Omer Nidra

Guided meditation for the Omer
Therefore

An interpretive reading of the Ten Commandments
Connection with All

“A cosmos of vibrations / Held gently within / This boundary / That is me.”
Seder Plate

“Pesakh’s blue plate, / a strange / and yet familiar / gathering of ingredients”
Pittsburgh: A Trial Begins

“Four and a half years have passed / Much of the world seems to have / forgotten / But we never will”
Prayer for One Entering Natural Organic Reduction

Prayer for transferring a deceased body for the process of “natural organic reduction,” also known as “human composting”
Finding My Voice as a Black Jew

“Can I speak to the people the way I speak to You?”
Prayers for Decision Making Regarding Unused Embryos

Prayers for either discarding or donating frozen embryos one choose not to use
Rivkah’s Gentle Din

“Any ‘I love you’ / Like water, uncontained / Can have no form.”
Burning the Cancer Shirts this Passover

In August 2022, at the age of 44, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. Â A double mastectomy, three corrective surgeries, and 30 rounds of radiation later, I’m […]