A Year of Blessings: High Holy Day Psalm

by Rabbi Deb Smith

Source of all that is:
You are our Light and our Comfort.
We seek to dwell in Your tent
In comfort and in grace.

Source of time and seasons:
You are the Guardian of Justice and Peace
For all who dwell under Your heavens.
May we be inscribed in the Book of Life
For this New Year.

Source of all that is:
You are our Rock
Hear the cries of those who suffer.
Respond to those in need.

Source of time and seasons:
We bow in awe and silence before You.
May we be sealed in the Book of Life for this New Year.

AMEN!

 

Rabbi Debra Smith (Reb Deb) received smicha through the ALEPH Ordination Program in 2016 and is the founding rabbi of Congregation Or Ha Lev in New Jersey. Reb Deb is a very enthusiastic student and practitioner of Mussar; she has taught Mussar in various venues. She is a clinical social worker and family therapist. Reb Deb received her Master’s in Jewish Studies from Gratz College in Philadelphia. She serves as Rabbi in Residence at Drew University Methodist Theological School in New Jersey. She is a faculty member of ALEPH Tikshoret Connections, which is one of the places she teaches Mussar to a virtual community of learners from all over the United States. Reb Deb is the Outreach and Virtual Community Coordinator at Chai Mitzvah.