Created Darkness and the Fashioning of Light
“I am told / That the TorahThe Five Books of Moses, and the foundation of all of Jewish life and lore. The Torah is considered the heart and soul of the Jewish people, and study of the Torah is a high mitzvah. The Torah itself a scroll that is hand lettered on parchment, elaborately dressed and decorated, and stored in a decorative ark. It is chanted aloud on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat, according to a yearly cycle. Sometimes "Torah" is used as a colloquial term for Jewish learning and narrative in general. / Is our autobiography”
Blessing for a B”Mitzvah by Non-Jewish Family Members
“We are proud of your pride in being Jewish”
Yocheved’s Journey
“I am walking / because there was no sense in staying”
What It Means to be Loved
Poem of gratitude on healing from illness with the support of a partner
Water Guardian Ritual: For a Tu B’shvat Seder or Environmental Action
This ritual can be used as a way to enter into a Tu B’shvatThe new year of the trees, celebrated with a mystical seder (first created by the Kabbalists) at which four cups of wine are drunk and different kinds of fruit are eaten. In the State of Israel, Tu B'Shvat is Arbor Day, marked with the planting of trees. Tu B’Shvat also has become a modern holiday of the environment, with new seders and haggadot written to reflect this interest. sederLit. Order. The festive meal conducted on Passover night, in a specific order with specific rituals to symbolize aspects of the Exodus from Egypt. It is conducted following the haggadah, a book for this purpose. Additionally, there an ancient tradition to have a seder on Rosh Hashanah, which has been practiced in particular by Sephardi communities. This seder involves the blessing and eating of simanim, or symbolic foods. The mystics of Sefat also created a seder for Tu B'shvat, the new year of the trees. or teaching session or as an intention-setting or witnessing ritual for an environmental action
Congregation
“their roots twine / mycorrhizal networks / like neural pathways / bond this arboreal congregation”
Ten Plagues Sestina
“Not that we didn’t feel responsible, but really it was God”
Havdalah for Community Transitioning to New Rabbi
“We bless separation, between light and darkness, between 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. and weekday, between rabbi and rabbi.”
I Am Planting (Music Video)
“Beneath her tree we sought the truth”
Blessing for Daughters
“May you claim your ancient power”
