Worship Services: V'ahavta
From Deuteronomy and Numbers, this prayer expresses how we will love God.
Shabbat Evening Worship Services: V'shamru and Yismechu
From Exodus 31:16-17, this prayer reminds us that we keep the Sabbath as a sign of the covenant with God.
Daily Blessings: T'filat Haderech (Prayer for a Journey)
Y'hi ratzon milfanecha Adonai Eloheinu
v'Elohei avoteinu v'imoteinu,
shetolicheinu l'shalom
Shabbat Evening Worship Services: Elohai N'tzor and Oseh Shalom
My God, guard my speech from evil and my lips from deception.
Blessing for a Time of Achievement
I have aspired, and labored, and achieved! My heart is filled with joy, for I said:
Mourner's Kaddish
A Time of Disappointment
Be strong and of good courage; have no fear . . . for Adonai your God is the One who goes with you, never failing you or forsaking you.
Shabbat Morning Worship Services: Chatzi Kaddish
Version of the Kaddish, praising God, that serves to delineate different sections of the service.
Upon Retirement
As I look back over the years that have gone, I ask to see life as a continuum from youth to age: What lies before me now?
In Illness
In sickness I turn to You, O God, for comfort and help. Strengthen within me the wondrous power of healing that You have implanted in Your children. Guide my doctors and nurses that they may speed my recovery. Let my dear ones find comfort and courage in the knowledge that You are with us at all times, in sickness as in health.