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Why I love the book of Esther (or, Blessing for Adar, 5784) — by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit

Why I love the book of Esther (or, Blessing for Adar, 5784)
every year   without fail
   and sometimes twice!
Adar comes around again

every single year

just in case
we have forgotten to boo
   when there is something to boo about

forgotten to fight for ourselves
when someone has been given the king’s blessing
   to go after us

just in case
we have forgotten
that we   are the Queen
   and just how we got there

yes, it is a joyful holiday
and yes, there are costumes and groggers
and all of the fillings for
traditional cookies,
that just happen to look like
vulva and womb

but for me
   so many years now
this is the holiday of
   the heroine who has no way
she could possibly save her people
look what happened to the last queen
and every year she does
and so do I


This kavvanah was created for the month of Adar in the US presidential election year of 2024 by Kohenet Ilana Joy Streit.

 


 

 

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