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Shabbat shalom. We just need a moment to rest our heads...

Photograph from Library of Congress titled "Jew[ish] New Year – praying on Brooklyn Bridge [i.e. Williamsburg Bridge]."

Shabbat shalom. We just need a moment to rest our heads...

Photograph from Library of Congress titled "Jew[ish] New Year – praying on Brooklyn Bridge [i.e. Williamsburg Bridge]."
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On the cusp of 5785 as it seems more horrible news arrives with every hour, we are reminded by Marcia Falk on the purpose of prayer — to express our genuine hopes and needs. What prayers are you turning to right now? 

Originally published in her germinal “Book of Blessings” and in Lilith’s Fall 1995 issue.

On the cusp of 5785 as it seems more horrible news arrives with every hour, we are reminded by Marcia Falk on the purpose of prayer — to express our genuine hopes and needs. What prayers are you turning to right now?

Originally published in her germinal “Book of Blessings” and in Lilith’s Fall 1995 issue.
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Rosh Hashanah begins tonight and continues through October 4. In services, at home, or in the streets, many of us will hear the cry of the shofar. Tekiah. Shevarim. T’ruah. Tekiah gedolah. Will the sound echo as a baby’s cry? A shriek of glee? A woman's wail? A reminder to hope? 

Right now, we might hear the shofar's sound in very different ways from our family members, our colleagues and neighbors. Some might feel there’s an unbridgeable gap between how we and these others understand the world around us. But it’s through our narratives, poetry, rituals, and art that we close the spaces and inch back toward each other. And it’s in the pages of Lilith that we share what may be differing interpretations—being changed by what the High Holy Days offer, and perhaps changing others.

May the year ahead draw you closer to those you love.
And may you have many blessings in 5785.

Illustration by @katzcomics

Rosh Hashanah begins tonight and continues through October 4. In services, at home, or in the streets, many of us will hear the cry of the shofar. Tekiah. Shevarim. T’ruah. Tekiah gedolah. Will the sound echo as a baby’s cry? A shriek of glee? A woman`s wail? A reminder to hope?

Right now, we might hear the shofar`s sound in very different ways from our family members, our colleagues and neighbors. Some might feel there’s an unbridgeable gap between how we and these others understand the world around us. But it’s through our narratives, poetry, rituals, and art that we close the spaces and inch back toward each other. And it’s in the pages of Lilith that we share what may be differing interpretations—being changed by what the High Holy Days offer, and perhaps changing others.

May the year ahead draw you closer to those you love.
And may you have many blessings in 5785.

Illustration by @katzcomics
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