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  December 2021     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 5 total

Freedom

A tree,
enslaved by winter,
joyously celebrates
freedom
in...

– by Rabbi Eli Mallon, M.Ed., LCSW

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Freedom

A tree,
enslaved by winter,
joyously celebrates
freedom
in...

– by Rabbi Eli Mallon, M.Ed., LCSW

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Directing My Heart in Prayer

(To be read responsively):

Standing [in prayer] in Exile:
I focus my heart [יכוין את לבו] on the Land of Israel…

Standing in the Land:
I focus my heart on Jerusalem…

Standing in Jerusalem:
I focus my heart on the Temple…

Standing...

– by Rabbi Eli Mallon, M.Ed., LCSW

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An Arthurian Megillah for Purim

I’ve tried ‘ard to forgot
the spot that was a blot
and Merlin, may he rot
Not far from Camel-not.

“Your Highness, shall we begin the battle at 10?”
“No, better that we begin at 9.”
“And after the battle, Sire, shall I order Chinese takeout?”...

– by Rabbi Eli Mallon

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Torahs and nazis


stacked the Torahs
precisely,
like bodies
placed
for best use
of grave-space.


Jews
danced with these
in their arms
on Simchat Torah
long before the nazis,
ever since the nazis
and
long after the nazis, too.


nazis
watch...

– by Rabbi Eli Mallon, M.Ed., LCSW

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