{"id":2084,"date":"2018-07-10T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T09:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/2018\/07\/10\/kesher-vgesher-a-prayer-for-rosh-hashanah"},"modified":"2018-07-10T09:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T09:21:12","slug":"kesher-vgesher-a-prayer-for-rosh-hashanah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/2018\/07\/10\/kesher-vgesher-a-prayer-for-rosh-hashanah\/","title":{"rendered":"Kesher V’Gesher: A Prayer for Rosh Hashanah"},"content":{"rendered":"

This\u00a0poem<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0Trisha Arlin<\/a>\u00a0describes the intensity of the process of repentance and growth of the High Holiday season, focusing on the power of Jewish liturgy and community in transforming these days into ones of joy and celebration.\u00a0<\/em>Trisha Arlin\u00a0is a writer\/performer of kavanot and a rabbinic student at the\u00a0Academy of Jewish Religion<\/a>\u00a0(AJR), a pluralistic institution for rabbinic and cantorial training. She submitted this piece to\u00a0Ritualwell.org<\/a>, a project of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College that provides a platform for creating new Jewish practices.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kesher V’Gesher: A Prayer for Rosh Hashanah<\/h2>\n

We cross a scary, narrow bridge,
\nIt has an awesome span.
\nFrom Tisha b’Av to Simkhat Torah\u00a0and back again.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a simple stroll across this bridge,
\nRevealing truth with each step.
\nHow do we get across intact?<\/p>\n

Tread gingerly, alone,
\nExposed before our friends and family and yes, the Infinite.
\nBut most of all, to ourselves.<\/p>\n

We know what we have done. We do.<\/p>\n

So what helps us across that bridge?<\/p>\n

Our music, the poetry, the liturgy;
\nThe wise words, the sharing, the rhythm of the rituals and conversations with God.
\nTefillah.<\/p>\n

Our gathering, these clergy and prayer leaders, this community,
\nSocial justice and acts of loving kindness,
\nTzedakah.<\/p>\n

Our self-awareness, honesty, regret, humility, atonement,
\nOur forgiveness, grief, redemption, and joy,
\nTeshuvah.<\/p>\n

The same stuff every year but shockingly different each time.
\nThis is\u00a0Kesher, our connection to truth and hope.
\nThis is\u00a0Gesher, our bridge across these Days of Awe.<\/p>\n

Kesher v’Gesher
\nConnect. Cross the bridge.
\nFrom Tisha b’AV to Simkhat Torah:<\/p>\n

From Regret to Celebration
\nFrom Celebration to\u00a0Teshuvah
\nFrom\u00a0Teshuvah\u00a0to Sweetness
\nFrom Sweetness to Atonement
\nFrom Atonement to Awe
\nFrom Awe to Abundance
\nFrom Abundance to Torah<\/p>\n

Blessed One-ness, Breath of Everything, we are not alone on this journey.
\nWalk with us as we cross each bridge to a new year and yet another beginning.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This\u00a0poem\u00a0by\u00a0Trisha Arlin\u00a0describes the intensity of the process of repentance and growth of the High Holiday season, focusing on the power of Jewish liturgy and community in transforming these days into ones of joy and celebration.\u00a0Trisha Arlin\u00a0is a writer\/performer of kavanot and a rabbinic student at the\u00a0Academy of Jewish Religion\u00a0(AJR), a pluralistic institution for rabbinic and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=2084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2084\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2085\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=2084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=2084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matnasim.kulam.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=2084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}