Yahrzeit for My Father

Brown leather dress shoes on a wooden floor.

“I found a pair of dress shoes I had long forgotten / caked with mud / hidden away in the back of my closet”

Source: Yitro

An adult reads a colorful book to a baby in pajamas on their lap.

“I recall the dark / glittered. And I calmed …”

Brit Shemot: Baby Naming Ceremony

Close-up of a babys feet cradled in an adults hands, wrapped in a soft blue blanket with warm lighting.

“Our tradition teaches that the birth of a child brings with it a new possibility for redemption, for transformative justice, for peace and wholeness.” 

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