Shabbat Blessing for Children Who Have Left Home
One of my great joys of parenthood is putting my hands on my daughters’ heads and blessing them. As they went off to college and to…
Read articleVayishlach: The Descent
“And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.” – Genesis 32:25 Sooner or later every man…
Read articleBlessing For a Spouse / Partner
I know a young couple who bless each other at the Shabbat table: they hold hands, look into each other’s eyes, then give and receive a blessing. This…
Read articleWelcome, Sabbath Queen
This is a Hebrew poetry “smash-up,” combining the themes of the Yiddish song כוח with the image of the Sabbath Queen from the liturgical poem לכה…
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