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🇺🇸 Election Day (1st Tuesday after November 1st) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers offered for voting in democratic elections in the United States, from the first day of “early voting” to the moment polls close on Election Day. While the earliest day av...

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פֶּֽסַח אֱמוּנִים שִׁיר | Pesaḥ Emunim Shir (At Passover the faithful sang), a piyyut for the seventh night of Pesaḥ by Yosef ben Yaaqov (translated by Elsie Davis) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺי... This is the piyyut "Eyumah Nikhtrah (Lo, the Mighty Nation...)" by Isaac ben Meshulam for maariv (after the shema) on the second night of Shavuot, was first published in Adler and Davis's Maḥzor for S...

פֶּֽסַח אֱמוּנִים שִׁיר | Pesaḥ Emunim Shir (At Passover the faithful sang), a piyyut for the seventh night of Pesaḥ by Yosef ben Yaaqov (translated by Elsie Davis) opensiddur.org?p=64280

🇮🇱 Yitsḥaq Rabin Memorial (4 November, 12 Marḥeshvan) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers composed for the Yahrzeit of Yitsḥaq Rabin, the fifth prime minister of Israel, whose assassination took place at 21:30 on 4 November 1995 (12 Marḥeshvan 5756) at the end...

Resources shared for 🇮🇱 Yitsḥaq Rabin Memorial (4 November, 12 Marḥeshvan) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

אֲיֻמָּה נִכְתָּרָה | Ayumah Nikhtarah (Lo! the mighty nation), a piyyut for the second night of Shavuot by Isaac ben Meshulam (translated by Elsie Davis) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּ... This is the piyyut "Eyumah Nikhtrah (Lo, the Mighty Nation...)" by Isaac ben Meshulam for maariv (after the shema) on the second night of Shavuot, was first published in Adler and Davis's Maḥzor for S...

אֲיֻמָּה נִכְתָּרָה | Ayumah Nikhtarah (Lo! the mighty nation), a piyyut for the second night of Shavuot by Isaac ben Meshulam (translated by Elsie Davis) opensiddur.org?p=64269

Dangerous Storms & Floods • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers in the event of dangerous storms and floods, including those caused by tsunamis and hurricanes. Click here to contribute a prayer you have written, or a transcription and...

Resources shared in the event and aftermath of Dangerous Storms & Floods opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

שער התפילה וסדר העבודה | Form of Daily Prayers, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated by Isaac L. Lyons (1836) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ Isaac L. Lyons's Form of Daily Prayers, according to the custom of the German and Polish Jews (London: H. Abrahams, 1836) is a daily, shabbat, and festival prayerbook. . . .

שער התפילה וסדר העבודה | Form of Daily Prayers, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook translated by Isaac L. Lyons (1836) opensiddur.org?p=64188

tagged: 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ

Resources shared in response to the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting opensiddur.org/index.php?ta...

📖 סדר תפילה (אשכנז) | The Form of Daily Prayers, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook compiled and translated by Isaac Levi (1830) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ Isaac Levi's The Form of Daily Prayers according to the custom of the German and Polish Jews (London: M. Phillips, 1830) is a daily, shabbat, and festival prayerbook. . . .

📖 סדר תפילה (אשכנז) | The Form of Daily Prayers, a bilingual Hebrew-English prayerbook compiled and translated by Isaac Levi (1830) opensiddur.org?p=64161

An illustration of a representation of the noösphere superimposed over a view of Planet Earth from orbit (attribution unknown)

Pledges of Allegiance to the Earth (1965-1994): opensiddur.org/index.php?ta...

🌐 United Nations Day (October 24th) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers composed for, or relevant to, United Nations Day, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by its member states on 24 October 1945, at the end of Wo...

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Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan (מַרְחֶשְׁוָן) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers and songs written for, or relevant to, Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan, the eighth month in the Jewish calendar. Explaining the etymology of the name, Shlomo Zuckier writes at the...

Resources shared for Rosh Ḥodesh Marḥeshvan (מַרְחֶשְׁוָן) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

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

Resources offered by Arthur Waskow,ז״ל ‏‎ (1933-2025) opensiddur.org/index.php?us...

Earth Pledge by Yvonne Alden for 🇺🇸 National Space Week (15-24 July 1994) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This earth pledge appeared on a poster attributed to one "Yvonne Alden" that was found in a collection of memorabilia from [National] Space Week 1994 at Brooks Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas. S...

Earth Pledge by Yvonne Alden for 🇺🇸 National Space Week (15-24 July 1994) opensiddur.org?p=64031

Earth Pledge, as included in an essay on Earth Day by Rev. Dr. Clarke D. Wells (1980) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This earth pledge can be found within "Earth Day" an essay by the writer and Unitarian Universalist minister Clarke D. Wells (1930-2006, and included in his collection Sunshine and Rain at Once (1981)...

Earth Pledge, as included in an essay on Earth Day by Rev. Dr. Clarke D. Wells (1980) opensiddur.org?p=64080

Earth Pledge, by Carol T. Gaddy and Marianne Wolfman-Dawn (25 April 1981) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This earth pledge by Carol T. Gaddy and Marianne Wolfman-Dawn is included in a short essay by Gaddy entitled "Our New Pledge of Allegiance." The essay can be found in What Will It Take to Prevent Nucl...

Earth Pledge, by Carol T. Gaddy and Marianne Wolfman-Dawn (25 April 1981) opensiddur.org?p=64087

Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This earth pledge can be found in the Church of All Worlds's newsletter, Green Egg, vol. 5, issue 47 (11 May 1972), p. 28. The quote, appearing after a line break of asterisks, appears to conclude an ...

