I'M OVER THE MACCABEES, A Hanukkah Prayer

Baruch Atah Adonai,

Brucha At Shechina,

Ruach HaOlam:

I'm over the Maccabees.

I'm done with fanatics.

I'm done with extremists who demand purity.

I'm done with fundamentalists who shut women up.

I'm done with religions that kill.

I'm over the Seleucids.

I'm done with invaders stealing land. 

I'm done with fascists and supremacists and antisemites.

I'm done with people telling me how to understand my God.

I'm done with liars and rapists and powerful men.

I'm over the Hellenists.

I'm done with apologizing for my culture. 

I'm done with rich suck-ups.
I'm done with living in comfy bubbles.

I'm done with pretending we're one of them.

I'm over Hanukkah.

         I'm done with Hanukkah bushes.

         I'm done with one good present and then socks.

         I'm done with parties at the White House. 

         I'm done with needing miracles. 

I'm okay with light in the darkness
          And realistic hope

And potato latkes.

Oh, and donuts,

Let's start there.

Amen

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Our Broken Hearts: A Prayer For When Life Is A Struggle

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk: “There is nothing so whole as a broken heart.”

Blessed Mystery, 

Our hearts are broken open,

Everything that was hidden comes pouring out.

First comes our anger and resentment,

Then our fear and anxiety,

Then our hurt and the grief

And then the despair. 

And just when we think it's done 

And we are injured and dying,

Out pour our cries for connection,

Our desires for hope,

Our gifts of atonement,

And our potential for kindness.

Blessed Mystery, Breath of the Universe,

Giving us struggle,
Helping us survive

Forcing self-awareness

So that our hearts may be ready

When it is time to do better. 

Amen

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Trisha