Coronavirus: A Prayer for Medical Scientists
This is a prayer is for the wisdom and skills of medical scientists, researchers and public health officials around the world fighting the novel coronavirus. See…
Read articleThe Axis of Healing
A new meditation on the source of healing — the light that shines from your own heart — posted as gift on this Shabbat for a…
Read articleFor a Loved One’s Cancer Treatment
Another prayer in a series of prayers that follow the cancer journey. These prayers appear in my book Jewish Prayers of Hope and Healing. Options for adapting this prayer…
Read articleUpon Starting a New Medicine or Treatment
A simple prayer to be said by an individual on starting a new medication or beginning a new treatment. Upon Starting a New Medicine or Treatment…
Read articleInsomnia
A prayer to be said by those suffering from insomnia. May you find the rest you need. Insomnia Oh, to sleep, To rest, To find relief…
Read articlePrayer of Joy
This is a prayer of gratitude for joy, with a reminder to live joy as a daily spiritual practice. It’s a meditation for daily use when time…
Read articleLiving with Medical Uncertainty
Last week I posted a “Cancer Anniversary” prayer. I received many responses. Several readers, each facing metastatic disease, wrote asking for a different prayer, one for…
Read articleFor My Children as I Enter Hospice Care
This is prayer of contemplation and love for a difficult moment that forces a family to recognize the fragility of life and inevitability of death. It…
Read articleFor A Critically-Ill Sister or Brother
This is a healing prayer for siblings, structured like my prayer “For a Critically-Ill Mother.” My prayer “For a Critically-Ill Child” has a decidedly different structure and…
Read articleR’fuat HaNefesh: Healing the Soul (General)
This brief healing prayer is for all those whose hearts ache, those with troubled souls. It is a general version of “R’fuat HaNefesh: Healing the Soul,”…
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