And G!d says: “And if you have lost this year; if you have known grief newly, if you suffer the ache of old mourning come back, and back, and back, then we have made a place for you to mourn. Here, in the middle of the day, inside these walls: a container. We will hold your grief for you, so that you may continue the work. It will be there when you leave, yes, but for now, set your grief in...

Interpretation of Mourner's Kaddish  By Emily Rose Antflick יִתְגַּדַּל וְיִתְקַדַּשׁ שְׁמֵהּ רַבָּא Growing in holiness, we inhale and breathe tiny human words  Into the immensity of sacred spacetime אָמֵן Amen בְּעָלְמָא דִּי בְרָא כִרְעוּתֵהּ וְיַמְלִיךְ מַלְכוּתֵהּ בְּחַיֵּיכון וּבְיומֵיכון וּבְחַיֵּי דְכָל בֵּית יִשרָאֵל בַּעֲגָלָא וּבִזְמַן קָרִיב, וְאִמְרוּ אָמֵן In this breathing moment and all the sunsets to come As trees broaden in ring and root, and raindrops carve boulders to sand As human languages are born and changed and silenced We say:...

Korbanos /Korban Tamid/Ketores/Offerings  (Kohenet Version 1) By Kohenet Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall Holy One, in ancient days offerings of meat and blood, sweet incense and bread were given to You by the people. May the work of our hands for peace, the sweat of our brow marching for justice, the sweetness of loving actions and the sustenance of doing mitzvot be for us what these ancient offerings were to our ancestors- ways to connect, ways to repent, ways to heal, and...