Morning Prayer, by Rabbi Menachem Creditor
Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=51944
open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2023-07-02
Last Updated: 2024-06-01
Categories: Birkhot haShaḥar
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical elohai neshamah, waking
Excerpt: "Morning Prayer" by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was shared via the Open Siddur Project's Discussion Group on Facebook, 15 June 2023. . . .
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How grateful I am to You
Source of my Soul
for this breath
inhaled amidst
the brilliance of a new day.
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I am yet unaware
what today holds
but I am deeply aware
of being held
in Your light.
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“Morning Prayer” by Rabbi Menachem Creditor was shared via the Open Siddur Project’s Discussion Group on Facebook, 15 June 2023.
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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