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Tefillat Ha’Derekh from Montgomery Alabama  Written by Rabbi Nina H. Mandel during the T’ruah delegation to the Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, January 26-28, 2020 Bo Bo el Par’oh Come after the oppressor Join the trouble Muster your strength Gird your loins Mobilize your anger Disrupt, disrupt, disrupt Watch for bias Cry out for truth Soften your hardened heart Embrace your neighbor Persist, persist, persist Ad matai? Until when? Until there is no longer...

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High Holidays in Five Senses  What do the High Holidays smell like?  They smell of freshly-baked sweet challah, the vanilla-y pages of an old book, your grandfather’s aftershave, the tang of the etrog and the perfume of lulav branches. What do the High Holidays feel like?   They feel like fists beating on chests, shifting your tush on a wooden pew in an unairconditioned sanctuary, running your fingers through the fringes of a tallit, dropping crumbs into the water as you cast...

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No matter what temper tantrum or adolescent rebellion marked the week that is past, we take a moment to place our hands on our children’s heads and to offer them words of pure love. The blessing for boys derives from Jacob’s blessing to his grandsons, Ephraim and Menashe, who are the first pair of siblings in the Bible who love each other rather than fight each other. The blessing for girls invokes the memory of our four matriarchs — Sarah, Rebekah,...

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Unending Love by Rabbi Rami Shapiro We are loved by unending love. We are embraced by arms that find us  even when we are hidden from ourselves.  We are touched by fingers that soothe us  even when we are too proud for soothing.  We are counseled by voices that guide us  even when we are too embittered to hear. We are loved by unending love. We are supported by hands that uplift us  even in the midst of a fall.  We...

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El-i-ya-hu ha’Na-vi El-i-ya-hu ha’Tish-bi El-i-ya-hu ha-Gi-la-di bim’hey-ra, v'ya-mey-nu, ya-vo El-ey-nu im Mash-i-ach ben Dav-id The song is translated as, “Elijah the Prophet, Elijah of Tishbe in Gilead, come to us speedily,in our days, with the Messiah, son of David.”

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לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה, פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה: לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה, פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה: שָׁמוֹר וְזָכוֹר בְּדִבּוּר אֶחָד, הִשְׁמִיעָנוּ אֵל הַמְיֻחָד, יְיָ אֶחָד וּשְׁמוֹ אֶחָד, לְשֵׁם וּלְתִפְאֶרֶת וְלִתְהִלָּה: לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה, פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה: לִקְרַאת שַׁבָּת לְכוּ וְנֵלְכָה, כִּי הִיא מְקוֹר הַבְּרָכָה, מֵראשׁ מִקֶּדֶם נְסוּכָה, סוֹף מַעֲשֶֹה בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה תְּחִלָּה: לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה, פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה: מִקְדַּשׁ מֶלֶךְ עִיר מְלוּכָה, קוּמִי צְאִי מִתּוֹךְ הַהֲפֵכָה, רַב לָךְ שֶׁבֶת בְּעֵמֶק הַבָּכָא, וְהוּא יַחֲמוֹל עָלַיִךְ חֶמְלָה: לְכָה דוֹדִי לִקְרַאת כַּלָּה, פְּנֵי שַׁבָּת נְקַבְּלָה:...

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יְיָמָלָךְיִרְגְּזוּ עַמִּים,ישֵׁב כְּרוּבִים תָּנוּט הָאָרֶץ:יְיָ בְּצִיּוֹן גָּדוֹל,וְרָם הוּא עַל כָּל הָעַמִּים:יוֹדוּ שִׁמְךָ גָּדוֹל וְנוֹרָא,קָדוֹשׁ הוּא:וְעֹז מֶלֶךְ מִשְׁפָּט אָהֵב,אַתָּה כּוֹנַנְתָּ מֵישָׁרִים,מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה בְּיַעֲקֹב אַתָּה עָשִֹיתָ:רוֹמְמוּ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹם רַגְלָיו,קָדוֹשׁ הוּא:משֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן בְּכֹהֲנָיו וּשְׁמוּאֵל בְּקֹרְאֵי שְׁמוֹ,קֹרִאים אֶל יְיָ וְהוּא יַעֲנֵם:בְּעַמּוּד עָנָן יְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם,שָׁמְרוּ עֵדֹתָיו וְחֹק נָתַן לָמוֹ:יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ אַתָּה עֲנִיתָם,אֵל נֹשֵׁא הָיִיתָ לָהֶם וְנֹקֵם עַל עֲלִילוֹתָם:רוֹמְמוּ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַר קָדְשׁוֹ,כִּי קָדוֹשׁ יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ: The Lord reigneth; let the peoples tremble: he sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved. The...