Trisha Arlin
@trishaarlin3000.bsky.social
Liturgist. Brooklyn. Author, PLACE YOURSELF
Tilt: A Prayer for the Winter Solstice
This is the time of year when
The earth tilts away from the sun
And the days are muted and short…..
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/tilt...
This is the time of year when
The earth tilts away from the sun
And the days are muted and short…..
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/tilt...
Tilt: A Prayer for the Winter Solstice
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Tilt: A Prayer for the Winter Solstice
This is the time of year when
The earth tilts away from the sun
And the days are muted and short…..
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/tilt...
This is the time of year when
The earth tilts away from the sun
And the days are muted and short…..
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/tilt...
WE MUST PRAY AND WE MUST DO: A Prayer for Lighting Candles
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
We must pray AND we must do……
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/we-p...
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
We must pray AND we must do……
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/we-p...
We Must Pray and We Must Do: A Prayer for Lighting Candles
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:49 PM
WE MUST PRAY AND WE MUST DO: A Prayer for Lighting Candles
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
We must pray AND we must do……
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/we-p...
We give thanks for the ones who offer prayers.
We give thanks for the ones who take action.
We cannot heal the world without both,
We must pray AND we must do……
triganza.blogspot.com/2015/12/we-p...
PRAYER FOR WHEN IT’S ALL TOO MUCH
Well the news is horrible.
It’s too much pain, too much hate.
No wonder we’re angry,
No wonder we’re bewildered.
Cruel idiots are ruining the world
And it’s exhausting
And weird
And we can’t stand it.
It’s too much………
triganza.blogspot.com/2020/07/its-...
Well the news is horrible.
It’s too much pain, too much hate.
No wonder we’re angry,
No wonder we’re bewildered.
Cruel idiots are ruining the world
And it’s exhausting
And weird
And we can’t stand it.
It’s too much………
triganza.blogspot.com/2020/07/its-...
Prayer For When It’s Too Much
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:46 AM
PRAYER FOR WHEN IT’S ALL TOO MUCH
Well the news is horrible.
It’s too much pain, too much hate.
No wonder we’re angry,
No wonder we’re bewildered.
Cruel idiots are ruining the world
And it’s exhausting
And weird
And we can’t stand it.
It’s too much………
triganza.blogspot.com/2020/07/its-...
Well the news is horrible.
It’s too much pain, too much hate.
No wonder we’re angry,
No wonder we’re bewildered.
Cruel idiots are ruining the world
And it’s exhausting
And weird
And we can’t stand it.
It’s too much………
triganza.blogspot.com/2020/07/its-...
AS WE PRAY
Blessed Oneness!
If they come at us
As we pray:
We pray and place ourselves in front of the fear,
We pray and we place ourselves in front of the anger,
We pray and place ourselves in front of the grief…….
triganza.blogspot.com/2019/03/as-w...
Blessed Oneness!
If they come at us
As we pray:
We pray and place ourselves in front of the fear,
We pray and we place ourselves in front of the anger,
We pray and place ourselves in front of the grief…….
triganza.blogspot.com/2019/03/as-w...
As We Pray
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
AS WE PRAY
Blessed Oneness!
If they come at us
As we pray:
We pray and place ourselves in front of the fear,
We pray and we place ourselves in front of the anger,
We pray and place ourselves in front of the grief…….
triganza.blogspot.com/2019/03/as-w...
Blessed Oneness!
If they come at us
As we pray:
We pray and place ourselves in front of the fear,
We pray and we place ourselves in front of the anger,
We pray and place ourselves in front of the grief…….
triganza.blogspot.com/2019/03/as-w...
PRAYER TO THOSE LIGHTING CANDLES
Happy Hanukkah!
Blessed be the Maccabees who keep watch!
The ones who blow whistles,
The ones who swarm the bullies and
Stand in front of their cars,
The ones who video the atrocities
And the ones who know right from wrong…
triganza.blogspot.com/2025/12/pray...
Happy Hanukkah!
Blessed be the Maccabees who keep watch!
The ones who blow whistles,
The ones who swarm the bullies and
Stand in front of their cars,
The ones who video the atrocities
And the ones who know right from wrong…
triganza.blogspot.com/2025/12/pray...
PRAYER TO THOSE LIGHTING CANDLES
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
PRAYER TO THOSE LIGHTING CANDLES
Happy Hanukkah!
Blessed be the Maccabees who keep watch!
The ones who blow whistles,
The ones who swarm the bullies and
Stand in front of their cars,
The ones who video the atrocities
And the ones who know right from wrong…
triganza.blogspot.com/2025/12/pray...
Happy Hanukkah!
Blessed be the Maccabees who keep watch!
