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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.”
  • by Trisha Arlin
climate crisis, confession, earth, environment, vidui
A hazy view of fields with mountains in the disatnce

Prayer for Rain

“I saw, in our decaf, the plea for rain / we ask on behalf of the god of our ancestors”
  • by Merridawn Duckler
climate crisis, environment, rain
damaged tree in forest

The World and Our Place Within it, in Three Parts

“Through the hundreds of mitzvot / You are trying to teach us / How to live a life / In reverence of interconnection…”
  • by Tiferet Welch
anger, awareness, climate crisis, courage, environment, war
Hand holding a glass ball reflecting a pink magnolia tree

Collective Birkat HaGomel/et, June 2023

A blessing for a day with clean air.
  • by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit
climate crisis, environment, gratitude, hope, nature
Open window with white frame

A Prayer For Breathing

“May our breaths continue / And our health and the health of all / Be preserved / In this time of haze, fire and climate disaster.”
  • by Trisha Arlin
breath, climate crisis, environment, tikkun olam
dandelion fluff blowing against a cloudy sunset sky

Prayer for One Entering Natural Organic Reduction

Prayer for transferring a deceased body for the process of “natural organic reduction,” also known as “human composting”
  • by Rabbi Seth Goldstein
burial, eco-friendly, environment
small tree shown far away in bright green field with blue sky and clouds

The Word is Wind

“the prayer was dance”
  • by Tzivia Gover
environment, nature, shema
light skinned young woman in a forest, hair blowing in the wind, arms swinging as if she is dancing. she wears a torqouise blue long tank top and jeans, and has long straight light brown hair.

Water Guardian Ritual: For a Tu B’shvat Seder or Environmental Action

This ritual can be used as a way to enter into a Tu B’shvat seder or teaching session or as an intention-setting or witnessing ritual for an environmental action
  • by Rabbi Janet Madden, Hila Ratzabi, Janice Steinberg & Judith Kerman
eco-friendly, environment, seder, tu bi'shevat seder, water
white hands cupping water over a body of water

Be Safe: Prayer for Those Affected by Floods in California

“Be safe, / Be warm, / Be dry”
  • by Trisha Arlin
environment, natural disaster
flooded street in forest with sign that reads road closed by flood and another sign that reads causeway and another sign that reads give way

Blessing for the Dedication of Solar Panels

“We come here in humility and gratitude today for the opportunity to celebrate the installation of our solar panels”
  • by Rabbi Nathan Martin
eco-friendly, environment, solar panels
solar panels on a building with sunshine

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