The Secret of One and Many: Raza de-Purim
The Jews confirmed and accepted – kimu v’kiblu – we accepted, written singular, pronounced plural. Fulfilled and accepted – they fulfilled (on PurimLit. “Lots.” A carnival holiday celebrated on the […]
Threefold Blessing
Blessing When the upper root And the lower root find each other They meet at the inner point of truth. Yes, this is it The inner point of truth Will […]
Elijah Invented Sarcasm
ElijahElijah is a biblical prophet who is said never to have died. There are therefore many legends associated with Elijah. In the TalmudThe rabbinic compendium of lore and legend composed between 200 and 500 CE. Study of the Talmud is the focus of rabbinic scholarship. The Talmud has two versions, the main Babylonian version (Bavli) and the smaller Jerusalem version (Yerushalmi). It is written in Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic., unresolved arguments will be resolved when Elijah […]
Revelation
“I revealed myself to those who didn’t ask for me” Isaiah 65:1 “I Posed in a Bikini in Times Square.” Anna O’Brien. Cosmopolitan. July 3, 2018. I can do […]
She Said No!: A Purim Song
Recording by MIRAJ, ©Margot Stein, Rayzel Raphael, Bayla Ruchama, Juliet Spitzer Rosh HodeshThe new moon, which marks the beginning of the Jewish month. According to tradition, because women did not participate […]
Blessing for Birth Parents by Adoptees Under the Huppah
Holy One of Blessing, who sees the invisible mystery of love and the destiny of souls, we reach out to you at this time. Standing together under this huppahMarriage canopy […]
A Mi Shebeirakh for Victims of Homophobia and Transphobia
Mi shebeirakh horeinu Avraham, Yitzhak v’Ya’akov, SarahThe first matriarch, wife of Abraham, and mother of Isaac, whom she birthed at the age of 90. Sarah, in Rabbinic tradition, is considered […]
Queer Ketubah
This ketubahThe Jewish wedding contract. Traditionally, the ketubah protected the wife in marriage by spelling out the husband’s obligations to her and guaranteeing her a financial settlement in case of […]
Everything Is But a Moment: A Meditation on Kohelet
A meditation on Kohelet 3:1–8 לַכֹּל זְמָן וְעֵת לְכָל־חֵפֶץ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמָיִם [3:1] To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven; עֵת לָלֶדֶת וְעֵת […]
Mishenikhnas Adar
משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה Mishenikhnas Adar marbim b’simkhah When the month of Adar arrives we increase our joy Download the sheet music below
