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Birkat HaGomeil

Birkat HaGomeil is a prayer of gratitude recited after overcoming a life-threatening illness or other dangerous event. It is frequently recited during the Torah service.

For Wisdom during Midterm Elections

God of Justice, Protector and Redeemer, Grant guidance to our nation As we select leaders To serve and to govern, The men and women who promise To bring prosperity to our land, The men and women who promise To protect our homes and our democracy.

A Prayer for Simchat Torah

“Rejoicing in the Torah” doesn’t require us to find joy in every verse. It doesn’t mean that we concur with every choice made by the people in it.

The Season of Healing

The High Holidays are a time of introspection and self-assessment in anticipation of repentance, forgiveness, thanksgiving and rejoicing. It is a season of healing.

A Prayer for Safety During This School Year

As young people and their teachers return to school, to campus and to class, we pray for a year that proves safer than those before. Grant, O God, that houses of learning from daycare centers to graduate schools are places free from havoc and harm