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Our Enemies, an exhortation to look inward to resolve conflict (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Our Enemies" is the thirtieth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 105-107. Unfortunately, we do not yet...

Our Enemies, an exhortation to look inward to resolve conflict (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66518

Hospitality, an exhortation to recognize and transcend social class segregation (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Hospitality" is the twenty-ninth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 102-104.

Hospitality, an exhortation to recognize and transcend social class segregation (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66512

אֵל לִבִּי פְּתַח | El Libbi Păthaḥ — a Yemenite Jewish prayer for recitation by children before Torah study, translated by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפּ... In Yemenite Jewish children’s schools, this prayer of unknown authorship is said before the lesson in unison. The teacher conducts and the children sing together to a melody. The prayer is printed in ...

אֵל לִבִּי פְּתַח | El Libbi Păthaḥ — a Yemenite Jewish prayer for recitation by children before Torah study, translated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social opensiddur.org?p=48639

Righteousness, an exhortation to pursue justice (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Righteousness" is the twenty-eighth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 99-101.

Righteousness, an exhortation to pursue justice (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66504

Done! Thank you.

Prayer for Others, an exhortation (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Prayer for Others" is the twenty-seventh prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 93-95.

Prayer for Others, an exhortation (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66492

Purim—the Festival of Joy, a prayer for that mirth which dispels hatred (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Purim—The Feast of Joy" is the twenty-sixth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 90-92.

Purim—the Festival of Joy, a prayer for that mirth which dispels hatred (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66483

Compensation, a prayer for integrity in fulfilling mitsvot (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Compensation" is the twenty-fifth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 87-89.

Compensation, a prayer for integrity in fulfilling mitsvot (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66471

Tolerance, a prayer against bigotry and prejudice (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Tolerance" is the twenty-fourth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 83-86.

Tolerance, a prayer against bigotry and prejudice (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66466

Envy, a prayer against jealousy (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Envy" is the twenty-third prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 80-82.

Envy, a prayer against jealousy (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66463

Ḥanukkah—the Festival of Light, a prayer against anti-Jewish oppression (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Hanukkah-The Feast of Light" is the twenty-second prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 77-79.

Ḥanukkah—the Festival of Light, a prayer against anti-Jewish oppression (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66455

Rock of Ages, a Ḥanukkah hymn by Rabbi Gustav Gottheil (1894) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ Rock of Ages" (a/k/a, "Hanukkah-Hymn") was written by the prominent Reform movement rabbi Gustav Gottheil, and composed in English verse to be sung to a popular melody for the piyyut Maoz Tsur. It was...

Rock of Ages, a Ḥanukkah hymn by Rabbi Gustav Gottheil (1894) opensiddur.org?p=66452

🌐 International Women's Day (March 8th) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, International Women’s Day (Hebrew: יוֹם הַנָּשִׁים הַבֵּין־לְאֻמִּי, Yom ha-Nashim ha-Ben Leumi). International Women’s Day is a global civi...

Resources shared for 🌐 International Women’s Day (March 8th) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

Reliance, a prayer in the face of insecurity (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Reliance" is the twenty-first prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 74-76.

Reliance, a prayer in the face of insecurity (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66445

Light Divine, a prayer on the quest for illumination in apparent darkness (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Light Divine" is the twentieth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 71-73.

Light Divine, a prayer on the quest for illumination in apparent darkness (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66426

Hashem is Everywhere! — a song by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1972) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ The pedagogical song "Hashem is Everywhere!" by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1928-2013) can be found in the context of his story, "Where is Hashem?," the second track on his album מדות טובות Jewish Ethics T...

"Hashem is Everywhere!" — a song concisely articulating Jewish panentheism by Rabbi Yosef Goldstein (1972) opensiddur.org?p=48167

From Strength to Strength, a prayer on Shemini Atseret/Simḥat Torah for cultivating spiritual strength (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "From Strength to Strength" is the nineteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 68-70.

