Listen: How Can We Thank Those Who Have Nurtured Us?
August 18, 2023
In this audio teaching and spiritual practice for the month of Elul, Rabbi Rachel Barenblat looks to Psalm 27 for solace in mourning.
In this audio teaching and spiritual practice for the month of Elul, Rabbi Rachel Barenblat looks to Psalm 27 for solace in mourning.
Rabbi Sarah Brammer-Shlay’s metaphorical poem asks profound questions about the meaning of prayer and the search for Divine presence.
In preparation for the High Holidays, Rabbi Michael Strassfeld shares a Hasidic teaching about meaningful teshuvah (repentance).
Amid new evidence that the United States came close to losing its democracy after the 2020 election, we revisit Alden Solovy’s ode to democratic institutions and principles.
Make no mistake; eating disorders can be life–threatening. Brasha Smith’s poem asks a higher power for the strength to sustain sacred life.
Seeking quiet in the ending weeks of August? Rabbi Shelia Weinberg can help. Listen to her encourage you to find your seat and take a couple of easy breaths. Then, listen slowly.
This niggun, chanted by Koach Baruch Frazier, invokes compassion, kindness and love.
Rabbi Maurice Harris asks the One who blessed our ancestors and Israel’s founders to give them the strength to “save the State of Israel’s democracy, because we have learned that democracy is sacred.”
Suzanne Sabransky’s poem invokes the fast of Tisha B’Av to remind us of the blessings so many of us take for granted and to focus on how many people suffer from hunger.
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