Rise Up Together: A Tisha B’Av Prayer for the Rohingya People
Dear God do not hold yourself silent; be not deaf or still dear God. /
Be not deaf or still, dear heart.
Mourners Kaddish After a Mass Murder
Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba Life is a volley of bullets b’alma di v’ra hirutei, v’yamlikh malkhutei, Time is a bleeding wound b’hayyeikhon uv’yomeikhon uv’hayyei d’khol beit Yisrael, in houses of […]
Shofarot: A Tripartite Proposal
As a once and future (I will getA writ of divorce. Traditionally, only a man can grant his wife a get. Liberal Jews have amended this tradition, making divorce more egalitarian. […]
Sefirat Ha’Aveilut: The Counting of Grief – from Shavuot to Tisha B’Av
A new ritual of creating a daily embodied spiritual practice for the liminal period of Sefirat Ha’Aveilut/the counting of grief, in the nine weeks between ShavuotShavuot is the holiday fifty days after Passover and commemorates when the Israelite liberation from Egypt culminates with the giving of the Torah. Traditionally, Jews study in an all-night study session, eat dairy products (one interpretation is that the Torah is like milk to us), and read both the Ten Commandments and the Book of Ruth. and Tisha b’AvThe holiday on which the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem is commemorated through fasting and prayers.
Prayer for Solomon Teka
This is a poem written in response to the death of 18-year-old Ethiopian Israeli Solomon Teka, who was shot by an off-duty police officer on Sunday, June 30th. I’m an […]
Uterus Funeral Using Seedling Paper
This ritual is intended to be done using seedling paper (“Seed paper is a type of handmade paper that includes any number of different plant seeds. The seeds themselves can still germinate after the […]
The Four Elements: Mindfulness Ritual for Tu B’Shvat
This ritual was created as a ritual of kavannahLit. 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 […]
A Sewn Amidah
Each stitch is a name, a voice, a memory, a mitzvah of old; Each stitch connects them with me and me with mine, Each stitch securing us in the fabric […]
Against Detaining Children
This prayer is in response to the detention of children at the U.S. border, as well as the tragic deaths of innocents there and in the custody of the federal […]
Prayer for a Government of Peace
