Eretz v'shamayim//Earth and Sky: A Prayer Zine for Camping

A PRAYER ZINE FOR CAMPING

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Contents 1

prayers for setting up camp

3

prayers before going to bed

5

prayers upon waking up

7

grace before meals

7

grace after meals (short form)

8

birkat hamazon

12

silent tefilah miscellaneous prayers

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prayers for setting up camp

Mah Tovu

As we enter time together, we acknowledge the sacredness of this land and acknowledge sacredness of its original caretakers, the ______ people, and their descendants today. Before breaking ground to set up camp, we take time to acknowledge and thank them.

‫ יִשְׂרָ אֵל‬,ָ‫כ ּנֹתֶיך‬ ְ ׁ‫ש‬ ְ ִ‫ יַעֲקֹב; מ‬,ָ‫מַה טֹּבו ּ אֹהָלֶיך‬ Mah tovu, ohalekha Ya'akov, mishk'notekha Yisra'el. (x2)

Reach down and touch the ground Then rise back up to stand The land we are on on is _____ land.

Reach down and touch the ground Rise up to sing in chorus We honor the ____ people here now, and before us.

How good is this place I am right now.

Even though I wrestle with its goodness, I affirm it nonetheless.

Shehecheyanu Upon embarking on something for the first time, Jews recite this blessing thanking the Divine for this moment.

ּ ‫שׁהֶחֱי ָנו‬ ֶ , ‫ חיי העולמימ‬,ּ‫ י ְי ָ אֱלֹהֵינו‬,‫בָּרו ּךְ אַתָּה‬ ‫וְקִיְּמָנו ּ וְהִג ִּיעָנו ּ לַזְּמַן הַז ֶּה‬.

Baruch atah, Shechina, chei ha'olamim, shehecheyanu, v'kiy'manu, v'higiyanu laz'man hazeh.

Blessed are you Divine Everything, life of all the worlds, who has kept us alive, sustained us, and

Before Pitching a Tent or Making Your First Fire

brought us to this season

Camping brings us closer to the earth, which is a gift, but one that can make us vulnerable. Pray these words before doing something hard adapted by Rena Branson from the Jewish Liturgy.

We will not underestimate our power any longer— we know that together, we are strong.

Like drops of water shape the rocks as they rush down the falls, we know that together, we are strong.

ּ ‫כ ּלָּם הוֹ דו‬ ֻ ‫ש ׂפַת הַי ָּם יַֽחַד‬ ְ ‫שׁמְךָ עַל־‬ ִ ְ‫שׁבְּ֒חו ּ ג ְאוּלִים ל‬ ִ ‫שִׁירָ ה חֲדָ שָׁה‬ Shira chadasha shibchu ge'ulim l'shimcha al sfat hayam, yachad kulam hodu

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ּ‫בָּרו ּךְ אַתָּה יָה‬ ‫עוֺשֶׂה נִפְלָאוֺת‬ .‫ו ּבוֺרֵ א אֶת הַכֹּל‬

Blessed are You, Yah, Doer of wonders and Creator of all.

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prayers before bed ּ ‫בָרו ּךְ אַתָה י ְי ָ אֱלֹהֵינו‬ ‫מֶלךְֶ הָעוֹ לםָ הַמַפִיל‬ ‫חֶבְלי ֵ שֵנהָ עַל עֵיני ָ וּתְנוּמָה‬ ָ‫ ו ִיהִי רָ צוֹ ן מִלפְָני ֶך‬.‫עַל עַפְעַפָי‬ ‫י ְי ָ אֶלֹהַי ו ֵאלֹהֵי אַבוֹ תַי‬ ִ ‫ו ֵאלֹהֵי אִמוֹ תַי שֶתַשְכִיבֵני‬ .‫לשְָלוֹ ם וְתַעַמִידֵ ני ִ לשְָלוֹ ם‬ ַ ‫וְאַל יבְַהַלו ּני ִ רַ עְיוֹ ני‬ .‫וַחַלוֹ מוֹ ת רָ עִים וְהַרְ הוֹ ִרים רָ עִים‬ .ָ‫וּתְהִי מִטָתִי שְלמֵָה לפְָני ֶך‬ .‫וְהָאֵר עֵיני ַ פֶן אִישַן הַמָו ֶת‬ .‫כִי אָתָה הַמֵאִיר לאְִישׁוֹ ן בַת־עָי ִן‬ ָ ‫בָרו ּךְ אַתָה י ְי‬ . ֹ‫הַמֵאִיר לעָוֹ לםָ כֻל ּוֹ בִכְבוֹ דו‬

Blessed are You, Eternal our God, Ruler of the universe, who makes the bands of sleep fall upon my eyes and slumber on my eyelids. May it be Your will, Eternal God and God of my ancestors, that I lie down in peace and rise up again in peace.

