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
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Praying with Fringes 01/11/2017 – to pursue justice
Blessing for Pursuing Justice בְּרוּכָה אַתְּ שְכִינָה בְּתוֹכּינוּ רוּחַ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְשָתְנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתֵיהָ וְצִוָתְנוּ לִרְדֹף צֶדֶק B’rucha at Shekhinah, b’tocheynu, ruach ha’olam, asher kidshatnu b’mitzvoteha v’tzivatnu lirdof tzedek Blessed are you, Shekhinah, who is within us, spirit of the world, who infuses our lives with holiness and commands us to pursue justice
Praying with Fringes 02/07/16 – what you love and what you fear
Gatherings Elliott Femynye batTzedek Gather your strengths and gather your failures Gather your kin and gather your strangers Gather what you love and what you fear Gather what you have lost and what you have yet to find Find the courage to proclaim “All we gather is sacred”
Fringes: a feminist, non-zionist havurah 