Type: Poem

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Two young children sitting on the floor, with one hugging the other and smiling.

“Does our prayer come from anguish/Or from pure joy and wonder?”

Person in white with hand on chest, wearing a pendant and beaded bracelet.

“Yet turning to You for strength/Is as natural as breathing air”

Woman in yellow dress with arms raised, standing on grass with trees and blue sky in the background.

“we’ve counted for millennia, and still we count”

Close-up of a board with illuminated numbers, including 44, 59, 61, 09, 17, and others, in dark square frames.

“Here, in hearth of heart, / All is made whole.”

A lit candle glows inside a metal lantern with a heart-shaped window.

“We do not celebrate Shabbat, / We receive it.”

Silhouette of a person standing on rocks, watching a sunset over a calm sea with rays of light streaming through clouds.

“The yarzeit light shines with the light of their souls”

Hands cupping a lit candle in a glass jar, with more candles softly glowing in the background by a window.

“Draped open, the Torah frames, / Our bedposts / Their cyclical story revealing / A midrash made flesh.”

A collection of vintage wooden letterpress blocks in various sizes and colors.

“Each has gazed at many mountains / Over this past year; / Peaks of the infected, / Deserts of the isolated.”

A wet road stretches into a mountainous landscape under a cloudy, gray sky.

“The kaddish’s peace is a growing, ever-expanding gift”

A laptop displaying a virtual meeting with multiple participants, next to a green mug on a wooden table.

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