Muse
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Greeting the Dawn
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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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The Tale of Ruth and Naomi: a Mothers Day Story
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As we are approaching Mothers Day ( in the U.S.), I am thinking about the relationships between women. Thankfully, both my own mother and my mother... -
We are all broken: can we heal? Yom Kippur thoughts from a Jewish artisan
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Sometimes, a filament of a thought or a prayer comes to me as I'm working with wire, weaving strand after strand, hopefully, making a piece both beautiful and strong. Sometimes, I will have forgotten about a flaw which was present from the beginning, thinking, "I'll come back and fix that later,"... -
Are blue and white the ONLY Jewish colors?
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Are blue and white the ONLY Jewish colors?
https://renaissancewomankippot.org/blogs/muse/are-blue-and-white-the-only-jewish-colors
July 4 is almost here,so red,white and blue are everywhere. If you ask most people,"What are Jewish colors", they will probably answer,"Blue and white, of course, like the Israeli flag." But before that,what other colors represented the people Israel?
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The Counting
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Counting can be hypnotic, meditative, or it can be fraught with anxiety. In my poem, "The Counting" I explore what it means to modern folk, far removed from the rhythm of the seasons, to go through this Jewish ritual.
