The Non-Breathing Meditation: For Those Who Cannot Breathe Due to Illness
A meditation when breathing is difficult
Revealing Torah, Revealing Me: A Prayer for Shavuot
Experiencing personal revelation
A Blessing for Kindness on Shavuot
“Let our kindness burst forth like a bountiful harvest”
(Re)Creation
A reflection on re-creating oneself
Traditional Text for a Jewish Get/ Divorce
Traditional text of a Jewish getA writ of divorce. Traditionally, only a man can grant his wife a get. Liberal Jews have amended this tradition, making divorce more egalitarian./ divorce
Breathing Sabbath: A Guided Meditation for Those Who Cannot Rest
A ShabbatShabbat is the Sabbath day, the Day of Rest, and is observed from Friday night through Saturday night. Is set aside from the rest of the week both in honor of the fact that God rested on the seventh day after creating the world. On Shabbat, many Jews observe prohibitions from various activities designated as work. Shabbat is traditionally observed with festive meals, wine, challah, prayers, the reading and studying of Torah, conjugal relations, family time, and time with friends. meditation on creation and rest
Goodbye Ritual
A ritual for saying goodbye to a sacred text or person
In Embrace of Ruth
A poem for embracing chosen family
Traditional Mikveh Blessings
Traditional blessings for mikvehThe ritual bath. The waters of the mikveh symbolically purify – they are seen as waters of rebirth. A convert immerses in the mikveh as part of conversion. Many Orthodox married women go to the mikveh following their period and before resuming sexual relations. Couples go to the mikveh before being married. Many, including some men, immerse before Yom Kippur; some go every Friday before Shabbat. immersion
What Remains
“It just became your life, your house always lit up like / Paris at night because you were afraid of the darkness splicing / time ever again”
