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“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”
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“Adonai Ekhad, One God / One life, eleven lives, too many”
Hands holding a lit candle above rows of glowing candles in a dimly lit setting.

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

a purple and orange sunset glows across a body of water

Interpretive translation of second paragraph of the Shema

A large, sprawling tree with twisting branches in a dense, green forest.

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

Woman in yellow dress with arms raised, standing on grass with trees and blue sky in the background.

For forming our own words of comfort about the pandemic before the recitation of Sh’ma

A person sits on a bench by a pond, wrapped in a purple blanket, surrounded by lush greenery.

“What’s the buzz Israel”

A cicada clings to the side of a tree trunk, detailed wings visible against a blurred background.

“To remember these words / not only / when we lie down in slumber”

folded white fabric in shadows

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