Saturday, September 28, 2019

A Rosh Hashana Aleinu



עָלֵינוּ 
It is upon us!
It is upon us to repair the broken places.
It is upon us to comfort the sick in body and heart.
It is upon us to bring sweetness to those around us.

It is upon us to face the truth.
It is upon us to know when we have choices.
It is upon us to see that justice is done.

It is upon us to be kind.
It is upon us to be mindful and compassionate.
It is upon us to forgive and be forgiven.

It is upon us to do teshuvah, returning to our true and decent selves.
It is upon us to do tefillah, understanding that our prayers are holy conversations.
It is upon us to do tzedukah, standing up for the survival of all our communities.

וַאֲנַחְנוּ כֹּרעִים
We bend our knees!
We bend our knees to acknowledge how small we are in the face of all this responsibility.
We bend our knees to warm up for all the hard work.
We bend our knees so that we may dance.

לִפְנֵי מֶֽלֶךְ מַלְכֵי הַֽמְּלָכִים
We are in the presence of God!
We are in the presence of God, however we understand God or however we don’t.
We are in the presence of God, blessed in the obligations of the covenant.
We are in the presence of God…  yikes.

אֵין עוֹד
We are all one in the One-ness, there is no other. 
And there is no one else to do the work.  It is upon us.
It is upon us to save the world.  Sorry.  

But…

Aleinu. 
And Happy New Year

Sunday, September 15, 2019

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With:

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  • Links to purchase the book
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