{"id":2098,"date":"2018-07-10T09:55:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T09:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/2018\/07\/10\/an-alternative-avinu-malkeinu-our-parent-our-sovereign"},"modified":"2018-07-10T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T09:55:58","slug":"an-alternative-avinu-malkeinu-our-parent-our-sovereign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/07\/10\/an-alternative-avinu-malkeinu-our-parent-our-sovereign\/","title":{"rendered":"An Alternative Avinu Malkeinu: Our Parent, Our Sovereign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by\u00a0Rabbi Burt Jacobson\u00a0<\/a>of the Jewish Renewal movement, t<\/a>his alternative version of the liturgical prayer, Avinu Malkeinu, refers to God not only as our Father and King, but also our Mother and Queen, Source and Destiny, and Guide and Truth. It is a prayer to God help us grow in our personal, interpersonal, and divine relationships. Originally from the High Holiday supplement of\u00a0the Reconstructionist\u00a0Congregation Mishkan Shalom<\/a>\u00a0in Philadelphia, this prayer was shared on\u00a0Ritualwell.org,<\/a>\u00a0a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances.<\/em><\/p>\n

Avinu Malkeinu: Our Parent, Our Sovereign<\/h2>\n
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Avinu Malkeynu khoneynu va’aneynu ki eyn banu ma’ashim asey imanu tz’dakah va’khesed v’hoshieynu.<\/em><\/p>\n

Our Father, our King, teach us how to make this year a new beginning.<\/span>
\nOur Mother, our Queen, teach us how to grow from the harshness of life.<\/span>
\nOur Source and our Destiny, teach us how to accept what we must accept.<\/span>
\nOur Guide and our Truth, teach us to change what must be changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Father, our King, teach us how to face disease and death.<\/span>
\nOur Mother, our Queen, teach us how to enjoy the gifts of life.<\/span>
\nOur Source and our Destiny, teach us how to make peace with our enemies.<\/span>
\nOur Guide and our Truth, teach us how we can best help our people,\u00a0Israel<\/cite><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Father, our King, teach us how we can best help all humanity.<\/span>
\nOur Mother, our Queen, let us find pardon for our wrongdoings.<\/span>
\nOur Source and our Destiny, let us return to You, wholly and completely.<\/span>
\nOur Guide and our Truth, teach us how to help those who are ill.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Father, our King, let us write our names in the Book of Life.<\/span>
\nOur Mother, our Queen, help us to find meaningful work.<\/span>
\nOur Source and our Destiny, help us to find inner freedom.<\/span>
\nOur Guide and our Truth, help us to learn how to love.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Father, our King, receive our prayers.<\/span>
\nOur Mother, our Queen, teach us how to be good lovers.<\/span>
\nOur Source and our Destiny, teach us how to be good parents.<\/span>
\nOur Guide and our Truth, teach us how to be good children.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Our Father, our King, teach us how to be good friends.<\/span>
\nOur Mother, our Queen, teach us how to be good Jews.<\/span>
\nOur Source and our Destiny, teach us how to be good people.<\/span>
\nOur Guide and our Truth, teach us how to be one with Your universe.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Avinu malkeinu (3) haneinu va’aneinu ki ein banu ma’asim<\/span><\/span>
\nAseh imanu\u00a0tzedakah<\/cite><\/a>\u00a0va’hesed (2) Ve’hoshi’einu<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nAvinu malkeinu<\/span>\u00a0(3), grant us justice and bring us salvation,<\/span>
\nGrant us justice and loving kindness (2) and bring us salvation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Written by\u00a0Rabbi Burt Jacobson\u00a0of the Jewish Renewal movement, this alternative version of the liturgical prayer, Avinu Malkeinu, refers to God not only as our Father and King, but also our Mother and Queen, Source and Destiny, and Guide and Truth. It is a prayer to God help us grow in our personal, interpersonal, and divine […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=2098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2098\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=2098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=2098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=2098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}