Chosen Family Sukkot Seder
A SukkotLit. Booths or huts Sukkot is the autumn harvest Festival of Booths, is celebrated starting the 15th of the Jewish month of Tishrei. Jews build booths (sukkot), symbolic of the temporary shelters used by the ancient Israelites when they wandered in the desert. Traditionally, Jews eat and sleep in the sukkah for the duration of the holiday (seven days in Israel and eight outside of Israel). The lulav (palm frond), willow, myrtle, and etrog fruit are also waved together. sederLit. Order. The festive meal conducted on Passover night, in a specific order with specific rituals to symbolize aspects of the Exodus from Egypt. It is conducted following the haggadah, a book for this purpose. Additionally, there an ancient tradition to have a seder on Rosh Hashanah, which has been practiced in particular by Sephardi communities. This seder involves the blessing and eating of simanim, or symbolic foods. The mystics of Sefat also created a seder for Tu B'shvat, the new year of the trees. to honor chosen families
Shake Us & Unsettle Us: A Modern Tefilat Ha-Geshem
A prayer for rain during the AmidahLit. Standing One of the central prayers of the Jewish prayer service, recited silently while standing. on Shemini AtzeretThe holiday at the end of Sukkot, during which are recited prayers for rain. Rain figures prominently as God's blessing in the arid land of Israel. in memory of those fallen during the Yom KippurThe holiest day of the Jewish year and the culmination of a season of self-reflection. Jews fast, abstain from other worldly pleasures, and gather in prayers that last throughout the day. Following Ne'ilah, the final prayers, during which Jews envision the Gates of Repentance closing, the shofar is sounded in one long blast to conclude the holy day. It is customary to begin building one's sukkah as soon as the day ends. War
Weaning Ritual
A weaning ritual to allow child to transition to next phase of independence
Hashkiveinu for Standing Rock
A Hashkivenu prayer in solidarity with Native peoples defending Standing Rock
Song of Serach
Meditation on musician Serach
Still, Small Voice in the Whirlwind: A Meditation on Haftarah Pinchas
A meditation on the still, small voice of God
Prayer for the Electorate
“May the One who graces each person with knowledge… bless and protect the voters of this land”
A Prayer for the Polls
A prayer for the 2016 presidential election
A Meditation for Bereishit
Meditation on the spirit of God in the Book of Genesis
A Prayer for Peace during Election Season
Oh G-d, give us the strength and wisdom to make it through this campaign season