The ones who blow whistles,
The ones who swarm the bullies and
Stand in front of their cars,
The ones who video the atrocities
And the ones who know right from wrong…
triganza.blogspot.com/2025/12/pray...
THIS IS THE RITUAL, Hanukkah version
This is the Ritual: Lighting the candles on Hanukkah
I loved Hanukkah when I was young:
Eight days of presents, what’s not to like?
But then I grew up.
I lived alone.
Who was I lighting the candles for, not me…
triganza.blogspot.com/2014/12/this...
This is the Ritual: Lighting the candles on Hanukkah
I loved Hanukkah when I was young:
Eight days of presents, what’s not to like?
But then I grew up.
I lived alone.
Who was I lighting the candles for, not me…
triganza.blogspot.com/2014/12/this...
This Is The Ritual, Hanukkah version
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
THIS IS THE RITUAL, Hanukkah version
This is the Ritual: Lighting the candles on Hanukkah
I loved Hanukkah when I was young:
Eight days of presents, what’s not to like?
But then I grew up.
I lived alone.
Who was I lighting the candles for, not me…
triganza.blogspot.com/2014/12/this...
This is the Ritual: Lighting the candles on Hanukkah
I loved Hanukkah when I was young:
Eight days of presents, what’s not to like?
But then I grew up.
I lived alone.
Who was I lighting the candles for, not me…
triganza.blogspot.com/2014/12/this...
IN PRAISE OF THE DARK
Light candles, as one does, but consider this:
Over many millions of years
Organisms evolved
To thrive in the dark,
Eyes big and reflective,
Taking in the main chance.
Mysterious only to those who slept
While they flourished…
triganza.blogspot.com/2021/10/in-p...
Light candles, as one does, but consider this:
Over many millions of years
Organisms evolved
To thrive in the dark,
Eyes big and reflective,
Taking in the main chance.
Mysterious only to those who slept
While they flourished…
triganza.blogspot.com/2021/10/in-p...
In Praise of the Dark
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
IN PRAISE OF THE DARK
Light candles, as one does, but consider this:
Over many millions of years
Organisms evolved
To thrive in the dark,
Eyes big and reflective,
Taking in the main chance.
Mysterious only to those who slept
While they flourished…
triganza.blogspot.com/2021/10/in-p...
Light candles, as one does, but consider this:
Over many millions of years
Organisms evolved
To thrive in the dark,
Eyes big and reflective,
Taking in the main chance.
Mysterious only to those who slept
While they flourished…
triganza.blogspot.com/2021/10/in-p...
I’M DONE WITH THE MACCABEES
Blessed One-ness,
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.
triganza.blogspot.com/2017/12/im-o...
Blessed One-ness,
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.
triganza.blogspot.com/2017/12/im-o...
I'M OVER THE MACCABEES, A Hanukkah Prayer
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’M DONE WITH THE MACCABEES
Blessed One-ness,
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.
triganza.blogspot.com/2017/12/im-o...
Blessed One-ness,
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.
triganza.blogspot.com/2017/12/im-o...
I have some prayers and kavannot in the book and more in the digital supplement.
December 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I have some prayers and kavannot in the book and more in the digital supplement.
Lots of my work in the book and in the digital supplement on this page.
kaplancenter.org/shabbat-table/
kaplancenter.org/shabbat-table/
Oneg Shabbat: A Sabbath Evening Table Companion | The Mordecai Kaplan Center for Jewish Peoplehood
edited by Rabbis Sandy Sasso and Jeffrey Schein
kaplancenter.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Lots of my work in the book and in the digital supplement on this page.
kaplancenter.org/shabbat-table/
kaplancenter.org/shabbat-table/
BELOVED OF THE SOUL
Compassionate Oneness,
Imagine us all,
Everyone,
Sweet as honey,
Kind and loving.
Radiant with life,
Pure at the start.
Then we forget and yearn
For pleasant safety….
triganza.blogspot.com/2023/10/belo...
Compassionate Oneness,
Imagine us all,
Everyone,
Sweet as honey,
Kind and loving.
Radiant with life,
Pure at the start.
Then we forget and yearn
For pleasant safety….
triganza.blogspot.com/2023/10/belo...
Beloved Of The Soul (Yedid Nefesh)
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
BELOVED OF THE SOUL
Compassionate Oneness,
Imagine us all,
Everyone,
Sweet as honey,
Kind and loving.
Radiant with life,
Pure at the start.
Then we forget and yearn
For pleasant safety….
triganza.blogspot.com/2023/10/belo...
Compassionate Oneness,
Imagine us all,
Everyone,
Sweet as honey,
Kind and loving.
Radiant with life,
Pure at the start.
