roll the resources today to the peacemakers
make the sparse empty tree
of an in-the-beginning TorahThe Five Books of Moses, and the foundation of all of Jewish life and lore. The Torah is considered the heart and soul of the Jewish people, and study of the Torah is a high mitzvah. The Torah itself a scroll that is hand lettered on parchment, elaborately dressed and decorated, and stored in a decorative ark. It is chanted aloud on Mondays, Thursdays, and Shabbat, according to a yearly cycle. Sometimes "Torah" is used as a colloquial term for Jewish learning and narrative in general.,
a bare wooden knob
with only one roll of skin
and a few words for company,
chaos and void
become instantly fat
full, replete, abundant
with all the resources
of an and-this-is-the-blessing Torah
and MosesThe quintessential Jewish leader who spoke face to face with God, unlike any other prophet, and who freed the people from Egypt, led them through the desert for forty years, and received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. His Hebrew name is Moshe. died at the kiss of ShekhinahThe feminine name of God, expounded upon in the rabbinic era and then by the Kabbalists in extensive literature on the feminine attributes of the divine.
his eye had not dimmed
and his strength had not gone
and no one knows to this day where he is buried
and the people wept and wailed for Moses
May all the resources of Deuteronomy
D’varim, these things,
a long life, to 120!
fill the peacemakers’ accounts!
Robi
Bassam
Sheikh Ghassan,
EliyahuElijah is a biblical prophet who is said never to have died. There are therefore many legends associated with Elijah. In the Talmud, unresolved arguments will be resolved when Elijah comes. He will herald the coming of the messiah. In Jewish ritual, Elijah is a liminal figure, arriving at moments of danger and transition – at a brit milah, a chair is put out for him, a cup is poured for Elijah at the Passover seder, and he is invoked at havdalah. His Hebrew name is Eliyahu.,
Rana,
Ibtisam,
parents forum
abrahamic reunion,
hand to hand,
may women and non-binary and trans and queer leaders
overflow with what is needed
for the work of peace
like when Moses has to say
stop bringing the gifts,
we have too many
May all the resources of the f-16
and the tanks and the Lockheed Martins
easily, painlessly flow
as a beaver decides to release her dam
across the stream
and the water stops pooling deeply and clearly in
the place
and easily moves to the next place
so may the peacemakers have every resource
all the time for
research and development
goes into studying
the causes and conditions of peace and safety
the cry rises from every throat –
may this never happen again!
not one more bereaved family
the parents circle:
the group that wants to have zero
additional members
may all the disparate intelligences gather
to seriously answer this question
what must we do to ensure that this—
by this —the mind reaches, gasps
spares the completion of the image
never happens again
may the funding flow
to the grandmothers
and to the youth