Let my thoughts not trouble me, nor bad dreams, nor bad fantasies, but let my rest be perfect before You. Lighten my eyes so that I do not sleep the sleep of death, for it is You who gives light to the pupil of the eye. Blessed are You, Eternal God, who gives light to the whole world in Your Glory.

shema yisrael adonai eloheinu adonai echad

‫שמע ישראל יי אלהינו יי‬ ‫אחד‬ Listen up Gd wrestlers! All that is Divine is One, is Gd.

‫ברך שמ כבד מלכתו לעולמ ועד‬ Blessed be Gd's glorious majesty forever and ever

ָ‫ואָהַבְתָ אֵת י ְהוֹ ה אֱלֹהֶיך‬ ָ‫בְכָל־לבְָבְךָ וּבְכָל־נפְַשְך‬ ּ ‫ וְהָיו‬.ָ‫וּבְכָל־מְאֹדֶ ך‬ ‫הַדְ ב ִָרים הָאֵלהֶ אֲשֶר אָנֹכִי‬ . ָ‫מְצַו ְךָ הַיּוֹ ם עַל־לבְָבֶך‬ ָ‫וְשִננַתְָם לבְִנוֹ תֶך‬ ‫ו ּלבְָני ֶךָ ו ְדִ בַרְ תָ בָם‬ ָ‫בְשִבְתְךָ בְבֵיתֶךָ וּבְלכְֶתְך‬ ָ‫בַדֶ רֶ ךְ וּבְשָכְבְך‬ ‫ וּקְשַרְ תָם לאְוֹ ת‬:ָ‫וּבְקוּמֶך‬ ‫עַל־י ָדֶ ךָ וְהָיו ּ לטְֹטָפֹת בֵין‬ ‫ וּכְתַבְתָם עַל־מְזז ֻוֹ ת‬:ָ‫עֵיני ֶך‬ .ָ‫בֵיתֶךָ וּבִשְעָרֶ יך‬

Say these words when you lie down and when you rise up, when you go out and when you return. In times of mourning and in times of joy. Inscribe them on your doorposts, embroider them on your garments, tattoo them on your shoulders, teach them to your children, your neighbors, your enemies, recite them in your sleep, here in the cruel shadow of empire: Another world is possible.

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B'Shem Hashem B'Shem Hashem Elohei yisrael Mimini Michael umismoli Gavriel umilfanai Uriel Umeachorai Rafael v'al roshi Shechinat el

‫בְשֵם י ְי ָ אֶלֹהֵי יִשְרָ אֵל‬ ִ ‫מִימִיני ִ מִיכָאֵל וּמִשְמֹאלי‬ ‫גַב ְִריאֵל וּמִלפְ​ְני ַ או ִּריאֵל‬ ‫וּמֵאַחוֹ רַ י רְ פָאֵל וְעַל רֹאשִי‬ .‫שְכִינתַ אֵל‬

I am surrounded by Angels of Peace.

I/You/We am protected, I am safe at ease.

I am surrounded by Angels of Peace.

I/You/We am protected, I am safe at ease.

With loving kindness to the Right And to the Left, a great shield of might And Before my eyes, a guiding light And the flow of healing from Behind And Up above, the Holy One holds me in her presence And Down below, the Earth turns slow rocking me like a cradle

In the name of God, the God of those who Struggle, may Michael be at my right hand; Gabriel at my left; before me, Uriel; behind me, Raphael; and above my head the divine presence of God.

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prayers Upon waking up Modeh Ani

I am grateful before you living and eternal spirit for you returned my soul within my body to me. You are abundantly faithful.

