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דפיםעסקיםארגון ללא מטרות רווחthe Open Siddur Project
The Open Siddur is a volunteer-driven, non-profit, non-denominational, and non-prescriptive community project growing a gratis and libré Open Access archive of Jewish prayer, liturgy, and related works (historic and contemporary, familiar and obscure), composed in every era, region, and language Jews have ever prayed. Our goal is to provide a platform for sharing open-source resources, tools, and content for individuals and communities crafting their own prayerbook (siddur). ...Through this we hope to empower personal autonomy, to preserve customs, and to foster openness and vitality in religious culture.
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"...May you remember the beloved spirit of…
(PET’S NAME) of the house of (YOUR NAME),
the cat/dog/bird/fish/lizard/etc.
to keep him/her/them in peace
and to return him/her/them to us with love at the end of days,
because through our love for him/her/them
the warmth of Your love was drawn into this world..."
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This is an excerpt from a prayer for a beloved animal first compiled in English by Aharon N. Varady for Nethaniel Puzael, his family's cat, in 1994. Long lost, upon the prayer's rediscovery he wrote:
"I remember having written this and long wished I had a copy. I’m so grateful my mom saved this among other birthday cards and correspondence. The prayer contains excerpts from the sabbath day prayer “Nishmat Kol Ḥai” (the Spirit of All-Life), “Ashrei” (Psalms 145), and teachings concerning cats from tractates of the Babylonian Talmud."
Hebrew with niqud was added by Isaac Gantwerk Mayer in 2019. (Thank you so much Isaac!) Isaac added additional liturgy and learning for birds, fish, and creeping creatures (lizards, insects, etc.). Aharon added a final study section for all animals, acknowledging the relationship of interspecies caregivers as that of one between a mother and child (as described in the Talmud Bavli Bekhorot 24a), and the importance of the divine attribute of Wisdom informing compassion and concern in the thought of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero (1522-1570) in his Tomer Devorah.
read on ☞ https://opensiddur.org/…/prayer-on-the-death-of-a-beloved-…/
image: “Orpheus charming the Animals” (follower of Jacob Bouttats, circa late 17th, early 18th c.)
