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And Now….

“we must turn from death and war / and learn again the message of hope and love and peace.”
  • by Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks
creation, Israel, peace, war
light filters through trees

The Image

“If you were not, / I never would have seen the face of creation.”
  • by Jaden Diamond
creation, diversity, shema
two people in silhouette on a mountaintop at sunset

A Poem for the High Holidays

“We are at the beginning / Of new cycles / In a world that is ours / Transcending time and space.”
  • by Amy Eisen
congregation, creation, gratitude, joy, memory
two people holding fire poi

Till It and Tend It

“My grandchild, at three, is imperious”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
creation, grandparents
small white boy in orange t-shirt playing with toys at a table

And You Shall Bind Them as a Sign: A Creation Kavannah for Wrapping Tefillin Straps

“I bind myself to light and darkness, brightness and night.”
  • by Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz
creation, tefillin
close up of light skinned man's arm wrapped in tefillin as he holds a siddur and wears a tallit

Prayer for a New Year

“This year may I drink myself full”
  • by Batnadiv
creation, New Year's, renewal
woman with light olive skin and short dark hair in black tank top with colorful pattern smiling, eyes closed, in a field of tall flowers, with yellow petals raining down

This is the Time

“Creation happens through the dark”
  • by Tiferet Welch
Amidah, creation, maariv
person standing small on rocky land beneath blue sky full of stars

Adam v’Mayyim: The Prayer Becomes the Praying

“We are here / To find the cracks / At the edges of possibilities”
  • by Tiferet Welch
creation, grief, hope, yizkor
mountains sunrise fog clouds

Renewing Creation Daily

“Renewal is the foundational / perpetual / potential / eternal source of metaphor”
  • by Rabbi Gila Ruskin
creation, renewal
sunrise in the background of thin stalks of plants

Bereishit

“There is joy / At the sight / Of the white fire”
  • by Tiferet Welch
creation, kabbalah
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Light the World: A Nia Dance Party for Hanukkah

Welcome Hanukkah through the Nia movement practice. We’ll kindle our unique candles to music by Jewish singers, followed by prompts for reflection and writing. Nia is adaptable to individual needs and abilities. Move with us on December 7, 2023.

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