Prayer On Becoming a Rabbi
An original prayer delivered at a rabbinic ordination
Esa Eynay
A poem interlaced with words of prayer
A Hanukkah Candle Lighting Prayer for Difficult Times
A new Hanukkah blessing for 2023/5784.
To Love All
“Reaching just beyond we find even more loves…”
In the Light of the Candles
In the light of the Hanukkah candles, I see myself at age seven holding the shamash with a shaky hand, my turn to ignite the little flames in our brass […]
Morning
This poem includes the Modeh Ani prayer for greeting the day
Though the Faucet is Yet to Turn Again
This new poem uses the imagery of water through a faucet to capture the feeling of waiting for the captives to be released.
How To Survive the Day When It Feels Like the Whole World Is Against You
“Try not to think / of the children
who are not getting their baths, / who are not getting their parents.”
Ivri
“There is a line / drawn by darkness,
emboldened by Evil, itself…”
A Mother in the Dark
“We are looking for you. / We will not let you go.”
