Let Us Bring Forth Food: Humanistic Ha-Motzi
This blessing for breaking bread, inspired by HaMotzi, meaning “the one who brings forth,” was composed by Machar: The Washington Congregation
Be Who You Are: An Alternative Blessing Over the Children
This excerpt from Marcia Falk‘s “The Book of Blessings” offers a contemporary, open-ended text for blessing one’s children on Friday night
Yemenite Shalom Aleichem
This casual home video presents Ronen Garama singing a Mizrahi influenced version of Cantor Israel Goldfarb’s popular melody for Shalom
Ethiopian Shalom Aleichem
This video features Shalom Aleichem sung in both Hebrew and Ge’ez (an ancient Ethiopian language) to a melody that reflects
Shalom Aleichem with Alternating Masculine and Feminine God-Language
This post presents an alternative version of Shalom Aleichem, where half of the stanzas are written with the traditional masculine God-language, while
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,
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
Do We Wash Each Hand Two or Three Times?
This short post describes the different halachic opinions regarding how many times one must wash each hand when performing the
Secular/ Humanist HaMotzi Texts
The following excerpts from a Secular/Humanist Shabbat Service emphasize our connection to the land and themes of social justice, in
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