Breathe
This prayer is a simple reminder to breathe and the gifts that coming from simply being. It includes a space to include a name, yours or…
Read articleThe Gifts of Our Lives
This new prayer of gratitude includes an alphabetical acrostic. Acrostics were a mainstay of Jewish liturgical poems, known as piyutim. This piece combines the acrostic with a four-part…
Read articleVayakhel-Pekudei: For the Gift of Art
In this week’s double torah portion, Vayakhel-Pekudei, the master artist Bezalel is named to direct the creation of the tabernacle, all of its symbols and tools,…
Read articleSoul Shine
This meditation is about allowing our souls to fill our hearts, to fill our minds and to fill our bodies with the radiance of heaven, so…
Read articleTending Gardens
Some gardens are tended by our hands. Others are tended by G-d’s will. This is a meditation on both the willingness to act in order to…
Read articleVayechi 5775: On the Birth of a Child
In Vayechi, Jacob “blesses” his children. They read like praises for some and curses for others. This is consistent with the parenting skills exhibited in Genesis,…
Read articleVayeshev 5775: For Humility
This week’s Torah reading shows the maturing of Joseph: from a boy who tattles on his brothers, flaunting his dreams and his special coat, to a…
Read articleSephardi Quarter Note
This prayer/poem is about the beauty of Sephardic song. The inspiration came during a class taught by Galeet Darsahsti at OSRUI‘s Shabbat Shira, an annual weekend of…
Read articleBreisheit: About the Rainbow
Seeing a rainbow brings an immediate sense of beauty and awe, a sense of the wonder of creation, which is why I’ve selected it for Breisheit.…
Read articleFinding My Beshert
Here’s a new prayer for finding a life partner, a “beshert.” More people have asked me to write on this topic than all others combined. It’s been…
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