Queer Aliyah Blessing

Two Torah scrolls on a table with open books and people nearby, wearing traditional garments.

this is a blessing for neither or well actually and sometimes for avraham bat sarah sarah ben avraham for all the houses with unmarked doors that peer through windows and […]

Mourners’ Kaddish: A Poetic Interpretation

A person in a white shirt and shorts stands in a lush forest, looking up at tall trees.

יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא Growing in holiness, we inhale and breathe tiny human words  Into the immensity of sacred spacetime   אָמֵן Amen   בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ […]

Traveler’s Prayer in a Time of Pandemic

Woman with backpack looking at flight information board in an airport terminal.

This is a new prayer for safe travel, incorporating the perils of modern life with classic language of t’filat haderekh, the traveler’s prayer. It’s my third prayer related to the […]

Ketubah for Two Women

two women's hands

Scroll down for Hebrew version Be Siman Tov u-be Mazal Tov With auspicious signs and a flow of wellbeing In the name of YHVH the universal force With the intention […]

Ketubah for Two Men

two mens hands with wedding rings

Scroll down for Hebrew version In the name of YHVH the universal force With auspicious signs and a flow of wellbeing With the intention to serve the unification of the […]

Original Ketubah

white flowers

Download PDFs in English and Hebrew below. Be Siman Tov u-be Mazal Tov With auspicious signs and a flow of wellbeing In the name of YHVH the universal force With […]

Prayer after the Tornadoes

Stormy sky over a lush green field.

G-d beyond my understanding, The sky has turned violent, Crushing homes and lives, Upending dreams, Toppling the foundations of hope and sustenance. Crisis and chaos, Confusion and loss, A scene […]

Found

Person in a white shirt stands among blossoming trees in soft sunlight.

We are holiness. We are blessed. We are filled and sustained by gifts imparted and ingrained. On Shabbat we rest with intention. We breathe in the Divine Spirit and release […]

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