Archive for 2017
Pre-Candle-Lighting Tzedakah Custom for Children
This short post suggests a creative way to involve children in the custom of giving charity before lighting Shabbat candles.
Alternative HaMotzi: Humanistic & Theistic Version
In this alternative blessing over the bread, Lesley Reuter encourages readers to gratefully reflect on the source of their food,
Kabbalistic Poems Recited Before Kiddush: Atkinu Seudata & Azamer Bishvochin
This post includes both audio recordings and the Aramaic, English and transliterated texts of two poems that are often recited before
The Blessing Over Wine: Masculine, Feminine and Non-Gendered God Language
This post includes the blessing recited over wine in Hebrew, English and transliterated, using masculine, feminine and non-gendered God-language. This
Kiddush & Building Community: Humanistic Liturgy
This community-centered blessing over the wine was composed by Machar: The Washington Congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism. Typical of this movement, founded
Ha-Motzi Blessing in ASL
This video demonstrates how to sign the blessing over the bread in American Sign Language, which is especially helpful for those
Why Do We Not Speak Inbetween Washing Our Hands and Eating Bread?
In this clear video, Orthodox Rabbi Simon Harris of Wembley United Synagogue describes the halachic development of the custom of
Let’s Learn T’fillah: Netilat Yadayim
This short, interactive, animated video demonstrates how to recite the ritual hand-washing blessing, including a brief introduction and the Hebrew
Hand-Washing & Silence on Shabbat
This home video explores the custom of refraining from speaking between washing one’s hands and making the blessing over the bread.
Blessing for Washing Hands: Al Netilat Yadayim
This short, interactive video introduces the basics of the ritual hand-washing before eating bread, including a slow, clear recitation of