A Tu Bishvat Seder Haggadah prepared for a time when the Jewish New Year’s Day festival for trees coincides with a total lunar eclipse, as occurred in Tevet 5779 (January 2019). . . .
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Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription), David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories:  Seder Tu BiShvat | Tags:  North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the moon, Northampton, Lunar Eclipse, Shadow of the Earth
Contributor(s): Daniel Kieval
Categories: Marriage | Tags: blessings, brakhot, interpretive translation, North America, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., wedding day, English vernacular prayer, devotional interpretation, wedding blessings, sheva brakhot 
This is a poetic rendering of the sixth blessing (of the Sheva Brakhot/7 Blessings) for a wedding. It riffs off of themes and language in the Hebrew text of joy, love, and companionship, and invocations of the Garden of Eden, creation, and eternity. Written originally for the wedding of friends; I hope you’ll feel free to adapt and rework it however suits your needs! . . . Contributor(s): Noam Sienna and Shlomo haPaytan
Categories: Sukkot | Tags: North America, egalitarian, traditional egalitarian, piyyutim, Avot and Imahot, in the merit of our ancestors, Ushpizata, Acrostic signature, ushpizin, Afghanistan 
This is one of my favourite Sukkot piyyutim, not least because of the wonderful and easily singable call-and-response melody! The seven verses each highlight one of the seven traditional ushpizin [mythic guests], and a few years ago I wrote an additional seven verses for the seven female ushpizata according to the order of Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid.org). . . . Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories: 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. . . . Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Categories: Rosh haShanah for the Olam (Cosmos) | Tags: United States, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Prayers for the New Year, weariness, tikkun 
“An Intention for the New Year (5779)” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor online at his blog and shared with the Open Siddur Project through our Facebook discussion group. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Iyov (Job), Cantillation Systems | Tags: North America, t'amim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., trope, Ashkenazi 
An Ashkenazi-style cantillation system for the Book of Job. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Mishlei (Proverbs), Cantillation Systems | Tags: North America, t'amim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., trope, Ashkenazi 
An Ashkenazi-style cantillation system for the Book of Proverbs. . . . Contributor(s): Abraham Joshua Heschel
Categories: Pedagogy, Essays, Documents, Art, and Craft | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, 58th century A.M., Essays on Prayer as Praxis, why prayer 
The essay, “Prayer,” by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel, then Associate Professor of Jewish Philosophy at Hebrew Union College, published in Review of Religion vol. 9 no. 2, January 1945. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: May Day, Labor Day | Tags: North America, workers, labor, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., United States of America, workers' rights 
This is a petition for the worker in the style of “Av Haraḥamim” and similar texts, using Biblical and Mishnaic language and co-opting it into a new meaning. It could be read after the Torah service (like many other petitionary texts) or focused on in private. The Biblical relationship between God, humanity, and labor is fascinating. Often it is treated as a curse placed upon us, and just as often as the purpose of humanity. In Genesis 3:19 it is the curse placed upon a disobedient First Adam, but less than a chapter earlier in Genesis 2:15 it is the reason for First Adam’s creation in the first place! In the past century or so, traditional Judaism has somewhat tilted away from the ideas of worker’s rights so clearly stated in the Tanakh and in rabbinic texts. Partially this was to disassociate from the Bundists, partially out of fear of “looking too Communist” in a xenophobic American society, and partially because the Jewish working class is nowhere near as substantial a part of the community as it once was. If this text is meant to do anything, it’s to show that love of God and love of the worker aren’t opposed to each other – in fact, they go hand in hand! . . . Contributor(s): Abraham Joshua Heschel
Categories: Pedagogy, Essays, Documents, Art, and Craft | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, Know Before Whom You Stand, communal prayer, 58th century A.M., Essays on Prayer as Praxis, Private Prayer, American Judaism 
“The Spirit of Jewish Prayer,” by Abraham Joshua Heschel was a speech given at the Fifty-Third Annual Convention of the Rabbinical Assembly of America which took place at the Breakers Hotel, Atlantic City, New Jersey from Tammuz 9 to Tammuz 14, 5713 (June 22 To June 27, 1953). The speech was subsequently published in the Proceedings of the Rabbinical Assembly of America v.17. . . . Contributor(s): Abraham Joshua Heschel
Categories: Pedagogy, Essays, Documents, Art, and Craft | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, 58th century A.M., Essays on Prayer as Praxis, Private Prayer, personal prayer, private worship, why prayer 
