Heretics in our Hearts: An Interpretive Birkat HaMinim
Birkat HaMinim is part of the daily Amidah, and traditionally, the prayer asks God to curse all heretics and idolaters, especially those who might try to harm Jews. This interpretive version […]
Gather Us: An Interpretive Galuyot
This prayer is part of the daily Amidah, and traditionally, the prayer is a request for an “ingathering of exiles.” Jews living outside of Israel are considered to be in […]
Rise Up Together: A Tisha B’Av Prayer for the Rohingya People
Dear God do not hold yourself silent; be not deaf or still dear God. /
Be not deaf or still, dear heart.
Mourner’s Kaddish After a Mass Murder
Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba Life is a volley of bullets b’alma di v’ra hirutei, v’yamlikh malkhutei, Time is a bleeding wound b’hayyeikhon uv’yomeikhon uv’hayyei d’khol beit Yisrael, in houses of […]
Shofarot: A Tripartite Proposal
As a once and future (I will get back to it!) French hornist, I feel a special attachment to the shofar and have enjoyed serving as ba’al toke’ah on numerous occasions […]
Sefirat Ha’Aveilut: The Counting of Grief – from Shavuot to Tisha B’Av
A new ritual of creating a daily embodied spiritual practice for the liminal period of Sefirat Ha’Aveilut/the counting of grief, in the nine weeks between Shavuot and Tisha b’Av
Prayer for Solomon Teka
This is a poem written in response to the death of 18-year-old Ethiopian Israeli Solomon Teka, who was shot by an off-duty police officer on Sunday, June 30th. I’m an […]
Uterus Funeral Using Seedling Paper
This ritual is intended to be done using seedling paper (“Seed paper is a type of handmade paper that includes any number of different plant seeds. The seeds themselves can still germinate after the […]
The Four Elements: Mindfulness Ritual for Tu B’Shvat
This ritual was created as a ritual of kavannah, intention, for the Tu B’Shvat seder. One common thread between the Pesakh and Tu B’Shvat seders is the numerological importance of […]
A Sewn Amidah
Each stitch is a name, a voice, a memory, a mitzvah of old; Each stitch connects them with me and me with mine, Each stitch securing us in the fabric […]
