PRIDE
SHABBAT DINNER GUIDE OneTable and JQ International put this together in honor of WorldPride and the 50th anniversary of Stonewall, a riot that sparked the beginning of the Pride movement. While the LGBTQIA+ community and allies are still fighting for rights, there’s much to celebrate. We hope this guide will help you create a night of celebration and healing. Shabbat dinner, taking a moment to connect with community and heal from the week of busyness, is essential for self and community-care.
TWILIGHT PEOPLE PRAYER As the sun sinks and the colors of the day turn, we offer a blessing for the twilight, for twilight is neither day nor night, but in-between. We are all twilight people. We can never be fully labeled or defined. We are many identities and loves, many genders and none. We are in between roles, at the intersection of histories, or between place and place. We are crisscrossed paths of memory and destination, streaks of light swirled together. We are neither day nor night. We are both, neither, and all. May the sacred in-between of this evening suspend our certainties, soften our judgments, and widen our vision. May this in-between light illuminate our way to the God who transcends all categories and definitions. May the in-between people who have come to pray be lifted up into this twilight. We cannot always define; we can always say a blessing. Blessed are You, God of all, who brings on the twilight.
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LIGHT STRIKE A MATCH, CREATE LIGHT, TAKE A BREATH AND ENJOY THE MOMENT
.וֹתיו וְ ִצוָּ נוּ ְל ַה ְד ִליק נֵ ר ֶשׁל ַשׁ ָבּת ָ עוֹלם ֲא ֶשׁר ִק ְדּ ָשׁנוּ ְבּ ִמ ְצ ָ ָבּרוּ ַא ָתּה יְ יָ ֱא ֹל ֵהינוּּ ֶמ ֶל ָה Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha’olam asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav vitzivanu l’hadlik ner shel Shabbat. Translation Options Blessed are You, Infinite One, who makes us holy through our actions and honors us with the light of Shabbat. or Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe, who commands us to kindle the light of Shabbat.
SANCTIFY RAISE YOUR GLASS AND SANCTIFY FRIDAY NIGHT WITH A BLESSING AND A TOAST. L’CHAIM!
. ָבּרוְ ַא ָתּה ה׳ ְמ ַק ֵדּ ֶש ַה ַשׁ ָבּת.בּוֹרא ְפּ ִרי ַהגּ ֶׁפן ֵ עוֹלם ָ ָבּרוּ ַא ָתּה ה׳ ֱא ֹל ֵקינוּ ֶמ ֶל ָה Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha’olam borei p’ri ha’gafen. Baruch Atah Adonai m’kadesh ha’Shabbat. Translation Options Blessed are You, Infinite One, Creator of the fruit of the vine. Blessed are You, Infinite One, Who sanctifies Shabbat. or Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe, Creator of the fruit of the vine. Blessed are You, Lord our God, Who sanctifies Shabbat.
NOURISH MORE THAN SATISFYING HUNGER, CHALLAH TRULY NOURISHES. SLOW DOWN AND SAVOR.
.מּוֹציא ֶל ֶחם ִמן ָה ָא ֶרץ ִ ַה,עוֹלם ָ ָבּרוּ ַא ָתּה ה׳ ֱא ֹל ֵקינוּ ֶ ֽמ ֶל ָה Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha’olam ha’motzi lechem min ha’aretz. Translation Options Blessed are You, Infinite One, Who brings forth bread from the earth. or Blessed are You, Lord our God, Ruler of the universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth.
APPRECIATE YOU MADE IT THROUGH ANOTHER WEEK — GIVE THANKS TO YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR CHOSEN FAMILY.
.יתא ָ ְָב ִרי ָר ֲח ַמנּא ַמ ְל ָכא ְד ַﬠ ְל ָמא ַמ ֵריה ְד ַהאי ִפ Brich rachamana malka d’alma marei d’hai pita. Translation Options We are blessed with compassion by You, Infinite One, who sustains us with bread. or Blessed are You, Merciful One, Ruler of the universe, Who sustains life with bread. or You are the Source of life for all that is, and Your blessing flows through me.
LOVE WINS, A PRIDE PRAYER One day, the words ‘coming out’ will sound strange, Oppression based on gender or orientation will be a memory, History to honor and remember, The pain of hiding, repressing, denying, Honoring the triumphs of those who fought to be free, Remembering the violence and vitriol that cost lives. When love wins, When love wins at long last,
,ואהבת לרעך כמוך
V’Ahavta l’ray’acha camocha ‘Love your neighbor as yourself’ Will be as natural as breathing.
!ואהבת לרעך כמוך
V’Ahavta l’ray’acha camocha! One day, love will win every heart, Love will win every soul, Fear will vanish like smoke, And tenderness for all will fill our hearts. V’Ahavta l’ray’acha camocha!
!ואהבת לרעך כמוך
Love wins. In the end, Love wins. Man for man, Woman for woman, Woman for man, Man for women, All genders, All orientations, All true expressions of heart.
!ואהבת לרעך כמוך
V’Ahavta l’ray’acha camocha!
Let this come speedily, In our day, A tribute to the many And the diverse Gifts from heaven. A tribute to love deep and true, Each of us for one another.
!ואהבת לרעך כמוך
V’Ahavta l’ray’acha camocha!
ALDEN SOLOVY LITURGIST, POET, AND TEACHER
HAPPY PRIDE AND SHABBAT SHALOM!
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