Rosh Hodesh

A poem for the new moon.
The Raw Material of the Notes During the Month of Av

“May the cries of every neshama / Be rendered into / Notes of comfort…”
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 […]