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Sukkot: SITTING IN EMPTINESS On Sukkot, we sit in the sukkah: In an empty room Porous walls Holes in the ceiling No door And we feel the same: No hope Unprotected Everything bad gets in And literally, no exit……. triganza.blogspot.com/2020/09/sukk...

A BLESSING FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND Baruch atah Adonai Brucha at Shechina Blessed One-ness Bringing connection when there is separation, Remembering joy even when we cannot…. triganza.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-bl...

MAYBE (for Sukkot) Oh let me behold your presence!” Exodus 33:18…… triganza.blogspot.com/2021/09/mayb...

Invitation to the Builders of the Sukkah triganza.blogspot.com/2020/09/invi...

For the sins of laziness and omission triganza.blogspot.com/2016/10/for-...

We Will Remember triganza.blogspot.com/2021/01/we-w...

All Our Grudges: An Alternative Kol Nidrei triganza.blogspot.com/2018/09/all-... Art by Mike Cockrill

For those preparing for Yom Kippur triganza.blogspot.com/p/for-yom-ki...

CLEAN DIRT: For Tashlich Every Fall The park makes twigs And leaves and dirt and dead bugs and bird poop. It's part of the yearly cycle Like Rosh Hashanah. Debris and leftovers, Just normal stuff It's all around us Can't be avoided It's in the wind It's life. triganza.blogspot.com/2012/09/clea...

A PRAYER FOR ENDURANCE Blessed Wholeness, It is an ancient evil: Limited power seeking absolute power, Destroying truth and compassion As it goes. It is upon us to resist if we can And survive somehow Until it goes. And it will go….. triganza.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-pr...

A HIGH HOLYDAY INVOCATION Baruch HaShleimut/Blessed Holy Completion Giving us this time of Beyn Adam LaChavereh To remember our obligations to each other: triganza.blogspot.com/2025/09/here...

MY Gratitude triganza.blogspot.com/2023/11/holy...

A PRAYER FOR PRAYING BEFORE THE SHOFAR BLOWS triganza.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-pr...

UNDERNEATH (FOR SELICHOT) triganza.blogspot.com/2021/08/unde...

I’m getting extra interest in this prayer this year, specially for Yom Kippur. Written during the Gaza war of 2014. A PRAYER FOR COMPASSION Blessed One-ness, Blessed Connection: We pray for all who are in pain And all who cause pain………. triganza.blogspot.com/2014/07/a-pr...

If you’re using any of my prayers, liturgy or kavannot this HH season, I could really use your financial support. Please feel free to use any of it (with attribution) but if you can, your help would be most appreciated. Shavua Tov! Shana Tovah! triganza.blogspot.com/p/i-love-it-...

More reminders: - what’s happening in Palestine is unacceptably awful and if you’re afraid to say that, this is a good season to do some soul searching - it is easy to engage in antisemitism while speaking up for Palestine but it is also easy not to if you can please just be a little less lazy

THE TIME FOR TRUTH triganza.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

These people are going to kill kids, and they held a press conference to announce it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

SEEN Blessed Wholeness, What do we see when we look? Do we see it even if we’re not looking? Where should we look? What if we don’t know we’re seeing it? Is it in the forest? The neighborhood? A pew? What about dogs? When is it easy to spot?…. triganza.blogspot.com/2024/06/seen...

Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay. Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas. Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art

Central Coast Farm workers wish you a happy #LaborDay Campesinos de la Costa Central les desean un feliz Día del Trabajo. #WeFeedYou #SoyEsencial

A PRAYER THAT INSISTS ON HOPE Blessed One-ness, We hope. We struggle And try to survive the onslaught Of the selfish and angry ones, Survive and look for ways to help……. triganza.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-pr...

FORGIVE YOU? You say to me, "If I have hurt you in any way this past year, I apologize and hope that you can pardon me, forgive me, let me atone for my sins against you." If? If you have hurt me? Of course you have hurt me! triganza.blogspot.com/2015/09/forg...

For the children in Minneapolis AS WE PRAY triganza.blogspot.com/2019/03/as-w...

FOR THE NEW MONTH OF ELUL Return to Elul. The sky was dark, and the month began. A special time of starting over; triganza.blogspot.com/2011/08/pray...

If you are looking for prayers and kavannot to protest, despair, call for change, imagine a better time, i offer these many options : triganza.blogspot.com/p/social-jus...

A RITUAL FOR ROSH HASHANA L’BEHEIMOT: My Friend, My Captive triganza.blogspot.com/2016/09/a-ri...

If you’re planning your High Holydays, here’s some content you might find useful. triganza.blogspot.com/p/kavannot-f...

Exclusive: An internal planning road map obtained by The Post shows the strategy behind ICE’s breakneck expansion, a chaotic effort that has already triggered lawsuits and accusations of cruelty. wapo.st/41FWkck

If you’re doing something for The New Year of the Animals (Rosh Hashana l’Beheimot), especially if you’ll be outside: triganza.blogspot.com/2015/08/bles...

If the troops are sent to my town I will pray That the soldiers declare, This is our city This is our state And we say No to bullies No to liars No to racists No to corruption No to billionaires No to fascism…….. triganza.blogspot.com/2025/08/a-pr...

ELUL JOURNEY TOWARDS YIZKOR: Writing With The Kaddish The Kaddish is primarily a work of praise of God’s name. In our classes, we write prayers and kavannot that can accompany us through Elul to Yizkor. ritualwell.org/event/elul-j...

For those of you beginning to plan your High Holyday services: triganza.blogspot.com/p/kavannot-f...

Start date for this experience has been moved to next week! Elul Journey Towards Yizkor August 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT Wednesdays, August 13, 20 & 27 and September 3, 2025 12-1:30 p.m. EDT $180 ritualwell.org/event/elul-j...

Join me! ritualwell.org/event/elul-j...

FOR TISHA B’AV: HOMES Light Shabbat candles now, In your home For the homeless. For the displaced With no place They can afford; For the first peoples Whose lands and cultures Were stolen or degraded; For the animals Invading your backyard………. triganza.blogspot.com/2022/12/home...

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For Tisha B’Av and for anyone in mourning: PRAYER FOR THOSE LEFT BEHIND Baruch atah Adonai Brucha at Shechina Blessed One-ness Bringing connection when there is separation, Remembering joy even when we cannot……. triganza.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-bl...