Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"Sonnet for our second COVID Rosh Hashanah", by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat (velveteenrabbi), 2021-08-04

I don't want to reckon with my choices:
feels like that's all we've done for 18 months
(should I mask, is this safe, what if
we meet outside and never breathe together?)
I don't want to query who will live
and who will die, who by wildfire and who
by flooded subway, who intubated and alone
and who will have enough while others lack.
I just want all of us to thrive: our hearts
at ease, our hopes in reach at last.
Come close to me, God. Comfort me with apples.
Remind me the world is born again each year --
even if I'm not ready, even if this year
I'm not sure I know the words to pray.

Rabbi Emily Cohen (ThatRabbiCohen), 2021-08-30:

Dear Jews,

Please be kind to your clergy this season.
It's much harder than last year.

Love, A Rabbi

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Dear Non-Jews,

Please be kind to the Jews in your life for the next few weeks. We're having our 2nd COVID High Holy Days. It's much harder than last year.

Love,
A Jew

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