ָ‫מודֶ ה אֲנ ִי לְפָנ ֶיך‬

‫רוח חַי וְקַי ָּם‬ ‫שׁמָתִי‬ ְ ִ ‫שׁהֶחֱז ַרְ תָּ בִּי נ‬ ֶ ‫בְּחֶמְלָה‬ ָ‫רַ בָּה אֱמו ּנָתֶך‬

Modeh ani le-fanekha, ruach chai ve-kayam Shehechezarta bi nishmati be-chemlah rabah emunatekha

Elohai Neshama ,‫אֱלֹהַי‬ ‫תֽתָּ בִּי‬ ַ ּ ָ ‫שׁמָה שֶׁנ‬ ָ ְ‫נ‬ ‫טְהוֹ רָ ה הִיא‬

My Gd, The soul you have given me It is a pure one

Elohai Neshama shenatata bi tehora hi

shema yisrael adonai eloheinu adonai echad

‫שמע ישראל יי אלהינו יי‬ ‫אחד‬ Listen up Gd wrestlers! All that is Divine is One, is Gd.

‫ברך שמ כבד מלכתו לעולמ ועד‬ Blessed be Gd's glorious majesty forever and ever

finish the v'ahavta on p. 3

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‫ברכות השכר‬ QUEER MORNING BLESSINGS / birkot hashachar (caress your eyes) Blessed are you, AWAKENER, life of all worlds, who removes sleep from my eyes and slumber from my eyelids.

(feel your feet upon the solid ground) Blessed are you, GENEROUS CREATRIX, who stretches forth the earth upon the waters.

(receive light, take in your surroundings) Blessed are you, SACRED FLAME, who illuminates and shines upon everyone and everything.

(dust off your shoulders, run your hands across your limbs, touch the fabrics touching you) Blessed are you, HOLY FASHION DESIGNER, who delights in the way we dress ourselves as altars.

(move from tightness to stretching wide) Blessed are you, LIBERATION WORKER, who moves us to stretch and expand towards freedom.

(feel yourself) Blessed are You, DIVINE APPLE ORCHARD, who delights in my delight and is praised by my pleasure.

(touch your heart) Blessed are you, NAMELESS AND INFINITE, who made us in your image and reminds us that all bodies are sacred and holy.

(place a crown upon your head and lift your chin) Blessed are You, WINGS OF GOLD, who crowns my people, all people, with splendor.

(Take a breath that fills your whole body, hold it for a moment, and let it out) Blessed are you, HOLY BREATH, who fills me with this gift every day.

(open your palms in front of you) Blessed are you, ABUNDANCE, who helps me remember I have everything I need.

(let your body move as it wants to move) Blessed are you, THE WAY, who meets me where I am.

(close your eyes and rest) Blessed are you, SOURCE OF LIFE, who I draw on for strength and who reminds me that rest is a sacred act.

(embrace yourself ) Blessed are you, FABULOUS ONE, who loves me just as I am.

(place your hand somewhere that needs extra love) Blessed are you, WEAVER OF BEING, who shaped the human being with wisdom, making for us all the openings and vessels of the body. It is known that we are miracles and all bodies are miracles.

Blessed are You, YOU OF MANY NAMES, for revealing infinite paths of healing.

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Grace before meals ָ ‫בָרו ּךְ אַתָה י ְי‬ ָ‫אֱלֹהֵינו ּ מֶלךְֶ הָעוֹ לם‬ .‫הַמּוֹ צִיא לחֶ​ֶם מִן הָאָרֶ ץ‬

Blessed are You, Eternal God, Ruler of the universe, who brings forth bread from the earth.

ָ ‫בָרו ּךְ אַתָה י ְי‬ ָ‫אֱלֹהֵינו ּ מֶלךְֶ הָעוֹ לם‬ .‫בּוֹ רֵ א מִיני ֵ מְזוֹ נוֹ ת‬

Blessed are You, Eternal God, Ruler of the universe, who creates all kinds of nourishment.

ָ ‫בָרו ּךְ אַתָה י ְי‬ ָ‫אֱלֹהֵינו ּ רוח הָעוֹ לם‬ . ֹ‫שֶהַכֹל נהְִי ֶה בִדְ בָרו‬

Blessed are You, Eternal God, Lifebreath of the universe, through whose word everything exists.

Amen! !‫בתאבון‬ B'teavon!

Bon Appetit!

Grace After Meals Short Form ָ ‫ב ְִריךְ רַ חַמָנ‬ ‫א‬ ‫כ ְּא דְ עַלמְָא‬ ָ ‫מַל‬ .‫מַרֵ יהּ דְ הַאי פִיתָא‬ Blessed is the Compassionate One, Ruler of the world, who created this bread.

