Small But Significant

Aerial view of Earth at night showing city lights across Europe and the Mediterranean with a thin atmospheric glow.

small small smallest it begins you feel insignificant and then one day you feel your small stride the tiniest little thing you can muster up is enough then you do […]

The Breeze

Woman in knit hat and scarf enjoying a hot drink outdoors on a sunny day.

i will not forget to open my window and to fold into the brazen breeze the words yes oh yes my g-d you You made me in a world i […]

Go Out and In: For Pesakh

Person in a hat and coat walking on a forest path surrounded by tall trees and ferns.

Go out! Go out but in. Go out and into your homes and make justice real as the dirt on your fingertips.   And let the next garden come from […]

Elohai Netzor During Pandemic

Person walking through a sunlit forest with autumn leaves and tall trees, enveloped in a warm, golden glow.

Elohai Netzor is a private prayer recited in a whisper at the closing of the Amidah. Creator of the Universe, Protect our thoughts from selfishness And our lips from speaking […]

The Salve Which is Shabbat

Two lit candles, a bottle of wine, and two filled wine glasses on a decorated table.

It is a covenant as old as our people A promise carried throughout the ages “HaShem will keep those who keep Shabbat.” And yet, today, we struggle to find peace […]

Postponement Prayer

Desert mountains with scattered rocks, some greenery, a stream, and cloudy blue sky.

A prayer for those who have to postpone a wedding, conversion, or another major event due to circumstances beyond their control.

Let Breath

Person sitting cross-legged on a wooden dock by a calm lake during sunset, surrounded by trees.

Translated from the Hebrew by Hila Ratzabi  

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