Mourners’ Kaddish In A Time of War and Violence

a person sits on a rock in the desert

Yitgadal V’yit’kadash Shmei Rabah  May the Great Name, through our own expanding awareness and our fuller action, lift Itself to become still higher and more holy; May our names, along with […]

Miracles Happen

Two lit candles, a goblet, and challah bread on a table with a teal background and glowing lights.

May the bright weekly Shabbos lights, / dispel darkness of the Jewish global crisis…”

L’dor V’dor

an elderly person's hand touches a baby's foot

“One time, we tried to learn a line dance / where we linked arms in order of the generations…”

Court of Justice; Court of G-d

a gate through trees looking into the clouds

“In this place, this sacred place,
in the Court of Justice, the Court of G-d, / we are all equal, and we are all a blessing.”

Beit Tikvah B’kol

a giant sunflower looms against the blue sky

“May the windows of our prayers / move us into the world of vision…”

So They Say

A tree across from a lake against a dark starry night

“There is a tree somewhere, so they say. / And that tree has its roots in a culture / that spreads back millennia.”

Billboard Blues

a car driving at dusk

“And I wish I had special wipers / that could wipe away the tears,
the pain, the anger…”

Tipat Torah: The World is Built on Hesed

Too often we fear placing ourselves in another’s shoes because it is hard to feel their pain. Or because it may destabilize our convictions and force us to challenge our own positions. We must fight our own resistance.

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