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‫ברכת המזון‬

Grace After Meals ‫מּֽ֫עֲל֥וֹ ת׃‬ ַ ֽ‫ה‬ ַ ‫שׁ֗יר‬ ִ

‫ב ֣ת צִי ּ֑וֹ ן‬ ַ ‫בְּשׁ֣ו ּב י ְי ָ אֶת־שִׁי‬ :‫מ ֽים‬ ִ ְ‫כ ּחֹל‬ ְ ּ ‫הָ֝י ִ֗ינו‬ ּ֘ ‫פִינו‬ ּ ‫ש ׂחֹ֡ק‬ ְ ‫א ֤ז יִמָּלֵ ֢א‬ ָ ‫וּלְשׁוֹ נֵ ֢נו ּ ִר ָ֫נ ּ֥ה‬ ‫אָ֭ז יֹ ֽאמְר֣ו ּ בַג ּוֹ יִ֑ם‬ :‫אֽלֵּה‬ ֵ ‫לֽעֲשׂ֥וֹ ת עִם־‬ ַ ָ ‫הִג ְ ִדּ ֥יל י ְי‬ ָ ‫הִג ְ ִדּ ֥יל י ְי‬ ּ ‫מּ ֑נו‬ ָ ִ‫לֽעֲשׂ֣וֹ ת ע‬ ַ :‫ח ֽים‬ ִ ֵ‫הָ֜י ִ֗ינו ּ שְ ׂמ‬

A REACHING UP SONG (Psalm 126) We dream How God will bring us back to Zion.

Then shall we laugh again.

Then shall we sing again.

Then shall it be said abroad: “How great it is!

Look at what God has done for them!

If God had done the same for us, We too would be glad.”

ּ ‫ת ֑נו‬ ֵ ‫ב ֣ה י ְי ָ אֶת־שְׁבִי‬ ָ ּ ‫שׁו‬ ‫ק ֥ים‬ ִ ‫כֽאֲפִי‬ ַּ :‫בַּנֵּֽג ֶב‬

O God! Why don’t You bring us back?

As you bring back water To the dried-up Negev streams?

‫ע ֥ים בְּדִ מְעָ֗ה‬ ִ ְ‫ה ַֹז ּֽר‬ :ּ‫בּ ְִר ָנ ּ֥ה יִקְצֹֽרו‬

Yes we will trust. We sowed with tears We will reap with song.

‫מֽשֶׁךְ־הַ ָ֫ז ֥ ּרַ ע‬ ֶ ‫ש ֢א‬ ֵׂ ֹ‫הָ֘ל֤וֹ ךְ יֵלֵ֨ךְ׀ וּבָכֹה֘ נ‬ ‫בֹּֽ֬א־יָבֹ֥א‬ ‫ב ְִרנ ָ ּ֗ה‬ ‫ת ֽיו׃‬ ָ ֹּ‫ש ֥א אֲלֻמ‬ ֵׂ ֝ ֹ‫נ‬

Those who go, casting out seeds, Sometime feel like weeping.

Yet on they go, always trusting, That they shall come back singing, Bearing in the harvest sheaves.

Invitation And Consent !ְ‫חֲבֵרַ י נְבָרֵ ך‬ ‫ל ֽם׃‬ ָ ֹ‫מעַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עו‬ ֽ֝ ֵ ְ‫ש ֣ם י ְי ָ מְבֹרָ ֑ך‬ ֵׁ ‫ה ֤י‬ ִ ְ‫י‬ ‫ל ֽם׃‬ ָ ֹ‫מעַתָּ֗ה וְעַד־עו‬ ֽ֝ ֵ ְ‫ש ֣ם י ְי ָ מְבֹרָ ֑ך‬ ֵׁ ‫ה ֤י‬ ִ ְ‫י‬ ְ ֹ‫שֵׁלו‬ ּ ִ‫שׁאָכַלְנו ּ מ‬ ֶ [ּ ‫בִּרְ שׁו ּת חֲבֵרַ י נְבָרֵ ך ]אֱלֹהֵינו‬

Leader

Friends, let us give praise.

Response

May God’s name be praised, now and forever

Leader

May God’s name be praised, now and forever.

With your consent, friends, let us praise God, of whose food we have partaken.

