ברכת יוצר יצירים | A Blessing for Creating, by Rabbi Adina Allen (Jewish Studio Project)
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Last Updated: 2025-04-25
Categories: Labor, Fulfillment, and Parnasah
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., blessings, Constructivism, creativity, North America, San Francisco, ברכות brakhot
Excerpt: "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. . . .
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בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה
ה׳ מָקוֹר הַחַיִּים
שֶׁבָּרָא אוֹתָנוּ בְּצַלְמוֹ,
וּמַּזְמִין אוֹתָנוּ לְחַדֵּשׁ בְּכָל יוֹם תָּמִיד
מַעֲשֵׂה בְּרֵאשִׁית.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה׳
יוֹצֵר יְצִירִים׃
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Blessed are You,
Hashem Source of Life
Who created us in Your image
and invites us to renew daily, perpetually,
the work of creation.
Blessed are You, Hashem,
Who created us creative.
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“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.” Niqqud (vocalization) added by Aharon Varady.
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Birkat Yotser Yitsirim (Rabbi Adina Allen 2017)
Contributor: Adina Allen
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Name: Adina Allen
Bio: Rabbi Adina Allen is a spiritual leader, writer and designer of transformative learning opportunities. Integrating a lifetime of experience in the creative arts with her rabbinic training Adina provides a unique and enlivening approach to Judaism. Her original research using painting, text study and reflective writing to generate contemporary midrash was published in the Winter 2013 edition of the CCAR Journal. Adina has taught Jewish text through a wide variety of creative arts modalities at institutions including Hillels, synagogues, and Jewish communal organizations across the country and abroad. As a recipient of the CIRCLE Fellowship Adina designed and facilitated a semester-long curriculum “Art as Inquiry into Interfaith Leadership” that resulted in an exhibition of the art and writing produced by participants. Adina is co-founder of the Movement Minyan, a method that explores Jewish liturgy through embodied practice, and was the 2012 National Havurah Summer Institute Liturgist in Residence. Former Assistant Editor of Tikkun magazine, Adina is a contributing writer to the Huffington Post and her work has been published in Tikkun, The Journal for Inter-Religious Dialogue, and State of Formation, among others. Ordained by Hebrew College in 2014 Adina is an alumnus of the Wexner Graduate Fellowship.
Website: http://adinaallen.com
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/adina-allen
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Title: Birkat Yotser Yitsirim
Caption: Birkat Yotser Yitsirim (Rabbi Adina Allen 2017)