A Covid Yizkor Prayer
This is a new Yizkor prayer to be read on behalf of the entire community for those who perished due to Covid-19. The core paragraph is…
Read articleVagabond Prayers: A Covid Ushpizin (of sorts)
A Covid-inspired meditation, an Ushpizin (of sorts) for these times when the idea of visitors — and blessings from heaven — may seem distant. Ushpizin is…
Read articleThese Vows – A Covid Kol Nidre
Finished in the hours before Yom Kippur, 5781… And a year has come and gone… Now, Yom Kippur 5782… These Vows – A Covid Kol Nidre…
Read articleWildly Unimaginable Blessings: A Prayer for 5781
This new Rosh Hashanah prayer — written this morning — is a response to Covid-19. Since March, since the reality of pandemic and plague struck our…
Read articleOne-by-One: A Prayer as the COVID Death Toll Mounts
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 is approaching 100,000, as the world-wide death toll surpasses 350,000. This prayer was written at the request of the Central…
Read articleHealing from Coronavirus: Hebrew and English
Here’s a Hebrew version of my prayer “Healing from Coronavirus,” with a revised English version so that the two match. Alex Griffel, a student at the…
Read articleThe Blessing of Faces: A Zoom Prayer
This prayer is inspired by the array of faces of men I love on a Zoom call. It is, in fact, a poetic version of the…
Read articleSheltering in Place
In this strange and uncertain new era of COVID-19, here’s a prayer of gratitude and hope for our time sheltering in place. May we all know…
Read articleOn the Front Lines of the Pandemic
A prayer for those on the front lines of the pandemic. It begins with the medical professionals putting themselves in harm’s way. The second stanza broadens…
Read articlePervasive Peace
In these difficult times, this one line captures my simplest yet deepest prayer for us all. With so much healing needed, our prayers must rattle the…
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