Who are we to think we have ownership? Who are we to think we are above the laws of consequence? Who are we to expect a city, a land, to be ours When we have not yet earned it? We stood at the foot of the shaking mountain, And were told, through our prophet, That we are merely sojourners: That the Source, itself, Is both Owner and Provider. Our lives are held within the boundaries of HaMakom, And our living moulded by the laws of the Holder. Three times a day we remind ourselves to evolve;...

Dedicated to Rabbi Daniel Raphael Silverstein and Ami Gordon When the entire world is roaring, And the nations’ flames Blow higher and higher In blasts of rage And squalls of anger, When revenge surges And retribution storms with destruction, When helplessness threatens To explode all civilization; When helplessness threatens And despair comes to beckon - Stop! - Be still! Listen. Then hear… In the sanctity of quiet There is one note That traverses the Cosmos Entrusted to you, and Another...

We are here to dissolve dualities. We are here to wrestle with the paradox. We are here to expand. We are here to add our Torah. We are...