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Contemporary Shabbat Practice

Two men play guitar and violin joyfully outdoors, while a seated man with a beard watches.

“The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time. It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.” –Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Sabbath, 1951
 

Latest Rituals

Humanistic Amidah

  • by Martin Hasan Di Maggio
A woman stands in a lush forest, looking up at the tall trees, wearing a white shirt and denim shorts.

Home Shabbat Evening Service in Spanish and English

  • by Martin Hasan Di Maggio
blessing, Humanist, kabbalat shabbat
A wine bottle, candles, challah, and goblet on a wooden table with a dark background.

How We Close Our Prayers

  • by Rabbi James Stone Goodman
meditation
Person meditating in a serene yoga class with hands in prayer position, surrounded by soft candlelight.

Miriam’s Moon: A Shiviti Meditation

Audio/video shiviti meditation chant

  • by Batya Diamond
feminism, meditation, Miriam, new moon
Full moon against a dark, star-filled night sky.

Where There Is Light In the Soul

Chorus sings inspiring song on creating peace in the world

  • by Resistance Revival Chorus
blessing, love, meditation, peace, resistance, social justice
A group of people joyfully singing, holding microphones, dressed in white, against a backdrop of city buildings.

MLK “Beyond Vietnam” Speech Haftarah

MLK’s “Beyond Vietnam” speech set to Haftarah trope

  • by Cantor Abbe Lyons and Rabbi Arthur Waskow
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, racial justice, social justice
A man in a suit speaks into multiple microphones, surrounded by others outdoors.

A Prayer for the Palestinian People

“May this prayer help open hearts and bring down walls of oppression for all humanity”

  • by Matt (Matah) Adler מטע אדלר
Israel, Palestine, peace
Person holding a sign with Peace written in English and Hebrew at a street rally with people in the background.

A Blessing for Self-Pleasure

Turning self-pleasure from a moment of embarrassment to one of beauty and joy

  • by Matt (Matah) Adler מטע אדלר
LGBTIQ, LGBTQ, queer, sex
a person in silhoutte against the sunset

Elohim Hayyim: On the Amidah

Reimagining the Amidah

  • by Devon Spier
Amidah
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Shamor v’Zachor: Gathering in Shabbat’s Sacred Lights

Stop to behold the lightness we bring to the world through our blessed and capable hands

  • by Devon Spier
blessing, journey
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