Once More to the Altar

The desert reaches into the sky

          On the third day Abraham looked up and saw… bits of brown, stony ground; a path that wound up. What we haven’t been through, we two. Our hands, bound together, […]

God Will Gather Us In

a baby penguin stands at the feet of its parent

Imagine that the whole world is God’s sukkah, and that we are all sheltered there.

A Psalm for Mourning

A person stands on the rocks, overlooking the ocean on a dark day

“I cannot tear it all down, / rip out the broken heart of it, / and be done with it.”

At Sea (for Elul)

small yellow boat floating on water

“How do you steer this thing? / Which end is helm and which is the stern?”

Dollar Bread Shabbat Blessing

tearing a piece of white bread

We bless this store brand slice of dollar bread, This cup of stale wine, Upon this plastic folded table. We give praise for our studio apartment, A concrete sukkah in […]

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