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“Let this prayer for peace awaken us and have peace begin with us.” 

“There are mystical colors spelling peace…”

“May we protect just laws, and may our resistance to unjust laws or unjust systems be firm.”

“Peace does not look like a dove / or a palm branch in the Old City…” 

“Each night is a small miracle unto itself…”

“The world is a narrow bridge, we sing in response /  But we are not afraid.” 

“Learn to live together as the family you have always been. Together, let us be a blessing.”

This version of the ‘Unetaneh Tokef’ prayer refers to the atrocities that took place on Oct. 7.

“Hide them / beneath the cover of Your wings, forever, / And let their souls be bound up with ours…”

​Rabbi Maurice Harris, Associate Director for Thriving Communities and Israel Affairs Specialist, shares a powerful message for this moment.