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel’s speech, “On Prayer,” delivered at an inter-religious convocation held under the auspices of the U.S. Liturgical Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on August 28, 1969. His talk was printed in the journal Conservative Judaism v.25:1 Fall 1970, p.1-12. . . . Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Categories: Weekday Amidah | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, Jewish Renewal, 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, neo-lurianic 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z”l, included these Weekday Affirmations based on the Amidah, in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). . . . Contributor(s): Menachem Creditor
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving | Tags: Gratitude, North America, all bodies, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, thanksgiving, pain, Needing Translation, Modim 
Rabbi Menachem Creditor first shared this prayer in the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook, here. . . . Contributor(s): Danya Ruttenberg
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving | Tags: North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, personal blessings 
On May 15th, 2018, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg tweeted this blessing. . . . Contributor(s): Steven Greenberg
Categories: Morning Torah Reading | Tags: North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., inclusion, sexual attraction, Prayers of redress, LGBTQ, Parashat Aḥarei Mot, same-sex attraction 
A prayer to recognize lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer-identifying folk before reading Parshat Aḥarei Mot (Leviticus 16:1–18:30) in the synagogue. . . . Contributor(s): Shmuly Yanklowitz
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving | Tags: Gratitude, shomeret haguf, North America, all bodies, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Modim 
If it is a mitsvah to guard our lives and strengthen our bodies in service of our holy mission, then there should be a brakhah (blessing) before we start a session of vigorous activity; any excuse to add blessings to our day is a wonderful opportunity for personal growth! . . . 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): David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center
Categories: Sefirat HaOmer | Tags: lag baomer, North America, lev ba'omer, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Yom Keshet 
“Between the Fires” by Rabbi David Seidenberg, originally published at neohasid.org, is derived from the prayer of Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center), “Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” which draws on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. Another version of this prayer by Rabbi David Seidenberg, “A Prayer between the Fires (between the 32nd and 42nd days of the Omer)” is available, here. . . . 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): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories: 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. . . . Contributor(s): David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center
Categories: 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. . . . Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories: Medinat Yisra'el | Tags: Medinat Yisrael, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation, Zionist Prayers, Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and non-Jews, all inhabitants, Liberal Zionist Prayers 
The familiar prayer for the State of Israel, which is more literally titled “a Prayer for Peace for the State” tefilah lish’lom hamedinah, was written in 1948 by Rabbi Yitsḥak haLevi Hertzog (edited by S.Y. Agnon) in what had up until then been Palestine, in a time of war. The state was under direct attack by the Arab armies, and there was little distinction between peace, survival, and victory. As we approach Israel’s 70th birthday, it is time to make such distinctions. Israel and the Jewish people live in a much more complex reality today, where the triumph of one political party or set of goals can radically change the outlook for peace, and the possibility of justice. In our time, praying for peace for the state of Israel mist include praying for the rectification of its relationships with neighboring countries and with the Palestinian people, some of whom are Israeli citizens, and most of whom are in some way under Israel’s control. This prayer assumes that the best reality for the Jewish state is also the best reality for all of her citizens and for everyone who lives “in the land,” no matter where they are in relation to the Green Line or Areas A, B and C. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Yom haShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) | Tags: North America, symbolic foods, Mourning this Broken World, holocaust, shoah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כז ניסן, 27 Nissan, speaking truth to power 
The most traumatic event in recent Jewish history is the Holocaust. At this time, the survivors of the camps are aging, and in the lifespan of people alive today it is likely that the last survivor will die. We say we must never forget what happened during the Holocaust, but if we think of it as a tragedy that happened to our ancestors we will forget. But it has been 3000 years since the Exodus from Egypt, and the Haggadah keeps its history vivid and alive. We are taught that in each and every generation we are to think of ourselves as having been slaves in Egypt. May it be that just as we never forgot the wonders of the Exodus, so too we never forget the horrors of the Holocaust, and continue to strive that such horrors may never happen again until all live in freedom and peace. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Travel | Tags: North America, ascent, the Chariot, tefilat haderekh, starship, sic itur ad astra, space travel, haMerkavah, Leonard Nimoy z"l, where no earthling has gone before, spaceship Earth, bli-mah, traveling without moving, Jacob's Ladder, spaceship, 24th century C.E., 62nd century A.M. 
