Ma’ariv Aravim to End a Challenging Day
“Blessed are You, / Eternal One / Who drapes the evening shadows / …And passes / Even the hardest day / To its end.”
Fresh Gefilte Fish
“G-d forbid we eat grocery store drek.”
The Image
“If you were not, / I never would have seen the face of creation.”
Orchard’s Metaphysics
“temples of leaves / firmaments of roots”
Without a Jewish Calendar Poem for a New Month or a New Year
Without a Jewish calendar, what does Jewish life entail?
Rimonim
A poem of admiration for pomegranates
The Month of Av
A poem about the contradictions in the month of Av.
Mi Shebeirakh for Israelis Defending Democracy
מִי שֶׁבֵּרַךְ אֲבוֹתֵינוּ וְאִמּוֹתֵינוּ אַבְרָהָם יִצְחָק וְיַעֲקֹב שָׂרָה רִבְקָה רָחֵל וְלֵאָה וְגַם הֵרְצְל שֶׁאָמַר אִם תִּרְצוּ אֵין זוֹ אַגָּדָה וּבֶן גּוּרְיוֹן אָב הַמְּדִינָה וְגַם כָּל אֵלֶּה שֶׁחָתְמוּ אֶת שְׁמָם בִּמְגִלַּת […]
A Poem for the High Holidays
“We are at the beginning / Of new cycles / In a world that is ours / Transcending time and space.”
A Play in One Act for Yom Kippur
The sacrificial goat shares a nuanced view of this Yom KippurThe holiest day of the Jewish year and the culmination of a season of self-reflection. Jews fast, abstain from other worldly pleasures, and gather in prayers that last throughout the day. Following Ne'ilah, the final prayers, during which Jews envision the Gates of Repentance closing, the shofar is sounded in one long blast to conclude the holy day. It is customary to begin building one's sukkah as soon as the day ends. tradition.
