Topic Tags: prayer

An intention for the ritual of tefillin

“Hoshiah na, / please save me from my hardened heart…”

“Blessed are You, Adonai, / Creator of all that illuminates.”

“Let your blessing pour out on the members of the LGBTQIA community…” 

“Embers of fire Destroy their path / But carry / shattered vessels of holiness…”

“whether we sit, rise, bow, or sway, the Divine perceives the murmurs of our hearts”

“We can move mountains of hate and rage, recrimination and retribution, toward détente, and finally, equality, understanding, and the love we all deserve to feel.”

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

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

“So now You’re headed out-of-town, like some will-o’-the-wisp / to locate some new folks, perhaps, and begin In the beginning, all over again…”