A prayer, inspired by Tefilat haDerekh and other traditional liturgical texts, for a Jew who, at some future point, would be about to go forth on a starship. Doesn’t include a chatimah so as not to be a brakhah levatalah, in the case that starships are (chas v’shalom) never invented. . . . Contributor(s): David Einhorn
Categories: Everyday (Kol Bo) Siddur | Tags: 19th century C.E., North America, 57th century A.M., American Reform Movement, Classical Reform, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation 
Rabbi David Einhorn’s (1809-1878) prayer book `Olat Tamid (lit. the perpetual sacrifice)…first penned in Germany, served as the model for the Union Prayer Book,….the prayer book of the American Reform movement for almost eight decades. It reflected what is now called “classical Reform,” eliminating prayers for the restoration of Zion, mentions of the messiah, and bodily resurrection of the dead, while diminishing mentions of Jewish chosenness and the like. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Divrei Hayamim (Chronicles 1 & 2), Ezra-Nehemiah, Cantillation Systems, Daniel | Tags: North America, t'amim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., trope, cantillation 
There are 24 books in the Tanakh. Of these, 21 (all but Psalms, Proverbs, and Job) share a grammatical system of cantillation marks, or te’amim. Of these 21, Ashkenazim have melodic traditions for reading eighteen of them. The Torah has its system, the prophets have the Haftarah system, the three festival scrolls have their shared system, and Esther and Lamentations have their own unique systems. But what of the three remaining books? . . . Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center
Categories: Seder Pesaḥ | Tags: eco-conscious, Ecumenical, North America, social justice, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, community organizing, activist, MLK 
The MLK+50 Interfaith Freedom Seder woven by the Shalom Center to reawaken and renew the prophetic wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during holy week and Passover in the 50th year since his death. . . . Contributor(s): David Dine Wirtschafter
Categories: Mass Shootings, Terror | Tags: United States, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, bloodshed, Guns, murder, Marshall County High School shooting 
Rabbi David Dine Wirtschafter writes, “Our hearts and prayers go out to the people of Marshall County, Kentucky who, now have joined an ever growing list of places to experience a mass shooting at a public school. We grieve for the families of the two teenagers who were killed. May the 18 others who were injured speedily recover from their wounds. These incidents are terrible no matter where they happen but there is something all the more unsettling when they occur so close to home.” . . . Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat, David Evan Markus and Bayit: Your Jewish Home
Categories: Seder Tu BiShvat, Rosh haShanah for Ilanot (Fruit Trees) a/k/a Tu biShvat | Tags: four worlds, North America, saraf, sap, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., neo-lurianic, two minute meditations 
The Bayit’s Tu BiShvat Seder Haggadah in PowerPoint presentation format was designed to be projected on a screen to save paper; accompanied by instructions for how to celebrate Tu BiShvat. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Rosh haShanah for Ilanot (Fruit Trees) a/k/a Tu biShvat | Tags: eco-conscious, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Trees, Forests, Clean Air, deforestation 
A Ti Bishvat prayer for the trees of the land of Israel and the world over, that they not be victims of deforestation. . . . Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Arthur Waskow and Mishkan Shalom
Categories: Morning Torah Reading | Tags: Renewal, 20th century C.E., North America, 58th century A.M., Philadelphia, Divine Feminine, Aliyah, Nusḥaot l'Yahadut Mitkhadeshet 
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Reb Arthur Waskow, and others helped to formulate this grammatically feminine Hebrew blessing for an oleh in their blessing over the Torah reading, in the early years of Congregation Mishkan Shalom in Philadelphia (1988-1983). . . . Contributor(s): Shelby Handler
Categories: Separation, Havdalah | Tags: blessings, brakhot, North America, 21st century C.E., Adamah Farm, 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer 
The Blessing over Separations was first read by Shelby Handler on Rosh Ḥodesh Kislev at the 2017 ADVA Reunion, a reunion of the community of Adamah Farm fellows and Teva Learning Center educators at Isabella Freedman Retreat Center. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Morning Torah Reading, Terror | Tags: North America, mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Hate Crimes 
From resurgent neo-fascist movements to religious extremist attacks, hate crimes are on the rise all over the world right now. At times like this many people live in fear – fear of being attacked or maligned, physical, mental or emotional. Hatred is not new to the Jewish people, but traditionally it was considered “just the way it is.” As Americans, we should believe better. The midrash (Devarim Rabbah 5:10) says that hateful speech kills three – the speaker, the listener, and the subject. This Mi Sheberakh was written as a prayer for all those of every people and nation that are affected by hatred and bigotry. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Floods, Fires, Trouble, Earthquakes and Tsunamis, Dangerous Storms, Morning Torah Reading | Tags: North America, mi sheberakh, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Natural Disasters 