Then we forget and yearn
For pleasant safety….
triganza.blogspot.com/2023/10/belo...
If you are looking for prayers, new liturgy , intentions and blessings for social justice/change/protest or to express hope and despair and anger for your services, rallies/marches or personal spiritual exploration, I offer you these:
triganza.blogspot.com/p/social-jus...
triganza.blogspot.com/p/social-jus...
Horror, Protest, Change & Justice
Social Justice prayers
triganza.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
If you are looking for prayers, new liturgy , intentions and blessings for social justice/change/protest or to express hope and despair and anger for your services, rallies/marches or personal spiritual exploration, I offer you these:
triganza.blogspot.com/p/social-jus...
triganza.blogspot.com/p/social-jus...
PRAYER FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD
It is our current inclination to despair:
For the young
It is maddening to be left with a future
Of environmental degradation
And fascist cults.
And for the old….
triganza.blogspot.com/2022/07/pray...
It is our current inclination to despair:
For the young
It is maddening to be left with a future
Of environmental degradation
And fascist cults.
And for the old….
triganza.blogspot.com/2022/07/pray...
Prayer For The Young And The Old
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
PRAYER FOR THE YOUNG AND THE OLD
It is our current inclination to despair:
For the young
It is maddening to be left with a future
Of environmental degradation
And fascist cults.
And for the old….
triganza.blogspot.com/2022/07/pray...
It is our current inclination to despair:
For the young
It is maddening to be left with a future
Of environmental degradation
And fascist cults.
And for the old….
triganza.blogspot.com/2022/07/pray...
A PRAYER FOR DEMOCRACY
Blessed Holy Wholeness,
The Powers That Be
May be
In power
For now.
But we are the powers
that were
and are
and will be.
Amen
triganza.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-pr...
Blessed Holy Wholeness,
The Powers That Be
May be
In power
For now.
But we are the powers
that were
and are
and will be.
Amen
triganza.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-pr...
A Prayer For Democracy
New modern and often personal Jewish tefillah and kavanot (prayers and intentions) written by writer/performer and rabbinic student, Trisha Arlin.
triganza.blogspot.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A PRAYER FOR DEMOCRACY
Blessed Holy Wholeness,
The Powers That Be
May be
In power
For now.
But we are the powers
that were
and are
and will be.
Amen
triganza.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-pr...
Blessed Holy Wholeness,
The Powers That Be
May be
In power
For now.
But we are the powers
that were
and are
and will be.
Amen
triganza.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-pr...
I like to vote on Election Day. My mother was a member of the League of Women Voters, one of the few ways women could be part of the political process in the fifties and early sixties. She took us into the voting booth & let me yank the handle that registered your vote. I miss that yank.
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I like to vote on Election Day. My mother was a member of the League of Women Voters, one of the few ways women could be part of the political process in the fifties and early sixties. She took us into the voting booth & let me yank the handle that registered your vote. I miss that yank.
Reposted by Trisha Arlin
Trump’s latest target? The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of America’s last truly wild places. His administration just announced plans to open it up for oil and gas drilling, turning 1.56 million acres of pristine wilderness (home to polar bears, caribou, and migratory birds)
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Trump’s latest target? The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of America’s last truly wild places. His administration just announced plans to open it up for oil and gas drilling, turning 1.56 million acres of pristine wilderness (home to polar bears, caribou, and migratory birds)
Reposted by Trisha Arlin
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities. n.pr/48PNNIt
'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities.
n.pr
October 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way. Most recipients are seniors, families with kids, and those with disabilities. n.pr/48PNNIt
Hey, I don’t tell you who to vote for for Mayor where you live, don’t be telling me who to vote for where I live. NYC will decide for itself. And we are not inclined to vote for a corrupt sexual abuser endorsed by Donald Trump, Eric Adams, billionaires and real estate interests.
October 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Hey, I don’t tell you who to vote for for Mayor where you live, don’t be telling me who to vote for where I live. NYC will decide for itself. And we are not inclined to vote for a corrupt sexual abuser endorsed by Donald Trump, Eric Adams, billionaires and real estate interests.
Reposted by Trisha Arlin
There is a full-on push in NYC right now to use "Mamdani doesn't make Jews 'feel safe'" as a cudgel to get Cuomo into office, and it is utterly disgusting. You know what makes me feel unsafe? People who casually characterize us as a trembling single-issue monolith scared of the big bad Muslim.
October 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There is a full-on push in NYC right now to use "Mamdani doesn't make Jews 'feel safe'" as a cudgel to get Cuomo into office, and it is utterly disgusting. You know what makes me feel unsafe? People who casually characterize us as a trembling single-issue monolith scared of the big bad Muslim.
Reposted by Trisha Arlin
