Topic Tags: Oct 7

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.

“I am the Jew / I am a shofar  Calling to the world.”

Lesléa Newman uses the sestina form to capture her grief.

“Together we will recite / the only prayer this New Year; / the prayer home.”