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Corona Virus Pandemic - Jewish Poetry

3/24/2020

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Shared by Marcie Belgard, Congregation Beth Sholom, Richland Washington, "One last thought – though we may not see each other for a while, we need to fight “social distancing”  by remaining connected to one another. There is strength in community. Here is the poem. I hope you enjoy as much as I did."
 
Pandemic
 
What if you thought of it
as the Jews consider the Sabbath--
the most sacred of times?
Cease from travel.
Cease from buying and selling.
Give up, just for now,
on trying to make the world
different than it is.
Sing. Pray. Touch only those
to whom you commit your life.
Center down.
 
And when your body has become still,
reach out with your heart.
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
(You could hardly deny it now.)
Know that our lives
are in one another’s hands.
(Surely, that has come clear.)
Do not reach out your hands.
Reach out your heart.
Reach out your words.
Reach out all the tendrils
of compassion that move, invisibly,
where we cannot touch.
 
Promise this world your love–
for better or for worse,
in sickness and in health,
so long as we all shall live.
 
–Lynn Ungar 3/11/20

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Separation and Union: Holiness in the Time of the Corona Virus

3/21/2020

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Separation and Union: Holiness in the Time of the Corona Virus 

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
holy and separate
emulating angels, saving lives

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
set apart and sanctified
emphasizing a great yet distant power

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
sanctified and distinct
separating the mundane and the sacred

Kiddushin a holy union between two
separating us into a single unit 
away from the rest of the world

Kiddushin a holy bond with each other
to the exclusion of every other person 
on the planet

Kiddushin without physical proximity
we can fill the universe with our love
connecting across the miles

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
like distinguished
different or separate but also special

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
like the light and darkness
each with a beautiful purpose

Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh
like one who doesn't go with the crowd
holding strong with opposite inclinations

Shalom, Shalom, Shalom
peace, hello, goodbye
separation and unity

by Kimberly Burnham
The Torah Poetry Project

Kadosh means "holy" and "separate" in Hebrew. Kiddushin is part of the marriage ceremony joining the couple together to the exclusion of all others.

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