Gender-Expansive Tallit/Prayer Shawl Blessing
This Gender-Expansive blessing includes a masculine, feminine and non-binary versions.
Democracy’s Bright Promise
“Realize democracy’s gleaming promise!”
November 5
“may we atone our sins / and learn to embrace life, and each other, once again…”
Tishrei Into Cheshvan
A prayer for the new month
A Prayer for Losing a Friend Too Soon
“May his/her dreams / be fulfilled / in every one of our breaths…”
Election Day
“My student texts:
So excited. First time I voted! / MazelGood fortune, luck, and the Hebrew sign of the Zodiac. tov, I respond…”
Additional Amidah Blessings for Leading up to the Election
These new additions to the AmidahLit. Standing One of the central prayers of the Jewish prayer service, recited silently while standing. add created to recite leading up to the Presidential the election.
Mikveh for Completing Cancer Treatment
A powerful ritual to mark the completion of treatment.
Swelling Grief
“When my grandfather died, his body swelled again / fluid filled him, drowning him from inside.”
Remembering a Sibling for Mourner’s Kaddish or Yizkor
“The death of a sibling too is unique. It ignites our own vivid / sense of mortality.”
