Topic Tags: Israel

Rabbi David Mark offers a teaching following the deaths of six hostages killed in Gaza.

“For the length of a medical visit my imagination roamed the wreckage of another’s mind and hers, mine…” 

“they are far / unreachable / underground…”

“I will teach you the melody of my Echa, together we will sit on the ground and mourn for the peace of Jerusalem.”

“Did they praise / the G-d that brought about their / most brutal response to devastation? / Or did they lament?”

what does ethereal mean / when is the pool open for lap swimming / what’s happening in the middle east

“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”

“We turn to our avodah, / Our Holy Service…”

“In truth, / I just want them home…”

“And I believe her, / as I march with her colors. / Next time she’ll march with mine…”