Brody
sideprayers.bsky.social
Brody
@sideprayers.bsky.social
a traditionally ordained rabbi, finding and writing non-theistic, newly traditional prayers ~ online at https://www.tefillah.today
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:
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Reading about poet and liturgist Marcia Falk, and the gradual development of a newly traditional style of Jewish blessing ~ lilith.org/articles/an-...
December 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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...
December 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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 ~
December 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Glad to have found posted online the Dalai Lama’s Morning #Prayer ~ a lovely, #non-theistic aspiration to start the day.

Here is the text, posted late last month ~
manjushridharmacenter.org/rinpoches-wi...
His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Morning Prayer
Every day, think as you wake up, today I am fortunate to be alive, I have a precious human life, I am not going to waste it.  I am going to use all my energies to develop myself, to expand my heart ou...
manjushridharmacenter.org
December 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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...
December 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Using Herbert Levine's #non-theistic #prayer book: Blessed are You, Wondrous Universe.

One of the newly traditional prayers (English & #Hebrew):
I thank you, living and enduring universe,
That I am aware of my breath.
How great are your wonders!

More here ~ www.benyehudapress.com/books/blesse...
Blessed Are You, Wondrous Universe: A Siddur for Seekers - Ben Yehuda Press
Blessed Are You, Wondrous Universe: A Siddur for Seekers combines religion's stance of wonder and gratitude with humanism's commitment to facts and scientific method. It embraces a commitment to indiv...
www.benyehudapress.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM