Preserving Creation

The wonders of God’s creation are all around us: the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. But it is easy for us to take this bounty for granted—or worse, contribute to its destruction. It is our duty to tend to what has been given to us. These rituals and prayers remind us of the sacred nature of that task.
 

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“We are here together.  We survived the rain together.  / It was not a deluge and no trees fell…” 
“Only advice to plant first / and welcome the Messiah later…”
“In the ripeness of the Ingathering, take of the seven species. / Shoulder your basket, golden or willow-green.”
I walk the trail back to its origins / towards the slow pulse of life / flowing within contorted trunks / honey-colored limbs scarred by lightning
Hear, O Israel / the prayer was dance / Adonai Eloheinu / there were no pews
The toy Solar System / gets the revolutions right / but a true scale model / would take up half of town / .
Words to inspire the act of going into nature and finding a rock for sitting.
“May we never forget that we are all connected, historically, relationally, energetically, and that harm to one is harm to all.”
“May our planting cause multiple levels of life to abundantly flourish…”
“Through the hundreds of mitzvot / You are trying to teach us / How to live a life / In reverence of interconnection…”

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