Topic Tags: Oct 7

“What do we do / with these yellow ribbons / tied to the memory / of October 7th?”

“Spread over all who dwell in the land Your shelter of peace…”

“May we actually see peace in the Middle East in our lifetime…”

“Help our hearts heal so we can find the strength / to forge a new road and find a way to live in peace…”

Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael wrote this prayer of comfort after Oct. 7, 2023.

“I see reflected in the light the faces of my family. / I see hope.”

“May the souls so callously severed from their bodies find shelter, refuge, in the hidden space beneath Your wings.”

This poem is dedicated to Eden Yerushalmi & Carmel Gat.

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

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.