Interpretive Third Paragraph of the Shema
“keep me open to wonder and awe so I don’t lose my way in the small places of heart and mind”
Ceremony: For Sandy Hook, After 10 Years
“Teach us to spin apart the light in this dark.”
Blessing of Love Celebrating the Respect for Marriage Act
“We celebrate the triumph / Of love over hate”
Vayeshev
“What if we looked back on every / misery, if not with gratitude, / then with awe?”
Reclaiming Our Hidden Light (Or Ganuz): A Shabbat Candle Lighting Ritual
New ritual and meditations after Shabbat candle lighting
If My Struggle Were An Angel
“I would lean into the darkness”
Prayer for the World’s Turning: When a Revolutionary Soul Dies
“because you breathed / because you dreamed”
Let All That Breathes
“The red-tailed hawk, whose flight
is praise / bursts from the sky”
Blessing of Kislev
This poem emerged from an exploration of the component words of Kislev: kis (pocket) and lev (heart)
Maccabee Inside
“It isn’t only oil but / The flame of faith that burns”
