Jars of Water – and two practices for washing away a zoom-bombing
Walking home, holding hands, skipping along the sidewalk. There were jars of water on the stoop as we approached our apartment house. I looked up at my mommy and asked, […]
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Connections: new liturgy, poetry, and art for Tu BiShvat
New from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group comes this interdisciplinary and pluralist collection of new work for Tu BiShvat, the New Year of the Trees. Here are prayers and practices […]
Graceful Allyship / Graceful Masculinity: Parshas Shemos
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וַיְהִי בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, וַיִּגְדַּל מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל-אֶחָיו, וַיַּרְא, בְּסִבְלֹתָם; וַיַּרְא אִישׁ מִצְרִי, מַכֶּה אִישׁ-עִבְרִי מֵאֶחָיו. It happened […]
“If you really hear…” – a new prayer-poem by R. David Markus
This new prayer/poem arises from the second paragraph of the Sh’ma and from the deep ecumenism that cherishes all paths to the Holy. Use it during Shabbat services on the […]
Who Can Retell? a review of Great Miracles Happen Here
Thanks to Mark Frydenberg for this beautiful eJewishPhilanthropy review of Great Miracles Happen Here, the latest offering from Bayit’s Liturgical Arts Working Group. Here’s a taste of Mark’s review: …They […]
Palabras del Torá / a “vort” of Torah from R’ Sunny Schnitzer
Each month Bayit offers regular video “vorts” (words of Torah / teachings from Jewish tradition) offered in or translated into Spanish, designed for Cuban Jewish communities and available to Spanish-speaking […]
Great Miracles Happen Here: Liturgy, Poetry, and Art for Chanukah
Illustration by Steve Silbert This new collaborative offering from Bayit’s liturgical arts working group comes to bring light in dark times. Here you’ll find new liturgy (including an “Al HaNisim” […]
A Meditation for Channeling Blessing
During 5781, a group of Bayit builders, led by R. Cynthia Hoffman, is studying the writings of the Baal Shem Tov. First and foremost we’re studying “lishma,” for the sake […]
Graceful Beauty / Graceful Masculinity: Chayyei Sarah
Part of a periodic Torah series on graceful masculinity and Jewish values. וַיִּהְיוּ חַיֵּי שָׂרָה, מֵאָה שָׁנָה וְעֶשְׂרִים שָׁנָה וְשֶׁבַע שָׁנִים–שְׁנֵי, חַיֵּי שָׂרָה. The life of Sarah was one hundred […]
Running With Grace / Graceful Masculinity: Vayeira
וַיֹּאמַר: אֲדֹנָי, אִם-נָא מָצָאתִי חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ–אַל-נָא תַעֲבֹר, מֵעַל עַבְדֶּךָ. And he said, “my lord, if I have found grace in your eyes, please do not pass from before your servant.” […]