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“May the souls so callously severed from their bodies find shelter, refuge, in the hidden space beneath Your wings.”
three autumn leaves
The Reconstructionist version of the Mourner’s Kaddish.
A hand holding a siddur opened to the Kaddish
“There are ashes sunken within us / in places that feel too deep to touch…”
a field with clouds waving across the sky above it
“I offer instead / my presence…”
sunbeams coming through the fog in the forest
An greeting for mourners orienting towards one another.
a person in shadow bent in grief
“A thousand funerals in / one day    a shortage of diggers / an excess of graves.”
headstone with hebrew writing and stones on top
“We are all mourners now / Needing, wanting, giving comfort / For ourselves…” For each other.”
people embrace in tears
“But today, there are not enough words in the Psalm / to cover the number of victims of this hate.” 
clouds in a bright blue sky
“Time for your / soul to take flight, time for your soul / to light a new star.”
blue and purple galaxy of stars
Imagine that the whole world is God’s sukkah, and that we are all sheltered there.
a baby penguin stands at the feet of its parent

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