What words do we speak when we are so shocked and devastated that there are no words?
Here are some contemporary prayers for peace at the horrific time of loss:
The Prayer of the Mothers by Sheikha Ibtisam Mahameed and Rabba Tamar Elad-Appelbaum
Rebbe Nachman’s Prayer for Peace
A Prayer for Israel in Times of War Rabbi Naomi Levy
Truah Prayers for Israel by Rabbi Ron Aigen z”l; Rabbi Aryeh Cohen, PhD; Rabbi Sam Feinsmith; Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman, PhD; Rabbi David Seidenberg
Statement from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
Quote from Hafiz
I have come into the world to see this: The sword drop from people’s hands even at the height of their arc of rage. Because we have finally realized that there is just one flesh we can wound.
-Hafiz
And it is ours.
A Prayer by By Joanne Fink
