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“Breathe. I command myself to focus on the words Shema Yisrael…”
a woman spreads open her arms to the sky. She is standing ina. field
“If you were not, / I never would have seen the face of creation.”
two people in silhouette on a mountaintop at sunset
A ritual for mindful and embodied recitation of the shema
woman looking up with eyes closed
“A cosmos of vibrations / Held gently within / This boundary / That is me.”
a woman silhouetted against a starry night sky
“the prayer was dance”
light skinned young woman in a forest, hair blowing in the wind, arms swinging as if she is dancing. she wears a torqouise blue long tank top and jeans, and has long straight light brown hair.
“keep me open to wonder and awe so I don’t lose my way in the small places of heart and mind”
close up on rainbow colored tzitzit (fringes) on someone's waste
“Adonai Ekhad, One God / One life, eleven lives, too many”
Today’s Shema: For the Victims of Terrorist Attacks in Israel

“Come, splendid author Of every satisfied moment, Of all that is enough.”

She’asani Yisrael

Interpretive translation of second paragraph of the Shema

And If You Listen Closely: The Overlooked Paragraph of the Shema

“Yet turning to You for strength/Is as natural as breathing air”

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The Reconstructionist Network

Jewish tradition is a storehouse of wisdom and practical application on how to navigate the world of conflict and how we respond to it. In this Immersion, we will explore what conflict transformation might look like in our times. Six sessions starting April 4th.

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