Omer 2019: Week 5
Week 5: Hod (Majesty, Humility) As we begin Counting the Omer, each day’s quality intersects with Hod, inviting us to contemplate various dimensions of majesty or humility. We invited writers to […]
An Outline for a Feminist Seder
Outline for a seder focused on the contributions of women and girls to the Passover story and to Jewish history. Introduction The impetus for this seder was that our granddaughter, […]
Mother’s Day Prayer
Dear God and God of our Ancestors Sarah Rebecca Rachel and Leah the mothers of our tradition are mothers to us all. They were not perfect but they were holy. […]
A Pesach Play in Six Irreverent Acts
Everyone in the family has been given their lines for Act V, but it is sealed, and they don’t know what they are going to say and don’t open the […]
Omer 2019: Week 4
Week 4: Netzach (Eternity, Endurance) As we begin Counting the Omer, each day’s quality intersects with Netzach, inviting us to contemplate various dimensions of eternity or endurance. We invited writers to […]
Omer 2019: Week 3
Week 3: Tiferet (Beauty, Compassion) As we begin Counting the Omer, each day’s quality intersects with Tiferet, inviting us to contemplate various dimensions of beauty or compassion. We invited writers to […]
When Peace Comes: A Meditation
When peace comes, When the tunnels are gone and the walls come down, When we sing together as brothers and sisters, We will remember these days of sorrow and grief, […]
Yom HaSho’ah Prayer
“the holy is broken / the broken is holy…”
Vegan Seder Adjustments
What is different about this night? At all other Seders we begin the meal with boiled eggs. Tonight, with edible flowers. What is different about this night? At all other […]
On the Last Day of Passover
We studied Torah. Per her birthday request, we rested as our friend blessed us with every word of Noach from memory, a tradition lost for over a thousand years. We […]
