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“The world is a narrow bridge, we sing in response /  But we are not afraid.” 

“And still, here we are again / clutching to an ancient book / that has traveled through time / from bitterness to joy…”

“Learn to live together as the family you have always been. Together, let us be a blessing.”

“May the souls so callously severed from their bodies find shelter, refuge, in the hidden space beneath Your wings.”

“I want to remember / the sunny days / the spring showers / and smiles and laughter…”

“This is the year the answers can’t be simple, won’t come / quickly.”

This poem is dedicated to Eden Yerushalmi & Carmel Gat.

This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.

“Hide them / beneath the cover of Your wings, forever, / And let their souls be bound up with ours…”

​Rabbi Maurice Harris, Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist, shares a powerful message for this moment.