A Blessing for all our Children [at the Onset of the School Year], by Rabbi Menachem Creditor
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2020-09-01
Last Updated: 2025-02-18
Categories: Learning, Study, and School
Tags: 2020 coronavirus pandemic, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, prayers concerning children, Prayers for students
Excerpt: A prayer for children on the first day of a new year of school. . . .
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Dear, Precious Ones, Our Children,
May you be blessed in your goings and comings, in your ongoing journeys through an uncertain world.
May God protect you from evil and from carelessness.
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May your hearts grow in awareness and sensitivity.
May your minds deepen in appreciation and curiosity.
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May you learn life’s lessons and be strengthened.
May whatever successes you achieve find you humble and ready to share, graciously and generously.
May whatever challenges you face find you brave and ready to ask for help.
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May you be blessed with good neighbors, good teachers, and good friends.
May this world invite your hearts’ gifts and the gift of your hearts.
May your soul be resilient and heal fully and quickly whenever it needs to.
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May we, your teachers and families, be blessed to witness your amazing paths forward, inward, and upward.
May you never doubt the overflowing love and gratitude we feel for you.
May the Source of Life pour through you and surround you as you choose your next steps.
May you know and share kindness, deep and true.
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Thank you for being ours, and for being your own, glorious selves.
We love you more than we can say.
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“A Blessing for all our Children” by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was first published on his Facebook Page on 31 August 2020 and subsequently shared via the Open Siddur Project through our Facebook Discussion Group.
Contributor: Menachem Creditor
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Name: Menachem Creditor
Bio: Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and was the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. A frequent speaker in communities and campuses around the United States and Israel with over 1 million views of his online videos and essays, he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. His 22 books and 6 albums of original music include the global anthem "Olam Chesed Yibaneh" and the anthologies "When We Turned Within" and "None Shall Make Them Afraid." He has been involved in the leadership of American Jewish World Service, AIPAC, the Rabbinical Assembly, and the One America Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing together Americans of different faiths and opinions. He and his wife Neshama Carlebach live in New York, where they are raising their five children.
Website: http://rabbicreditor.blogspot.com
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/menachem-creditor
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