Rosh HaShanah Blessings: On Apples and Honey to Celebrate the New Year
Pick up a slice of apple, dip it in honey, and say:
Yom Kippur Blessings: For Starting Observance of the Day
On Yom Kippur, we share a holiday meal called seudat mafseket, the concluding meal before the fast begins. We begin the meal with haMotzi, the blessing over the challah
Mi Shebeirach - Prayer for Healing
Stories We Tell: The Bird Catcher
Stories We Tell: Get Up and Go Early
Stories We Tell: What it Takes to Get in
A Prayer Before Chemotherapy
Shoah Memorial Prayer
This memorial prayer for those who perished in the Holocaust is the centerpiece of a six-prayer Yom HaShoah liturgy. It also appears in liturgist Alden Solovy’s book, Jewish Prayers of Hope and Healing.
Prayer for an Approaching Hurricane
God of the heavens: nature and all that You have created are truly awesome. Often, we; take these wonders for granted. Teach us to cherish all of your gifts
We Cannot Pray to You
We cannot pray to You, O God,
to banish war,
for You have filled the world
with paths to peace,
if only we would take them.