Type: Poem

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“This is the season of freedom: / Of freedom from the will of tyrants, / Of freedom from the bondage of self”

Passover seder elements: matzah, wine, nuts, tulips, lettuce, egg, and a Hebrew book on a green background.

Reflecting on the recent desecration of Jewish cemeteries

Stones placed on top of a mossy tombstone in a cemetery.

Our broken hearts are whole

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A poem on taking a stand, inspired by the model of Shifra and Puah

Protesters with signs gather outside a large government building.
Memories evoked by polishing silver for Rosh Hashanah
an array of silverware

“There was a box of treasure / That I carried, / An offering / Of grace / And sin. / I will set fire to it.”

dark cloudy and starry sky overlooks a body of water surrounded by mountains

Standing at a doorway in time, ready to start the new year

woman opening doorway to the outside

A poem reflecting on how to release ourselves of guilt

Person in a hat standing in a field under a bare tree, in black and white.

“When you inhale and when you exhale / breathe the possibility of another world”

A person sits cross-legged on grass, smiling in sunlight, with trees and a fence in the background.

“You who would hold the sky captive, / The sea prisoner, / The land in chains…”

a barbed wire fence stands in front of a torn American flag waving against a gray sky

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