Transmission

We studied together, the B Mitzvah and I, about Tallit and Tefillin. Still wearing them, we sat down to write abut the experience.  What they wrote is private; this is what came to me, in words  at least. Someday, I shall  translate the words and the feeling into a wire kippah or wall hanging. 'Til then sweet readers, enjoy these words which I  share today:

Legacy inherited

Unquestioned access

to treasure most ancient.

To transmit:

To move though the generations 

from desert to shtetl

to an America which WAS the goldene medine

To ask the questions

To come with my own answers

As they did in the new country

the old country 

and especially in the desert

Slaves no more

Newly free

Newly holy

Serving the Source

Not the Master.

Yael Fischman, 2025