Type: Poem

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“Please, Adonai, bring about new beginnings”

a person with medium length hair sits at a desk and looks away out a window

“We take for granted that we have food to eat”

A person sitting on a windowsill, gazing outside at a tree and houses with red roofs.

Shekhinah, our Mother, would understand”

a person wearing a long white dress and bracelet stands in a shallow, murky body of water

“Blessings so beyond our hopes for this world”

a rainbow overlooks a road surrounded by grass and a few trees

“All life on Earth depends on Interbreathing”

Sun rays break through clouds over a tranquil river lined with grass and trees, casting reflections on the water.

“I am forgiven because I dance”

silhouette of a person with outstretched arms in the middle of a field

“He inhaled, then in motion / began slowly, chanting”

a black and white photo of a long sanctuary lined with a second story of benches

“This morning / the password for / my daughter’s class / doesn’t work”

Person wearing a blue face mask, looking to the side in dim lighting.

“Is she mapping Sabbath?”

Two people in masks sitting in chairs outside, conversing in a garden setting.

“Sweeping the leaves out of the drain, I think of change …”

a layer of orange leaves

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