A Mini-Seliḥot, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=27229
open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 2019-09-21 date_src_end: 2019-09-21 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"},{"name":"Hebrew","code":"heb","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"},{"name":"Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri)","code":"Hebr","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2019-09-21
Last Updated: 2025-04-11
Categories: Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical seliḥot, סליחות səliḥot, תחינות teḥinot
Excerpt: One small request to accompany the seliḥot service. . . .
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God,
forgive us,
but please help us surpass the pre-written stuff.
Remind us to believe in our own living hearts and mouths and souls.
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Hear us when we speak.
Comfort us when we cry.
Guide us when we stray.
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God, please forgive us
for the things we did wrong
and were brave enough to name,
strong enough to own,
and hopeful enough to see past.
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May the coming year find us ready
to be our full size,
strong and brave and hopeful,
alive and healthy and safe.
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May the coming year be a good one.
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For everyone, Dear God, for everyone.
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Amen.
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“A Mini-Selichot” by Menachem Creditor was first published on the Open Siddur Project discussion group on Facebook.
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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