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תחינות teḥinot —⟶ tag: תחינות teḥinot Sorted Chronologically (old to new). Sort most recent first? כַּעֲבוֹר סוּפָה | After the Storm, a prayer to “choose life” in the face of climate disruption by Rabbi David Seidenberg (neohasid·org)The prayers for hurricane victims that are circulating through the Open Siddur Project and elsewhere are poignant and heartfelt, but they don’t speak an important piece of the truth that we need to hear. What about our collective responsibility for climate disruption that undoubtedly increases the harm caused by this and every major storm? And what about the Deuteronomic promise that God brings us recompense for our actions davka through the weather? Here’s an attempt at a prayer that incorporates a deeper understanding of our responsibility. For the final version of this prayer, I started with an anonymous Hebrew translation of my original English prayer, then I tweaked it and wove in scriptural references, and retranslated it back into English. . . . Categories: Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, Dangerous Storms & Floods, Drought & Wildfire, Ecotastrophes Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jeffrey Astrachan on 7 February 2012The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 7 February 2012, for Four Chaplains Day (February 3rd). . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Four Chaplains Day (February 3rd), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Aaron Melman on 31 May 2012The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 31 May 2012. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Joel Levenson on 10 July 2012The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 July 2012. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi David Algaze on 11 July 2012The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 July 2012. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Steven Weil on 20 September 2012The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 20 September 2012. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 29 November 2012. . . . A prayer-poem inspired by the ritual Havdallah, preparing a separation between Shabbat and weekday time. . . . Categories: Motsei Shabbat A prayer-poem supplication for the afternoon of Shabbat. . . . Categories: Minḥah l'Shabbat May my thoughts seek truth and integrity, the humility that is commensurate with my ignorance, the compassion that arises from the depths of awareness, as depths speak to depths… . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Robert Silvers on 17 April 2013The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 April 2013. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 23 May 2013. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 June 2013. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Joshua Gruenberg on 13 November 2013The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 13 November 2013. . . . תְּפִלָּה לְהַצָּלָה מִפִּגּוּעֵי טֶרוֹר | Prayer for Rescue from Terror Attacks | Bön om skydd från terrorhot, by R’ Hillel Ḥayyim Lavery-Yisraëli (2014)Let us not fear or be afraid, for you are our protector. “…Jacob shall return and live in peace and security; no one will terrify him again.” Guard our going out and our coming in, from now until eternity, and let us say, Amen. . . . Categories: Terror 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. . . . A teḥinah (supplication) for divine help after terrible violence that interferes with the recognition of each person being made in the likeness of the divine image. . . . Categories: Social Justice, Peace, and Liberty 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. . . . Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld on 23 May 2014The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 23 May 2014. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Memorial Day (last Monday of May), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Stephen Roth on 29 May 2014The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 29 May 2014. . . . Categories: 🇺🇸 Memorial Day (last Monday of May), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Eytan Hammerman on 11 June 2014The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 11 June 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 12 June 2014. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Michael Lotker on 18 June 2014The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 June 2014. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Israel Zoberman on 25 June 2014The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 25 June 2014. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Dovid Cohen on 10 July 2014The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 July 2014. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 11 December 2014. . . . A translation in Arabic and English of Rabbi Nava Hafetz’s prayer for the children of the world. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Michael Siegel on 30 April 2015The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 April 2015. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 9 June 2015. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Claudio Kogan on 10 June 2015The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 10 June 2015. . . . A worker’s prayer by Rabbi Stephen Belsky, dedicated to Noam Ezra ben haRav Moshe z”l. . . . Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah, 🌐 International Workers' Day (May 1st), 🇺🇸 Labor Day (1st Monday of September) A prayer-poem for Rosh Ḥodesh Adar Alef which occurs on Jewish leap years (before the month of Adar containing the festival of Purim). . . . Categories: Rosh Ḥodesh Adar (אַדָר) Alef & Bet A prayer for the electorate to be recited together with the Prayer for Government on the Shabbat before an election (federal, state, or local). . . . Categories: After the Aliyot, 🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st), 🇺🇸 United States of America, Elections & Voting The full text of Rabbi Julie Schonfeld’s benediction offered at the end of the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25th, 2016. . . . תפילה לעת שרפה – וחמת האש תשכך | Prayer for the Wildfires to Subside (Masorti Foundation, trans. by R’ Jonah Rank)The Prayer for the Fire (תפילה לעת שרפה) was first published by the Masorti Foundation at their website here in response to the November 2016 wildfires in Israel. Translation by Rabbi Jonah Rank. Transcription by Aharon Varady. . . . Categories: Drought & Wildfire The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 3 February 2016. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi John Linder on 22 March 2016The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 22 March 2016. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Jay Weinstein on 17 May 2016The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 May 2016. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 18 July 2016The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 July 2016. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Shea Hecht on 30 November 2016The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 30 November 2016. . . . תְּפִילַת הוֹלְכִים לְאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה | Prayer for Those Leaving Home for University, by Isaac Gantwerk MayerA 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) . . . 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. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. Senate on 31 January 2017. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Sanford Akselrad on 28 March 2017The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 28 March 2017. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Richard Boruch Rabinowitz on 3 May 2017The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 3 May 2017. . . . Tags: 115th Congress, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, U.S. House of Representatives, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, תחינות teḥinot Contributor(s): the Congressional Record of the United States of America and Richard Boruch Rabinowitz Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Thomas A. Louchheim on 17 May 2017The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 17 May 2017. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Hershel Lutch on 21 June 2017The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 21 June2017. . . . The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 27 June 2017. . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 18 August 2017The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 18 August 2017 . . . Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Arnold E. Resnicoff on 1 September 2017The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 1 September 2017. . . . | ||
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