Hillel Now
If I am not my body, then what am I? If I am not my feelings, who am I? If I am not my thoughts, where am I? Source […]
A Humanistic Jewish Pride Menorah Lighting Service
A candle-lighting ritual for Pride, including opportunities for celebration and introspection
The Return of Modeh Ani: How Daily Gratitude Helped Me Heal
One of the first prayers little Jewish boys and girls often learn is Modeh Ani – a prayer said each morning to thank G-d for returning your soul to your […]
A Prayer for Shavuot
Matrix of the Holy Blessed One, As we stand together To celebrate our Anniversary with You, Our Beloved, May we know that the TorahThe Five Books of MosesThe quintessential Jewish leader who spoke face to face with God, unlike any other prophet, and who freed the people from Egypt, led them through the desert for forty years, and received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. His Hebrew name is Moshe., and the […]
Lift Up Your Heads, for Juneteenth
“We will sing for freedom, / clap our hands for freedom.”
Freedom Moons
“…moons of freedom / blessing the nights.”
Our Mikdash (For dedication of a sanctuary)
A short ceremony to rededicate/rename a sanctuary in someone’s honor
An Embodiment Ritual for Planting the First Seeds of the Season
A ritual for the holy work of seeding your garden or farm
Wrapping tefillin on a nursery log
Western hemlock’s thick roots drape the sides of a redcedar nursery log like tefillin straps, wrapping its substrate seven times. Love, severity, compassion, perseverance, compromise, connection, receptivity. And when the […]
Counting the Omer (Taylor Swift’s Version) 5784
A Taylor Swift song for every day of the OmerFrom the second day of Passover until Shavuot, Jews count seven weeks – seven times seven days – to commemorate the period between the Exodus from Egypt and the Revelation at Sinai. When the Temple stood, a certain measure (omer) of barley was offered on the altar each day; today, we merely count out the days..
