Tag: prayer
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A Prayer for the Jewish People
May the One who blessed our ancestorsAbraham and SarahIsaac and RebekahJacob and Rachel and LeahBilhah and ZilpahMoses, Aaron and MiriamDavid and SolomonRuth and Esther,Bless us Am YisraelThe Jewish people[here in this community and]Wherever they reside. Bless this nation ofGod-wrestlers.Bless this nation ofRabbis and rulersPoets and prophetsScribes and scholarsWoodchoppers and waterdrawers. Bless this nation thatFled from the…
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Gratitude on This Day
Gratitude For Family For Friends For Community For Food For Labor For Production For Sacrifice For Commitment For Memory For Acknowledgment For Reconciliation For Healing For Stories For Perspective For Understanding For Honesty For Resistance For Vision For Redemption For Change For Justice For Compassion For Peace For All
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Carpooling with Rabbi: “Prayer”
Two joys and a luck? In our latest episode, Kirsten and I discuss the meaning of prayer and how it operates in our lives.
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A Prayer for Healing after a Hate Crime
After the hate crime attack against my synagogue last week, we not only need to repair the damage and address security measures, but we need to heal spiritually as well. I penned this prayer that I shared last Shabbat and at our community meeting the following week: Eloheinu v’elohei avoteinu v’eemoteinu Our God and God…
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Only Prayers
There is an interesting passage in this week’s Torah portion, Mattot. We are coming to the end of the book of Numbers in our weekly Torah reading cycle, and the Israelites are poised on the eastern side of the Jordan river ready to enter into the promised land. Their years of wandering are over, they…
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