Just for a Moment, a prayer-poem by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (2020)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International copyleft license Date: 2020-09-17
Last Updated: 2024-06-01
Categories: Rosh haShanah (l’Maaseh Bereshit)
Tags: 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., COVID-19 coronavirus, Prayers as poems, September 2020 Western United States wildfires
Excerpt: A prayer-poem by Rabbi Menachem Creditor reflecting on the challenges of the year 2020 up till Rosh haShanah. . . .
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Just for a Moment
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A good story gives us a hint
of the happy ending
but then whisks it away
with a giant or a curse
or a virus or a fire.
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After all,
ever after isn’t forever.
Not in a real story.
It just means time.
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But, Dear God,
our story has had too much
of fiery sky and flooded ground,
and the hint of the happy
is washed and burned,
feels so very faded,
and we need more
rainbow skies and dewy ground,
to remind us of the happy.
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So, Holy One,
just for a moment,
please:
let lovers find each other,
let friends forgive,
let our souls heal,
let love be the loudest sound our hearts make.
Just for a moment.
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Remind us of the promise
of a world reborn.
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Or, perhaps,
You’re the One who’s waiting
to be reminded.
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“Just for a Moment” was first published by Rabbi Menachem Creditor on his Facebook page, and shared through the Open Siddur Project via our Facebook Discussion Group.
Contributor: Menachem Creditor
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Name: Menachem Creditor
Bio: Rabbi Menachem Creditor serves as the Pearl and Ira Meyer Scholar in Residence at UJA-Federation New York and was the founder of Rabbis Against Gun Violence. A frequent speaker in communities and campuses around the United States and Israel with over 1 million views of his online videos and essays, he was named by Newsweek as one of the fifty most influential rabbis in America. His 22 books and 6 albums of original music include the global anthem "Olam Chesed Yibaneh" and the anthologies "When We Turned Within" and "None Shall Make Them Afraid." He has been involved in the leadership of American Jewish World Service, AIPAC, the Rabbinical Assembly, and the One America Movement, an organization dedicated to bringing together Americans of different faiths and opinions. He and his wife Neshama Carlebach live in New York, where they are raising their five children.
Website: http://rabbicreditor.blogspot.com
Profile Link: https://opensiddur.org/profile/menachem-creditor
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