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.
“May the memory of this year spark a revolution within us to build a stronger, more just and loving world.”
For forming our own words of comfort about the pandemic before the recitation of Sh’ma
A musical meditation to address the isolation of COVID-19
“We take note of / The hard work and creativity”
“See me as I enact Your commandment ‘love your neighbor as yourself.'”
“May we take this vaccine as a sign of what is to come”
“A first that leads to other firsts”
“May this vaccine offer protection”
“It doesn’t even matter if the miracles are true / What matters is what they stand for”
“each of our homes / a canopy of Sabbath peace”
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