Topic Tags: peace

Verses to be sung to Leonard Cohen’s ‘Halleluyah’

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

“And I wish / The fields of Israel’s kalaniot — red poppies — / Were all that were needed to generate peace”

“The ones who say Zionism is a dirty word, / The ones who choose death on your account, / They only see the ‘ism.'”

“Please one who receives, crack me open so all I do is open…”

“May the Holy Oneness hold us in the Light / so we may gaze upon the Sacred in each other’s eyes.”

“May I be humbled to not to feel as though I have any true power to create meaningful, lasting change from my squares of influence…”

“Waiting for the release of the Hostages / Waiting for the end of the War / Waiting for the rebuilding of Gaza…”

“If we gather around the Seder table in joy and don’t make room for tears, lo dayenu…”

Rabbi Yael Levy shares a Jewish mindfulness approach to this year’s seder.