Response

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ֹ‫שֵׁלו‬ ּ ִ‫שׁאָכַלְנו ּ מ‬ ֶ [ּ ‫ בָּרו ּךְ ]אֱלֹהֵינו‬Praised be our God of whose abundance we have partaken !ּ‫ וּבְטו ּבוֹ חָי ִינו‬and by whose goodness we live.

Leader

ֹ‫שֵׁלו‬ ּ ִ‫שׁאָכַלְנו ּ מ‬ ֶ [ּ ‫בָּרו ּךְ ]אֱלֹהֵינו‬ Praised be our God of whose abundance we have partaken !ּ‫ וּבְטו ּבוֹ חָי ִינו‬and by whose goodness we live.

Response

. ֹ‫ בָּרו ּךְ הו ּא וּבָרו ּךְ שְׁמו‬Praised be God, and praised be God’s name.

Thanks for the Food and its Nourishment ּ ‫ה ֽינו‬ ֵ ֹ ‫בָּרו ּךְ אַתָּה י ְי ָ אֱל‬ ‫מֽלֶךְ הָעוֹ לָם‬ ֶ ֹ‫כ ּל ּוֹ בְּטו ּבו‬ ֻ ‫הַז ָּן אֶת הָעוֹ לָם‬ ‫חֽסֶד וּבְרַ חֲמִים‬ ֶ ְּ‫בְּחֵן ב‬

all together

Praise, yes, praise is Yours, O God, Ruler of all time and space, Who every day invites the world To the feast of love, goodness and compassion: You feed us–and we earned it not; You sustain us—and we deserved it not;

‫ת ֣ן‬ ֵ ֹ‫הו ּא נ‬ ‫לֶ֭חֶם‬ ‫ש ֑ר‬ ָׂ ָּ‫לְכָל־ב‬ : ֹ‫ל ֣ם חַסְ ּֽדו‬ ָ ֹ‫כ ֖י לְעו‬ ִּ ‫וּבְטו ּבוֹ הַג ָּדוֹ ל‬ ּ ‫ל ֽנו‬ ָ ‫תָּמִיד ל ֹא חָסַר‬ ‫ל ֽנו ּ מָזוֹ ן‬ ָ ‫וְאַל יֶחְסַר‬ ‫לְעוֹ לָם וָעֶד‬

You so abundantly overwhelm us with Your Goodness.

Food you provide for all Your creatures Whom You love so abundantly.

And because you are so good to us, We have never lacked sustenance in the past And we believe that we will never lack food In the future.

:‫ בַּעֲבו ּר שְׁמוֹ הַג ָּדוֹ ל‬This You do for Your own repute That You may be known as: The one who sustains, The One who supports, ָ‫ פּוֹ תֵ ֥חַ אֶת־י ׇדֶ ֑ך‬:‫כ ּאָמו ּר‬ ָ The one who provides food for each ‫ח ֣י רָ צֽוֹ ן׃‬ ַ ‫בּ ֖יעַ לְכָל־‬ ִ ׂ‫ש‬ ְ ַ‫ וּמ‬creature’s needs. ‫כִּי הו ּא ז ָן‬ ‫וּמְפַרְ נ ֵס לַכֹּל‬ ‫וּמֵטִיב לַכֹּל וּמֵכִין מָזוֹ ן‬ .‫לְכָל בּ ְִריּוֹ תָיו אֲשֶׁר בָּרָ א‬

For Your feast is prepared for all, And Your table is set for all; You know well what each one needs, For You did create all.

ָ ‫ בָּרו ּךְ אַתָּה י ְי‬Therefore do we praise and thank You, .‫ הַז ָּן אֶת הַכֹּל‬the One who nourishes all.

