Mishenikhnas Adar

Two girls face painting; one paints colorful butterfly design on the others face.

משנכנס אדר מרבין בשמחה Mishenikhnas Adar marbim b’simkhah  When the month of Adar arrives we increase our joy Download the sheet music below

On Joseph and Solitary Confinement

Cracked plaster wall revealing underlying red brick texture.

When Joseph was jailed, wrongly accused of seducing his master’s wife, what did he feel? Did he remember his first stint in solitary, the pit where his brothers threw him […]

How to Bless Yourself

A woman with headphones gazes out a train window, with a coffee cup, orange, and tablet on the table in front of her.

If you are waiting for a spiritual leader to tell you, write what you need to hear and read it back to yourself and call it blessing. Call the act […]

Heschel King

A group of people link arms while marching in a civil rights protest, wearing leis and coats, with buildings in the background.

On the yahrzeit/anniversary of passing of Abraham Joshua Heschel and birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. I The picture of Abraham Joshua Heschel rabbi, human being, interpreter of inner Judaism […]

Preparing for Psalm 27

an iceberg floats in the water

May polar bears swim safely /
to the ice flows, and may we love /
our way back to soft tickling cheeks, /
hot breath, moist lips

Bat Shekhinah

A woman kisses a smiling girl on the cheek in a grassy field.

I created the Bat Shekhinah ritual when a friend from B’nai Or of Boston asked me to create a ritual for her daughter about to become a Bat Mitzvah. She […]

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