Spencer

Spencer Szwalbenest (He/Him/His) is a rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He began writing poetry in seventh grade, and has also been published in The Jewish Literary Journal, Surgam, and The Current: A Journal of Politics, Culture, and Jewish Affairs at Columbia University.

Purple flowers swaying in the wind against a blue sky background.

The First Friday Afternoon (An Asher Yatzar Alternative)

December 25, 2024

a field of wildflowers

The Torah of Love: An Ahavah Rabbah Alternative

September 2, 2024

man standing on rocky beach at sunset

Ma’ariv Aravim to End a Challenging Day

July 31, 2023

interior of a sukkah with table covered in blue tablecloth and sunlight creating shadows on a white wall

Prayer for Shabbat Sukkot

February 17, 2023