Wax drips from the braided candle.
Cinnamon tingles the nose
to keep us from fainting
as the extra soul departs.
Stop now. Notice this hinge
between Shabbat
and what’s next. . . .
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Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Categories:  Havdalah | Tags:  teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical havdalah
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Categories: the Shabbat Service, Shabbat Minḥah | Tags: eros, dreaming, teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Return to Eden, quiet 
Help me to silence נשמת כל חי | Nishmat Kol Ḥai: The Breath of All Life (for Shabbat morning) by Rabbi Rachel BarenblatContributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat | Tags: Breath, interconnectedness, interbreathing, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai 
…if we could discard differences: human, would not be enough to thank You. . . . Contributor(s): Trisha Arlin
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving | Tags: first person, English poetry, refuah, Prayers as poems 
I have been asked to write a healing prayer So I tried But I can’t do it I don’t have the soothing words I’m in pain Right now And it’s been going on for a while And it looks like it’s going to last longer than it takes to write this prayer So instead I offer to you A pain prayer . . .Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving | Tags: Ancestors, Artists, Healing, inspiration, Parashat Vayigash, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, prayers in the name of ancestors, Prayers as poems 
[In Parshat Vayigash] we read of the members of Jacob’s family who went down to Egypt. There were 53 grandsons listed, but only a single granddaughter – Seraḥ, the daughter of Asher. The commentators wonder, what was so exceptional about this girl that her name was recorded? The Midrash spills forth with stories portraying an image of a unique and endearing Biblical heroine. Seraḥ stands as a trusted, beloved sage of the people. She possessed an uncommon gift of healing through poetry and music. Somewhat as Orpheus is to Greek myth, so is Seraḥ to the Biblical myth – the archetypal poet and bard. . . . Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Categories: Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Kabbalat Shabbat, Leil Pesaḥ, Shavuot, 7th Day of Pesaḥ, Sukkot | Tags: Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., kavvanot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer 
Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . . |
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