Type: Prayer

A vidui composed to remember the lives of innocent children, killed in war.

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

“Provide for those who sacrificed their sacred lives for the cause of freedom, a sure rest in wholeness on the wings of the Shekhinah.”

“On Sukkot we bring our disparate parts back to ourselves…”

Rabbi Lisa S. Greene’s Vidui captures the struggles of 2024.

“As the gates close / May I remember / To move forward…”

“Hide them / beneath the cover of Your wings, forever, / And let their souls be bound up with ours…”

​Rabbi Maurice Harris, Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist, shares a powerful message for this moment.

“What is the path home? / Out from our buried place? / To Peace?”

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.