Azazel

Red pomegranates and green leaves are scattered across a blue background in a playful, hand-drawn style.

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

Several herons stand and wade in a calm, shallow lake with green trees in the background.

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

Red pomegranates and green leaves are scattered across a blue background in a playful, hand-drawn style.

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

Red pomegranates and green leaves are scattered across a blue background in a playful, hand-drawn style.

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

Red pomegranates and green leaves are scattered across a blue background in a playful, hand-drawn style.

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 […]

Shofar’s Cry: Sarah and Hagar Speak

Red pomegranates and green leaves are scattered across a blue background in a playful, hand-drawn style.

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 […]

A Welcome Ceremony By the Sea

A hand touches a colorful mezuzah on a doorpost in a home.

We created this baby naming and welcoming ceremony for my daughter that took place by the sea. Read the story behind the ritual here. 1) Gathering time: Play a musical […]

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