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Shmuly Yanklowitz
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United States of America, Coronations & Inaugurations
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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, 45th President of the United States, Resist, United States General Election 2016, United States, resistance, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), Donald Trump, dissent
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Because of my commitment to the integrity of prayer, starting this week, I can no longer recite or say amen to the Shabbat prayer for the success of the U.S. President. So I have drafted a new prayer that I will plan to recite each Shabbat morning. If you also feel it’s important to pray for the U.S. government but also feel you cannot pray for the success of this President, feel free to use this or adapt it as you please. I felt that it was not enough to simply avoid the U.S. President in the prayer for the government but to remind myself of the billions of vulnerable people who are at risk under his rule, and challenge myself each Shabbat to build up the strength for another week of spiritual resistance. . . . |
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Brant Rosen
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Nakba Day (15 May)
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فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, Refugee Crisis, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Palestinian refugees, Palestinian Diapsora, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), Needing Translation (into Arabic), מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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A Jewish Prayer for Nakba Day, by Rabbi Brant Rosen. . . . |
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Menachem Creditor
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Well-being, health, and caregiving
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North America, all bodies, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, thanksgiving, pain, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), Gratitude, מודים Modim
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Rabbi Menachem Creditor first shared this prayer in the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook, here. . . . |
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Andrew Shaw
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Birkhot haShaḥar
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Hypnogogic State, Dawn, Light, Darkness, Threshold, Compassion, 21st century C.E., Sunrise, 58th century A.M., Wakefulness, English vernacular prayer, Gratitude, Needing Translation (into Hebrew)
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An original liturgical poem inspired by the Modah|Modeh Ani prayer. . . . |
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Brant Rosen
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession
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English vernacular prayer, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), Needing Translation (into Arabic), Israeli–Palestinian conflict, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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A prayer for the Global Shabbat Against Home Demolitions in response to the State of Israel’s policy,under the military occupation of Area C in the West Bank, of demolishing structures without building permits. . . . |
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David Wolkin
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Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, Days of Judgement & New Year Days, Self-Reflection
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58th century A.M., חשבון הנפש Ḥeshbon HaNefesh, self-reflection, תשובה teshuvah, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), North America, journaling, writing, 21st century C.E.
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David Wolkin writes, “I’ve been pushing this writing exercise for a while now, but I taught a class with it in my home on Sunday and it proved to be powerful and connecting for all of us in the room. If you’re reflecting/repenting this season, you might benefit from this.” . . . |
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T'ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights and Nahum Waldman
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Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel)
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English vernacular prayer, ישראל Yisrael, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, North America, Progressive Zionism, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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This prayer for Israel was written by Rabbi Naḥum Waldman (1931-2004) for T’ruah: the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. T’ruah works to ensure that Israel remains a safe and secure home for Jews and a place that lives up to the ideal stated in the State of Israel’s 1948 Declaration of Independence that Israel “will foster the development of the country for all of its inhabitants; it will be based on freedom, justice, and peace as envisaged by the prophets of Israel; it will ensure complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex.” . . . |
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Amanda Rush
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Davvening
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58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, Opening Prayers, Prayers for Praying, English vernacular prayer, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), North America, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., Openers
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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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Brant Rosen
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Tishah b'Av
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2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Needing Translation (into Arabic), فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Refugee Crisis, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Palestinian refugees, Palestinian Diapsora, סליחות seliḥot
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A Tishah b’Av seliḥah for Gaza during the 2014 Gaza War. . . . |
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Arik Ascherman
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Rosh haShanah la-Ilanot (Tu biShvat)
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English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, olive trees, Israeli-Jewish settler violence, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, land theft, فلسطين Filasṭīn Palestine, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.
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A Tu biShvat seder supplement recognizing the Israeli-Jewish settler violence and land theft under the State of Israel’s military occupation of the West Bank. . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady
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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Yom ha-Atsma'ut (5 Iyyar), Flag Day (June 14), Independence Day (July 4th), Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday of November)
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sanctuary, eco-conscious, Indigenous Peoples, subjugation, Gratitude, נודה לך Nodeh L'kha, hegemony, primordial scream, על הנסים al hanissim, stewardship, shomrah ul'ovdah, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), colonization, conquest, settlement, acquisition, refugees, 21st century C.E., immigration, 58th century A.M., מודים Modim
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Opportunities to express gratitude on civic days of patriotic thanksgiving demand acknowledgement of an almost unfathomably deep history of trauma — not only the suffering and striving of my immigrant ancestors, but the sacrifice of all those who endured suffering dealt by their struggle to survive, and often failure to survive, the oppressions dealt by colonization, conquest, hegemony, natural disaster. Only the Earth (from which we, earthlings were born, Bnei Adam from Adamah) has witnessed the constancy of the violent deprivations we inflict upon each other. The privilege I’ve inherited from these sacrifices has come at a cost, and it must be honestly acknowledged, especially on civic days of thanksgiving, independence, and freedom. I insert this prayer after Al Hanissim in the Amidah and in the Birkat Hamazon on national days of independence and thanksgiving. . . . |
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Virginia Spatz
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Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty
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שפטים Shoftim, Gun violence in the United States, Needing Translation (into Hebrew), United States, Neighborhood Violence, 21st century C.E., Parashat Shoftim, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer
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“Does joy come in the morning, where weeping has not tarried for the night? Can we dance together, if we have not yet joined in lament?” This prayer is a kavanah for the morning blessings, using language and images from the prayer “Mah Tovu” [how lovely are your tents] commonly recited in the early morning blessings. Offered with special intention for the healing of Congress Heights, Capitol View, and other neighborhoods in Washington, DC, rocked by persistent violence. . . . |
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