When the World is Sick Mi Shebeirakh
Here is a Mi shebeirakh, a blessing for healing for our world and for our times. “When the world is sick, can’t no one be well But I dreamt we […]
A Time to Refrain from Embracing
“…a time for embracing and a time to refrain from embracing” —Ecclesiastes 3:5 In this time of rumors, uncertainty, physical dangers and pandemic:  This is a time to embrace […]
Consolation in Time of Pandemic
Pesukei de Nechemta 1. Intention to offer and serve Wilderness a plain every valley a High place. All flesh see together grass and Flowers speak to the mountains Lift up […]
For the Tenders: Blessing for Chaplains and Health Care Workers During the Coronavirus
blessed is the raft maker and blessed is the repairer of the breach and blessed is the warm soul who treats your dark with the embrace of a thousand summers’ […]
Bless You: Tending the Sick at Home as an Act of Love During the Coronavirus
love is in groceries and grimaced faces when milk is spilled and hearts hit the floor and tissues that find their way to waste baskets the unwonderful used band aids […]
Mazal Tov to those with B’nai Mitzvah Celebrations Impacted by Coronavirus
Today is your bat/bar/b’nai/b-mitzvah and it is a day of celebration. It is not the day you and your family envisioned and planned for. And we are so sorry because […]
Elohai Neshama: Thanking G-d for Our Souls in Pandemic Time
elohai neshama my g-d of soul blessed are you for leaving traces of our souls as our bodies fall and all that remains is the sea of our tears thank […]
Counting the Quarantine
During this unprecedented era, many of us find ourselves restricted to our homes, alone or with loved ones, for an indefinite period of time. We feel scared and anxious, stressed, […]
That We All May Rise
God of hidden things – unseen art, unheard notes, unfelt touch. God of fear and hope and weary, worried hearts, hear my questions and cries. The world is heavy now, […]
Prayer for My Peoples, Facing Danger
Holy Breath and Holy Name – Today we face a danger we cannot yet fully comprehend. We are frightened, we are confused, we are lost. We need the most basic […]
