A #secular prayer ~ new translation of a poem by Haim Nachman #Bialik, 'Just One Ray'
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Pleased to have found a prayer from the #Humanist #Jewish Community in Washington DC ~ a 'shehechiyanu' (שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ) blessing, which gives thanks for new experiences:

Reading about #Secular #Buddhism in the Lotus Tradition and thinking about one of the #prayers ~

"With faith’s highest virtue sourced in immanence, the ability to shape our lives in its likeness depends on sincere and thoughtful effort alone..."

Here is a link ~ sites.google.com/view/nichire...

A #shabbat morning #blessing from poet Marcia Falk ~

#non-theistic #prayer

An article on my website ~ A Prayer for Loving Speech (secularprayer.net).

I have combined a #Jewish PRAYER FOR PROPER SPEECH by Rabbi Yisrael Meir Kagan (1838-1933) with a #non-theistic aspiration to speak loving words from the #PlumVillage tradition.

Reading today "What Non-Religious People Can Learn from Traditional Prayer: Finding Meaning Without Belief" ~ www.wholelifechallenge.com/what-non-rel....

Includes this short, daily, #secular practice ~

Starting a new translation of Bialik's poem welcoming shabbat ~ here is the first stanza...

Pleased to see that 'Positive Judaism' teachings (which you can read about here ~ positive-judaism.org/test-post-3-2/) include recognition of a daily, #non-theistic #prayer of gratitude:

Reading about poet and liturgist Marcia Falk, and the gradual development of a newly traditional style of Jewish blessing ~ lilith.org/articles/an-...

Poet Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) wrote in #Hebrew & #Yiddish. Some poems feel like #non-theistic prayers ~ for example, Take Me Under Your Wing (הַכְנִיסִינִי תַּחַת כְּנָפֵךְ). A poem from 1905 of seeking comfort, the full Hebrew text and translation by Ruth Nevo are here ~ opensiddur.org/prayers/soli...

With gratitude to two teachers (the Dalai Lama and Dr Herbert Levine), here is a newly traditional 'Modeh Ani' morning blessing for beginning the new day ~

Looking for background on Rabbi Sherwin Wine's writing of a non-theistic version of the Kaddish (mourners') prayer ~ guessing it was in the 1960s.

While I am searching, here is the full text ~ shj.org/wp-content/u...