A PRAYER AND RITUAL FOR THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND ITS WORKERS

(can be read in public once contracts have or are being signed)

 Levite:

Blessed be Ruach HaOlam, Breathing Us In and  Breathing Us Out,

Help me with my obligations as a Levite for my congregation.

May I serve my community to the best of my ability with hard work and creative problem solving.

May I remember the larger goals when I am bogged down in the small details.

May I learn to set limits and know when I must ignore or enforce them.

May I never forget that that everyone means well.

May I represent my community to the wider Jewish kahal well and appropriately.

May I always remember to work with my community with respect and diligence so together we may serve and repair our world.

(Employees sign two copies of this contract)

The Congregation:

Blessed be Ruach HaOlam, Breathing Us In and  Breathing Us Out,

Help us with our obligations to our Levites:

May we serve them to the best of our ability with fair wages and benefits.

May we understand that they are professionals and not volunteers.

May we remember that they must have their days of rest.

May we remember that they love what they do and who they do it for and may we not take advantage of that love too often.

May we always remember to employ them with respect and appreciation so that together we may serve and repair our world.

(Board representative signs the two contracts)

Clergy:

Blessed be Ruach HaOlam, Breathing Us In and  Breathing Us Out,

Help us with all of our mutual obligations:
Hard work and fair compensation,
Diversity and safety,
Opportunity and study.

Just as Bezalel built the Mishkan with his labor, and as he also took joy in the beauty of his creation, may we build this community together and take joy when it flourishes so that we may better serve and repair our world.

(Clergy hands one copy of this contract to each party.)

All, Together:

Blessed be Ruach HaOlam, Breathing Us In and  Breathing Us Out,

And bless the community, the work and the workers, that we are one in the One-ness. 

Amen.

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Prayer for The Levites

Numbers 8:13-15

You shall place the Levites in attendance upon Aaron and his sons, and designate them as an elevation offering to the Lord. 14 Thus you shall set the Levites apart from the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine.

Blessed be Yah, Breathing Us In and  Breathing Us Out

Help me with my obligations as a Levite for my congregation:

May I serve my community to the best of my ability with hard work and creative problem solving.

May I remember the larger goals when I am bogged down in the small details.

May I learn to set limits without being angry when those borders are crossed, as they will be.

May I never forget that that everyone means well.

May I represent my community to the wider Jewish kahal well and appropriately.

May I always remember to work with my community with diligence so together we may serve and repair our world.

Blessed be Yah, Breathing Us In and  Breathing Us Out

Help my congregation with their obligations to their Levites:

May my community serve me to the best of their ability with fair wages and benefits.

May my community understand that I am a professional and not a volunteer.

May my community remember that  I do not work 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

May my community remember that I love what I do and who I do it for.

May my community always remember to employ me with respect so that together we may serve and repair our world.

Blessed be Yah, Breathing Us In and  Breathing Us Out

Help me with my obligations to myself:

May I remember to ask for the fair parnassa that I need to sustain myself and my family.

May I remember  to respect myself and my needs because  I am just as important as any member of my community.

Just as Bezalel built the Mishkan with his labor, and as he also took joy in the beauty of his creation, may I know that I’m entitled to joy even when my hard work makes me sad.

May I always know that I love what I do and who I do it for, even when they drive me crazy.

May I always understand the limits of what I can realistically do, so that I may better serve and repair our world.

Bless be Yah, Breathing Us In and Breathing Us Out.
And bless the community, the work and the workers, that we are one in the One-ness.  
Amen.