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| x Lord's Prayer |
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The Lord's Prayer, also known as the Our Father or Pater noster, is perhaps the best-known prayer in Christianity. Two versions of it occur in the New Testament, one in the Gospel of Matthew 6:9–13 as part of the discourse on ostentation, a section...
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| x Kol Nidre |
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Kol Nidre or Kol Nidrei or Kal Nidre (Aramaic: כָּל נִדְרֵי) is an Aramaic declaration recited in the synagogue before the beginning of the evening service on erev Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Though not a prayer, this dry legal formula and its...
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| x Yishtabach |
In the shacharit service, the short yishtabach (ישתבח) prayer is the final portion of the Pesukei D'Zimrah ("verses of praise"), recited before the second kaddish leading to the Shema. The theme of fifteen plays a pivotal role in the blessing; there...
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| x Priestly Blessing |
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The Priestly Blessing, (Hebrew: ברכת כהנים; translit. Birkat Kohanim), also known in Hebrew as Nesiat Kapayim, (lit. Raising of the Hands), is a Jewish prayer recited by Kohanim during certain Jewish services. It is based on a scriptural verse: ...
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| x Shema Yisrael |
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Shema Yisrael (or Sh'ma Yisroel or just Shema) (Hebrew: שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל; "Hear, [O] Israel") are the first two words of a section of the Torah (Hebrew Bible) that is a centerpiece of the morning and evening Jewish prayer services. The first verse...
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| x Kaddish |
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Kaddish (קדיש Aramaic: "holy") is a prayer found in the Jewish prayer service. The central theme of the Kaddish is the magnification and sanctification of God's name. In the liturgy different versions of the Kaddish are used functionally as...
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| x Hallel |
Hallel (Hebrew: הלל, "Praise") is a Jewish prayer—a verbatim recitation from Psalms 113-118, which is used for praise and thanksgiving that is recited by observant Jews on Jewish holidays.
Hallel consists of six Psalms (113-118), which are said as...
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| x Ein Keloheinu |
Ein Keloheinu (in Hebrew: אין כאלהינו, "there is none like our God") is a well known Jewish hymn. Orthodox Jews pronounce it as Ein Kelokeinu when referring to it outside of prayer, in order to avoid taking the name of God in vain or otherwise...
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| x Yigdal |
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Yigdal (Hebrew: יִגְדָּל; yighdāl, or Hebrew: יִגְדַּל; yighdal; means "Magnify [O Living God]") is a Jewish hymn which in various rituals shares with Adon 'Olam the place of honor at the opening of the morning and the close of the evening service...
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| x Birkat Hamazon |
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Birkat Hamazon, (Hebrew: ברכת המזון ; trans. Blessing on Nourishment), known in English as the Grace After Meals, (Yiddish: בענטשן; translit. bentshn or "to bench"; Yinglish: Benching), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Law prescribes...
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| x Shehecheyanu |
The Shehecheyanu blessing (Hebrew: שהחינו, "Who has given us life") is a common Jewish prayer said to celebrate special occasions. It is said to be thankful for new and unusual experiences. The blessing has been recited by Jews for nearly 2000...
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| x Tefilat HaDerech |
Tefilat HaDerech or the Traveler's Prayer or Wayfarer's Prayer in English, is a prayer for a safe journey recited by Jews, when they travel, by air, sea, and even on long car trips. It is recited at the onset of every journey, and preferably done...
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| x Hail Mary |
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The Angelic Salutation, Hail Mary, or Ave Maria (Latin) is a traditional Catholic prayer asking for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, the mother of Jesus. The Hail Mary is used within Roman Catholicism, and it forms the basis of the Rosary. The...
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| x Anaphora |
The Anaphora is the most solemn part of the Divine liturgy, Mass, or other Christian Communion rite where the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as the body and blood of Christ. This is the usual name for this part of the Liturgy in Eastern...
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| x Dala'il al-Khayrat |
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Dala'il al-Khayrat or Dalaail u'l Khayraat Wa Shawaariq u'l Anwaar Fee Zikri's Salaat Alan Nabiyyi'l Mukhtaar (meaning the Waymarks of Benefits and the Brilliant Burst of Sunshine in the Remembrance of Blessings on the Chosen Prophet) is a famous...
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| x Jesus Prayer |
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The Jesus Prayer (Η Προσευχή του Ιησού) or "The Prayer" (Euchee, Greek: Η Ευχή - the Wish), also called the Prayer of the Heart (Καρδιακή Προσευχή) and "Prayer of the Mind (Nous)" (Νοερά Προσευχή), is a short, formulaic prayer often uttered...
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| x Fatima Prayer |
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The Fatima Prayer (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfatimɐ]) or Invocation is a common version of the Jesus Prayer used by Roman Catholics. It, along with four other "Fatima prayers", originated during the Marian apparitions at Fátima, Portugal in 1917....
