Blessings

When someone you love is ill, in hospital or facing surgery, the right words can feel hard to find. You want to comfort them, not worry them. You want to…

A mother’s birthday is one of the easiest days to celebrate and one of the hardest to put into words. You want to say something warm, grateful and true —…

New job blessings are short wishes to send someone starting work — for a first day, a promotion or a fresh career start — so they walk in feeling prayed…

A new home is more than a new address. It is a fresh start, a place where new memories will be made, and a space that deserves to be blessed.…

Someone you know just got the call, signed the offer or cleared out their desk for a better one. A quick "congrats!" is fine, but a few lines that sound…

I've read through hundreds of these over the past year for this site. "Peace and blessings" is the one people keep coming back to, more than "good vibes" or "positive…

"What's a good Hebrew word for a ring?" I get this question more than almost any other. Sometimes it's a necklace. Sometimes a baby name plaque, a bar mitzvah card,…

I've spent the better part of a year going through siddurim, family blessing cards, wedding programs, and shiva notes for BlessOasis. Somewhere along the way I started keeping a running…

There's an old hymn that gave this phrase its staying power — "There shall be showers of blessing," written back in 1883, still sung in churches that have never heard…