn out to be the height of recklessness for our own, as well as our children’s future. First we acknowledge what is here and real, then we commit to do what we can to solve problems and make things better. This variation is designed to allow it to be sung, with some adjustments, in community with others who are singing the traditional version in Hebrew and English. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Shared on כ״ג בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-19) — under the following terms: Categories: Erev Shabbat
Tags: Jewish Renewal, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, affirmation 
Shabbat Affirmations for erev shabbat in preparation of welcoming the shabbat. . . . 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Stephen Hanan
Shared on כ״ד בטבת ה׳תש״פ (2020-01-20) — under the following terms: Fair Use Right (17 U.S. Code §107 - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use) Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov
Tags: 20th century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, הללו־יה hallelu-yah, המשכן the Mishkan 
A prayer written for the play David Dances (1997) by playwright Stephen Mo Hanan. . . . 
Contributor(s): Noa Mazor and Aharon N. Varady (translation)
Shared on כ״ו באדר ה׳תשע״ה (2015-03-16) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Yom Habḥirut, Elections & Voting
Tags: מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Parliamentary Election, democratic process, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, Needing Vocalization 
כוונה ליום הבחירות יכולה להיאמר בכל שלב של יום הבחירות עצמו. בעיניי היא מתאימה בעיקר כחלק מתפילת שחרית של אותו היום או רגע לפני הכניסה אל מאחורי הפרגוד. נכתב על ידי נועה מזור, סטודנטית לרבנות, והרבה המלווה של נוער תל״ם. . . . Shared on ט׳ בכסלו ה׳תשע״ב (2011-12-04) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Davvening
Tags: illustration, כוונות kavvanot Some rabbinic sourcetexts related to the topic of how to write in your siddur, shared with translations by Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner. . . . 
Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality
Shared on א׳ באב ה׳תשע״ז (2017-07-24) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Learning, Study, and School
Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, Jewish Renewal, תחינות teḥinot, supplications, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, Elat Chayyim, עולם הבא Olam Haba, Ani Maamin 
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). . . . 
Contributor(s): Virginia Spatz
Shared on ט״ו באב ה׳תש״ע (2010-07-26) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Weekday Amidah
Tags: Know Before Whom You Stand, 21st century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot 
A prayer-teaching for grounding one’s intention at the onset of the Amidah. . . . 
Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on כ״ה בתשרי ה׳תשע״ח (2017-10-15) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah
Tags: Gratitude, ירושלם Jerusalem, workers, 21st century C.E., פתיחות Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, Sunday, English vernacular prayer, Post-Ḥag, After Sukkot, kivun, First day of the week, God as co-worker, ישראל Yisrael, מודים Modim 
Chaya Kaplan-Lester’s “Prayer for – Finally – Getting Back to WORK” was first published on her Facebook page, here. The Hebrew word Todah תודה, means grateful. The English word ‘ta-da!’ is an onomatopoetic form of a horn (Cf. 1913 Sphinx July 98/1): “Coming front in utter disgust, he [sc. a conjuror] tells them [sc. the orchestra] that that won’t do, that he wants something like ‘tadaa!’ from all of them. They seem to understand, so he goes off again. On his reappearance, however, he is met with a loud tumult, as all the orchestra shout out in unison the word ‘tadaa!’” (Oxford English Dictionary). . . . |
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