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