Muse

Did you know that the Hebrew word for the morning service comes from the word for "dawn"?

Here's a poem I wrote as a Shacharit prayer...

Shacharit on a Massachusetts Mountain 

Morning mist makes its presence known

Crickets pause their exuberant song

Tendrils of heavenly rays penetrate the lower spheres

This Godly manifestation we call home.

I, an interloper, observe 

Light Primordial

~Yael Fischman, August 2025 , Lee, Massachusetts

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Who can forget the iconic Sabbath Blessing duet from the movie "Fiddler on the Roof"? The parents in each household in the shtetl, the Jewish village, make, in essence, (although in English) the same blessing over their children as their ancestors made, and as we say today,

" May God make you like Ephraim and Menashe", for boys, and

"May God make you like Sarah, Rivka, Rachel and Leah" (Some put Leah first, as she became Jacob's wife before her younger sister, who was promised to him, did, but that's another story), for girls.

Like many of you, I never thought to question or examine this more deeply,

June is a popular time for weddings, for many reasons. Marrying in the Jewish month of Elul (coming soon) is also considered lucky...