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The Word is Wood
This burnished bench
Sh’ma Yisrael
was once a tree
Hear, O IsraelLit. ''the one who struggles with God.'' Israel means many things. It is first used with reference to Jacob, whose name is changed to Israel (Genesis 32:29), the one who struggles with God. Jacob's children, the Jewish people, become B'nai Israel, the children of Israel. The name also refers to the land of Israel and the State of Israel.
the prayer was dance
Adonai Eloheinu
there were no pews
The lord your God
the word was wind
Adonai echad
the moon named names
The lord is one
and the bird’s prayer too
Baruch shem kavodHonor, as in kavod av v’em, honoring one’s parents, kavod ha’met, respect for the dead, kavod hatorah, the honor of the Torah.
in our sandaled feet
Blessed be the lord
married words to heart
Malchuto
the whole grove sang
King of the universe
and that fallen log
Le’olam va’ed
silent memory now
Forever and ever
let us say
Amen
