These I Remember – Eleh Ezkarah

“I want to remember / the sunny days / the spring showers / and smiles and laughter…”
Under the Broken Sky: A Prayer for Sukkot

“On Sukkot we bring our disparate parts back to ourselves…”
An Acrostic (Vidui) For Our Time, 5785

Rabbi Lisa S. Greene’s Vidui captures the struggles of 2024.
The Sovereign Within, a Neilah PrayerÂ

“As the gates close / May I remember / To move forward…”
A reflection for Kol Nidre, for Yom Kippur

“We come from the Ayn Sof as broken shards of creation…”
When the New Year Turns to Questions

“This is the year the answers can’t be simple, won’t come / quickly.”
Prayer for 5785: Hope is The Antidote to Despair

Hope is the antidote to despair. Hope is shedding tears of grief and pain and then getting on with the hard business of tikkun olam. Hope is the knowledge that […]
October 7th

This poem is dedicated to Eden Yerushalmi & Carmel Gat.
Prayer for the New Year, 5785: We Sit On the Chair Together

“In this new year, let us bring our potential to bear.”
Unetaneh Tokef: An Adaptation for One Year Later

This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.