“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. . . .
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Contributor(s): Yosef Goldman and Unknown Author(s)
Categories:  Rosh Hashanah | Tags:  seliḥot, preparation, Elul Zman, 21st century C.E., Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., kavvanot, Philadelphia, English vernacular prayer, Oḥilah la'El, prayers of shliḥei tsibbur, ḥazzanut
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Hillel Goelman and Aharon Roth
Categories: Shaḥarit | Tags: 20th century C.E., interpretive translation, Petiḥot, 57th century A.M., 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): Ed Towbin-Issur haLevi
Categories: Tehilim (Psalms), Book 5 (Psalms 107–150) | Tags: eco-conscious, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., kavvanot, Reconstructionist Jewry, tikkun 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): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Erev Pesaḥ, Yom Kippur, Kabbalat Shabbat, Environment, Shavuot, Sukkot, Ecotastrophes | Tags: 20th century C.E., eco-conscious, kindling, North America, candle lighting, 58th century A.M., kavvanot, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid 
“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. . . . Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Yitsḥak Luria
Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar | Tags: love, Petiḥot, 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): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Categories: Work | Tags: Israel, Gratitude, Jerusalem, workers, 21st century C.E., Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., kavvanot, Sunday, English vernacular prayer, Post-Ḥag, After Sukkot, kivun, First day of the week, God as co-worker, 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). . . . Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Elat Chayyim Center for Jewish Spirituality
Categories: Learning, Study, and School, Shaḥarit | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, Jewish Renewal, teḥinot, supplications, 58th century A.M., kavvanot, Elat Chayyim, 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): Elli Fischer
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving | Tags: Israel, English Translation, self-sacrifice, life giving, blood, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., kavvanot, giving blood, matanat dam 
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): Eyal Raviv
Categories: Erev Shabbat, Mikvah | Tags: North America, all bodies, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 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): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Kabbalat Shabbat, Leil Pesaḥ, Shavuot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ, Sukkot | Tags: Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., 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. . . . Some rabbinic sourcetexts related to the topic of how to write in your siddur, shared with translations by Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner. . . . Contributor(s): Amanda Rush
Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat, Shaḥarit | Tags: North America, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., Petiḥot, 58th century A.M., kavvanot, Opening Prayers, Prayers for Praying, English vernacular prayer, Needing Translation 
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. . . . |
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