Type: Poem

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Now the new year is born / beginning with the wail of shofar / like life begins with the baby’s first cry.

a person can be seen on a path surrounded by desert rock

A poem for Rosh Hashanah and beginning of the school year on sending one’s child to school

A child crouches on a wooden log, touching the surface of a calm lake with stones visible underwater.

Poem for the dedication of a new Torah cover

Three people smiling and holding a Torah scroll in a synagogue, with colorful curtains in the background.
The Queen is in the field. / The King is in the field. / They have come together, / To bless us
a groom and bride hold hands by a field of sunflowers

A meditation on the value of a single life among so many murdered

many lit tea lights

A poem commemorating the victims of the massacre at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando

close up of hand holding candle - crowd in the background holding many candles

A man’s blessing after partner’s miscarriages

sad man

A poem on asylum seekers referencing the biblical story of Ruth

a crying woman hugs another person

A prayer about radical amazement

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A prose poem describing an experience in the Carmel forest in Israel

green mountains and bright cloudy sky in northern israel

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