Type: Poem

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“There is a tree somewhere, so they say. / And that tree has its roots in a culture / that spreads back millennia.”
A tree across from a lake against a dark starry night
“And I wish I had special wipers / that could wipe away the tears, the pain, the anger…”
a car driving at dusk
“Keep faith / with the brightness / of all things good…”
a person stands looking into the light
“The community I loved, / in the Diaspora, / my home…” is being torn apart by this war.
A rocky cliff overlooks a vast, dry desert landscape under a hazy sky.
“I pray to a God of peace / a God that doesn’t love us differently…”
A man walks alone at the sea
A special tree inspires a sacred moment.
tree in shape of a heart
“Stop our hearts from breaking / put the broken pieces together again.”
a leaf that looks like a broken heart
“It’s easy to see that / HaShem is asking for a lot”.
Sea of Galilee
“I do not know the right answer. / I do not know how to end hatred.”
sunrise through the clouds
“may the day arrive / when every life is a treasure…”
A small stream runs through a park with trees in autumn colors and sunlight filtering through branches.

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