A Petition During These Days of Renewed Antisemitism
A prayer for understanding when faced with antisemitism
The World and Our Place Within it, in Three Parts
“Through the hundreds of mitzvotLit. Commandment. It is traditionally held that there are 613 mitzvot (plural) in Judaism, both postive commandments (mandating actions) and negative commandments (prohibiting actions). Mitzvah has also become colloquially assumed to mean the idea of a “good deed." / You are trying to teach us / How to live a life / In reverence of interconnection…”
Wherever There Is Pride, There Is Hope: A Pride Month Kavanah on the Avot
“And wherever there is Pride, there is hope. / And wherever there is hope, there is joy. / And wherever there is joy, there is life. / And that life is sweet, and full of love.”
Collective Birkat HaGomel/et, June 2023
A blessing for a day with clean air.
The Ruakh of Shabbat
“ShabbatShabbat is the Sabbath day, the Day of Rest, and is observed from Friday night through Saturday night. Is set aside from the rest of the week both in honor of the fact that God rested on the seventh day after creating the world. On Shabbat, many Jews observe prohibitions from various activities designated as work. Shabbat is traditionally observed with festive meals, wine, challah, prayers, the reading and studying of Torah, conjugal relations, family time, and time with friends. holds / Herself open. / All we need do / Is breathe, / And receive Her.”
A Prayer For Breathing
“May our breaths continue / And our health and the health of all / Be preserved / In this time of haze, fire and climate disaster.”
Like the Arrow that Flies by Day (Psalm 91:5): A Prayer for Calm Coherence in the Midst of the Chaos of Daily Life
“May memory be a protective seawall / to re-call me: / it’s all about the breath.”
Make of Yourself a Mezuzah: A Ritual in Preparation for Unification Through the Shema
A ritual for mindful and embodied recitation of the shemaThe most central prayer in Jewish liturgy, the Shema states: "Hear O Israel, the Lord Our God, the Lord is One." These words are written inside mezuzot and t'fillin. It is traditionally said during all major services and when waking and going to sleep.
Shadayim: A Blessing and Ritual of/for Breast Self Examination
A complete ritual for monthly exams for all people with breasts
Celebrating a First-Time Grandparent
A complete ceremony to honor becoming a grandparent, either with the new family member’s parents and new grandchild present or from a distance
