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These four prompts offer ways to share different experiences of gratitude at your Thanksgiving table. 
autumn leaves turn read while trees to the left have leaves fallen
“I leave my safe haven / this night of purity and sighs”
close up of fig tree leaves and branches against blue sky
A complete ritual for releasing frustration and anger in nature.
woman standing in a forest clearing
“temples of leaves / firmaments of roots”
orchard at dawn
“It’s the kavanah of Shabbat, / not the halakha / which moves me.”
deer on forest path
A blessing for a day with clean air.
Open window with white frame
“…I wish to take a redcedar frond, salal and spirea, and pacific crab apple and bring them together…”
redcedar branches
“The next day, returning from a hike Shabbat afternoon, the time of ra’ava d’ra’avin, desire of all desires, a tune came to me, the Juan the Fuca nigun.”
a pacific beach with a line of trees and a large rock
“Have you ever witnessed starlings / swirl above landscape”
Watercolor painting by Cathleen Cohen showing Hebrew letters in different colors and shapes swirling like a flock of birds flying.

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