Vayera

Sunlight filtering through trees above a grassy area with stone pavers and boulders.

“We have sacrificed our sons / and our daughters, / but G!d never asked us to.”

Lekh Lekha

A tree with vibrant red and yellow autumn leaves stands next to a stone wall lining a street with parked cars.

“I walk mapless
from ignorance to truth,
from going to knowing.”

Noakh

Sunset over the ocean, waves gently crashing near rocks, and clouds scattered across the sky.

This poem is in a form called ‘Jewku’, containing 36 syllables.

Bereishit

Shallow water with rocks and tall grass at the edge of a pond under bright sunlight.

“We rested and we continued to change. / We were Creation.
We still are.”

It’s not Mar Heshvan

Two stained-glass Star of David ornaments hanging in a window.

“When they arrived in Eretz Yisrael
they learned the Temple had been destroyed. / Some broke into deep tears / feeling this fresh loss.”

We Are Jane Doe

Yellow and brown autumn leaves scattered on wet asphalt.

In support of victims of sexual assault, this new poem is inspired by the Yom Kippur Ashamnu Prayer

After The Harvest

A grassy path leading through an autumn field toward a distant mountain under a clear blue sky.

“We forage for the last of the green, / Knowing that soon we will be living / on only what we’ve saved.”

Simkhat Torah War

Green meadow with scattered rocks, two trees, ruins of a structure, and a distant city skyline under a cloudy sky.

“Air raid sirens the only psalms now sung / in this land of too many Gods.”

Hoshanah Rabbah

People decorating a sukkah with leaves; a woman sits inside smiling.

“No wonder we dance seven circles around the bimah / with our lulav and our etrog and the Torah!”

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