Topic Tags: love

“You are / teaching us patience testing our strength / and stamina daring us to love / without conditions.”

“Never actually reaching my heavenly destinations of holiness and righteousness, but striving all the way.”

“We dance around each other in intertwining circles; I learned my dance in Egypt, And you learned yours in Canaan.”

“May our love be wide enough to reach the whole world, / and strong enough to help heal it.”

“The seeds of our better selves Poised to sprout in rays of sunshine…” 

“These are the blessings we learn from living in the world: / that loving other people /is loving ourselves.”

“Yours is the earth, which blesses you in return.”

“The blood-red droplets / make me think of Passover /. when we count and recount / the plagues our ancestors endured.”

“Your Torah is like a wedding band Binding us together…”