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Coronavirus

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.

Latest Rituals

Ritual to do at home with a bowl of water and ice

drops of water come down onto a surface of water, creating a circular ripple

“This morning / the password for / my daughter’s class / doesn’t work”

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“Is she mapping Sabbath?”

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Tashlikh ritual to be performed in the bathroom or using bowl of water

circular ripples in a pool of water

“This year / I see you from a distance …”

a person with medium length hair with a laptop in front of them closes their eyes and covers their heart with their hands

A Rosh Hashanah seder for times of pandemic

an assortment of apples, pomegranates, and bowls of honey

“Let imagination flow through these portals”

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“We’re in here, safe from out there”

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On this Rosh Hashanah we crave connection

a person in a white collared shirt wearing a kippah and glasses blows a traditional shofar, next to a child in a white floral dress blowing a multicolor crafted shofar, and they are looking at each other

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