{"id":2211,"date":"2017-11-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/2017\/11\/19\/a-shalom-aleichem-poem"},"modified":"2018-06-11T15:23:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T12:23:11","slug":"a-shalom-aleichem-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/2017\/11\/19\/a-shalom-aleichem-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A Shalom Aleichem Poem"},"content":{"rendered":"

This original poem<\/a> by Gila Gevirtz<\/a> is inspired by the tradition of singing Shalom Aleichem to the ministering angels that come to bless Jewish homes on Friday evening. Gevirtz,\u00a0a published author of Jewish-themed children’s books, likens God’s love upon reflecting on the world each Shabbat to that of a mother looking at her child. Whereas Shalom Aleichem is traditionally seen as our welcoming blessing to the angels, the author suggests that it is also God’s blessing to the angels, as S\/He bids them to go bless the rest of Creation. This poem was shared\u00a0on\u00a0Ritualwell<\/a>, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices and observances.<\/em><\/p>\n

Like a Mother ever-awed …<\/h2>\n
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Like a mother ever-awed by the beauty of her child,<\/span>
\nGod sees the goodness of Creation.<\/span>
\nOverflowing with love,\u00a0<\/span>
\nGod takes pleasure in riding the crests of the great ocean waves\u00a0<\/span>
\nand smelling the blossoms of spring’s bouquet.\u00a0<\/span>
\nGod rejoices in each species and the sanctity of its work\u2013<\/span>
\nthe cows whose udders fill with milk,<\/span>
\nthe bees that make sweet amber flow,<\/span>
\ntrees that hold both nest and fruit,\u00a0<\/span>
\nand humans who till the soil, weave cloth,<\/span>
\nrear their young and care for their elders.\u00a0<\/span>
\nAnd on the Sabbath\u2013the Day of Rest\u2013<\/span>
\nGod bids the angels bless Creation,<\/span>
\nsaying “Shalom aleichem<\/span>.<\/em>\u00a0May peace be with you.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This original poem by Gila Gevirtz is inspired by the tradition of singing Shalom Aleichem to the ministering angels that come to bless Jewish homes on Friday evening. Gevirtz,\u00a0a published author of Jewish-themed children’s books, likens God’s love upon reflecting on the world each Shabbat to that of a mother looking at her child. Whereas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[401],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=2211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2211\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2212\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=2211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=2211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kol-ami.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=2211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}