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To Bend Light @ToBendLight

Let holiness light the way. Jewish prayers, psalms and meditations by @AldenSolovy. Amen.

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Vassar Temple@VassarTemple
8 Sep 2024
REMINDER! Join us on Sept 11th as acclaimed Jewish poet, @AldenSolovy leads a one-hour adult education session on Unetaneh Tokef/The Power of Day, followed by readings from his latest book! Open to the community! RSVP to office@vassartemple.org or call 845-454-2570.
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Celebrate the release of “Enter These Gates” on Thurs, Sept 5, at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT. I’ll be in conversation with my friend Rabbi Brigitte S. Rosenberg, Senior Rabbi at United Hebrew Congregation in St. Louis, MO. Register: ccar.zoom.us/webinar/registe…
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Rafael Chaiken@RafaelChaiken
24 Jul 2024
CCAR Press has been hard at work to get @AldenSolovy's ENTER THESE GATES: MEDITATIONS FOR THE DAYS OF AWE out in time for the chagim. I'm excited to share that the book trailer is here and books will ship in September. Now available for preorder! vimeo.com/980784608?share=co…

"Enter These Gates: Meditations for the Days of Awe" Book Trailer

"Enter These Gates" is a High Holy Day companion for our times, with more than one hundred new poems, prayers, and meditations for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur. Poet-liturgist Alden Solovy draws from...

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CCAR Press is offering a 20 percent discount on "This Joyous Soul: A New Voice for Ancient Yearnings" through the end of the month. Order at joyous.ccarpress.org, use 20JOYOUS at checkout. @ReformRabbis
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As a reminder that CCAR Press is offering a 20 percent discount on "This Joyous Soul: A New Voice for Ancient Yearnings" through the end of the month, here's a sampler of what you'll find. Order at joyous.ccarpress.org, using the code 20JOYOUS at checkout. @ReformRabbis
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From the ‘things I’ve never packed to go to the States before’ department… #youbetheirlight cards, #BringThemHomeNow necklaces, and a printout of more than 40 new prayer poems resulting from terror and war… #bringhershhome #bring_hersh_home #ReleaseTheHostagesNow
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“This Joyous Soul" is the CCAR Press 'Book of the Month,' they’re offering a 20% discount through January at joyous.ccarpress.org. Use the code 20JOYOUS at checkout. Read a new, just-published-today author Q&A here: ravblog.ccarnet.org/2024/01/…
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If all goes according to plan, tomorrow I will help harvest red grapefruit. Here I am in an avocado grove... For more prayer poetry, go to tobendlight.com
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The New Year may be arriving soon, but for many of us -- especially the families of the hostages in Gaza -- it is still Oct 7. A link to three poems about the posters of hostages that are ubiquitous here in Israel: tobendlight.com/2023/12/post…
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Baruch Frydman-Kohl@Ravbaruch
31 Dec 2023
3 poems by my friend @AldenSolovy that have touched my heart. tobendlight.com/2023/12/post…
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Rabbi Micah Streiffer@mstreiffer
11 Oct 2023
This week's podcast is a very raw conversation with Alden Solovy (@tobendlight) in Israel about life in Jerusalem, about sadness and anger, and about the ways that words can bring meaning and connection. podbean.com/eas/pb-7s9kn-14c…

Chaos, Order, and Words (Bereshit - A Conversation with Alden Solovy)

In the wake of last weekend's horrific acts of terror, and in the midst of a mounting crisis in Israel, I talk to poet Alden Solovy about life in Jerusalem, about Bereshit, and about how words can...

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CCAR@ReformRabbis
13 Sep 2023
As the High Holy Days approach, liturgist @AldenSolovy shares powerful words about forgiveness from his new book “These Words: Poetic Midrash on the Language of Torah.” • Order the book at thesewords.ccarpress.org
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CCAR@ReformRabbis
26 Aug 2023
As the Havdalah ritual connects us with wine, spices, and light, may our senses awaken to the beauty, sweetness, and possibility of the week to come. Shavua tov.
Image with text which reads: “When you reach the way of spices, Fiery and sweet, Cinnamon and ginger, cumin and cardamom, Inhale with all of your senses. Taste this moment, Mixtures of the familiar and the new, Subtle and strong, Salt and pepper, The way of ending and beginning.” —Alden Solovy, This Precious Life

ALT Image with text which reads: “When you reach the way of spices, Fiery and sweet, Cinnamon and ginger, cumin and cardamom, Inhale with all of your senses. Taste this moment, Mixtures of the familiar and the new, Subtle and strong, Salt and pepper, The way of ending and beginning.” —Alden Solovy, This Precious Life

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CCAR@ReformRabbis
18 Aug 2023
As we read from Shof’tim, we encounter the imperative: “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof.” The repetition of the word “tzedek” reminds us of the importance of pursuing justice in Jewish tradition. May "tzedek” echo in our week, moving us towards righteous action. Shabbat Shalom.
Image with text which reads: “Let my acts of kindness and mercy, Tenderness and grace, Charity and forgiveness, Pile up as a mountain of stones, On the scale of righteousness And on the scale of love.” —Alden Solovy, These Words

ALT Image with text which reads: “Let my acts of kindness and mercy, Tenderness and grace, Charity and forgiveness, Pile up as a mountain of stones, On the scale of righteousness And on the scale of love.” —Alden Solovy, These Words
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CCAR@ReformRabbis
15 Aug 2023
How do we praise God during a period of political distress and uncertainty? "Hallel in a Minor Key" combines the traditional Hallel service with new liturgy by @AldenSolovy and music by Sue Radner Horowitz. ravblog.ccarnet.org/2023/08/…

Praises in Peril: Singing Hallel during Israel’s Judicial Crisis - RavBlog: Central Conference of...

CCAR Press author Alden Solovy reflects upon his experiences attending ongoing demonstrations in Jerusalem and shares a version of Hallel composed for times of difficulty.

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Rochester friends. Go hear Michael Miller in concert Wednesday evening. He’s playing three songs that we wrote together! @MishMill
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CCAR@ReformRabbis
5 Aug 2023
As Shabbat is “returning to her distant place,” may we listen and find hints of its holiness throughout the week. Shavua tov.
Image with text which reads: “If you listen, Listen . . . If you listen you will hear Shabbat returning to her distant place, Retreating slowly, quietly, Gently opening the space Between the kodesh and the chol, Between the holy and the routine, Separating eternity from the ordinary.” —Alden Solovy, This Grateful Heart

ALT Image with text which reads: “If you listen, Listen . . . If you listen you will hear Shabbat returning to her distant place, Retreating slowly, quietly, Gently opening the space Between the kodesh and the chol, Between the holy and the routine, Separating eternity from the ordinary.” —Alden Solovy, This Grateful Heart

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CCAR@ReformRabbis
1 Aug 2023
Tu B’Av was an ancient day of matchmaking & joy when young people would go into vineyards searching for their true love. Today, Jews have made it into a day to celebrate love in all its forms. May you find ways to express, share, & deepen your love in any & all of its many forms.
Image with text which reads Let the language of your soul Sing all around you, Drawing others into the music, Drawing others into the song, The rhythm of the universe, Which is, was, and always will be Love. —Alden Solovy, These Words

ALT Image with text which reads Let the language of your soul Sing all around you, Drawing others into the music, Drawing others into the song, The rhythm of the universe, Which is, was, and always will be Love. —Alden Solovy, These Words
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