Topic Tags: generations

“My rabbi advises to seek the light in another’s eyes. And to speak of this, / you must name the other first.”

“Soft layers of quiet are my dowry…”

“Offer mercy through all eyes that see them although their intimate gaze is hidden.”

“Wavering candlelight / illuminates our lament…”

“Rain clouds mass above, / so we race towards rows of stiff backed chairs…”

A reading for passing the Torah through intergenerational family members.

“Chop and mix in the well-worn wooden bowl handed down for at least six generations now…”

A 5-part poem exploring family connections

Bris Dam Doros means a Covenant with the Blood of Generations. In this form of bris, blood is spilled to seal the covenant—but not the blood of the child, but rather the blood of the parent/s…

“We are here together.  We survived the rain together.  / It was not a deluge and no trees fell…”