It’s Our Story
Last week’s Torah reading was mostly the story of Noah and the Flood. One of the more curious elements of the tale is what happens when the earth dries out enough for the animals and their human tenders to exit the vessel.
Bee Juice
My recent posts...After havdala ended last week’s Galeem (“waves,” our Sunday school), the usual joyful mayhem erupted in the lobby: Kids running down halls for a water bottle, a work of art, a lollipop; parents calling after them “Remember your ________!”; brief...
Welcome to”chol”
A couple days of magnificent weather have been a welcome respite from the bounty of precipitation during Sukkot and the closing festival days. This morning, we stored away our sukkah — unscathed by the nor’easter — for next year.
Kol Nidre – All Vows
My recent posts...kol nidrei, all MY vows? Rabbi Jonathan Kremer kol nidrei, all vows. ALL vows? All my vows? How can I possibly remember them all? Those silent frustrations: I swear I could... I said what? Well, I didn't mean it that way! The thick-as-mud silent...
Jerusalem of…
Jerusalem of old, of older, day after day after night,
of sacred harmonies in disharmonious keys,
of messianic wishings and divine certainties.
Of conflict by factions for fractions of the whole
of conflicting feelings uplifting and roiling the soul.
Of adhan bells nigun sirens protest — a call
to worship to support to deny to defy — rise and fall.
Where heaven and earth collide with force
to be rhapsodized as the ultimate source
of connection to heart and mind — belief
that is consternation to some, to others, relief.
Jerusalem of our future and of our past —
for you, with you, we celebrate, we fast.
Through burning and yearning your colors soft and strong,
our bodies and spirits vibrate, transcendent, to your song.