Gratitude Prayer, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor on the first anniversary of the Pittsburgh Tree of Life massacre (2019)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license date_src_start: 2019-10-25 date_src_end: 2019-10-25 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: 2019-10-25
Last Updated: 2025-04-11
Categories: Hateful Intolerance, Prejudice, and Bigotry, Mass Shootings & Gun Violence, Terror
Tags: 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, Gratitude
Excerpt: A prayer on the first anniversary of the Tree of Life massacre in Pittsburgh. . . .
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Gratitude Prayer
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in memory and in solidarity with 11 beautiful souls from Pittsburgh who lived and whose gifts live on
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Dear One,
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I know there’s enough here
to do things worth doing
with other doers.
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Sometimes,
because of what we’ve lost,
because of what we’re afraid of losing,
it can be hard to remember what we have.
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So please remind us
to be mindful of what we have
so that we don’t lose it
while we still have it.
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Amen.
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“Gratitude Prayer” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor on his Facebook page and in the Facebook discussion group of the Open Siddur Project.
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
Featured Image:
Title: tree-of-life-art-painting-by-Rae-Chichilnitsky
Caption: "Tree of Life" by Rae Chichilnitsky