Choose Life: A Prayer After Hearing of an Act of Terrorism
Even though we may be wailing. We mustn’t stop working.
Sin Offering
A poem preparing oneself for Yom KippurThe holiest day of the Jewish year and the culmination of a season of self-reflection. Jews fast, abstain from other worldly pleasures, and gather in prayers that last throughout the day. Following Ne'ilah, the final prayers, during which Jews envision the Gates of Repentance closing, the shofar is sounded in one long blast to conclude the holy day. It is customary to begin building one's sukkah as soon as the day ends.
Erev Yom Kippur: Why do we fast?
To see what it looks like to put ourselves together again.
Faith During an Uncertain Future after Infertility
Thinking about PassoverPassover is a major Jewish holiday that commemorates the Jewish people's liberation from slavery and Exodus from Egypt. Its Hebrew name is Pesakh. Its name derives from the tenth plague, in which God "passed over" the homes of the Jewish firstborn, slaying only the Egyptian firstborn. Passover is celebrated for a week, and many diaspora Jews celebrate for eight days. The holiday begins at home at a seder meal and ritual the first (and sometimes second) night. Jews tell the story of the Exodus using a text called the haggadah, and eat specific food (matzah, maror, haroset, etc). and the death of the firstborn, praying to conceive.Â
Blessing for Placing a Headwrap/Headscarf upon One’s Head
I can conquer the day.Â
Meditations for Ritual Immersion: For a Woman Beginning Her Journey Toward Conception
To be used when someone stops taking birth control, and begins to look toward becoming a parent
Blessing for Tears
We mustn’t ever forget our tears
Two Meditations for the Days of Awe
Envision a shofarA ram's horn that is blown on the High Holidays to "wake us up" and call Jews to repentance. It is also said that its blast will herald the coming of the messiah. made of pure light
A Meditation for Erev Yom Kippur
Who will make chicken soup for the dejected?
A Communal Casting Out: Tashlich for Jewish Leadership
Praying with crumbs