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Click here for the words to Havdallah in Hebrew, transliteration and English.

Traditional Prayer Before Torah Study בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יהוה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָׁנוּ בְּמִצוֹתָיו וְצִוָנוּ לַעַסוֹק בְּדִבְרֵי תּוֹרָה Baruḥ Atah Adonai, Elohaynu Meleḥ Ha’olam, Asher Kideshanu B’mitzvotav V’tzivanu La’asok B’divray Torah. Blessed are you, Lord our God, Spirit of the universe, Who makes us holy with Your mitzvot and gives us the mitzvah of busy-ing with matters of Torah. Additional Prayer Before Study by Rabbi Pamela Frydman נְבָרֵךְ אֶ

Prayer for the Country Rebono Shel Olam, Let America be America. Let it be my land, Let it be your land, From the curvaceous hills of California To the New York Islands. Let our tired, our poor, our huddled masses Finally breathe free. Let our leaders pursue justice, justice, justice. Let them be mindful that are all created equal, b’tzelem Eh – lo – heem. Protect our leaders from the seductions of power. Protect our right to protest, to insist that we can do better. Protect

Ana B’Ko’ach The Hebrew words are attributed to the first century Rabbi Nehunia ben Hakana. The English translation is by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. The melody is by Rabbi Yisroel Friedman known as the Rhizhiner who lived in the 19th century. I learned the melody from Reb Zalman. Ana B’koach recording in Hebrew Ana B’koach recording in Hebrew and English Click here to download the words to Ana B’Ko’ach in Hebrew and English

This bedtime prayer invoking the Archangels is found in numerous siddurim — Jewish prayerbooks — around the world. View the prayer and download it: Listen to a recording of the prayer in Hebrew and English. The melody is attributed to the late Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. Listen here

This caregiver’s prayer is adapted from a prayer circulated in the 1990s by the Bay Area Jewish Healing Center, called Ruach Ami at the time. beginning in the 1990s. Prayer After a Person in Our Care Has Passed ה“ נָתַן וַה“ לָקָח, יְהִי שֵׁם ה“ מְבוֹרָךְ Adonay natan, VAdonai lakach, yehi shem Adonay mevorach. Go has given, and God has taken away, blessed be the name of God. May it be your will, O God to provide eternal rest and peace to the soul of ______________. Help ____

By Michael Baugh and Rabbi Pam Frydman © 1995  (Sing traditional melody twice for each verse, once with the first three lines and once for the next three lines. Then sing the chorus twice, then the next verse, etc. At the end, sing the chorus as many times as you wish.)   When the sun shines in the morning;  birds are singing in the dawning; It’s a whole new day, a new chance to be free.   ​Every time I look at problems  ​in a way that helps to solve them, ​It’s a fresh new s

Jewish law and custom requires that one observe certain rites of mourning for a parent, sibling, spouse or child, including recitation of the mourner’s kaddish. The mourner’s kaddish is recited for the elevation of the soul of the deceased. Reciting it may also bring comfort to the mourner. Traditionally, a minyan (prayer quorum of ten) is required for the recitation of kaddish. Sometimes it is not possible to pray in a minyan during the time of one’s mourning such as if one

Shabbat Melodies Shabbat Greetings Gutt Shabbes                Shabbat greeting in Yiddish, melody to the niggun of .                                      Rabbi Moishele Heschel, z"l the son of Rabbi Avraham Kabbalat Shabbat Yedid Nefesh                  The first stanza of Yedid Nefesh in Hebrew .                                       followed by a wordless niggun (spiritual melody) Lechu Neranenah            Words from Psalm 95 Mizmor L'David               Words from Psal