Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class Group Poem

The students in the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program recently had a workshop about spirituality with Rabbi Burt, Helen Stoltzfus, and Susan Schulman. One of the activities was to create a group poem inspired by a story about the Ba’al Shem Tov. We thought the results were beautiful and wanted to share the finished poems with the Kehilla Community!

Beyond

Like a blink

Smells of oak and pine

Feeling small

Become our sanctuary

Havasupai

Pictures

Peaceful

Bridge

Solitary, but not lonely

Weirdness

Laughing

Mighty, mighty children

Fighting for justice

People there for each other

Each day with dirt

Covering most of my body

Intricate parts

Intense sensation

Feeling my footsteps

Happiness of being alive and alert

Almost out of a dream

Birds calling

You Are the Ba’al Shem Tov

I see the woods of my childhood

Dark matter and dark energy

Beautiful

Hungry

Warm sun and cool breeze

Golden light on hills

Quiet

Dark and peaceful

Breath…in, out, in, out

Waves crashing