October 7th Sestina
Lesléa Newman uses the sestina form to capture her grief.
Full of Emptiness
“Under the cover of darkness, the night is still / pulsating with possibilities…”
Whispers
“I hear the wind rustling through the trees…”
What If
“With all our troubles and our pain,
at least we still have the rain…”
Singing For Our lives
“Especially on Yom Kippur — we are singing for our lives in community.”
Prayer for these Holy Days
“May we enrich our lives, our relationships, and our days for higher good, for Tikkun Olam, and healing…”
A Revised Angel Bedtime Prayer
Maggid Eli Andrew Ramer shares a new way to invite and connect to angels.
For Rosh Hashanah
“So now You’re headed out-of-town,
like some will-o’-the-wisp / to locate some new folks, perhaps, and begin
In the beginning, all over again…”
A Blessing to Help Fulfill the Mitzvah of Ahavat Yoshvei Ha’aretz
“May the descendants of Abraham, Sarah and Hagar drink from Be’er L’chai Ro’i, the wellspring of divine nourishment…”
The Cedars of Lebanon are How Our Ancestors Understood the Holiness of Creation
“…trees drinking their fill, Lebanon’s cedars, sprouting from creation-time…”
