Sweet Prayers to Add for the Year As the days approach Rosh Hashannah, two brachot for all of us: The first is a complement to the Birkat Kohanim , the blessings in our home each week. In addition to this blessing from parents, (a commentary on which can be found here ) feminist author Marcia Falk, asks us, as the blessers, to value who our children are, not to push them into a mold that we might seek for them. הֱיֵה אֲשֶׁר תִּהְיֶה וֶהֱיֵה בָּרוּךְ בַּאֲשֶׁר תִּהְיֶה / הֲיִי אֲשֶׁר תִּהְיִי וַהֲיִי בְּרוּכָה בַּאֲשֶׁר תִּהְי “ Be who you are – and may you be blessed in all that you are.” This is a challenge to all of us. All too often, we want others to be what we want from them. On this Rosh Hashannah and throughout the year, this bracha challenges us to ask God to bless others to be the best them that they can be. The second bracha was written by R Eyal Vered, Head of Kehillat Yachdav in Petach Tikvah It is truly all encompassing and althou
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