tagged: welcoming • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶּקט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Prayer of the Guest Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives: Rabbi Hannah Spiro on 24 September 2018

Contributor(s):

United States Congressional Record and Hannah Spiro

Categories:

Sukkot, Opening Prayers for Legislative Bodies, United States of America

Tags:

U.S. House of Representatives, 115th Congress, Prayers of Guest Chaplains, United States Immigration Policy, welcoming, hospitality, תחינות teḥinot, hakhnasat orḥim, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

The Opening Prayer given in the U.S. House of Representatives on 24 September 2018. . . .

A Prayer before Candle-lighting, by Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Contributor(s):

Chaya Kaplan-Lester

Categories:

Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Erev Shabbat, Sukkot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, 7th Day of Pesaḥ

Tags:

Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, Light, 21st century C.E., potential, 58th century A.M., fire, כוונות kavvanot, kindling, English poetry

Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . .