Topic Tags: teshuvah

“If we open onto teshuvah / We might push through the gate of compassion…”

A private, personal S’lichot ritual

He confesses his family’s sins to whom all praise is due // He requests divine forgiveness, then declares TITHARU! // The kohanim and the people who witness what was said // Declare “Baruch Shem Kavod Malchuto L’Olam Va’ed.”

“We sing Your praises / In shimmering letters…”

A guide to a renewal and reconstruction of an obscure Jewish fasting practice called ‘Tsom Shovavim.’

“I raise my voice In the song of prayer…”

“Return is always possible.”

“Turn and stretch yourself towards your fellow creatures, /animal or human…”

“I didn’t fast on Yom Kippur / But I mended my relationship with my spouse and children by being present in the moment and honest about my feelings in a positive way…”

“there’s a message in my muscles but the pain is too loud for me to hear”