Matrix of the Holy Blessed One, As we stand together To celebrate our Anniversary with You, Our Beloved, May we know that the Torah We receive, Is the Torah that we are To bring into The Healing of this World. As we tremble With the shofar At the base of the mountain As Awe cracks open our heart, Revealing its Golden Crown, We remember Ruth, “Wherever you go, I will go”. We come to know our self, As we come to know The Divine within us. For it is Only within the dynamic Of Loving...

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...