By Rabbi Naomi Levy | Prayer
For
the laughter of the children,
For
my own life breath,
For
the abundance of food on this table,
For
the ones who prepared this sumptuous feast,
For
the roof over our heads,
The
clothes on our backs,
For
our health,
And
our wealth of blessings,
For
this opportunity to celebrate with family and friends,
For
the freedom to pray these words
Without
fear,
In
any language,
In
any faith,
In
this great country,
Whose
landscape is as vast and beautiful as her inhabitants.
Thank
You, God, for giving us all these. Amen.
TEHILIM
(Book of Psalms)
Chapter
100: A psalm of thanksgiving (Mizmor l’Todah)
1 Shout for joy
to ADONAI, all the earth! 2 Serve ADONAI with gladness. Enter his
presence with joyful songs. 3 Be aware that ADONAI is God; it is he who
made us; and we are his, his people, the flock in his pasture. 4 Enter
his gates with thanksgiving, enter his courtyards with praise; give thanks to
him, and bless his name. 5 For ADONAI is good, his grace continues
forever, and his faithfulness lasts through all generations.
Liora-
Thanksgiving is about family
We only have one tradition
We write down answers to conversation cards
And we see the differences from years before
Tofu instead of turkey
Ice cream instead of pie
Chocolate sauce instead of cranberry
We laugh at old cartoons
And talk about life
We are a family
I'm thankful for that
Emma-
My idea of Thanksgiving is a house in SF, full of family and friends in every room. We all have our own traditions, and we know no matter what mistakes we make, our family will thank us for being who we are. It's around this time of year we all get together to be thankful of how close we are as a family.
Edgar-
In our family write or have discussions about Thanksgiving, of thanks to our life or the past that we were grateful for.
I made a video of what I'm thankful for.
Every year I am thankful that I am here and for everything being alive.
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