10 Thanks for the Exodus, The Torah, the Holy Land, And for the Joy of Eating

ָ ְ‫חֽל‬ ּ‫ת‬ ַ ְ ‫ה ֽינו ּ עַל שֶׁהִנ‬ ֵ ֹ ‫נוֹ דֶ ה לְּךָ י ְי ָ אֱל‬ ‫א ֽרֶ ץ חֶמְדָ ה טוֹ בָה ו ּרְ חָבָה‬ ֶ ּ ‫ת ֽינו‬ ֵ ֹ‫לַאֲבו‬ ּ ‫ה ֽינו‬ ֵ ֹ ‫ת ֽנו ּ י ְי ָ אֱל‬ ָ ‫וְעַל שֶׁהוֹ צֵא‬ ‫א ֽרֶ ץ מִצְרַ ֽים‬ ֶ ֵ‫מ‬ ‫ת ֽנו ּ מִבֵּית עֲבָדִ ים‬ ָ ‫וּפְדִ י‬ ּ ‫תֽמְתָּ בִּבְשָׂרֵ ֽנו‬ ַ ָ‫שׁח‬ ֶ ָ‫וְעַל בּ ְִריתְך‬ ּ ‫תּ ֽנו‬ ָ ְ‫ל ּמַּד‬ ִ ׁ‫ש‬ ֶ ָ‫וְעַל תּוֹ רָ תְך‬ ּ ‫תּ ֽנו‬ ָ ְ‫ק ֽיךָ שֶׁהוֹ דַ ע‬ ֵּ ֻ‫וְעַל ח‬ ‫וְעַל‬ ‫חַי ִּים‬ ‫חֵן‬ ‫חֽסֶד‬ ֶ ָ‫ו‬ ּ ‫תּ ֽנו‬ ָ ְ ‫שֶׁחוֹ נ ַנ‬ ‫וְעַל אֲכִילַת מָזוֹ ן‬ ‫ת ֽנו ּ תָּמִיד בְּכָל יוֹ ם‬ ָ ֹ‫שׁאַתָּה ז ָן וּמְפַרְ נ ֵס או‬ ָ ‫שׁעָה‬ ָ ‫וּבְכָל עֵת וּבְכָל‬.

We thank You, Adonai our God, because You settled our ancestors in a land desirable and good and wide.

You removed us, Adonai our God, from the straits and narrow places of Egypt, and freed us from being at home in servitude.

We thank You for the promise sealed in our flesh, For the Torah teaching which You impart to us, And for the limits of conduct which You made us know; For life, for beauty, for love, with which You are so generous.

And we thank You for the joy of eating which You grant us while You nourish us, everyday, every moment.

Thanks for the Good Earth and Her Produce

‫אלֹהֵֽינוּ‬ ֱ ָ ‫וְעַל הַכֹּל י ְי‬ ְ‫אֲנַחְנו ּ מוֹ דִ ים לָך‬ ָ‫שׁמְך‬ ִ ְ‫רכִים אוֹ תָךְ יִתְבָּרַ ך‬ ֲ ָ‫וּמְב‬ :‫בְּפִי כָל חַי תָּמִיד לְעוֹ לָם וָעֶד‬ :‫כ ּכָּתו ּב‬ ַ ָ‫ב ֽרַ כְתָּ֙ אֶת־י ְי ָ אֱלֹהֶ֔יך‬ ֵ ּ ‫ב֑עְתָּ ו‬ ָ ׂ‫ש‬ ָ ְ ‫תּ ֖ ו‬ ָ ְ‫אֽכַל‬ ָ ְ‫ו‬ ‫ב ֖ה‬ ָ ּ‫ט‬ ֹ ַ‫עַל־הָאָ ֥רֶ ץ ה‬ ְ‫ל ֽך‬ ָ ‫ש ֥ר נָֽתַן־‬ ֶׁ ֲ‫א‬ ָ ‫בָּרו ּךְ אַתָּה י ְי‬ ‫א ֽרֶ ץ וְעַל הַמָּזוֹ ן‬ ָ ָ‫עַל ה‬.

For all this, Our God, We worship and thank YOU, Whose name is praised By ever new expressions of life.

We do this to fulfill Your command which states: “Eat Your fill praising Adonai your God for the earthy goodness which the Almighty so freely gave to you.”

Therefore we say: Praise to You O God for the earth and for its food.

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silent tefilah Use the words on the page, the spaces on the page, the or the words of your heart for some time in silent prayer.