Earth Pledge by Oberon Zell-Ravenheart in conclusion to his personal affirmation of awareness (11 May 1972) opensiddur.org?p=64075

post corrected with attribution to Oberon (formerly Tim) Zell-Ravenheart, with the quote appearing in conclusion to his essay "a personal affirmation of awareness." This is the earliest earth pledge we have yet located (!)

Earth Pledge by Benjamin Ferencz at Kean College, New Jersey (16 April 1991) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This earth pledge was offered at the first of a series of lectures by Benjamin Ferencz at Kean College, New Jersey on 16 April 1991. Although the video recording of the lecture has not been digitized,...

Earth Pledge by Benjamin Ferencz at Kean College, New Jersey (16 April 1991) opensiddur.org?p=64067

Earth Pledge by Maryann Shores for a colloquium in honor of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (26 September 1983) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This earth pledge appeared on a poster attributed to "Yvonne Alden" that was found in a collection of memorabilia from "Spaceweek 1994" at Brooks Air Force Base, in San Antonio, Texas by Jodi Dean, as...

Earth Pledge by Maryann Shores for a colloquium in honor of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (26 September 1983) opensiddur.org?p=64048

מערבות ליום בקשת גשמים | Ma'aravot l-Yom Baqashat Geshem — evening piyyutim for the Day of Requesting Rain by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ While Gevurot Geshem is recited on Shmini Atseret, Baqashat Geshem as an addition to the birkat ha-shanim is recited later — from the seventh of Marḥeshvan in Israel, from sixty days after the Julian-...

This is getting posted a couple weeks early, but it's special: מערבות ליום בקשת גשמים | Ma’aravot l-Yom Baqashat Geshem — evening piyyutim for the Day of Requesting Rain by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer (@isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social) opensiddur.org?p=63983

Prayer of Thanksgiving & Hope on the Occasion of the Release of the Remaining Living Hostages Held in Gaza, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the UHC of the UK & Commonwealth, 2025... "The Chief Rabbi’s Prayer of Thanksgiving & Hope on the Occasion of the Release of the Remaining Living Hostages Held in Gaza" by the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of th...

Prayer of Thanksgiving & Hope on the Occasion of the Release of the Remaining Living Hostages Held in Gaza, by Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis (Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations in the UK & Commonwealth, 2025) opensiddur.org?p=63988

תפילת הודיה לשוב החטופים שמחת תורה תשפ״ו | A Prayer of Thanks on the Return of the Hostages on Simḥat Torah 5786 (Masorti Movement in Israel 2025) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַ... "תפילת הודיה לשוב החטופים (A prayer of thanks on return of the hostages)" was written and translated by Ze'ev Kainan on behalf of the Masort Movement in Israel, and shared by email and social media on...

תפילת הודיה לשוב החטופים שמחת תורה תשפ״ו | A Prayer of Thanks on the Return of the Hostages on Simḥat Torah 5786 (Masorti Movement in Israel 2025) opensiddur.org?p=63969

Simḥat Torah • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for the festival of Simḥat Torah, celebrated on the same day as Shemini Atseret in Erets Yisrael and on the second festival day of Shemini Atsere...

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Prayer for Dwelling in the Sukkah of the Leviyatan, as taught in the name of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (ca. 13th c.) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This formula for recitation in the Sukkah at the conclusion of Sukkot (on the night of Shemini Atseret) is given in the name of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (1215-1293) and found in two sources: Siman 148...

Prayer for Dwelling in the Sukkah of the Leviyatan, as taught in the name of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg (ca. 13th c.) opensiddur.org?p=52770

Shemini Atseret • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers, prayer-poems, and songs for the festival of שְׁמִינִי עֲצֶרֶת Shemini Atseret. On Shemini Atseret, the Tefilat Geshem (prayer for rain) is offered for the fertility of a...

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🇺🇸 Indigenous Peoples' Day (2nd Monday of October) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This is an archive of prayers composed for or relevant to Indigenous People’s Day, a civic holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Native American peoples and commemorates their histor...

Resources shared for 🇺🇸 Indigenous Peoples’ Day (2nd Monday of October) opensiddur.org/index.php?ca...

עַל הַנִּסִּים ביום שחרור השבויים כ״א בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ו תשרי | Al Hanissim for the Day of Hostage Release upon the Two Year Anniversary of October 7 by Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny (Temple Beth Am, Los... This al hanissim for the day of the release of the remaining living hostages taken by HAMA"S to Gaza on 7 October 2023, was offered by Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny (Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles) on 13 O...

עַל הַנִּסִּים ביום שחרור השבויים כ״א בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״ו תשרי | Al Hanissim for the Day of Hostage Release upon the Two Year Anniversary of October 7 by Rabbi Cantor Hillary Chorny (Temple Beth Am, Los Angeles) opensiddur.org?p=63950

תפילה לפני חלוקת תרופות | Prayer before the dispensation of medication, by Dafna Meir, z"l • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ This prayer was originally published April 13th, 2013 on Dafna Meir's blog, Derekh Nashim (Women's Ways), here, writing "את התפילה זכיתי לחבר תוך כדי למידה למבחן תרופות במחלקה הנוירוכירורגית בסורוקה, ...

תפילה לפני חלוקת תרופות | Prayer before the dispensation of medication, by Dafna Meir, z”l opensiddur.org?p=12517

Rude are the Tabernacles Now, a hymn for Hoshana Rabbah by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842) • the Open Siddur Project ✍ פְּרוֺיֶקְט הַסִּדּוּר הַפָּתוּחַ "Rude are the Tabernacles now," by Penina Moïse, published in 1842, appears under the subject "Tabernacles (Sucote)" as Hymn 65 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim,...

Rude are the Tabernacles Now, a hymn for Hoshana Rabbah by Penina Moïse (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842) opensiddur.org?p=40428