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The new year falls from a languid sky over Ocean Parkway crimson light on pre-war bathroom tiles. One week ago was Labor Day. Without lifeguards we are summoned to remember […]
Here I am – Hineni
An interactive prayer for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Mussaf Here I am Stirred up Planted in front of You And in front of my Fellow conspirators in prayer To […]
Azazel
On a hill in a Wilderness somewhere in the United States of America. On the fourth day I began to ask for forgiveness. I ascended into silence and an animal […]
The Birds Have Fled
The birds have fled, flown the coop as it were. They’ve gone the way of the dodo and the cricket and bullfrog. Good old Jeremiah has grown silent with their […]
Real Kippur
It may come at you together As a community And it may come individually It may come in a way you least expect You may have to do it yourself […]
Days of Awe Meditation
The transformative days of awe preoccupation Teshuvah – Transformation I will turn away from here and approach There* Teshuvah – to be unstuck Not arrival but journey Not destination but […]
Because the Moon is Covered
Part 1 Or: Toward Because the moon is covered, bakesse,* he said, I was sitting with Zohar next to the tree underneath where he was buried. We were eating garinim […]
Avodah Service for Yom Kippur
“God calls to us this day”
Shofar’s Cry: Sarah and Hagar Speak
This is an interpretive Torah experience for Rosh Hashanah, incorporating Hagar’s story from the Torah reading on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, and the Akedah, which we read on […]
Elul Reflection Calendar (5779)
Download the Elul Reflection Calendar below for weekly soul-reflection prompts during the month of Elul 5779.
