Please God Let me light More than flame tonight. More than wax and wick and sliver stick of wood. More than shallow stream of words recited from a pocket book. . . .
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tagged: English poetry 
Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״א בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories:  Erev Shabbat, Erev Pesaḥ, Shavuot, Sukkot, Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit), Yom Kippur, 7th Day of Pesaḥ
Tags:  Light, potential, fire, kindling, entering, welcoming, candle lighting, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., כוונות kavvanot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Shared on י״ד בתמוז ה׳תשע״ג (2013-06-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Motsei Shabbat
Tags: תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., paraliturgical teḥinot, English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical havdalah, הבדלות havdalot 
Wax drips from the braided candle. 
Contributor(s): Trisha Arlin (liturgist)
Shared on ט׳ באדר ה׳תשע״ב (2012-03-03) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: first person, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, refuah, Prayers as poems 
A prayer-poem for healing by Trisha Arlin. . . . 
Contributor(s): Chaya Kaplan-Lester
Shared on י״ח בטבת ה׳תשע״ב (2012-01-13) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Well-being, health, and caregiving
Tags: Ancestors, Artists, Healing, inspiration, Parashat Vayigash, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, prayers in the name of ancestors, Prayers as poems 
[In Parshat Vayigash] we read of the members of Jacob’s family who went down to Egypt. There were 53 grandsons listed, but only a single granddaughter – Seraḥ, the daughter of Asher. The commentators wonder, what was so exceptional about this girl that her name was recorded? The Midrash spills forth with stories portraying an image of a unique and endearing Biblical heroine. Seraḥ stands as a trusted, beloved sage of the people. She possessed an uncommon gift of healing through poetry and music. Somewhat as Orpheus is to Greek myth, so is Seraḥ to the Biblical myth – the archetypal poet and bard. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Shared on י״ד בתמוז ה׳תשע״ג (2013-06-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Shaḥarit l'Shabbat ul'Yom Tov
Tags: Breath, interconnectedness, interbreathing, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, paraliturgical nishmat kol ḥai, נשמת כל חי Nishmat kol ḥai 
…if we could discard differences: human, would not be enough to thank You. . . . 
Contributor(s): Rachel Barenblat
Shared on י״ד בתמוז ה׳תשע״ג (2013-06-21) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Minḥah l'Shabbat
Tags: eros, dreaming, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English poetry, Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, Return to Eden, quiet 
Help me to silence 
Contributor(s): Aharon N. Varady (transcription) and Henry Wadsworth-Longfellow
Shared on כ״ח בסיון ה׳תשע״ג (2013-06-05) — under the following terms: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Categories: Ḳedushah
Tags: romanticism, 19th century C.E., Keter, Crown, Wreath, Wheel, Hekhalot, Angels, 57th century A.M., סנדלפון Sandalphon, English Romanticism, Coronation, Angelic Nature, English poetry, קדושה Qedushah 
The poem, “Sandalphon,” as composed by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882) and completed January 18, 1858, first published in Birds of Passage (1858), section “Flight the First,” page 62. . . . |
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