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Riding the El

a black and white photo of people riding in a subway car

“I almost giggle when I find myself whispering / a long-forgotten prayer.”

The Word is Wood

a split image, on the left are trees and grass, on the right are buildings and a road

Hear, O Israel /
the prayer was dance /
Adonai Eloheinu /
there were no pews

Hitbodedut

from inside the car we see a person's hands on a steering wheel and a rearview window, out of the window is pictured a road surrounded by grass and trees on a cloudy day

You glimmer in my rearview mirror
Quick look, there’s no one in the /
back of the car. Yet, /
you

The Flesh and the Body

a black and white photo of a dancer with short hair wearing a long skirt with bent knees, face angled upward, and arm extending to the side

To love an idea can be quite quite /
satisfying but only the body, beloved, /
is holy, holy, holy.

To Endure

two children playing in a pond

“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”

The Reconstructionist Network

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