Open In this silence I do not call to You, my God. I do not call out at all Instead, for an instant of openness I offer, not demand I surrender, just for a moment Instead of asking for my needs or of challenging You, our usual way I am quiet and available to You You, You, You I am here I am open - RABBI MENACHEM CREDITOR

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‫תפילת העמידה ביום חול‬

‫‪Weekday Amidah‬‬ ‫ל ּלֵךְ‬ ‫ִירי לְשׁוֹ נ ִי וַאֲהַ ֵ‬ ‫פִי הַתּ ִ‬ ‫פתְחִי ּ‬ ‫שׁמָתִי ּ ִ‬ ‫הֲו ָי ַת נ ִ ְ‬ ‫אִמִּי‬ ‫הַג ִ ּבּוֹ רָ ה‬ ‫הַקְּדוֹ שָׁה‬ ‫ש ׂכְלִי בְּדַ עַת וּבִינ ָה‬ ‫חָנ ְ ּנ ִי ִ‬ ‫אַמְּצִינ ִי אֶל חֵיק תְּשׁוּבָתֵךְ‬ ‫ל ּאִי לִבִּי סְלִיחָה‬ ‫מַ ְ‬ ‫רְ אִי בְעָנְי ִי‪ִ ,‬ריבִי ִריבִי‪ ,‬מִמֵּיצ ִָרים ג ַ ּאֲלִינ ִי‬ ‫פאִי אֶת נַפְשִׁי אֶת ג ּוּפִי אֶת אֲהוּבַי אֶת בְּנוֹ ת וּבְנ ֵי מִינ ִי‬ ‫רַ ּ ְ‬ ‫פִרְ יָהּ‬ ‫בָּרְ כִי אֶת אַדְ מָתֵךְ וְאֶת ּ‬ ‫קַבְּצִי אֵלֶיהָ אֶת נ ִ ָּדחַי ִךְ בְּאַהֲבָה‬ ‫פַט צִדְ קֵךְ‬ ‫שׁ ּ‬ ‫שׁלִיטִי מִ ְ‬ ‫הַ ְ‬ ‫לְהַכְנ ִיעַ כָּל רֶ שַׁע ו ְז ָדוֹ ן‬ ‫ַצ ּ ִּדיקוֹ ת‬ ‫עִטְפִי בְּרַ חֲמַי ִךְ אֶת הַזַּכ ּוֹ ת וְה ַ‬ ‫שׁכֹּנ ָּה עִמָּךְ בְּבֵיתֵךְ לָבֶטַח‬ ‫לְמַּעַן תִּ ְ‬ ‫הוֹ שִׁיעִי נ ָא‬ ‫שׁמְעִי נ ָא‬ ‫ִ‬ ‫קַבְּלִי נ ָא‬ ‫וְשׁוּבִי לְצִיּוֹ ן בְּרַ חֲמִים‬ ‫תּוֹ דָ ה‬ ‫שָׁלוֹ ם‬ ‫‪- RABBI DAHLIA SHAHAM‬‬

Amidah, On Our Feet We Speak to You We rise to speak a web of bodies aligned like notes of music.

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Bless the gift of memory that breaks unbidden, released from a flower or a cup of tea

Bless what brought us through

so the dead move like rain through the room.

the sea and the fire; we are caught in history like whales in polar ice.

Bless what forces us to invent goodness every morning and what never frees

Yet you have taught us to push against the walls,

us from the cost of knowledge, which is to act on what we know again and again.

to reach out and pull each other along, to strive to find the way through if there is no way around, to go on.

To utter ourselves with every breath against the constriction of fear,

All living are one and holy, let us remember As we eat, as we work, as we walk and drive.

All living are one and holy, we must make ourselves worthy.

to know ourselves as the body born from Abraham and Sarah, born out of rock and desert.

We must act out justice and mercy and healing as the sun rises and as the sun sets, as the moon rises and the stars wheel above us,

We reach back through two hundred arches of

we must repair goodness…

hips long dust, carrying their memories inside us to live again in our life, Isaac and Rebecca, Rachel, Jacob, and Leah. We say words shaped by ancient use like steps worn into rock.

We will try to be holy, We will try to repair the world given us to hand on.

Precious is this treasure of words and knowledge and deeds that moves inside us,

Bless the quiet of sleep easing over the ravaged body, who quiets the troubled waters of the mind to a pool in which shines the placid broad face of the

Holy is the hand that works for peace and for justice, Holy is the mouth that speaks for goodness holy is the foot that walks toward mercy.

moon.

Let us lift each other on our shoulders and carry Bless the teaching of how to open in love so all the doors and windows of the body swing wide on their rusty hinges and we give ourselves with both hands.

Bless what stirs in us compassion for the hunger of the chickadee in the storm starving for seeds we can carry out, the wounded cat wailing in the alley,

each other along.

