Ceremony of Affirmation and Renaming
celebrating a gender transition
A Tu B’Shvat Seder for an Intimate Date Night
An outline of questions to spark intimate conversation aligned with each of the four worlds of the Tu Bi’Shevat sederLit. Order. The festive meal conducted on Passover night, in a specific order with specific rituals to symbolize aspects of the Exodus from Egypt. It is conducted following the haggadah, a book for this purpose. Additionally, there an ancient tradition to have a seder on Rosh Hashanah, which has been practiced in particular by Sephardi communities. This seder involves the blessing and eating of simanim, or symbolic foods. The mystics of Sefat also created a seder for Tu B'shvat, the new year of the trees.
Holy Consummation
“Draw from me, and I from you. / Let us mingle a new moon.”
Notes on Revelation
“Come, my beloved, / Draw close”
Bo: Meeting Pharoah Within the Void
“What more can be said about plagues?”
If We Create the Future in the Present
“Noon January 20: If we create the future in the present, the One from the differences that we can fit together”
Intention for Waiting for Vaccine
An Inauguration Seder Plate
Symbolic foods to celebrate the 2021 presidential inauguration
A Liturgy for the U.S. Presidential Inauguration, 2021
“Shine brightly in the halls of power”
Prayer for One Nearing the End of Life
“We offer our praise for the life that you give us’