Omer Nidra
Guided meditation for 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.
Therefore
An interpretive reading of the Ten Commandments
Connection with All
“A cosmos of vibrations / Held gently within / This boundary / That is me.”
Seder Plate
“Pesakh’s blue plate, / a strange / and yet familiar / gathering of ingredients”
Pittsburgh: A Trial Begins
“Four and a half years have passed / Much of the world seems to have / forgotten / But we never will”
Prayer for One Entering Natural Organic Reduction
Prayer for transferring a deceased body for the process of “natural organic reduction,” also known as “human composting”
Finding My Voice as a Black Jew
“Can I speak to the people the way I speak to You?”
Prayers for Decision Making Regarding Unused Embryos
Prayers for either discarding or donating frozen embryos one choose not to use
Rivkah’s Gentle Din
“Any ‘I love you’ / Like water, uncontained / Can have no form.”
Burning the Cancer Shirts this Passover
In August 2022, at the age of 44, I was diagnosed with Stage 2 Invasive Lobular Carcinoma. A double mastectomy, three corrective surgeries, and 30 rounds of radiation later, I’m […]
