The First Friday Afternoon (An Asher Yatzar Alternative)
“Blessed are You, HashemLit. The Name, referring to the ineffable name of God; used as a substitute for any of the more sacred names of God when not speaking in prayer. Particularly used in conversation., Healer of all flesh, Worker of wonders.”
Tell me
“We are here together. We survived the rain together. / It was not a deluge and no trees fell…”Â
Frying a Soulful Latke
Listen to Karen Webber’s ‘Frying a Soulful Latke,’ a HanukkahThe holiday which celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem following its conquest by the Syrians in 165 BCE. The holiday is celebrated by lighting candles in a hanukiyah oon each of eight nights. Other customs include the eating of fried foods such as latkes (potato pancakes) and sufganiot (jelly donuts), playing dreidl (a gambling game with a spinning top), and, in present day America, gift giving. poem from her series ‘Enkindle.’
Innocence knows the Joy at Hanukkah
“As the candles descend / we are reminded / that nothing is /permanent / other than the Love of Hashem…”
Peace – Shalom
“Peace does not look like a dove / or a palm branch in the Old City…”Â
Shiva Handwashing for Estranged Relations
An important new ritual for this sensitive shivaSeven-day mourning period following the funeral of a first-degree relative, during which time family members remain at home and receive visits of comfort. Other customs include abstinence from bathing and sex, covering mirrors, sitting lower than other visitors, and the lighting of a special memorial candle which burns for seven days. experience.
A Prelude to the Aleinu – It Is Upon Us
This new text is a collective recitation of the commitments of the Reconstructionist Reparations Resolution.
A Prayer for School Shootings
“May the One who makes peace in the heavens / Bring peace to us, to our children, / To our communities,
And to this broken world.”
A Prayer of Thanks After Your Child’s B’nei Mitzvah When You’re Divorced
Our family, so shattered, so seemingly broken, was given new life today.
To Bathe in Darkness
Words to inscribe the welcoming of the month of Tevet