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| x Beloved God Prayer |
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Beloved God is the common name of a prayer created by Meher Baba on August 25, 1959. Meher Baba was fond of the prayer, and encouraged his followers to repeat it.
The prayer has become a part of a canon of prayers regularly repeated by Meher Baba's...
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| x Prayer of Repentance |
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The Prayer of Repentance is a prayer created by Meher Baba. Meher Baba dictated the prayer in Kuldabad in November, 1951.
The prayer has become a part of a canon of prayers regularly repeated by Meher Baba's followers, along with the O Parvardigar...
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| x Bus Driver's Prayer |
The Bus Driver's Prayer, also known as the Busman's Lord's Prayer, was a parody of the Lord's Prayer that takes the bus driver around Greater London (while avoiding further destinations). The words are apocryphal and have been around since 1970 at...
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| x Amidah |
The Amidah (Hebrew: תפילת העמידה, Tefilat HaAmidah "The Standing Prayer"), also called the Shmone Esre (שמנה עשרה, Shmoneh Esreh "The Eighteen," in reference to the original number of constituent blessings), is the central prayer of the Jewish...
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| x Anima Christi |
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The Anima Christi is an ancient prayer to Jesus in the tradition of the Catholic Church.
The sequence of sentences in Anima Christi have rich associations with Catholic concepts that relate to the Holy Eucharist (Body and Blood of Christ), Baptism ...
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| x Prayer to the shoulder wound of Jesus |
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This Roman Catholic prayer is variously attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux or to St. Gertrude or St. Mechtilde.
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According to St. Bernard, he asked Jesus which was His greatest unrecorded suffering and the wound that inflicted the...
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| x Prayer before a Crucifix |
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The Prayer before the Crucifix is a Roman Catholic prayer to Jesus which is said while kneeling before a crucifix. It is often said by Roman Catholics after Communion or after Mass.
The faithful receive a partial indulgence if they recite the prayer...
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| x Salve Regina |
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The "Salve Regina" is one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. The Salve Regina is sung in the time from Trinity Sunday until the Saturday before the first Sunday...
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| x Adon Olam |
Adon Olam (Hebrew: אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם; "Lord of the World") is one of the few strictly metrical hymns in the Jewish liturgy, the nobility of the diction of which and the smoothness of whose versification have given it unusual importance. According to...
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| x Agnus Dei |
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Agnus Dei is a Latin term meaning Lamb of God, and was originally used to refer to Jesus Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering that atones for the sins of humanity in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple...
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| x Selichot |
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Selichot (Hebrew: סליחות) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on Fast Days. The Thirteen Attributes of God are a central theme throughout the prayers.
In the Sephardic...
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| x Birkat HaBayit |
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Birkat HaBayit (Hebrew: ברכת הבית, Birkat HaBayit, meaning Blessing for the Home) is a Jewish prayer often inscribed on wall plaques or hamsas and featured at the entrance of some Jewish homes. There are various versions of the prayer.
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| x Birkat HaHammah |
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Birkat Hachama (ברכת החמה, "Blessing of the Sun") refers to a Jewish blessing that is recited in appreciation of the Sun once every 28 years, when the vernal equinox, as calculated by tradition, falls on a Tuesday at sundown. Jewish tradition says...
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| x Birkat HaShachar |
Birkot HaShachar (Hebrew: ברכות השכר) (Morning Blessings) are a series of blessings that are recited at the beginning of Jewish morning services. The blessings represent thanks to God for a renewal of the day.
A popular prayer for the morning is...
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| x Aleinu |
Aleinu (Hebrew: עָלֵינוּ, "ours" here to be understood as: "it is upon us, it is our obligation or duty") is a Jewish prayer found in the siddur, the classical Jewish prayerbook. It is recited at the end of each of the three daily Jewish services....
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| x Kiddush |
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Kiddush (Hebrew: קידוש, literally, "sanctification") is a blessing recited over wine or grape juice to sanctify the Shabbat, Jewish holiday or a Bat or Bar Mitzvah ceremony. The Torah refers to two requirements concerning Shabbat - to "keep it" and...
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| x Ha-motzi |
Ha-motzi literally translated as the one that takes out. In the blessing over bread one recites Ha-MoTZi LeHeM Min HaOReTZ the one that brings forth bread out of the earth i.e. Creator.In rabbinical literature it is used as a euphemism about the one...
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| x Tachanun |
Tachanun or Taḥanun (Hebrew: תחנון "Supplication"), also called nefillat panim ("falling on the face") is part of Judaism's morning (Shacharit) and afternoon (Mincha) services, after the recitation of the Amidah, the central part of the daily Jewish...
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