Each week, we read a different section of the Torah. Sometimes we read stories about our ancestors’ journeys. Sometimes we read details about the ancient Temple or complex lists of laws. Whatever the content, the Torah portion (or parashah) is frequently the basis for discussions and sermons at Shabbat services in synagogue and throughout the week. Torah text has also been the inspiration for many contemporary songs, poems, and prayers.Â
Learn the traditional blessing before the Torah reading in American Sign Language
Learn the blessing after the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL
Learn the Reconstructionist blessing before the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL
A memorial ritual to honor the first woman rabbi, Regina Jonas
Learn the blessing before the Torah reading in Hebrew and ASL
A meditation on the healing light of generations and ancestors
A kavannah before the prayer mah tovu or for parshat BalakÂ
Guided meditations based on midrashim relating to the splitting of the sea in the Exodus story
Praying for strength to emerge from our narrow places in order to enter into the promised land
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