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“The silent air before it is blown into sound inside the horn of a beast…”
“the door will open, / the Shekhinah and her entourage of angels / will enter our temple in time.”
“How do you steer this thing? / Which end is helm and which is the stern?”
“In Hebrew, shakan, dwelling place, often referred to a royal residence. / The rabbis gave it a feminine ending: Shekhinah. Divine mother.”
A poem about the gift of Torah and the covenant between the poet and God.
A reminder of our covenant with the Source of Life.
A poem on the inconsistency of time passing.
A poem for the new moon.

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