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
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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
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Too Late So Early
a song of our times:
Gets too late so damn early these days.
We’re slogging through thick purple haze
that obscures and confuses, everyone loses.
Gets too late so damn early these days.
Gets too late so damn early these days.
Hope our kids keep their innocence phase;
But the news is so loud, can’t hide in the cloud.
Gets too late so damn early these days.
Late for joy, late for laughter, for life,
Late for those killed by bullet, by knife.
We climb out of the dark, raise our heads, strike a spark,
Build a place to be safe from the strife.
Gets too late so damn early these days.
Make it better together — there’s ways
We can be the new dawn, before it’s all gone.
Gets too late so damn early these days.
music & lyrics by Jonathan Kremer
Shabbat shalom ! שבת שלום