Type: Prayer

“May you slow down to savor the sunlight, / let your thoughts meander…”

“We call out to You now in this time of crisis…”

“May Gd lift you and elevate you with radiance and love…”

“May you speak each other’s names like sacred words, / and listen to each other’s truths / as if they are prayers.”

A beautiful reflection, shared at the mikveh on the occasion of conversion

“May we remember that we have not come onto this earth to foment hate, anger, and division…”

“I anchor myself to the beauty of the day and to love / that is the bridge between our fragile lives and eternity.”

Rabbi Geela Rayzel Raphael wrote this prayer of comfort after Oct. 7, 2023.

“Bring together the fragments of my self…”

“guard us against tribal instinct ingrained”