Prayer for a Health Care Team
Divine Presence, we delight in Your world and in the many blessings and gifts we encounter throughout our lives: love and connection, joy, hope, celebration, and the very gift of […]
This Land Belongs to No One: Thanksgiving Prayer Honoring our Ancestors and Native Peoples’ Land
Download the free printable PDF at the bottom of this page. Introduction This prayer is intended to be said at the beginning of a Thanksgiving meal. For many of us, […]
Social Justice Tashlikh Prayer
In this new year & every year, we must take accountability for the ways we & our communities have contributed to injustice. As we prepare to cast away our sins […]
Queer/Chosen Family Gender Neutral Blessing for the Children
Introduction Judaism has a beautiful tradition of blessing the children on Friday night before making kiddushThe prayer recited over wine on Shabbat, holidays, and other joyous occasions.. Parent(s) traditionally place […]
Chemotherapy Havdalah
Ani Ma’amin
Inspired by the thirteen-point version of the Jewish principles of faith. I have written this to be recited at the ending of my morning prayers, but it could easily be […]
Humanistic Amidah
The Daily Standing Prayer KavanahLit. Intention Refers both to one’s intention when performing a mitzvahLit. Commandment. It is traditionally held that there are 613 mitzvot (plural) in Judaism, both postive commandments (mandating actions) and negative commandments (prohibiting actions). Mitzvah has also become colloquially assumed to mean the idea of a “good deed." or when focusing for prayer. Kavanah also refers to specific readings to help focus one’s attention prior […]
Fault Lines: For The Ones Who Need Healing
Cracks form as we survive grief They start with sharp broken edges Eventually dulled when worn by time The crevasses remain but they narrow And rather than fall into them […]
A Selichah for Ourselves and Our Country on Yom Kippur
Ein Od: There is No Other
Ein Od (“There is No Other”) from the album Open My Heart, by Yosef Goldman (Rising Song Records 2019) Music composed by Yosef Goldman Lyrics: Aleinu Prayer, Deuteronomy 4:35–38, Zechariah […]
