tagged: Los Angeles • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

ברכה לסבוב הסביבון | A Blessing for Dreidel Spinning, by Lieba B. Deutsch

Contributor(s):

Lieba B. Ruth

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Ḥanukkah

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North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., dreidel, Los Angeles, neo-lurianic, four worlds

Every Jewish holy day, even Shabbat and the highest ones, we call forth all the 22 Hebrew Letters to join us in celebration. For those of us who study Kabbalah from within the realm of the Alef-Bet, Ḥanukkah is unique in that we are given a magical tool with which to activate these signs and wonders. . . .

[Prayer] on the Los Angeles Earthquake, by Rabbi Norman M. Goldburg (12 March 1933)

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Norman Michael Goldburg

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Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, Earthquakes & Tsunamis

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Los Angeles, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, California State Legislature, 1933 Long Beach earthquake, 20th century C.E., United States, 57th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

“On the Los Angeles Earthquake” by Rabbi Norman Michael Goldburg, was offered before the California state legislature on 12 March 1933, and published in California Legislature 50th Session 1933: Prayers Offered at the Daily Sessions of the Assembly, pp. 44-45. The earthquake, now known as the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, registered 6.4 on the Richter scale. . . .