Preserve the memory of your loved one with a plaque on our Yahrzeit(Yiddish) The anniversary of a death, usually marked by the lighting of a 24-hour yahrzeit candle and the recitation of Kaddish, the memorial prayer. For U.S. Jews, the unveiling of the headstone usually takes place on or around the first yahrzeit. Wall. Learn More ->
As members of local and global Jewish communities, we bear responsibility for pursuing justice and equality for all the citizens of the world. We can all give tzedakahCharity. In Hebrew, the word tzedakah derives from the word for justice. Tzedakah is not seen as emanating from the kindness of one’s heart but, rather, as a communal obligation. and a little time, while some of us have the capacity to do much more. We make the world better when we fight for justice from a place of humility and love. These rituals and prayers infuse that work with a sense of holiness and perspective to help us do just that.
“God of the rabbi, pastor, imam, or priest who seeks words of comfort but comes up empty.”
“My country ’tis of quivering child breath…”
“May this prayer help open hearts and bring down walls of oppression for all humanity”
Inspired by refugees in Israel fearing deportation
A blessing over the tallit for Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month
Lesson plans for grades Pre-K through 7th grade and teens
“For those who make it their life’s work, / For those whose bodies keep them at home”
“Open the gates / and let all enter…”
Prayer for the State of Israel updated to be inclusive of all its inhabitants
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