Liturgy, Poems, Meditations

.Judaism, in particular, has a well-developed liturgy for shabbat.  Here we feature innovative prayers, chants, rituals, poems, games, guided meditations or songs for green sabbaths that have been taken from different traditions or recently created.  Please send us your original ideas or suggestions for things to add!

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“Some keep the Sabbath going to Church” by Emily Dickinson
“Some keep the Sabbath going to Church” by Emily Dickinson
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Infinite Love/אַהֲבַת הָעוֹלָם
Infinite Love/אַהֲבַת הָעוֹלָם
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Meditation for Eco-anxiety
Meditation for Eco-anxiety
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Earth Blessing
Earth Blessing

poem and musical arrangement

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For Papatūānuku – Mother Earth, By Nadine Anne Hura
For Papatūānuku – Mother Earth, By Nadine Anne Hura
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Rev. Lynn Ungar - “Pandemic”
Rev. Lynn Ungar - “Pandemic”

In her poem “Pandemic,” writer and minister, Lynn Ungar asks readers to reframe our current crisis as a holy time for rest and restoration, much like the Jewish sabbath

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Az Yeranen - Then the Trees of the Forests Will Sing
Az Yeranen - Then the Trees of the Forests Will Sing

Az Yeranen (Then the trees of the forests will sing), a piyyut, a traditional liturgical song in Hebrew, for Tu Bshvat, the Jewish holiday of trees.

The piyyut was composed by the Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim, 1832-1909), the great Baghdadi spiritual leader and scholar, and sung by Rabbi David Menachem.  Thanks to Ezra Orlofsky, who works at a hydrogeochemistry lab in Israel, for sending this in. It would make a beautiful shabbat song.

The first stanza:

Then the trees of the forests will sing / Before God, the mightiest of the mighty,

Arousing melodies and songs / I will sing a new song.

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