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A poem to mark moments in a year of mourning.
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“All that remains to me / of my family’s life in Ukraine… / are four silver kiddush cups…”
The Story That Could Heal
“This is the yahrzeit of the Life we lived before”
young man in black t-shirt and pants shown from behind standing at curtained window, parting the curtain and looking outside. Curtain is a gauzy white and there is a black area to the right, creating a stark white and black effect to the scene.
“Blessed burning of yahrzeit candle’
lit candle, thick and white, next to white petal on wood table against black background

“I found a pair of dress shoes I had long forgotten / caked with mud / hidden away in the back of my closet”

Yahrzeit for My Father

“The yarzeit light shines with the light of their souls”

Yahrzeit Light Prayer

“Shekhinah – Divine Presence, may You comfort us”

Memorial Prayer for Miscarriage, Stillbirth & Baby Loss
Remembering the Organ Donor

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

folded white fabric in shadows

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