Today’s minyan was a torrent. That one delighted: a wedding on the way. This one relieved: just returned from Russia. That one thoughtful: an illness averted. That one teared up: a wife now gone. This one stricken, sitting next to me, In shock, almost in denial, knows the facts, he’s a scientist, his daughter on her last hope. A torrent, a welter, As it should be, as it has been, As it will be, each voice, A moment, a time, A place for our prayers, the same prayers, old-new, different, not, hopes and gratitude fear and love, anger, the loneliness of being as grief evokes Perhaps today was a bit more …..acute than usual, due to sheer volume of holy exhalations wafted up. Not really, for each man Had his moment. Tears, some joy, hopes, dreams, These are the best days to rise early And make way to the minyan. Lord, grant us all a wholeness of being. Rebuild, protect, make full, Hold above The Holy City The arced-bow of peace.
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Torrent in Today's Minyan
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Today’s minyan was a torrent. That one delighted: a wedding on the way. This one relieved: just returned from Russia. That one thoughtful: an illness averted. That one teared up: a wife now gone. This one stricken, sitting next to me, In shock, almost in denial, knows the facts, he’s a scientist, his daughter on her last hope. A torrent, a welter, As it should be, as it has been, As it will be, each voice, A moment, a time, A place for our prayers, the same prayers, old-new, different, not, hopes and gratitude fear and love, anger, the loneliness of being as grief evokes Perhaps today was a bit more …..acute than usual, due to sheer volume of holy exhalations wafted up. Not really, for each man Had his moment. Tears, some joy, hopes, dreams, These are the best days to rise early And make way to the minyan. Lord, grant us all a wholeness of being. Rebuild, protect, make full, Hold above The Holy City The arced-bow of peace.