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Please study first the page about what's important (click here) Everything, which doesn't belong to the main parts, can be left out or changed. (See also the hints in the right column on the structure page.) In LIBERAL congregation, we also use to add things, to make the service an experience or to learn. The additions may be songs or texts or stories or a drasha or etc. Everything added should have to do something with the parashat hashavu'a or the special part of the service. |
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Texts and Meditations for Erev Shabbat |
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You can CHOSE one of these texts to add (but they don't have to be put in!!!) |
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See also our Black Prayer Book p. 136-139. These are the texts, from wich we normally chose. |
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In the spirit of our
ancient tradition, (Siddur Lev Chadash p. 69) |
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Shabbat sometimes I
am not ready yet to receive you |
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Shas Tkhines (Gates of Prayer, p. 38) |
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(Siddur Lev Chadash, p. 84) |
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`The people who walked in
darkness (Siddur Lev Chadash, p. 88) |
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`May the
new light shine upon Zion, (Siddur Lev Chadash,
p. 84) |
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The
Sabbath has descended to enfold us in its mantle of peace. (Siddur Lev Chadash p. 75) |
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You can CHOSE one of these texts to add (but they don't have to be put in!!!) |
In preparation ... |
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You can CHOSE one of these texts to add (but they don't have to be put in!!!) |
In recent generations our
people have returned in multitudes, from all the lands of their dispersion,
to fulfill the ancient prophecies, the unforgotten hopes, the persistent
dreams, to turn the wilderness into a garden, and to create a haven for the
persecuted. |
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We, more than previous generations, are aware that other traditions have their own merits, and their own valid perceptions of religious truth. The God of all humanity calls every one of the families of the earth to make its contribution. Therefore we do not claim to be chosen in any exclusive sence. But non of that absolves us from our own, special responsibility. (Siddur Lev Chadash p. 172) |
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You can CHOSE one of these texts to add (but they don't have to be put in!!!) |
See
our Black Prayer Book p.
460 (Memoral Prayer for Servicemen) |
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(Siddur Lev Chadash p. 522) |
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Life is finite. Like a candle, it burns, it glows, it is radiant with warmth and beauty; then it fades; its substance is consumed, and it is no more. Yet we do not despair, for we know that we are more than a flickering flame. With our lives we give life. Something of us can never die. We move in the eternal cycle of darkness and light, of death and life. As in our hearts we name our loved ones, we pray that the Divince Presence will comfort us and all who mourn. (Siddur Lev Chadash p. 523) |