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Rev. Lynn Ungar - “Pandemic”
In her poem “Pandemic,” writer and minister, Lynn Ungar asks readers to reframe our current crisis as a holy time for rest and restoration, much like the Jewish sabbath
Az Yeranen - Then the Trees of the Forests Will Sing
Az Yeranen (Then the trees of the forests will sing), a piyyut, a traditional liturgical song in Hebrew, for Tu Bshvat, the Jewish holiday of trees.
The piyyut was composed by the Ben Ish Chai (Rabbi Yosef Chaim, 1832-1909), the great Baghdadi spiritual leader and scholar, and sung by Rabbi David Menachem. Thanks to Ezra Orlofsky, who works at a hydrogeochemistry lab in Israel, for sending this in. It would make a beautiful shabbat song.
The first stanza:
Then the trees of the forests will sing / Before God, the mightiest of the mighty,
Arousing melodies and songs / I will sing a new song.