Daily Prayer & Mindfulness

Every moment of every day invites us to pay attention. We can marvel at what happens within ourselves and the world outside of us. Some of us do this through prayer, others through mindfulness and meditation. No matter what form it takes, noticing and appreciating the wonder of life enhances the act of living.

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Esa Eynay

A poem interlaced with words of prayer

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Morning

This poem includes the Modeh Ani prayer for greeting the day

morning blessings, sleep

Tipat Torah: Singing Sad Songs Again and Again

In re-encountering Torah every year, we get the joy of meeting up with beloved places and dear old friends.

hope, torah

Yotzer Or: The Beginning

“So God created the dawn, painting peaks of blues and purples to the warmth of the black.”

prayer, torah

Tipat Torah: From Wilderness to Bitterness to Light

How do we make it through the bitterness, the darkness, the uncertainty of this time? We call on what we know from that wild, rudderless, nomadic experience of being both lost and guided bamidbar.

college, Heshvan, light, torah

Tipat Torah: Am I Aging Like a Date Palm?

On Sukkot, we read the words of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes), a person bitterly reflecting on his older years. Does aging have to be negative, calling everything that brings pleasure pointless?

aging, Kohelet