Counting the Quarantine
During this unprecedented era, many of us find ourselves restricted to our homes, alone or with loved ones, for an indefinite period of time. We feel scared and anxious, stressed, […]
That We All May Rise
God of hidden things – unseen art, unheard notes, unfelt touch. God of fear and hope and weary, worried hearts, hear my questions and cries. The world is heavy now, […]
Prayer for My Peoples, Facing Danger
Holy Breath and Holy Name – Today we face a danger we cannot yet fully comprehend. We are frightened, we are confused, we are lost. We need the most basic […]
In This Moment
on this Feed on this Page in this Heart fear is okay Here hurt is okay Here hope is okay Here relief is okay Here you are okay Here too […]
For a World in Pandemic
We are a global community We travel from here to there Country to country Sharing the good and the bad In this time of trial by disease We are learning… […]
Ritual for Ending Quarantine or Self-Isolation
“This shall be the ritual for the quarantined person at the time of purification” (Lev 14:2) This ritual is loosely based on a variety of rituals: waking in the morning, […]
Wash Your Hands
We are humans relearning to wash our hands. Washing our hands is an act of love Washing our hands is an act of care Washing our hands is an act […]
Queer Aliyah Blessing
this is a blessing for neither or well actually and sometimes for avraham bat sarahThe first matriarch, wife of Abraham, and mother of IsaacAbraham and Sarah's much-longed-for son and the second Jewish patriarch. Isaac is nearly sacrificed by his father at God's command (Genesis 22). He is married to Rebecca and is the father of Esau and Jacob. His Hebrew name is Yitzchak., whom she birthed at the age […]
A Blessing for when Two People are Thinking about Each Other and One of them Reaches Out to the Other
Blessed are you HashemLit. The Name, referring to the ineffable name of God; used as a substitute for any of the more sacred names of God when not speaking in […]
Mourners’ Kaddish: A Poetic Interpretation
יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא Growing in holiness, we inhale and breathe tiny human words Into the immensity of sacred spacetime אָמֵן Amen בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ […]
