Stigma & Shame Breaking the Silence on Mental Illness: Rabbi Lauren Grabelle Herrmann of SAJ

Shabbat Shuvah and Parashat VaYelech: The Power of a Torah Community #ShabbatShuvah #Vayelech #Broadcast643

Thrilled to see both Transliterated Siddur projects published! Siddur Tov LeHodot (Shabbat Evening) & Siddur Tov LeHodot (Shabbat Morning)!

 

VaYelech: Believe in Your Divine Capacity & Fail Forward

The Year Harmony Came Back: Post Rosh HaShannah 5783 #Broadcast641 #5783

Bring on 5783! Lead the Way! #Nitzavim #ShabbatShalom #ShannahTovah #Broadcast640

Cherishing the Gift of Today #Nitzavim #RoshHashanah #Hayom #Broadcast638

A Mini-Selichot

A Mini-Selichot

© Rabbi Menachem Creditor

God, forgive us, but please help us surpass the pre-written stuff. Remind us to believe in our own living hearts and mouths and souls.

Hear us when we speak.

Comfort us when we cry.

Guide us when we stray. 

God, please forgive us for the things we did wrong and were brave enough to name, strong enough to own, and hopeful enough to see past.

May the coming year find us ready to be our full size, strong and brave and hopeful, alive and healthy and safe.

May the coming year be a good one.

For everyone, Dear God, for everyone.

Amen.

Hidden and Revealed Truths: The Courage of Not Knowing #Nitzavim

Walking toward Rosh HaShanah with Kindness #Nitzavim #RoshHaShanah #Broadcast636

Just for a Moment

Just for a Moment

© Rabbi Menachem Creditor 

A good story gives us a hint

of the happy ending

but then whisks it away

with a giant or a curse

or a virus or a fire.

After all,

ever after isn't forever.

Not in a real story.

It just means time.

But, Dear God,

our story has had too much

of fiery sky and flooded ground,

and the hint of the happy

is washed and burned, 

feels so very faded,

and we need more

rainbow skies and dewy ground,

to remind us of the happy. 

So, Holy One, 

just for a moment,

please:

let lovers find each other, 

let friends forgive,

let our souls heal, 

let love be the loudest sound our hearts make.

Just for a moment. 

Remind us of the promise

of a world reborn.

Or, perhaps,

You're the One who's waiting

to be reminded.

Remember to Play and Be in the Story #kitavo #ModehAni #VivianPaley #Play #TheBoyOnTheBeach #Torah

The Response to Hate: Law #KiTavo #Broadcast634

Telling Our Story in its Fullness to the Next Generation #KiTavo

Amalek and Egypt: Responding to Different Kinds of Pain #KiTeitzei

Hate Crimes, Antisemitism, and Racial Bias | Be the Change | Jewish Arts Collaborative

Acknowledge the vulnerability of others, Reckon with the past, & Build a better future! #KiTeitzei

"The Case of the Rebellious Son" or "A Torah Trajectory" #KiTeitzei

War is Never Great: The Necessity of Grief #KiTeitzei

What Matters: Torah for Labor Day #KiTeitzei

The Torah's call to preserve the guardrails of society. #Shoftim

Equity, equity you are to pursue! #Shoftim