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קדיש יתום | Mourners Kaddish for a Minyan of Ten People (including Jews and non-Jews), by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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Kaddish | Tags:

North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, English vernacular prayer, Northampton, kaddish

A “secular” kaddish after my mother died so that I could say kaddish under circumstances where I could gather ten people but not ten Jews. . . .

Kavvanah between Lag BaOmer and Yom Keshet (the 42nd day of the Omer), by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
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Sefirat HaOmer | Tags:

eco-conscious, North America, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, ecoḥasid, Northampton

This is a prayer to be read between the 18th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ח ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 33rd (ל״ג) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . .

תפילה בין השריפות | Prayer between the Fires (between the 32nd and 42nd days of the Omer, neohasid.org)

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center
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Sefirat HaOmer | Tags:

eco-conscious, lag baomer, North America, lev ba'omer, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, Northampton, Yom Keshet, Rainbow Day

This is a prayer to be read between the 17th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ז ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 32nd (ל״ב) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . .

תפילה לעולם החי | Prayer for the Living Earth by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen

Contributor(s): Katy Z. Allen
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Environment | Tags:

eco-conscious, North America, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts

I offer here a prayer for the Earth, which you may wish to use in your personal prayer practice or as part of a community to which you belong. It could be included as one of the prayers after reading the Torah. . . .

תְּפִילָת הָאָרֶץ | A Prayer for Our Earth, an ecumenical prayer by Pope Francis, translated and adapted by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org)

Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Jorge Mario Bergoglio and neohasid.org
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Environment | Tags:

eco-conscious, Ecumenical, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, ecoḥasid, Northampton, Catholic and Apostolic Church, Vatican City

An ecumenical prayer by Pope Francis from his encyclical, Laudato Si (praise be to you) from May 24th, 2015. Here’s my draft of a Hebrew translation of Pope Francis’ prayer for our earth. It turns out no one had translated it yet. The translation includes sparks from the High Holiday liturgy. I thought we should have it available for Rosh Hashanah, even though I’m sure the translation could use more work and more feedback. . . .

קבלת שבת | Kabbalat Shabbat and Maariv, trans. by R’ Sam Seicol for Havura on the Hill, adapted by Aharon Varady

Contributor(s): Rabbi Sam Seicol and Aharon N. Varady
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Shabbat Siddur | Tags:

Boston, Minhag Poland, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Siddurim for Shabbat, Massachusetts, Indie Minyanim, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Needing Decompilation

We are grateful to the Vilna Shul in Boston and their Ḥavurah on the Hill program for preparing “Siddur on the Hill,” (2011) a beautiful siddur for Shabbat Friday night services and sharing it with free-culture compatible, open content licensing. The siddur includes original translations in English from Rabbi Sam Seicol, interpretive writings by Rabbi Rami Shapiro, and illustrations by Georgi Vogel Rosen, as well as contributions from numerous others. Thank you for sharing your siddur, open source! . . .

תפילה לבאסטאן | Prayer for Boston after the bombing, by Rabbi Stephen Belsky (2013)

Contributor(s): Stephen Belsky
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Terror | Tags:

Boston, bombing, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, United States of America, prayers for municipalities

May the One who spoke the world into being, and who blessed humanity created in God’s image, and who brought about the miracle of these United States to promote freedom and peace among all people — bless, guard, and protect all the inhabitants of the Boston area, and strengthen and encourage their leaders, representatives, police officers, and detectives; bring them out from the shadow of death to light, and from danger to relief; and may the verse be fulfilled for them which says, ‘God is good to all, and shows mercy to all God’s creatures.’ And let us say: amein. . . .

תפילה לבאסטאן | Prayer After the Bombing in Boston, by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat (2013)

Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
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Terror | Tags:

Boston, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Massachusetts, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, Eulogy, United States of America

I wrote this a few days after the Boston Marathon bombing. It arose out of a meditation service which I led at my synagogue. The doors to our sanctuary were open, so we had the sounds of the nearby wetland in our ears, and I invited the meditators to join me in cultivating compassion and sending it toward Boston. The line “My heart is in the east and I am in the west” is adapted from the medieval Spanish poet Judah haLevi. . . .

“Color-Coded Prayerbook Devised by Rabbi” (Springfield Republican, 1972)

Contributor(s): the Hierophant
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Press & Research | Tags:

20th century C.E., antecedents, inspirations, Jacob Freedman, North America, 58th century A.M., Massachusetts

Religious books like the Bible and scholarly works have traditionally been printed in the manner to which everyone is accustomed. Page after page of type with footnotes or indices taking up a good portion of each sheet has long seemed acceptable. Now, within a year [1972/3], a book is expected to come out which will change not only the basic nature of such books but also indicate sources by color code. Rabbi Jacob Freedman of 68 Calhoun St., Springfield has already produced such a book which he calls “a sample.” A larger book is planned for which “90 per cent of the research is completed,” he said. The book called a “polychrome historical prayerbook” in Hebrew will be titled “Siddur Bays Yosef” in remembrance of Rabbi Freedman’s late father, the Rev. Joseph Freedman. . . .

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