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Saturday

Saturday offers many ways to observe Shabbat. Sleep late. Attend morning services and hear the Torah read aloud. Have a leisurely lunch with family or friends. Spend the afternoon reading, learning Torah, playing outside, hanging out with friends. Later, you can take a nap or go to a quick afternoon service to hear the Torah read again. Shabbat offers an opportunity to pause—to take a break from our daily activities and responsibilities in order to reconnect with our friends, our loved ones, and creation.

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A poem on the inconsistency of time passing.
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“It’s the kavanah of Shabbat, / not the halakha / which moves me.”
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“The next day, returning from a hike Shabbat afternoon, the time of ra’ava d’ra’avin, desire of all desires, a tune came to me, the Juan the Fuca nigun.”
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“Every garment I inherited from you / is something to wrap in”

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“Open to the holiness inside”

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“The past and the present are one here”

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“Shabbat creeps up on my week …”

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Things remain uncertain under this sun

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