Erased
![Crowd at a protest, holding signs. Urban street setting with old buildings in the background.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/08/Aleinu-Writing-Social-Justice-Liturgy-OctNov22-ForWeb-1024x1024.png)
“Speaking is my right. / and until someone takes my voice, / I will continue to speak.”
Release. Return.
![A vast, empty field under a bright blue sky filled with scattered fluffy clouds.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/field-533541_1280-1024x686.jpg)
“we pray for healing the minds and hearts of those newly released…”
A Bridge Unbroken Through Endless Time
![Open Torah scroll with decorative handles on a table, surrounded by people wearing prayer shawls.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2012/06/Torah-Jerusalem_istock.jpg)
“So as we save the scrolls from the fire’s roar, /we save ourselves and so much more.”
Prayer for Peace?
![Colorful chalk drawing on pavement with the message Be Kind in pink and blue.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/kindness-1197351_1280-1-1024x768.jpg)
“Let this prayer for peace awaken us and have peace begin with us.”Â
Genesis 25:8
![Vast desert landscape with rocky cliffs and distant hazy horizon under a pale sky.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/04/israel-5269058_1280-1-1024x682.jpg)
“The children of AbrahamAbraham is the first patriarch and the father of the Jewish people. He is the husband of Sarah and the father of Isaac and Ishmael. God's covenant - that we will be a great people and inherit the land of Israel - begins with Abraham and is marked by his circumcision, the first in Jewish history. His Hebrew name is Avraham., / bowing their heads / to bury the past
and join hands in grief.”
Shabbat Morning, the Day Before the Hostage Release
![Dramatic sky with sunbeams breaking through fluffy, dark clouds against a vibrant blue backdrop.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/heaven-3395811_1280-1024x575.jpg)
“There are mystical colors spelling
peace…”
Fire
![Close-up of a lit candle with a melting wax drip and soft flame in the background.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/candle-8661042_1280-1024x769.jpg)
“We will come together, as we always do, to make fire holy in our lives again.”
Firestorm
![Abstract red and black marbled texture with fluid patterns and swirling lines.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/Red-Hot-Fire-by-EBB-1-1024x730.jpg)
“Embers of fire
Destroy their path / But carry / shattered vessels of holiness…”
A Kavannah and Blessing for Remaining Seated During the Amidah
![Circular stained glass window with a blue Star of David, set in a brick wall.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/window-1216674_1280-1024x982.jpg)
“whether we sit, rise, bow, or sway,
the Divine perceives the murmurs of our hearts”
A Prayer for Wolves
![Three white wolves interact; one lying down playfully with mouth open, and two standing alert in a natural setting.](https://ritualwell.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/wolf-5325060_1280-1024x682.jpg)
This is a prayer to say when you see a wolf, hear a wolf, or, simply, are thinking about wolves.