From Strength to Strength, a prayer on Shemini Atseret/Simḥat Torah for cultivating spiritual strength (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66415

We'd very much like to read Aguilar's earliest collection of poetry, Magic Wreath (1835), published around the time she was writing the prayers her mother Sarah later posthumously published. Currently, Magic Wreath only appears to be in your archive. What would it take to digitize it?

Meditation on the Works of God, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Meditation on the works of God" by Grace Aguilar was published posthumously by her mother Sarah Aguilar in the UK edition of Sacred Communings, pp. 79-82. It is not found in the US edition.

Meditation on the Works of God, by Grace Aguilar (ca. 1830s) opensiddur.org?p=51105

Grace Aguilar • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ Prayers and other works by Grace Aguilar shared through the Open Siddur Project.

Resources offered by Grace Aguilar opensiddur.org/index.php?us...

📖 ברכה ותהלה | Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923) is a collection of fifty teḥinot and devotional readings in vernacular English. The work ...

We're working through a full transcription of this collection of teḥinot (in vernacular English) published in 1923 by the Central Conference of American Rabbis: opensiddur.org?p=65368

אַאֲמִיר אוֹתְךָ סֶֽלָה | Aamir Otekha Selah, an ofan piyyut for Sukkot by Elazar ben Qallir (rhymed translation by Alice Lucas 1894) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is the piyyut, "Aamir Otekha Selah" by Elazar ben Qallir for Sukkot, as translated into rhyming English verse by Alice Montefiore Lucas, first published in her anthology of versified translations...

אַאֲמִיר אוֹתְךָ סֶֽלָה | Aamir Otekha Selah, an ofan piyyut for Sukkot by Elazar ben Qallir (rhymed translation by Alice Lucas 1894) opensiddur.org?p=66395

[A prayer for] Sukkot—Festival of Tabernacles (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Succoth—Feast of Tabernacles" is the eighteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 64-67. Unfortunatel...

[A prayer for] Sukkot—Festival of Tabernacles (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66407

God's Bounty, a prayer for Sukkot (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "God's Bounty" is the seventeenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 61-63. Unfortunately, we do not ye...

God’s Bounty, a prayer for Sukkot (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66384

Yom Kippur—The Day of Atonement, a prayer for at-One-ment (CCAR 1923) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Yom Kippur—The Day of Atonement" is the sixteenth prayer found in ברכה ותהלה Blessing and Praise: A Book of Meditations and Prayers for Individual and Home Devotion (CCAR 1923), pp. 57-60. Unfortunat...

"Yom Kippur—The Day of Atonement," a prayer for at-One-ment (CCAR 1923) opensiddur.org?p=66375

הַתְּפִלּוֹת שֶׁל מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר | The Prayers of Mordekhai and Esther from Divrei haYamim l'Yeraḥmiel (ca. 11-12th c.) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ The dream and prayer of Mordekhai, and the prayer of Esther, as copied in the medieval pseudo-historical Chronicle of Yeraḥmiel.

הַתְּפִלּוֹת שֶׁל מָרְדְּכַי וְאֶסְתֵּר | The Prayers of Mordekhai and Esther from Divrei haYamim l’Yeraḥmiel (ca. 11-12th c.) opensiddur.org?p=30495 (translated by Moses Gaster, transcribed by @aharonium.bsky.social, and cantillated by @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social) audio recording included!

Purim • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers and song written for the festival of Purim. Purim is named after the word pur in Megillat Esther, the method of divination by lot used to determine the proper date for th...

Resources shared for Purim opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

Would you be willing or interested in composing a prayer that better reflects your concerns in this moment? If/when you do, please consider sharing it though our project -- and thank you!

Heartbreaking.
Infuriating.
Intolerable.

Yanar Mohammed runs a secret network of safe houses for women fleeing violence in Iraq

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🌐 Agunah Day (Adar 13) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers written for יום העגונה (Yom ha-Agunah), Agunah Day, advocating for Agunot, Jewish women trapped and often extorted by husbands refusing to grant them a get, a bill of div...

Resources shared for 🌐 Agunah Day (Adar 13) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...