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The coronavirus pandemic has shaken our lives. Many of us have experienced loss of loved ones, loss of income, illness, fear, isolation, frustration, fatigue. Some of us have put our lives at risk on the front lines as doctors and nurses, grocery workers, delivery workers, and other places of vulnerability. All of us are trying to cope and adapt to a new reality. We all suffer in different ways, and no one’s suffering is more important than anyone else’s. We are in this together. And we can help each other. Below are blessings, prayers, poems and rituals written during the pandemic: from graduation and b’nei mitzvah ceremonies to prayers for health care workers to blessings for handwashing. These resources offer healing, hope, meaning, structure, gratitude and joy during this fragile moment.

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“May that little spark find its way to my home.”

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“There is nothing like death / To bring a clarity to vision.”

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Aliyah for Parashat Ki Tissa commemorating the pandemic

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“Remove the darkness of this endless night”

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“Then, finally, the doors opened. But I wasn’t ready. Not yet.”

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“My mind could not remember / Which song was coming out of me.”

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“I have plenty more to tell You now”

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“Mah nora hamakom hazeh/how awesome/is this place”

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“And the sounds of our voices, together, are luscious.”

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The emotions surrounding the act of seeing each other face-to-face again are overwhelming

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