Beginning to Pray
A collaborative prayer grounded in pursuit of freedom, safety, liberation, and justice for all.Â
Prayer for Our Country
“When this righteous anger rises,
grant us the wisdom to use this passion with love…”
Return and Renewal
“Life is a precious jewel…”
The Season of Fire
“We arrive at Sinai, but we don’t get to stay…”
Listen
The first time I heard the voice of the Infinite One //
I thought it was a mountain falling.
My Love is Water
Vast floods cannot quench love; //
rivers cannot drown its life-weaving power.
So close, ‘devarim,’ words and ‘devorim,’ bees
Only Torah, our tradition teaches, is sweeter than honey, //
its aroma and taste more desirable than gold, //
its devarim eternal
This … is the Gulf of America
From sea to shining sea, each one meant to be //
blessed, possessed, with life and liberty //
But between the premise, the promise, and reality //
there exists an abyss of inequality
Ancestor
I reach to you, stumbling //
on stones, on translations.
Moses
One day it was all too much, //
the princely façade cracked at the sight //
Of overseers doing what they really do //
when no one is looking. //
The lash laid fiery welts along the back of a slave //
And Moses felt the burn.
