© Trisha Arlin Sleeping at this place Or at least trying. A stone for my pillow Or at least it feels that way, There is no comfort here. I obsess and worry, I have made such a mess. I see steps that could take me away. There could be happiness, There could be […]
© Trisha Arlin Antalya Grup escort רַבּוֹתַי נְבָרֵךְ All who sit around these tables, Friends and strangers, In peaceful conversationAnd pleasant disagreement, We take this moment to acknowledge Whenever we eat together That we are blessed And, in our turn, We bless. בָּרוּךְ הוּא וּבָרוּך שְׁמוֹ Blessed be the Creator […]
© Trisha Arlin We may not be prophets.We may not be able to hear God’s voice, But when we open up our books, our Torah, and read Then the One-ness speaks to us: Know your history. Know that you are all connected in the One-ness. Know that it is possible to live in community in […]
© Trisha Arlin Listen, there is the One-ness: The jealous and loving God of the Torah; The hidden God of the Holy of Holies; And the clever God of the Talmud; And the Kingly God of our Siddur. To this God we will make our offerings. The Unknowable God of the mystics; And the rational […]
© Trisha Arlin The sun is high in the sky, See the awesome beauty of Creation, Breathe in the glory of the One-ness! Let us assemble to daven the additional prayer! Blessed Oneness I propose these independent words As a substitute For the sacrifices in another place, For the sacrifices of another time. May this […]
© Trisha Arlin This is the Ritual: Bowing during the morning blessings.I used to refuse to bend my kneeand bowduring the Morning Blessings.Baruch Atah EtceteraThank you for Etecetera….Who was I bowing to?A male king?That’s not God.Screw that.But then I thought,What if I bowed anyway?What would that feel like?So I tried it for a month.As an […]
© Trisha Arlin This torah portion is another one of those that has more than one story in it, but I’m going to talk to you about the story of Jacob, returning back to the land he grew up in. Jacob had had to run away after he tricked his father into giving his the […]
© Trisha Arlin Kislev is the month for despair. The sun fades away And we get depressed. We forget that the light will return. We dwell in darkness We lose faith in change. Kislev is the month for re-inventing courage. At the worst possible moment, the day gets longer And we have parties. We […]
The hatov vehamaytiv is the fourth benediction in the Birkat HaMazon, the blessing after the meal, and is also recited upon, among other reasons, hearing good news concerning others and for the drinking of a second cup of very good wine. This moment is good For all of us And we are here today To […]
Blessed God of our ancestors, beginning the chain of work, we give thanks: For the portion of dough we take off the challah before we bake it in order to sustain high priests, artists and those who are in need; For the seed and the earth and the rain and the sun and the farmer […]
I don’t care what they say About Heshvan, About what it signifies: It’s the month the Moshiach is supposed to show up Or It’s Rachel’s Yahrzeit, but I really don’t care. Though of course, Moshiach, If the Moshiach shows up It would of course be an event of note And I’d be happy to be […]
1. In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth 2. Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. 3 And God said: ‘Let there be light.’ And there was light. We are at the […]
Invite us in: The Male The Female The In-between The Neither Nor The Beginnings The Endings Let us abandon The Before The After The Darkness The Anger The Yearning The Dirt Let us join in the Center, so Clean Light Full Open Unburdened Redeemable And there we will Dance Shine Sing Open Pray Combine It […]
The One Who Blessed Our Ancestors, Ruach HaOlam, Breath of the Universe, heal me… I need a Healing Prayer. But I can’t do it. I don’t have the soothing words. I’m in pain Right now And it’s been going on for a while And it looks like it’s going to last longer than it takes […]
You are your own Kohen Gadol. Now is the time for your own private confession and blessing in your own private Holy of Holies. You buy some fabric. You put fringes on the corners and cover yourself with the cloth. Inside the cloth, you pray. Outside the cloth, you gossip. But all you […]
I am in exile From the source Of my true self. Antalya Escort I look and I can’t find me. I want to go back I don’t know how to get there. They tell me: Teshuva is the answer! Return to friends, community, One-ness! But I am lost, I don’t know the path. I am […]
© Trisha ArlinBaruch Atah AdonaiBrucha At ShechinahBlessed One-ness, Blessed Connection, Kadosh Baruch Hu:We pray for all who are in painAnd all who cause pain.We pray for those of usWho are so angryThat we have lost compassion for the sufferingOf anyone who is not a member of our group.And we pray for those of usWho cannot see […]
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Baruch atah Adonai Brucha at Shechina Blessed One-ness Bringing connection when there is separation, Remembering joy even when we cannot. One-ness, We are blessed to be part of this holy wholeness Even if we understand so little of it. We are blessed to have received so much love, Even when it is lost. And we […]
There are three matzot in this pile, One on top of the other on top of the other. The top matza and the bottom Matza are, perhaps, A Pesach reminder Of the two loaves of challah we would eat on Shabbat (But not tonight!) Which are themselves perhaps a reminder Escort Bayanlar Of the two […]
Close your eyes and listen to your breath. You are walking on a path in a beautiful meadow. You see, in the middle of a field, that there is a small windowless building You slowly walk around this building. Feel the wall as you walk around the building. It pulses with energy. When […]
I speak praise, hope and thanks. I open my mouth, I open my heart. I feel the Ancient Prayer: Bless our inventive ancestors Who have given us the Jealous God of the Torah; And the clever God of the Talmud; And the Kingly God of our Siddur. To this God we pray. Bless our inventive […]
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In Mishpatim, Torah God is giving a set of laws, known to us as the Covenant Code, via Moses to the people. They range from how to treat a slave to how to welcome a stranger to what happens when fighting men injure a pregnant woman by accident to how to punish a thief […]
Blessed Yah, Creator, Created, Creating… We pray for peace, For ourselves and the world, Even if only for one day: Instead of anger, we choose kindness. Instead of revenge, we choose justice. Instead of resentment, we choose empathy. Instead of work, we choose rest. Instead of ideology, we choose compromise. Instead of destruction, we choose […]