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It’s okay to take the yartzeit (anniversary) of Oct. 7 to just mourn.

Illustration by @katzcomics.

It’s okay to take the yartzeit (anniversary) of Oct. 7 to just mourn.

Illustration by @katzcomics.
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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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