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In the end we’re like children: we thrive on distinctions between me and you, us and them. Made in Your image we separate light from darkness, family from stranger, weekday from that fleeting taste of Paradise. | |
Wax drips from the braided candle. Cinnamon tingles the nose to keep us from fainting as the extra soul departs. Stop now. Notice this hinge between Shabbat and what’s next. | |
Plunge the candle into the wine but don’t cry: even without a flame our light still shines. This is our inheritance, better than rubies. And now it’s Saturday night, the cusp of a new beginning, another day. This week, may our hearts be whole. |
“Distinctions (Havdalah) for the end of Shabbat, by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat” is shared through the Open Siddur Project with a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International copyleft license.
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