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.
Four questions and a reading for four children through the lens of food justice
An invitation to place a lock and key on our seder plate tonight to ally ourselves with those who are behind bars
A poem encouraging us to ask “what needs to change” so that we may all truly be free
Prayer for Hanukkah designed for immigration advocacy, but can be applied across the social justice world.
Try these thoughtful additions from T’ruah to infuse your Passover seder with human rights awareness and action
Addressing modern slavery and human trafficking during the Passover seder
A prayer from T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights to protect human rights and human dignity
Originally written for Human Rights Shabbat, this prayer seeks to capture the hope that the social justice teachings of Torah, and the ethical impulses they inspire, will be mirrored in the actions of our governments on all levels.
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