Jew against Jew, Revised
This is a prayer for Jews to love each other and not to commit acts of violence against one another. It is part lament and part…
Read articleEmor: Your Name: Meditation at Dusk
In Parashat Emor, in one amazing line, we are given twin injunctions: one against profaning G-d’s name (chillul hashem) and the other to sanctity G-d’s name…
Read articleJew against Jew
This is a prayer for Jews to love one another. I wrote it a year ago, but it echoes as a response to the violence perpetrated…
Read articleVayetze 5775: Messengers among Us
Is it possible to recognize an angel, a messenger of G-d? How would I know? Angels appear at the beginning and the end of this week’s…
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 articleCry No More
This prayer is about having compassion for ourselves while repairing the damage we’ve done to self and others. I wrote it after my first Yom Kippur in…
Read articleAwake You Slumberers!
“Awake, ye sleepers from your slumber, and rouse you from you from your lethargy. Scrutinize your deeds and return in repentance.” – רמב”ם Are you awake?…
Read articleLet Torah
The Torah is waiting for you. Not just to study it. Not just to know it. To live it. This is the latest in a series…
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…
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