Posts from the ‘Praises’ category

Expressing the Hallelujahs of life.

Quick Prayer at a Turning Point

I find myself making decisions quickly as I settle into my new life in Israel. Not knowing the basic rules of living as an insider–culture, social…

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Planting Seeds

This prayer recognizes that everything we do has the potential to heal or to harm. So we ask for G-d’s help to plant seeds of holiness…

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Garden of Blessings

We live in G-d’s garden, G-d’s world, G-d’s universe. It is a garden of blessings. Garden of Blessings Holy One, G-d of Creation, Source of Light,…

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This Moment

Every moment is another opportunity to teach and to serve, to summon holiness and love into the world. This appears in my book, Jewish Prayers of…

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To Pray

Why do I want a heart of prayer? So that I can sing G-d’s praises fully, deeply, from my entire being. It’s another prayer about prayer,…

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Sing Out

Singing is a powerful expression of prayer. It can bring awe, mystery and holiness. No wonder that whenever I feel the light of G-d’s gifts enter my life,…

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Whispered Prayer

This meditation — a riff off of Psalm 150 — is a reminder that the voice of prayer resounds in the heavens. It ends with a…

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Prayers of My Heart

This is a short and simple prayer about living with joy and tenderness, guided by G-d’s word. To listen, click on the triangle in the bar…

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Every Heart

This is a prayer in praise of G-d’s radiance and majesty in the world, creating a lovely transition from Shabbat into the week. It carries the age-old Jewish longing that…

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Evening Blessings

Jewish liturgy includes a set of morning blessings called Birkot Hashachar. Those blessings include a set of one line prayers that remind us of G-d’s gifts of…

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