Inscribing Ourselves With Ink Itself
Before beginning a writing project or before repairing a scroll, I speak out my verbal intention. But then I often stay still for an extra moment.
Kol Nidre
“I leave my safe haven / this night of purity and sighs”
From Door to Door: A Yom Kippur Prayer for the Chronically Ill
“there’s a message in my muscles but the pain is too loud for me to hear”
A Prayer for Salakh v’Nasa
“Matrix of The Holy Blessed One, where else can we turn, / if not to You?”
Vidui: Confession of Sins Against the Future
“We signed on to a covenant: / If we take care of the earth / it will take care of us.”
Lights Out
“Time for your / soul to take flight, time for your soul / to light a new star.”
My Cup
“Carefully, I grope in the dark to find my cup. / This cup dwells within.”
Looking to the Future So We Can Look to the Past
I wish for you an Elul that is full of future-tense language.
Initiating the Fast of Yom Kippur: The Final Cup of Water
A water ritual for beginning the fast of Yom Kippur
Called to Respond: the Magic of the Shofar
An Elul 5783 teaching by Rabbi Janet Madden
