Type: Poem

A powerful poem, remembering those whose lives were lost on October 7th

“We peer from the edge, these days of fear…”

“In the ruins of the towers / we walked through daily / you would have found letters…” and added them up to find meaning

“In the cloud of despair, we sing a song / Of Hope…”

“Where else, But in the love, The shalom That is HaShem, Can I find my comfort?”

“I bow to the mystery of One, to the mystery of the call…”

“My heart / is cracked / into more pieces / than I thought possible…”

“Of the first letter spoken, / The silence of Aleph / Held all things…”

“Today, mirroring the primordial, cosmic Creation Moment, we renew this connection; / we renew and refresh ourselves with teshuvah…”

“For the length of a medical visit my imagination roamed the wreckage of another’s mind and hers, mine…”