A Hashkivenu for MLK Weekend Shabbat
These words from the Rev. Martin Luther King z”l (of blessed memory) can be used as an abbreviated Hashkivenu blessing for Kabbalat Shabbat on this MLK weekend or at any […]
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Coming in February: Daughters of Eve
When you think of Eve and Lilith, Sarah and Hagar, Rebekah, Esther, and the other women of the Hebrew Bible, who are they to you? For me, they are “flesh-and-blood […]
Coming in 2024: Blessing from Broken
is delighted to announce Coming in 2024 Blessing from Broken explores Torah through the lenses of psychology, midrash, poetry, and dream. Author Judith Sarah Schmidt, approaching 90, harvests […]
Our Collective Heartbreak
Disbelief, fear, anger, grief, despair, love, anguish, longing, solidarity, alienation, hope: since October 7 we’ve felt all of these and more. This is our attempt to give voice to some […]
Renew Our Hearts is Here
The kernel of the idea was: wouldn’t it be great to have a beautiful, meaningful, comprehensive and creative siddur for Shabbat — featuring all of the liturgy we know and […]
New prayer: A Mom’s Affirmation
I am the mom of the spunky kids, The “extra” kids, The special kids, The misbehaving and noisy kids. They get to thrive And be a brightly burning flame Because […]
Chasing Justice, Outside and In
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. Concerns about justice and rightness are top headlines […]
Amidah Offering: All This Power / Gevurot
The second blessing of the Amidah speaks to a God of gevurah: strength, heroism, boundaries, power. This blessing names God as the One Who enlivens the dead (or the deadened, […]
For This Year’s Tisha b’Av
Here are three resources for Tisha b’Av — one new for this year, the other two reprised but hopefully still meaningful. What Gets Me Not just the litany of […]
A Week of Building With the Bayit Board
Every summer the Bayit board gathers for a retreat. There are board meetings, of course. There are big-picture conversations about what we’re building, how we’re building it, whom […]