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Preserving Creation

The wonders of God’s creation are all around us: the air we breath, the water we drink, the food we eat. But it is easy for us to take this bounty for granted—or worse, contribute to its destruction. It is our duty to tend to what has been given to us. These rituals and prayers remind us of the sacred nature of that task.
 

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Psalm 19

Part 5 of the service [more]

Found In: Preserving Creation

Tags: Birkat HaChammah: Blessing of the Sun

Berachot 59b

The formula for calculating the celebration year; part 8 of the service [more]

Found In: Preserving Creation

Tags: Birkat HaChammah: Blessing of the Sun

Supplementary Prayers: Blessing for the Sun 2009

Four additions to the Birkat HaChammah observance; can be read as individual prayers, in whatever order or number suits your ceremony; can also be modified to use at the Pesach seder [more]

Found In: Preserving Creation

Tags: Birkat HaChammah: Blessing of the Sun

Massekhet Hakhammah: Tractate of the Sun

A study text in the rabbinical tradition, with accompanying study guide [more]

Found In: Preserving Creation

Tags: Birkat HaChammah: Blessing of the Sun

Birkat HaChammah: A musical meditation

Excerpt from "A Ma'ariv Song" [more]

Found In: Birkat HaChammah/Blessing of the Sun

Tags: Rabbi Shawn Zevit

Birkat HaChammah and Passover

A reading and reflection to be used at the Passover table in honor of Birkat HaChammah (especially if you didn’t arise for the communal ritual) [more]

Found In: Preserving Creation

Tags: Birkat HaChammah: Blessing of the Sun, Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael

Pillars of Jewish Environmental Awareness

The eight fundamental beliefs underpinning Jewish environmental responsibility [more]

Found In: Preserving Creation

Southern Journey

For guidance and in praise of creation [more]

Found In: Morning Service, Preserving Creation

Tags: Ruth Brin