Good Fortune

Experience of a refugee from the Soviet Union
To the Children

We Belong to Each Other

“you belonged before you boarded the bus this morning”
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Hope

I hope this virus passes
Hinenu Haggadah Supplement for Pesach 5780
Haggadah supplement during pandemic
Ha-Lakhma: This is the Bread for Your Afflicted Parts

“every part of you must leave the narrow straits”
Third Age Ritual

Source sheet pairing verses from Eicha with voices of immigrant parents separated from their children
Havdallah 5780


Havdallah, a time of transition and beginning … Last night, we welcomed the Shechina and her gifts, Now, we bid her Shalom until next Shabbat. As we say farewell, we […]
Four Ways of Thinking about Plagues in a time of Pandemic

For years, I have hosted and attended seders where, inevitably, a fight breaks out around the plagues. The controversy has centered around how we understand the plagues – are they […]
Ur’khatz: Healing Waters at the time of COVID-19

Leader: This first handwashing is performed without a blessing over the action itself. Let us therefore draw our focus to role of water in the Passover story. “We begin our […]