Type: Poem

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“And the ram spoke to Abraham saying: go back and comfort Sarah”
white ram shown at a distance under huge blue sky with white clouds
“It was on an island of death / That my mother / Visited me.”
person with backpack on standing outdoors looking out onto a misty sky with blurry landscape in the distance
“We may fast for many reasons / but on this day only one matters”
man holding book sitting on log appearing to be contemplative
“Will we, in the end, be as careful as he?”
ram on mountain in silhouette
“The stones are full of mystical light”
view of jerusalem western wall sunlit day with blue sky
if only / I had been less / devoted to worshiping / my unworthiness / allowing this spinning planet / be my trusted partner
yellow flower in field with sunlight
“Our days move like sea waves, sound waves”
person standing in ocean water with arms raised to yellow-pink sky, sun rising or setting
“I am more aware of the fluidity of it all”
close up of ocean water with sunlight on the surface
“We all have a name / given by the mountains we climb”
person standing on mountain in front of sea of clouds and sunshine
“Here is the landscape: / Shekhinah and Malkhut, / Intermingling”
water droplets on glass

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