An Evening Modeh Ani, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2022-07-06
Last Updated: 2025-01-22
Categories: Bedtime Shema
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, מודה אני Modeh Ani
Excerpt: "An Evening Modeh Ani" by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was first published on 6 July 2022 at his blog and shared by the author through the Open Siddur Project Discussion Group, on Facebook. . . .
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Modeh Ani, Grateful Am I
Life-force of the Universe
for the soul You have lent me
so that I was able today
to experience the grandeur of Creation.
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As the sun sets,
as the day begins to end,
as we lay our heads to rest,
we ask You, Creator,
for something precious:
tomorrow.
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“An Evening Modeh Ani” by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was first published on 6 July 2022 at his blog and shared by the author through the Open Siddur Project Discussion Group, on Facebook.
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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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