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Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Every moment of every day invites us to pay attention.  We can marvel at what happens within ourselves and the world outside of us. Some of us do this through prayer, others through mindfulness and meditation. No matter what form it takes, noticing and appreciating the wonder of life enhances the act of living.

Photo by Jordan Cassway

Ritual for Returning Home

By Amy Loewenthal | Prayer

Decompressing from your workday [more]

Found In: Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Tags: handwashing, mezuzah

A Prayer Before Prayer

From the Elat Chayyim High-Holiday Machzor | Prayer

A contemporary prayer in preparation for prayer [more]

Found In: Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

At the Sea: A Meditation before "Mi Chamocha"

By Rabbi Leila Gal Berner | Poem

A meditation before the "Mi Chamocha" prayer preceding the "Amidah" [more]

Found In: Torah Portion: Parashah, Morning Service

Tags: Mi Chamocha

Contemporary Misheberach

By Rabbi Julie Shoshana Pfau | Prayer

Blessings for growth in modern language for all occasions [more]

Found In: Covenant & Naming Rituals, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Saturday, Becoming a Jewish Adult, Gender & Sexual Identity, Choosing & Affirming a Jewish Life

Tags: mi sheberakh

Blessing Loved Ones

By Ellen Dannin | Prayer

Blessing for loved ones (partner, children, guest, etc...) on Shabbat or any occassion. [more]

Found In: Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Covenant & Naming Rituals, Friday Evening, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness, Parenting Day-to-Day

Tags: at the shabbat table

Adding the Matriarchs to the Amidah

By Rabbi David Mevorach Seidenberg | Prayer

Text and expositions first published in Siddur Chaverim Kol Yisrael [more]

Found In: Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Tags: Amidah

The Silver Thread Ritual

By Abby Caplin and Ami Goodman | Complete Ceremony

In support of Women of the Wall [more]

Found In: Contemporary Shabbat Practice, Pursuing Justice, Morning Service, Rosh Chodesh

Tags: Judy Chicago, tallit

A Prayer for Creation

By Rabbi David Mevorach Seidenberg | Prayer

Appropriate at all times and particularly suitable during the week that the chapter of Noah is the Torah portion [more]

Found In: Torah Portion: Parashah, Morning Service, Preserving Creation

Tags: Noakh, yotzer

On the Return Path: A Kavanah and Blessing before Taking on a New Mitzvah

By Lori Hope Lefkovitz | Prayer

Originally written for the period of Teshuvah — return — preceding the High Holy Days [more]

Found In: Adult Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Bar / Bat Mitzvah, Conversion, Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Tags: Lori Hope Lefkovitz

After a Miscarriage: Hold Me Now

By Vicki Hollander | Prayer

A contemporary prayer asking for God's sustenance and "holding" through this difficult period [more]

Found In: Morning Service, Pregnancy Loss

Tags: miscarriage, yotzer