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Poem by modern Israeli poet Zelda

A Yom Kippur prayer that mourns those lost in the Holocaust

A poetic reflection on counting the Omer

“And then all that has divided us will merge/ And then compassion will be wedded to power/ And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind.”

A poem about haroset, a mixture of apples, nuts and wine, symbolic of the mortar out of which the Hebrew slaves made bricks
Determining what should be, could be, and what is enough.
A poem highlighting connections between generations

A poem for the breaking of the middle matzah at the beginning of the Passover seder

A poem dedicated to women who are crafters of tallitot

A poem about Miriam and women’s liberation

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