Inside the (Hanukkah) Light
This meditation on light pluses with hope, carrying echoes of Hanukkah. It’s about seeing, feeling, and loving the light shining around us, and our yearning to…
Read articleThe Season of Dedication
When the Maccabees finally won back the Temple for the Jewish people, it took eight days to clean and consecrate the holy space. Chanukah derives from…
Read articleFarewell Ushpizot, Ushpizin: Meditation Before Taking Down a Sukkah
Each year, we construct beautiful dwellings for Sukkot. We intentionally create temporary, holy spaces. We invite the presence of honored guests, the ushpizin, seven prophets, patriarchs and kings of…
Read articleBeauty Dances
On Sukkot, joy and beauty arrive. We are called to bring that beauty into the world. This piece appears in This Grateful Heart: Psalms and Prayers for a…
Read articleExodus, Again and Again
For Passover, a new prayer for peace and endurance in the face of existential threat, set in the context of history. It’s a reminder of our…
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 articleRedeeming My Life
This is meditation on personal freedom, recognizing that we must first forgive ourselves for our own mistakes and misdeeds before we can fully express love and…
Read articleElijah, Revised
There’s a special kind of a hope, a kind of hope that opens the heart to our deepest yearning for a world of wholeness and love…
Read articleInside the (Hanukkah) Light
This meditation carries an echo of Hanukkah. It’s about seeing, feeling and loving the light shining around us, and our yearning to be a source of…
Read articleYom HaShoah Prayers and Poems
This is a set of six prayers for Yom HaShoah. They can be used as private meditations or in a communal commemoration. Together they serve as a…
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