{"id":1991,"date":"2018-02-13T10:55:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T07:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2018\/02\/13\/a-havdalah-poem"},"modified":"2018-06-12T13:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T10:37:47","slug":"a-havdalah-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/02\/13\/a-havdalah-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Havdalah Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

This short poem<\/a> by Rabbi Rachel Barenblat<\/a> is inspired by the Havdalah ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat and the beginning of a new week. The poem encourages readers to bring intention to this transformative ritual, bidding a heartfelt goodbye to the holiness of Shabbat along with a prayer for a blessed new week. Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, also known by the name of her blog, The Velveteen Rabbi<\/a>, serves the trans-denomination Renewal Congregation Beth Israel in North Adams, MA,<\/a> She submitted this poem to The Open Siddur Project<\/a>, an initiative that aims to\u00a0liberate the creative content of Jewish spiritual practice as a collectively shared resource for students, scholars, artists, and educators to adopt, adapt, and redistribute.<\/em><\/p>\n

Distinctions (Havdalah) for the End of Shabbat<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In the end we\u2019re like children:
\nwe thrive on distinctions
\nbetween me and you, us and them.<\/p>\n

Made in Your image
\nwe separate light from darkness,
\nfamily from stranger, weekday
\nfrom that fleeting taste of Paradise.<\/p>\n

Wax drips from the braided candle.
\nCinnamon tingles the nose
\nto keep us from fainting
\nas the extra soul departs.
\nStop now. Notice this hinge
\nbetween Shabbat
\nand what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n

Plunge the candle into the wine
\nbut don\u2019t cry: even without a flame
\nour light still shines. This
\nis our inheritance, better than rubies.
\nAnd now it\u2019s Saturday night, the cusp
\nof a new beginning, another day.
\nThis week, may our hearts be whole.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u05d4\u05d1\u05d3\u05dc\u05d4 | Distinctions (Havdalah) for the end of Shabbat\u201d\u00a0is shared by Rachel Barenblat with a\u00a0Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike\u00a04.0\u00a0International<\/a> copyleft license.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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