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Practicing Judaism With a Ball and Chain

“I strive to generate some forgiveness / for the failures of my growing up life…”

assimilation, childhood, God, Hebrew, prayer

A Kavannah for Psalm 150

“praise Yah in the sunlight that filters through the window..”

God, morning, prayer

Under the Broken Sky: A Prayer for Sukkot

“On Sukkot we bring our disparate parts back to ourselves…”

The Sovereign Within, a Neilah Prayer

“As the gates close / May I remember / To move forward…”

A reflection for Kol Nidre, for Yom Kippur

“We come from the Ayn Sof as broken shards of creation…”

creation, God, kol nidre

Unetaneh Tokef: An Adaptation for One Year Later

This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.

God, hostages, Israel, Oct 7, peace, war

El Maleh Rachamim for Yamim Noraim 5785

“Hide them / beneath the cover of Your wings, forever, / And let their souls be bound up with ours…”

God, Israel, Palestine, peace

Above and Below

“What is the path home? / Out from our buried place? / To Peace?”

God, Israel, peace, war

On the Anniversary of Oct. 7: Words of Prayer

A prayer from Rabbi Deborah Waxman, President and CEO, Reconstructing Judaism, to mark the first anniversary of the atrocities that took place on October 7.

God, Israel, Oct 7, peace

Full of Emptiness

“Under the cover of darkness, the night is still / pulsating with possibilities…”