Isaiah + Sounds of Silence: video
Last year we shared a Yom Kippur haftarah from founding builder R’ David Markus — Isaiah 58 + Sounds of Silence. (At that link you can find a recording of […]
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Ushpizin: liturgy for Sukkot in time of covid
Sukkot this year will be unlike any other. Some of us won’t be able to safely build a sukkah; others will find in the sukkah the outdoor safety that indoor […]
Palabras del Torá / a “vort” of Torah from R’ Rachel Barenblat
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 […]
Why Shabbes Matters… Especially Now
When we “went in” (started sheltering-in-place) for covid-19 in New York, I thought we were going in for a few weeks. I’ve been more-in-than-out now for five months. I am […]
Zooming In the New Year
Here’s a sketchnote from Steve Silbert illustrating Bayit’s tips and suggestions for how to make the most out of this year’s Zoom Days of Awe: And here’s a short […]
Palabras del Torá / a “vort” of Torah from R’ Sunny Schnitzer
Palabras del Torá Agosto 2020 from Bayit: Building Jewish on Vimeo. Each month Bayit offers regular video “vorts” (words of Torah / teachings from Jewish tradition) offered in or translated […]
Megillat Covid: Five Offerings for Tisha b’Av
Here are five offerings for Tisha b’Av, each available as its own downloadable PDF. They are intended for both personal and communal use, and can be used singly or all […]
A Psalm for Zoom
Here’s another resource for sanctifying the placeless place and sacred space of a Zoom room or other digital gathering space. This could be used as part of communal prayer over […]
Having Something Graceful to Say / Graceful Masculinity: Devarim
אֵלֶּה הַדְּבָרִים, אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל-כָּל-יִשְׂרָאֵל, בְּעֵבֶר, הַיַּרְדֵּן: בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּעֲרָבָה מוֹל סוּף בֵּין-פָּארָן וּבֵין-תֹּפֶל, וְלָבָן וַחֲצֵרֹת–וְדִי זָהָב. These are the words that Moses spoke to all of Israel, across […]
Contemporary shiviti by Steve Silbert
A shiviti is a visual tool designed to aid Jewish meditation, either as a prelude to liturgical prayer or as a contemplative practice all its own. (Learn more at this […]