Vayishlach 5775: Family Healing
In this week’s Torah portion, Jacob attempts to reconcile with his brother. This is a prayer for healing family wounds. Much as Jacob prepared to encounter…
Read articleQuick Blessing for a Friend’s Departure
What can I say when a friend departs? When his journey moves on? When her path and mine diverge? For me, these moments are rich with…
Read articleMother’s Meditation
This prayer is to be said by mothers with children who have begun their independent lives. It’s the companion piece to “Father’s Meditation.” The two prayers…
Read articleFather’s Meditation, Revised
This prayer is to be said by fathers with children who have begun their independent lives. It’s a revision to a prayer of the same name.…
Read articleFamily Healing
This is a prayer for healing family wounds. Choices to tailor the prayer to particular situations are in [brackets]. Use this or other language to describe…
Read articleVayeira: Messengers
“And Adonai appeared to him in the plains of Mamre, and he (Avraham) was sitting at the entrance of the tent in the heat of the day; and he…
Read articleMessengers
This is a prayer about those people we meet along the way who are reminders of how G-d wants us to live, with outstretched hands and…
Read articleFor Family
This prayer is about remembering the love of family and the desire to heal the wounds that can come between us. A quick note about the…
Read articlePrayer Moments in Israel
Three moments from my wanderings in Israel: Shabbat afternoon in Netanya. I’m at a lovely lunch with a group made up primarily of long-time olim who went through an…
Read articleOn Connecting With Old Friends
I wrote this prayer last year when Stephen found me online, 35 years or so after we went to Israel together on an AZYF trip. Here in Israel,…
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