A Mi Sheberakh prayer for those affected by natural disasters. This prayer uses many standard liturgical phrases in a new context to stress that God, while full of great power, is not a God of destruction but one of peace and life. Quoting the famous vision of Elijah at Ḥorev, this prayer is for those who seek comfort and tranquility from their God. . . . Contributor(s): Adina Allen
Categories: Work | Tags: blessings, creativity, brakhot, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Constructivism, San Francisco 
“A Blessing for Creating” comes by way of David A.M. Wilensky (with approval by the blessing’s author, Rabbi Adina Allen) who shared a photo on Facebook of a posterboard on which the blessing was written. The poster was made for the first ever Kabbalat Shabbat organized by the Jewish Studio Project, whose mission is “to activate creativity in individuals and communities to reclaim Jewish values, make meaning in our lives and restore hope to the world.” Vocalization added by Aharon Varady. . . . Contributor(s): IfNotNow Chicago
Categories: Medinat Yisra'el, Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession | Tags: Israel, Freedom, Medinat Yisrael, North America, Palestine, Erets Yisrael, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Dignity, Chicago, the Occupation 
On 29 September 2017 IfNotNow Chicago writes, “Tonight begins Yom Kippur. We are asking our community, when you say the prayer for Israel this Kol Nidre, will you say it for all the people that live in Israel and Palestine? Will you stand for freedom and dignity for all Palestinians and Israelis? Our members have re-imagined the Prayer for the State of Israel. We hope you use this New Prayer for Israel and Palestine, and share it with your own community.” . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Days of Awe (Yamim Nora'im), Sukkot | Tags: seliḥot, North America, Imahot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., in the merit of our ancestors, Divine Presence, Shekhinah, Biblical Women, Mi She’anah, Tishrei Zman, Ushpizata 
There is a famous Seliḥot prayer where each of its lines has this structure: “May He who answered ___________, may he answer us.” The blank refers to assorted Biblical figures who faced great challenges, ranging from Avraham the Patriarch to Ezra the Scribe. The traditional list is also VERY male-focused, with the standard text only listing Esther from all the great Biblical women. This is a shame, and many have tried to remedy this. I have found myself under the opinion that all these remedies have a fault – they attempt to combine the original text with the new text. This means either the original text is shortened, or the full text is far too long. As well, the structure is very male-oriented as well, appealing to God’s male side and only using grammatically male language. . . . Contributor(s): Mordecai Kaplan and Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation
Categories: Shabbat Siddur | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, 58th century A.M., Siddurim for Shabbat, North American Jewry, Early Reconstructionist, Reconstructionist Jewry, Burnt Books, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation, Nusḥaot l'Yahadut Mitkhadeshet 
Arranged and translated by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, the Sabbath Prayer Book is the first Reconstructionist prayerbook we know of to have entered the Public Domain. (The prayerbook entered the Public Domain due to lack of copyright renewal by the copyright owner listed in the copyright notice, the Jewish Reconstructionist Foundation, as evidenced in the Stanford Copyright Renewal database.) . . . Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ben-Zion Bokser
Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Days of Awe (Yamim Nora'im), Maḥzorim | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, Conservative Judaism, Rav Kook, 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, Conservative Jewry, Rabbinical Assembly of America, United Synagogue of America, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation 
Arranged and translated by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bokser, Ha-Maḥzor (1959) and Ha-Siddur (1957), are the most recent modern prayerbooks to have entered the Public Domain. (Both Ha-Siddur and Ha-Maḥzor entered the Public Domain due to lack of copyright renewal by the copyright owner listed in the copyright notice, the Hebrew Publishing Company.) Making digital images of . . . Contributor(s): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s)
Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar, Torah Study | Tags: talmud torah, interpretive translation, English Translation, North America, Late Antiquity, Jewish Renewal, Amoraic prayers, Prayers before Torah Study, Tannaitic prayers, Antiquity, ecoḥasid, devotional interpretation 
This English translation of the blessing for Torah study by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, was first published in his Siddur Tehillat Hashem Yidaber Pi (2009). Versification according to the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l by Aharon Varady. . . . Contributor(s): Katy Z. Allen
