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Torah and Haftarah Blessings with Feminine God Language and Re-Gendered Hebrew

Torah and Haftarah blessings addressing the Divine as feminine
  • by Lori Sumberg
blessing, feminism, gender, Shekhinah, torah
open torah scroll

A Blessing for Adoption

“May God make you like our adopted ancestors”
  • by Rabbi Alex Braver
adoption, blessing
brown-skinned man and woman sitting in a wheat field with sun shining, holding cute toddler between them

This One Small Life: A Prayer of Gratitude for Our Scars

“God of creation, / I come before You / to offer thanks for my scars”
  • by Alex Carter
blessing, gratitude, healing
silhouette of person standing with arms spread out in front of the sea at sunset. the sky is multicolored with oranges and yellows and reddish purples and some clouds.

Lech Lecha’s Promise

  • by Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Rubenstein
blessing, journey
person climbing hill in sandy desert with footsteps behind them and bright blue sky with white clouds above

Murmuration

“Have you ever witnessed starlings / swirl above landscape”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
blessing, nature
Watercolor painting by Cathleen Cohen showing Hebrew letters in different colors and shapes swirling like a flock of birds flying.

Blessing for Concluding Breastfeeding

“my body has been a source of sustenance and nourishment for my little one”
  • by Rabbi Rachael Miller
blessing, breastfeeding, weaning
woman shown from afar sitting under tree with red leaves breastfeeding a baby. The woman is white with soft blond wavy hair.

A Prayer for Self-Celebration

“May you know your bounty”
  • by Danielle Selber
blessing, celebration, growth, joy
tree in the center of image with light shining through, woman dancing to the right, wearing a gauzy white dress that's blowing as she dances with her hands outstretched. she has brown hair and light or olive skin.

Blessing for Zoom

“Who makes it possible for us to see those we love”
  • by Jessica Moise-Grodsky
blessing, pandemic, zoom
brown skinned woman with dark hair sitting at desk looking at computer screen where an array of faces are shown as on a Zoom screen

Let All That Breathes

“The red-tailed hawk, whose flight is praise / bursts from the sky”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
art, blessing, nature
watercolor painting by Cathleen Cohen showing a hawk on a tree on the left side of the painting with green grass and blue sky and white cloud in the background

Blessing for Sukkot

“May we taste and smell the beauty around us”
  • by David Zaslow
blessing, etrog, lulav, sukkah
lulav and etrog

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