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The fact that Thanksgiving feels a lot like the harvest festival of Sukkot is no coincidence. "Before reaching Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims spent several years in Holland, where they came into contact with Sephardim who had |
There can never be too many opportunities for expressing gratitude for our blessings. We can be grateful for a secular holiday that celebrates not only the bounty we enjoy, but also our religious freedom.
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A Thanksgiving Prayer | Prayer
By Rabbi Naomi Levy
A prayer which can be used both in synagogue worship and at the holiday table
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A Song of the Ascents | Prayer
From Kol Haneshamah Daily Prayerbook
Psalm 128, from the weekday Shacharit service; likely recited when ascending to the Temple in Jerusalem for the pilgrimage festivals
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A Psalm of Thanksgiving | Prayer
From Kol Haneshamah Daily Prayerbook
Psalm 100, from the weekday Shacharit service, thanking "The Abundant One"
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In Appreciation of Those Who Work the Fields | Prayer
From Interfaith Worker Justice
An expression of mindfulness of and gratitude for farm workers
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Thanksgiving Day: A Modern Psalm | Reading
By Debbie Perlman, z"l
Written expressly for the Thanksgiving table
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Blessings Before Food and Drink | Prayer
Blessings phrased in the traditional masculine and alternative feminine God-language
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Blessing After the Meal | Prayer
By Rabbi Shefa Gold
An interpretive blessing based on Talmud Berachot 40b
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1492 | Poem
By Emma Lazarus
The ironically "two-faced year," when the Jews were expelled from Spain and Columbus discovered America
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The New Colossus | Poem
By Emma Lazarus
The stirring ode to the "New World" inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty
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