Prayer has become one of the ways I keep showing up—with hope, courage and love—through overwhelming times. In this post, I share how prayer journaling became part of my spiritual practice, along with handwritten prayers, healing prayer templates, and customizable Mi Shebeirach offerings from ZenScribe.
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Hope, Healing and Holding On
This week, Torah, the Jewish calendar, and personal experience converge in a powerful way. As we read Parashat Tazria-Metzora, enter the healing month of Iyar, and count the Omer through the lens of Tiferet, I reflect on what it means to hold hope and heartbreak at the same time while accompanying both my daughter and my father on their cancer journeys.
Counting the Omer: A Spiritual Journey
The seven-week journey from Pesach to Shavuot invites us into reflection, growth, and spiritual awakening. In this post, I’m sharing a new resource I created—Counting the Omer: A Spiritual Journey—a guided journal filled with weekly sefirot teachings, daily prompts, blessings, reflections, and artwork to deepen the Omer practice.
Choosing Joy in Troubling Times
How do we choose joy when our hearts are heavy and the world feels unsteady? This reflection for Adar and Parashat Vayakhel explores what it means to hold sorrow and joy together through community, gratitude, prayer, creativity, and hope.
In Times of Darkness
Reflecting on hope, miracles, and transcendent moments—amid Hanukkah, Rosh Chodesh Tevet, and recent acts of antisemitic violence—this week’s reflection invites us to kindle light, choose courage, and illuminate a path forward.
Illuminated Dreams
Joseph’s dreams carried him through betrayal, loss, and uncertainty. As we approach Hanukkah, this reflection on Parashat Vayeishev explores the power of dreams, the courage to kindle light in dark times, and our invitation to be a source of hope for others.