Exodus in a Time of Plague

“I used to whisper evening prayers / Now I recite statistics”
Passover 5780

“in this plague spring …”
My Mother is Glad

“I’m calling her daily, even / Though it took a pandemic”
To My Children in the Fourth Week of the Pandemic

“I am sorry / you cannot play / with your friends”
On Breathing

“I’m OK during the day, but at night I get scared”
Things I’ve Heard and Said This Week

“Please mute yourself and listen”
Ode to My Fellow Meeting Attendees

“I love seeing the inside of your home”
Mikveh Immersion to Prepare for our New Normal after Covid-19

Mikveh ceremony for transitioning to life after experiencing the coronavirus pandemic
On Taking Off A Wedding Ring

Ritual for removing wedding ring after partner’s death (could be modified for divorce)
Balancing Grief and Gratitude

Ritual to acknowledge the complicated experience of feeling both gratitude and grief