Name: Emmy Cohen
Bio: Emmy Cohen studies Religion at American University and is interested in women's roles in religion. Emmy grapples with defining the word "holy."
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Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/emmy-cohen
Source Link: https://opensiddur.org/?p=9401
open_content_license: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedicationDate: 2014-09-23
Last Updated: 2025-03-27
Categories: the Shmitah Year (Earth's Shabbat)
Tags: 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ḥeshbon nefesh, זמן תשובה Zman teshuvah, סליחות səliḥot
Excerpt: After struggling with the requests in Aneinu, read during Seliḥot, I composed a list of requests and questions for this upcoming Shmitah year. . . .
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עֲנֵנוּ
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Aneinu, Answer us
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How can this year be made holy?
Let us feel full, while living a year of emptiness. Help us find peace in the confusion. Give us the power to heal. May we only learn from peace. Grant us the courage to keep seeking. |
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עֲנֵנוּ |
Answer us, let us never stop asking.
Aneinu |
After struggling with the requests in Aneinu, read during Seliḥot, I composed a list of requests and questions for this upcoming Shmitah year.
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