Type: Poem

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The Queen Is in the Field

“My dear, there are no keys to the palace”
  • by Rabbi Sarah Brammer-Shlay
feminism, gender, Shekhinah
light brown skinned woman with curly dark hair dressed in gauzy gown looking contemplative in halo-like crown with hair pinned up and curls coming down in field with tree and sunlight

Lo Dayeinu

“You’re the essential / Co-repairer of the world”
  • by Rabbi Gila Ruskin
art, creation, social justice
close up of mosaic of red white blue and yellow pieces

Soul and Flame

“If human soul is divine flame, / how can we draw close / to what flickers”
  • by Cathleen Cohen
blessing, candle lighting, light
close up of white hand holding lit candle in glass holder

Creation Is a Poem

“god sighs, if only I had / a reader in my likeness”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun
creation
night sky with sweeping purple yellow blue clouds and stars in the background

Blessing the Earth

“I bend and bless the earth / with my own brokenness”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun
earth, healing, trauma
person's hand touching pink flowers against dark background

Shekhinah’s Lament

“In a field of lilies trampled by warriors / the Shekhinah weeps”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun
peace, Shekhinah, war
close up of light yellow-white lilies with black background

The Unbinding of Isaac

“And the ram spoke to Abraham saying: go back and comfort Sarah”
  • by Elizabeth Caplun
akedah
white ram shown at a distance under huge blue sky with white clouds

Devarim

“It was on an island of death / That my mother / Visited me.”
  • by Tiferet Welch
family, grief
person with backpack on standing outdoors looking out onto a misty sky with blurry landscape in the distance

Isaiah: An Interpretation

“We may fast for many reasons / but on this day only one matters”
  • by Sheri Lindner
fasting
man holding book sitting on log appearing to be contemplative

Abraham’s Wisdom

“Will we, in the end, be as careful as he?”
  • by Sheri Lindner
Abraham, akedah, Isaac
ram on mountain in silhouette

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