Contents
Stepping through the Gate
Bereshit (In the beginnings)
In the beginnings
And God speaks
Prayer should be a tunnel
Creation Stories
Imposter Syndrome Among the Thorns and Thistles
Sleepwalkers in the Garden
Free will
At Age 969, Methuselah Gives a Valedictory Address
And the Ground Opens Its Mouth to Speak
Before the Beginning
Noach (Noah/Rest)
Collective Nouns
And God speaks
After the Flood
Elegy in Prophetic Perfect
In the Shadow of Babel
Lech-Lecha (Go forth)
Mazel Tov
Sing, O Barren One, Who Did Not Bear a Child
How the Angel Found Her
And God speaks
Covenant Between the Pieces
And God speaks
Vayera (And he appeared)
Will not the Judge of the Earth do justice?
Learning to Run Barefoot in a Dry Riverbed at Dawn
And God Speaks
Why There Is No Hebrew Word for Obey
Kaddish for the Living
Chayei Sarah (Life of Sarah)
From the Cave, Her Voice
And Abraham came to eulogize Sarah and to weep for her.
Lemme tell you the one that killed at canasta!
P.O.T.S. Prayer
The Question I’ve Wanted to Hide
Saturday Services at the Provincetown Shore
Ordinary Immanence
At First Sight, Many Seeings Later
Toldot (Begettings)
The Bravest of the Birds
In the village of my body, two people
Comfort Food
And God speaks
Joint Account
Vayetzei (And he left)
And I, i did not know it.
Prayers from a Dark Room
Another Calling
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her.
Personal Injury Parents
Measure for Measure
Vayishlach (And he sent)
The Hendiadys of Marriage
No one’s loves, no one’s wives
How Many More
And God Speaks
Godwrestling
Perseverance Prayer
And Her Name Meant Everything from Judgment and Strife to Vindication
And God Speaks
Vayeshev (And he settled)
Torn Mind
Dream in Which I Give You My Memories as Dreams
When He Was Not
Wake, you sleepers from your sleep!
Miketz (At the end of)
And who are you supposed to be?
How Long Before
Sibling Beit Midrash
Vayigash (And he drew near)
Ars Poetica
Another Kind
That We May Live and Not Die: A Deep-Time Report on Climate Refugees
Vayechi (And he lived)
And God speaks
Jacob’s Gift
Reciprocity
Like Water on Its Course
How to Pray
In the Breath Between
Aliyah
Notes