Saying Kaddish at I Rei To
“help me find the courage / to make each breath a blessing…”
Maariv Aravim
“Blessed are You, Eternal, Who is responsible for night’s end.”
Untaneh Tokef for a Polarized World
“we can rise above the instincts that divide us / and discover the holiness that binds us together.”
After the Crossing
“Set us free to wander again / where all journeys end in wonder…”
God Seems So Distant This Year
“When we expect sweetness to be given / to us from above instead of doing the work / ourselves to make our lives sweeter?”
Benediction for the Buried Choir
“The air, once austere, / awakens to abundance…”
Slowly Awakening
“In the quiet days after Tisha B’Av,Â
the shofar is still wrapped in / silence /waiting to be retrieved…”
Take These Broken Wings
“Still, somewhere beneath the sorrow / that has settled on me,
something fragile / dreams of flight.”
Elul
“Elul is a bridge crossed in the fullness of summer, a path we begin to clear toward our imagined future.”
Tisha B’Av at Delaney Hall
“We take a breath / in silence and then / a shofar blower / pierces the summer night / with a wailing cry
for justice, for wholeness, for redemption / and release.”
