Type: Prayer

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Lo Dayenu (for Passover 5784)

“If we gather around the Seder table in joy and don’t make room for tears, lo dayenu…”
  • by Keshira haLev Fife
Gaza, Israel, passover, peace, seder, war
the sun rises over the desert

Why On This Night? Four Questions for 5784

“On this night, as we gather in our narrow places, / how can we not mourn the loss of our dear ones, those in captivity, those gone, those no longer our friends?”
  • by Carol L. Skolnick
4 Questions, freedom, hunger, passover
a cloudy sky looms over the desert

Passover Kavannah (Intention), 5784

  • by Rabbi Maurice Harris
Gaza, grief, hostages, Israel, passover, peace
a red poppy flower in a field of baby's breath

Blessing Upon Receiving a Bomb Threat

“Hashem yereicham, Source of Mercy and comfort, be with us now…”
  • by rabbi_nina_mandel
antisemitism, justice, prayer
a prayer book on a lectern with a Star of David

An Urgent Prayer for the Protection of Human Life

“May each life be treated as a sacred treasure, as You have intended.”
compassion, Israel, justice, peace
three hands--one with brown skin, one with white skin, one with black skin touch each other over the image of a world map

Prayer for All of the Hostages

“May the One who blessed our common ancestor Abraham bless and heal his children…”
  • by Janet Price
Abraham, Israel, peace, war
a stream running over rocks

18 Shabbat Blessings for Peace in Israel and in Palestine

A new Shabbat practice created to share light with all of whom are suffering unjustly.
  • by Hila Ratzabi
candle lighting, Gaza, Israel, peace, war
two shabbat candles are lit as someone's hands wave in the light of Shabbat

Mourner’s Kaddish/So Often Now

Elliott batTzedek shares an original interpretation of the Kaddish.
kaddish
two hands reaching to the heavens

Baruch She’amar

” “Blessed is the name that holds them all.”
  • by Jodi Rosenfeld
God, prayer
sun streaming through clouds

A Candlelighting Blessing for International Women’s Day

A blessing dedicated to all of the women in our lives.
  • by Ariel Neshama
grandmothers, matriarchs, mothers
candles set in glass votives

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 Writing a spiritual autobiography helps you to discover how teachers, touchstones, symbols and stories have led you to make meaning and understand the sacred in your personal story. In this immersion, join Ritualwell’s Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, a writer and spiritual director, to map out and narrate your most sacred life experiences. Four sessions starting May 16, 2024. 

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