Because I Can
First you place the shel yad on the upper arm No one dares look at her When it’s tight enough, say the blessing Someone turns and stares Wrap the strap […]
Mezuzah Prayer
G-d, I am full of love and gratitude for all your blessings. Thank you for presence of mind, for presence of body. Thank you for protection and comfort and ease. […]
A Prayer for the Religious Left
The work of justice is the work of turning stone to flesh Learning and relearning Moment to moment Movement to movement. May the Spirit of G-d move with us […]
Prayer Upon Completing Creative Work
O holy Mother Muse If I were standing with you I would leave the spigot onto wonder open Offer up my separation. I would wear a big Bucharan hat on […]
The Presence of an Absence
There is a dark side to Purim, that upside-down, downside-up festival of masks and laughter. To innoculate us in advance against the break-through of that dark side, the rabbis long […]
And There Was Morning: A Prayer for New Zealand
The day returns stubbornly no matter the massacre the night before. The sun spreads itself indiscriminately through storm-worn clouds as though the innocent worshippers were still body-bound, blinking open their […]
As We Pray
You come at us as we pray. We pray and place ourselves in front of the fear, We pray and place ourselves in front of the anger, We pray and […]
Buddhist-Inspired Rosh Hashanah Seder
Creation What would you feel if I told you that, in the Jewish tradition, you were being created anew in this very moment? Rosh Hashanah is the beginning of the year. […]
Birkot Hashakhar
I am thankful for this beautiful light which illuminated my soul! I am thankful for the divinity which makes up my very being. There is God within me, do not […]
Rise Like the Dawn: A Prayer for Action on the Rohingya Genocide
“Rabbi Asi said: Why was Esther likened to the dawn? It is to tell you: Just as the dawn is the conclusion of the entire night, so too, Esther was […]
