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Loss of what could be; but is – a prayer-poem in eulogy after a suicide, by Andrew Meit
Contributed on: 29 Oct 2016 by ❧
This eulogy by Andrew Meit was read at Temple Beit Ami in Rockville, Maryland at the funeral of Benjamin Meit. Andrew writes, “Ben would have turned 19 next week. He died from complications from depression and mental illness.” Donations in Ben’s memory may be made here. If you or anyone you know is in need of help, please call 911, or 1-800 273 8255, the national suicide prevention hotline. . . .
שִׁוִּיתִי | Shiviti: perceiving the world as an expression of divine Oneness
Contributed on: 30 Jun 2011 by ❧
Given that the Torah forbids impressing our imaginations with illustrations of the divine, some other method is necessary to perceive divine Oneness. One method is found in the verse in Psalms 16:8, “I have set YHVH before me at all times.” . . .
Kiss of death, a prayer upon the death of a parent by Andrew Meit
Contributed on: 01 Oct 2011 by ❧
A prayer written by a son upon the death of his mother. . . .
A Memory’s fire burns within me still, by Andrew Meit adapted from the Qinah, “Aish Tuqad b’Qirbi”
Contributed on: 28 Jul 2015 by ❧
“A Memory’s fire burns within me still” was adapted by Andrew Meit from Gabriel Seed’s translation of the kinah, Aish Tukad b’kirbi (“A Fire Shall Burn Within Me”). . . .
שִׁוִּיתִי | Shiviti by Mashiaḥ Asgari (ca. late 19th – early 20th c. Herat, Afghanistan)
Contributed on: 12 Jul 2011 by ❧
A digital reproduction of a Shiviti held in the Royal Library of Denmark’s Simonsen Manuscripts Collection. . . .
Prayer on Kneading and Baking Ḥallot for Shabbat, by Perle Derbaremdiger Peretz (fl. 18th c.)
Contributed on: 15 Nov 2018 by ❧
A prayer upon preparing ḥallot for Shabbat. . . .
