A poem on taking a stand, inspired by the model of Shifra and Puah
“There was a box of treasure /Â That I carried, /Â An offering /Â Of grace /Â And sin. /Â I will set fire to it.”
“You who would hold the sky captive, / The sea prisoner, / The land in chains…”
Now the new year is born /Â beginning with the wail of shofar /Â like life begins with the baby’s first cry.
A poem for Rosh Hashanah and beginning of the school year on sending one’s child to school
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