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Archives for December 2024

Life Lessons, December 2024

December 18, 2024 by Micah Lapidus

Filed Under: Life Lessons, Lists

A Small Beauty

December 16, 2024 by Micah Lapidus

I took out the trash early in the morning. It was cold and dark. I dragged the bin to the street and put it in its usual spot– right underneath a streetlight. The glow of the streetlight made the thin layer of frost sparkle like the night sky. It was stunning and dazzling and in […]

Filed Under: Daily Life

A Blessing Upon a Child’s First Siddur

December 13, 2024 by Micah Lapidus

       Many Jewish educational settings have special celebrations during which children receive their first siddur. I wrote this prayer with the intent that it be offered by community rabbis but it could easily be offered by teachers, parents, or anyone else that wishes to offer a blessing for such an occasion. A Siddur is a […]

Filed Under: Children, Judaism, Prayer

When We Sing We Pray Twice

December 9, 2024 by Micah Lapidus

Every so often our complicated Middle School academic schedule allows for a moment of Jewish creative inspiration. That was the case recently when we were able to offer a “breakout” Tefilah during our regular Tefilah time. Advertised as a “singing Tefilah” the “cost” of admission was that anyone who came, came ready to sing. 60 […]

Filed Under: Education, Music, Prayer

The Big Thing

December 5, 2024 by Micah Lapidus

There’s a big thing A thing we can all connect to a thing that’s true and real and beautiful and powerful and enduring of course it’s not a thing, but calling it the big thing is convenient and appealing in a way due to the lack of elegance the big thing is elegant, but it’s […]

Filed Under: Poetry, Theology

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