Ancient
Eternal Words
Close your eyes and
take a few slow breaths, emphasizing the exhale..
Know how Torah speaks anew to every
soul of each generation…..
Ancient words eternally sacred.
Sense how our generation yearns to
discover the missing feminine voices in the Torah…..
We know they are there…. speaking
through the silent white spaces between the words.
Listen for the voices………..
What do you hear?
See and sense what you are feeling…
Breathe out and slowly open your
eyes.
Standing
Together at Sinai
Close your eyes and take a few
breaths, emphasizing an exhale
On this most awesome day ……….. See
yourself standing at Sinai
We are all there together…..Men,
women, children
Awaiting the word of God
Breathe out…….
Listen…….
Trembling with fear……Smoke and fire
confound the senses.
Ears see thunder…….. Eyes hear
lightening…….
Awestruck you listen…….
The earth roars ….. the mountain
shudders……
The Shofar blasts …..and
blasts……and blasts… overwhelming your senses…………...
Take a moment …..Breathe
out…slowly………
As a woman…know what you are
hearing……….Know what you are feeling…….
Know what you are experiencing.
As a man…….know what you
hear………Know what you feel….know your experience.
As a people….sense and know how you
are changed…..
Breathe out…..
Now, hear the sound of your own
voice ….calling out……. with all of Israel…these words….
“All that God has said…..we shall do.”
Breathe out slowly…
Notice what you are feeling.
Breathe out and open your eyes.
Creating
Modern Midrash
Close your eyes and take a few
breaths, emphasizing an exhale.
See how creating midrash fills in
the inner emotional life that is missing from our history….
Hear how midrash gives a voice to
the silent white spaces between the words of Torah.…
Know that by including the
emotional quality we bring balance and wholeness to our tradition.
Feel yourself awakening to a new
‘Revelation of Torah at Sinai’
Breathe out and slowly open your
eyes
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