This Day, Revised
Here’s a meditation about living a life of love and honor in service to G-d and the world. It is offered now as a balm in…
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In the dark and quiet night, a deep yearning sigh for a day of gentle kindness, blessings and peace. Half-awake, a yearning that arrives before morning……
Read articleOn Handing Down an Heirloom Tallit at a Bar/Bat Mitzvah
This idea for this prayer was suggested by a member of Rodef Shalom Congregation, Pittsburgh, whom I met while serving as their 5776 Yom Kippur Scholar.…
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This meditation is inspired by the morning ritual for putting on the tallit, which opens with the two lines of barchi nafshi, (Psalm 104:1-2), continues with the blessing…
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Wearing talit and teffilin—Jewish sacred garments—has been described as a metaphor for the love between G-d and Israel. This prayer/poem reflects that metaphor. The first stanza represents Israel’s…
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Here’s another prayer about living a life of love and honor in service to G-d and the world. To listen along, click on the triangle in…
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