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 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.…
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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 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 articleA Prayer for Mom
Here’s a prayer to honor Mom. “For the Matriarch” is from a series of prayers celebrating family, including “For the Patriarch,” “For Our Brothers,” “For Our Sisters”and “For…
Read articleFor A Critically Ill Mother
Last night friends asked me for a prayer for their ill mother. I wrote it this morning. This prayer will appears in my book, Jewish Prayers…
Read articleFor the Family Historian
This is a prayer for the one who holds the flame of family history. I wrote it in honor of our family historian, Irwin Keller. Irwin…
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