If I Let It: A Kavvanah for Kabbalat Shabbat, by Trisha Arlin

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Kabbalat Shabbat

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kindling, gateway, first person, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer

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	It grows dark. I light two candles and drink a sip of wine And the world changes for one day, If I let it.
	There will be music And friendship And food, If I allow it.
	There will be Torah And wisdom And God-ness, If I permit it.
	There will be quiet And napping And deep rest, If I open up to it
	There will be study And expansion And new ideas, If I consent to it.
	There will prayer And blessings And meditation, If I give in to it.
	There will be hope And renewal And clarity, If I walk toward it.
	If I let it If I allow it If I permit it If I open up to it If I consent to it. If I give in to it. If I walk toward it The world changes for one day.
	Shabbat happens, If I let it.

“If I Let It: A Kavanah for Kabbalat Shabbat” was originally posted at Trisha Arlin’s blog, here.

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Trisha Arlin

Trisha Arlin is a liturgist, performer and student of prayer in Brooklyn, NY, and a part-time rabbinic student at the Academy for Jewish Religion. Trisha has served as Scholar/Artist In Residence at various synagogues in the US and was Liturgist-In-Residence during the National Havurah Committee 2014 Summer Institute. She has taught her workshop, Writing Personal Prayer, at Limmud NY, the NHC Institute, Shavuot Across Brooklyn and synagogues in New York, New Jersey and Ohio. “PLACE YOURSELF”, a collection of new liturgy and kavannot, is forthcoming from Dimus Parrhesia Press. Trisha's work is published online at triganza.blogspot.com, RitualWell, and the Open Siddur Project. and in print in “Jews And Pluralism” (Ben Yehuda Press), “The Sacred Table” (CCAR Press) and "A Poet's Siddur" ( Ain't Got No Press).

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17