Let holiness move in us.

Let us pay attention to its small voice, Let us see the light in others and honor that light.

Remember the dead who paid our way here dearly, dearly and remember the unborn for whom we build our houses.

what shows us our face in a stranger, who teaches us what we clutch shrivels but what we give goes off in the world

Praise the light that shines before us, through us, after us, Amen.

carrying bread to people not yet born.

-MARGE PIERCY

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Miscellaneous benedictions For Natural Wonders Blessed are you Adonai our Gd, Sovereign of the universe, Source of creation and its wonders.

For Thunder Praise to You Shechina, Queen of the universe, whose power and might pervade the world.

For Natural Beauty Blessed are you El Shaddai, creator of all the world, whose world is filled with beauty

For Flowers and Herbs Praise to you Yah, King of the universe, for fragrant flowers and herbs.

Upon Experiencing a Wonder, an Exceptional Joy, or a Deliverance Praise to you Gd, ruler of the world, for the wonder I've experienced in this place

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At a Birthday Celebration Reader: Gd of days, Gd of years, Gd of our mothers and their mothers before us, author of life, our times are in your hand. We thank you for the blessing of life, and for all that enriches our lives.

We gather today in special thankfulness to share in the happiness of ________. Be with them always as the joy of their life. May they be blessed with health and happiness and with the strength to overcome sickness and sorrow.

May we have have the joy of coming together for many more years, united by mutual reverence and love. Then will our lives be filled with abundance of blessing.

(A cup filled with wine or grape juice is raised to be sanctified)

ָ ‫ י ְי‬,‫בָּרו ּךְ אַתָּה‬ ,‫מֽלֶךְ הָעוֹ לָם‬ ֶ ,ּ‫ה ֽינו‬ ֵ ֹ ‫אֱל‬ .‫פ ְִרי הַגָּֽפֶן‬ ּ ‫בּוֹ רֵ א‬

Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, borei p’ri hagafen.

Praise to you Adonai our Gd, Sovereign of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine.

The birthday celebrant leads everyone in Shehecheyanu

,ּ‫ י ְי ָ אֱלֹהֵינו‬,‫בָּרו ּךְ אַתָּה‬ ּ ‫שׁהֶחֱי ָנו‬ ֶ ,‫מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹ לָם‬ ‫וְקִיְּמָנו ּ וְהִג ִּיעָנו ּ לַזְּמַן‬ .‫הַז ֶּה‬

Baruch atah, Adonai Eloheinu, Melech haolam, shehecheyanu, v'kiy'manu, v'higiyanu laz'man hazeh.

Praise to you Adonai our Gd, Sovereign of the universe, for giving us life, sustaining us, and enabling us to reach this season.

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MAZAL TOV! ‫סימן טוב ומזל טוב‬ ‫מזל טוב וסימן טוב‬ ‫יהא לנו יהא לנו‬ .‫ולכל ישראל‬

Siman tov u'mazal tov mazal tov u'siman tov y'hey lanu y'hey lanu u'lechol yisrael.

A good sign and good luck will come to all of us and to all children of Israel

!‫מזל טוב‬

Citations Mah Tovu: adapted from Tikkun Tunes, "Mah Tovu Land Acknowledgement"; English translation ("how good is....") by Rabbi Shoshana Meira Friedman Shehecheyanu: Jewish blessing, English translation by Ari L. Monts Our Power/Shira Chadasha: ("Before Pitching a Tent) English lyrics by Rena Branson p. 2: from "Prayer for the Living Earth" by Rabbi Katy Z. Allen Before bed: prayer from Siddur Sha'ar Za'hav; V'ahavta (English)

by Aurora Levins Morales; B'shem Hashem English lyrics by Elana Brody; Shema, traditional Jewish liturgy Modeh Ani: traditional Jewish liturgy, English translation by Ari L. Monts Elohai Neshama: traditional Jewish liturgy, English translation

by Ari L. Monts Queer Morning Blessings by Dori Midnight and Randy Furash Grace before meals and grace after meals from Siddur Sha'ar Za'hav Birkat Hamazon by Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Unknown Author(s) Miscellaneous Benedictions from "On The Doorposts of Your House ‫על מזוזות ביתך‬: Prayers and Ceremonies for the Jewish Home" by CCAR Press Siman tov u'mazal tov: traditional Jewish song

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