As we approach Tisha B'Av this year, our Beloved Community is grieving. Not for the fall of the Temple, but for the fall of our own country, a great shattering of (what was already stretched thin) trust, a growing dread fear. It is traditional to recite psalms daily, especially Psalm 137. Fringes' member Sue Hoffman … Continue reading Tisha B’Av: Crying Out
Category: Ritual
Lest in the future our silence be held as witness against us we say
Here's a new liturgical element we're trying out, in the slot for Blessing for Redemption. We sang in between the chunk of lines, because singing/chanting helps our minds and hearts and mouths and breath get back in sync with one another. This is what we sang, a rewrite of a familiar line: אַדֹנָי שְׂפְתַּי תִּפְתָּח … Continue reading Lest in the future our silence be held as witness against us we say
Praying with Fringes 04/07/2017 – A Ritual to Bless Salt on Pesach
A Blessing for Salt Elliott batTzedek & Karen Escovitz At my seder we pretty much bless everything on the table, including the flowers, the water, and the salt. After all, in Jewish tradition, you can't eat something until you've blessed it, so how can we possibly dip into salt water until we've blessed both? … Continue reading Praying with Fringes 04/07/2017 – A Ritual to Bless Salt on Pesach
Fringes: a feminist, non-zionist havurah 