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Honoring Our Animal Companions

Pets provide companionship and bring pleasure to our lives. For many of us, these are valuable relationships that add richness and texture to our days. These rituals recognize this special connection and instill holiness into the unique bond between us and our animal companions.

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A beautiful prayer for when you say goodbye to a beloved animal companion.
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“Help us strive to meet their needs with love”
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“Like all of us, he is / dying; like most of us, he doesn’t / know it.”
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“Help us hear the pulsating song of the world”

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“Each seventeen years, the Creator rejoices”

 
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“The 17-year-cicada knows nothing / of this mess we’ve made”

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“my murmurs are threaded / with half-finished dream”

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“What’s the buzz Israel”

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Humanist Sh’ma

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