The Sovereign Within, a Neilah Prayer
“As the gates close / May I remember / To move forward…”
A reflection for Kol Nidre, for Yom Kippur
“We come from the Ayn Sof as broken shards of creation…”
When the New Year Turns to Questions
“This is the year the answers can’t be simple, won’t come / quickly.”
Prayer for 5785: Hope is The Antidote to Despair
Hope is the antidote to despair. Hope is shedding tears of grief and pain and then getting on with the hard business of tikkun olam. Hope is the knowledge that […]
October 7th
This poem is dedicated to Eden Yerushalmi & Carmel Gat.
Prayer for the New Year, 5785: We Sit On the Chair Together
“In this new year, let us bring our potential to bear.”
Unetaneh Tokef: An Adaptation for One Year Later
This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.
Season of Our Joy
“I squeeze the etrog and smell it,
and my heart swells. / The mitzvah is to take the dare…”
Apple Peel Tachlikh
An alternative kind of Tachlikh, focusing on composting and transformation.
El Maleh Rachamim for Yamim Noraim 5785
“Hide them / beneath the cover of Your wings, forever, / And let their souls be bound up with ours…”
