Here’s a list of prayers for Sukkot with brief descriptions, divided by topic: “Joy,” “Harvest Season” and “Sukkah: Physical home, Spiritual home.” To read a prayer, click on the title. If you read only one of them, go for “Beauty Dances,” but this is a lovely list. Try a few. Here are prayers for Simchat Torah.
Joy
Sukkot is z’man simchateinu, the time of our rejoicing:
- Rejoice! – A prayer/poem about embodying joy
- For Joy – About finding joy in the face of loss
- Let Joy – Awake to the joy around you
Harvest Season
Prayers of thanks for G-d’s gifts:
- For Autumn – A prayer for the new season
- Harvest Prayer – For the gifts of the land
- This Bounty – A prayer of thanksgiving
- Life as a Banquet – Rejoice in the banquet of life
- Life as a Garden – Tending the beauty of hearts and souls
Sukkah: Physical Home, Spiritual Home
Prayers about the meaning of home:
- The Season of Building – Tents of holiness, shelters of peace
- Dwelling Place – A sense of home and peace
- Beauty Dances – Beauty dances and love sings for Sukkat Shalom
- The Way Home – The journey home
- Israel: A Meditation – Israel, our people, our nation, our home
Click here for the full list of prayers for the Yamim Noraim. Here’s a focused list of prayers for Elul, another one of prayers for Rosh Hashana and one of prayers for Yom Kippur. And here’s a link to yizkor and memorial prayers.
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