Categories: 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. . . . Contributor(s): David Seidenberg and neohasid.org
Categories: Solar Eclipse | Tags: eco-conscious, North America, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Coronation, the sun, Crowning, Eclipse, total solar eclipse, solar eclipse, the moon, ecoḥasid 
Blessings and prayers for the eclipse, at: neohasid.org/eclipse including texts and links to other Internet resources. May we all find blessing in the wonder. . . . 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): Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, David ben Yishai and the Masoretic Text
Categories: Ḥanukkah, Book 1 (Psalms 1–41), Tehilim (Psalms) | Tags: interpretive translation, Psalms, English Translation, North America, Jewish Renewal, Petiḥot, Uva Letsiyon, Motsei Shabbat, Liturgical customs of Kabbalists, Psalms 30, devotional interpretation 
Source (Hebrew) Translation (English) מִזְמ֡וֹר שִׁיר־חֲנֻכַּ֖ת הַבַּ֣יִת לְדָוִֽד׃ A Psalm for A Housewarming, Composed by David ב אֲרוֹמִמְךָ֣ יְ֭הוָה כִּ֣י דִלִּיתָ֑נִי וְלֹא־שִׂמַּ֖חְתָּ אֹיְבַ֣י לִֽי׃ ג יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָ֑י שִׁוַּ֥עְתִּי אֵ֝לֶ֗יךָ וַתִּרְפָּאֵֽנִי׃ ד יְֽהוָ֗ה הֶֽעֱלִ֣יתָ מִן־שְׁא֣וֹל נַפְשִׁ֑י חִ֝יִּיתַ֗נִי מיורדי־[מִיָּֽרְדִי־] בֽוֹר׃ 2 I acclaim You, my God. You set me free So that my foes Could not gloat at my troubles. . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Learning, Study, and School, Travel, Separation | Tags: North America, children, students, parents, teḥinot, supplications, college, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
A prayer for the safety and success of those leaving home to go off to college and university. When children go off to college, parents can feel worried about the future of their children. Empty-nest syndrome can set in and spiritual guidance is often needed. This prayer uses the idioms of Biblical and siddur language to create a text for parents who worry about their children’s future as they head off on their own. It could be said 49 days after Tekufat Tammuz in the diaspora (August 28 or 29 after a leap year – approximately the time when college terms begin in the US) or on the first Saturday after Shmini Atzeret ba’aretz (approximately when college terms begin in Israel) . . . Contributor(s): Isaac Gantwerk Mayer
Categories: Pesaḥ Sheni | Tags: acrostic, English Translation, North America, piyyutim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M. 
A piyyut for an under-recognized holiday, Pesaḥ Sheni, the festival of second chances (as described in Numbers 9:6-13 and Mishnah Pesaḥim 9:1-3. I attempted to write this in the manner of a traditional piyyut. The meter is equivalent to the Shabbat zamir “Ot Hi l’Olmei Ad.” The Hebrew spells out Yod – Tzadi – Ḥet – Kuf, because that’s my name. The translation is original, along with the notes. . . . Contributor(s): Aryeh Cohen
Categories: Brit Milah & Simḥat Bat | Tags: North America, piyyut, circumcision, brit milah, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., Lekha Dodi 
This is a piyyut (liturgical poem) which is intended to be recited at a brit. It is connected to my liturgy for a “chag hachnassah labrit” (available here). The explanation for the chag is also the basis for the piyyut. Translation into English by Shoshanna Gershenson, Maeera Schreiber and Aryeh Cohen. . . . Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Ben-Zion Bokser
Categories: Everyday (Kol Bo) Siddur | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, Conservative Judaism, Rav Kook, Siddurim, 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, Conservative Jewry, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation 
Arranged and translated by Rabbi Ben-Zion Bokser, Ha-Maḥzor (1959) and Ha-Siddur (1957), are the most recent modern prayerbooks to have entered the Public Domain. (Both Ha-Siddur and Ha-Maḥzor entered the Public Domain due to lack of copyright renewal by the copyright owner listed in the copyright notice, the Hebrew Publishing Company.) Making digital images of . . . Contributor(s): Morris Silverman and Robert Gordis
Categories: Everyday (Kol Bo) Siddur | Tags: 20th century C.E., Nusaḥ Masorti, North America, Conservative Judaism, 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, Conservative Jewry, Rabbinical Assembly of America, United Synagogue of America, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation 
Siddur Tefilot Yisrael (Sabbath & Festival Prayer Book), based upon a manuscript of Rabbi Morris Silverman, was widely used in Conservative synagogues until the late 1980s and remains a favorite prayerbook for many who grew up using it. First published by the Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of America under their copyright, this siddur is . . . Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Hyman E. Goldin
Categories: Rabbi Manuals | Tags: 20th century C.E., North America, rabbis manual, 57th century A.M., 58th century A.M., North American Jewry, Nusaḥ Ashkenaz, Needing Transcription, Needing Decompilation 
This manual has been devised for the express purpose of giving the Rabbi, or anyone officiating at a Jewish ceremonial or ritual, a concise and practical aid that will facilitate the task of officiating , and will obviate the necessity of resorting to the voluminous literature pertaining thereto. . . . |
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