A Vidui for the Children of Gaza
A viduiLit. Confession. A litany of one's sins that is traditionally recited on Yom Kippur, prior to one’s wedding, and on one's deathbed. composed to remember the lives of innocent children, killed in war.
Sukkot: Every Year We Are Instructed
“Learn to live together as the family you have always been. Together, let us be a blessing.”
Eil Malei for October 7
“May the souls so callously severed from their bodies find shelter, refuge, in the hidden space beneath Your wings.”
A Mi Shebeirach for the Veterans of the American Armed Services in Honor of Veterans Day
“Provide for those who sacrificed their sacred lives for the cause of freedom, a sure rest in wholeness on the wings of the ShekhinahThe feminine name of God, expounded upon in the rabbinic era and then by the Kabbalists in extensive literature on the feminine attributes of the divine..”
These I Remember – Eleh Ezkarah
“I want to remember / the sunny days / the spring showers / and smiles and laughter…”
Under the Broken Sky: A Prayer for Sukkot
“On SukkotLit. Booths or huts Sukkot is the autumn harvest Festival of Booths, is celebrated starting the 15th of the Jewish month of Tishrei. Jews build booths (sukkot), symbolic of the temporary shelters used by the ancient Israelites when they wandered in the desert. Traditionally, Jews eat and sleep in the sukkah for the duration of the holiday (seven days in Israel and eight outside of Israel). The lulav (palm frond), willow, myrtle, and etrog fruit are also waved together. we bring our disparate parts back to ourselves…”
An Acrostic (Vidui) For Our Time, 5785
Rabbi Lisa S. Greene’s Vidui captures the struggles of 2024.
The Sovereign Within, a Neilah Prayer
“As the gates close / May I remember / To move forward…”
A reflection for Kol Nidre, for Yom Kippur
“We come from the Ayn Sof as broken shards of creation…”
When the New Year Turns to Questions
“This is the year the answers can’t be simple, won’t come / quickly.”
